Kariya Matou had been hiding in the shadows, watching events unfold, but he could no longer hold back after seeing Gilgamesh injured.
He had seen Gilgamesh's strength and knew that the Knight of the Lake would have a hard time defeating him.
In that case, he would seize this opportunity while his opponent was injured and take him down in one push.
Bang!
Just then, a bullet shot toward Feng Xi's head, but Zhang Jue summoned a spear and knocked it away with a sweep.
"You despicable rat, how dare you attack from the shadows!"
Zhang Jue snorted coldly and hurled the spear in his hand like a javelin toward the attacker's position.
With a boom, the shipping containers in that area were blasted to pieces.
"Kiritsugu!" Irisviel's expression darkened.
Indeed, Kiritsugu Emiya had fired that shot.
Upon seeing that a wild card like Feng Xi had appeared in this Holy Grail War, he had immediately classified him as a threat.
That was why he had taken advantage of Feng Xi's lack of vigilance to try to kill him with a single shot.
This sort of thing was precisely Kiritsugu Emiya's specialty.
But Kiritsugu Emiya had not expected Zhang Jue to react so quickly.
His own reactions were not slow either, however. He had immediately changed positions after his shot missed, so Zhang Jue's spear had not hit him.
Yet something felt wrong to him. He had never heard of Zhang Jue using a spear.
Moreover, the spear in Zhang Jue's hand looked exactly like the one Feng Xi had used earlier.
"Sorry. Take this!"
Although she deeply despised Kiritsugu Emiya's actions, Artoria still attacked Zhang Jue.
After all, Kiritsugu Emiya was on her side, whatever else might be said, and she could not stand by while he was attacked.
"Come, fight me! Unrivaled under heaven!"
Zhang Jue did not back down at all, raising his spear and clashing with Artoria.
Artoria was astonished. She had not expected Zhang Jue's martial prowess to be so great, not a whit inferior to Diarmuid's.
"How is this possible?"
Hidden in the shadows, Kayneth was dumbfounded. This was nothing like the Zhang Jue he knew about.
You're a Caster, not a Lancer.
Whoosh...
Just then, a figure in a red cloak suddenly appeared and thrust a dagger at Feng Xi.
It was none other than Emiya [Assassin], who had appeared in yesterday's video-the Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu.
!!!
Feng Xi hurriedly transformed God Force into bracers and successfully blocked Kiritsugu's attack, feeling somewhat surprised as well.
Why is this guy here? Could the Counter Force have sent him to deal with me?!
After all, as everyone knew, the Emiya father and son were Alaya's personal enforcers.
"Hmph!"
When his first strike failed, Kiritsugu immediately put distance between himself and Feng Xi, then pulled out a Calico M950 and opened fire.
Good grief, times really have changed. Even Servants are equipped with firearms now.
"Shit!"
Feng Xi was not in the habit of taking bullets. He immediately dodged at high speed and darted behind a shipping container.
By the time Feng Xi peeked out again to check, Kiritsugu had vanished.
His A+ Presence Concealment made Kiritsugu almost impossible to detect once he hid.
With the two skills Blessing of the Holy Grail and Scapegoat added to that, Kiritsugu had truly become a grandmaster of the Dao of lying low.
Moreover, Kiritsugu possessed the Magecraft skill, making him especially adept at dealing with Casters.
With someone like that targeting him, the days ahead would probably not be easy.
"That guy!"
Iskandar and the others had also caught sight of Kiritsugu and were all somewhat surprised.
Kiritsugu's appearance meant that an extra Servant had already joined this War of the Holy Grail.
Bang!!!
Meanwhile, Artoria noticed that Zhang Jue was somewhat distracted and immediately seized the opportunity to strike harder.
Her longsword flashed as it struck, sending Zhang Jue flying straight into a shipping container with a heavy crash.
"Honestly, this War of the Holy Grail has turned into something completely different."
Feng Xi scratched his head and called out, "Fight with all you've got, Red Hare! Don't worry about me."
"Neigh, neigh. Understood."
A resonant voice rang out, and then a towering red figure charged out of the wreckage, swinging a spear as he attacked Artoria.
"What?!"
Artoria immediately swung her sword down and took the blow head-on, but its tremendous force still sent her sliding several meters backward across the ground.
Both had B-rank strength, so they were evenly matched in raw power.
"Huh? What is that thing?"
Everyone was dumbfounded at the sight of the red centaur that had suddenly charged out.
How had Zhang Jue suddenly turned into such a beast?
Only Feng Xi, who was directly involved, was secretly chuckling.
From the very beginning, the one accompanying him had not been Zhang Jue, but Red Hare.
Zhang Jue had merely cast an illusion on Red Hare, making him look like himself to everyone else.
"Um, what are you-a person?"
Artoria was equally bewildered and instinctively asked.
Red Hare made no attempt to conceal it, saying outright, "I am Lu Bu."
"What?! Lu Bu?" All the Masters wore expressions of utter bewilderment.
Who are you trying to fool? Since when did Lu Bu look like you?
It would make more sense if you said you were Lu Bu's horse, Red Hare.
Hmm? Wait, Red Hare!
Looking at the beast's Chinese-style attire and his claim to be Lu Bu, could it be...
Irisviel: "Um, could you be Red Hare?"
Red Hare: "Neigh, neigh. I am both Lu Bu and Red Hare. They're more or less the same."
They're completely different! everyone silently retorted.
"I think I finally understand what happened when the three heroes fought Lu Bu..."
Hidden in the shadows, Kayneth could not help making that comment.
With Lu Bu riding this beast, how could Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei possibly have won?
"He's only a mere mount, but he does have quite a nice voice."
Chapter 29: The third extra Servant
(Lord El-Melloi II [Zhuge Liang])
Did that guy get a Heroic Spirit Summoning Card too?
Kiritsugu Emiya frowned inwardly from his hiding place.
Indeed, unlike Feng Xi's guess, the Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu from earlier had not been sent down by Alaya, but summoned by Kiritsugu Emiya.
Kiritsugu Emiya had summoned him using the Heroic Spirit Summoning Card he had obtained from the silver treasure chest he received yesterday.
However, unlike the Chaldea version Feng Xi had obtained, Kiritsugu Emiya had gotten the Holy Grail version.
In other words, the summoned Servant could only remain for seven days, after which he would return directly to the Throne of Heroes.
Kiritsugu Emiya clearly got along much better with Kiritsugu than with Artoria.
After all, strictly speaking, the two were the same person, except that the Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu's experiences in life had differed from his own.
"Roar!!!"
Elsewhere, the Knight of the Lake fought with ever-increasing ferocity. Just as he was about to reach Gilgamesh, a large group of figures of various shapes and sizes wearing skull masks rushed out of the shadows and blocked his path.
With others interfering in his battle, the Knight of the Lake naturally let out an enraged roar.