Or, why don’t you find another savior?

Even though he could have gone up alone, the Lion King still held his hand.

Chapter 36: The Sword That Cannot Pierce

At the same time, in the desert dozens of kilometers away, another battle was going on.

Mordred insisted on not letting the Knights of Uprightness join the battle, and faced the unfavorable situation of being outnumbered four by one alone.

Mashu's shield, Gray's red spear, Sakura's imaginary magic, and Ritsuka's support and treatment.

Obviously, this was not the first time they faced such a battle, and their cooperation was perfect.

With pure strength, Mordred was no longer able to suppress them.

After all, during the first battle in the desert, Mordred was very clear about their abilities. At that time, he alone would not be able to complete an annihilation operation against them in the rear.

Today is no exception.

If we let the Knights of Justice take action, it won't take long for our father's order to be fulfilled.

This is also Mordred's only remaining chance to prove his loyalty to the Lion King.

Obviously, if he just stepped back and ordered the Knights of Justice to charge, he could end this tangled battle.

But Mordred always felt that as long as he had this idea, he would lose on something fundamental.

Even if this proves loyalty to my father, it will lose its original meaning.

"My heart is at peace, and my shadow covers the earth."

Sakura's calm chanting sounded again, and the magic power from the flat sea turned into a net, capturing Mordred.

Forced into a corner by Mash and Gray, with nowhere to retreat, Mordred had no way to dodge this attack.

She knew very well that Sakura, who was once her master, had a magical property called "absorption".

The magic that combined "imaginary numbers" and "absorption" was enough to deprive Mordred of his current ability to fight.

Seeing that victory was in their grasp, several people couldn't help but feel excited.

The black shadow surrounded Mordred, and then the powerful magic power tore the black shadow apart from the inside. Mash quickly raised her shield to block the line of the magic attack.

The sudden pressure made Mashu breathless.

This is a treasure.

Mordred released his Noble Phantasm, destroying Sakura's magic, forcing them to switch back to a defensive stance.

The magic power blocked by the shield dispersed to both sides, leaving deep marks on the desert.

After releasing the treasure, Mordred grinned and swung the sword in his hand vigorously.

"Do you think I have released my treasure and you don't have to worry about it for the time being?" She once again grasped the sword with both hands, and her magic power surged again. "My name is Mordred, a Knight of the Round Table and the legitimate successor of King Arthur. The blessing I received is called... 'Rampage'!"

"Runaway?" Sakura was surprised.

"As long as I want, I can activate my Noble Phantasm continuously!" Mordred made an impassioned declaration.

She already knew that the Lion King had given blessings to each of the Knights of the Round Table to enhance their fighting power.

But I didn't expect that Mordred's blessing would be this.

"Mash--" Ritsuka immediately gave instructions to Mash.

"But senior, I still..."

Mash hesitated.

Although she already knew the true name of the Servant who lent her power, she had not had time to familiarize herself with how to unlock the true name of this shield.

"It's okay, we can do it." Gray gave Mash an encouraging smile, "Noble Phantasms are the ultimate embodiment of human fantasy. It has nothing to do with one's own abilities. What matters is the heart."

"Heart?"

"If you are not mentally prepared, no matter how many times you practice, no matter how powerful the Noble Phantasm is, you will not be able to exert its true power." As the holder of the Noble Phantasm, Gray told Mash, "Now it is your Noble Phantasm, and it will exert its true power for your wish at this moment."

"Yes! Gray-senpai!"

Mash slammed her shield to the ground, facing the Noble Phantasm that Mordred was about to release.

In response, Mordred just smiled and slowly raised Clarent.

Mashu, standing in front of everyone, slowly closed her eyes, recalling the true name of Galahad's Noble Phantasm and her own wish at the moment.

She wants to use this shield to protect everyone who came to this singularity together.

Whether it is the three who are by his side now, the director who stayed in the territory of the Sun King, senior Kallen and others who are now unknown, and Mr. Shiomi who was captured.

Even if they are all stronger than me.

"My real name, revealed - I stand at the seat of disaster..."

"I am not a king, but a man who follows in the footsteps of the king. For the sake of the king's peace, I will drive out all enemies! 'Rebellion against my magnificent father'!"

"That is our hometown that can heal all wounds and all resentments. Reveal! 'The already distant ideal city'!"

The sword and the shield, the true names of the two treasures are released at the same time.

The owner of this treasure, which carries the meaning of rebellion, now wants to use it to gain peace for his father who once rebelled. It releases a power greater than ever before, which can even swallow up the Chalk City.

It should be so.

"No, there is still a little flaw."

When the two Noble Phantasms collided, Sakura slowly stood up from the sand and, using the imaginary space, crossed the distance that should not be shortened for a magician.

"Varied--"

Mordred didn't expect Sakura to do such a reckless thing. When she released her Noble Phantasm with all her strength, her only weakness was that someone might attack her at this time.

Seeing the moment when the Noble Phantasm would end, Sakura's fist, which had been strengthened by magic power, landed on Mordred's face.

"In the end, isn't Saber still hesitant?"

Although the blow was painful, it was nothing to Mordred. He was only knocked backwards and rolled over.

"What nonsense! I didn't do that."

Mordred raised his sword and pointed it at Sakura's heart, but he was unable to stab the target with the sword, which could easily reach her.

"Then pierce me with your sword. Give up your family, friends, and old acquaintances for your father. If this is what you want, your wish..."

Sakura had already raised her hand, her wand pointed at Mordred's head.

"This blow won't kill you, but you can easily kill me. Do what you want, Saber." Sakura risked her life and approached Mordred's sword, questioning her sincerity.

"...I am no longer your Servant. Stop calling me Saber over and over again." Mordred lowered his head and squeezed out angry words from between his teeth.

"At least they are family members without blood ties," Ying said.

Mordred always felt exhausted by such arguments. "Are you crazy? How can we be considered family if we are not related by blood? In the end, that woman is not my mother at all!"

She began to refute Sakura, and although her tone was still rude, it no longer had the murderous intent.

"Then, what should we do?" Sakura asked with a smile.

Mordred dropped his sword, fell in the scorching desert, and looked helplessly at the blue sky.

"Now I really have become a rebellious knight again..."

"It's not betrayal. Dad said that children have the obligation to correct their parents' mistakes, no matter when and where."

"That bastard is really..."

Chapter 37: The Lion King's Parade Part 2

Although the Lion King agreed to leave Camelot with Shiomi and see for himself the humans living in this singularity.

In fact, he had difficulty seeing any reaction from the Lion King's face until now.

Fortunately, even so, she will provide some information about this singularity.

For example, the central area of ​​the desert is the territory of the Sun King; and to the northwest of the Holy City are deep mountains that are difficult to navigate, where there are still villages inhabited by the people of the famous mountains.

Under the holy spear of the Lion King, the West Village was destroyed, leaving only the East Village alive.

Shiomi did not ask the reason for the destruction. Most likely, there were resistance forces there that would hinder her plan, so she decisively abandoned them.

What separates Camelot from the deep mountains is a land of death and a wilderness of nothingness. It would take at least a day and a night to reach the foot of the mountain on foot.

But along the way, riding the warhorse Don Stallion with the Lion King, Shiomi felt a little strange.

He leaned forward slightly and peeked at the Lion King's expression from behind, but of course he found nothing.

"If you have any questions, just speak up. I will decide whether to answer them depending on the content of your questions," said the Lion King.

"It's nothing, I'm just a little surprised that you would be so tolerant of me." Shiomi shook her head.

Since there was only one warhorse, Shiomi thought he would have to run on the ground, but this was the way he was dealt with.

"This is also a way of appeasement. Even if I hand you over to Lord Aguiwen for interrogation, I may not be able to make you surrender." said the Lion King.

Agriven is extremely good at torture, which is a unique talent among the Knights of the Round Table.

"It's hard to say. I'm a bully who only bullies the weak and fears the strong. Maybe if you let Aguiwen beat me up, I will hug your feet and beg for mercy and surrender." Xijian snorted and teased.

Unfortunately, the Lion King would not react to such a joke. If it were Altria during the Fourth Holy Grail War, she would pretend to seriously consider the proposal.

"No one would believe such a joke." The Lion King looked forward, and it was obvious that he had no other feelings because there was a man squeezed on a horse behind him. "A person who the Magic King couldn't subdue would not succumb to a mere torture."

"Oh? You knew?" Xijian was a little surprised.

"The Magic King once appeared in another singularity and tried to subdue you. But he failed in the end. Even his choice to kill you on the spot was ultimately in vain." The Lion King revealed a fact that she should not have known. "That man did not see through your true nature."

Shiomi pursed her lips and said, "How do you know those things? Could it be that your eyes can also see what happens in other singularities?"

"No, it's just that after I annihilated the fake Crusaders, the Magic King's messenger appeared in this singularity." The Lion King told Shiomi another fact, "The Crusaders were the people that the Magic King originally set up in this singularity, but those people were too stupid and chose to summon the Sun King instead."

"So what is the origin of the pseudo-Crusaders?" asked Xi Jian.

"It doesn't matter, we just happened to occupy Jerusalem." The Lion King didn't care about it. "I used the Holy Spear to directly destroy their base camp."

After that, the holy city of Camelot was established.

"So the Magic King's messenger appeared in this singularity..." Shiomi thought clearly about the result, "Originally, he wanted to control the Crusaders to maintain the singularity and hinder the repair work of Chaldea. But because of the two variables of the Sun King and the Lion King, he got out of control."

Then, the Magic King's messenger realized that even so, the singularity would still be a singularity, and it would even become more troublesome.

The most intuitive reality is that the basic value of human psychology has reached the EX level.

"The Magic King's messenger visited Camelot and informed them of Chaldea's presence here, including your information." The Lion King did not seem to intend to hide something, and it was difficult for Shiomi to tell whether this was confidence or something else.

It was after obtaining information about Shiomi that the Lion King quickly saw through the reason why he could not be killed, and issued a secret order to capture Shiomi alive.

Shiomi narrowed his eyes: "That's why you were able to order the Knights of the Round Table to attack us at such a precise time... The Magic King's clairvoyance cannot see the situation in Chaldea, but it can predict and calculate the approximate coordinates of our arrival at this singularity through other means."

Whether it's because he thinks too highly of Xijian or he's too wary of Xijian, it's very troublesome either way.

"So who is the Magic King's messenger?" asked Shiomi.

"I don't know. When that man broke into the palace without permission, he was executed by the Knights of the Round Table as soon as he finished his prophecy." The Lion King replied calmly, "He was a man wearing a dark green coat."

"Lev Lionel Flauros." Xijian freed his hands and pinched his brows, "He really haunts me."

That man had also appeared in the second singularity before and was killed by Attila.

However, this cannot kill Leif, as he has awakened and become the demon god Flauros.

According to Romani, the devil cannot be completely killed. They always use the "seventy-two pillars" as a prerequisite. As long as they still consider themselves to be devils, there must be seventy-two pillars around Solomon.

Even if he is killed by the Lion King, Leif will be resurrected again by the Magic King's side.

"From this point of view, does the Magic King have the same reason for me to surrender as you do?" Shiomi asked again.

"Not necessarily. That man has not been able to see through your true nature, let alone your origins." The Lion King said, "He just sees you as a threat that is even more unpredictable than Chaldea and needs to be eliminated."

Whether it is persuading surrender or killing, it is just a means to achieve this goal.

Thinking of this, Xijian returned to the original question and couldn't help muttering to himself:

"Why did the Magic King want to execute the Burning of Humanity..."

The Lion King did not answer this question, which was not really a question.

In silence, the white warhorse walked across the lifeless wilderness.