Following Archer's declaration, the star of destruction in the satellite orbit began to fill up, forming an arrow that shot towards the ground.
The arrow disappeared in mid-air, a huge magic circle was deployed, space shattered like a mirror, and the tsunami that was the prototype of Noah's flood legend and the huge wave of Nabistim described in the Gilgamesh epic swept towards Fuyuki City.
"This is what they call the end of the world!"
Although Gilgamesh would soon be unable to move due to releasing all his magic power, he laughed loudly as if fulfilling the duty of a victor.
"You despicable bastards! God of another world! I curse you for not killing me right away!"
The surging ocean current came down from the sky, as if it was going to drown everything.
Just the initial activation, this sword showed a torrent that was enough to easily submerge a city, and it was not just that, the torrent would increase with each day since the activation. By the seventh day, it would become a tsunami, the same huge wave that once caused Nabistim, and would have a severe impact on human civilization.
But this sustainability is not its weakness. Although it will only reach its maximum output on the seventh day, it can be seen from the torrent that is enough to submerge a city that, although different from the Sword of Separation, it is more troublesome to fight against it.
"The King of Heroes is not so easy to deal with when he's serious... Even if he realizes that this disaster will affect me, even if this result will directly wipe him out, this disaster cannot be erased. There is no point in staying in a destroyed world. I'm afraid that guy is thinking this way."
Roland silently admired the magnificent scene in front of him, but he did not feel afraid, even though he knew that under such a torrent, although he would not die, the Holy Grail and Fuyuki City would probably not be spared.
Gilgamesh continued to shout, "But feel honored! You have put me in such a desperate situation, and you have made me die together. You can boast about this until we meet again next time!"
"It is too early to celebrate your victory, Hero King."
Roland did not show the expression that Gilgamesh wanted to see, but stepped back slightly and gave the leading role to Saber next to him.
"From the beginning, you were stuck in an unsolvable cycle. If you want to defeat my Stand, you have to destroy the world, but if you destroy the world, you will trigger Saber's special attack."
Roland sighed in a pretentious manner, but his sigh was genuine.
"Among the worn wisdom, there is one point that I still agree with very much.
——Special attack is more important than anything else."
In the turbulent ocean current, the golden light cuts through the ocean current from the deep sea.
The 13 restraints that had turned into the scabbard were released with a clanging sound. Saber held the sword with both hands, feeling the declaration that had not been heard for a long time.
This is no longer a battle. At this moment, Archer is wreaking havoc for his own selfish desires.
He remembered what Lancelot had said. Even though this reliable knight was not the one he knew, the words of advice he had given were still unforgettable.
Although she also received guidance from Roland, the new Master, to protect the present, to be honest, Saber felt uneasy.
But when he saw the destructive disaster happening again, he subconsciously grasped the holy sword and untied the restraints.
Saber understood that before his heart woke up, he had already made his choice.
This is not Saber's kingdom, and the people living on this land are not Saber's subjects, but even so, he still raised the holy sword in his hand high.
"Release the thirteen seals! The decision of the Knights of the Round Table begins!"
Even if this holy sword is released while bound, it can still unleash the power of a city-killing Noble Phantasm, but this is by no means the reason why even Archer would put aside his arrogance and call Saber a holy sword user.
This most powerful sword can cut off enemies outside the stars and should be used to save the world. It is so powerful as a personal weapon that strict rules have been set.
That is different from Avalon. The second scabbard bound to the blade can only be released by achieving multiple glory and achievements. Even if the kings and knights who once swore an oath are no longer in the world, the seal will still continue. When the holy sword user wants to save the world, the round table resolution will automatically be activated.
A familiar female voice sounded in Saber's ears. It was the mark left by the wizard named Meli.
"--Acknowledgement:
Bedivere - This battle is a battle against someone stronger than yourself.
Gareth - This war is not against humanity
Lancelot - This battle is not a battle against the elves.
Mordred - This battle is a battle against evil.
Galahad - This battle is not a battle of selfish desires.
"Arthur"
Following that familiar call, Saber spoke in a solemn tone she had never used before.
"This battle is a battle to save the world!"
From the distant land, Saber shot out the look of a king that looked down upon all living beings.
"Ex—calibur!"
The surging magic power gathered on the sword, turning this holy sword directly into a brilliant beam of light.
The light continued to shrink and accelerate, taking away all the colors, sacredness, and glory around it, as if it was carrying some kind of mission to eliminate all chaos in the world.
This is the light of longing, this is the light of prayer, once forged by the fairies of the lake in the inner sea of the stars as a proof of the divinely made weapons.
Saber only felt that someone was holding the hilt of the sword together with her, which lightened the originally heavy weight and calmed her originally uneasy heart.
The holy sword released the six seals, although not more than half of them, and could not completely release its true name, but the dazzling beam of light still turned into an incomparable golden slash, it moved straight forward, penetrating through space.
The magic power released by the sword made the atmosphere surge and retreat, turning into broken air waves. The nothingness left behind wherever it passed was filled with endless particles of light.
"Holy Sword Master!"
Gilgamesh's expression changed. Although he understood the weight of the sword and knew its significance, it was the first time for him to face such light.
As for the broken sword of the king-chooser, there are still original copies in his treasure house, but this sword is an exception.
Gilgamesh could only give up all resistance and use all his strength to make the flood more violent, but in the end, he was hit by the torrent of light first.
Unable to dodge, unable to resist, in front of the super-standard released holy sword, there is little power that can stand against it.
At the moment it hit the flood, the sacred light of faith continued to spread, like a pillar connecting heaven and earth, completely evaporating the spreading flood.
When the shadow covering the sky dissipated, the only thing left was Gilgamesh, half of his body had disappeared, and he continued to transform into golden spirit particles and dissipate in the rapid fall.
As his body seemed to be crumbling and falling, Gilgamesh calmly accepted his defeat.
He stared at Saber with his scarlet pupils, then his gaze gradually passed over Saber and looked at Roland.
"How hateful! I never thought that I would have such a humiliating day. God of the Otherworld, this world is my most precious garden, so I will leave it to you for safekeeping for the time being."
"Next time I meet you, I will never be disrespectful to you. Goodbye, Roland. Although I don't want to admit it, this time in the present world was quite interesting."
After the arrogant voice ended, Gilgamesh completely disappeared.
"The fourth one has also been achieved. Now, it's time to make a wish."
Roland looked around and saw the people around him clapping their hands.
When they heard this declaration, everyone present looked at him.
Although they once had dreams, Saber and Caster have already given up their wishes. Therefore, although there are only four servants' souls, it is enough to realize ordinary wishes.
"Then Lord Roland, are we going to summon the Holy Grail now?"
"No, we have to wait a little longer. After all, we still have to go through one last battle before making a wish."
"Are there any other Servants?"
Saber was also a little confused, "At the moment, only Assassin is left..."
"Don't worry about the assassination. The target of my battle is the Greater Holy Grail itself."
Roland smiled mysteriously and looked at Enzou Mountain below him.
"My dear ally, you must have experienced this firsthand."
——
Matou Zouken had already set off after receiving Roland's notification.
At this moment, he was walking in the large cave under Ryuudou Temple. It was dark and damp as usual, but Matou Zouken was completely unaware of it.
His heart was filled with enthusiasm for the realization of his long-cherished wish, and soon, he came to the altar in the center, which was a little higher than the ground. The magic circle, with this altar as the center, had spread for a full three kilometers.
Compared with the position it occupied at the beginning, it is a world of difference. Over hundreds of years, this world has been slowly growing.
And in the center of this dark garden, a formless chaos is wriggling, like a form that has grown spontaneously to carry the soul of a hero.
"Roland was right..."
Matou Zouken muttered to himself. At the beginning, when Roland told him that he didn't need the Holy Grail, he thought that the other party was crazy again, but the reality before him made him believe it.
Although it looked very twisted, like a wriggling mass of meat or a dark embryo, Matou Zouken could still feel the highly concentrated desire and will in it.
——That is the physical Holy Grail.
Or it can be called the pseudo Holy Grail, which contains the souls of servants and a large amount of magic power. In addition, Zouken Matou also saw a somewhat unexpected character.
"Darnic..."
The other party's figure was attached to the outside of the Pseudo Holy Grail like a parasite. After observing carefully, Matou Zouken also understood the other party's thoughts.
With the help of the power of the talisman, it twists and combines with the servant's soul and enters the Holy Grail together. When someone makes a wish, or the Holy Grail War ends and the servant's soul returns, his own soul will intercept a part of the servant's physical power and form a new form.
Although this life form is still incomplete compared to a true Servant, it is already a remarkable achievement for a magician.
Zouken Matou hesitated for a while, but decided to give up his plan. After all, the changes in the Holy Grail were too strange, and it might affect his plans.
Roland must make a wish, the Dragon Talisman is still in that guy's hands.
As long as he could release that divine power, his progress would not be much slower than Darnic's. Thinking of this, Matou Zouken's body began to swell.
Countless wailing soul fragments poured out of his body, which were the accumulation of five hundred years.
After reaching the minimum requirement of four servants, the Holy Grail itself can be operated. The opponent's setting is that it will be automatically awakened only when there are five servants, but this is not a hard condition, you just need to use a trick.
Although they cannot be compared with the souls of servants, human souls are much easier to collect in quantity. As long as a certain amount is reached, it will be enough to cause the Holy Grail to have an illusion and be awakened early.
As the accumulated souls of Matou Zouken were continuously devoured by the pseudo-holy grail in the center, the central magic circle spread throughout the large void began to glow.
When the light spread everywhere, the darkness underground kept trembling, making a heartbeat sound like a fetal movement.
Wait, a heartbeat?
"What's going on?"
The Holy Grail should be just a simple system. Even if it has additional functions, it should not have life-like characteristics.
As one of the founders of this system, Zouken Matou looked at the activated Greater Holy Grail vigilantly. Just as he was about to step back, the nameless darkness cut his body into pieces.
The Holy Grail is alive?
In the last moment before this clone lost consciousness, he saw the darkness around him that was shattered like an eggshell, as well as the squirming flesh and blood on the physical Holy Grail and its eyes that were gradually lighting up.
Next, the central magic arrays that spread throughout the entire cavity began to tremble. Black mud surged up, and real flesh and blood began to grow outside these magic arrays that were as precious as bones.
The entire huge cavity seemed to be separated from Enzou Mountain and began to vibrate violently, as if a wild beast that had been trapped for a long time wanted to move its body again.
——
"Strictly speaking, you can't make a wish with this Holy Grail."
Roland told the cruel truth to the ignorant people around him, "Ever since the last Holy Grail War, when that guy who pretended to be Angra Mainyu (actually even his name was erased) was integrated into the Greater Holy Grail as a sacrifice, a demon, and a collection of wishes, the wishes inside have been distorted. No matter what wishes you make, they will only be misinterpreted as malicious."
"Then why did you summon it, Master?"
Saber couldn't help but frown when she heard such shocking news.
"Don't worry. Didn't I tell you? I am on the side of justice and I won't make any wish to destroy the world. However, even though it is a personal wish, you don't have to worry about me. The mountain man has his own clever plan and I have already prepared for it."
Saber nodded expressionlessly, acknowledging this.
It's not that he was confident in Roland's character, he just didn't believe that a guy who could play with a being like Archer would go to his death without any plan.
"I understand. Our current enemy is the absolute evil that is hiding in the Holy Grail and trying to descend upon this world."
"All we need to do is destroy it after the master makes a wish, right? After all, no matter how big the disaster is, it is only in its infancy now."
"Yes, if it were according to normal circumstances, Saber would release her holy sword and break it, and this would end it all."
Roland curled his lips, pointed out the essence of the evil in this world, and then changed the subject.
"But unfortunately, due to some off-site factors, he had help from outside forces. So, when he was summoned, the so-called Greater Holy Grail had truly come to life."
"It's even possible that he is currently using the Holy Grail system to observe the situation of our enemies..."
The corners of Roland's mouth soon curled up in an evil arc, and his red pupils lit up, like a bright, gorgeous ruby, but with the color of blood.
"This feeling…"
Suddenly, he stretched out his hands, covered his face, turned his head to look behind him, and his pupils slowly stood up because of excitement, like a precursor to hunting.
"You're the one spying on me, Angra Mainyu!"
After Roland pointed out the fact that someone was spying on him, Saber shuddered suddenly, as if a cold wind had blown across his back. He immediately swung a fierce attack in the direction where Roland turned his head, but in the end it only raised a cloud of dust.
"Angra Mainyu is not here. He is just observing us secretly through the connection of the Holy Grail system."
Roland was not surprised at all and said calmly.
"However, this is also the best proof that he has woken up. I'm afraid that now, the large cave under Ryuudou Temple has become his home ground for venting his power. It is also a blatant trap. He specifically replaced the function of the Lesser Holy Grail with himself for this reason."
If the surviving Master wants to make a wish, he must come to the void inside his body. In such a hostile environment, even a Servant may fall into a situation where he can be slaughtered, let alone an ordinary Master.
"It's really a conspiracy that makes people laugh..."
This tricky situation made Medea a little surprised. "Even if I have the ability to make wishes, after I have a personality, I will not easily give this right to others."
"The Holy Grail doesn't want people to make wishes this time. That's why it has isolated itself and is just waiting to be born. After it comes back to life, I'm afraid it will use this as a base to spread its evil intentions."
Roland added with a smile, not seeing the anxiety of not being able to touch the fruits of victory that were right in front of him.
"But even so, even if there are dangerous places ahead, we have to go there. Whether we want to chase the Holy Grail or destroy it, we have to go underground."
Saber looked at Roland and said in a deep voice.
"That's right, but I have a better idea." Roland narrowed his eyes and the smile on his face became more and more pleasant.
"Why should we chase after the Holy Grail? We can just let him come to us on his own... He is a rat hiding underground. If we completely destroy his hiding place, won't he have to face us openly?"
Roland snapped his fingers and called out to Ishtar, who had been hiding nearby.
"Goddess Venus, it's time for you to work."