Chapter 748

Su Xiao began to adjust his state, first closing his eyes and taking deep breaths to ensure sufficient oxygen levels in his blood. If he missed the current opportunity, he would only be able to storm the Einzbern family castle and fight Saber head-on.

There were stronger enemies waiting for Su Xiao; fighting Saber head-on now was unwise.

Su Xiao brought his head to the Spider Queen's scope; he had adjusted his state.

Above the castle, the Apostle Eye, made entirely of rare metal, floated up. The main material of the Apostle Eye was Ramir alloy. The strength of Ramir alloy was not outstanding, even lower than refined steel, but it had strong adaptability. Like a chameleon among metals, it could blend with the aura of most objects. Because of this, the difficulty of discovering and mining Ramir metal was extremely high, which also caused the extremely expensive price of this metal.

Hum—

The Apostle Eye emitted a pulse; almost instantly, this pulse swept across the entire castle.

Su Xiao's mental power was already linked to the Apostle Eye. After the Apostle Eye released the pulse, the Einzbern family castle in his vision became semi-transparent, with dozens of red human figures inside.

Drip. Drip, drip...

Red light flashed on the Apostle Eye, quickly locating which red figure was Emiya Kiritsugu.

Just as the Apostle Eye released the wave, on the first floor of the castle, Saber, who was chatting with the proxy Master Irisviel, tensed her body, her pupils slowly contracting.

Boom!

Magic power surged wildly on Saber; her battle armor and battle skirt materialized. The invisible longsword "Excalibur" appeared in her hand, her golden hair fluttering, looking heroic and spirited.

"Saber?"

The beautiful young woman Irisviel, who was drinking black tea, was stunned. Because of Saber's release of magic power, her long silver hair was blown up. Saber didn't say a word, directly picking up Irisviel. Fine cracks appeared on the marble floor beneath her feet. Saber's figure flashed, and with a bang, she rushed toward the third floor of the castle, which was the location of her Master, Emiya Kiritsugu.

At this moment, Emiya Kiritsugu was discussing something with his female assistant. Although Emiya Kiritsugu was a Master, his combat intuition was not weak.

"Wrong."

Having experienced modern battlefields, Emiya Kiritsugu immediately sensed that a sniper had already aimed at him. He immediately lunged toward the load-bearing wall to the side. The load-bearing wall was thicker than ordinary walls, and the concrete had been treated for vibration, making it more than ten times sturdier than ordinary walls, with strong bulletproof performance.

After Emiya Kiritsugu lunged behind the load-bearing wall, the feeling of being locked onto not only didn't disappear, but became even more intense.

Emiya Kiritsugu's female assistant was also no ordinary person. Being able to become Emiya Kiritsugu's assistant in participating in the Holy Grail War showed her strength, so she immediately grabbed the briefcase on the table; inside the briefcase was a sniper rifle disassembled into three sections.

"I, by the power of the Command Spell..."

Emiya Kiritsugu wanted to use a Command Spell to forcibly summon Saber, but it was already too late; the enemy simply wouldn't give him this opportunity.

With a crack, concrete debris splashed. A hole the size of a bucket exploded on the load-bearing wall in front of Emiya Kiritsugu, and a bullet with an exaggerated size shot straight toward Emiya Kiritsugu's head.

"Time Alter: Triple Accel."

Emiya Kiritsugu directly used his strongest ability, Time Alter, a magecraft regarding time manipulation that the Emiya family had explored for generations.

Emiya Kiritsugu's blood flow speed accelerated, and the hemoglobin in his body burned at high speed.

The 17.36mm caliber sniper bullet flew in front of Emiya Kiritsugu. This should have been a guaranteed hit, but Emiya Kiritsugu dodged sideways with all his might, his speed so fast that afterimages appeared. This was not the speed of his physical body, but the power of time.

Puchi.

Fresh blood splashed. The 17.36mm caliber bullet penetrated the floor behind Emiya Kiritsugu, shot out from the outer wall on the other side of the castle, and finally embedded into the mountain rock behind the castle, leaving behind a bullet hole emitting blue smoke.

Tick-tock, tick-tock, fresh blood dripped from Emiya Kiritsugu's cheek. Although he used Time Alter: Triple Accel, he was only a Heroic Spirit Master and did not have the physical fitness of a Heroic Spirit.

The cheek below Emiya Kiritsugu's ear had already disappeared, revealing white, bone-like teeth, and a small portion of his lip had been blown away.

Emiya Kiritsugu was not hit head-on by the Spider Queen's bullet; he was only grazed by the bullet. Even so, he was still severely injured. If the bullet had hit his head directly, he would already be a headless corpse.

The effect of Time Alter: Triple Accel disappeared. Before Emiya Kiritsugu could even catch his breath, the cement wall in front of him exploded again, and a bullet penetrated the cement wall and shot toward him.

At this time, Emiya Kiritsugu's mind was dizzy; this was caused by the shock of the first bullet. He really wanted to use a Command Spell, but unfortunately, using a Command Spell required time. The magic power of the Command Spell was not his own magic power; the Command Spell was like a "gun." To fire the gun, one needed to pull the trigger first. Now, not to mention pulling the trigger, he couldn't even touch the "gun" and could only use his own magic power to save his life first.

"Time Alter: Quadruple Accel."

Emiya Kiritsugu couldn't care about the overdraft of his body. Whether he could survive under the sniping of an unknown enemy was an unknown variable, let alone overdrafting his body.

Emiya Kiritsugu's personal time flow accelerated. The second bullet headed straight for his lower leg; he immediately lifted his lower leg, intending to dodge the second bullet.

After that 17.36mm caliber bullet flew in front of Emiya Kiritsugu, metal tail fins opened at the end of the bullet, and the bullet's speed dropped sharply. This left Emiya Kiritsugu puzzled, while also causing his hair to stand on end.

Dang!

The bullet suddenly exploded, and a piercing sound wave spread. When Emiya Kiritsugu's body came into contact with this sound wave, the water molecules in his body became the best sound conduction tools.

A hum sounded in Emiya Kiritsugu's ears, his mind spun, and everything in his vision appeared with double images.

At this time, Emiya Kiritsugu still maintained Time Alter: Quadruple Accel. In his vision, a third hole appeared on the load-bearing wall in front of him, and a bullet covered in patterns on its surface shot toward his face.

Emiya Kiritsugu wanted to dodge the bullet relying on the state of Time Alter: Quadruple Accel, but his whole body felt as heavy as if it were filled with lead; that was the effect of the second special ammunition: the stun grenade.

Bang! The door of the room where Emiya Kiritsugu was located was smashed, wood chips splashed, and Saber, carrying Irisviel on her shoulder, felt a warm liquid splash on her face, followed by a rich, bloody smell.

Thump, a corpse with its upper body shattered fell to the ground, and the area within a few meters around the corpse was splattered with sprayed blood and organ fragments.

Warm, minced meat slid down from the beautiful young woman Irisviel's cheek, and with a plop, it fell to the ground.

Whoosh—

Another bullet flew over, still a wall-penetrating shot.

With a crack, Emiya Kiritsugu's lower body was shattered. This was the destructive effect caused by the Spider Queen; it was both bloody and had a kind of violent aesthetic.

The female assistant stared blankly at the rotten meat in the room. The sniper rifle that had already been assembled slid from her hand, and tears flowed down her cheeks.

The room, choked with the smell of blood, was dead silent. The beautiful young woman Irisviel's mouth was wide open, her eyes widened to the extreme.

"Ah!!"

Irisviel let out a scream, unable to believe the scene before her. Saber lowered her head; the magic power from her Master was cut off. Although there was the proxy Master Irisviel, she was not one of the seven Masters. With the death of the legitimate Master Emiya Kiritsugu, Saber would dissipate before long.

"Is it over just like this?" Saber gripped the Excalibur in her hand tightly, turning her head to look in a certain direction outside the window; the bullet had been fired from that direction.

Just at this moment, her Intuition gave a warning. A scene appeared in her mind; 0.5 seconds later, a bullet penetrated the glass window, shattering Irisviel beside her. The Excalibur in Saber's hand slashed forward, and a high-speed flying bullet was split open; the bullet, split into two, sank into the ground and disappeared.

Boom!

The collision between the bullet and the longsword produced an air explosion sound. Saber plowed the ground with her feet and retreated far away, her palms feeling somewhat numb.

"Shameless!" Saber's emerald eyes were full of helplessness; the enemy's intention was already very clear: if she chose to pursue, Irisviel would die.

"Saber, don't worry about me, go find where the enemy is, hurry!"

Irisviel, with eyes full of tears, had already suffered an emotional breakdown.

"..." Saber stood silently in front of Irisviel.

"Go help Kiritsugu take revenge..."

"Sorry, I can't do that. I cannot watch you die; you are my Master's wife."

Hearing Saber's words, Irisviel knelt on the ground and cried bitterly. Sniping enemies was a common tactic used by Emiya Kiritsugu, and today, he died at the hands of a stronger sniper.