"Actually, I also want to know who it is." Artoria spoke slowly, but sweat gradually appeared on her forehead.
Her body also gradually began to become unstable.
This was the phenomenon of imminent physical collapse after losing mana.
Without the Independent Action skill, Artoria persisting until now was already no easy feat.
"It's me, Knight King." Before Kayneth could speak, a white figure appeared before everyone's eyes.
"This voice... KING, it's actually you." Artoria's face showed an expression of shock.
"Indeed, you weren't killed so easily. I felt something was wrong at the time... You died too peacefully. You actually believed that guy Kiritsugu's promise; just that point seemed strange to me. Recalling what you said then, everything makes sense now."
When Artoria saw Meruem, realization dawned on her face.
Although her current situation of imminent disappearance was inseparable from Meruem's design, she didn't feel any disgust towards Meruem.
Even without Meruem's inducement, would she have agreed with Kiritsugu Emiya's methods? The answer was definitely NO; the compatibility between the two was vastly different.
And just as Meruem said when he "committed suicide" in front of everyone, people act, Heaven watches. Those who play with conspiracies will eventually fall into others' conspiracies.
Thinking carefully, Meruem had actually revealed some information at that time, but everyone selectively ignored it.
Now, seeing Meruem appear unscathed, she recalled those words.
Kiritsugu Emiya and Artoria weren't Chu Xuan; they didn't possess superhuman intelligence. Although Kiritsugu Emiya was a generation's Magus Killer with considerable ability, he would never have made such a connection beyond his comprehension.
"Bang!" Just as everyone's attention was attracted by Meruem, a gunshot interrupted their thoughts.
The shooter... was Kiritsugu Emiya.
The situation was very unfavorable for Kiritsugu; he lost his Servant, lost his Command Spells, and even lost his only assistant, but Kiritsugu Emiya wasn't one to surrender without a fight.
And the target he aimed at was Kayneth; it seemed he intended to risk it all now.
Perhaps it was sudden, or perhaps Kayneth was caught off guard by his action.
This time, Kayneth actually didn't dodge his shot.
The Origin Bullet hit Kayneth's body perfectly.
Simultaneously, several more gunshots rang out.
Several shots in a row; Kiritsugu Emiya fired all the Origin Bullets in his gun at Kayneth.
He was determined to kill him in one go.
"This guy should be KING's current Master, I didn't expect him to survive that suicide. But having lost his Master (Servant?), I'm not without a chance." Kiritsugu Emiya calculated.
He was someone who wouldn't give up until the very end.
Unless you could shatter his dream and make his ideals collapse.
Otherwise, he wouldn't sit still and wait for death.
"Kiritsugu... you still haven't given up?" Although Artoria was surprised, she felt relieved after thinking about it. This was the Kiritsugu Emiya she knew.
However... although the Origin Bullet hit Kayneth perfectly.
But... not a drop of blood flowed from the opponent.
"I said long ago, things made by people without talent like Kiritsugu Emiya..." Kayneth unhurriedly felt around the spot hit by the bullets, and flattened bullets lay impressively on Kayneth's pristine white gloves.
"To me, are just like toys."
The white gloves tilted outward, and the bullets fell to the ground with clinking sounds.
Even the Origin Bullet couldn't do anything to him?
Even the opponent's defense couldn't be breached.
At this moment, Kiritsugu Emiya still thought Kayneth used some strange barrier to block his bullets.
No matter how hard he thought, he wouldn't guess that Kayneth blocked those bullets merely with his non-human body modified by Meruem.
One must know, that was skin that even sniper rifles couldn't penetrate.
Aside from losing the ability to burn Magic Crests, the Origin Bullet was no different from ordinary bullets. Naturally, it couldn't penetrate Kayneth's skin.
"MASTER, mission accomplished..." A raspy voice sounded from nowhere, and figures wearing black tight suits and skull masks appeared in front of everyone.
"It's actually Assassin... weren't they all killed by RIDER?" This time, even Kiritsugu Emiya's face couldn't help but change drastically.
Because Irisviel was being carried on the shoulder of one of the Assassins.
"KING... She is different from Kiritsugu Emiya. You can trouble Kiritsugu, but Irisviel is innocent." Only Irisviel, who had always been on good terms with Artoria, could make her speak up personally.
To be honest, until now, Artoria still didn't wish for Irisviel to be hurt.
"What? Didn't Your Majesty King Arthur know?" Before Meruem could speak, Kayneth explained to Artoria. "This Einzbern woman is the vessel for the Holy Grail in this war."
"What?!" Artoria was greatly shocked, then she looked at Kiritsugu Emiya with extreme disgust. As if looking at trash, no, worse than trash.
"To not even spare your own wife, it seems my choice was indeed correct!"
"Time Alter: Five Times Stagnate (Quintuple Accel)!" Without a word, Kiritsugu Emiya, who never waited for death, launched an attack again.
The target this time was Irisviel in the hands of the group of black-clothed Assassins.
"Do you know? Knight King... this former Master of yours." Meruem suddenly disappeared from his spot and reappeared in front of Kiritsugu Emiya.
A large hand pierced through Kiritsugu Emiya's body without any obstruction and slowly pulled out a blue object with gold trim.
Kiritsugu Emiya, using Quintuple Accel, had no power to fight back in front of Meruem.
He couldn't even defend himself.
"He always kept a hand against you."
One of the strongest Conceptual Weapons, and also King Arthur's strongest Noble Phantasm, the scabbard of Excalibur—Avalon, The Everdistant Utopia—appeared impressively in Meruem's hand.
A power capable of halting aging and healing any injury. It could even cut off any physical interference and interference from parallel worlds. Evaluated by the Lady of the Lake and Merlin the Archmage as having a value ten times that of Excalibur itself.
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