Heroic Spirit: I, Shinji, have tried my best.

"Moo!"

"Wow! What is this!?"

Lilith looked at the countless black tentacles in front of her with a purple face, and huddled up in fear...

Don't eat me... Don't eat me...

In front of her was a giant octopus-like [Demon Species]. It had a head like an amputee but tentacles like a mollusk. It was ugly in every way!

However, having successfully hunted, it will not give up such a rare [blood-sucking species]. Such an advanced race has much greater energy than those humans.

“Wow…!”

Finally, under Lilith's horrified gaze, the slippery tentacles suddenly wrapped around her. She had no ability to resist and could only be helplessly entangled by her limbs, and gradually dragged towards the pair of mouthparts on her head...

Lilith had tears in her eyes and struggled a few times with her last bit of strength, but in the end she was helpless and closed her eyes and quietly waited for death to come.

[Wow… This life is too short. In the next life, she doesn’t want to be a vampire anymore. She hopes to become a cute Sea Perch, swimming around in the sea without worries every day, without having to worry about enemies invading. All she does every day is eat and mate…]

"Susu...susu..."

Just as the girl fell into despair, several sharp blades flashed, and the tentacles were instantly cut off. Lilith sat down on the ground, opened her eyes in disbelief, and looked around blankly...

Suddenly, I saw a strange man walking out from the side. He was holding a spear that looked equally strange, but it seemed that he had used this to strike those few attacks just now.

"Take all friendly forces and retreat. Leave this place to me."

"Ah…Oh! I see!"

Lilith was stunned for a moment, but then realized that it was a friendly force coming. Although she didn't know him, he must be a very strong guy. Great, she is finally saved!

"Thank you, handsome uncle! But remember to get some sleep!"

"..."

The man was stunned for a moment after hearing Lilith's words. He touched his eye sockets with a strange look on his face, and then looked at the direction where Lilith flew away...

"Is that the vampire of this world?"

The bat wings, tail, mouthparts, and that vague feeling, it seems to be a vampire, but...

Why was the difference from what he saw so huge?

In his mind, vampires are ugly, violent, crazy monsters. How could they be such a cute little thing just now...

"Hey... am I really too old-fashioned..."

"Roar!"

A huge roar brought the man back to his senses, and the [Demon] whose limbs had just been cut off instantly locked its target on the dangerous guy in front of it.

And as the [Beastmen] received the order to leave one by one, all the [Demons] began to gather here. The dense crowds of different shapes made people feel creepy...

"…Human?"

Suddenly, one of the beast-shaped [Demons] uttered a word clearly, which made the man's plan to take action pause...

"Oh! So it is intelligent?"

"Well, if that's the case, why don't you all listen to me..."

After saying that, the man put the weapon in his hand aside, as if to express that he would never take action:

"Your natural appearance cannot be regarded as a fault. Even I have had times that I cannot look back on... So I can understand your situation. No one wants to be a monster..."

"…I have been deliberately forgetting this until the Holy Grail War began, and I have witnessed the pride of heroes from all ages. I will no longer avoid this reality…"

"…So, stop attacking. Today's actions are just foolish impulses. I will not hurt you again…How do you think?"

"..."

After the speech, many individuals among the [Demon Species] looked at each other in bewilderment. They were not all monsters without intelligence. On the contrary, some of them were even quite intelligent.

But at this time, the higher the wisdom, the more confused the situation is...

In the end, it was the tentacle monster that took action first. It slowly moved in front of the man, waved its tentacles to knock away the spear that was stuck in the ground and made it feel dangerous, and then, as the man's eyes remained unchanged, another tentacle slapped him heavily.

Even the ground cracked with countless cracks because of this blow, and then a grind-like laugh came out from the pair of mouthparts...

The other demons also started laughing, constantly mocking the fool in front of them...

"…I see. This seems to be your choice."

"!?"

"In that case, there is no need for me to show mercy!"

"Pfft!"

The next moment, a sharp black stake instantly pierced out from under the tentacle, directly poking the demon upside down.

Where the tentacle had just landed, the man's eyes, which had dark circles under their pus-filled eyes, revealed a blood-red glow that seemed to be real.

At the same time, blood-red flames ignited on his palms, and he trembled in fear, like a being about to be executed...

"【King of Capital Punishment】!"

As the words fell, the hand holding the blood-red flame instantly clenched, and the next second countless black spikes suddenly exploded from the tentacle monster's body, piercing it like a sea urchin, and it was dead...

"...!"

The other [Demons] were shocked by this scene, but were also filled with anger. They roared and rushed towards the suicidal human. However, the other party simply waved his hand and said:

"Although this is not my territory, since the Holy Grail chose me to come here, then you can't even think of taking a single step forward..."

"Remember your enemy, the [Heroic Spirit] Vlad III who manifested as Lancer. Oh earth... punish my enemies with the death penalty!"

“Puff!…Puff puff puff puff…”

In an instant, countless densely packed black spikes continued to pierce out from the ground, and the sharp spikes pushed all the [Demons] rushing in front of them into the sky like strings, and green blood dripped along the black spikes...

In just a few seconds, the battlefield in the rear suddenly became quiet. The originally flat ground was now completely transformed into a forest of thorns. Coupled with the Grand Duke's blood-red eyes, it added a bit of murderous intent...

……

At the same time, in a ruin far away from the battlefield, a golden light suddenly fell from the sky and finally landed steadily in the hands of a young man.

"...Oh? Have they summoned everyone? I wonder which ones are coming this time..."

“…You bastard, what the hell are you!”

Shinji looked at the Holy Grail in his hand, which had regained its luster. He did not expect that he would participate in the Holy Grail War again in this form.

Just when he was a little dazed, a weak shout suddenly came from the side, and Shinji turned around to look.

In front of him was a group of twisted trees, but there seemed to be a person embedded in the roots, with only a small head with a halo sticking out...

Azriel hung her head and stared fiercely at the guy in front of her. All around her there were various large pits, traces of lightning and fire, and the ruins of various burnt plants.

She was really puzzled. He was apparently quite big before, how come he suddenly became so powerful, throwing magic everywhere as if it was free... Was he taking drugs?

"Ugh! What the hell are you doing?!"

“…I’m sorry, Miss Flügel, but you are not qualified to communicate with me on an equal footing right now. You are just a lowly prisoner. You should even be thankful that I don’t have time to turn you into a cup for the time being.”

“Aaaaah…let go, bastard!”

Shinji pinched Azrael's pretty face fiercely in revenge. She had abused him for so long before, so this time she should at least get back at her...

[Tsk tsk tsk… the man with a dirty heart starts bullying the ignorant girl again…]

A familiar voice suddenly sounded in his mind, and Shinji's evil hands froze for a moment...

Wow! I didn't expect this guy to wake up too!