"Magic, magic, spell, divine art... no matter what you call it, its essence is the same."

In the time and space courtyard, like Merlin, who is training for everyone, Assassin is also teaching Presia and Lindy. His strength determines his vision. No one knows the essence of spells better than him - a secret technique that can be understood through the analysis of the fragments of the projection of the law.

Secret techniques are an explanation of laws, and the highest secret techniques can control laws in reverse. After all, spells are just the prototype of secret techniques and are the preliminary understanding of laws.

"Although the silver position is only one big-level difference from the Immortal, except for the immortality, the strength of the two sides is very different. Do you know why?"

Assassin is obviously a good teacher. He does not simply teach knowledge, but hopes that the two students in front of him can also understand the process of deriving knowledge.

"Hey~ I don't know." Lindy shook her head. Although her grades in the academy were good, it was all because of the added points for practical operation. When it comes to theoretical knowledge, ten Lindy can't compare to one Precia.

"Is it because... the complexity of the spell level?" Presia is worthy of being a top student. After thinking for a while, she gave the answer. "The relationship between the power of the spell and the strength of the user should be linear. Once the user reaches immortality, she has the possibility of changing the spell construction model. At that time, the power of the spell will increase exponentially."

"That's right." A look at Presia with admiration. Assassin was obviously very satisfied with the master he chose this time. "Spells are a weakened version of secret techniques. And secret techniques are the only way to explore the truth of this world. In the past, the stars have not yet been born. At that time, many silver positions had the possibility of creating secret techniques. The talented people among them could use secret techniques to increase their combat power to an infinitely close to immortality. Unfortunately, now..."

As he said that, assassin glanced at the starry sky in the sky, "Because of the relationship created by the starry sky, the connection between the law and the practitioners was invisibly alienated. Without the golden position, he could not understand the secret of the law at all. In order to help future people practice, the immortals who survived passed down various magics circulating in the starry sky today."

Assassin...is he a memory? He is an ancient immortal?

Listening to Assassin's words, Lindy and Presia couldn't help but look at each other in confusion, and they saw similar doubts in each other's eyes.

"Don't think too much about it. You don't need to know my origin. It's no benefit to know it." Assassin, who saw the thoughts of the two, sighed, and then gently tapped them in the head. "Presia, you only need to understand the knowledge I taught you within two months."

Two months? Didn’t the Holy Grail War last only for two weeks?

It turned out that after Assassin moved in, he modified the flow rate in the space-time courtyard. One day in the space-time courtyard is equivalent to one month, and two months are only two days outside.

"As for Lindy, you just need to be honest. I swear in my true name that after the matter is over, I will let you free."

Assassin said so, but for some reason, both Lindy and Presia heard a hint of sadness in his words.

"It's easy, I don't have much time to live anyway." Precia smiled bitterly. As Pavatloka's disease enters the end of the period, she can only live for one more year at most. If she is not lucky, death in the next second is not impossible.

Compared to Presia's self-deprecation, Lindy narrowed her eyes at this moment. She looked at Assassin, her face full of seriousness and confusion. "Assassin, these days, I have found that you are not a bad person, and your strength is beyond imagination, even stronger than Claude, but why do you still desire the Holy Grail? What the Holy Grail can do with your own strength should be able to do, right?"

"Is the Holy Grail? That kind of thing really useless to me. The reason why I participated in the Holy Grail War... Forget it, you don't understand it even after saying it. You just need to know that 'I', or 'we', are just avoiding the tragedy!" Assassin was equivalent to not answering. After saying that, he picked up the teaching stick again and began to teach the mystery of magic, or secret techniques, "Disassemble this constructive style..."

Looking at him like this, for some reason, Lindy's sense of familiarity became more and more full of energy. She always felt that she had seen the other person, but Lindy couldn't remember where it was.

...

On the other hand, in the forest outside Einzberen Castle, the battle between Merlin and Archer was in full swing.

The strength of both sides is not equal. Not to mention others, even the two sides in the battle understand very well.

Even if it was just a clone, Meilin's strength was still a real demigod. And Archer, who has been promoted to the golden limit through secret techniques, even though she has the help of ea, the weapon of the opening sky, was only barely up to Meilin's rhythm.

While catching up, countless lights lit up in the ea in Archer's hand, red, black, blue, gold... The colorful lights gathered together and eventually turned into the only light in the world.

"The first star to open up the world!"

"A good blow." Facing the attack of archer, Merlin flashed and did not flash. He raised his hands and made a move to hold the ball. Then, the light stopped in front of Merlin. Then, like a gentle puppy, surrounded him. "The power is controlled well, the accuracy is OK, but the skill is still a little bit worse. If you just add a little secret technique to that attack, the power can be increased by at least 30%.

As he said that, Meilin tapped his right hand gently, and the next second, the light that could sank a small piece of island would shatter directly like a bubble.

"You have not learned the secret technique yet, so you can't force this." Merlin nodded, and did not care about everyone's eyes that looked at monsters, but just surrendered to Archer again. "I used to hand rider and Kiriko a joint secret technique. Now I'll give it to you too. When the battle happens, the ea in your hand should be the main one, and you should be able to burst out with a blow that is close to the power of the demigod level."

“….”

Perhaps the battle consumed too much physical strength, Archer was just breathing heavily at this time and couldn't even say anything. Rider and Kiriko, who were beside him, couldn't help but smile and walked forward with a smile and patted Archer's shoulder. Although the next second, the two were frightened by Archer's glaring eyes...

For two consecutive days of special training, with Meilin helping to start cheats, the combat power of archer, rider and Tongzi was improved like a flying one. The three people who had completely adapted their strength in their bodies would never be at the bottom among the old immortals, but...

"It's still a bit crisp..." During dinner, Claude, who had a silver light in his eyes, shook his head, took out three sets of equipment and threw it to the three of them, "Put it on. Equipment that can defend against the attack of the top immortals, even the attack of the demigod can reduce damage by 70% or 80%."

Merlin helped to improve his hard power. Claude gave equipment to improve his soft power, which was already agreed on the first day.

Naturally, the three of them did not refuse to accept this, and then took it and wore it directly on their bodies.

It was not until this moment that the strength of the three archer, rider and Tongzi were completely formed. The main ones were archer with the ultimate gold strength, and the intermediate gold strength of rider and Tongzi were supplemented by the middle gold strength, plus the combined secret techniques and powerful equipment, even against the upper demigod, the three of them could drag for a while.

"Is it necessary to be so defensive? Assassin and Lancer are really so terrible?" Kiritsugu Emiya, who had completely become a scumbag because of fulfilling his true wish, looked at Merlin and Claude's heroic spirit group and couldn't help asking.

"Yeah." Merlin shook his head with a wry smile. He had never seen it with his own eyes, either Lancer or Assassin, but just the breath that burst out from the two made Merlin feel depressed. In Claude's words, that is - terrible? No, that already belongs to another dimension.

"If it weren't for Gaia's commission, I wouldn't have been too lazy to get into this muddy waters." Merlin expressed his true thoughts.

"So too, because of a friend, I can't even get out of here even if I want to get out." Claude was in the same situation.

If not, with the strength and character of the two, they would not bother with the Holy Grail.

"By the way, Alice Fil, take advantage of the last time, I will remove the little holy grail from your body later, and I will also transfer myself to Claude's men. In the next battle, it is actually the same with you or not. No, if you are present, I will not dare to use all my strength."

Although cruel, Merlin is telling the truth. Including himself, with four heroes in hand, he is definitely the most powerful group in this Holy Grail War. Alice Phil and Kiritsugu Emiya, the strength of the two ordinary magicians is indeed a bit dragging on him.

"I understand, so please, Merlin."

Although I had only been together for a few days, Alicefil still had a good sense of Merlin. In addition, the other party helped her husband solve the knot that had been bothering her for many years. Although it also brought new competitors, Alicefil was still very grateful to the other party.

"By the way, it's a master and servant. Although the old man from Einzberen is good to you two, he just goes back empty-handedly, and that little girl Ilia may be in trouble." Merlin remembered something, stretched out his hand, and took out a gem from his space belt.

The body of the gem was purple-red, like a human blood poured. Looking at the gem, everyone present, not to mention just ordinary magicians Kiritsugu and Alicefil, just rider and Kiriko, showed a look of yearning at this time.

"Is this?" Kiritsugu Emiya looked puzzled. Like him, Alice Fir was also the same. The two of them could feel the huge power in the gem, which was a vast thing that Merlin threw to Tosaka Toshiko a few days ago.

"It's just the Sage Stone given to me by my friend." Merlin said lightly, but stopped in the ears of Kiritsugu Emiya and Alicefil, which made them stunned.

"Sage...Stone?" "The ultimate product of alchemy at the same level as the Holy Grail?"

"It's this thing, although it's just a small piece, it's probably enough for you to go back and hand in the deal." Meilin nodded, and he handed the Sage Stone to Kiritsugu Emiya, "This time I go back, I'll become a good father."

After supper, after taking out the little holy grail from Alicefil's body and sending it into Claude's body, Merlin sent her, her besieged Kiritsugu and a group of servants from Einzberen's family away through the portal.

"Are you going to start cleaning up?"

Yuna asked with a smile, lying lazily on the sofa.

"Well, it's not interesting to hold on any longer. It's better to start this battle earlier."

Claude nodded. Although he said that, there was no smile in his eyes. Whether it was the battle with Assassin or the battle with Lancer, it could be said that it was extremely difficult. Although Claude was not a good person, he did not want any unrelated people to suffer casualties due to his own relationship.

"I have already arranged secret art-level idle dispersal techniques around Touki City. At most tomorrow morning, Touki City will become an empty city." Claude said and looked at Yuna, "And...you."

"I won't leave!" Yuna replied without thinking, she smiled like a little fox, her eyes narrowed to a slit, "Why do you say I am your partner, right?"

"...It's okay, but remember, there's really danger, don't worry, use your real power." The starlight in his eyes turned into two vortexes. Yuna obviously concealed something, but Claude didn't intend to ask, just as he wouldn't ask other friends if they had cheated on him.

"You... aren't planning to ask me?" Yuna hesitated, "As long as you ask me, if I try to be sealed by that woman, I will definitely tell you the truth."

"Is the truth? That's really a distant thing." Claude raised his head and looked at the moon in the sky. At that moment, Yuna seemed to see the "he" in her memory, the "he" who always likes to look at the moon.

"Hak..." whispered softly, but accidentally let Claude hear it.

"What?"
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