With his body nailed to the wall and his chin in his grip, ready to be crushed at any time, in Lancer's opinion, the opponent had temporarily lost the ability to resist.
In stories, some villains always like to ramble, and the final result is being counter-killed. After understanding the cruelty of the reality he was in, Lancer, when dealing with enemies, upheld the philosophy of 'If I can use my hands, I'll never talk too much' and 'Even if I have to ask questions, I must first ensure the opponent loses the ability to resist (at least the ability to control their limbs).'
At this time, after disabling the magician who attacked him without a word, he directly grabbed the other party's chin.
"I have some things I'd like to understand from you!"
After speaking, Lancer slowly loosened his fingers, but the position of his hand remained unchanged, staying at a distance where he could take care of the opponent at any time.
The cold gaze coming through the sunglasses also made Hyoma Sagara abandon the idea of 'a desperate fight', because the other party's eyes were constantly reminding him of one thing——————he only had one chance.
"What... do you want to know..."
"First, why did you go for the kill? Although I was following you, generally, people who are so decisive are not that common, right?"
Magicians can almost be considered a synonym for 'cold-blooded'. Lancer was very clear about this, but the other party's move had exceeded the concept of 'cold-blooded' and even felt like a trap deliberately set for a mortal enemy. After hearing Lancer's words, Hyoma Sagara was stunned at first, and then...
"You're not a killer sent by the Mage's Association?"
"Mage's Association? Killer? Did you do something wrong?"
Looking at the slightly frowning Lancer, Hyoma Sagara at this time felt as if a thousand alpacas were galloping in his heart. He originally learned through warning magic that he was being followed and thought that the Mage's Association had found out in advance that he had joined the Yggdmillennia family, but now it seemed that everything was just his overthinking.
If he were in a position of advantage, he would at most mock the other party with a 'Your luck is bad', but now, being nailed to the wall and having his chin held, he had nothing else to say but that he was unlucky.
And on the other side, Lancer had been staring at Hyoma Sagara's eyes after speaking. From the other party's eyes, Lancer saw shock and regret.
'Could it be that the other party is not the target I'm looking for?'
After thinking for a moment, Lancer did not resolve his doubts but prepared to carefully inspect the other party.
There were countless people in the Nasuverse who could deal with him, but it was not a coincidence for an unknown magician with such strong power to appear here, no matter how he looked at it.
However, what Lancer didn't expect was that the 'clue' would come so quickly. When he cleared out everything in the other party's clothes, he found a strange pattern on the back of his left hand——————a Command Seal.
Hyoma Sagara, who had been extremely nervous, immediately broke out in a cold sweat when he saw Lancer staring at the back of his hand.
"I'm here to participate in the Subspecies Holy Grail War..."
'Subspecies Holy Grail War? What the hell? Is it related to my mission?'
"What is that?"
It's a good habit to ask if you don't know, especially when the person you're asking can't resist.
"You don't know? Ahhh!! I'll tell you! I'll tell you!!"
He hadn't even said two sentences of nonsense before the pain in his jaw made him decisively give up resisting, and Lancer's expression became extremely subtle as he listened to the other party's explanation.
'What the hell? After the Third Holy Grail War ended, the three founding families were all wiped out, causing the 'Holy Grail War' ritual in Fuyuki City to be leaked. In the past sixty years, various Holy Grail Wars have been held around the world, but because all the rituals failed, they were called 'Subspecies Holy Grail Wars'... My god, which one is my mission?!'
Lancer really didn't know how to complain, but then he found a blind spot in the other party's words.
"You mean you're also participating in a Subspecies Holy Grail War? Then can you explain why you're so nervous? According to you, everyone participating in a Subspecies Holy Grail War is basically just going through the motions, and... I don't think someone with your strength would waste time on something boring..."
"I'm wanted by the Clock Tower... Ahh!!"
"Don't try to deceive me with such a boring reason. Tell me! Why!"
"Really... Ah!!"
Lancer didn't know if the other party was telling the truth or not. After all, he had just arrived and had no source of information, but the person he was interrogating was the one who had tried to kill him before, so he didn't hesitate. The movements of his hand even became heavier.
——————
"Wuwuwu~~!"
Along with a wail, Lancer stood up with a cold face.
With the other party's death, a 'fragment of information' appeared in his mind.
'If the fact that I joined Yggdmillennia is spread to the Clock Tower, I'm dead.'
This undoubtedly pointed the way for Lancer's next actions, but this could be considered a pleasant surprise. Although he had decided to kill the other party from the beginning, he didn't intend to torture him. However, as the interrogation proceeded and the other party stated some 'small matters in his opinion', Lancer's killing intent could no longer be suppressed.
After all, according to him, in order to create the magical tools he used, he had killed thousands of ordinary people and turned their corpses into weapons.
Perhaps to a normal magician, this was a normal thing, but it was obvious that Lancer was not a normal magician. He wasn't even a magician.
"Next, I'll go and inquire about the Yggdmillennia family... Ugh~!!"
Lancer, who was still considering his next step, suddenly felt a burning sensation on the back of his left hand...
"A Command Seal?!"
Lancer had no idea that he would inherit that man's Command Seals. After all, in his impression, it was not an easy thing for the Holy Church to recover Command Seals.
'It's more troublesome now... But if it's really a Subspecies Holy Grail War as that man said, at least there won't be any mortal danger. I'll just treat it as an experience... As for the Holy Relic, never mind. I wonder if I can summon that man or Shishou...'
At this time, Lancer had no idea what the Command Seal on the back of his hand represented. He didn't even know that when he killed Hyoma Sagara, the magical tool installed in the Yggdmillennia family had already shown Hyoma Sagara's death.
And Darnic, the controller of Yggdmillennia, immediately issued a kill order!
The seventh Command Seal must belong to the Yggdmillennia family!
The Caster that was summoned in advance could certainly not be sent out, or it would be too wasteful to use him to deal with this kind of thing. So in the end, it was decided that he, Caules, would lead the homunculus troops created by the family to deal with it!