No One Noticed Me Sneaking In!!! (Continued)

The direction he gazed toward was the Thousand Tree family's castle.

"I never expected this, Lancer. You were actually guarding the edge of this garden so diligently." Rider shrugged, carrying a gun he had swiped from who knew where—his original spear had pierced Saber and was effectively lost.

"It is merely my duty, and besides—" Siegfried's figure flashed through Lancer's mind.

An opponent he had fought for hundreds of exchanges over an entire night was not someone one encountered often.

For Servants, participating in the Holy Grail War often meant enjoying battle and obtaining the Holy Grail. For many of them, the Holy Grail might even have been little more than an extra prize.

Unfortunately, that valiant warrior had not died in their duel, but most likely to deadly poison.

Even if he had not died, it did not seem likely that he could come here to fight.

"How boring. I'm heading back first. If Assassin comes, he'll definitely be preparing to infiltrate."

Lancer nodded silently, and Achilles returned to the fortress's central area in boredom.

Still, even Lancer found the scene before him somewhat interesting. If Rider saw it, he would surely regret leaving, wouldn't he?

Whoosh—

Missiles screamed their death knell as they charged toward the Hanging Gardens.

Lancer shifted slightly aside. Those missiles could not hurt him at all, but the dust they kicked up completely blocked his vision.

This was somewhat troublesome.

But in an instant, he had already thought of a solution.

Light shot from his eyes like lasers, carrying immense energy as it drew the missiles toward it!

The missiles' warheads were instantly destroyed. The intense heat detonated all the high explosives loaded within them, blowing apart the missiles themselves.

Shrapnel scattered everywhere, thoroughly ruining the Hanging Gardens' beauty.

But there were not merely