Gertler had a great reputation within the Clock Tower, but it was not a good reputation. At least half of the magician families would look down on him or even speak of him with disdain when they mentioned him.
This family, like the Velvet family that Waver inherited, only had three generations. However, such a young family had developed into a prosperous family that many fifth- and sixth-generation families had not achieved, and its scale even exceeded the three Archipelago branches that Shinji had just punished.
They don't rely on their own strength, their achievements in magic, or "luck" like the "heretical" Aozaki family. Instead, they rely on "clinging to others", or to put it more bluntly, "serving as a dog for someone else".
In the eyes of a long-standing magician family, the people in this family have no dignity at all, and they will do anything as long as it is profitable.
It is said that the first head of the Gertler family once worked as a groom for a lady of a magic noble family. He won the favor of the lady by flattery, and thus obtained a branch of magic engraving from a second-rate family, which gave him the capital to establish a family.
The second generation head of the family was a woman who had no dignity and no bottom line, even more than the first generation head of the family. She used magic and her own appearance to seduce successful men everywhere, and became a famous socialite in London. Her guests included British officials, dignitaries from various countries who came to London for refuge during that special era, and of course, heads of certain magician families. It was also during this generation that the Gertler family got in touch with the El-Melloi faction.
The third generation head of the family, the one Shinji needed to purge, was not as exaggerated as the previous two heads of the family, but he was also an opportunist who moved between various factions. When Kenneth was young, this person fawned around him and tied his family to the chariot of the Archibald family. In the following years, he always performed his best, which won Kenneth's trust. It was this family that had previously booked the Hyatt Hotel for Kenneth in Fuyuki City and paved the way for him.
Unexpectedly, after the Fourth Holy Grail War, not long after the news of Kenneth's disappearance spread, this family immediately turned against him. First, they used Sora's name to get in touch with the Sophiali faction, and a year later, seeing that the Sophiali faction did not respond, they switched to Trumberio and became Trumberio's pawn in combating aristocracy and El-Melloi. They acted faster and more ruthlessly than anyone else. Half of the losses suffered by El-Melloi were caused by this family, so they naturally became the target that Kenneth had to eliminate.
The Gertler family also knew that they were chosen to make an example of someone, so after receiving the news of Kenneth's return, they took active steps to repair their relationship with Kenneth. In the end, they even found the leader of aristocracy, Barthelmero, and asked them to mediate.
However, Kenneth was determined to get rid of this ungrateful person. He returned home directly after the meeting of the lords and refused to see anyone, thus directly cutting off the possibility of negotiation. Shinji had learned about the story in advance through various channels. After hearing the news that Kenneth refused to negotiate, he had a premonition that this was the hardest bone to chew tonight.
How hard is it
The first line of defense, large-scale magic barriers and magic traps are standard equipment for every magic family, so we will not discuss them for now.
The second line of defense that followed really scared Shinji. This family actually hired an entire mercenary group and temporarily turned the mansion into a war fortress.
"Tsk tsk, you are indeed a white-eyed wolf family without any honor as a magician. You are even more shameless than me. It seems that sneaking in secretly like the previous families will not work. I have no choice. You forced me to do this - let me, Matou Shinji, teach you what a real assassin is!"
Shinji, who was standing right above the Gertler mansion, complained silently, then released the buoyancy of his feather shoes. His body, weighing more than 200 kilograms including his equipment, fell downward under the action of gravity.
"Legendary Assassin Connor's first move of the assassination (no) killing (double) skill - Leap of Faith."
A second later, Shinji's presence was detected by both the detection barrier and modern detection equipment, and a shrill alarm sounded inside the mansion.
The veteran soldiers who had been on the battlefield for many years raised their rifles and began firing.
But Shinji's movements were faster than theirs. As soon as the AK47 in the mercenary's hand spurted out flames, several silver lights fell into their position, followed by a dazzling fire.
The flames ignited by rune magic are comparable to professional incendiary bombs. Ordinary people without magical powers will find it difficult to escape being burned to death if they are touched by even a little bit of it.
The courtyard was in chaos, with screams and curses in different languages heard everywhere.
Shinji, who broke through the fire blockade and landed successfully, had a cold expression and no emotion in his heart. The so-called mercenaries were war hounds roaming the battlefield. Since they made a living by killing people, they had to be prepared to be killed at any time.
With the "God Gun Bow and Sword" in his left hand and the "Rune Silver Bullet" in his right hand, he easily killed two mercenaries who were blocking his way. Shinji opened the detection rune and walked into Getler's residence at a speed of one step per second.
As soon as he entered the door, he was hit by a Broadsword anti-personnel mine, which was triggered in the same way as Emiya Kiritsugu's castle battle that year, a tripwire style.
Shinji's response was the same as Kenneth's. He dropped his heaviest magic outfit and chanted, "Fervuis." (My blood boils.)
The Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid Drei spread out in the form of a thin film, blocking the steel balls ejected by the Broadsword Mine.
Then, the killing steel ball that was protected by the mercury film rebounded more violently, hitting the magnificent entrance with holes. This is a new function added by the third generation of Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid. It uses the characteristics of mercury to create a spring-like defense layer, which can save the kinetic energy of flying props such as bullets and counterattack in the same way.
By the time Shinji removed the mercury film defense, the entrance of the mansion was already in a mess. Several people wearing bulletproof vests, who were not only psychics but also mercenaries, fell in a pool of blood, their deaths were horrific.
Shinji, who was still invisible, curled his lips, ignored the smell of blood, bent down to pick up two grenades, and threw one to the second floor and the other to the basement along the stairs.
In an instant, the blast shook the Gertler Mansion and concealed Shinji's next move.
"Automatically search for the enemy."
Similar to automatic defense, the automatic search technique has also been improved. In addition to using the temperature and atmospheric vibrations captured by the characteristics of mercury, a magic detection function has been added to further improve the search accuracy.
"Exclude the Nelson-style structure's barrier nodes, eliminate all kinds of magic traps, and use the runes of detection to filter the rest - I found it."
The answer is not surprising: an underground workshop.
"ire:sanctio (track and kill)!"
The magic mercury turned into a blade as thin as a cicada's wing, cutting into the floor of the first floor of the house and destroying the magic nodes along the way.