Zongman: Evolution Paradise

He's just injured. With Lily around, he'll recover quickly unless he's instantly killed.

"This can be used to gain more of the Master's attention later."

"Hmm... I've gone to such lengths, Medea shouldn't try to take her from me now, right?"

Esdeath suddenly thought.

Then she frowned, suddenly regretting that Lily had healed all her injuries. If she had kept some of them, she could have asked her Master to stay with her tonight and then naturally become the first Servant.

Jolyne was naturally unaware of such thoughts. The seven-second time stop was far too limited. He had many things to do, and the most important thing was to take Gilgamesh away from Kaguya Shinomiya.

No matter how many trump cards Kaguya Shinomiya has left, and no matter whether the Wise King Gilgamesh might appear, as long as her Heroic Spirit is taken away, Kaguya Shinomiya will have no choice but to admit defeat.

Without Jolyne's prompting, Medea had already expertly pulled out [All Symbols of Response and Breaking the Rules].

"Rule Breaker".

With the release of her Noble Phantasm, Medea easily shattered the contract between Kaguya Shinomiya and Gilgamesh with the alien blade in her hand.

Seeing that Medea wanted to transfer control of Gilgamesh to her, Jolyne raised an eyebrow and quickly said, "Let Yukino Yukinoshita become her Master."

He already has four Heroic Spirits, so how could he possibly support another Gilgamesh?

Once the time stop is over, Gilgamesh finds it questionable whether his new Master will be obedient.

Medea had no objection to this.

Although the blonde, red-eyed little girl is cute, the Master already has enough Servants. Just thinking about this girl coming to share her Master makes Medea think it's better to send her away.

Hmm... Medea hasn't recognized her as her mother Gilgamesh from when she was a child.

Using magic, Medea transferred Yukino Yukinoshita, who was also affected by time stop, to her side, and then re-signed the Master-Servant contract for them.

Holding Saber in one hand and Medusa, who had returned to normal, in the other, Jolyne led them into the workshop. When they came out again, Saber and Medusa were no longer affected by the time stop.

After all this was done, most of the seven seconds of [Mokhapadmo] had passed.

The only enemy left is Scáthach!

"Solve it?"

Medusa stretched and looked at her rejuvenated figure with a bit of regret. It took her a while to recover before she put on the [Self-Sealing Dark Temple] divine weapon.

"I couldn't keep her."

In the short time it took to fight Scáthach, Saber had already sustained many wounds. It was unclear what had happened, but even her ahoge (cowlick) looked somewhat listless.

Lily glanced at Saber, then at Medusa, and after surveying the battlefield, she felt that she had missed out on too much by leaving.

Where did the previous enemies go?

What's the situation now?

"It's okay, I knew this guy wouldn't be so easy to deal with."

Jolyne looked to the other side with a solemn expression.

Scáthach, who should have been there fighting Saber, has vanished, leaving only a deep, dark gate, equally frozen in time, standing there.

"So it was dodged after all?"

Although it was something I had expected, Jolyne still had a bit of a headache.

-

Time rewinds to before Gilgamesh, through the power of the [Annual Rings], transformed into Baby Gilgamesh and began fighting once again.

Scáthach, who was sparring with Saber, had been keeping a close eye on Jolyne's battlefield.

"It's really strange that you have such a high level of anti-prophetic ability."

"It makes me wonder if I could see your future if I unlocked all my clairvoyance."

Just then, Saber in front of him drew a beautiful arc in the air with her holy sword.

The [Wind King Barrier]'s ability to conceal the sword's power was of little use to Scáthach. Scáthach simply withdrew her gaze, slightly tilted her body to dodge the attack of [Excalibur], and simultaneously launched her demonic spear, striking Saber's vitals with lightning speed.

Of course, it's not the heart or brain; with the power of [Avalon] present, these areas are no longer weaknesses that can determine victory or defeat.

Scáthach's spear pierced Saber's palm.

If Saber's hand is destroyed, her fighting power will drop significantly.

[Intuition] activated, and Saber tried to dodge, but found that danger came from all directions.

It seems that no matter which direction Scáthach dodges from, she can change the direction of her attack.

Is the difference in skill level really that big?

Saber couldn't help but ask herself.

From the very beginning of their fight, Saber was constantly being overwhelmed by Scáthach. Saber had considered unleashing Curry Stick, but whenever she had such an idea, Scáthach would raise her magic spear high in advance.

It's an open declaration: I already know you're going to unleash your Noble Phantasm. Stop your futile resistance; we just need to exchange martial arts techniques like this...

The disordered [intuition] could no longer grant her the ability to dodge. Relying on her experience, Saber retreated, and the next moment, the demonic spear pierced through Saber's palm as if it had been foreseen.

[The Dog of Foresight] has many flaws; even Scáthach using it will see different futures.

But she also possesses the [Wisdom of the Realm of Demons], an inherent skill that allows Scáthach to clearly discern every possibility of the future and identify the one that is closer to her destiny.

"King Arthur, you lack confidence."

Scáthach said.

Her response was a beam of light released from the tip of Saber's holy sword.

Scáthach wielded her spear, forming an impenetrable defense that blocked all the sword flashes.

"Skill is not the difference between you and me."

"Belief is the key."

“Arthur, you no longer have the honor and confidence to be a king.”

Chapter 269 Land of Shadows

"Perhaps it is the destruction of Britain, or perhaps it is the persistent mentality that as long as I am held back, it is fine. Without an invincible belief, how can this sword of victory and oath bring you victory?"

Driven by her tendency to be a know-it-all, Scáthach couldn't resist giving Saber a lecture.

These words startled Saber. At that moment, on the other side of the battlefield, a voice asked Jolyne whether she wanted to become a queen.

Scáthach smiled, planted her magic spear into the ground, and said, "That's about enough."

By holding off Saber, Kaguya Shinomiya's invitation to form an alliance was essentially fulfilled.

From the perspective of the Mystic Eyes, Scáthach had already seen the moment when Esdeath would unleash Time Stop.

For Scáthach, the power of time stop is the skill that best counters her.

If frozen in time, Scáthach will never be able to unleash her full potential, no matter how many skills she possesses.

However, Scáthach has a solution, just as she told her Master.

Just avoid it...

As for how to evade it, Scáthach chose to have Gilgamesh probe the future where time stop would be activated.

[The Dog of Foresight] has been activated many times, targeting the Servants and Masters present.

Scáthach also observed some results regarding the counter-prophecy concerning Jolyne.

"Is it something like being entangled by fate?"

If it were Scáthach fighting Jolyne, she couldn't predict the future of anyone or anything connected to Jolyne, let alone Jolyne.

However, if Gilgamesh and Jolyne were to fight, Scáthach would be able to discern the timing of the time stop by observing Kaguya Shinomiya's future.

And now, Scáthach has seen Kaguya Shinomiya's future frozen in time.

When the young flash unleashed [Dawn of Destruction], it pierced through the armor called [Noble Chariot].

Medusa rode Pegasus and charged towards the small world that surrounded the heavens.

Scáthach also opened her arms and unsealed another of her Noble Phantasms.

"Gate of Skye!"

Noble Phantasm - Gate to a Demonic Realm Overflowing with Death - A+

Temporarily summon a massive [Gate] leading to the [Shadow Kingdom], a magical realm and otherworldly realm severed from the world. All creatures within the effect's range will be sucked into the [Shadow Kingdom], the domain under its control.

A deep and terrifying portal was created in this space!

In terms of effect, once the [door] is opened, it will judge the magic power and luck of the enemies within range. If the judgment fails, they will be sucked into the door and die instantly, while if the judgment succeeds, a large amount of magic power will be forcibly sucked away.

At this moment, the power of the Noble Phantasm is not needed, or rather, the Gate to the Demon Realm would be frozen as soon as the time stop begins.

Scáthach simply opened her arms, slowly closed her eyes, and leaned her body backward.

The moment the time stopped, Scáthach had already returned to the Land of Shadows through the portal!

-

Time returns to the present.

The [Gateway to the Demon Realm Overflowing with Death] did not unleash any suction force, because it had already frozen in time stop.

The moment Jolyne saw it, she knew how Scáthach had escaped time-stopping.

The question he's pondering now is: How did Scáthach manage to time Esdeath's release of [Mahāpratim]?

Scáthach does have prophetic abilities, that's true, but this is just a Holy Grail War!

Even though Scáthach was beaten so badly, she never thought of unleashing her [All-Knowing and All-Powerful Star]. Could it be that Scáthach has already unlocked [Clairvoyance]?

Any life not recognized by Scáthach that travels to the Land of Shadows via this Noble Phantasm will die instantly.

Now that Scáthach is inside, Jolyne doesn't have any good solutions.

A few seconds later, the duration of [Mokpatmo] ended.

The moment Gilgamesh regained consciousness, she wanted to unleash her Noble Phantasm to counterattack, but then she was completely dumbfounded to find that she had a different Master.

"Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear oh dear!"

Through this connection, Young Flash saw the new Master, Yukino Yukinoshita, who was also paying attention to him.

After glancing at his former Master Kaguya Shinomiya and his rival Jolyne, Young Gilgamesh felt as if the sky had fallen.

So should I resist now?

"If you don't resist, wouldn't it be too shameful to just accept your fate after being transferred to a subordinate position?"

"If we resist, we'll only be defeated anyway. If we get defeated again, it'll be even more humiliating."

Kaguya Shinomiya also saw the current situation, but unlike Gilgamesh in his youth, she didn't show her emotions on her face. She remained calm and hid her true feelings.

Meanwhile, in Kaguya's heart at this moment:

"You lost, so why did you give Gilgamesh's destiny to that woman next to you?!"

"What exactly is your relationship with her?!"

"Give her my servant!"

"Oh my god, I've been screwed over!"

Kaguya Shinomiya stared intently at Yukino Yukinoshita, and then she noticed that Yukino Yukinoshita was whispering to Jolyne with an indifferent expression.

"How do we fight Scáthach later?"

"A direct confrontation? After two battles, we've pretty much exhausted our options. And Scáthach is too well-rounded; I don't recall any weaknesses we could exploit."

"Oh, Saber was always being attacked in advance when she fought her. The prophetic ability you mentioned, she may have already unsealed it."

"Using cheats, this is too much to handle."

"..."

Yukino Yukinoshita looked at Jolyne strangely, thinking to herself, "You have the right to accuse others of cheating?"

Compared to Kaguya Shinomiya, who seemed to feel cheated, Yukino Yukinoshita didn't react much to Jolyne handing over the baby Gilgamesh to her.