"I thought she wanted to be king from the beginning?"

As soon as these words came out, Saber’s voice suddenly came from the side:

"How could someone with my background dream of becoming a king since childhood?"

At some point, Saber had already arrived at Emiya Kiritsugu's bedroom. As she opened the curtains, she said to Emiya Kiritsugu:

“Kiritsugu, why did you want to become a partner of justice?”

"When I was a kid, I watched cartoons and special effects dramas on TV." Emiya Kiritsugu said calmly:

"At that time, I thought the fantasy heroes on TV were interesting and handsome, and I hoped to become like them when I grew up. But when I grew up, I found that the righteous companions were far from being as beautiful as in anime and special effects dramas."

"So, we are very similar!" Saber also said:

"In our time, the most popular thing was the knight legends told by the bards. Those knights who existed in fantasy were like the righteous companions you mentioned. They gathered all the best qualities in the world, defeated the most despicable crimes in the world, and upheld the morality of chivalry with their own actions."

"Because of Arthur, I yearn for the chivalry that the bards talk about. I have always dreamed of becoming a knight in a fantasy story and changing the world with all the good qualities of a knight. But after I became a knight, I found that the world is not very chivalrous."

"I understand." Emiya Kiritsugu said:

"Just like the stars in the sky, they look dreamy and beautiful from a distance. But once you get close, you will find that these faint points of light are actually huge fireballs that can destroy everything. Any object that comes close to them will be burned to ashes. Perhaps compared to the sins of human nature, justice itself is a greater threat to human civilization!"

Justice exists in fantasy and does not match the rules that govern the real world.

Kiritsugu Emiya has traveled to many countries and has come to feel more and more the complexity of human society.

Many people are greedy for fame, profit and money, but these greedy people bring order to their own countries and are the saviors of their countries.

There are also some people who are upright, kind, brave, and have many good qualities. However, they choose to break everything because of their dissatisfaction with reality, which eventually brings unprecedented chaos to their countries and turns their motherland into a hell on earth.

This complex world taught Kiritsugu Emiya that to achieve a just result, one does not necessarily need just means, or even just people. Because justice is never pure and flawless, it is chaotic, complex, and even more evil than evil.

"Justice itself is a threat to civilization?"

After hearing Emiya Kiritsugu's evaluation of justice, Saber shook her head and said:

"Justice cannot threaten civilization, and neither can evil. The so-called right and wrong, good and evil, are essentially just the collective subconscious judgment of human values. It is not fixed, but is always changing, and has different forms in different eras and countries."

"Like the evil of this world."

As a disciple of the magician Merlin, Saber naturally knew something about the evils of this world. Then she said:

"If I hadn't seen this kind of substance appear in the Far East country where I am now, then the evil in this world must be pretentious and would pollute others through boring Holy Grail quizzes. This is because the Far East country has enjoyed peace for too long, and its past history is so distorted."

"The twisted history has endowed this country with a twisted view of good and evil, making it subconsciously crave for recognition from others, even if it is forced. Therefore, the evil of this country must be disgusting and twisted, and has the power to pollute people."

"But if the black mud of this world's evil appeared in Britain of my time, or in the more ancient continental countries, it would only be colder and purer than it is now. Just like the cold winter in Britain, countless people freeze to death every year, representing pure ruthlessness and killing. This kind of worldly evil will only bring pure destruction, but will not bother to pollute anything."

Different countries and different times will bring different evils to this world.

This is because the source of all evil in this world comes from people’s value judgments about good and evil.

"Then Saber, what is the biggest threat to civilization to you?" Emiya Kiritsugu asked doubtfully.

"In my opinion, the development of civilization is no different from conducting experiments in a laboratory." Saber said:

"Continuously try, and then use the experimental results to infer a theory that matches the experimental results. Then, under the guidance of the theory, start new experiments, and through various attempts, find out the errors and omissions in the theory, and then correct them. In short, the development of civilization is the same as scientific exploration. Both are summarizing experience through continuous mistakes and then finding the right path."

In response to this, Emiya Kiritsugu asked in confusion:

"But you have to know that scientific experiments are different from social experiments. If a scientific experiment fails, at most you lose some money or the life of the experimenter. But if a social experiment fails, the loss is more than just a few lives!"

"I know." Saber nodded.

"Social experiments are far more cruel than scientific experiments, but don't forget one thing: scientific experiments are controllable, while social experiments run uncontrollably. As long as there is injustice and evil in this world, social experiments will be carried out amid people's dissatisfaction."

"For example, in Africa, deserts, South America, Southeast Asia, and even in the country that just disintegrated, as well as in the interior of those developed countries. Various human thoughts are constantly surging, whether due to the pressure of reality or the pursuit of ideals, one social experiment after another is constantly taking place, trying to change human civilization in various ways."

"This constant experimentation and constant mistakes, when combined together, is the wave of the development of human civilization. Humans are looking for the direction of progress through countless wrong experiments, and ultimately we have the current human civilization."

Emiya Kiritsugu had to admit that compared to himself, Saber, as a king, saw more grand things and had a broader perspective. Compared to the path of justice partner that he was still struggling with, Saber had already seen through the nature of good and evil in human beings, observing the tide of history from the perspective of civilization and searching for the laws of civilization development.

It is for this reason that Emiya Kiritsugu finally understood the greatest threat to civilization in Saber's mind, which is the absolute denial of history.

The development of civilization is the result of countless mistakes. You can laugh at the ignorance of the ancients, but you can never think that they were fools. In different times and regions, every choice of civilization is a judgment made by the collective subconscious. These judgments may seem unreasonable at first glance, but there must be theories behind them to support such judgments.

What civilization needs to do is to study each mistake in depth and think about the reasons for the mistakes, rather than absolutely denying them because they failed. Just like for Emiya Kiritsugu's road to justice, or for a certain disintegrated country. They may not have brought the right results, but what they did should never be easily denied.

Because the essence of this denial is extreme arrogance!

Just like some people arrogantly put forward the theory of the end of history. Once human civilization feels that social experiments are unnecessary, there will only be two results.

Either human civilization will stagnate from now on, and fall into an endless cycle like the former Shenzhou. Or the mistakes will continue to accumulate over time, and eventually condense into a more turbulent wave, completely destroying everything now!

Regardless of whether it is an endless cycle or a wave that overwhelms everything, it is a disaster that can truly threaten civilization.

Sensing Saber's will, Emiya Kiritsugu said:

"Saber, are you planning to go find the King of Heroes?"

Since she has formed an alliance with the King of Conquerors, she naturally has to choose to fight against other Heroic Spirits who are not allies. Among all the hostile Heroic Spirits, Saber immediately found the King of Heroes. Although Saber herself thinks that the King of Heroes is an interesting man, there is an absolute opposition between the two in terms of their ideologies.

Saber longs for the development of civilization, and she hopes that human civilization can overcome disasters with its own strength in the future. However, the King of Heroes represents the end of history, which is completely opposite to Saber's will to maintain the development of civilization.

From the perspective of civilization development, the older the civilization, the less worth mentioning it is. Just like the Sumerian civilization, no one can deny the pioneering nature of this civilization, but if this civilization really reappears in modern society, people of this era will only regard it as a barbaric tribe that has not yet entered civilized society. The two are not on the same level at all.

But from the perspective of Heroic Spirits, the symbol of the oldest Sumerian civilization has a strength that is completely different from the development of civilization. Although they are essentially just a group of primitive people, Gilgamesh, as their king, has the strength of the top Heroic Spirit.

Because the Sumerian civilization is the oldest civilization, the king's treasure contains the original texts of all human wisdom. Gilgamesh even has an extraordinary level of omniscience and omnipotence. There is nothing in human civilization that he doesn't know.

Obviously the older the more primitive, the more powerful the magic theory is!

Considering the fact that magicians have done nothing in the development of human civilization since ancient times, Saber is certain that magic civilization has fallen into the arrogance of the end of history theory.

The more powerful Gilgamesh is, the more this concept is deeply rooted in the magic world. Especially for the country of Far East, they want to deny the fact that history is constantly developing from the bottom of their hearts. Gilgamesh summoned by this country has the most powerful power just because he is the oldest.

The so-called Hero King represents the Far East’s denial of historical development.

And Saber wants to defeat the King of Heroes in order to prove to the world with her victory that there is no connection between the oldest and the most powerful!

So, that night, in front of the Tousaka residence in Fuyuki City.

Saber, holding the holy sword, looked at the King of Heroes on the tall building in the distance and said calmly:

"King of Heroes Gilgamesh, I'm here to escort you out!"

In the Tōsaka residence, Tōsaka Tokiomi was surprised to see Saber coming to the Tōsaka residence alone, but Kotomine Kirei beside him couldn't help but smile happily. Tōsaka Aoi looked at Saber in the distance and chuckled:

"I knew you would look for Gilgamesh first. It's because your ways of kingship are so incompatible!"

Looking at the heroic Saber below, Gilgamesh smiled with interest:

"interesting."

The King would never refuse any kind of challenge, especially from a woman like Saber who made his heart beat faster. But the King of Heroes had different ideas about the location of the battle.

"Let's change the location, Saber."

In the Tosaka residence, there is not only the Hero King's master Tosaka Tokiomi, but also the mother and daughter Tosaka Rin and Tosaka Aoi. Since Tosaka Tokiomi has already surrendered to him, even if the Hero King hates him, he still chooses to protect his subordinate's wife and children in battle.

Gilgamesh summoned the golden flying boat Vimana, which carried him to a stadium easily. Following the King of Heroes, Saber was able to reach the center of the stadium in no time.

Standing high up in the stands, the Hero King said with a look of joy:

“Saber, what do you think of this battle arena? Let me completely conquer you in this arena and make you my queen!”

In response to the King of Heroes’ words, Saber shook her head helplessly and said:

"What a pity, Hero King. I think you are quite interesting. If I were younger, I might agree to your pursuit. But now, I no longer have the pursuit of love that young people have. Now, the most important thing for me is to stick to my kingly way and promote the development of human civilization by any means necessary."

"The development of civilization?"

Hearing Saber’s words, the King of Heroes suddenly burst into laughter:

"How ridiculous, how ridiculous! Saber, the so-called development of civilization in the mouths of humans is nothing but an illusion of humans. Whether it is the technology or magic that humans rely on, it is not worth mentioning in front of the mystery. Human civilization can only pursue the mystery, but will never catch up. I think these should be the truths that even the weakest magus should understand. Why are you so obsessed with the so-called development of mankind?"

The technological side is always chasing the mysterious side, but can never catch up.

The laws of physics are but a layer of skin on the earth, dwarfed by the deeper mysteries.

It is meaningless for modern civilization to chase after the future; the root of everything actually only exists in the past.

The Mesopotamian civilization was invincible in the world, but later civilizations were just constantly regressing and degenerating.

……

Yes, these are indeed the iron rules recognized by all magicians, but does something that everyone recognizes mean it is right?

The Saber of the past could not guarantee this, but after seeing the miracles created by modern civilization, she can now be 100% sure that the past has never been better than the future.

The development of civilization will always move forward, but the development of magic has been shackled by decadent ideas. Now, she will break the shackles of the development of magic and prove to the world that the fallacy that the older, the more powerful is wrong!

Chapter 208 Everything is Calculated

In the stadium late at night, Saber held the holy sword in her hand, and kept recalling the information about the King of Heroes that she had learned from Irisviel.

Due to the excessive praise of the Hero King by the Far East, Gilgamesh received a status blessing beyond his native country in the Far East, as evidenced by the super-standard treasure house of the King's Treasure. In the King's Treasure, there are almost endless treasures stored, and different treasures have different powers, which means that the Hero King can theoretically deal with all enemies.

Furthermore, Gilgamesh also has the Star of Omniscience, which means that he can see the true name of any Heroic Spirit, and then select the corresponding Noble Phantasm from the King's Treasure to attack the Heroic Spirit's weaknesses. It can be said that with these two Noble Phantasms alone, the King of Heroes is strong enough to be at the top of all Heroic Spirits.

Not to mention that Gilgamesh also possesses the Heaven's Chain, a treasure that targets divinity, and the Heaven's Blade EA, which is powerful enough to crush all other treasures. It can be said that as a heroic spirit, Gilgamesh has the strength to fight even against ordinary gods, and even be able to defeat them.

All in all, judging from the panel alone, Saber has no chance of winning against the King of Heroes.

But even so, Saber still has 100% confidence that she can defeat the King of Heroes. The reason is very simple. A knight who has experienced the baptism of bloody battles time and time again, even if he holds an insignificant wooden sword in his hand, cannot be challenged by a child holding a sharp sword!

In Saber's eyes, the essence of the King of Heroes is a brat who relies on his Noble Phantasm to do whatever he wants. His mental age is no more than 14 years old, which is the age of the second-year syndrome in later generations. As long as there is no generation gap in power between this young master who has never seen the world, Saber is confident that she can win the battle!

"Saber, tremble before the majesty of the king!"

On the high platform, the King of Heroes opened the King's Treasure, and more than a hundred treasures shone with golden light, already aimed at Saber below.

Looking at the Noble Phantasm high up, Saber analyzed secretly:

The Hero King can launch a large number of Noble Phantasms at the same time, but this ability is not without flaws. Because of the ripples in the space around the Noble Phantasms, there is actually a distance of about 2.5 yards between each Noble Phantasm. When the number of Noble Phantasms launched is small, this distance between the Noble Phantasms is not a big deal. But once the number of Noble Phantasms increases, the difficulty of controlling the King's Treasure will increase greatly.

Because the positions of the treasures in space are different, when a large number of treasures face the same attack target, in order to ensure that a large number of attacks can hit the same target, the hero king adjusts the attack direction of all the treasures before attacking. Changing the direction of hundreds of treasures at the same time is undoubtedly a huge burden for the hero king.

In the final analysis, the Hero King's strength comes from Far East's excessive praise of him. His Noble Phantasm does not really belong to him, so the Hero King's control of the Noble Phantasm and its abilities is only half-baked. In this case, the Hero King, let alone feeling the burden of the King's Treasure, actually did not even anticipate the flaws of the King's Treasure.

So when the Hero King used the King's Treasure to summon hundreds of Noble Phantasms, Saber remained calm. Because she knew that with the Hero King's current control over the King's Treasure, 60 Noble Phantasms should be the limit of his ability. Once this number is exceeded, although the attack of the King's Treasure looks mighty, in fact, the hit rate will become insignificant.

As expected, when hundreds of space ripples began to continuously spit out treasures, Saber had already used the direction of the space ripples to predict the attack direction of the treasure torrent. In the golden torrent of treasures, Saber concentrated her mind and calmed her breath, waving the holy sword in her hand casually, staring at the attack direction of the King's Treasure with her eyes, and easily resisted the torrent of treasures of the King's Treasure.

How can this be?

The King of Heroes was shocked to see that Saber easily blocked his massive Noble Phantasm attacks. He quickly activated the Star of Omniscience to see if Saber had used any extraordinary Noble Phantasm, but found that Saber's panel data was still the same as before, and the most powerful Noble Phantasm was just the holy sword she was wielding.

What's going on? Could it be that she has some treasure that can surpass the observation of the omniscient and omnipotent star?

While Gilgamesh was at a loss, Saber was dodging the rain of attacks from the Noble Phantasms and secretly measuring something.

150 yards, 160 yards, 170 yards, 175 yards, okay, this is the distance!

Saber swung the holy sword in her hand violently, and a crack immediately appeared on the ground.

The flaw of the King's Treasure is not only the distance between the space ripples, but also the rotation angle of the treasure in the space ripples is fixed. The fixed distance and the limited rotation angle make it impossible for the King's Treasure to attack with large scales like other Archers, and hit targets in a fixed area.

Therefore, once the fixed distance is reached, the hit rate of the King's Treasure will drop to a negligible level due to the limitations of spacing and angle.

175 yards, 2 feet, 3 inches!

At this distance, Saber raised her head and said calmly:

"From now on, your Noble Phantasm will not be able to break through my sword!"

There was no pride or complacency. As a knight who had experienced many battles, it was not the first time that Saber faced such a torrent of aerial attacks. Relying on her previous combat experience, Saber analyzed the flaws of the King's Treasure in a very short time and found the blind spot of the King's Treasure's attack. And now was the time for her to fight back.

Seeing that his attack failed to hurt Saber, the King of Heroes further opened the King's Treasure. In the distant sky, thousands of space ripples densely covered the sky, as if to dye the sky golden. But seeing the King of Heroes' insane behavior, Saber just smiled disdainfully.

It's just a little devil! Once he encounters a setback, he will attack without any plan. Don't you know that the more you open the King's Treasure, the weaker your control over the King's Treasure will be, and the lower the chance of your attack hitting the target will be?

Compared to the King of Heroes' anger, Saber's psychological quality is undoubtedly much better. Facing the King of Heroes' attack like a raging sea, her brain still remains absolutely calm. Not only was she not frightened by the King of Heroes' attack on the scene, Saber also twisted and turned while waving the holy sword in her hand, constantly knocking away the treasures flying towards her one after another.

As Saber blocked the attack of the King of Heroes' Noble Phantasm, her right hand began to gather tremendous magical power.

Wind King Barrier: Falcon Strike!

Saber learned from Merlin, a top magician, and also mastered many magics. Even though the magic she could perform was limited due to the restrictions of Saber's job, the teachings from the top magician still existed in her mind. In addition, she had been through hundreds of battles and had rich combat experience. With a solid foundation, Saber easily transformed the Wind King barrier, which was originally a close-range defense, into a long-range attack method.

Although the power of this move is limited, it is still an important supplement to Saber's current combat system. Finding a gap in defense, Saber swung the holy sword in her hand violently, and the sharp sword energy turned into a powerful flying falcon, and flew straight towards the hero king in the distance.

If the biggest flaw of the King's Treasure is the hit rate, then Hero King, your biggest weakness is long-range combat!

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