The Holy Grail War of God's Blessing

"If this is just a simple test, then there is no need to bother me. Your presence here is to help me solve these simple trivial matters."

"Yes."

The man who had been kneeling in front of the princess' bed stood up and walked backwards out of the room with great respect.

"Huh...it really makes me feel bad."

……

"This is a great help. I don't have to rely on my senses to find the direction of the beast. She took the initiative to point out its location to us. Brother Ilya's feeling is completely correct."

As the moving sand and gravel were shaken off by the bombardment, Arash was able to see into the distance through the sparser sand.

Through the small gap, Arash saw the light from the rising stars in the distance, just in front of them.

Chapter 64: Gap

Although everyone was able to determine the direction of advance through the gaps in the shaken sand and dust, the long journey could still be considered an obstacle.

Thanks to the magic sword in Ilia's hand, the sandstorm did not have much impact on them, and the darkness was dispelled by the ignited light, but it also attracted the malice buried under the sand and dust.

在距离几人不到数米的距离外，猛烈的劲风突然传来85÷≌76√6%¨34±▲4』2月∶－Ｑｕｎ：，手一刻都没有停下的阿拉什神经反应般的射出箭矢将之拦下。

Then three arrows were shot out at the same time, hitting the location where the attack came from, creating a big hole and revealing the corpse of the scorpion hidden under the sand.

From the other side, a lion-shaped beast broke through the dust and stabbed out with its claws strengthened by magic.

Ilya emitted magic power directly from his hands, turning the attacking monster into charcoal with lightning.

"It seems that you underestimated the danger here. Compared with those monsters outside, these guys here are there just to kill anyone who breaks in here."

They had only been strolling here for half a day, and it would take at least two or three days to reach the place where they had seen the light before, but they had already seen countless corpses of monsters scattered along the way.

This place is like a foreign demon world overflowing with evil, giving birth to a large number of hideous and extremely aggressive beasts.

The magic power in the air here is also difficult to absorb, as if it is filled with a layer of poison, making it difficult for people to use it. Instead, people will be toxin-infected without knowing it.

Fortunately, everyone here is physically strong, and even Fujimaru Ritsuka has incredible resistance to poison, so at least they are not affected too much in this regard.

However, half of the camels that came in with them were dead or injured, causing the team, which seemed to be of considerable size, to suddenly become smaller.

The remaining camels could only bear some fatigue and carry more goods, but as the team became smaller, the servants were able to take care of them all, so there were no more casualties.

However, before they had even traveled halfway through this long journey, everyone's magic power had already been consumed a lot. Without being able to get timely replenishment, the rest of the journey was destined to be difficult.

At the beginning, Arash was still shooting magic arrows at a very fast speed to eliminate the threats around him, but now he was quite frugal and only fired necessary and fatal attacks.

"Although this is somewhat wishful thinking, it would be nice if there was a place for people to rest here."

"If you were out there you could still hope to run into a caravanserai on a long journey, but here you'll just have to bite the bullet."

Zhuwan said with a slightly nostalgic tone that he should have seen the inn on the journey with his own eyes.

The words caravan and caravanserai are both of Persian origin.

Scholars believe that the earliest caravanserai appeared during the Achaemenid Empire in the fifth century BC, but Arash never had the chance to see one.

The king to whom Arash3 was loyal was Manuchel of the Pishdadi dynasty, the grandson of the heroic fourth king Pharidun, the first Persian dynasty recorded in the Book of Kings.

As for the Kayyan Dynasty that followed the Pishdadic Dynasty, according to archaeological discoveries, it corresponds to the historical Achaemenid Dynasty, but there is still a big time difference.

In the era when Hassan the Cursed Arm lived, caravanserai had already developed to a very prosperous and advanced stage. In addition to being used as a place for rest, they could also be used as social venues and trading places.

It is said that in the 12th century, an inn exclusively for Syrian merchants had 360 bedrooms and could accommodate 4000 people at a time.

"When there is no other way, we really have to bite the bullet and do it."

Arash could only shake his head, then pulled the bowstring in his hand again and shot the monster that revealed its figure not far away.

"If the communication hadn't been blocked, Dr. Roman could still provide assistance through Chaldea's equipment. Maybe the situation would be better. I can't help at all right now."

Fujimaru Ritsuka was also quite distressed that she could not help much. Her connection with Chaldea was cut off, and her not-so-outstanding magic circuits could not support too much magic power. Even if she wanted to be more economical, it would be more difficult for her to do anything.

"That's not the case. Servants have their duties, and Masters have their duties. Each of them has their own responsibilities..."

Han: "Be prepared, the real test is coming. I smell a strong smell of danger."

Arash tried to comfort her, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Ilya's serious voice.

⒏ “Is that… the Sphinx?”

㈤The only enemy that can roam in this desert and make even great heroes be on high alert is perhaps the majestic mythical beast.

7. The terrifying divine beast that manifests itself as violent fire and wind is walking proudly in this desert.

Arash shot the arrow immediately, and the Sphinx noticed it and immediately spewed out a storm of fire from its mouth and rushed towards him at an incredible speed.

6 “It’s just one.”

Elijah's tense expression immediately relaxed, and he raised the rock sword in his hand and rushed forward.

The Rock Sword wielded by Ilya crashed into the Sphinx like a mountain, contending with the sharp claws of the mythical beast that could easily tear apart the flesh of the Heroic Spirit.

4 "But seeing the Sphinx makes it seem like our progress may be more optimistic."

"No, if we can see a group of sphinxes, it may mean that we are close to Egypt. But a single sphinx cannot indicate the distance.

These mythical beasts roam scattered throughout the desert, and you can encounter them even at the edge of the desert. In the past, the Holy City Knights stationed at the border between the desert and the wilderness often fought with the Sphinx.

Hassan the Cursed denied Arash's optimistic statement.

"I see. I heard you say before that there would be dozens of mythical beasts appearing here in groups. You made me sense the aura of the Sphinx. Don't think that I encountered a group of mythical beasts."

After Elijah blocked the Sphinx's attack with the rock sword in his hand, he sealed the Sphinx's feet with ice and snow, and cut the Sphinx in half at an extremely fast speed.

"But even one immortal beast can be a hassle, so we should leave as soon as possible."

A single Sphinx was still unable to stop the people in front of them. After smashing the Sphinx's body, everyone took advantage of the Sphinx's recovery time to quickly leave and continued to move towards Egypt.

My father passed away, so I will suspend the update and resume it when everything is over.

As the title states, let me briefly describe the situation.

My father has been suffering from ALS for several years and lost his ability to move last year. As it was difficult for our family to take care of him for a long time, he was sent to a nursing home. He was not brought back home until New Year's Eve this year, and has been taken care of by me, my mother, and my grandparents.

By the second half of last year, my father was unable to get out of bed and could only lie in bed. He later had difficulty eating and finally had to rely on injections to maintain his life.

Before New Year's Eve, the whole family asked for his opinion, and my father finally chose to leave the nursing home and return home. He was determined to die at home. My mother also took a long vacation and came back, ready to resign.

After he was brought home, my father would only drink water. My grandmother wanted to feed him milk, but was rejected. So my father spent more than a month lying in bed drinking only water.

Before I got sick, my father was a very strong man, and he often criticized me for being too weak and told me to exercise more. If I had stayed in bed, I probably wouldn't have been able to hold out for so long.

In the past few days, my father has only pain left. He has had difficulty making clear sounds since a long time ago, and now he can only make very vague and completely unrecognizable sounds. In the past few days, I have been able to hear very painful sounds, and my family can only buy some painkillers for him.

Most of the time at home, we can only judge his needs based on the sounds he makes and the difficulty in turning his head, and then we ask him one by one. If yes, we ask him to blink his eyes, and then we can take care of him.

The closer it got to that day, the more I had a premonition in my heart. After all, his condition had been deteriorating over the last few days. When we first brought him home, he was still in good spirits, and with good care, he was even getting better.

However, in recent days, his reactions to the outside world have become increasingly slow. When he drinks water, only a little is scooped out with a small spoon and it takes him several gulps before he can swallow it.

Today, he even has difficulty making any sound. When his grandmother asked him to call "Mom", his father tried several times but could only make the mouth shape and it was difficult for him to spit out the phlegm in his throat.

So I wrote this note in advance. I can't wait until that time to write it, so that it can be used when it is time to send it out. When the time comes, I'm afraid I won't be in the mood to say or write anything more.

If eight

Chapter 65: The Beast Herd

"Is that the remains of a city ahead? I can see the outlines of fairly large buildings through the sand."

After walking in the desert for an unknown amount of time, Arash raised his head and looked into the distance again, raising his voice a few degrees, looking ahead excitedly and saying:

"If the city was abandoned because of the arrival of the Sun King, we might be able to find a water source or something and use it as a place to rest for the time being."

This news was good news for everyone at the moment. Traveling in such a harsh environment would consume a lot of magic power and mental energy. In addition, there were still living people who needed to rest.

"Let's get there first and see if we can take a break..."

"I'm afraid I have to apologize first, the road ahead is not passable, I'm afraid we have to go around it."

The joy on Arash's face had faded, replaced by a solemn expression.

"Did you see anything?"

"I'm not sure if you can see it, but there are countless shadows in the desert between here and the buildings over there."

Arash pointed forward, and everyone tried to look over there, but except for Ilia, no one's eyes could penetrate the dust.

"This is the herd of sphinxes you mentioned earlier, right? It's a spectacular sight. Dozens of mythical beasts are walking here in groups."

Elijah uttered a sound of amazement, and through the information transmitted by the ground beneath his feet, he was also able to discover the mythical beasts strolling ahead.

"It is not impossible for us to break through these sphinxes with our strength, but it is really unnecessary. These mythical beasts, which are regarded as the incarnation of gods, are almost immortal in the land of Egypt."

The terrifying beast that appeared with violent flames and wind would be difficult for ordinary Heroic Spirits to defeat, and could even be torn apart easily.

Although the people present have the ability to confront and even defeat the Sphinx, the Sphinx's claws also have the power to tear their bodies apart. It is not worth paying such a price for a temporary rest.

Moreover, even if they broke through the Wu Sphinx group and entered the city ahead, how could they ensure that the Three Sphinxes would not chase them?

After a simple consideration, everyone naturally made a choice and decided to bypass the ruins of the city in the distance and avoid the group of sphinxes patrolling around the city and continue forward.

"I'm afraid we can't get around it. The violent sandstorms have pointed the way to the Sphinx. The fire and storm have arrived."

Before they had gone too far, Elijah suddenly swung the rock sword in his hand and threw hail into the sky, and roaring flames and storms collided with it.

In this materialized land of Egypt, mythical beasts transformed into fire and storm launched attacks in droves.

The moment Ilya warned him, Arash quickly avoided the fire brought by the Sphinx and shot fifty arrows at the same time to eliminate the spreading storm.

Hassan the Cursed Arm disappeared in the dust storm at some point, and when he appeared again, he was behind a sphinx and pierced its body.

Mashu's shield protected Fujimaru Ritsuka in time. Fujimaru Ritsuka's camel, without trying to hide the illusion that it had broken free from the disguise, transformed into an angry snake and rushed out.

As a noble fantasy, as a mythical beast praised in Babylonia, a symbol of the great god Marduk and his son, how could it be fearful?

As soon as the angry snake opened its mouth, it spit out lightning, using the power of thunder and lightning given to it by the great god Adad to disperse the fire storm spit out by the Sphinx.

It was only in this desert that the power of the god Adad, who brought floods that destroyed the fields and rains that brought plenty, could not be exercised.

During the Akkadian period, the storms brought by Adad would cause floods, while the wind would carry away the rain and cause salinization of the land. Therefore, Adad would bring both abundance and drought and famine.

However, this power does not entirely rely on storms to bring floods, but on the power of death and abundance.

In Sumer, Adad was called Ishkur, but he was rarely seen as a rain god, but was often depicted as a ferocious wild bull.

This is because crop cultivation in southern Mesopotamia did not rely on natural rainwater, but more on artificial irrigation.

The angry snake rushed out and controlled the thunder and lightning, and transformed itself into an uncontrollable bull, fighting the enemy in the image of a violent god who brought death and destruction.

Ritsuka Fujimaru was not idle either. He was directing the battle to the best of his ability while using the skills he had just mastered.

An illusory figure dressed in white and with dark skin appeared in front of Fujimaru Ritsuka.

This is a shadow-like thing summoned through a simple summoning method, relying on the bond between Fujimaru Ritsuka and the Servant.

The Vulcan's bow was pulled quickly, and Agni's skyfire fell immediately, competing with the Sphinx's fire.

"No, fighting the Sphinx in this land is really a move that has no chance of winning."

After fighting with the group of Sphinxes for more than ten minutes, Hassan the Cursed returned to the group.

The herds of divine beasts before him were opponents that could not be underestimated by any servant.

Amid the earth-shaking roars of the mythical beasts, flames and storms followed, and their fiery claws strengthened by magic could take a person's life at any time.

However, the divine beast in front of him does not have to bear the risk of being torn to pieces if he slacks off for a moment.

Arrows pierced the Sphinx's body, assassins cut off the Sphinx's head, and the huge rock sword crushed the Sphinx's flesh, but it was difficult to kill them.

In such a short period of time, there were probably more than a dozen Sphinxes knocked down, but by this time half of them had repaired their bodies and rejoined the battlefield.

"These guys in front of us have no intention of letting us go. They want to retreat in front of a group of divine beasts..."

"Leave it to me. I will use Svyatogor's power to stop these sphinxes."

Elijah faced the flames and smashed a sphinx beside him. He then knocked on his armor which was also burnt black by the flames with his left hand and took the responsibility.

"Come, Svyatogor, I will reproduce your power to pull down the sky, lift up the earth, and make the holy mountain that protects the three worlds tremble!"

Ilya thrust the rock sword in front of himself and placed his hands on the hilt as he declared.

The huge rock sword made a roaring sound, and the snowstorm blowing around it suddenly stopped, returning the magic power that had overflowed from the magic sword to the sword.

However, the dust storm that was blowing around them did not sweep around them again because the blizzard stopped. Instead, there was still silence and emptiness around Elijah.

The group of Sphinxes, which had been attacking madly and without stopping, hesitated at this moment and stopped in front of Ilia, not rushing to act.