FATE: As Illya, I was summoned by Kotomine Kirei?!

Chapter 10: Illya: Are all the Heroic Spirits of the Holy Grail War this strong?

The silver dagger stabbed down fiercely, tearing the flesh and blood, and blood spurted out like a stream of water.

The Golden King was also slightly stunned by Miss Illyasviel's sudden attack, and then real anger flashed in his disdainful and arrogant eyes.

'What is an assassin?'

What else does a truly excellent assassin need to master besides the skill of killing?

The answer is psychology, the control of the psychology of the assassination target.

Putting ourselves in the perspective of Tohsaka Tokiomi, after being tricked by her using her disguise, the opponent also took advantage of the information gap that Miss Illyasviel didn't know that the opponent had summoned a Heroic Spirit Servant to counter-trick Miss Illyasviel. So what would Tohsaka Tokiomi think at this time, and what would the Golden King think when he showed up and easily defeated Miss Illyasviel?

It's very simple. They would think that Miss Illyasviel's plan had been exposed and that she could not fight the King of Gold head-on, so she could only hide in the villa and wait for an opportunity to escape.

After all, this is a normal mentality. If you can't win in a head-on fight and the assassination attempt has also failed, do you want to wait for death instead of looking for a chance to escape and wait for the next opportunity?

So Miss Illyasviel seized upon this loophole, a psychological loophole.

And most importantly, the Golden King was such a fool that he didn't protect his master like the three proper knights and kept him within the range that he could protect.

The Golden King was too arrogant. To put it bluntly, he did not regard Tohsaka Tokiomi as his true master or lord.

This arrogance allowed Miss Illyasviel to see some opportunities, and she successfully used the advantage of her Presence Concealment to seize the opportunity. When the enemy thought she would hide in the villa or escape from the open area behind the villa, she did the opposite.

She sneaked through the smoke and shadows created by the torrent of treasures bombarding the villa, when no one took her seriously anymore and thought she was just a rat that could only flee in humiliation after being discovered.

She quietly approached Tohsaka Tokiomi and covered all traces with the sound of the explosion.

"Mr. Tohsaka Tokiomi has really bad luck for summoning such a rebellious Heroic Servant~"

If her Master knew that the enemy was attacking, he would never leave her side more than ten meters away. After all, a Servant's injuries can be treated, but if the Master died and the mana supply will was cut off, there would be really no hope.

"Damn bastard! How dare you!" The Golden King was shocked and angry at that moment. He was shocked that the other party's aura was hidden too perfectly, and he was angry that the other party dared to resist stubbornly under his nose and assassinated his recognized minister in front of him. This was undoubtedly a slap in his face.

"Puff!"

'Why shouldn't I dare?'

'What on earth does this guy think of the Holy Grail War? I wonder if he had some mental problems when he was alive.'

The silver dagger was as fast as lightning, and it burst out with unstoppable speed in an instant and pierced into Tokiomi's heart from behind. The blade cut through the skin and dyed the noble's clothes red. Miss Illyasviel stabbed hard again and was about to pierce Tokiomi's heart in the next moment.

"Huh?"

As a veteran magi, Tohsaka Tokiomi's reaction was not slow either. The moment Miss Illyasviel revealed her magecraft to launch the assassination, he lashed the ruby chair in his hand fiercely, and in an instant, it emitted a dazzling red light as if it was self-destructing with the enemy. Boom! There was an explosion, and at the same time, Tohsaka Tokiomi constructed a defensive spell and used the impact of the explosion to fling himself away!

With a plop, he fell more than ten meters away. Tohsaka Tokiomi's elegant dress was torn to pieces and the wound on his back was bleeding profusely. He couldn't even get up like an old man beating his grave, and blood was gushing out of his throat uncontrollably.

The ruby has lost its luster, although it can slowly absorb mana to recover.

But during the Holy Grail War, he had already lost his last trump card to protect himself.

"Tsk, the quality of the makeshift weapon is still too poor. It still hasn't adapted to the body of the Heroic Servant."

Seeing that the assassination attempt had failed again, Miss Illyasviel threw away the silver dagger without hesitation, did a backflip, and quietly returned to the darkness again. Her basic attributes were too poor.

If her agility was one or two levels higher, Tohsaka Tokiomi would definitely not have had enough time to counter her attack.

In order to better conceal her own aura, she would only construct the magic outfit when she was far enough away, which was similar to the silver dagger just now. However, assassinations only take a moment, and the strength of her makeshift weapon was very fragile. It would be difficult for her to succeed if the enemy had any countermeasures.

To sum it up in one sentence, her operation is fine, but her weapons and stats are lagging behind. Plus, she has never played this account before, so she can't estimate its strength.

"Hahahaha, very good, very good! Dirty rat! Now you have successfully angered this prince. I will punish you!"

The King of Gold laughed, and he laughed out of anger.

There was no trace of irony in his smile, because for this shameless rat in the gutter, the king's irony was useless, so he just caught up with the master and pursued him relentlessly.

Caster, who had no pride at all, was despised by everyone even in the Age of Gods. A blazing rage flashed in his eyes, and his blood-red pupils seemed to reflect the death of Miss Illyasviel.

"I have my own decisions for my subjects. How dare you, rat, tell me what to do! I will tear you into pieces, skin you alive, and even torture and slaughter you a thousand times will not be enough!!!"

He still couldn't find Miss Illyasviel. Her non-magic reaction, Presence Concealment, was a disgusting mechanism. The C+ grade Presence Concealment was forcibly combined with the inherent skills to produce an effect close to A grade. Without targeted skills, nothing worked.

Darkness and coldness are her refuge, her unshakable solid fortress.

"Is that a golden key? A new treasure?"

Hiding in the darkness, the Golden King said he was angry, but his body honestly fell on the street lamp next to Tohsaka Tokiomi and threw a bottle of potion casually.

Tohsaka Tokiomi drank the potion quickly, and the injuries on his body healed at an extremely fast speed.

At the same time, a key appeared in the hand of the King of Gold.

'It can heal the Master, and the distance can keep him safe. Well, it seems we have to leave.'

'What bad luck! Both assassinations failed. But it's still early in the morning, so we can go to the Matou family and have a look.'

The Golden King took out a golden key. Although Miss Illyasviel was confused, the current situation was not good for her to continue assassinating Tohsaka Tokiomi. Three times the limit, unless the Golden King was really a fool, he would never give her a third chance.

'What a pity! If I could bring back Tohsaka Tokiomi's arm tonight, the Master would probably take me out for a nice meal...'

Just as Miss Illyasviel was thinking this and sneaking out of the manor quickly...

"Strange, why is it suddenly light?"

However, the sudden appearance of light made her slightly stunned, and the darkness she was in was also quickly receding.

She subconsciously looked up at the sky in surprise, then wiped her eyes blankly.

Then, she pinched her face again in confusion.

'Huh? Isn't that Archer a little too outrageous?'

'Are the three knights of the Holy Grail War all this strong???'

She stopped.

It's not that she doesn't want to run.

Instead, golden waves covered the entire sky, and an endless group of dozens or hundreds of B-level treasures had quietly covered all areas including the villa and the surrounding mountains and forests!

Miss Illyasviel's first reaction to this was not how excessive the Heroic Spirit Servants of the three Knight classes were.

But——she seemed to remember.

The Holy Grail War is a secret ritual...

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