Final Trial of Mankind

"Well, of course, I'll help you arrange it before the day after tomorrow."

Shakespeare nodded contentedly.

For Servent, he is actually very easy to talk to, because unlike those magicians, he respects Servent's own wishes, if it is not that the Servent here is not his own Servent, it is also quite good for these Servents thing!

It's a pity that nine out of ten times the world is unsatisfactory, and this kind of possibility cannot appear in this world.

Assassin and others who saw this scene also felt quite helpless.

"Caster...don't forget about the Holy Grail War."

"Of course, empress, since you asked us to gather here, there is only one reason. It's war, right? The heroes will compete for hegemony and fight each other brutally, right? Of course I, Caster, will do my best - Watch it carefully!"

"I said, don't you fight?"

"Well, I'm actually very new to war and magic and all that, 'yet the gods put us with the right flaws to make us human'."

You are clearly Caster—— Rider and Archer wanted to point this out, but they reluctantly held back.

In fact, as he said, Shakespeare is basically a heroic spirit who has nothing to do with "war". His duty is only to record the Holy Grail War, and to weave the misery and despair, hope and violence of the subsequent protagonist (Master) s story.

The storyteller never takes the stage, only supports those who do.

...If he is summoned in a normal Holy Grail War, unless the Master has the talent for melee combat, he will undoubtedly be defeated early.

But fortunately, judging from the situation of this Holy Grail War, he still has many opportunities to be active, because he has a very specific "skill".

"—In short, everyone is here. Now that our preparations are complete, it should be time to launch an attack. Although I want to say this, but before that, Master of Lancer, please express your opinion, your wish And why you participated in the Holy Grail War."

"I've already said it at the beginning, so I'll say it again. As for whether you believe it or not, that's up to you to judge!" Mu Chen sighed, stood up, and looked directly into Assassin's eyes, "I I want to see your Master's wish after fulfillment. Among them, let Lancer complete the promise to fight Saber again. I have no other wish, or I don't have any wish for the Holy Grail. Even that shouldn’t be entrusted to the Holy Grail, so I’ll stop here.”

Muchen's words were not mixed with a trace of lies, he really did not entrust his wish to the Holy Grail, or the Holy Grail could not give him powerful power at all, although there is a lot of magic power in the Great Holy Grail, but the spiritual power in Muchen's body is higher than magic power If it is converted into magic power, there are not many containers that are enough to fill the level of the Great Holy Grail.

Mu Chen didn't know the exact number, and he didn't intend to calculate or try it.

"Tsk!"

Assassin was dumbfounded by Mu Chen's words, but Amakusa Shiro Tokisada didn't go into it any further, he stopped Assassin, and then said: "If that's the case, can you ask your Lancer to deal with the black Saber?"

"Of course, this is Lancer's wish." Mu Chen nodded.

Originally, this was the only way to do it. In fact, Mu Chen felt that it would be good to let Archer deal with Siegfried. At least if he couldn’t win, he could delay the time. After all, with Atalanta’s ability, there wasn’t much to do with kite-flying tactics. difficulty.

Possessed skill: Across Arcadia B, this ability enables Atalanta to move across all obstacles on the battlefield, including enemies.

"Since it's decided, it's not interesting to keep repeating small-scale battles, right?"

Regarding Assassin's words, Rider and Archer also nodded reluctantly, indeed, as she said, just small-scale battles are too boring.

"Since it's a war, let's let it happen vigorously! How about it?" Assassin said with a coquettish smile.

"—Well, that's what you said. But you obviously built the castle on purpose to prepare for the cage city, so why are you talking about it again?" Rider said helplessly.

Assassin giggled: "Cage City? Rider, you have misunderstood the premise. My Noble Phantasm 'Vanity's Sky Garden' does not exist for defense, but a Noble Phantasm for offense."

Both Rider and Archer showed puzzled expressions at the same time.

Knowing the characteristics of this treasure, Caster smiled when he saw the reaction of the two of them. Lancer still maintained a calm posture, and Mu Chen was fine because he knew it. People with strange buildings, do you think you will be surprised by a mere sky fortress?

The only Master Shirou present said to Assassin with a wry smile: "Assassin, don't be so secretive, let us experience it for ourselves."

"Hmm...Master, you seem to be quite passionate."

"Because I'm a man."

That’s how it was——Semiramis expressed his understanding, and then pressed his hands on the gems inlaid on the armrest of the throne. In an instant, the ground began to tremble slightly.

Is it an earthquake? The Servants all looked at each other, but the vibrations gradually intensified...and then stopped suddenly.

"Hehe, take a look outside."

Hearing what Assassin said, everyone except her ran out of the throne room and came to the outside. The earthquake just now was obviously caused by Assassin on purpose.

But for what reason——

"what--!?"

Immediately, there were two people who had nothing to say—that is, Rider and Archer. Caster was so moved that he showed a joyful expression. Shirou, who usually tried to maintain a stable expression, blinked his eyes rarely, and even Lancer opened his eyes slightly. Eyes look down.

Only Mu Chen looked at all this with a lack of interest. In the concept-oriented world of Xingyue, power is not the mainstream. Although power is indeed powerful, the power of concepts is really bad, such as the conceptual power of Achilles. Guardian, and the conceptual indefensibility behind Siegfried.

This crystallization of human fantasy born out of misunderstanding, Mu Chen doesn't know what to say. Should I say that the world's restraint is terrible or the source is terrible?

By the way, there are also a bunch of crystallizations of fantasy in his treasury - Noble Phantasms!

"Surprised, isn't it? Of course, it can't be considered fast in terms of speed." Assassin poured a hint of pride into this sentence.

Empress of Assyria - Semiramis.

Her Noble Phantasm "Vanity's Floating Garden" is like a fortress in the sky, but it is impossible to manifest it through magic.

First of all, materials such as stone and wood in a specific area must be collected. After the materials are collected, Assassin will perform a long ceremony before the treasure can be fully formed. This is because the historical Empress Semiramis did not There is no reason to actually create a sky garden.

She had actually never seen the Sky Garden at all.

However, she knew that this had been engraved in her memory as a fantasy, and she also had such a physical feeling.Although it is a mysterious phenomenon of late repair nature, the impression of "the sky garden built by the world's oldest assassin and the legendary empress" is too strong.

Materials must be collected.

First of all, the real substances based on this real world must be collected, the wood, stone, minerals, plants and water of the land where she lived in the past.

Reassemble these collected things, and let her achieve the real fantasy through rituals, which is a false reality, a treasure that was absolutely impossible to exist in the first place.

Therefore, it is dubbed the name of "vanity".

For those who knew the truth, it would only be a subject of ridicule, since she never made a hanging garden.However, vanity doesn't have to mean vulnerability.

No, at the moment of collecting materials to complete the Noble Phantasm, at least in this era, vanity has turned into reality, but this garden in the cloak of fantasy—is much more exaggerated than reality, it is almost absurd.

"Then everyone, please prepare to fight. If we move forward at this speed, we will be within an hour's distance before they can see us standing firmly in the fortress of Millenia."

The crowd fell silent.

Of course, it wasn't because of fear, it was just because hearing her mention the specific number "one hour" made their hearts surge with fighting spirit.

"Caster, what happened to the knife I gave you not long ago?" Caster made the thing that had turned into a spirit body reveal its original shape, and handed it out respectfully.

"Well, right here."

"...Hey, Shirou."

"What are you going to use that sword for? Could it be—"

Both Rider and Archer showed puzzled expressions at the same time.

018 Before the War Begins

Shirou smiled and pulled out the sword in his hand from the sheath. Although the basic shape of the Japanese sword is the same, it will form various sides due to the different souls of the blacksmiths. The shape is beautiful and cute, which can be called a work of art There is also a knife like that in Shirou's hand, which is unrestrained and upright, and is specially designed for a certain kind of existence.

Even from the perspective of Servants who are proficient in all kinds of weapons, ancient and modern, this sword is high-quality enough to be called a first-class product.

"I will act as Caster's agent. Don't worry, everyone. I also have a considerable amount of experience in combat."

However, it is too reckless to easily equate the possession of weapons with participation in war.

"No, no, no, no, no. Don't say anything, it's better for you to stay here like a Master?"

"Rider is right? Although you seem to have accumulated a lot of combat experience, in the end you are still in the human category. If you run into the opponent's Servant, it will be over."

Rider and Archer hastily stopped him from speaking.

That's natural, generally speaking, the Master shouldn't go to the front line no matter what.

Servants don't necessarily only target Servants.

If the enemy's Master is a person with rational thinking, when he sees the Master swaying to the front line, he will usually order the Servant to kill him. As soon as the Master dies, the Servant's countdown to death will begin. Start the battle.

What's more, the next battle will undoubtedly be a decisive battle. Not only will Servant and Servant collide with each other, but even the Dragon Tooth Soldiers that they use as pawns will have to be mobilized. It will be a big battle on an unprecedented scale.

Under such circumstances, as a mere human being, it was unbearable no matter what he thought—at this time, Caster stood in the middle as if trying to stop Rider and Archer, and said to the two: "You two, in the past I used to I wrote that, 'the best courage is to distinguish right from wrong', and now, in my opinion, there are very few people who are more capable of discerning than this Father Shirou. What's more important!"

He stared at the sword in Shirou's hand as if acting in a play.

"I applied a little bit of magic to this knife. To be clear, it can be equivalent to a C-rank Noble Phantasm."

Including Assassin, everyone except Shirou and Mu Chen froze in surprise.

Noble Phantasm - that's exactly what he said.

The holy relics inscribed in legends that each of the Servants possess—that is, the Noble Phantasm.

"--what?"

"...What's going on? Can you create a Noble Phantasm?"

"Your inherent skill... should be 'enchant'. Could it be that power?"

"That's right." For Assassin's question, Caster proudly puffed out his chest and affirmed.

Strictly speaking, "Red" Caster—Shakespeare's skill cannot be called magic. No matter what kind of strengthening magic it is, it is impossible to strengthen the equipment to the level of Noble Phantasm.

Originally, he didn't cast magic on the sword, but he just "written" how sharp the sword was and what a bloodthirsty product it was while looking at the sword that Shirou handed him.

However, if the author is a world-renowned great writer, that is another matter.

Conceptual arming—there is a kind of arming in the world that is not based on physical force, but through the concept of the object itself. An article written by Shakespeare infused with the soul, even if the object is just a small stone on the roadside, it is completely ok Has the concept of killing.

"...May I ask a question? Why don't you use this to fight?" Lancer asked Caster, who remained silent.

His question is indeed very reasonable, since it can turn a mere sword into a treasure, as long as it is used to fight.

"—The author never writes about himself, that is called prose, and now I only have the ability to weave other people's stories, other than that, I have nothing else to write." Caster replied in a firm tone road.

Lancer understood what he meant, frowned and said, "Does that mean you're afraid of trouble?"

"Well, almost."

Hmm - Lancer nodded in understanding.

"...Then there is no way. Your goal is to describe the stories of other people besides yourself. No matter whether the result is disillusionment or tragedy, you have to write to the end. Therefore, surviving to the last moment is your goal, right? , it is naturally impossible to fight on the front line."

Regarding these cold words, Caster smiled happily: "Yes, that's it! I really want to witness the end of this Holy Grail War with my own eyes! I have to do it! Whether it's happiness or misfortune, or it's frustrating. The truth of despair, witnessing everyone's stories with my own eyes until the end, is my mission!"

As a Servant who was summoned by the Holy Grail War, this is a completely inappropriate line, and he said it categorically - to watch until the end.