Simultaneously traversing from Type-Moon

Gilgamesh sensed carefully and immediately discovered that, firstly, Hassan the Hundred-Faced had secretly sabotaged the structure, damaging some of it.

Secondly, Gilgamesh's reckless Ea sword storm had grazed the ship's hull, damaging part of its structure and causing the counterattack system to malfunction.

"It's alright. I just need to use the Noble Phantasm that can repair it to fix Vimana. The most important thing now is to get rid of these annoying fleas and flies from my throne and crush them into dust!"

Chapter 89: The Story of an Innocent Man Named Angra Mainyu

"Damn it! I wish I could board that golden ship and fight Archer."

Artoria watched the intense aerial battle between the ace fighters in the sky, unable to join in, and could only watch helplessly.

After all, she can't fly.

"Artoria, do you need my help to board that spaceship?"

Suddenly, a strange man's voice came from behind Artoria.

She immediately looked back warily and saw a man she had never seen before, and Irisviel standing next to him with a look of utter disbelief.

"who are you?"

Artoria asked warily.

She was certain she had never met this man before, nor had she told him her real name. How did he know her name?

Also, how did the other person suddenly get so close to her without making a sound while her "Intuition" skill was active?

"My name is Ye Fan, and I am the one who pioneered this mountain." Du Can used another fake name without hesitation.

Irisviel, who looked like she'd seen a ghost, immediately left Du Can's side and hid behind Artoria.

“Saber, he suddenly appeared next to me just now. I didn’t even notice how he appeared. It’s probably some kind of teleportation. You must be careful.”

After hearing this, Artoria immediately became more vigilant.

Spatial teleportation is not something an ordinary person can do. The fact that the opponent can use such a technique, coupled with his supposed act of splitting mountains, creates such a powerful combination that even the powerful Artoria wouldn't dare to guarantee that she could defeat him.

"Don't be so tense. If I wanted to harm you, you two would have already lost the ability to resist."

Du Can glanced at Artoria indifferently, then looked at Irisviel a few more times.

White hair and red eyes, quite pretty.

"Lord Ye Fan, how do you know my name? And what did you seek by splitting Yuanzang Mountain?"

Artoria tightly protected Irisviel and activated her Intuition ability to the fullest extent to prevent her from suddenly disappearing and then reappearing behind them.

"The famous King of the Ahoge... the King of the Blankets... ah no, I mean King Arthur, I know a little about him."

Du Can spoke eloquently, mainly because the memes he had seen in his previous life were so deeply ingrained in his mind that when he saw Artoria's image, he didn't think of her as King Arthur, but rather of the ahoge (cowlick) on her head and the cloak that looked like a quilt behind her.

Artoria was speechless after hearing this. What kind of awful nicknames are these, "King of the Ahoge" and "King of the Blankets"?

"As for why I split the mountain, my main purpose was to study the Greater Grail. My secondary purpose was to leave a deep impression on the residents of Fuyuki City after splitting the mountain. How is the concept formed by the resulting illusory power different from the concept attached to the axe I recently obtained?"

Not long ago, Du Can from the Nine Cauldrons Chronicles found the mountain-splitting axe left behind by Yu the Great in his world, in a place called Tianhong Palace.

After being transformed through the world of the Light Sphere, this axe became a Noble Phantasm called the "Mountain-Splitting Axe" in the hands of Type-Moon Du Can.

When he was clearing the mountain, he actually wanted to just use the axe to play around with it, but in the end he felt that it was better to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut than to use a nut, so he changed his method and used his soul skill to split the mountain.

This also granted him the conceptual power called "Mountain Opening," as well as the illusion left behind by the overwhelming shock felt by all the residents of Fuyuki City after watching it.

He felt he could compare it with the "Mountain-Splitting Axe" and perhaps discover something from it.

Artoria and the other person seemed to be pondering the second half of the sentence, but they were more focused on the first half.

"Mr. Ye Fan, what exactly do you want with the Holy Grail? Are you going to destroy it?"

Irisviel spoke nervously.

"If I were to truly destroy it, Artoria and those others in the sky would already be gone."

The summoning and existence of Servants depend on their Masters, but the most crucial element is the Greater Grail; without it, Servants will immediately vanish.

"Then you..."

"I just wanted to study the Greater Grail and try to solve its hidden dangers... but I'm a bit unskilled. Those dark things are like oil stains on clothes, very difficult to remove!"

Du Can looked at Irisviel.

"During the Third Holy Grail War, the Einzbern family illegally summoned an Avenger-class Servant named Angra Mainyu."

"His name comes from the evil god in the Zoroastrian dualism of good and evil, but he is not actually that evil god, just an ordinary person with the same name."

"He was weak and was killed by other Servants in an instant, but because he shared the same name as the real evil god and was considered by his fellow villagers to be the source of all evil, blaming all the evil on him, he also possessed properties similar to the real Angra Mainyu and was forcibly given the concept of 'all the evil in this world'."

Du Can was speechless at this point.

He saw from the black mud of the Great Grail an ordinary man chosen by a group of villagers as a sacrificial offering.

That ordinary person had never done anything wrong, yet a group of villagers who seemed like gods broke his hands and feet, gouged out his eyes, and forcibly named him "Angola Mainyu".

These villagers believed that all the evils in the world were caused by Angolan Manuel, so they blamed all the injustices they suffered on this innocent man named Angolan Manuel.

Someone in the family died? It must be Angolan Manuel's fault.

Things were stolen from your house? It must be Angolan Mainyu's fault!

The crops aren't growing? It must be Angolan Manuel's fault!

Was he injured? Sick? It must be Angolan Mainyu's fault!

Bad weather? It must be Angolan Mainyu's fault!

You were insulted by others? It must be Angolan Manuel's fault!

Feeling down? It's definitely Angolan Mainyu's fault!

In any case, all the unpleasant things were Angolan Manuel's fault, and all the blame was placed on this innocent person named Angolan Manuel. They even wanted to return everything they had suffered to him double.

After reading it, Du Can's anger soared.

Damn it! If I ever get to travel through time, I'll definitely go to that little mountain village, arrest all those idiot villagers, and torture them all!

“Angola Mainyu is dead, but the desire imposed on him by the masses, who bore the burden of all the evil in this world, did not dissipate. Instead, after he returned to the Holy Grail, he began to corrupt the original colorless magic of the Holy Grail into a black mud flowing with many evils.”

Upon hearing Du Can's explanation, Artoria's face visibly darkened, and Irisviel's face also visibly paled.

Chapter 90 [All the Evil of This World] and Black Mud

"Look, this is the malevolent black mud!"

Du Can directly held up a lump of black mud and showed it to Artoria and the other person.

Artoria immediately took several steps back. She could sense that if she accidentally touched the lump of black mud, the consequences could be dire.

Black mud is a dark magical energy formed by the combination of a malignant aggregate and colorless magic. For Servants, whose bodies are purely composed of magic, it is particularly corrosive.

If an ordinary Servant's will is insufficient, once they are tainted by the black mud, even their soul may be corrupted and turn black.

But it doesn't seem to work for Du Can.

His soul is protected by the sphere of light, and anything that affects his mind and soul has no effect on him.

Moreover, given his current spiritual power at the [Spiritual Realm] level, which has materialized, even if the black mud contains endless evil thoughts, it will be difficult to shake his spirit.

"This is the consequence of the Einzbern family's extraordinary wisdom."

Du Can put the black mud back in his hand.

"If you use the Holy Grail now to make a wish, it will be granted in the worst way possible. If you wish for world peace, the Holy Grail will find a way to kill all life in the world. Without life, there will naturally be complete peace."

"How...how could this be?" Although Irisviel tried to remain calm, she couldn't help but reveal a hint of panic.

The Einzbern family is a family of homunculus humans. The sole belief that allows the entire family to survive is to achieve the third magic, the "Heaven's Cup," through the Holy Grail, which can materialize souls, thereby saving all of humanity.

The idea is good, but their wish will never come true.

Touching magic is taboo for the Counter Force, let alone the fact that they want everyone to have magical power, which is absolutely unacceptable. It's already a miracle that the Counter Force didn't kill them outright.

Then there's the Rhine Gold, possessed by their clan. It was the legendary treasure of Siegfried, the dragon-slaying hero, and it was virtually inexhaustible. Later, it was acquired by the Einzbern family, and the family has never been troubled by wealth issues since.

However, at the same time, the curse of the Rhine Gold brought them immense wealth that they could never use in several lifetimes, but at the same time, they were also cursed with bad luck and could never complete the mission they wanted to accomplish.

In conclusion, their wish to save all of humanity can only be realized in their dreams.

Irisviel also thought a lot.

The family's long-cherished wish is not for decades or centuries, but for thousands of years.

If they cannot complete the task, especially if it is due to their previous mistakes, then their existence becomes meaningless.

"Alice, don't be sad, there will always be a way to solve it."

Artoria was initially skeptical of the idea that the Holy Grail had been corrupted, but after seeing Irisviel's behavior, she had no choice but to believe it.

She was a little frustrated, after all, her wish might not come true, but she still tried to comfort Irisviel.

"What can we do?"

Irisviel thought for a moment and said, "How about... we destroy the Greater Grail?"

"...What kind of method is this? Isn't there a better way?"

"...I'm sorry, Saber, if the Greater Grail is filled with that kind of thing, I can't think of a way to purify it for the time being. In order to prevent it from overflowing and harming the world, it must either be sealed or destroyed."

Irisviel felt a pang of sadness. It was not her wish to end her thousand-year-old dream all at once, but she also did not want the black mud to leak out and harm the world.

Even if Kiritsugu knew, he would definitely support her in doing so.

"...Understood. If this is what you wish for, Alice, I will make it happen for you."

Artoria held the Star Sword, and for some reason felt that the Holy Grail was not insurmountable.

It feels like practice makes perfect.

She also has her own wishes, and she is willing to give up everything to achieve them. But if she cannot achieve them in the end, she can only lament and understand that it is all fate.

"Ladies, I have come up with a way to purify the Holy Grail."

Du Can spoke up at this opportune moment.

"Lord Ye Fan, please explain in detail!"