Or, why don’t you find another savior?

At that time, Xi Jian said that he was an acquaintance.

Gray lowered her head slightly. She thought that this might be the evidence, but it would be better to ask the Servant in person than to speculate with a strange Servant here - even if she was very familiar with the Servant in the mystery novel.

Besides, everyone came here in the first place to solve two problems: why Yad was in a silent state and the real name of the servant who lent Mashu power.

Between the person she trusted and the new companion she met, Gray chose the former.

"Even if Dad has known Dr. Romani for a long time, what does it mean?" Sakura also chose to trust her father.

Sensing the dissatisfaction in her tone, Holmes also showed an apologetic expression:

"I'm sorry, I don't mean to ask you to doubt your companions. I just want to tell you a fact, that is, there is a mystery about Xi Jian Tianxi that is no less than that of human reason. Even the Magic King can't see through this, so he had to show up in the first singularity he actually set foot in, use his 'free' time, and kill him with absolute power to eliminate potential hidden dangers."

Holmes said this and began to operate Hermes to search for new content:

"According to what the Magic King said at the fourth singularity, the burning of human nature has been completed, and he has already started the next step. The existence of Shiomi Tianxi will undoubtedly hinder the Magic King's next stage of work."

Chapter 26: The Unverifiable Past

Afterwards, the Three-pointed Hermes presented the records of Shiomi Tianxi in front of everyone.

"According to the records of the Atlas Institute, the first time Shiomi Tenki became active in the world of magicians, or appeared in the public eye, was in the early 20s. He suddenly appeared in the Clock Tower one day, and had a perfect registered magician identity. He was then assigned to be the designated executor of the seal." Holmes said this and looked at everyone, "I believe you have also noticed that before 80, there was no record of Shiomi Tenki in the human world. This is very similar to Romani-"

But Holmes's speculation made everyone look a little bored, which made him feel a little surprised.

"Dad is from the Land of Shadows, so of course he wouldn't have left any records of the human world before that." Ying frowned slightly, "Although I don't know the exact year or month."

The girls nodded.

Shiomi had already made a solemn explanation of this after Scathach arrived in Chaldea.

"Hahaha, Miss Ying's rebuttal really hit the nail on the head. Indeed, Hermes has no way to record the Shadow Kingdom outside the world. What happened and what happened there is only known by Shiomi Tianxi and his master, Queen Scathach." Holmes generously admitted the flaw in his previous remarks, but did not change his confident expression. "But ladies, how did he get to the Shadow Kingdom? Where did he come from before arriving in the Shadow Kingdom?"

Before Shiomi, Scathach also had disciples, and all of those disciples had clear backgrounds.

"As the largest recording medium of the Atlas Institute, the Trident Hermes collects, classifies, and records a great deal of intelligence on Earth. You can get the answer by simply inputting a question. But there is no answer about the birth of Shiomi Tianxi." Holmes' expression was serious. "But it is also possible that the answer itself was deliberately hidden, and we cannot read it with our current permissions."

But no matter which reason it is, Shiomi's clear origins cannot be obtained in Atlas Institute.

"There are indeed many mysteries surrounding my father, but this does not affect my complete trust in him." Sakura told Holmes frankly.

“Hahaha, I didn’t expect that I would be regarded as a spy to instigate the Chaldean masters.” His expression remained calm. “I told you this not to remind you that he is not trustworthy. I just told you the facts after I understood the trajectory of that person.”

Then, Holmes added: "Perhaps he himself does not know. Because he does not know his origins, he hides these mysteries in his heart, not letting others know, and not bringing trouble and trouble to those around him."

Everyone felt a little surprised.

"From Hermes' records, especially after he adopted Miss Sakura and your sister, all his actions have been harmless to humanity as a whole. On the contrary, it can even be said that they are unintentionally protecting the world he lives in." Holmes said with a smile.

But all these behaviors lack self-awareness. They just think that it is right and then make the most reasonable option.

Perhaps this was just an expectation he had of the magician he had never met, Holmes thought.

But behavior reflects one's nature. In fact, in the records of Shiomi Tianxi, he did not even do anything that could be described as absolutely "evil" in the true sense.

More like a magician with normal human values, and has struck his own balance between the two.

He couldn't even say "I can't believe Romani Achiman".

It is really not like a detective to express trust in someone you have never met and to trust the person the other person trusts.

There is no need to reason specifically to gain certainty.

It's incredible.

Holmes commented in his mind.

After noticing that he had fallen silent and everyone was waiting for his next words, Holmes spoke up, "Well, that's all about Xi Jian Tianxi. This is all we can delve into. As for the rest, I think if you ask him in person, he might not be able to resist the curiosity of the ladies and confess."

He cleared his throat. "The next part is about why Miss Grey's friend, or weapon, fell silent. Combined with the changes in Miss Grey, it can be considered the influence of King Arthur appearing in this singularity and holding the Holy Lance."

"I heard from my teacher that the holy spear in my hand is actually just the shadow of the 'Tower at the End'." Gray said.

"That's right. There are two Holy Lances. One is a huge tower that runs through the world, the 'Tower of the End'. In order to show us that the 'Holy Lance is still alive', although the tower actually exists, people cannot reach it. After all, it is the end of the world, and reaching it means the end of the world." Holmes played with the pipe in his hand, "The other is the gun held by the Lion King, and it is also the true face of Yade under this seal. They are both this gun, similar to the shadow of the tower projected on the ground. It is a personal weapon that can use the power of the tower."

"In other words, the tower is the main body and the gun is the sub-machine?" Mashu asked again.

Holmes smiled and nodded. "What a good analogy, Miss Kyrielight. The tower has always existed at the end of the world, and the gun is the weapon that the tower's manager has always held. And now Miss Grey's Ade, who is also the shadow of the tower, has fallen silent. Perhaps we can guess this. That is, the Lion King controls the "Tower of the End" itself, and uses the power of the tower to silence all the shadows other than himself."

"Does this mean..." Ritsuka pressed his temple and squinted his eyes to sort out the conclusion, "In fact, the 'Tower of the End' has already stood at this singularity?"

After she said it, she realized from everyone's expressions that this possibility was too shocking and not as easy as it sounded.

"What a remarkable intuition. Yes, I can assert that the holy city Camelot that was built overnight is the 'Tower of the End' itself. The 'Holy Trial' performed by the Lion King is not to select people who are honest and upright, but to select people who will always do the right thing -"

When Holmes reached this point, he was suddenly startled.

So that's why Xi Jian Tianxi was captured instead of being executed as an enemy on the battlefield.

Did the Lion King capture him because he noticed this?

But this seems too procrastinating.

"So there's no way to wake Yade up?"

"There are only two ways to awaken it. One is to leave this singularity and escape the influence of the Lion King and the 'Tower of the End'. The other is to enter Camelot and face the Lion King there."

Chapter 27: The Lion King's Plan

"Mordred has been killed..."

Inside the Holy City Palace, the Lion King on the throne was talking to himself in a very low voice.

In the silent and solemn palace, the sound still fell into the ears of several other Knights of the Round Table.

Agguiwen, the assistant officer, Gawain, who was in charge of guarding Camelot, and Tristan all looked at their king at the same time.

Hearing the king say this, they thought that the Lion King had foreseen or somehow caught a glimpse of the news that had not yet been reported to Camelot.

"Your Majesty, Mordred is still in his territory at this time, and I have not heard of the Sun King or other forces attacking there." Agguiwen asked respectfully and carefully, "I dare to ask my king, is there any change?"

The Lion King only slightly opened his lips, seemingly letting out a silent sigh, but what came out was still a cold and ruthless voice:

"Mordred is fine. What I said were just some trivial matters. You can continue with your previous discussion."

The king's words were ambiguous, which made the three knights a little suspicious, but no one dared to ask more questions.

If they asked even half a question more, the Lion King would likely punish them mercilessly with the Holy Spear because of their nagging.

"The Knight of Justice who was in charge of reconnaissance just now sent back news that Morgan and his group... Demon Concubine Morgan and his group took away a large number of refugees who escaped the holy punishment, and seemed to be heading towards the village of the mountain people." said Aguguiwen.

Tristan groaned, "But the West Village has been destroyed by us. Now only the East Village is left. It is protected by the assassination servant, the Old Man in the Mountain. Our Knights of Justice cannot easily reach the location of the village."

"As for that area, I remember it is very close to Mordred's territory. Should we let Sir Mordred be in charge of the search and attack?" Gawain suggested.

After thinking for a while, Aguguiwen said, "I think this is a very feasible approach. What do you think, King?"

"…Send a message and ask Lancelot, who is in charge of guerrilla warfare, to go to the wilderness and take turns with Mordred there. He will be responsible for searching and attacking the villages of the mountain people." However, the Lion King gave the opposite order.

Agguiwen was confused for a moment: "Why let Lancelot take charge of this? Obviously, letting Mordred, who is closer, to chase might——"

He was choked back by the Lion King's cold eyes when he was halfway through his words.

After a while, the Lion King said, "There are only three Chaldeans who disrupted the Holy Baal."

"What the king meant was that... Chaldea has now been divided into two teams. Morgan's appearance in the Holy City was just to attract our attention..." Tristan frowned slightly. "It's a very clever plan. From the moment Morgan appeared in our field of vision, we at the Round Table had to be extremely alert and track him. It's really sad..."

"If Morgan's intentional escort of refugees is just a decoy, the king wants Mordred to search for the remaining Chaldean personnel whose whereabouts are currently unknown." Gawain suddenly realized, "Chaldea is likely to contact Mordred again."

A few days ago, Mordred was punished by the king for his leniency in the battle against Chaldea for unknown reasons.

Judging from the actions of the Master who was captured alive by the King, Chaldea has a history with Mordred to some extent, and Mordred, who was summoned to this singularity by the King, also knows some people in Chaldea.

However, the Lion King had limited trust in Mordred from the beginning and only allowed her to enter the holy city during the day. The rest of the time she had to patrol and search in the wilderness.

He even granted Mordred the blessing of "runaway" without Mordred's request, just wanting her to fight for the Lion King's plan until the last drop of blood.

"Then, it is necessary to arrange spies to monitor secretly when Mordred is searching, so that we can launch an annihilation operation immediately after discovering the rest of the Chaldeans." Aguiwen supplemented the king's instructions.

The Lion King did not react to this. He just sat on the throne as usual, looking at everyone, but he did not care about the knights in front of him.

"The specific policies are left to you to plan. You only need to report the final results to me. The rest are trivial matters." said the Lion King.

The three knights immediately bowed and saluted: "As you command!"

Then they left the main meeting hall one after another, ready to carry out their respective tasks.

The Lion King watched their figures disappear outside the palace, her expression never changing. She just sat on the throne, slowly closed her eyes and went into meditation.

What she just said about "Mordred being killed" was not referring to this singularity.

But it is the "Hill of Camlan" where Shiomi Tianxi is.

The essence of this holy city is actually the "Tower of the End". As a goddess who possesses the power of the tower, it is not difficult to use the power here to create a completely independent space and put Shiomi in it.

It is both a punishment and a temptation.

Power that is only for show will eventually be abandoned by the Lion King. What she needs is Shiomi who can ascend to the throne of God. Only those who are also gods are qualified to go to the end of the world with her.

The Lion King used the power of the tower to recreate the final battle with Mordred, but in terms of strength, Mordred now possessed the blessing of "Rampage".

Under the continuous release of treasures like the tide, Shiomi still found a gap to break through, and finally pierced Mordred's heart with the red spear, ending the battle in the sunset.

At this moment, Shiomi was in the middle of the second battle where he was in a fierce competition. As long as the Lion King entered into meditation, he could see how he fought from the closest distance.

The enemy this time is the Sword Emperor Lucius.

The Roman emperor who had fought against her, holding the crimson magic sword Florent

——Lucius's sword and Clarent stolen by Mordred are considered weapons of the Brothers' Sword.

The Lion King still remembered the hard battle with the Sword Emperor Swasigu.

But... I can't remember any details.

That man couldn't even match Gawain who had the Sun Blessing... But who was the other knight at that time...

The Lion King felt a headache.

Perhaps her spirit had become a little relaxed, or perhaps the Sword Emperor was still not fatal enough.

Shiomi suddenly made an incredible counterattack and pierced the throat of the Sword Emperor who dodged his thrust and tried to counterattack from behind.

Although, Shiomi didn't look relaxed either, his whole body was also stained with blood, and he was breathing slightly.

"Quite a remarkable skill." The Lion King commented softly, but Shiomi couldn't hear it.

Even if she could, Shiomi wasn't in the mood.

Because the final and most difficult enemy has revealed its true face.

His name is King Vortigern, he was born in Britain and is the incarnation of a white dragon who wanted to destroy Britain.

Chapter 28: The King's Roar

When the valley where the battle with the Sword Emperor took place gradually disappeared, the wilderness covered the previous battlefield, followed by black clouds that blocked out the sky. The dragon summoned the black clouds with its roar, destroying the city walls and the palace.

The huge body of the white dragon emerged from the storm, its head opened its bloody mouth, and it devoured the soldiers' weapons, corpses and broken rubble of the city.

Standing alone in the storm, Shiomi looked shaky.

He pierced the ground with his red spear, fixed his steps, and tried to change the weather with the original rune.

However, even if the sky cleared up under the effect of Rune, the blue sky that had just appeared was swallowed up by dark clouds again in an instant, and the storm swept the earth without stopping.

Xiomi had no idea who the white dragon that suddenly appeared in front of him was, and could only think quickly and digest the possibilities of its identity.

Mordred.

Sword Emperor Lucius.

Thinking back to the enemies she had faced in the previous two battles, Shiomi guessed that the punishment and test given to her by the Lion King was to face the enemies she had faced before.

Then there is no need to think about who this devil-like white dragon is.

King Vortigern was a despicable king who invited foreign tribes to his country and planned to take Britain into his possession. He was a devil that even the Knights of the Round Table could not imagine.

Uther Pendragon once fought, lost, and disappeared.

It was King Arthur who later led Britain to defeat and conquer the Blind King.

No wonder he has such a powerful oppressive force that cannot be matched by the previous two enemies, as if he is the real controller of the sky and the earth.