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"Or do you need me to briefly analyze the strategic and tactical significance of tonight's night raid..."

"Don't change the subject, Avenger."

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada interrupted the German youth.

"Tell me, you killed someone on purpose, didn't you?"

"Oh, what a surprise! Master."

The German youth feigned surprise and said:

"It was you who desperately wanted to redeem all of humanity. It was you who knew what would happen if the Greater Holy Grail granted this wish. It was you who even prepared to kill over six billion people worldwide, bringing about the demise of the old humanity and creating a new, immortal human race... You were clearly prepared to kill a large portion of the world's population in exchange for more people living under the name of the Third Law of Redemption. Why are you angry about this?"

"you--!"

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada was suddenly speechless.

"Am I wrong?"

The German youth shrugged his shoulders.

"If the Master and Heroic Spirit of Yugdomrenia hadn't perished in the random bombing and had rushed to Tulipas to rescue them, going too little would have been suicide, and going too much would have trapped them there. If they didn't go, they'd have been left to watch me destroy all of Tulipas's facilities, temporarily turning it into an isolated island cut off from the outside world..."

"If they were hiding and refusing to show up, that would undoubtedly be even better. This would prove that the trump card or means they used to kill Lancer couldn't be used without restraint in a short period of time..."

"As for whether they'll choose to counterattack Yugdomirenia Castle at this point, tsk tsk tsk... Master, I still have some strategic and tactical foresight. They'll definitely choose to find and contact that Joan of Arc, relying on Ruler as the referee to win over Masters Saber and Caster, who are no longer under your control... Only one day isn't enough for the Thousand Worlds Tree to complete the entire process from discussion to attack."

"And by tomorrow evening at the latest... the Assyrian Queen's Noble Phantasm will be complete..."

"So, what else do you have to worry about, Master?"

The German youth opened his arms.

"When that time comes, combined with the army I summon with my Noble Phantasm, and by digging out the Greater Holy Grail from beneath the castle, you will be invincible. All sacrifices before that were necessary. They were merely insignificant old humans eliminated in advance of your grand wish to redeem all of humanity, Master."

"..."

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada closed his eyes, took several deep breaths in silence, and then opened them again. He glanced at the German youth with a cold gaze, turned around and walked out of the church that bound this illegally summoned heroic spirit and prevented him from leaving without looking back.

The German youth, who witnessed his Master's departure and was unable to leave like a ghost, and whose range of movement was limited to the small area of ​​the church's main hall, also restrained the smile on his face.

……

……

Just as Amakusa Shiro Tokisada approached the German youth, in the castle of Eugdomrenia, several NC zombies dressed in officer uniforms nodded politely to Atalanta and Achilles, then turned and walked quickly away from the two servants who had solemn and ugly expressions and fell into silence.

a long time.

"Sister, do you think what they say is true?"

"I do not know."

After being told something and watching with their own eyes a certain recording of Amakusa Shiro Tokisada projected by several NC zombie officers using magic, Atalanta and Achilles looked at each other.

"But... I tried calling my Master, but he didn't respond to my report. What about you?"

"Me too, sis."

Achilles gave an annoyed look.

"That priest, that guy... us, no, it should be the entire Red Team. Except for Saber and Caster's Master who is still missing, all the Masters have been controlled by that priest from the very beginning... just like what we saw in the image projected by that magic... And the two of us, including Lancer who was eliminated last night, were like a few clowns from beginning to end."

"Tsk."

Ta Miao clicked his tongue, his expression full of anger. He wished he could pick up his bow and arrow and turn around to go back and settle the score with Amakusa Shiro.

After all, these two people lived in the era of ancient Greek mythology. No matter what, they still had the pride and dignity of being famous ancient Greek heroes. Being played around by others without knowing it was undoubtedly the ultimate insult to them.

After all, the vast majority of heroes in ancient Greek mythology considered fame and glory above all else. No matter how dissolute and bad their behavior was, they attached great importance to promises. The master-servant contract of the Holy Grail War was also a promise in the eyes of the two famous heroes in ancient Greek mythology.

They had sworn to fight for their respective Masters in this Holy Grail War, and they would absolutely fulfill their promise, even if they died in the end. They would not regret it.

After being told what Amakusa Shiro Tokisada had done to their Master, and thinking about how they and others had been foolishly led by the nose, Atalanta and Achilles felt a great sense of shame.

One of them was a princess of Arcadia and a follower of Artemis. She participated in the entire adventure of the Agor hero from beginning to end. Later, after losing a bet, she even kept her promise to marry Hippomenes, who won her.

The other is the son of the sea goddess Thetis and the mortal hero Peleus. He was the most powerful hero of the Greek coalition in the Trojan War and also the prince of Thessaly. During the Trojan War, he returned the body of Hector's father at the request of his father and promised an eleven-day ceasefire for this.

Whether it was their birth status, the customary cognition of ancient Greek heroes, or their own sense of honor and disgrace, Atalanta and Achilles could not accept that their vows were trampled upon and toyed with by Amakusa Shiro Tokisada.

"Sister, what are you going to do?"

"Humph, I don't like that German, but... I also hate that priest who treats me like a fool."

Ta Miao snorted coldly and said without hesitation:

"No matter what, let's cooperate with him to rescue our Master first. We can talk about the rest later."

"me too."

So, before Amakusa Shiro Tokisada turned and left the church, Atalanta and Achilles reached a consensus to betray.

Then, time passed in a flash, and the sun rose again over the devastated land. As time flew by, dusk gradually arrived.

sunset.

The dusk light falls on a retro city.

At the highest point of the ancient city, the Assyrian Queen Semiramis, draped in a black cloak and robe, opened her arms as if to embrace the entire city before her, and said in an elegant and complacent tone:

"This is my nostalgic garden—the Hanging Gardens of Babylon... How is it, Master?"

"awesome."

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada stood beside Semiramis, at the same height as her, overlooking the ancient city in front of them. He couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, which also made the latter smile with pride.

“But my request is also included, right?”

"Of course, Master."

"So, what about that person?"

"Ah, Master, you can rest assured now. As an earthbound spirit, Avenger cannot leave that church. Now, that church and the land underneath have all become part of this garden."

Semiramis laughed.

"No matter what tricks that Avenger has, or what his identity was in life, as long as he stays in my garden, a mere earthbound spirit that can't leave the church will only be my slave."

"very good."

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada suddenly smiled and his expression seemed to become much more relaxed.

"Next, fly your garden above the castle of Eugledomilenia, dig the Greater Holy Grail out of the ground, and bring this Holy Grail War to an end!"

"If the Masters and Heroic Spirits of the Thousand Worlds Tree attack, let Archer and Rider confront them. If Danic and the others don't come, let Archer, Rider, and Avenger commit suicide and enter the Greater Holy Grail, thereby fulfilling my great wish to save all of humanity."

"As you wish, dear Master."

Semiramis smiled and said:

"Then let us look forward to this magnificent ending!"

At the same time, beyond the edge of the ancient city, the forests and hills receded directly below the city.

Facing the strong wind from the sky, the floating city named "Hanging Gardens of Babylon" carried the master and servant standing at the highest point across the Romanian airspace and flew towards Tulifas, a suburb of Transylvania in the central and western part of Romania.

However, the master and the servant, immersed in the joy of imminent success, did not notice that in the crack of the wall behind them, a shadow squirmed as if it had life, and then suddenly opened a pair of burning red and black eyes, staring at the backs of the two people indifferently.

Second copy: 58. Shampoo man is a natural nemesis of XXX

Q: How do you think you would react when you see a city flying in the sky?

The floating city of Netheril has always been a popular setting in the background settings and information of the famous tabletop role-playing game DND (Dungeons & Dragons). However, the inspiration for the floating city of sanitary napkins comes from both mirages and the flying island of Laputa described in "Gulliver's Travels"...

…and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, which were said to have been built by King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon to please his queen, Metis.

In other words, if we trace the origin of the floating city in the Western fantasy world setting, it can be said that it started from the legend of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

Today, the "source" of this Western fantasy world is flying over Romanian airspace in a dignified manner.

There was no concealment at all. Anyone who happened to be nearby and looked up could clearly see a black castle flying in the sky at dusk.

It is composed of neatly arranged and lush green floating islands, a marble floor, and huge pillars. Various plants are entwined everywhere, and there are eleven black stone slabs over 20 meters long surrounding it.

It is not as gorgeous as many fantasy floating cities.

It also completely contradicts the description given by the Greek historian Diodorus.

Instead, it is filled with solemnity and majesty. Rather than being a "garden" for people to enjoy, it is more like a giant fortress floating in the sky.

Therefore, no matter how useless the Romanian government is, it cannot be so blind as to remain indifferent to such a behemoth flying through its airspace.

If it were at any other time, even if there was something displayed on the radar, as soon as people saw the data fed back by the instrument, their first reaction would probably be that the radar was malfunctioning.

But this time it was different. Some powerful people in the Romanian government received certain notifications in advance and discovered that Tulifas had suddenly lost contact overnight. Towns near Tulifas also reported that there were frequent unidentified explosions on the road to Tulifas last night, resulting in traffic being cut off.

Finally, two jet fighters from the former Soviet era, under orders from the Romanian upper echelons, rushed to Tulifas and chased the "giant UFO" detected by radar.

Then, after the night completely covered the sky, two MiG-21s arrived at the airspace on the route of the "giant UFO", and the pilots easily saw the black floating castle.

But just as the pilot began to report the shocking discovery before his eyes.

Da da da da da——

A red and black light shot out from the dark clouds. One of the MiG-21s was torn apart and disintegrated on the spot before it could make any tactical evasive moves, and exploded in pieces.

Then, the pilot of another MiG-21 stared with wide eyes as he saw thousands of planes roaring out from the dark clouds, wrapped in red and black flames, making the Third Reich emblems and World War II-era models on the fuselage extremely conspicuous.

A few minutes later.

boom.

The MiG-21, which was obviously more advanced and had decades of technological advantages, was destroyed by the enemy of its predecessors over the airspace of Romania, a country that was once a vassal of the Third Reich.

After shooting down two MiG-21s, thousands of old-fashioned fighter planes from the Third Reich, bathed in red and black flames, as if returning from hell, guarded the floating black castle from afar and came to Tulifas, which was completely reduced to ruins. They ignored the city that had been burning for a day and a night and still had not been extinguished, and flew directly to the Yugdomirenia Castle.

Finally, the black floating city hovered over the ruined castle, and then released a tornado from the bottom, which landed in the courtyard of the Yugdomirenia Castle, tearing a large hole in the ground and sucking out a huge rock ball with golden cracks on its surface from the underground of the Yugdomirenia Castle and sending it to the open bottom of the floating city.

During this process, a large amount of rocks, soil, and the ruins of the Yogdomilenia Castle were also swept into the sky and sucked into the floating city by the tornado released from the bottom of the floating city.

Among them was a highly complete, 15-meter-tall humanoid golem, which happened to be sucked out from underground by the tornado and swept into the floating city.

This scene happened to be seen by a bystander in the dark. Just when everyone else was shocked by the floating city that was even larger than the Yugdomirenia Castle, a servant of Caster inadvertently took it in.

"That is……"

Then, the Kabbalah magician hidden under the brass mask moved his eyes slightly, as if he had thought of something, and quietly used magic to send a message to Danik.

"You mean..."

Danic looked at Black Caster Avisbronn with surprise.

"I was preparing to make that golem, and it just happened to be sucked up. They must have found my workshop and discovered that it didn't have a core installed yet. Perhaps they wanted to completely eliminate any potential risks and transported it and the Greater Holy Grail to the aerial fortress..."

There was a hint of coldness in Avisbronn's tone.

"...They probably don't know the effects of my Noble Phantasm, [Golem Kether Malchut]. If I use myself as the core to fuse into the golem and activate it, I can also forge [Original Man]... within that aerial fortress."

"Caster?"

"It's alright, Danic... when the time comes, just have my Master use the Command Spell to aid me... Although we're not from the same era, I don't mind making a small sacrifice if I need to deal with the executioner who slaughtered innocent people of my clan. Besides, I'm just a Servant, not a living person... It can also make up for my negligence last night."

"As you wish, Caster."

Danic nodded and said:

"Thank you also for your sacrifice for the Thousand Worlds Tree."

……

"As you wish, my pitiful and foolish Master..."

"As you wish, Solomon Ibn Gabirol, the Plato of the Jews... Thank you for your voluntary sacrifice to the Empire, just like your 'compatriots' did decades ago..."

The German youth sat with his legs crossed on the prayer chair in the church hall, looking up at the cross above the pulpit, gazing at the miserable face of Jesus on the cross, and smiled mockingly.

"And you... my poor 'brother', my stupid 'half'..."

He, no, He, rose from the prayer chair, strolled to the foot of Jesus, and made the sign of the cross in front of himself with great piety.

"...Tonight, I will return to the origin, and the 'Messiah' will be born again into this world... Amen."

Second copy: 59. Raise your right hand 45 degrees (4k+)