Final Trial of Mankind

Archer and Rider really didn't know whether to feel helpless or angry.

"All in all, my combat power is almost zero, so I plan to hand over this important task to Father Shirou, who has the highest combat power among the Masters."

"I don't mind... As long as you have this knife, you shouldn't be easily defeated on the battlefield."

As Shirou said, since there is this sword that can at least rival the C-rank Noble Phantasm, it is also a breeze to deal with androids and golems.

Moreover, Mu Chen knew that although this guy's abilities were mediocre, he was still a Servant. Even if he got a physical body, his combat power didn't drop much. Regardless, it can still be done if you only deal with low-strength Servants like Dragon Tooth Soldiers, Golems, or Black's Berserker.

"No, no, my strength is not worth mentioning at all, it's just because that knife is a rare and famous knife, otherwise, no matter what, I can't reach the level of a C-rank treasure."

"...Because this is a precious sword that a certain swordsman loved to use in the past." Shirou muttered softly.

His expression relaxed slightly, showing a mischievous smile.

"—Then there is no way, Master, I have to stay here to control this garden, so I can't go to the battlefield to fight in person. Although I will try my best to provide support, but don't go too deep into the enemy, okay?"

"I understand this. After all, I am also very aware of my own strength."

Despite what he said, Shirou has absolutely no intention of retaining his strength in this war: he must go all out to fight, go all out to win the Holy Grail, and he is willing to risk his life for this, even if it is an act that completely deviates from justice He will also execute without hesitation.

"Well, even though the generals are all here, it's not very decent without soldiers. Even if it's just a mere artificial human or golem, it's quite annoying if they get together."

As Assassin said, they don't have soldiers. Even if the Masters mobilized all their familiars, there would probably be less than ten at most.

However, after all, she is Semiramis who is the queen of Assyria, and she can create unrestricted pawns for consumption.

"I'm going to select some Dragon Tooth Soldiers appropriately. Three thousand should be enough, right?"

The Dragon Tooth Soldiers made from Dragon Teeth are all miscellaneous soldiers that are thrown away after use... However, no matter how they are used up, the number of 3000 is too abnormal.

"Of course, the more the better... But Assassin, that's impossible anyway?"

"Generally speaking, it's impossible, but as long as I'm in this sky garden, there's nothing I can't do." Responding to Rider's question, Assassin said with a confident smile.

That's right, no matter which country this sky garden goes to, it will always function as her domain. All attributes are strengthened, and even magic that involves the magic domain can be used freely.

Of course, there is a price to pay, after all, this treasure itself has almost reached the level of a foul. Once the "Red" Assassin leaves this garden, he will be rendered powerless.

However, this garden is a mobile fortress, and it is impossible to leave this garden.

"So, who will lead the battle first?"

Regarding Shirou's question, Archer, Rider, and Lancer all looked at each other, while Caster, who didn't intend to participate, put on an attitude that had nothing to do with him.

Mu Chen was still thinking about what he was going to do when the meeting started.

Lancer shook his head wordlessly - as if to mean "please go first".

Then, Rider and Archer looked at each other, it seemed that both of them wanted to take the lead. Assassin shrugged his shoulders helplessly, and Caster said that he would dedicate a psalm of praise to the warriors who took the lead, to fuel their fire.

"...Please discuss it in a peaceful manner, okay?"

Although this request was not complied with, the two agreed to a compromise.

"Let me lead the charge."

Rider seemed determined to lead the charge, but Archer summoned the bow as his own weapon and held it high into the air.

"But I will launch the preemptive attack, because I was planning to release the treasure."

"Understood, then it's settled."

"It's the first time that two people work together. Is that the case? Would you like a poem about love?"

Regarding Caster's proposal, Rider replied with a face full of joy: "Oh, please."

But Archer frowned reluctantly: "No, let's avoid it."

Therefore, Caster combined the opinions of the two and decided to create a sad poem about a man who lost his love.

Shirou, who was watching their conversation with a wry smile, turned his attention to the fortress of Milenia that began to appear beyond the dark night.

——Heart began to beat faster.

019 obsession

——Heart began to beat faster.

Ahh, I know, I can feel it.It was indeed there—in that walled city, in that place, there was indeed something that he had dreamed of for so long.

A sense of excitement immediately filled his heart, and he couldn't help but desperately suppress the cheeks that wanted to show a smile.

"—Even a man like you, is it still difficult to hide the excitement in the situation right in front of you? From this point of view, you are really a child."

Both trembling and smiling stopped at the same time, Shirou cast a slightly dissatisfied gaze at Assassin beside him.

"It's nothing, just being able to endure the urge to jump for joy is good. Compared to this, Master, your death means my death, and my death means that all plans will come to naught. You should be very clear, right?"

"Well, of course."

Facing the Master who responded as if nothing had happened, Assassin sighed deeply: "—I really can't understand why you still have to go to the battlefield. Now you are the Master who uses Servants. An existence that should set foot on the battlefield. Why do you risk your life to go to the battlefield when it is so obvious?"

Assassin is a Servant after all, and Kotomine Shirou is very clear about his strength, and he shouldn't have any problems against artificial humans and golems—but it's really hard to predict what the outcome of fighting a Servant will be.

In short, as long as you pay attention, there is no problem, but even if there is no problem... there are still contingencies.

For Assassin, sending Shirou to the battlefield is something that he would like to avoid no matter what, but no matter how many times he says it, Shirou still refuses to give up this idea.

Assassin didn't care about his motives at all, and thought that he might change his mind at that time, but since he was still unwilling to change his mind, Assassin really wanted to ask him what made him do this A reckless move.

Shirou hesitated for a moment, and finally replied in a calm voice as if he still made up his mind: "If my plan goes against God's will, I will definitely be wiped out on this battlefield. If you die in battle, you may be killed by a puppet or an artificial person because of your carelessness, or you may even be caught in the activation range of your own treasure and lose your life."

People will die, and so will Servants. It is a natural daily situation for a kind person to be involved in something unreasonable and have a bleak ending.

If you are an incorrect existence, you will definitely end up like that.

"If that's the case, I will accept death frankly. God has not forgiven me, and there is no way to change it. But, if——if everything goes smoothly..."

Assassin was slightly overwhelmed by his momentum, it wasn't that Shirou did anything, he just wiped his usual smile and looked at Assassin from the front.

In his eyes, he couldn't see any viciousness, arrogance, anger, or hatred. Instead, it was as calm as an extremely clear lake, which was not like the eyes of those who are going to the battlefield next—— It was very peaceful.

"That is to say, God has forgiven what I have done, and has mercy on all people... My desire to obtain the Great Holy Grail is correct. As long as I understand this, I will no longer be confused, and I will never be betrayed." Betrayal has been rewarded." Shirou declared with a firm attitude.

According to him, he went to the battlefield to confirm whether his purpose was correct. From Assassin's point of view, that was simply a brave and stupid act.

However——Shirou probably had to do this, it was an extraordinary obsession that others could not understand, and it was an indispensable ritual in order to strengthen his will to no longer be confused.

"—Well, to be honest, I really can't understand it."

"I think so." Shirou said with a wry smile.

As she said, other people can't understand her own thinking. After all, she is now going to the battlefield facing death at any time just for the purpose of judging whether she is right or not.

At first, he thought he would be opposed, but Assassin declared in an orderly manner: "However, you can only move forward if you do this, then there is no other way, I allow it, you can fight as much as you want, and survive .”

Thank you - Shirou said thank you.

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Muchen watched all this silently. Although he was noncommittal about his desire to save mankind, he did not deny Amakusa Shiro Tokisada's will. If possible, Muchen really wanted his wish to come true, not every day. Every time justice must win, let the protagonist and others win.

They said that Amakusa Shiro Tokisada's method of saving human beings is distrust of human beings, but in fact, isn't it a manifestation of distrust of humans that they stop Amakusa Shiro Tokisada?

Amakusa Shiro Shizhen really doesn't trust the current human beings, but doesn't Joan also distrust the human beings who have become the third magical life form?

Although, in Mu Chen's view, there is no need to trust human beings, because they are creatures that can do anything without a lower limit.

If it was Mu Chen, he would only choose destruction instead of relief.

Perhaps, this is the difference between a demon king and a saint, even though Amakusa Toki Sadashiro was not officially recognized as a saint, and Mu Chen did not intend to become a demon king.

[If possible, I really want you to be able to live in the new world. 】

Although it is possible that human beings will become worse after becoming the life forms of the third magic, there is also the possibility of a better situation.

In an instant, when Mu Chen was thinking about running on the train, the sky garden slowly stopped moving, Milenia Walled City was still ahead, there were woods on both sides between the sky garden and the city wall, and a grassland opened in the middle.

In other words, this is the venue for the battle.

The "Red" Fang Servant and Kotomine Shirou who was the Master were all gathered at the bow of the Sky Garden.

"They must be in a state of panic now."

After listening to Caster's speech, Archer nodded in agreement.With her well-trained eyesight as an archer, she can grasp the situation of the city wall shrouded in darkness several kilometers away to a certain extent.

"Ahh, the Servants haven't come out to meet them yet, it seems that we have fallen into chaos because of our sudden appearance... I feel such a breath."

It probably came from the instinct of a beast—even if it was a city, Archer could sense the breath of the people inside.

"Since that's the case, I'll let the 'miscellaneous soldiers' line up now."

Assassin raised his hand high, and a huge cooking pot with a diameter of three meters appeared in front of everyone's eyes as if it was suspended in the air.

In an instant, the slightly yellowish bone fragments contained in it fell on the ground like rainwater. When they landed, those bone fragments grew like plants, and finally formed skeletons with lizard-like heads. soldier.

"...It seems very fragile." Archer looked down and pondered.

"Ah, you're right. It's indeed very fragile, extremely fragile, but there are a lot of them anyway. It goes without saying that Servants are opponents, but opponents as artificial humans should be enough. If the opponent's Caster is like us If the one next to him is a miscellaneous soldier, maybe he can be defeated."

"Hahaha, this sentence is really harsh, but I'm afraid that there is no Caster in the world who is a writer with elegant writing like me!" Caster retorted nonchalantly.

"I think Andersen will be a Caster if he is summoned!" Mu Chen added silently, making Caster choke heavily, because he couldn't deny whether Andersen would be summoned as a Caster.

It just seemed that the relationship between him and Andersen was not very good, and he looked disgusted at the name Mu Chen said.

"...Well, those guys from the 'black' side have finally come out."

Everyone except Archer could only see a dark front, and it seemed that the Yogdomilenia clan and their Servants finally took action.

This is completely different from the skirmishes we've seen so far.

There are battlefields, soldiers, weapons, and generals. There are territories to contend for, and more importantly, there are "kings" who must be crusaded.

Now there is only a short moment before the decisive battle with complete annihilation as the ultimate goal.

The Servants on the "red" side are silently waiting for that moment to come——

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