Fate/Magus Path

17 Fateful Encounter

A man in a black trench coat endured the cold night wind, carefully crouching on a steel container, holding his breath and concentrating, afraid to make a sound. However, the shocking scene before him rendered him speechless, his eyes wide with astonishment, unable to regain his composure for a long time.

This is the Servant...

The reappearance of those ancient heroes.

Although he had already read the records of past Holy Grail Wars from the Einzbern family, Emiya Kiritsugu had mentally prepared himself for the existence of Servants, which transcended current common knowledge. Yet, when he truly witnessed the battles between these heroes across time, he realized he had underestimated them.

Wielding holy swords and commanding raging winds, manipulating water with magical spears, and displaying extraordinary martial skills... this kind of battle, only recorded in the mythological texts, was now unfolding right before him.

His trump card, Origin Bullet, Time Alter; facing these transcendent beings, all he could do was laugh it off...

He was gradually understanding the meaning behind the head of the Einzbern family's advice, "Only a Servant can defeat a Servant. Do not act impulsively."

Initially, he thought that with these two powerful weapons, even if he couldn't defeat these heroes, he could at least hold them off for a few rounds. But now, realizing the reality, he found his previous thoughts utterly laughable.

Putting aside the Arthur he had summoned, looking at the strength displayed by the golden-haired man across from him, he felt he would definitely not last two moves against him before being pierced by that magical spear. He might as well abandon the ridiculous notion of defeating a Servant.

With that in mind, Emiya Kiritsugu set up his sniper rifle and thermal scope to search for the presence of other magus nearby.

Though he couldn't defeat a Servant, it didn't mean he couldn't take down other magus.

He was called the Magus Killer for a reason. The special bullets equipped in his gun were the nemesis of all magus... Origin Bullets.

These bullets had the ability to cause chaos and riot in the magic circuits of a magus when they activated their magecraft. If a magus were to use magecraft after being hit by an Origin Bullet, they would be beyond saving.

This was also his ultimate weapon, prepared to crush all those arrogant traditional magus.

Thinking this, Emiya Kiritsugu no longer paid attention to the two battling Servants below and began to focus on locating Lancer's Master.

Although the golden-haired Lancer's Master had yet to reveal himself, he was certain that the Master would be hiding nearby, observing the battle, ready to command and use magecraft for support.

Both the Servants and their Masters would engage in contact over a short period; there couldn't be an absolutely harmonious bond between any Master and Servant.

As long as the Master had doubts about the Servant, they would undoubtedly hide nearby, just as he thought. Over a long lifetime, he knew that those naturally proud and suspicious magus would never easily entrust the initiative to their Servants, so... he must be here!

Although this reasoning was indeed valid, the current situation was somewhat different from what Emiya Kiritsugu had anticipated.

Having been forewarned of possible misfortune by Lord Zelrecht, Kayneth would not allow his pride to continue influencing him. He was extremely cautious.

Not only had he left his fiancée, who was supposed to follow him, in the Clock Tower, but he had also borrowed a superior relic from the British Museum, summoning a legendary hero that rivaled Alexander and perhaps even surpassed him, Fionn mac Cumhaill.