Then her emotions gradually calmed.
"Lord Lancelot, it's time for the grudges between us to end." King of Lions raised her Sacred Sword.
She did not use the Wind King Barrier to conceal Excalibur's full form.
The bright moonlight poured down, making King of Lions appear sacred and inviolable.
Seeing this, a smile appeared beneath Lancelot's helmet.
Because he knew that he had finally obtained what he had longed for.
The next moment.
A sharp whistling sound suddenly rang out.
The Sacred Sword pierced through Lancelot's heart.
It was as though it had severed Lancelot's hatred and obsession along with him.
Lancelot let out a faint chuckle.
It sounded exceptionally clear in the tranquil night.
Artoria looked at the fading Lancelot with a complicated expression.
She had heard his laughter and now understood that everything King of Lions had said was true.
Lancelot had wanted to receive her punishment, yet she had never seen through his feelings, ultimately leading to Britain's downfall.
Just as people said, King Arthur did not understand the human heart.
Artoria mocked herself inwardly.
At that moment, a trace of despondence actually radiated from her.
King of Lions merely glanced at Artoria before returning to Su Luo's side.
Although Artoria was who she had been in her youth, she ultimately had to emerge from this shadow herself. No one else could help her.
"Miss Irisviel, the battle is over. It's time for us to discuss our affairs." Su Luo smiled as he looked at the silver-haired woman beside him.
"Our affairs?" A trace of confusion flashed through Irisviel's eyes.
"That's right. I possess the Third Magic and am the Third Magus. Miss Irisviel, you should understand what that means, right?" Su Luo did not beat around the bush and directly released the unique soul fluctuations of the completed Third Magic.
Feeling the touch and yearning coming from her soul, Irisviel understood that this was the Third Magic the Einzbern family had sought to perfect for generations.
An intense surge of joy instantly welled up in her heart.
As an artificial human of the Einzbern family, the reason she had come to participate in the Holy Grail War was to seize the Greater Grail and perfect the Third Magic.
Now, the Third Magic stood right before her. All she needed to do was bring Su Luo into the Einzbern family.
Then the Einzbern family's generations-long wish would be fulfilled.
She would no longer need to participate in this dangerous Holy Grail War.
She could freely travel and enjoy this beautiful world.
"Su Luo, what do you want?" Irisviel asked with a delighted expression.
She knew that since Su Luo had come to reveal his identity to her, he must have wanted something from the Einzbern family.
No matter what Su Luo needed, she would definitely provide it. She believed that even Old Patriarch Ahad would not refuse.
"I want you, Miss Irisviel." Su Luo stated his purpose bluntly.
"Eh?!" Hearing Su Luo's words, which sounded like a confession, Irisviel covered her mouth in surprise.
An overwhelming joy immediately surged through her heart.
"Y-you're serious?"
She could hardly believe her ears.
After all, she had never imagined that something so doubly fortunate would happen to her.
"Of course." Su Luo nodded firmly.
"B-but my strength and talents are both inferior to yours. I'm not Saber's Master either, so I can't help you in the Holy Grail War, and..."
Overwhelmed by surprise, Irisviel's face flushed as she began to ramble incoherently.
Seeing this, Su Luo took Irisviel's hands and looked seriously into her eyes. "What I like is you, not anything else."
Hearing this, Irisviel quieted down.
She shyly lowered her head, nodded gently, and let out a faint sound.
"...Mm."
Su Luo smiled.
However, the next moment, a gunshot came from afar.
A Sniper Rifle bullet rapidly flew toward Su Luo's temple.
With a bang.
The bullet fell to the ground. King of Lions had stepped in front of Su Luo and blocked it for him.
"Ria, you're being too tense. An attack like that can't hurt me in the slightest." Su Luo chuckled.
With his current physical strength, he did not dare claim that he could rival King of Lions after she became a Divine Spirit.
But if a Sniper Rifle bullet hit his temple, it would at most produce a puff of smoke.
It could not harm him at all.
"Master, do not let your guard down. Magi are an extremely cunning and evil group. Tampering with bullets is as ordinary to them as eating and drinking. It is best to remain cautious."
King of Lions spoke sternly.
Whenever Su Luo's safety was involved, she became exceptionally careful, like an overly cautious hero.
Even a mosquito resting on Su Luo might be a special familiar sent by a Magus, and she would immediately eliminate it.
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Su Luo smiled helplessly at King of Lions's overly protective caution.
Then he looked toward the distant overpass, a mischievous smile appearing on his face.
"Ria, bring them here."
"Yes."
As soon as he finished speaking, King of Lions vanished from before Su Luo.
"Um... I'm really sorry. That person was a helper brought in by the old patriarch to assist our Einzbern family. I never expected him to suddenly attack you," Irisviel hurriedly explained.
At that moment, her hatred for Kiritsugu Emiya had reached its peak.
It was not merely because that shot might have destroyed the Einzbern family's generations-long wish.
More importantly, she feared Su Luo would misunderstand and think that she had ordered Kiritsugu Emiya to do it.
If that happened, not only would the Third Magic, which was nearly within her grasp, slip away, but the charming young man before her would leave her as well.
Irisviel absolutely could not allow such a thing to happen.
"I believe you." Su Luo smiled and patted Irisviel's head.
Naturally, he knew Irisviel was incapable of doing something like that.
It was obvious that Kiritsugu Emiya considered him the most dangerous existence in this Holy Grail War and wanted to eliminate him, the Master, through assassination.
That way, King of Lions would have to return to the Hall of Heroes.
But Kiritsugu Emiya probably could not have imagined it even in his dreams.
King of Lions had not descended into the present world as a Servant, but in her true body.
Even if Su Luo died, it would not affect King of Lions's state in the present world.
Kiritsugu Emiya would even face the retaliation of a Divine Spirit.
Not to mention that Su Luo himself was no ordinary person.
There was no way a single Sniper Rifle bullet could kill him.
Meanwhile, after seeing his assassination fail, Kiritsugu Emiya on the overpass immediately began changing positions.
Especially when he saw Su Luo looking in his direction, an ominous feeling rose in his heart.
Very soon, he noticed King of Lions charging toward his location.
Without any hesitation, Kiritsugu Emiya directly used a Command Spell.
"Saber, kill that Master."
He did not summon Artoria to his side to protect him.
Instead, he had Artoria directly attack that Master.
After all, King of Lions, who looked almost identical to Artoria but possessed an entirely different personality and temperament, seemed to care greatly about her Master.
Since that was the case, he would have Artoria directly attack Su Luo.
That way, if King of Lions rushed back to save Su Luo, he would have time to retreat.
But if King of Lions insisted on pursuing him, that would be even better.
Then Su Luo, as a Master, would undoubtedly die beneath Artoria's sword.
As long as the Master died, King of Lions would have no way to continue hunting him down.
This was the plan Kiritsugu Emiya had made the moment he decided to fire that shot.
The idea was beautiful, but reality was cruel.
As Kiritsugu Emiya's words fell, one of the Command Spells on the back of his hand abruptly disappeared.
Yet King of Lions did not return to support Su Luo. Within only a few breaths, she arrived behind Kiritsugu Emiya.
She struck the back of Kiritsugu Emiya's neck with a hand chop, knocking him unconscious, then carried him toward Maiya Hisau.
On the other side.
Artoria felt her body acting beyond her control and immediately realized that Kiritsugu Emiya had used a Command Spell.
She turned toward the young man in the distance, whom she had only just met yet already felt a strong fondness for, and shouted, "Su Luo, run!"
In an instant, the Command Spell's effect fully took hold.
Artoria rushed before Su Luo in the blink of an eye, raised her Sacred Sword, and slashed down at him.
Clang!!
The sound of clashing metal rang out.
At some point, Su Luo had taken Excalibur into his hand and used it to block Artoria's attack.
Looking at the all-too-familiar Sacred Sword in Su Luo's hand, Artoria could not help but ask in surprise, "You have Excalibur too?!"
After saying that, Artoria immediately rejected the thought in her heart.
Since when had Sacred Swords become so cheap?
This Sacred Sword must have been given to Su Luo by King of Lions earlier for self-defense.
The next moment, the sound of clashing metal echoed through the void.
Golden ripples suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and countless chains wrapped around Artoria, instantly binding her into a dumpling and leaving her unable to move.
It was also at this moment.
King of Lions brought Kiritsugu Emiya and Maiya Hisau to Su Luo's side.
The other Servants could finally no longer sit still.
The first to arrive was King of Conquerors Iskandar.
Before he arrived, his voice came first.
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