Crossover Anime: I, Shirou Kotomine, King of Uruk

Chapter 178 The Battle Resolved Quickly

Chapter 179 The Battle Resolved Quickly

Plans are no match for changes.

Although Shirou Kotomine was fortunate enough to find his ideal parallel world on his first try, the current state of the Holy Grail War in this world was somewhat beyond his expectations.

At this point, there was no room left for Shirou Kotomine to properly join.

Moreover, the Holy Grail War in this world is the Holy Grail War.

It is a group-based joint battle.

Under these circumstances, it would be impossible for Kotomine Shirou to easily join the existing group and secure a place within it.

Therefore, Shirou Kotomine had no choice but to use other methods to intervene in this Holy Grail War.

Kotomine Shirou already had a general idea of ​​this method in mind.

For this, Shirou Kotomine is truly grateful for the Matou family's accumulated wealth.

Because he used Gilgamesh's power to destroy the Matou family and save Sakura when they were young, all of the Matou family's magic-related collections were taken away by Shirou Kotomine.

Therefore, much of Kotomine Shirou's knowledge of magic actually came from the Matou family.

However, he did not inherit the Matou family's magic crest, which is why he has never used the Matou family's inherited magic.

At this time, the Kirito family's magical crest was still on Sakura's body.

Although Shirou Kotomine rescued Sakura from the Matou family's hell, that was after Sakura had been modified for some time.

Sakura suffered so much in the Matou family because Matou Ryokon wanted to make Sakura's physique suitable for inheriting the Matou family's magic crest.

Therefore, Shirou Kotomine believes that Sakura deserves the Matou family's Magic Crest.

As for him?

Kotomine Shirou didn't care about the Matou family's magic crest.

Knowing Shirou Emiya's future strength, he has always walked his own path.

For Shirou Kotomine, the Matou family's knowledge of magic was far more valuable than their magic crests.

Especially the parts related to Command Seals.

For Shirou Kotomine, who possessed knowledge of the Matou family, transferring Command Seals was a piece of cake.

Even though he wasn't one of the Masters in this Holy Grail War.

"Sure enough, you have to pick the softest persimmon!"

"Then you're the only target left, Jack the Ripper!"

Under the pitch-black night sky, gazing at the little girl wandering in the city in the distance, Shirou Kotomine murmured to himself with a calm expression.

At this moment, Shirou Kotomine has already chosen his target.

And quietly approached the other person.

Because this Holy Grail War is a group operation, Shirou Kotomine cannot be as free as he originally planned.

Both the red and black sides now possess exceptionally powerful servants.

Once Shirou Kotomine is entangled by multiple Heroic Spirits, he will soon be attacked by their reinforcements.

And it seems to be to prevent the other party from assassinating the Master.

Currently, both the Red and Black sides are operating with their Masters and Servants acting separately.

The Servants fight at the front, while the Master commands from the rear.

In this situation, unless Shirou Kotomine can end the battle instantly, the opponent can easily summon the Servant back to his side using Command Spells.

This would be far too troublesome for Shirou Kotomine.

He needs to avoid this situation.

At the same time, one must avoid revealing one's identity to both the red and black sides.

No one knows his origins, which is also a major advantage for him.

Therefore, before either side's Master and Servant leave the rear together, Shirou Kotomine is not prepared to launch an attack on the headquarters of either the Red or Black factions.

That was not a wise choice.

As for Mine Shirou, he chose to first eliminate the isolated soldiers who were outside the group.

Such people exist on both the red and black sides.

They are Saber Mordred from the Red team and Assassin Jack the Ripper from the Black team.

They were all people who stayed away from the group.

There are various reasons why they act this way.

First up is the red team.

The situation on the red side is related to the final boss, Amakusa Shiro Tokisada.

Amakusa Shirou Tokisada was a Servant summoned during the Third Holy Grail War, but due to the changes in the Third Holy Grail War, he remained in the flesh.

For the past seventy years, he has been searching for the Greater Grail in pursuit of his long-cherished wish.

They have also been preparing to participate in the Holy Grail War again.

Until the Holy Grail War occurred.

Having joined the Church of Saints in his early years, he naturally obtained one of the seven spots for the Red Team, and then he began his plan.

His first step in the plan was to absorb all of the Red team's fighting strength.

His servant is Empress Semiramis, a servant skilled in using poison.

Using his status as a member of the Holy Church, he brought other members of the Red Army to his place to meet, and then used Semiramis's poison to control these Masters.

They then remotely issued commands to control the Servants summoned by these Masters.

At this point, the Servants were still being deceived.

The Servants didn't know about this until all the Master-Servant relationships were transferred to Amakusa Shirou Tokisada.

But it was too late.

Mordred, perhaps because she had always been overshadowed by her mother Morgan, the mastermind behind all schemes, possessed a keen sense of intrigue.

When she and her Master, Shishikage Kairi, arrived at the church to meet Amakusa Shiro Tokisada, she immediately sensed the presence of a wicked woman and a conspiracy.

So she told Shizi Jieli her intuition.

Meanwhile, Shiki Jie Li also chose to trust Mordred.

The two of them thus escaped a terrible fate.

Therefore, the two of them are currently in a state of being detached from the group.

Jack the Ripper is even simpler.

After being summoned, she ignored the Master who summoned her, instead making a contract with the woman who was to be sacrificed, and then killed the original Master.

Naturally, she cannot return to the Black camp.

Moreover, since her Master was originally just an ordinary person, her magical power was simply insufficient to support the existence of Jack the Ripper.

Therefore, Jack the Ripper had to find other ways to maintain his existence.

For example, eating the magician's heart.

Driven by this need, she has come to Romania and is taking advantage of the fact that her existence is still unknown to be hunting down the magicians of the Thousand World Tree.

She is the easiest to find right now.

Besides these two, there was another solitary follower, Joan of Arc.

Because of Amakusa Shiro Tokisada's existence and his absurd wish, Jeanne d'Arc, whose class is Ruler, has descended upon this Holy Grail War.

She is also the referee in this Holy Grail War.

Her mission was to stop Amakusa Shiro Tokisada's actions.

Although she doesn't yet understand her purpose.

And someone like her would actually be a very good target to hunt.

Of these three, it would take Kotomine Shirou quite a bit of effort to find Jeanne d'Arc and Mordred, while Jack the Ripper would be much easier to locate.

Moreover, Jack the Ripper was the weakest of the three.

It is also the most useful one.

Although both Jeanne d'Arc and Mordred are far more powerful than Jack the Ripper, Shirou Kotomine at this time is not without his strength.

Kotomine Shirou's combat strength is no less than that of the top Servants.

What he needs more at this point is functionality.

For example, the Assassin class's Aura Concealment.

With this skill, Shirou Kotomine's subsequent actions will be much smoother.

This is something that no other Servant can match.

In fact, when choosing relics, besides powerful Servants, Shirou Kotomine valued the Assassin class the most.

After all, he will never lack powerful spirits, whether now or in the future.

What he truly lacks are those functional abilities.

Therefore, he had thought of the Assassins' ability to conceal their presence very early on.

In Kotomine Shirou's mind, the Assassin class is the highest priority, in order to complement his other abilities.

Therefore, after careful selection, Shirou Kotomine set his sights on Jack the Ripper.

They then successfully found her.

"Indeed, the best state for me is when nobody knows I exist!"

Kotomine Shirou smiled slightly.

With a slight clench of his hand, a weapon brimming with brilliance and glory appeared in his grasp.

This was once Shirou Kotomine's trump card, the precious bow given to him by Gilgamesh.

Shirou Kotomine hasn't used this weapon in a long time.

But today it will once again show its prowess.

"This is, after all, the territory of the Thousand World Tree Clan. They probably have spies everywhere, and even the Red Team may have planted familiars to monitor this place."

"Therefore, we must end the battle quickly."

Aiming at Jack the Ripper, who was searching for his target in the distance, Shirou Kotomine released his grip.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye.

The next second, the arrow pierced through the void, heading straight for its target.

"boom!"

A violent explosion rang out.

"Damn it, who is it!"

Amidst the thick smoke of the explosion, Jack the Ripper clutched his injured right arm and quickly retreated behind the building to avoid another barrage of arrows.

Just at the critical moment, Jack narrowly avoided his vital organs.

Otherwise, she would already be dead.

Even so, the arrow wound in her arm and the explosion scars on her body significantly reduced her combat effectiveness.

Her combat power was already weakened due to the influence of magic.

Now, these scars have been added to the mix.

This was undoubtedly adding insult to injury for Jack.

"Could it be that Archer from the Black team discovered me?"

Having just dodged that fatal attack, Jack began to think.

Based on the attack just now, Jack believes that the opponent is definitely Archer. As for whether the opponent is red or black, Jack is more inclined to believe that the opponent is black.

After all, she had been hunting down the Black Team's magicians all along.

It's perfectly normal for the other side to send people to attack her.

"But why did the attack come so quickly?"

Jack had anticipated this situation.

But that time period is definitely not now; it should be some time later.

After all, her attack had only just begun.

So what exactly happened?

Jack found it strange.

But this did not change her decision to retreat.

"Let's leave here first!"

Having been preemptively attacked, Jack's combat strength had already decreased significantly, making this far from a good time to fight.

Therefore, Jack prefers to retreat rather than fight.

But that's destined to be impossible.

Shirou Kotomine gave Jack no chance whatsoever.

Just as Jack was preparing to retreat, several arrows ignited by flames shot towards her.

"besides!?"

Seeing this, Jack quickly went into hiding again.

She kept dodging the arrows.

But Tomoe Gozen's arrows were so powerful that they bombarded the area where Jack was, like small missiles.

"Damn it!"

Jack, unable to catch his breath, knew that he could no longer simply retreat.

Without hesitation, Jack immediately activated his Noble Phantasm.

"Dark Fog City!"

As the stage where Jack the Ripper was active, the thick fog also became her weapon.

Enveloped in mist, Tomoe Gozen quickly lost sight of her target.

But she showed no sign of panic.

Instead, they increased their firepower, directly covering the fog-shrouded area with their firepower.

"Just how much magic does this guy possess?!"

Under Tomoe Gozen's intense barrage of fire, Jack stumbled and staggered out of the fog.

The other party was extremely brutal.

This is completely restraining her.

A fragile assassin like her with low mobility is facing an enemy turret-type marksman with unlimited firepower, especially since the enemy gets the first move.

How is she supposed to hit it?

"No, we must retreat as soon as possible!"

With a determined look in his eyes, Jack the Ripper fled towards the back of the building.

Before she could act, a gentle voice reached her ears.

"The domain expands, and all spirits rule the vast world!"

"Snapped!"

With a clap of hands, Jack suddenly found that the scene in front of him had changed instantly.

She arrived at a vast ocean.

"Finally caught you! I was so worried you'd escape!"

Standing opposite Jack the Ripper, Shirou Kotomine smiled.

"Well then, nice to meet you, Jack the Ripper of the Black Assassin, and goodbye!"

"Snapped!"

With another round of applause from Shirou Kotomine, the battle ended.

The battle ended very quickly.

After all, the Assassin class is not good at direct combat.

What's more, she was the one who was discovered by Kotomine Shirou first.

In this situation, let alone Kotomine Shirou.

Even the other three top-tier Servants in this war, Karna, Achilles, and Vlad III, would have been instantly defeated in this situation.

"Let's go, get out of here quickly!"

After dispelling the domain's expansion, Kotomine Shirou quickly left with Tomoe Gozen, who was guarding outside.

The battle just now was quite intense.

This place will soon be noticed by both the red and black factions.

Therefore, they cannot stay here for long.

"Why isn't Little Jack back yet?!"

Liu Daolingxia murmured to herself in the room.

By this time, it was already quite some time before the time she had agreed upon with Jack the Ripper.

"She's not coming back."

Kotomine Shirou's voice slowly rang out, and his figure emerged from the darkness, appearing in Rokudou Reika's eyes, before sitting down in the chair in front of her.

"At her request, I will not harm your life, so please cooperate with my actions and transfer the Command Seals to me, Miss Rokudou Reika."

Gazing calmly at the beauty before him, Shirou Kotomine chuckled softly.