The murderous intent became stronger, but the focus on Shinji was less.
This is not difficult to understand. Kayneth used the Command Spell, which means that Lancer will never stop unless Saber dies or Kayneth gives the order to stop. In this situation, whether Shinji dies or not will not affect the situation of Saber being besieged. Killing Kayneth to cut off Lancer's source of magic power becomes the top priority.
In order to prevent Shinji, an unstable factor, from disrupting the situation, it is reasonable to send one person to contain him.
Emiya Kiritsugu's judgment was undoubtedly correct, but in Shinji's opinion, it was a waste of effort, because -
"Assassin, help Saber."
Just before Emiya Kiritsugu and Hisau Maiya left their hiding place and launched their attack, Shinji finally made his voice heard throughout the battlefield.
"As you wish, my Master."
A red light streaked across the night sky. It was the tip of a gun as fast as lightning, leaving a magnificent trace in the air.
The path of the lightning was calculated precisely, drawing a flat arc and passing through Lancer and Berserker at the same time - if the two continued along the original route.
Lancer and Berserker are both first-rate Heroic Spirits. Although the red lightning is fast, because Shinji had spoken first, the two were already prepared. They stopped at the critical moment and narrowly avoided Scathach's attack.
Red lightning flashed in front of the two people, and with a shrill whistle, it pierced straight into the container beside the street.
This is a red gun, with the gun head and half of the gun body submerged in the container, leaving only half of the gun tail exposed. Under the illumination of the street lamp, it reflects a soft light, attracting the attention of every servant.
The movements of the red spear owner were not much slower than the gun. Before Lancer and Berserker could react, Scathach had already reached the container and took out her own Noble Phantasm, fully demonstrating her speed that surpassed most servants. Despite being held back by the immature Master Shinji, her agility still reached A+, a speed that even top sports cars could hardly achieve.
"Are you crazy? Master Assassin?"
Kenneth's voice became sharp with anger and incomprehension.
"This is a great opportunity to defeat Saber, the strongest class."
"Yes, you are right."
Shinji's disguised voice was flat and there was no emotion in it.
"If we're lucky, we can take out Berserker as well."
"Since you know why, there's still time, come with me—"
Kenneth's anger subsided, and there was more persuasion in his words.
"I refuse."
Shinji interrupted without any hesitation, causing Kenneth's anger to boil over again.
"Why?"
"Because my Master is not a utilitarian guy like you."
It was not Shinji who answered Kayneth, but Scathach. She pointed her scarlet spear blade, which looked like the sharp fangs of some ancient beast, at Lancer.
"He has the heart of a warrior, and you have dishonored this battle between knights, Master of Lancer."
"It's unreasonable."
Trembling, you could hear the sound of gritting teeth.
"Try if you can. You're just an Assassin, Lancer. What are you standing there for? Move—"
Kenneth's voice was interrupted again, this time by Rider.
"And what about me? What Assassin said is exactly what I want to say."
The front hooves of the two divine bulls pulling the chariot kept hitting the ground, and there were rolling purple lightning on their hooves. Amid the lightning and thunder, the burly man intimidated his invisible opponent with an extremely ferocious smile.
This is Iskandar's Noble Phantasm, and the origin of his Rider job - Via Expugnatio (Distant Devastation).
The Noble Phantasm is divided into two parts, namely the chariot GordiasWheel (Divine Wheel) and the divine bull "Flying Hoof Thunder Bull" that pulls the chariot.
The Divine Wheel was originally a sacrificial vessel dedicated to Zeus. It was a chariot that appeared in the famous scene of the "Gordian knot" in the most famous legend of the King of Conquerors. When the wheel turned, it would thunder and radiate lightning attacks.
The "flying bull" was used as a traction device for the chariot. According to legend, Zeus, the supreme god who controls thunder, once transformed into a bull when he seduced Europa, so the bull became a mythical animal with a connection to Zeus.
The deafening thunder and roar announced the King of Conquerors' decision.
"Laer, ask Lancer to step down. If you continue to humiliate him, I will also assist Saber and completely defeat Lancer."
If anger could be transformed into substance, Kenneth's anger could cover the entire battlefield, but this anger was completely extinguished by what happened next.
Berserker, who was staring at Saber like a mad dog and chasing her relentlessly, actually threw away the pseudo-Noble Phantasm in his hand and disappeared directly into a spirit body.
That's right, he ran away.
Without any warning, he just ran away.
Kenneth was stunned, and so was Lancer.
Saber, Irisviel, Emiya Kiritsugu, Hisau Maiya, Waver, Kotomine Kirei, and Tōsaka Tokiomi were all dumbfounded.
Only Scathach and Shinji looked towards the warehouse thoughtfully. It seemed that with the help of Yustisa, Matou Kariya successfully regained control of Berserker and took advantage of the confrontation between the parties to quickly evacuate.
"Uh, that."
Shinji coughed twice deliberately to ease the awkward atmosphere.
"Now Lancer is the only one left. Do you want to continue? Laer."
"Retreat, Lancer, that's it for tonight."
Three against one, Lancer had no chance of winning, so Kenneth immediately gave the order to retreat.
Lancer heaved a sigh of relief after hearing the order and put down the gun in his hand.
"Thank you very much, Your Majesty, and the King of Conquerors."
Hearing the beautiful lancer's whisper, Scathach and Rider smiled with great satisfaction.
The former put away the spear in his hand: "Nothing, I just don't want to let the first-class warrior leave the battlefield too early."
The latter waved his hand proudly: "You are the beauty of the battlefield."
Lancer once again expressed his gratitude to Assassin and Rider with his eyes, and then nodded to Saber.
Saber also nodded to Lancer.
There was no need for words, they confirmed their vows to each other.
—The duel took place at another time.
After Lancer confirmed this, his spirit form disappeared.