The Dimensional Book of Collapse

Chapter 29 Seizing the Command Seals

"Father Kotomine! Please save me..."

A middle-aged man broke into the church and just as he was halfway through his words, he saw Yanfeng Lizheng being strangled by Qin Mo.

"Emiya Kiritsugu? What brings you here?"

Looking at the man who suddenly broke in, Qin Mo did not panic at all as if he was discovered. Instead, he took the initiative and asked.

Regardless of the fact that his question did not require an answer from Emiya Kiritsugu, because he had already seen, behind Emiya Kiritsugu, the white-haired woman... Irisviel, and the strong smell of blood on her body.

"you know me?"

Before Kiritsugu Emiya could recover from the shocking scene in front of him, he heard Qin Mo's words.

"What happened to Irisviel? And where is Saber?"

Only Emiya Kiritsugu and Irisviel came here. Even his partner didn’t come with him. And…

In the original anime, Kiritsugu Emiya never came here.

What happened last night when I didn't know?

Qin Mo frowned. This situation of not being able to grasp the plot was very uncomfortable. It was even worse than the previous situation of knowing nothing on the Starry Sky Train.

Because he trusted the information he knew too much, he was even less vigilant.

"Please...save Airi. I am willing to give everything. Saber has been taken away. I have lost my qualification as a Master."

Emiya Kiritsugu came to his senses and quickly put Irisviel down from behind him.

Qin Mo and Youlandel then discovered that the smell of blood on Alice's body all came from her chest, and there was a huge hole on her chest, where the heart that should have been there was completely gone.

But even so, Alice did not die. Qin Mo was sure that there was still a vitality in her body, supporting her tenaciously.

Avalon?

A concept robe, Altria's third treasure, was buried inside Irisviel's body, and this treasure has the power to protect the holder from death.

However, this treasure can only work if its true owner injects magic power into it. For others, it is just a gorgeous decoration.

Irisviel had always been working with Altria, so naturally they had a lot of contact, which resulted in some of the magic of its original owner entering Avalon. It was this magic that maintained Irisviel's immortality, but there was very little of it left, and it was not enough to heal her injuries.

"Are you really willing to give everything you have?"

Qin Mo looked at Emiya Kiritsugu. The Stairway to Heaven had appeared in a place he could not reach, relying on the abundant power it had once stored to maintain Irisviel's life.

But he can only keep him alive. If he wants to be cured, he has to use skills at Xier's level.

"Yes, I am willing, even if... you want to take my life."

The ideal can no longer be realized. Throughout his life, Kiritsugu Emiya has killed many of his relatives while pursuing justice. He no longer wants to lose another relative.

It would be fine if the Holy Grail could still fulfill wishes, but the Holy Grail now is just a disaster.

"It's useless for me to take your life. I will help you heal her, but in return, Avalon, I want it."

Emiya Kiritsugu was surprised at first that Qin Mo knew Avalon, but he still nodded heavily: "Okay!"

Emiya Kiritsugu was decisive, and Qin Mo didn't act pretentiously. He directly said to Yulandel: "Yulandel, use the Command Spell to summon Medea."

"Ah."

Yulandel wanted to help just now, but she didn't have the ability to help. However, she saw that the illusory figure in Qin Mo's body appeared again and squatted beside Alice. She also guessed the reason why Qin Mo dared to "waste time" bargaining.

She pulled off her gloves, and in front of the surprised eyes of Emiya Kiritsugu and Kotomine Ri, she revealed the spear-like Command Seal in her hand.

Qin Mo did not look at Youlandel, but looked at Kotomine Risei who was still being pinched by him.

This old man had no power to resist at all in front of him. Although he was a master of Bajiquan, he was just a mortal after all. Not to mention the power of the Ox Talisman, the power of LV7 alone was beyond his ability to resist.

Kotomine Rishen tried many times but failed to break free, so he gave up.

"It seems that the matter is more serious than I thought. In order to prevent you from getting old and confused, I will take away the things on your arm."

Qin Mo pinched Yanfeng Lizheng and grabbed his arm while looking at him with horror.

At this time, Medea had been summoned. After seeing Irisviel, she understood the reason why Yulandel used the Command Spell to summon her, and immediately activated her own Noble Phantasm to start treating Irisviel.

Qin Mo also took back the Stairway to Heaven and used the power of the Stairway to Heaven to forcibly peel off the Command Seal on Kotomine Rizheng's arm.

The Command Spell is a high-concentration magic crystal and also a type of energy. As long as it is energy, it falls within the scope of the Love Train.

On Kotomine Rizheng's arm, there were unused Command Seals from previous generations. In the original plot, these Command Seals later fell into the hands of Kotomine Kirei and were used by the other party as consumables.

Qin Mo was too lazy to help the enemy and just snatched them all away.

"You! You can't do this!"

Yanfeng Lizheng couldn't understand why transferring the Command Spell required a complicated procedure and also required the consent of the holder, but Qin Mo completely ignored these requirements and snatched it away by force.

Ignoring Kotomine Risei's shouts, he snatched the Command Seal and threw the old man out, knocking over the benches on the ground.

"Ahem...you, this is a violation!"

Even now, he still tried to restrain Qin Mo with rules.

But Qin Mo completely ignored him, rolled up his sleeves, looked at the patterns on his arms that spread like flames, and counted them carefully. There were a total of nineteen command spells.

In other words, sixteen were snatched from Kotomine Risho.

There are a total of twenty-one items in a Holy Grail War.

There were no Command Seals in the first Holy Grail War. They were developed during the Second Holy Grail War, which means there are forty-two in total. It is already a lot to have sixteen left.

After all, not every Master would leave a Command Spell to maintain the contract and keep it as a backup order.

He ignored Kotomine Risei. Although he was a violator, Qin Mo was not a bloodthirsty person. At most, he would restrain the other party before leaving for a while.

Now...

He looked at Emiya Kiritsugu and Irisviel, whose heart had been repaired: "We have fulfilled your request. Tell me, what happened?"

Chapter 30 Emiya Kiritsugu's Prayer

"Emiya Kiritsugu, what happened? Who stole the Lesser Holy Grail?"

Qin Mo didn't beat around the bush and directly revealed Alice's identity.

That’s right, Irisviel is the Little Holy Grail of the Fourth Holy Grail War, just like Illya during the Fifth War. As long as the heart’s activity can be guaranteed, it can be used as a Holy Grail even if the heart is dug out directly.

Emiya Kiritsugu originally wanted to find an excuse, but he didn't expect that his deepest hidden thing would be exposed.

"Kiritsugu... tell them. We have already agreed on this, haven't we?"

After Irisviel woke up, she knew what had happened. Seeing that Emiya Kiritsugu was in a dilemma, she gently hugged him.

"Ellie..."

He took a deep breath and began to tell what happened this morning.

It turned out that after learning yesterday that the Holy Grail might be contaminated, a heated debate broke out in the Einzbern castle.

Like Altria, Kiritsugu Emiya also has a strong desire to place his trust in the Holy Grail.

But Emiya Kiritsugu had changed in the past few years.

He has a new family, a loving wife, and a lovely daughter.

He once wanted to escape.

A partner of justice, this dream from his boyhood, is no longer just a dream, but the obsession that supports him to keep going even when he has lost everything.

But looking back, he no longer had nothing.

But he couldn't give up the opportunity to realize his dream that was right within his reach.

Although it is unknown whether the news that the Holy Grail is contaminated is true or not, it still brings a sense of burden.

And this slight burden became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

He... wants to withdraw from the Holy Grail War.

But Artoria is different. Artoria has no choice but to pursue the Holy Grail.

So no matter what, she had to witness the truth of the Holy Grail with her own eyes.

As the old saying goes, don't turn back until you hit the wall.

The Magician Killer who had a retreat and the Knight King who had no retreat, the two had originally had considerable conflicts, and at this moment there was a violent collision. It could be said that they were the most disharmonious group in this Holy Grail War.

And this time, even Irisviel could not mediate, because she also supported Kiritsugu Emiya's idea.

She had nothing before, but it was because of Emiya Kiritsugu's coming that she became aware of herself as a human being, experienced several years of happiness, and had a lovely child. She didn't want her happiness to end like this.

But the meaning of her birth is for the Holy Grail War and for Einzbern's sad wish.

The current Einzbern no longer exists. All the people in Einzbern, including the head of the family, are actually just artificial humans who persist for the sake of their only sad wish.

After meeting Kiritsugu Emiya, fulfilling Kiritsugu Emiya's wish became Irisviel's new meaning of existence.

Therefore, she was willing to abandon her own personal will just to realize Kiritsugu Emiya's ideals.

And when Emiya Kiritsugu's ideals changed, she was even more willing to support him.

Just when the two sides were about to part ways unhappily, an uninvited guest arrived.

That was a golden king, the Archer who should have died long ago, the Hero King - Gilgamesh.

Irisviel was certain that Archer's soul had entered the Holy Grail in her body. She originally thought that the Hero King in front of her was just a disguise, but the other party was just like the real Hero King. He threw out countless treasures and defeated Altria in an instant.

Then he took out Irisviel's heart and kidnapped Artoria. Fortunately, before being kidnapped, Artoria had physical contact with Irisviel in order to rescue her, which caused Avalon to be activated and saved Irisviel's life.

Both Emiya Kiritsugu and Hisau Maiya were injured in the battle.

Knowing that he could not save Irisviel, Kiritsugu Emiya had no choice but to try his luck and come to Kotomine Church, wanting to save Irisviel and, by the way, tell this supervisor, whom he thought had problems, about the anomalies that had occurred in this Holy Grail War.

"Gilgamesh is resurrected?"

Qin Mo frowned. He was sure, and even Irisviel was sure, that Gilgamesh's soul was still in the Holy Grail.

Then this newly appeared Gilgamesh is definitely not the one they saw.

Second summon?

Qin Mo was not sure, and the other party's behavior of kidnapping Altria was also very suspicious.

Looking at Kotomine Rizheng who had already stood up and was listening to what Emiya Kiritsugu and the others had to say instead of running away, Qin Mo thought of something: "Kotomine Rizheng, Tōsaka Tokiomi and your son Kotomine Kirei, could they be going to the place where the Greater Holy Grail is?"

Regarding the current situation, Qin Mo no longer cared about the moral code of the martial arts world. Seeing that Kotomine Rizheng was still trying to find an excuse, he directly activated his stand ability and extracted Kotomine Rizheng's memory.

"Damn it! That guy Tōsaka Tokiomi! Is he trying to kill himself?"

From Kotomine Risei's memory, Qin Mo saw the conversation between him and Toosaka Tokiomi last night. After Toosaka Tokiomi summoned Gilgamesh back, he used the Command Seal to keep Gilgamesh alive, but even so, Gilgamesh's death was only a matter of time.

As the holder of the earth veins of Fuyuki City, Tousaka Tokiomi made a bold decision. He wanted to go directly to the Holy Grail to obtain the contaminated magic power.

He didn't know what Tōsaka Tokiomi was thinking. Did he feel that he could control that part of the power?

Anyway, he took his disciple, Kotomine Kirei, with him.

Kotomine Risei didn't know what happened afterwards because they had no contact after that.

"Yulan Dai'er, things are starting to develop in the worst direction."

Qin Mo suddenly spoke.

"What happened? Is there anything I can do?"

At this moment, Youlandel felt that she might be called a stupid goose, because from the beginning to the end, she had no idea what was going on. Even though Qin Mo had told her some things behind the Holy Grail War, she still couldn't figure it out.

Although it was partly her fault, it was also because things developed too quickly.

So she chose...

Just give up thinking and leave it to your Master. She only needs to fight and become stronger until she can break all the conspiracies and tricks.

"Emiya Kiritsugu! Tōsaka Tokiomi has gone to the Greater Holy Grail. That Gilgamesh is most likely a puppet controlled by Angra Mainyu. The evil of this world may be about to be released. Do you know where the other Masters are? This is no longer a matter for just a few of us."

Although Qin Mo's words were incoherent, Emiya Kiritsugu still figured it out in an instant. After all, he still had a lot of magical skills.

"I know! If you want to stop him, please let me go with you. Although I no longer expect the Holy Grail to save the world, I cannot watch it destroy the world."

With Emiya Kiritsugu's personality, it would have been impossible for him to explain so much, but at this moment he also knew that his strength was much weaker than that of others, and when the situation was stronger than he was, he had no choice but to compromise.