Or, why don’t you find another savior?

I'll have to find a way to improve it after I get back...

Although Shiomi felt that Olga Marie would not care about these details for his sake.

"Anyway, just focus on the battle, my husband." Morgan's tone was full of leisure, watching a fire from the other side of the river. "Don't worry about what's going on here. We'll take care of it."

Having said that, Shiomi still heard a strange whispering sound from the extremely tense control room through the communicator.

——Because of Morgan’s name.

Putting aside all distracting thoughts, Shiomi stood up and looked at Altria.

Although she was slightly injured because her own Noble Phantasm hit her due to the rebound of the holy sword's attack, Mashu, who was attacked with such intensity for the first time, almost collapsed after releasing part of the power of her Noble Phantasm, and only relied on Ritsuka's support to prevent her from falling to the ground with her shield.

What’s even worse is that Altria is already preparing to release the second magic weapon.

There is no way that section of chalk wall can withstand a second attack!

The battle must be resolved now.

Shiomi put away the magic spear and summoned the magic wand that Cu Chulainn had given him.

The ash tree staff, which had been tempered by magic for many years, could easily amplify his magic as long as magic was injected into it. When he wielded it, Shiomi was even more convinced that his magic was enough to cut off mountains and destroy cities.

"Then let me try it out. This is what the great god Odin left behind." Shiomi raised the magic wand in his hand, "Devouring the Song of Sin, it will become a pure spiral, 'Maelstrom'!"

Sensing the huge amount of magic power, Altria, who was accumulating treasures, hurriedly turned around, intending to deal with Shiomi first.

However, unexpectedly, the rocky ground beneath their feet suddenly gave rise to a whirlpool of water that was strong enough to swallow several people.

Artoria lost her balance and was swept up by the whirlpool, like a small boat that had already sunk in the strong wind and huge waves, waiting to be torn apart by the waves.

Artoria clenched her fists, and her magic power continued to flow, overflowing from her body.

With the Greater Holy Grail in hand, the Dark Knight King who maintains this singularity does not need to worry about magic power at all.

The Noble Phantasm can be used continuously, and can also be used to forcibly break through Shiomi's magic like this.

The expanding magic power stretched out in the water, leaving room for Altria to stand.

She is not good at swimming, but she can walk on water.

After grasping the holy sword again, the magic power of the treasure was accumulated again.

This time, he came towards Xiomi.

"The end of the vast sea is the wind that does not travel for four days, 'the flow of all things'!"

The second great magic that follows will make the already turbulent whirlpool even more unstoppable. As long as Shiomi slightly tilts the magic power, he can push Altria towards the Holy Grail.

But this is a singularity. Destroying the Greater Holy Grail can end the Holy Grail War, but it may not necessarily repair the singularity. On the contrary, it may make the situation worse.

Because the Holy Grail is the real core that maintains the singularity.

What Chaldea has to do is to recover the Holy Grail here.

"Little tricks!"

Altria released even greater magic power. She undoubtedly intended to use unlimited magic power to completely tear apart the two great magics that Shiomi had superimposed.

"It's not over yet!" Shiomi swung the wand and hit the ground with the tip, "'Thunder Judgment'!"

A dark thundercloud suddenly appeared above the huge hole, followed by countless lightning bolts that swept over and headed straight for the tornado, swallowing up Altria.

Finally, the cold and arrogant Black Knight King let out an unbearable scream.

“Ahhhhhh————!!!”

Chapter 11 The Mastermind Appears

Altria gripped the sword stuck in the ground and gasped for breath.

She was kneeling on the ground, her face, so pale that it was almost bloodless, was covered with stains. Without the support of the holy sword, she would have fallen to the ground.

Three consecutive magic tricks, linked together, caused her great harm.

"Don't move. If you continue to act, I will not show mercy even if they are my former companions." Xijian raised his wand.

The runes rotated around the tip of the magic wand. As long as Shiomi thought about it, the magic bombardment that was enough to turn Altria into ashes would be launched.

"What a foolish statement! Is this what a battle-hardened magician would say, Shiomi Tianxi?" Altria stood up with force and drew her sword. She still looked at Shiomi coldly.

This battle will end to the death.

"I just want to repair this singularity in a more peaceful way." Shiomi clenched his wand, and the magic power further condensed, ready to go.

Artoria also gripped the sword tightly, and the dark reverse magic wrapped around the sword.

It is indeed not wise to take the attack of the True Name Release of "Sword of Promised Victory" head-on.

But it was too late, Artoria had no time to prepare to activate her Noble Phantasm.

Shiomi no longer hesitated. After failing to persuade her to surrender, he aimed at Altria, intending to destroy the dark knight king with this blow.

But at this moment, a sound of applause came from the high platform where the Holy Grail was located, and echoed in the empty and silent cave.

Mashu, who had regained consciousness a little and was on guard against Altria together with Ritsuka, looked up in confusion, looking for the source of the voice.

This voice also interrupted the confrontation between Shiomi and Altria. He raised his head and looked for the source of the voice.

"There!" Olga Marie shouted.

"Oh, I never expected that you are a seasoned magician who has experienced two Holy Grail Wars. Even the dignified Knight King cannot be your enemy." An indistinguishable baritone spoke.

Shiomi raised her head, her pupils suddenly contracted: "You are... Leif Lenore?!"

"Eh? Who? Professor Leif?" Romani couldn't see what was happening here. He could only hear the general situation through the voice of the communicator. "That person was not in the big explosion..."

Leif stood in front of the Holy Grail, looking down at everyone below.

"It's really unbearable to continue allowing you to disrupt my plans." Leif said in his usual tone.

"Are you okay too, Professor Leif?" Olga Marie, who had not yet noticed anything unusual about Leif, breathed a sigh of relief and greeted him as usual.

The opponent was a magician from the Clock Tower and one of the Magic Association's most valuable talents. Every time a magician was lost, the burden on her became heavier.

"Don't be fooled!" Shiomi shouted, awakening Olga and the others. He stared at Leif's figure, "This guy covered in gunpowder is not the Professor Leif you are familiar with."

Leif still squinted his eyes, smiling insincerely: "You are so perceptive. I have been worried that you would discover my true identity and purpose. But it seems that there are too many things in Chaldea, which completely distracted your attention, Shiomi."

"Magicians are just incomprehensible guys, and I am not interested in you either." Shiomi was deeply uneasy. He glanced at Altria, "Is this the person you are working with, Altria?"

"No, I have no connection with this man." Altria seemed to know Leif, but she didn't have any feelings. She just put down the sword and turned to look at where the man was.

"You escaped the explosion I set myself. That's why I say you heretical magicians are such a headache." Leif slowly opened his three-white eyes, revealing a fierce look. "The plan that was originally foolproof was completely ruined by such a factor."

Shiomi secretly adjusted the position of her wand, preparing to attack unexpectedly: "So you are the culprit behind the appearance of singularity F?"

"That's understandable. But Saber over there is too useless. I gave her the Holy Grail, but she only wanted to revive other Servants and maintain the singularity by continuing the Holy Grail War instead of realizing her own wishes." Leif said to Saber with disgust, "The heroes in human history are only this level after all."

Facing Leif's ruthless taunting, Altria did not react at all, but just picked up the sword and pointed it at Leif:

"Unfortunately, I guessed your intention from the beginning, and I have no intention of cooperating with your so-called plan."

"Really? That's a shame. Even though he was stained black, he is still a knight king after all." Leif lamented in a pretentious manner, and suddenly glared: "Then you can die."

The ground suddenly tore apart, and a black shadow emerged from the crack and headed straight for Artoria. She was severely injured and her agility was reduced due to the pollution of the black mud. She barely relied on her remaining intuition to avoid the vital points, and was pierced through the shoulder by the black shadow.

"That is..." Xijian was stunned.

A black move, with red lines surging like magma, suddenly reminded him of Caster in the Fourth Holy Grail War.

But, something is different.

Simply put, it is the difference in "specifications".

Gilles de Ray's sea demon tentacles were far inferior to "this thing" at the moment.

The tentacles wrapped in black mist danced and threw Altria out.

The situation suddenly changed.

Shiomi rushed out without hesitation and caught Altria who was thrown towards them.

"How naive you are." Altria fell into Shiomi's arms and opened one eye to look at him. "You actually sympathize with the enemy you are planning to kill."

"If you want to continue fighting, I can kill you now and then deal with that man." Xi Jian supported her shoulders and stood up, "Or, the enemy of my enemy——"

"Just a friend." Altria barely recovered from her wounds and pointed the sword in both hands towards Leif.

Leif just shook his shoulders and laughed wildly and mockingly:

"Hahahahaha! Stupid! Useless! No matter how hard you struggle, even if you can return to the basket of Chaldea alive, you can't save everyone here."

"What do you mean?" Xijian asked.

"For example, Olga Marie over there, she clearly didn't have the qualifications to transfer soul particles when she was alive, so why was she able to come to this singularity? Of course, it's because her body is dead, and only her soul can be transferred. Once she returns to Chaldea, that little girl will definitely die! After all, I set the bomb at her feet."

His words were like a heavy hammer hitting Olga Marie. She was terrified and knelt on the ground in exhaustion.

Chapter 12 The Final Struggle

"Rafe Lenore!"

Xi Jian was extremely angry, and a blazing fireball condensed from his wand, shooting towards Leif like a meteor, but was blocked by an even larger shadow.

Those dark shadows, like towering pillars, protected Leif.

"It's just an inhuman creature, stop barking at it." Artoria swung the sword in her hand at the black shadow that was falling down, and the burst of magic power cut off the huge black shadow.

Even so, Shiomi could not distinguish the true identity of the black shadow, and could only vaguely see that it was a giant tentacle-like existence.

Moreover, just as Altria said, Shiomi also knew the same thing, that is, the Leif in front of him exuded an inhuman aura.

This guy is not a human magician at all, but something else.

"Let me introduce myself again. My name is Leif Lionel Flauros. I am the person in charge who was sent to 2016 to deal with you humans." Leif put his hand on his chest and saluted exaggeratedly.

"2016?" Xi Jian was about to say that it was only 2015, but suddenly remembered something that happened before the soul transfer.

——Chaldea Arius cannot observe history after 2016.

"The future didn't disappear, it just burned to ashes." Leif announced the ending indifferently, "Chaldea was able to survive thanks to the magnetic field of Chaldeas. As for the outside world, I'm afraid it has become the same as this Fuyuki."

Shiomi's heart started beating wildly.

It was the same as Fuyuki, which meant that all humans disappeared, leaving only the burning city and the desolate land.

orange……

Lanis, II...

Everyone in the Clock Tower...

In an instant, names that were familiar to him emerged one after another.

Everyone...was all "burned to ashes"?

Xi Jian was so stunned that he almost lost consciousness. He had to bite off the tip of his tongue and use the pain to dissipate the shock of this information.

"We can't get in touch with the outside world. It turns out that it's not a communication failure caused by the explosion, but that there is no place outside of Chaldea at all." Shiomi raised his wand, "Even so! You have to stay here, Leif!"

Circular magic circles composed of runes gradually took shape in the air.

This is the singularity, in front of the Greater Holy Grail.

It has the richest magical power reserves in the entire Fuyuki City.

Shiomi once calculated that if he forcibly extracted the enormous magical power of the Holy Grail, he could perform several magic tricks of the God-level at the same time.

"Good intentions, but it's useless. I will recover the Holy Grail here now. Without the Holy Grail, this singularity will disappear. You and the others will bury this singularity F together, Shiomi."

Seeing the magic formation opened by Shiomi, Leif did not panic at all. He just raised his hand and waved it lightly. A golden object flew out from Saber's chest, landed in Leif's palm, and was taken into his body.

"…The Holy Grail is…" Artoria's body suddenly became unstable.

There was no time to lose, and Shiomi launched several powerful magics at Leif at the same time.

But those shadows had a defense far superior to that of the Servants. They intertwined together and formed a defense that was even stronger than the chalk wall created by Mashu's shield.

"Tsk..." Shiomi looked at Ritsuka and the others, and contacted Chaldea, "Romani, start preparing for the soul transfer immediately, before the proof of our existence completely disappears."

"But the director..." Romani hesitated for a moment, "I understand! Now immediately start preparing for the soul transfer and complete the retreat from singularity F!"

Leif grinned, revealing sharp teeth like a carnivore. "Come to think of it, it would be too cruel for Olga Marie to just go back like this."