In Type-Moon, it all starts with adopting Sakura.

In a desert region, in a collapsed city.

The sensation was as if my entire body was being burned by flames, so painful that I could hardly breathe and my body could barely move. There was no escape from the scalding heat and agony. It felt like being bitten by thousands of ants, or like being accidentally buried in sand and rubble.

"The human body is on top, the soil is below."

"Cough cough cough!!"

Soon, in the ruins of an ancient city that had collapsed, a hand suddenly emerged from the sand and rubble. Then, a black-haired youth burst out of the ground like a groundhog and took a deep breath of fresh air.

"Gemstone Elder! Your teleportation technology is absolutely the best in the world! It's almost like you've thrown me right into the Earth's core!!"

Upon opening his eyes, Luo Wei found himself dozens of meters underground. It took him some effort to get out. He shook the sand out of his clothes, complaining about the Gemstone Elder's self-proclaimed third-rate teleportation technology, before looking around at his surroundings.

My brain felt a slight throbbing, as if I had forgotten something, but upon careful thought, I remembered everything clearly, from Merry's instructions to the Gemstone's teleportation.

So in the end, it can only be attributed to the physical discomfort caused by climbing up from dozens of meters underground.

Turning around, Luo Wei surveyed his surroundings.

What I saw was a ruin, or rather, a destroyed city. Judging from the size of the city and the scattered ruins, it must have been a prosperous metropolis. It must have been ravaged by war to have become like this.

The magnificent buildings were reduced to piles of ruins, and the once bustling streets were now littered with corpses, limbs, and bright red blood. Amidst the ruins, a majestic cross collapsed with a deafening roar, raising a cloud of dust, seemingly signifying the city's demise.

The cross represents the Christian faith...

And there's a cathedral here?! Is this Jerusalem?!

With a simple environmental analysis, Lowe immediately came up with the answer.

However, these are not the focus right now.

What really caught his attention was the knight who was looking at him.

Upon closer inspection, he saw that the figure was dressed in purple armor, had flowing purple hair, and was holding a silver-gold holy sword tightly in his left hand.

Lovi was very familiar with that armor and the style of the sword. After all, during the Fourth Holy Grail War, it was he who had treated Lancelot like a stray dog ​​and schemed against him, and in the end, he had not allowed Lancelot to recognize Artoria as he wished. Therefore, Lovi was very familiar with this person's identity. Wasn't this Lancelot? Moreover, he was Lancelot the Sword, not the Berserker Lancelot.

The other party only glanced at him before looking away, paying no attention to the newly unearthed youth.

"Ok?"

Meanwhile, the knight on the other side seemed to have noticed his unexpected appearance. He was a knight wearing pale silver armor, with short, golden hair, and a figure as radiant as the sun. Although he was broad-shouldered and burly, like a giant gorilla, his face was extremely handsome. He was the dream lover of every girl and the standard for a prince on a white horse.

Even without having seen him before, just by looking at the silver longsword in his hand, Rowe could recognize it as the Sword of Victory, so there was no need to say more; this gorilla knight was none other than Gawain.

Moreover, it wasn't just the two of them present. Numerous figures coalesced amidst the surrounding ruins, a sign of being summoned. With the continuous surge of magic, besides Gawain and Lancelot, the two most prominent Knights of the Round Table, several familiar faces appeared: Kay, Gareth, Agravure, Tristan, and some other Knights of the Round Table he didn't recognize.

However, the most memorable one is undoubtedly the strange knight with a bull-head helmet and red and silver clothes—that's Mo Zai!

But what Luo Wei found even more incredible than them was the figure that had summoned them.

Wearing a silver lion helmet and clad in azure armor, he rode a white horse as handsome as an elf, wielding the Star Anchor, Holy Lance, which he had longed for. He was like a lion king of the grasslands.

Artoria?

No, it's The Lion King.

what……

Gemstone Elder, your teleportation is becoming increasingly unreliable!!

Although I said I was going to find Artoria, isn't it a mistake to teleport directly to the Lion King at the start?

Moreover, something is clearly not right.

As Lowe thought to himself, he noticed that although the other Knights of the Round Table were somewhat curious about him, who had just crawled out of the ground, they only glanced at him and then stopped paying attention, their attitude remaining indifferent.

It's normal that he wasn't familiar with the Knights of the Round Table.

However, the cold gaze that Artoria could feel even through the helmet was clearly wrong. If it were the Artoria she knew, she wouldn't be behaving this way at this moment.

More importantly, her Avalon, which she carried with her, didn't react to her at all.

At this point, Loewe roughly understood some things, just as he had thought. Artoria had indeed not become the Lion King. The Lion King of the Sixth Singularity was something else entirely, merely an equivalent entity from another parallel world. Therefore, Avalon in this world did not react strongly to him.

So much so that even the mighty King Arthur did not react at all when facing his own Avalon.

It's obvious this isn't the Saber King I'm looking for.

After thinking it through, Luo Wei decided to wait and see, and did not make a sound to attract their attention.

boom!

However, at that moment, accompanied by the black-clad Iron Knight, Agraven knelt on one knee before the Lion King and cried out, "Knight, Agraven, pays homage to my king!"

The other knights also realized what was happening, and they all knelt down on one knee before the Lion King, bowing and shouting in worship.

"Knight Lancelot pays his respects to the King!"

"Knight Gawain, pays homage to the King!"

"Knight Tristan pays homage to my king!"

"Knight Mordred pays homage to my king!"

……

As the Knights of the Round Table knelt down one after another and announced their names, just as always.

Soon, Luo Wei, who had always stood out from the crowd, became incredibly conspicuous.

Then the Lion King's gaze naturally fell on this strange magician who did not kneel, and he couldn't help but wonder: Is this also a servant that he summoned?

The other knights also looked at Rowe at this moment, their expressions somewhat strange.

There was no other way; after all, it was too conspicuous for him to be standing alone.

It could be said that there was a traitor among them!

"Hey, who are you anyway?" Mordred stood up first and asked him directly, "How did you get in with us?"

"Um... actually, I don't know how I got here, do you believe me?"

"You're playing me!"

Mordred drew his magic sword and was about to strike.

"No, I do have some connection with King Arthur, and that's probably why I'm here."

Luo Wei shook his head and quickly offered an explanation.

Thanks to the special magic that covered him when he traveled to the parallel world, the Knights of the Round Table didn't recognize him as human and not a Servant for a moment, otherwise things would have become much more complicated.

Moreover, he wasn't lying; he did indeed have a connection with King Arthur.

"I see. You are a magician from another land. Were you summoned by a chain this time?" This time, it was Gareth who spoke.

As for why it was determined he wasn't a knight...

Because of Rowe's physique and his traditional alchemical attire, which seemed completely out of place for a knight, and the fact that he carried no sword or gun, his only weapon was a very ordinary-looking ceremonial short sword, he looked frail and weak.

"Huh? So you're the lucky kid who was summoned by Chain Summoning. In that case, let's not waste any more words. Since you're also a Servant summoned by my father, then hurry up and come over to pay your respects to my father." Mordred curled her lip and then spoke.

Upon hearing this, Luo Wei raised an eyebrow, really wanting to say to her: Are you serious?

It's important to know that he currently possesses some of the attributes of the Holy Son, and he's still in Jerusalem. It's uncertain whether his kneeling today will have any negative impact on the Lion King.

Lovi looked at the Lion King, who seemed to sense that Lovi's kneeling might lead to something bad, so he didn't insist and just nodded silently.

"But……"

Mordred was about to say something more when Agravan, who was already kneeling to the side, shouted, "Shut up, you rebellious knight!"

"cut!"

Upon seeing the Lion King, Mordred didn't press the matter, but he turned his head away unhappily and made a disdainful sound.

With tacit approval, Rowe casually found a relatively intact section of the ruined wall and sat down, watching the knights' next move.

"Your Majesty, what is the purpose of your summons?"

In the end, Gawain got straight to the point and asked a question.

Then all the knights' eyes were focused on the Lion King.

"..."

Instead of answering directly, Artoria reached into her armor and pulled out a golden cup.

Upon seeing this, Luo Wei raised an eyebrow. After all, he was very familiar with this thing; the Holy Grail, he had it before.

However, what she holds is likely a cup that Goetia projected into various timelines to create singularities; it belongs to the Art graph, not a true miracle: the Holy Grail.

"I have summoned you all here because I have something to announce to you."

Then, as expected, Artoria spoke coldly: "At this moment, the Magic King has instigated the burning of humanity, and humanity has been destroyed. Humanity has lost its future. I have decided to hold the Holy Ritual, selecting 300,000 people as specimens to be eternally placed in Lungominiad, thus preserving the last embers of human civilization. This will allow future aliens who may visit this planet to refer to the life and culture that once existed here, as proof that humanity once existed."

Upon hearing this, the knights looked at each other in disbelief.

Artoria's meaning is simple: faced with the burning of humanity caused by King Solomon, she chooses not to resist but to submit, and takes in humanity in the form of a specimen, entrusting the future to the uncertain visitors.

This action left the knights present dizzy; they never expected the king to make such a decision.

That brave and selfless king actually chose to abandon humanity...

"Your Majesty, do you...do you really mean it this way?"

When Kai, known for his straightforward personality, heard the decision, his eyes widened, and his tone was filled with disbelief.

After all, this action was a betrayal of himself as a knight and, more importantly, as a human being. It could be described as not resisting destruction, but rather escaping or surrendering to it.

Not only him, but the other knights were also in a very complicated situation at this moment. This decision was also extremely difficult for them.

"This is my decision. You may consider it yourselves."

The Lion King, riding his white horse, looked at the knights he had summoned and spoke indifferently.

"I need your answer before sunset. Whether you stay or leave is entirely up to you. Of course, you may also attack me. Whatever the outcome, I will accept it calmly. In the time to come, you will silently contemplate amidst the ruins of Jerusalem. I await your answer."

Having said that, the Lion King showed no more hesitation and led the white horse away in a more distant direction, leaving the Knights of the Round Table, still in disbelief, looking at each other in astonishment.

"What do we do? The Queen... she actually abandoned humanity, abandoned humankind... if we don't resist the burning of humanity, then aren't we all accomplices of the Magic Queen?!"

"What should we do? Should we attack or help?"

"No... I don't know. On one hand, there's the loyalty of a knight, and on the other, the morality of being human. I don't know how to choose..."

"Ugh! Why did this have to happen? Wouldn't it have been better if I just stayed asleep?!"