Why bother with the Holy Grail War? Let's play cards!

But Jiang You stopped him.

"Come on, tell me, what are you going to do with Sakura next?"

Chapter 25: Gilgamesh's Value is Still Decreasing

"Of course, she was adopted by the Edelfeldt family. The Tohsaka family is related to them." Tohsaka Tokitoki looked at Sakura and continued, "Their family's magic characteristic is 'sisters'. There have always been two heirs. With Sakura's qualifications, she is certainly qualified to inherit magic."

Jiang You had indeed heard of the Edelfeldts, the family of the so-called Lady Crane and Golden Drill. But Jiang You remembered that Drill had a twin sister. How could Tohsaka Tokitoki be so sure that Sakura would succeed as the heir?

"Then you've never considered not letting Sakura become a magician?"

"How can that be!" Tohsaka Tokito flatly rejected Jiang You's suggestion, "This is all for Sakura's own good. The Tohsaka family's magic seal is usually inherited by one heir. My two daughters are both children who are pampered by magic. Only in this way can her talent not be wasted!"

"Why don't you ask Xiaoying's opinion?" Jiang You patted Xiaoying on the back, giving her the freedom to rely on himself and speak her mind without worries.

Only then did Sakura dare to express her wish: "Father... I want to go home. I don't want to be a magician anymore. I just want to be with you!"

"No way!" Tokitomi Tohsaka shouted. In his eyes, it was like his daughter, who could have gone to a top-tier university, choosing to attend a low-ranking, undesirable university in the city because she didn't want to be too far from home. He couldn't accept it and there was no room for discussion. "She can become a magician, how can she become a lowly mortal!"

Then, a powerful blow from a Heroic Spirit landed squarely on his face. Tōsaka Tokitoki flew upside down, landing face-first on the ground in an ungraceful manner.

All the defensive magic on Tohsaka Tokitoki's body was shattered, and he felt that his head was about to be smashed, but an inexplicable force made his broken skull return to its original state, as if the rules of direct attack were invalid. Unfortunately, the pain was real, and Tohsaka Tokitoki almost thought he was dead.

【Caster has invited you to a duel. Do you agree?】

【Duel/Battle】

"That's why I said I was coming to beat you up." Jiang You rubbed his fist. "Let's duel! If I win, I'll decide what happens to Sakura!"

"So the inexplicable knowledge that suddenly appeared in my mind is your Noble Phantasm?" Toosaka Tokito looked at Jiang You in surprise. Jiang You's attack was judged as a duel invitation, which allowed him to survive. This kind of large-scale mental interference and rule modification effect, this servant is probably not simple.

Forced by the rules, Tōsaka Tokitoki realized he had no choice but to make a choice. Just as he decided to duel, a spear-shaped Noble Phantasm wrapped in golden magic shot towards his arm.

The attack with a C-rank Noble Phantasm did not cause any damage to Tohsaka Tokitoki, but only blocked his movement under the influence of the duel rules.

[Gilgamesh, you have invited me to a duel. Do you agree?]

【Duel/Battle】

"Traitor, how dare you command this king... and my best friend?" Gilgamesh glared at Tohsaka Tokito. He also gained knowledge of dueling under the influence of Jiang You's Noble Phantasm. The decks of servants and masters contain the experiences of both sides, as well as enemies and friends, and Enkidu is among them. He will not allow his deck to be used by Tohsaka Tokito.

Gilgamesh stood on the rooftop, looking down at everyone. The king's treasure spread out behind him, and in the golden light, legendary treasures slowly emerged, ready to go!

"Tosaka Tokitoki, I will only give you one chance. Choose to fight, or I will show you the wrath of a king!"

Under the current circumstances, Tōsaka Tokitoki knew he could no longer fight his Servant, so he chose to fight with a gloomy face, losing the protection of the duel rules. However, Gilgamesh also kept his promise and did not continue to attack.

"As for you, you are just a clown trying to amuse me." Gilgamesh snorted coldly and turned his gaze to Jiang You. "Do you want to duel with me?"

"Fight the final boss right off the bat?" Gilgamesh was indeed the final boss in this Holy Grail War, his strength undeniable. Jiang You became excited. "But how could a duelist refuse a fight? Come on, Hero King!"

Then a duel invitation message popped up in front of Gilgamesh.

He decisively chose [Fight].

"But—I refuse!" A dense stream of Noble Phantasms poured down towards Jiang You. Gilgamesh's red eyes were filled with pride and disdain. "How dare you compete with me and my best friend, bastard? You're only qualified to be a jester! I'll only reward you with a few rounds of chess when I'm pleased. Only then can you use all your skills to make me laugh! Now, please me with your blood."

"The whole earth, without exception, belongs to us Rome! - My spear reaches everything!" A deep voice descended from the sky.

Trees so thick that they could break through the sky rose from the Tōsaka household, breaking through the house and blocking all of Gilgamesh's Noble Phantasms.

"King of Heroes, is this all you can do?" The trees, having fulfilled their mission, gradually faded away. A tall, imposing man with bronze skin stood before Gilgamesh. "As the most ancient hero, you should be as magnanimous as Rome, embracing all things."

"Are you the founding king of Rome?" Gilgamesh showed a surprised expression on his originally proud face.

Lancer Romulus officially debuts.

"No, what's wrong with your spirit base?" Gilgamesh was surprisingly calm. He landed in front of Romulus and his expression became serious. "How could a spirit base of your size get involved in such a petty fight?"

"Don't be surprised. Rome has always been like this. It has always been like this." Romulus didn't answer directly, but made way so that Jiang You and Gilgamesh could look at each other. "Hero King, now that you have the opportunity to appear in the world, why not show the heroic spirits the history you are so proud of, and meet your former best friend? The survival of the heroic spirits depends on the people's singing from generation to generation, just like Rome is engraved in history. Re-enacting your own history is not a shameful performance."

Gilgamesh looked around at Jiang You, but still couldn't understand what Romulus meant.

However, the magical power required for Romulus to manifest with his "Grand Order" spiritual base was astronomical for a magus, and he certainly didn't enter the battlefield through formal means. Was this meant to be a secret hidden in this Holy Grail War that he was unaware of?

Since the target that Romulus wanted to protect was so clear, Gilgamesh used the Omniscient Star to observe Jiang You's condition.

But he found that Jiang You was a group of elusive mists, unable to detect anything, even his real name could not be detected. He only knew that his spiritual base was only at the level of a third-rate servant.

"Very good, then let you have a glimpse of my past. Zaxiu, I agree to your duel!" Gilgamesh became interested and sent a duel invitation to Jiang You.

After watching the cutscene, Jiang You clicked on Duel while giving Gilgamesh, who he considered a bully, a middle finger and verbally retaliating, "You're always practicing random things. I think you, who's one-third human and two-thirds god, are the biggest bastard! You must have low self-esteem to keep emphasizing this to others, right? How pitiful!"

"Alright, alright, alright! You've pissed me off!" Gilgamesh's forehead bulged with veins. This was the first time he'd been mocked by a third-rate Heroic Spirit. "I'm going to completely crush you, make you kneel at my feet and apologize in tears! First and foremost, I take precedence! This is my turn!"

The duel space begins

Jiangyou LP4000

Gilgamesh LP4000

Chapter 26 Gilgamesh: Anyway, fill the backfield with equipment cards

"Woo-la-la!" The sound of hooves echoed with thunder, and high-pitched roars reached them from afar. An oxcart arrived at the battlefield, accompanied by lightning. "How could I, King of Conquerors Iskandar, be absent from such a grand occasion?"

"Stupid rider! How could someone come up and reveal his real name right away?" The skinny Weber was so scared that his face turned pale because of the high-speed movement in the air without any guardrails. He complained weakly to Iskandar.

"What's the big deal? Isn't it good to fight for the Holy Grail openly?" Iskandar patted Waver's shoulder nonchalantly, noticing that so many Heroic Spirits had gathered together but no battle had taken place. He had clearly come here because he sensed the powerful magical fluctuations. "Huh? What's going on?"

Waver stroked his back, which had nearly been broken, and after catching his breath, he answered Iskandar's question, "Do you remember the sudden surge of knowledge in our minds shortly after I summoned you?"

"You're talking about that? I was in a hurry to watch the military channel and forgot about it." Iskandar replied embarrassedly, covering his confusion with laughter.

"I'm talking to you... Anyway, a certain Servant's Noble Phantasm rewrote the rules, turning battles into card duels that pluck out the historical concepts of Heroic Spirits and Masters, and between enemies and friends. And then there's the possibility of the future. Honestly, I'm quite curious about what my future holds!"

"Oh~" Iskandar showed a look of sudden enlightenment. "This treasure is interesting. King Iskandar of Conquerors can't just remain in history. We must show it to everyone! And, boy, as the Master of the King of Conquerors, your future must be limitless!"

Ignoring the two people who suddenly broke in, everyone's eyes were fixed on the two people in the center of the battlefield, except for a certain lemon head.

"I activate [The First Heroic Epic]! The power of the Hero King is limitless; this card's activation and effect cannot be negated! This card can only be activated if you have three or more cards in your hand besides this card. Discard all cards in your hand, send an equal number of discarded Equip Cards from your Deck to the Graveyard, add one [Gilgamesh (Archer)] to your hand, and then draw two cards." Gilgamesh raises his hand high, "Behold my glory, you bastard! I banish three Equip Cards from the Graveyard and Special Summon myself in Attack Position!"

【Gilgamesh (Archer)】Attack Power 3000

Gilgamesh arrived in the battle zone. "Immediately activating my effect, I add one Continuous Spell Card, 'Gate of Babylon,' from my Deck to my hand! The effect of 'Gate of Babylon' is: Once per turn, during your Main Phase, summon as many Equip Spell Cards as possible from your Deck and equip them to your Servants on the field. So, with me as your target, let us sing praises to the greatness of the King! Men and women, and all the treasures of the world, shall be mine!"

[Original Durandal] Increases attack by 500, and the equipped servant will not be destroyed in battle.

[Original Dasetin] Increases attack by 500 and can negate the Servant's target-taking effect once.

[Dawn of Destruction] Increases attack by 500 and can negate the effects of Spell/Trap Cards once.

[Original Blade of Undead Slaughter] Increases attack by 500. The equipped character attacks until the damage determination is completed. The attacked target cannot activate the effect.

Gilgamesh (Archer) Attack: 3000 → 5000

"This is not the end. My nemesis, my best friend, will also be with me. Needless to say, the only person I can call my nemesis is that one."

"I return the three Equipment Spell Cards from my Banished Zone to my Deck and Special Summon [Enkidu (Lancer)]. Come, my dear friend, and unite Heaven and Earth once again!"

Flowers blossomed from the earth, the earth, brimming with life, gathered together, and a green figure slowly emerged from the battlefield. Enkidu, a puppet fashioned by the hands of the gods, a creature of the earth, descended.

[Enkidu (Lancer)] Attack Power 2500

No, how come you still have Blood Demon D? Jiang You looked at his hand, lost in thought. Even though it wasn't in its full state, the Blockade below 8 stars was indeed difficult for him to deal with. Most of his current cards were below 6 stars. If he didn't deal with Enkidu, the only Servant he could activate on the field was the 10-star Justissa.

"Gil? I didn't expect to see you again under such circumstances." Enkidu, whose gender could not be determined from his appearance, smiled at his best friend. His smile was like a spring breeze, softening the attitude of Gilgamesh, who was always arrogant.

"Yes, I was surprised too. For your sake, my dear friend, I'll give this third-rate Caster a little praise. Well, my turn is over, it's your turn!" Gilgamesh was overjoyed to see his long-lost friend. The chance to meet him after becoming a Heroic Spirit was rare. "However, I am invincible when fighting together with my dear friend. Struggle with all your might!"

"Then, my turn, draw a card!"

"First, I activate [Unfulfilled Promise]!" No matter what, I need to find a card that can break through first. For example, [Origin Bullet].

"Does the king allow it?" Gilgamesh waved his hand. Although he didn't know the effect of Jiang You's card, his intuition told him that it must be negated. "Release [Dawn of Destruction] to negate your magic card! And because of the effect of [King's Treasure], every time an equipped magic card is released on our side of the field, it will inflict 500 points of damage to the opponent!"

"Don't worry." Jiang You showed a card in his hand. He had already thought of a countermeasure. "I will chain activate [Magician Killer Intelligence Gathering] to negate and destroy your effect."

The Destroyed Dawn Sword emitted dense lightning and shattered into pieces, failing to be successfully released.

Gilgamesh (A) Attack: 5000 → 4500

"Then, I will send [Emiya Kiritsugu] to the Graveyard, retrieve a [Snow Castle], and then use [Emiya Kiritsugu's] effect to add a [Origin Bullet] to my hand."

"You're just being clever!" Gilgamesh snorted in dissatisfaction when his magic card didn't work. He felt embarrassed in front of his best friend.

"Activate the effect of [Origin Bullet], and select the target—Enkidu!"

Gilgamesh naturally couldn't agree. "Don't even think about it! How could I allow my best friend to be defeated by something like this? Unleash [Original Dasseltin], negate the effects of [Origin Bullet], and you will take 500 points of damage!"

Dasseltin shot out from the King's Treasure and pierced through the card in Jiang You's hand.

"Hmm!" Jiang You groaned softly, feeling that he was gradually adapting to the pain brought by the duel.

Jiangyou LP4000→3500

Gilgamesh (A) Attack: 4500 → 4000

Very good, there are only 2 equipment cards left, and Gilgamesh has two designated target explosion cards left, so he will be able to break through soon!

Chapter 27: Divine Monument Players, please take note of the helmets you bring.

"Then it's my turn to counterattack! Using the effect of [Magician Killer's Intelligence Gathering], I'll destroy [The King's Treasure]!"

The golden ripples behind Gilgamesh collapsed and disappeared one after another. The departure of his most convenient Noble Phantasm made Gilgamesh feel angry.

"Because this is a pure Einzbern deck, I'll Normal Summon Illya!"

【Illya】Attack Power 1500