FATE: Target of Grand Master

After receiving instructions, Richard returned to the three Masters and Linghu Shi shared his assessment with Xia Yan.

"Xia Yan, continuing to hold back will only exacerbate the consumption of magic power."

Xia Yan had already come to this conclusion. He looked at Nebuchadnezzar II, whose face still wore a calm and confident smile even though Yan Qing's scheme had been exposed.

Don't overthink things at times like this. If you struggle through the first level, how will you get to the second?

"Mom, increase the output power and push Elizabeth's Noble Phantasm back!"

"Ahhhhhhhhh!"

Upon receiving Xia Yan's order, Tiamat immediately increased the volume, completely covering Elizabeth's off-key tone, and even interrupting Elizabeth who was immersed in her own Noble Phantasm performance.

"Hey! How come there's someone with a higher voice than me!"

Elizabeth was struck by the magical scream and blasted into the wall of the Great God Tower, her eyes turning into circles.

However, Tiamat's voice wasn't just directed at Elizabeth, which was why Xia Yan had told her to tone it down earlier.

After the power output was increased, everyone in the Great God Tower was affected. All Servants on both sides were forced to stop fighting and covered their ears tightly with their hands. Although Xia Yan and his three Masters had plugged their ears in advance, they were still made dizzy by Tiamat's voice and could not even stand steadily.

After Tiamat's area-of-effect attack, she was temporarily the only one left who could move.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Tiamat took out a ladle and spatula and began to frantically harvest heads.

The first one to be dealt with was Salome.

Tiamat cleanly and efficiently severed her neck with a spatula, without causing her much pain.

The second is Yan Qing, who was relentlessly pursued by Arthur and had no chance to ambush other Servants.

When Yan Qing sensed Tiamat approaching, he tried to use his aura to escape, but before he could completely conceal himself, he was hit by a flying spoon and then had his neck broken by the spatula.

The third one is Suzuka Gozen.

As someone whose Spirit Origin level was second only to Draco and Nebuchadnezzar II in Babylon, JK Fox still tried her best to resist, even preparing to forcibly activate her Noble Phantasm at the cost of burning her Spirit Origin, but in the end, Tiamat pierced her heart first.

After Tiamat successfully killed three enemy Servants, the remaining Servants finally recovered from her shouts.

Camilla was the fastest because she had the strongest momentum. She flung the Iron Maiden toward Elizabeth, who was embedded in the wall, and immediately closed the Iron Maiden after catching the helpless latter.

A chilling scream rang out, causing everyone present to frown, except for Camilla, who remained smiling, her spirit origin having recovered somewhat.

Despite the overwhelming defeat, Nebuchadnezzar II's smile did not fade.

He had known from his earlier meeting with Tiamat that the Babylonians were doomed to fail—or rather, that he, Nebuchadnezzar II, was doomed to fail.

But so what?

He had already amassed all the wealth and glory of this world, and achieved the political goals he desired. He was completely satisfied. All that remained was to be offered as tribute to his concubine, Draco.

Those Babylonian servants who sacrificed themselves, including himself, will serve as nourishment to elevate Draco's "corrupted" beast status.

Before sacrificing himself, all he had to do was deplete the magical energy of these Masters and Servants, and that goal had already been achieved.

Nebuchadnezzar II, arms outstretched like a warrior facing certain death, declared: "Come, you bastards, defeating me is an honor you can boast of for ten lifetimes. However, you will ultimately become the stepping stones for my queen to ascend the throne of the beast. Hahahahaha!"

The Babylonian king's laughter abruptly ceased. He looked down and saw the sharp point of the Chains of Heaven piercing his heart.

"If I could, I really wouldn't want to harm Jill's body, but if I don't kill you, Jill can't rest in peace."

With a thought, Enkidu used the Chains of Heaven to bring Gilgamesh's body back to its side.

Since the person who activated the spell was dead, the weakening spell within the Great God Tower automatically stopped operating. Xia Yan and the other two summoned their respective Servants back to their sides, and then all looked behind the curtain next to the throne.

"Draco, you're there, right?" Xia Yan said.

"Heh, musician, it's only been two days, yet you've managed to assemble an army strong enough to defeat Nebuchadnezzar II. Truly worthy of being my master."

Draco's figure slowly emerged from behind the curtain.

Nero looked exactly the same as when Xia Yan last saw her; she still had that tall and curvaceous figure. However, the pressure from the terrifying magical power she contained was something that even Xia Yan and the other two Masters could feel.

However, the other two Masters present, besides Xia Yan, were more focused on another point.

Just now, Draco said to Xia Yan, "Truly worthy of being my Master." In other words, the leader of the three-person Master team that Xia Yan had always trusted and whose goal was to defeat Draco was actually the other party's Master!

The spy they planted on our side is actually our boss! How are we supposed to play this game?!

"Xia Yan, Draco is lying, isn't he?"

Trust can be so fragile sometimes.

Although Tano and Aya asked this question, they immediately took two steps back and looked at Xia Yan with an incredulous expression. Their Servants also protected him behind them.

Yes, this is Draco's scheme to sow discord; the beasts don't need a Master at all.

Compared to Tianye and Cai, Linghu Shi trusted Xia Yan more, after all, she had spent more time with Xia Yan, and her Emotional Vision Demon Eye had confirmed many times that Xia Yan had not deceived her.

But the seeds of doubt were still sown, because she only ever saw Tiamat, Xia Yan's Servant, from beginning to end.

If Xia Yan is indeed a Beast Master, considering the overpowered nature of Beast-class servants, and given that most people now have three to four Servants, it makes sense that Xia Yan only has Tiamat and Draco as his Servants. This is also why he has always only had Tiamat by his side. Xia Yan's earlier statement that his Servant was looking for him was not a lie, except that the Servant was not one of his own that he had been imagining, but rather Draco, the big boss of this trial.

"Xia Yan, don't you have anything to say?"

Linghu Shi was still prepared to give Xia Yan a chance to explain.

Xia Yan had anticipated that he would face this situation sooner or later, but he did not expect Draco to deliver a fatal blow right from the start.

If they admit that they are Draco's Master, then the three of them will inevitably become divided, and there will be no possibility of defeating Draco.

However, if she lies and claims that she is not Draco's Master, Linghu Shi's Emotional Mystic Eyes will definitely notice, and then things will become even more complicated.

Xia Yan really didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Faced with Xia Yan's silence, Linghu Shi's expression turned cold.

Could it be that the person I've gradually come to trust is actually a cunning and scheming fellow?

After another moment of silence, Xia Yan finally spoke: "That's right, I am indeed Draco's Master."