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

Let's take a gamble. After all, there's a high probability that the testing stuff won't be brought out, not to mention the salary. Jiang You quickly made his choice.

"Illya, go on!"

Illya, who was trying to provide support and clear the monsters, suddenly saw Jiang You throw a dazzling crystal towards her. The magical power emitted by the crystal made her instinctively catch it.

"This is a Soul Crystal!?" This wasn't the first time Illya had seen this thing. "Caster, what are you planning to do? With my magic output, even a Soul Crystal wouldn't be enough to power it."

The enormous magical power emanating from the Soul Crystal attracted the attention of all the magicians present. Even though they did not know what it was specifically, greed flashed in the eyes of most of them. If the situation was not urgent, they would have started to plan how to seize it.

"This is for you." Jiang You was hoping the Soul Crystal's favorability boost would allow Illya to reveal her Heavenly Clothes form, speeding up his mission. "From now on, I can only rely on you."

"Huh?" Before Illya could react, the ultimate family wish lay in her hands. This way, the Einzbern family in her timeline would be one step closer to completing the inheritance of the Third Law.

Illya was very confused by the fact that she had obtained such a precious item out of nowhere at this time, but she was still very happy to hear Jiang You's affirmation of her. "Caster, just rely on me. You are a Servant of the Einzbern family after all!"

[Illya's favorability reward [Illya (Heaven's Clothes)]*1 has been sent via email, please claim it in time]

Very good! Jiang You secretly celebrated with a fist pump. He activated the full three summons of [Illya (Cloak of Heaven)].

In order to complete the Holy Grail ceremony, the holy robes appeared on Illya's body. Illya's magic power continued to rise, and finally she joined the battlefield with a posture very close to that of a third-level magician.

"Super Illya, use the third method on them!" Jiang You made a fist-raising gesture towards Illya.

"What the hell is Super Illya? And this is not the real third method. I can only use a small part of the similar effect." While complaining about Jiang You's nonsense, Illya raised her little hand, and silver threads suddenly spread over an area of ​​about ten meters with Illya as the center. Using these threads as a medium, Illya launched an attack on the monsters.

A large number of monsters were wiped out, and the interference was eliminated. It was time to deal with a few copies of the Hero King and the Conqueror King.

"Assassin's intelligence: The next wave of monsters is gathering and will attack in about five minutes." Emiya Kiritsugu raised his gun. "There are two Archer clones and two Riders. Three are directly ahead, and there's another Archer about 5 meters away at nine o'clock. Caster, the one in the distance is in your care!"

With the addition of Illya in the Heavenly Clothes state, another effective combat force has been added to the front battlefield.

After observing for a period of time, Jiang You confirmed that the clone could not use some special treasures, such as Gilgamesh's Sword of Separation and Iskandar's King's Army.

Kiritsugu Emiya's arrangement was perfectly rational: with the clones' stats weakened, Lancelot could single-handedly kill the rider clone, while Assassin and Illya simply needed to coordinate with the other mages to hold off the remaining two clones. As long as the fighting force wasn't dispersed, having Jiang You, possessing special Noble Phantasm rules, deal with the lone clones was indeed the best option.

Soon the clones were defeated one by one, and the monster tide in this area calmed down, leaving only a few monsters.

"Then, it's time to go support other positions." Jiang You looked at the number on the scoreboard that had dropped to just over 2, and urged Emiya Kiritsugu.

Chapter 47: It’s bad, why are there so many people?

"Rider! Why is this happening?!" Waver was running frantically through the hotel corridor, his rapid breathing making his abdomen feel like it was burning. He had been assigned to the upper floor to maintain the magic barrier, but a familiar ox cart suddenly broke through the barrier and rushed in. Iskandar attacked him without a word.

Waver understood that Iskandar had been defeated by Romulus, and that this identical "Heroic Spirit" was likely a counterfeit or replica. However, the disparity in strength was evident. As the primary combat force, Kenneth was required to withstand the pressure head-on and was unable to support him, leaving Waver with no choice but to flee.

Fortunately, Kenneth reinforced the hotel three times and maintained it with three magic furnaces (after Big Weber's reminder, Kenneth moved the magic furnace to the parking lot for easy transfer at any time, and reinforced it twice. After the monster attack, he joined forces with other magicians to reinforce it three times.) Iskandar's ox cart could not easily break through the wall to attack him directly, and the corners of the corridor delayed Iskandar's pursuit many times.

When Weber pushed open the emergency door again and tried to escape to the next floor, he found that the road ahead was blocked. The stairs were densely packed with survivors.

In fact, Kenneth had no intention of taking in these survivors at first, but Tohsaka Tokitoki, who had escaped death, brought some information about Mount Enzo, and coupled with Weber's pleading and the real need for manpower to speed up the arrangement of the magic formation, the Hyatt Hotel became one of the three gathering places for survivors.

Except for the strong people who were needed to stop the sporadic monsters that had escaped into the hotel and assist in defense, the rest of the survivors were randomly placed throughout the hotel. Weber did not expect that his mad rush like a headless fly would lead the enemy here.

"Run!" The fake Iskandar was already within reach, and Waver could only shout at the survivors with all his might. Then, he closed the emergency door and faced the fake Iskandar head-on.

The half-baked defensive magic was easily broken, and a powerful blow came down on the head!

Weber felt his scalp go numb, and with nowhere else to go, he closed his eyes and waited for death.

"You ran too fast. I almost couldn't catch up with you." The impostor's attack failed to land. An unknown force stopped his attack.

Weber then opened his eyes and saw a black-haired young man slowly walking out from behind the fake Iskandar. The black-haired young man even patted the cow's head playfully.

"Are you, Caster!?" Although he had only met Jiang You once, Weber recognized him at a glance.

"Hey, Mr. Kong Ming." Jiang You also responded, and looking at the other person's appearance he couldn't help but stumble over his words.

"What the hell is Kong Ming?" Weber had no idea what Jiang You was talking about. He thought to himself that Jiang You still had the mind to joke in such an emergency. "Can you handle this fake King of Conquerors?"

"You know the effect of my Noble Phantasm, so leave it to me!" As the countdown ended, the duel space was expanded. Under the influence of the rules, the narrow corridor of the hotel was widened to a level large enough to accommodate five servants to fight.

Jiangyou LP4000

Iskandar? LP4000

"Caster, the King of Conquerors' Noble Phantasm can summon a large number of Normal Servants at once, providing a large attack bonus while also being able to penetrate defense. Don't try to use Servants with low defense as a defensive line." Weber provided Jiang You with information about Iskandar's deck. "His deck is all centered around the King of Conquerors himself. If you can destroy him instantly, you can easily win the duel."

This is very important information. Jiang You originally planned to summon Black Sakura to build a defense, but now it's more appropriate to summon Illya or Jeanne. Even with the [Origin Bullet] protecting them, it's unlikely anything will go wrong.

"Thank you..." Jiang You nodded to Weber, but he found that Weber was tied up with a chain and hung up.

The lingering replica of Gilgamesh reappeared, this imposter attempting to pierce Weber with his Noble Phantasm. Baimao, the woman accompanying Jiang You, attempted to provide support, but was yanked away by the Heavenly Chains. Her individual attributes were truly disgraceful.

Jiang You, who was in a duel, was unable to provide support in the battle, and was unable to summon the duel elf.

Then there is only one way left.

The Noble Phantasm is released, targeting Weber and Gilgamesh!

The Noble Phantasm shot at Waver was once again blocked by the rules, and the second duel began.

"I thought your Noble Phantasm would be ineffective without the Holy Grail War. Well done, Caster!" Waver held his deck with a delighted expression. He could feel that the King of Conquerors' card was still in the deck. Now he could fight alongside Iskandar again.

Weber LP4000

Gilgamesh? LP4000

Iskandar? LP4000→LP0

It was extremely easy to fight against the mass-produced goods that had no thoughts and no constraints. When Jiang You dealt with the clone Iskandar, Weber also summoned the real one.

"Boy, we meet again so soon!" Iskandar laughed heartily upon seeing his familiar Master. "But why are you the enemy again, Hero King? This time our positions are reversed."

Gilgamesh, who was summoned by the replica, had a dark face and did not want to discuss this issue.

"Actually, I've always wanted to invite the other three of you kings to a banquet, but unfortunately, when I saw the King of Rome, I got a little carried away and couldn't help but have a sparring match with him. It's just right that I can take this opportunity to show my 'kingly way' to the original heroes!" Iskandar gave Weber a look.

Waver understood: "I activate the Field Spell Card [King's Force]!"

Yellow sand and soldiers swept in again, and the King of Conquerors led his soldiers to charge at the King of Heroes.

Unlike the original, Gilgamesh seemed unimpressed. Facing Iskandar charging at him, he didn't even move. He and the King of Conquerors had barely interacted at this point, and now he simply wanted to put an end to this farce of being enslaved as a tool.

Gilgamesh? LP4000→LP0

"This is so boring..." As the duel space dissipated, Iskandar also began to dissipate. He was bored by Gilgamesh's attitude. After a brief grumble, he turned to Waver. "As a subject recognized by this king, please don't die!"

After bidding farewell to the Hero King, Jiang You shared his intelligence with Weber. As long as they could behead a few replica heroic spirits, they would be able to survive this crisis.

"How many survivors have you taken in here?" Jiang You looked at the number that was barely decreasing and considered whether he needed to go to the Fuyuki Church.

"A little over 10000, right?" Waver recalled roughly. "Most of them are placed in the underground parking lot. The entrances and exits there are sealed and relatively easy to defend... Caster, why is your face so gloomy?"

Current number of survivors: 23172

Chapter 48: This place will turn into a duel city!

There were 2 survivors at the Fuyuki Civic Hall, and over 1 more at the hotel. Even if the church was completely wiped out, that would still leave 3 survivors. That's nearly half the number the system had!

"You mean you can detect human life reactions, but the numbers are wrong?" After hearing Jiang You's description, Weber's face turned pale. "Caster, are you mistaken? You must have misremembered the survivors at the Civic Hall."

Jiang Yourang followed his Baimao to contact their Assassin network, and after getting a definite answer, he shook his head at Weber.

"If they can imitate the forms of animals, then maybe humans can too... It's unbelievable. They're still trying to use the fake human trick here at FateZero, right? You haven't tested any of the survivors, have you?" Jiang You still said this ominous speculation.

Because he had witnessed the wonders of Jiang You's treasure, and Jiang You didn't seem like someone who would make such a bad joke at this time, Weber believed it 90%.

"How can we possibly test everyone one by one!" Waver lowered his voice, the hairs on his body standing on end. "This is an emergency, and no one on board is behaving strangely. It's simply impossible to imagine, and not everyone in Fuyuki City can recognize it."

The imposters outside the hotel had also been successfully suppressed, and it wouldn't be long before they were all eliminated. Kenneth finally had a break to pause and answer questions while manipulating the Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid.

"Really?" Kayneth didn't react much to the question. He actually enjoyed the feeling of being in control. "I'm not surprised. According to the information provided by Tōsaka Tokitoki, he saw humans shot by Gilgamesh while heading to Mount Enzo. He didn't understand the situation at the time. Now it seems that Mount Enzo was the first place to be hit by the disaster. However, this kind of thing is not very surprising to me..."

The Moon Spirit Marrow liquefied and drilled into the ground, exploring the hotel and underground parking lot like a silver snake stretching for hundreds of meters.

"...The actual situation is more serious than I imagined. About 200% of the people have aura problems, some even possessing unusual magical powers." Kenneth's Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid detection revealed grim results. "The number is too large. I can only target around people at once."

"What about joining forces with other magi?" Waver watched Emiya Kiritsugu using guns and explosions to conduct a large-scale sweep of monsters, wondering where on earth he got so much ammunition.

"I'm afraid it's too late." Kenneth turned his gaze to the magician nearby. He hadn't avoided the magician beside him during his conversation with the others. The magician stared at them, his thoughts unclear. Moon Spirit Marrow emerged from the ground, transforming into blades that sliced ​​the magician into pieces.

At the same time, the hotel erupted in the cries and screams of numerous survivors. The number of survivors on Jiang You's mission panel was also rapidly decreasing.

"His magical reaction is a bit strange. I originally thought it was a peculiar circumstance of his family's seal, but the truth is, his magical reaction is exactly the same as those disguised as humans." Kenneth spread most of the Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid, intending to clear a path. Kenneth pulled Weber aside and said, "We should move. With our strength and the Magician Killer, we should have no problem staying safe. After that, we just need to find an opportunity to destroy this barrier..."

"No, there should still be a chance." Waver now felt his mind becoming clearer, analyzing all the resources available. "Caster!"

Jiang You, who was browsing the survivor rewards, was already as dark as the bottom of a pot. This crappy event doesn't even look like a single-player event. Suddenly, he heard Weber calling his class, and he looked up.

"Use your Noble Phantasm to capture every living creature in Fuyuki City!" Waver had previously successfully battled the fake Iskandar, even after withdrawing from the Holy Grail War. The same rules could apply to everyone. The rules of a duel would allow ordinary people to fight Heroic Spirits, at least enough to buy time.

"Right!" Jiang You slapped his head. He'd played so many cards that he'd almost forgotten he actually had a Heroic Spirit panel. The crossover event blended perfectly with the worldview, but the guidance was a bit too obscure.

For the first time, Jiang You released his treasure with all his strength, and the fluctuations representing the rules spread out with him as the center.

"No, I don't have enough mana!" Jiang You's E-rank mana simply couldn't sustain such a massive release. He hadn't even considered the issue with his panel before, and his activities had barely consumed any mana. He could only ask for help from his useless Master, "Emiya Kiritsugu! Didn't you say you wanted to be a partner of justice? Now the lives of 20,000 people are in your hands!"

Emiya Kiritsugu thought of his past. He had always been faced with a dilemma: killing to save others, sacrificing his mentor and adoptive mother, Natalia, to pursue the path of justice. Only now, he was fighting for complete salvation.

"That's why I'm standing here! How can I refuse? How can I escape?"

"I give this command with the Command Seal, Caster Jiang You, unleash your Noble Phantasm with all your might!"

"I give this command with the Command Seal, Caster Jiang You, unleash your Noble Phantasm with all your might!"

"I give this command with the Command Seal, Caster Jiang You, unleash your Noble Phantasm with all your might!"

This wasn't a choice between two options. Emiya Kiritsugu, without hesitation, gave all the magic power of the Command Seals to Jiang You if it meant saving him. After three strokes, the Command Seals dimmed, and Emiya Kiritsugu, already exhausted, vomited a large amount of blood due to the excessive magic power drained from his body.