Chapter 699: The 'Bare-Handed' Lancer

In the unfinished building, a spirit-form Heroic Spirit appeared. This was a handsome Heroic Spirit. That tear-shaped love spot under his eye, which had the ability to charm, was an 'EX-rank Noble Phantasm' for most women.

The Heroic Spirit knelt on one knee, his head lowered.

It had to be said that Diarmuid was a very excellent Heroic Spirit, powerful in martial arts, and also very smart in terms of strategy. Most importantly, he listened to his Master's orders and could be said to be loyal to the death.

Unfortunately, his Master Kayneth was full of suspicion toward him. Kayneth was afraid that this Heroic Spirit would give him a green hat.

"Master, the situation of the enemy has been investigated. One side is the Saber camp, located on the roof on the west side. The side in the residential house is suspected to be the Berserker camp. The total number of people on both sides does not exceed ten. However, the terrain we are in is advantageous, and we can clearly observe the dynamics of both sides."

Diarmuid had taken considerable risks to obtain the information and narrated these details to his Master Kayneth.

"Is that so? The best possibility is to let them have a conflict first."

Kayneth took a deep breath, suppressing the dissatisfaction with Diarmuid in his heart. Honestly speaking, he was still quite satisfied with this Heroic Spirit, except for that one point.

"Black smoke? Are you sure?"

Kayneth raised an eyebrow.

"Absolutely certain. I guarantee it with my life. I dare not hide anything from Master."

Diarmuid sighed inwardly. He really hoped his Master would trust him. Even though the Master's fiancée had expressed her favor to him many times, he had rejected her with strong words. If it weren't for considering the woman's status, Diarmuid would have ignored her long ago.

"In that case, we can continue to wait and see. Diarmuid, continue to investigate the situation. Once the situation changes, report to me immediately."

"Yes."

Diarmuid performed a knightly salute and turned to walk out of the unfinished building.

"Don't get exposed."

Even if Kayneth was suspicious of Diarmuid, the other party was his Servant after all.

"Thank you, Master..."

"Don't say any more, get out!"

"Understood."

Diarmuid's eyes dimmed, and he turned to walk out.

Being summoned as Lancer was somewhat of a waste of talent for Diarmuid. Compared to using a spear, his two magic swords were more famous, namely the two magic swords 'Moralltach' and 'Beagalltach'.

According to Diarmuid's ability, even becoming a Saber-class Heroic Spirit would be effortless. If he had descended as a Saber-class, his strength would have increased by at least 40%.

However, he became a Lancer, and a Lancer with Luck E. Judging from the records of the previous Holy Grail Wars, Lancers were generally very miserable.

On the edge of Fuyuki City, the three parties began to confront each other from a distance. Coincidentally, the positions of the three parties just happened to form a triangle.

Time passed like this: one hour, two hours...

Until 7 p. m. that night, the sky gradually darkened, and still, no party took the initiative to attack.

In the residential house, Su Xiao used the Apostle's Eye to observe the situation around him. Inadvertently, he found a suspicious target, a blonde girl.

"This is... Saber? I almost didn't recognize her in a suit."

After discovering the whereabouts of one party, Su Xiao's attention shifted. There should be one more party. The other party was hiding very deeply, but judging from the surveillance of the church, it should be one of the Archer, Assassin, or Lancer camps. It was unlikely to be the Archer or Assassin camps, so only the Lancer camp remained.

Su Xiao's reasoning was based on evidence. He had already noticed that it wasn't one group of people following him. The Master camp and Rider camp belonged to the type that just watched the show, so the possibility of these two parties monitoring the church was not high. After all, the Masters of these two parties were quite useless—one was a 'Queen', and the other was a murderous teenager.

Excluding his own side and the Saber camp, only three camps remained. And the Archer and Assassin camps had a cooperative relationship with the old priest, so the possibility of these two groups taking the initiative to attack was not high.

Su Xiao used the elimination method to calculate. The only one left was the Lancer camp. But there was another possibility: the one following him was a contractor. This possibility was not high; there was no conflict of interest, and contractors didn't fight much.

Now the three parties were deadlocked here. No one was willing to take the initiative to attack, and they were all waiting for the other two parties to fight. As for retreating, if they didn't fight, the other two parties would definitely not retreat.

As for Su Xiao, he wouldn't retreat either. He had to ensure that no one was following him, otherwise, he couldn't enter Ryudoji Temple with peace of mind.

"Roar~"

A low roar came from beside Su Xiao's feet; it was Matou Kariya, who had been tied up with steel wire for several hours.

A low growl came from beside Su Xiao's feet; it was Matou Kariya, who had been tied up tightly with steel wire for several hours.

"Let's wait. Heroic Spirits will only gather more and more. By then..."

Su Xiao had just finished speaking when a crisp sound came. Matou Kariya actually broke free from the steel wire.

Matou Kariya let out a wild roar, seemingly having an inextinguishable anger in his chest. He looked at Su Xiao, hesitated for a moment, and then turned to crash into the wall of the residential house.

With a boom, Matou Kariya broke through the wall and rushed out.

Su Xiao stood beside the hole in the residential house, with a piece of armor stained with black paint tied to the Boundary-Breaking Line.

"He really became a Berserker."

Su Xiao retracted the Boundary-Breaking Line. He didn't rush out with Matou Kariya. Now Matou Kariya had extremely strong survival ability. It was good for him to go out and attract the enemy's attention. Besides, there was Matou Sakura as a backup.

"Xiang Bubu, find a place to hide, take her with you."

"Woof."

Xiang Bubu Wang barked and took Matou Sakura to jump out from the other side of the residential house. He wasn't good at fighting, but if it came to hiding, no one could find him.

The 'Berserker' Matou Kariya rushed out of the residential house and quickly rushed to the wilderness not far away.

"Roar!!"

With a wild roar, it startled a large number of birds nearby. Matou Kariya, with black smoke rising all over his body, was domineering.

Seeing this scene, Kayneth in the unfinished building felt his heart shrink. This was an opportunity, a great opportunity to kill the Master of the Berserker camp.

"Lancer."

Kayneth roared low, and Diarmuid appeared immediately.

"I am here."

"This is an opportunity. Go and solve Berserker's Master immediately. Be fast! Berserker is in a berserk state and is very difficult to control. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

"Master, may I release my Noble Phantasm?"

"Killing an enemy Master should not be difficult for you. If it is not a critical moment, do not expose your identity. At the critical moment, I permit you to release your Noble Phantasm."

"Yes."

Diarmuid immediately turned into spirit form and disappeared into the unfinished building with a few leaps.

Near the unfinished building, on the roof of a residential building, Saber, the girl in the black suit, opened her eyes slightly.

"Master, the Lancer camp has taken action. I feel a spirit-form Heroic Spirit nearby. It is very likely Lancer!"

For the matter of directly attacking an enemy Master, Saber didn't advocate it; it didn't conform to the character of a knight, but it didn't reach the point of rejection.

"Taken action? This is indeed an opportunity."

Emiya Kiritsugu searched for Su Xiao's whereabouts through the sniper scope, but Su Xiao was a sniper expert; how could he expose himself to the muzzle of a sniper rifle?

"Observe the situation first. Where is Lancer?"

Emiya Kiritsugu looked at Saber.

"Already rushed into that residential house." Saber had just finished speaking.

Boom!

A muffled sound came from the residential house in the distance. Diarmuid crashed through the outer wall of the residential house and flew out, with a very deep knife wound on his chest and abdomen. Although he held a long spear in each of his hands, he didn't release his Noble Phantasm, so the power of these two spears couldn't be exerted. He almost equaled rushing to Su Xiao bare-handed. Facing Su Xiao, whose several attributes were either A or A+, the outcome could be imagined.

Clang.

A pale blue blade light flew out from the residential house. Diarmuid in mid-air could no longer care whether his identity was exposed. If he continued to disguise, he would very likely die here.

With a clink, Diarmuid used the red long spear in his hand to pick apart the blade light. Logically speaking, the blade light shouldn't be so easy to break, but this red long spear had a background—Gáe Dearg.

Diarmuid fell to the ground with a thud, his arms somewhat numb.

Seeing Diarmuid landing in a sorry state, Kayneth in the distance was somewhat stunned. Not only him, but Emiya Kiritsugu, Saber, and others were also surprised.

"Inside is not..."

Diarmuid wanted to shout, but a figure wrapped in black smoke roared and rushed toward him.

"Tokiomi!!"

I don't know what was wrong with Matou Kariya's eyes, actually mistaking Diarmuid for Tohsaka Tokiomi. ===== CHAPTER 700 =====

"Tokiomi!!"

It was unclear what Matou Kariya was seeing, but he had actually mistaken Diarmuid for Tohsaka Tokiomi.