“To resort to a sneak attack, as the King of Knights, don't you feel ashamed?!”
Saber, standing beside him, couldn't help but question Wang Xiaoming. She had long been displeased with Wang Xiaoming's sneak attacks. He had attacked Rider earlier, and now he was attacking Archer. Although Archer's words were infuriating, Saber found Wang Xiaoming's behavior even more despicable than verbal provocations. It wasn't something a knight should do!
“King of Knights? I never said I was the King of Knights, little girl. As my fan, you should understand that I am King Arthur. Before being a knight, I am first and foremost a king!”
Wang Xiaoming dodged the attacks of the Noble Phantasms while replying to Saber.
“Knights couldn't save Camelot! The reason I was able to lead Camelot to rule Britannia wasn't just because of knights; it was because of various means, various strategies, and not solely relying on the identity of a knight, then dreaming of a perfect dream where everything works out. If everything could be perfect, then those enemies I killed would be the ultimate insult to the so-called identity of a knight!”
A perfect knight is a joke. As long as there is battle, people will die. You can never guarantee whether your enemies are truly evil. You are merely on different sides, in different positions, and must fight, even to the death.
Wang Xiaoming's words stunned Saber. She wanted to say something, but Wang Xiaoming ignored her and focused on dodging the attacks of the Noble Phantasms without speaking.
Ten seconds later, Wang Xiaoming's presence diminished again. He disappeared from everyone's sight, and Gilgamesh's attacks also stopped. Everyone understood that Wang Xiaoming had infiltrated, entering a state invisible to them!
Is he really King Arthur? Is he really a Caster? He must be an Assassin! The real Assassin, who was watching from the sidelines, felt his scalp tingle. He felt like a fake Assassin, sneaking around under everyone's gaze. How did he even do it! This is a stealth technique that only the First Hassan could achieve!
Having had his heart ripped out, Gilgamesh immediately took action after seeing Wang Xiaoming disappear again. Within the Gate of Babylon, possessing the prototypes of all Noble Phantasms, he naturally also possessed healing Noble Phantasms and those that could resist death. A mere fatal wound was of little consequence!
Under Wang Xiaoming's gaze, Gilgamesh used a Noble Phantasm to restore his chest to its original state, even his heart reappeared.
An unfamiliar Noble Phantasm, but very powerful. Even with his heart ripped out, he could heal himself.
However, Wang Xiaoming wasn't surprised, because Gilgamesh possessed countless Noble Phantasm prototypes. He wouldn't be surprised if there were a few that could save lives or even resurrect. Moreover, in the Fourth and Fifth Holy Grail Wars, Gilgamesh was being reckless and fooling around, which is why he lost. But once Gilgamesh got serious, he could truly single-handedly conquer the Holy Grail War in one night.
Therefore, Wang Xiaoming didn't feel any surprise at failing to kill Gilgamesh in one strike.
If one strike doesn't kill him, then come for a second. Moreover, this way, Wang Xiaoming could also harvest a second divine heart. Gilgamesh, the perfect heart-producing tool!
In front of Gilgamesh, Wang Xiaoming "sneaked" behind him. Wang Xiaoming's left hand transformed into a dragon claw again, reaching for Gilgamesh's back.
Your heart, I'll take it!
398. Pierce his skull, Gungnir!
Boom—
Gilgamesh, wearing golden armor, flew out of the spot like a cannonball, directly crashing into a stack of containers, causing the stack to collapse, just like Lancer and Rider before!
He was attacked again, and from behind!
Gilgamesh, who was sent flying, didn't get injured like Lancer and Rider before, because the armor on his body provided him with excellent protection!
The golden ripples flickering in the sky immediately fired Noble Phantasms, attacking the location where Gilgamesh had been standing.
He was attacked from behind, so the person who attacked him must be behind him.
Countless Noble Phantasms rained down on that area indiscriminately, but unfortunately, Wang Xiaoming had already left when he attacked.
Immediately retreat after a failed strike, this is an operation that an assassin must learn.
However, Wang Xiaoming was quite surprised. His attack just now could have directly pierced Gilgamesh's chest from behind, but it was defended by the opponent's armor. It seemed that Gilgamesh was serious, at least in terms of defense.
Moreover, Gilgamesh had guessed that he would sneak attack from behind, so he directly used Noble Phantasms to defend.
What a pity, I was thinking of taking another heart. Since that's the case, then I can only kill him directly, no wasting time.
No matter how strong the armor is, it only provides defense, and there will still be parts that cannot be defended.
Wang Xiaoming raised the sword in his hand. At this time, the sword had become the Sword of Promised Victory after Esther communicated with the Divine Armaments, but now, this sword was no longer needed. The power of releasing it was too great. Releasing it inside the bounded field was fine, but releasing it in the real world would directly destroy Fuyuki City with a single strike.
This is not the Campione world. In the Campione world, Wang Xiaoming is a Demon King, and he can directly kill those who don't listen to him, but there is no need for that in the Fate world. The ordinary people in the Fate world are already miserable enough. They will explode from gas leaks at any time, and they will be killed by magicians who pop up from nowhere to be used as magic materials.
The people of this world are so miserable, there's not even enough time to pity them.
Esther, transform into Gungnir.
Yes, Xiaoming.
After communicating with Esther, the sword in Wang Xiaoming's hand immediately transformed into a golden spear, Odin's armament Gungnir, possessing the attributes of oath and certainty.
As long as it is thrown, it will definitely hit, and the words spoken to the tip of the spear will definitely come true.
Of course, not everything can be achieved. It requires Wang Xiaoming's magic power, which is consumed according to the difficulty of the vow, thereby fulfilling the vow.
This is also a limitation for Wang Xiaoming, because although Wang Xiaoming possesses infinite magic power, this infinity is because he can infinitely draw from the ground. The total amount of magic power in Wang Xiaoming's body is actually not particularly high. Including Rama, he has only killed three Heretic Gods, and Rama hasn't even died. In essence, he only seized Rama's heart and replaced Rama's identity, without killing Rama. Therefore, the total amount of magic power in Wang Xiaoming's body is not much.
The magic power required for Gungnir's oath is drawn all at once at the moment after it is spoken. If Wang Xiaoming's total amount of magic power is not enough, then oaths that exceed the standard cannot be fulfilled.
“I hereby swear! My throwing spear will pierce Gilgamesh's skull!”
Wang Xiaoming took the initiative to regain his presence, swearing to the tip of Gungnir. Such a vow did not consume much of Wang Xiaoming's magic power, because hitting Gilgamesh's head was not too difficult for Wang Xiaoming and Gungnir.
As soon as Wang Xiaoming finished speaking, he directly threw Gungnir in his hand into the sky, and Gungnir turned into a golden shooting star and flew into the sky.
Wang Xiaoming's actions of swearing to the spear tip and throwing the spear also exposed his position. Gilgamesh directly launched an attack on Wang Xiaoming. Wang Xiaoming immediately began to dodge the attack, while advancing towards Gilgamesh, but the speed of the advance was not fast, but rather mocking Gilgamesh while dodging the attack.
“Is that all, Gilgamesh? Is this the ability of Gilgamesh, the oldest king of mankind? It's too weak!”
Wang Xiaoming's taunts attracted Gilgamesh's attention, and in the sky, Gungnir, thrown by Wang Xiaoming, had already completed its turn and was falling towards Gilgamesh.
“Tch, a mere mongrel's throwing spear, trying to kill this king!”
Wang Xiaoming didn't say Gungnir's name, and Gungnir was different from the prototypes held by Gilgamesh, so he didn't think it was Gungnir, but for insurance, Gilgamesh still deployed Noble Phantasms to defend.
However, in addition to the attributes of oath and certainty, Gungnir also has another characteristic, that is, it is Esther's link to the Divine Armaments transformation, its foundation is Esther, and Esther has the ability to devour.
Therefore, the defensive Noble Phantasm deployed by Gilgamesh had no way to intercept Gungnir at all.
The shield Noble Phantasm deployed by Gilgamesh was instantly devoured by Gungnir, which greatly surprised Gilgamesh.
“Nani!”
But Gilgamesh reacted quickly, and immediately deployed a new Noble Phantasm again, and even a second and third, layers of shields stacked above Gilgamesh, resisting this shooting star spear from the sky.
However, what Gilgamesh didn't know was that Wang Xiaoming never expected the gun to hit him in the first place. With Gilgamesh's Noble Phantasms, as long as he was careful, he would always have one to protect himself. Therefore, the Meteor Spear was just bait thrown out by Wang Xiaoming, and the real killing move was Wang Xiaoming himself!
[Godspeed] activated!
Wang Xiaoming transformed into light and instantly disappeared from his original position, arriving directly in front of Gilgamesh.
His dragonified left hand formed a hand-blade shape, the sharp claws being the most deadly daggers, and he unhesitatingly stabbed into Gilgamesh's throat, which was exposed because he was looking up at Gungnir.
Pfft—
The pain made Gilgamesh spit out a mouthful of blood, his crimson eyes widening as he looked at Wang Xiaoming in surprise.
Impossible, this speed, impossible!
"Everything is possible!"
Wang Xiaoming actively responded to the doubt in Gilgamesh's eyes. With a wave of his right hand, Gungnir pierced through the defensive Noble Phantasm that was blocking it and came into Wang Xiaoming's hand. At the same time, Wang Xiaoming's dragonified left hand directly snapped Gilgamesh's neck.
The first night of the Holy Grail War, Archer Gilgamesh, eliminated!
3r!
After Rider, it was Archer. On the first day of the Fourth Holy Grail War that truly marked its beginning, two Servants were eliminated in a row. Rider was one thing, at least he unleashed his ultimate Noble Phantasm. Archer didn't even unleash his strongest Noble Phantasm before being directly killed, and he was killed by Wang Xiaoming snapping his neck.
For a king, this was quite disrespectful.
However, Wang Xiaoming would not respect an ancient village chief. Although Gilgamesh in the Demon Beast Front was indeed quite good, the Archer now was not!
Tokiomi Tohsaka, far away in the Tohsaka residence, also watched Gilgamesh being directly killed.
Originally, he had already used a Command Spell to order Gilgamesh to return, but unexpectedly, Wang Xiaoming interrupted Gilgamesh's return. In this way, Gilgamesh had to fight because he understood Gilgamesh's temperament. Being sneak-attacked and having one's heart pierced was not something that could end well. Moreover, Tokiomi Tohsaka didn't dare to use a second Command Spell to order Gilgamesh back.
Therefore, he could only watch Gilgamesh fight Wang Xiaoming through Assassin's eyes. Who knew that Wang Xiaoming would actually resolve Gilgamesh through a sneak attack? Gilgamesh didn't even actively attack much before being directly killed. The speed was too fast, so fast that Tokiomi Tohsaka couldn't react at all.
This caused all of Tokiomi Tohsaka's plans to fall through. What to do next? Rely on Assassin?
Deep in the Tohsaka mansion, Tokiomi Tohsaka slumped on the sofa, his eyes vacant. Standing beside him, Kirei Kotomine, his disciple who had always been taught by him, stared at him expressionlessly. Seeing Tokiomi Tohsaka's broken appearance, Kirei Kotomine's unwavering heart unexpectedly experienced a trace of fluctuation.
On the battlefield by the harbor, Wang Xiaoming carried Esther, who had transformed into Gungnir, on his right shoulder. He released his left hand, threw Gilgamesh's corpse on the ground, allowing it to dissipate into magical particles, and then turned to face Saber.
!
Saber and Irisviel were shocked again. No way, after resolving Rider earlier, they were targeted. Now that Archer had been resolved, was this Arthur King targeting them again?
Irisviel felt the burden on her body increasing again, confirming that Archer had been killed by Wang Xiaoming. Killing two Servants in a row in such a short period, and powerful ones at that, hadn't this Caster's magical power been exhausted yet!
Saber also became nervous. She had just arrived in Fuyuki, the venue for this Holy Grail War, and hadn't truly intervened in this Holy Grail War yet, was she going to be eliminated?
Fortunately, Wang Xiaoming didn't attack Saber, but instead looked at Berserker next to him. Berserker seemed to have short-circuited for a moment due to Wang Xiaoming's actions of taking down Archer earlier, standing there without any movement.
However, Wang Xiaoming knew that it was Kariya Matou, the Master behind him, who was spacing out. He participated in the Holy Grail War to target Tokiomi Tohsaka. In essence, Kariya Matou was not a bad person, but definitely someone with a problem in his head, whose mind was filled with thoughts of targeting Tokiomi Tohsaka.
Now that Tokiomi Tohsaka's Servant was dead, this made Kariya Matou stunned for a moment. He felt like he had suddenly lost his goal.
However, Wang Xiaoming found him a goal.
"Berserker's Master."
Wang Xiaoming took the initiative to speak, attracting Kariya Matou's attention. Saber and the others also stared at Wang Xiaoming nervously.
Under everyone's gaze, Wang Xiaoming took out a red ribbon from his space pocket and raised it high.
"Kariya Matou, you should know what this is, right."
"Sakura! ?"
Kariya Matou's voice came from the depths of the container street.
"What have you done to Sakura! ?"
Waaaaaa~~~
Influenced by Kariya Matou's urgent mood, Berserker began to rage again.
"Control your Servant, Kariya Matou, if you don't want anything to happen to the owner of this thing."
"Damn it! What exactly have you done to Sakura!"
Kariya Matou shouted angrily, but he restrained Berserker, preventing Berserker from attacking Wang Xiaoming.
"To actually use a hostage to threaten the other party, can you still be considered a hero!"
Saber next to him couldn't help but question Wang Xiaoming again, but Wang Xiaoming ignored her.
"Merlin, I'll leave this little fan of mine to you. I'll go resolve the remaining guys."
"No problem, my king, leave it to me."
Merlin replied with a smile. To be honest, he was already confused by Wang Xiaoming's wave of operations. Originally, he thought that he would slowly play for a few days, and resolving one Rider was enough, but with his Master like this, it felt like he was going to resolve all the enemies today. Then, which one would Artoria be?
According to Wang Xiaoming's request, Merlin stopped Artoria, but Merlin didn't attack, just holding his staff in his left hand and his holy sword in his right hand, looking at Artoria with a smile. But just looking like that, Artoria would feel a lot of pressure. The power displayed by this Arthur King Wang Xiaoming was too exaggerated, and was not the same level as the other Servants they had seen so far.
And Wang Xiaoming directly walked towards Berserker.
He didn't immediately kill Berserker, but directly bypassed Berserker, and then suddenly accelerated and jumped towards the container stacks behind.
His target was not Berserker, because as long as Sakura was in his hands, Kariya Matou would listen to his orders, so he wasn't worried that Berserker would run away at all.
And the one who would really run was Lancer's Master, Kenneth.
Wang Xiaoming directly jumped to the top of the container stacks, looking down from a high position, easily discovering Kenneth who was running away. After watching Wang Xiaoming kill Gilgamesh, he immediately chose to run. There was no way, he couldn't win, no matter how he thought about it.
For the sake of the opportunity for the Holy Grail War next, he ran away first, at least to save Lancer's life first!
"Lord! Run! Caster is chasing after us!"
Lancer discovered Wang Xiaoming appearing behind him and immediately manifested from spirit form, holding twin spears and blocking Kenneth's path, preparing to rely on himself to resist Wang Xiaoming and let Kenneth run away.
"Damn it!"
Kenneth looked back at Wang Xiaoming and quickly started running, he didn't dare to face Wang Xiaoming.
Wang Xiaoming didn't rush to catch up, but instead stood in place and shouted.
"Kenneth, I know where you and Sola are. Even if you run, it's useless. I already sent someone to follow your Sola."
This sentence made Kenneth stop running and look back at Wang Xiaoming in surprise.
"No need to be so surprised, this is war. As a king, one must naturally make all preparations before engaging in war. I have the information of all of your Masters, whether it's you, Tokiomi Tohsaka of the Tohsaka family, or Kariya Matou hiding in the dark, as well as Kiritsugu Emiya, who is running around with a sniper rifle, I know all of your information clearly."
Wang Xiaoming looked at Kenneth with a smile on his face from a high position.
"Kenneth, if you don't want anything to happen to your fiancée Sola, then let Lancer commit suicide."
"What!"
Lancer widened his eyes!
Wang Xiaoming ignored Lancer's words and continued to stare at the panicked Kenneth.
