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Time rewound to when everyone had just been pulled into the King's Army by Emiya Shirou.
Emiya Shirou: "You know, Hassan of the Hundred Faces… well… he's not really suited for the Holy Grail War… so I had no choice but to kick him out."
This was Emiya Shirou's public response regarding kicking out Hassan of the Hundred Faces.
Yukinoshita Yukino: "Has Hassan of the Hundred Faces become so weak that anyone can mock him?"
Kisaragi Rin: "It's disrespectful to Hassan of the Hundred Faces to say that."
Meanwhile, in the private team communication:
Kisaragi Rin: "That's enough. This guy personally admitted to controlling seven Servants from the Fourth Holy Grail War."
Kisaragi Rin was already grateful that he had summoned Medea; otherwise, given that some overpowered Servants couldn't be summoned, trying to fight Emiya Shirou with a Servant of insufficient strength would be impossible and would also cause him to lose the chance to get an S-rank in this game.
Medea: "Aside from Hassan of the Hundred Faces, weren't there any weak Servants in the Fourth Holy Grail War?"
Saber: "I wonder if Lancelot is among them?"
Yukinoshita Yukino: "Seven against five, and the other side has infinite magic. Master Kisaragi, quickly use your supreme wisdom to come up with a brilliant plan!"
Esdeath: "I'll just take on all seven of them."
Yukinoshita Yukino: "…"
If they were normal Servants, Esdeath, with Mahapdama activated, would indeed have a chance to take on all seven.
The current problem was that these Servants were controlled by the black holy grail. If Emiya Shirou truly couldn't be affected by time stop, then within seven seconds, even if these corrupted Servants suffered fatal injuries, they would be restored by Emiya Shirou.
Emiya Shirou could even recall these Servants back into his body and release them again once the time stop passed.
Esdeath's Mahapdama was key, but it needed to be used at the right moment!
Lily: "At this moment, I really can't suppress my feelings for Master… Master Kisaragi Rin, Lily is so happy to have met you! I love my current Master very, very much!"
Medea: "This is not the time to cause trouble! Lily, when have you ever suppressed your affection for Master?!"
Kisaragi Rin also reminded, "Please don't jinx it!"
Medusa: "Servants of the black holy grail are basically impossible to kill through normal means. Master, I remember you saying I had a special Noble Phantasm in one of my classes that countered immortality. Give me Image Splitting…"
Amidst the noisy team communication, a Servant finally proposed a more reasonable battle plan.
Medusa's voice was serious, and inexplicably filled with a dramatic flair as if she was about to sacrifice herself. However, Kisaragi Rin, as her Master, understood her well; Medusa just wanted to take this opportunity to see Medusa Lily.
Medusa Lily, Medusa in the Lancer class, a pure loli, 134 cm tall and weighing 30 kg, was Medusa's dream form.
Medusa Lily possessed a Noble Phantasm called the Slaughtering Undead Blade, which was the weapon of Perseus in Greek mythology, capable of destroying and nullifying all forms of immortality.
In other words, it was very effective against Servants controlled by the black holy grail.
Kisaragi Rin: "Approved. Lily, you'll need to leave temporarily later."
Lily: "Hmm… Master, you must bring me back after this is over, okay?"
Medea: "...Don't worry."
Yukinoshita Yukino: "If Lily leaves, we'll temporarily lose our healer. Esdeath, Medusa, and Saber will be the main force against the enemy Servants. Medea needs to control the battlefield. The three of us still need a reserve force."
There were seven enemy Servants, and Kisaragi Rin and Yukinoshita Yukino only had three Servants capable of direct confrontation.
With Lily gone, Medea had virtually no close combat ability, and it was impossible to use reinforcement magic to strengthen the two Masters, as Kisaragi Rin was already struggling to support three Servants in high-intensity combat, let alone attempting to transfer Image Splitting to Medusa later.
So, what should Kisaragi Rin, Medea, and Yukinoshita Yukino do in the subsequent battle?
Yukinoshita Yukino's words referred precisely to the Assassin under Emiya Shirou!
Since he so confidently abandoned Hassan of the Hundred Faces, surely this Assassin who replaced Hassan of the Hundred Faces would not be weak. Or rather, apart from Hassan of the Hundred Faces, it was normal for other Assassins to deliver a fatal blow to fragile targets like Masters and Casters.
If they couldn't even do that, what would be the point of the Assassin class?
"We do indeed lack a reserve force right now."
Kisaragi Rin was thinking, while Esdeath was already impatiently kicking the yellow sand on the ground. She said in the team communication: "If there's no reserve capacity, then pour all our strength into offense. Find a way to kill their Assassin first, and the rest of the Servants will be handled by the three of us!"
"Yes, as long as we deal with the Assassin first."
Given the current situation, Esdeath's method was indeed viable.
That is, to ignore other aspects and launch a full-scale frontal assault, trusting that Medusa, Esdeath, and Saber could withstand the frontal pressure, preventing Emiya Shirou's side from leaving the frontal battlefield!
Kisaragi Rin naturally believed his three Servants could achieve this, but this method had a crucial prerequisite that needed to be resolved!
That was Esdeath's point about killing the enemy's Assassin first!
The Assassin's duty was to target and assassinate the Master. While the three Servants held the frontal battlefield, they wouldn't have the capacity to constantly guard against an Assassin with the Presence Concealment Skill.
After some thought, Kisaragi Rin had already figured out where to send this Assassin. The current problem was how to catch this guy, as this unnamed Assassin was not Hassan of the Hundred Faces.
"The opponent has seven Servants, and we've only shown four. In Emiya Shirou's eyes, our strength must be the weaker side," Yukinoshita Yukino reminded.
Kisaragi Rin continued, "Emiya Shirou has been affected by the black holy grail. Although he still speaks to us calmly, the war has already begun, and he will definitely try to kill us."
Medea: "And the simplest and most suitable way to kill a Master-Servant combination is to directly kill the Master who provides the magic!"
"The enemy's Assassin will strike when our attention is drawn away!"
"And this is where the opportunity to eliminate the enemy's Assassin first lies!"
Kisaragi Rin made the decision, and the others understood this point. The current problem was how to seize this brief opportunity, or more accurately, how to survive the Assassin's first wave of attacks and capture him in the process!
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