Zongman, the journey begins from the wrong place

"...Of course you didn't say that!"

After the four parties exchanged hands and he was alone, Noah sighed at the ruins of the Matou residence, silently carried Tōsaka Tokiomi, and ran towards Mt. Enzo under the cover of dusk.

After entering Ryudo Temple, the first person Noah waited for was not Medea or Matou Yan, but Matou Kariya who suddenly rushed out of the temple to the front yard.

He looked at Tōsaka Tokiomi's body, the expression on his face was so complicated that it was hard to describe.

There is sadness, anger, confusion, helplessness and bewilderment.

Noah felt that he could probably understand Matou Kariya's feelings.

For Matou Kariya, who has never seen his mother and lives under the control of Matou Zouken, if Tōsaka Aoi is both a sister and a mother, then Tōsaka Tokiomi, who makes him jealous and envious, may be both an enemy and a right-hand man, and even have a bit of a father figure.

It's normal to feel confused when your old enemy dies so suddenly.

"What are you going to do with it?"

It took a long time for Matou Kariya to withdraw his gaze from Tōsaka Tokiomi's body, glanced somewhere in the temple, shook his head and sighed.

"I, I don't know. Maybe I shouldn't let Aoi see it first..."

Before Matou Kariya could finish his words, a scream instantly resounded through the sky.

“Tokiomi!!”

Toosaka Aoi appeared out of nowhere, pushed the two of them apart, and fell on Toosaka Tokiomi, crying bitterly and wailing sadly.

Oh, now you know how precious life is?

See if you are still arrogant.

Shaking his head, Noah grabbed Matou Kariya, who had a look of "Help my brother out" on his face, and threw him directly onto Tōsaka Aoi.

"Fuck! Noah, you plotted against me!"

Oh, still helping you?

Who can help me?

You have to coax Aoi Tousaka first, and then let this tsundere old woman who knows how to cherish the people around her go to Sakura Matou and cry her heart out.

So that I don’t have to worry about that little girl.

No longer paying attention to these melodramatic dramas of infatuated men and resentful women, Noah turned around and sat down in the corridor, then he breathed a sigh of relief.

"How could you do this? It's too cruel to let a wife see her dead husband like this. At least give him some time to recover."

Medea, who emerged from behind the door, tried to maintain her composure, but in the end she couldn't help but roll her eyes beautifully.

It was just shrouded in a deep hood so no one could see it.

"You're such a jerk! You know it's best to resolve this now. If you delay it any longer, that woman will resent us. Yet, you're trying to be the good guy!"

Noah didn't refute, but just stretched his waist happily.

Seeing Noah's nonchalant look, Medea couldn't help but grit her teeth, but she also knew that now that the matter was settled, there was no point in saying more.

Moreover, Medea didn't come here just for the melodramatic three-person drama, he had other important things to do.

"Hey, come with me, I have something to tell you."

Noticing the solemnity in Medea's voice, Noah couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Coming to the big cave below Liudong Temple, countless lines are spread all over the rock wall, spreading infinitely in all directions, adding a lot of mysterious energy to this underground place.

"This is?"

Before Medea could speak, Noah sensed something strange and looked towards the large rock where countless lines converged and formed the center - a large rock that led directly to the top of the cave.

It was clearly just an ordinary stone pillar, but Noah seemed to see a twisted and strange alien void.

Flowing out from it was a hot and heavy dark aura, containing endless hatred and malice.

Noah couldn't quite describe this feeling, but it was indeed somewhat similar to the chaotic darkness within his inherent barrier.

"Can you really feel it?"

For some unknown reason, Medea stood behind Noah, looking at the stone pillar, or rather the space in front of her, with some fear.

"It was probably when you activated the inherent barrier. Through the magic circle set up on the spiritual vein of Liudong Temple, I discovered that there was a very strange feeling here. It was very disgusting and terrifying... I mean, for the Servants."

Is it so scary?

Turning his head, Noah looked at Medea with strange eyes, and always felt that there was some fear in her tone.

"Hey! What's that look in your eyes? Do you think I'm just scared?"

……Is not it?

Noah thought about it and decided to save some face for Medea first.

"So, did you find anything?"

"Of course! I searched through all the records about the Holy Grail War in Zouken Matou, and finally found out what happened!"

Medea raised her head proudly, revealing her snow-white and delicate chin from the hood, and her whole body exuded the aura of "come and ask me".

Noah thought about it... and decided to walk directly towards the stone pillar.

But just as he stepped on the lines on the ground, Medea grabbed his collar and pulled him back.

"Hey! What are you doing—"

Medea's scolding stopped abruptly because she was staring at the changes in front of her with wide eyes.

Waves of light spread out from the center of the huge rock in the cave like waves, along the lines to the surrounding areas, one after another, continuously, and powerful magical fluctuations dissipated in all directions.

The negative fluctuations that made her heart palpitate became even stronger at this moment, and she even felt like she was going to have a cardiac arrest.

until--

"Ok?"

As Noah's voice rang out, the rippling light waves suddenly froze, and then completely retracted in the next second.

To Medea, the scene seemed like a desperate escape.

She was completely stunned and didn't even notice that her hood was blown off by the magical wind, revealing her beautiful and delicate face, which also had a bit of cuteness.

It took Noah slapping him on the face several times before he came to his senses.

"You, how did you do that?"

Facing the confused Medea, Noah seemed even more confused than her.

"Did it? What did I do?"

Medea took out an oversized notebook that was so large that it didn't even fit under her cloak, and began to explain to Noah.

Among the three great families, Einzberenga, who excels in alchemy and puppet making, is not good at fighting and suffered heavy losses in the first and second Holy Grail Wars.

So during the Third Holy Grail War, the Einzbern family secretly implemented illegal summoning, resulting in the creation of an unspecified class, Avenger Angra Mainyu.

However, Avenger was unexpectedly weak. On the fourth day after the Holy Grail War began, Angra Mainyu was defeated and captured by the Holy Grail, which then contaminated the Holy Grail, causing it to harbor strong malice.

...So there's something like this in Matou Zouken's notes?

Why haven't I seen it?

Noticing his focus was a bit off, Noah shook it off and started walking again.

"Hey! You! Be careful?!"

Ignoring Medea's warning behind him, Noah slowly approached the place that caused him to feel strange.

The closer I get, the clearer the feeling in my heart becomes.

It is an extreme hatred that is like enduring all the suffering and disasters in the world, and therefore wishing to destroy all living beings in the world.

But as Noah walked, he suddenly felt a ripple in the hatred.

As he approached, the magical patterns throughout the cave began to glow again.

However, this time, the speed of these ripples was somewhat different from the previous oppressive slow acceleration. It was quite twisted and intense.

That feeling is like... fear, anger?

It was like a cat with its fur standing on end, trying to scare him away.

Finally, he came to a ball of light that appeared out of nowhere and looked at it with his head tilted.

For some reason, Noah always felt a little uncomfortable looking at this thing.

It was obviously just their first meeting and they had no relationship at all, but Noah felt like he was seeing a poor kid with a hopeless look on his face.

After thinking about it, he reached out his hand... and slapped the ball of light hard.

"What are you barking about, you spineless thing?"

For a moment, both inside and outside the cave fell into an inexplicable silence.

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In Medea's almost dazed gaze, the light wave that was slapped by Noah suddenly fluctuated violently after a long period of silence, emitting a dangerous aura that seemed to be about to explode.

Then Noah tilted his head, his eyes fixed, and dark blue arcs surged throughout his body.

"Ok?"

It was as if the pause button was pressed while time was passing, and the light waves suddenly retracted and disappeared on the spot.

After the light that illuminated the cave dissipated, the vision suddenly fell into extreme darkness, as if even the air was filled with a dead silence.

Noah, who in the original version thought there would be a fight, looked at the empty space in front of him and frowned in confusion.

After feeling it for a while, he found that the strange smell had indeed completely disappeared.

"Hey! Where's the human, oh no, ghost? Get out!"

Coming back to her senses, Medea covered her chest, where her heartbeat had become completely disordered. Her legs felt weak, and she could not help but slowly duck down to sit down.

Although the total amount of magical energy just now was not strong, the feeling it gave her was extremely terrifying.

Just like a clay doll meeting water, once it is touched, the body will produce irreversible destructive reaction.

but--

"Come out! Get out here! Don't hide in silence. I know you're here. If you dare to show your teeth, why don't you just come out and fight? Don't embarrass yourself! Hey!"

Watching Noah wandering around in the cave, patting here and kicking there, like a street urchin who kicks dogs, kicks trees, and even licks children's lollipops, Medea's eyes were completely dulled.

When the cave became completely dark, Noah was unable to call out the thing he had just seen, so he could only return to Medea helplessly.

Since that thing was unwilling to come out on its own initiative, Noah's next option was probably to completely destroy the barrier in the cave.

It shouldn't be difficult, but this place is below Ryudo Temple, and Matou Kariya, Matou Sakura, Asagami Fujino and the others are still above it.

If there is a big explosion or the collapse of Yuanzang Mountain, it will be a big problem.

It seems that we need to find a way to transfer people out.

Thinking in his mind, Noah grabbed the back collar of Medea's cloak and walked out of the cave.

After walking more than ten meters, Medea realized that she was being lifted up. She kicked her feet and struggled hard.

"Ah! Let me go! What are you doing!?"

"I see that you seem to be frightened and can't even walk anymore, don't you?"

Before Medea could react, Noah let go of her hand, and she fell heavily on the stone without any preparation. She couldn't help but stare at Noah in pain and rub her waist and hips.

"Ouch! You're so rude!"

Medea, without her heavy witch costume, had a beautiful and sweet face, exuding nobility and freshness. At this moment, with tears in her eyes and a blushing face, she was basically the same as the elf in Noah's impression.

After leaving the cave, Medea clamored to eat a hundred pieces of cake, otherwise she would never forgive Noah, and then she recounted her discovery.

This time it was not Zouken Matou's experimental notes, but Medea, the magician of the Age of Gods, who made her own research findings.