"You bastard!"
Rin Tohsaka and Bazett watched Kirei Kotomine approach warily.
"I told you already, your strength is of no use to me."
"Rin, you are my student. I know you inside and out. Bazett, you might have been able to resist before losing an arm, but now that you have lost one, you pose far less of a threat to me."
"Priest, what about me?"
At that moment, a voice came from behind Kirei Kotomine.
Thud!
Cú Chulainn drove Gae Bulg into Kirei Kotomine's chest.
"Cough, cough..."
Kirei Kotomine slowly turned his head to look at Cú Chulainn behind him.
"Lancer..."
Kirei Kotomine raised the Black Keys in his hand, intending to attack Cú Chulainn, but Cú Chulainn did not hesitate in the slightest and pulled Gae Bulg free.
"You're still... alive, cough, cough." Kirei Kotomine spat out a mouthful of blood as he looked at Cú Chulainn.
But then an unbelievable sight appeared.
Kirei Kotomine's wound was slowly healing, and the three of them could see Black Mud within it.
Before long, Kirei Kotomine had returned to his previous composure.
"You were unexpected."
"But as I am now, unless you cut off my head, I will not die."
Cú Chulainn quickly realized what was happening and took several steps back as he looked at Kirei Kotomine.
"You bathed in Black Mud?"
"No. I survived because of Black Mud. Without it, Kiritsugu Emiya might have killed me ten years ago."
Rin Tohsaka and Bazett's pupils widened slightly.
"What?"
Cú Chulainn said unpleasantly, "You really are disgusting."
Kirei Kotomine seemed to enjoy the expressions on Rin Tohsaka and Bazett's faces.
"Heh heh."
"Then I'll smash your head in!"
Cú Chulainn swung Gae Bulg and prepared to attack Kirei Kotomine.
Whoosh!
At that moment, a magical attack interrupted Cú Chulainn.
"Then