FATE: Target of Grand Master

At present, Xia Yan has sensed at least three strange things.

First, Morgan should have clearly killed Surtur just now, and Surtur also clearly stated that he had been killed once, but he still revived.

In mythology, Surtur does not possess powers such as resurrection or immortality, so how did it manage to resurrect?

Second, although "Ophelia" standing on his shoulder possesses the ability of "Delayed Mystic Eyes", she has never spoken on her own initiative, as if she were Surtur's puppet, or rather, Surtur's vassal.

Moreover, given Ophelia's physical condition, it would have been impossible for her to survive Morgan's Noble Phantasm. However, after Surt's resurrection, "Ophelia" was still alive, which made it hard for Xia Yan not to feel that the two were already bound together.

3. Who are the assistants that Surte mentioned? Xia Yan had already had Morgan scout out the Norse Lostbelt beforehand, and had also communicated with Augustus and Skadi. Apart from Koyanskaya, there are no third-party forces here. So how do these assistants provide assistance?

The Shadow Servants were provided by the Assistant. Considering that "information brokers" also have the ability to control Shadow Servants, could it be that the other party has the ability to interfere with other Masters' trials?

If that's the case, Xia Yan thinks the other party should be called a "cheater."

Wait a minute, the other party probably isn't as powerful as we think, otherwise they wouldn't just be offering assistance, they would be directly intervening.

It's possible that the other party can only have a certain influence on the trials of other Masters, but cannot completely overturn them.

However, this trial has undergone many changes that are different from those of the past.

This is the first time two main quests have appeared consecutively.

This is the first time a trial has appeared that combines two worlds.

This is the first time I've encountered a situation where I'm on a different side from the original author, Fujimaru Ritsuka.

Adding to the strangeness of the battle with Surut, Xia Yan keenly sensed that something he was unaware of was quietly happening throughout the entire trial.

However, now is not the time for in-depth thinking; the most urgent task is to deal with Surut first.

Since Morgan and Anastasia have both used their Noble Phantasms and are currently recovering their mana, Xia Yan's side does not yet have any Servants capable of high mana output.

"Xia Yan, why do you look so troubled? Have you forgotten about this goddess?"

Yuri Ellie's voice reached Xia Yan's ears.

Xia Yan looked at Euryale and said helplessly, "Eri, you can probably only use this spirit origin right now, right?"

"Hmm... I feel like what you said is discriminatory, but I still have some good news for you: I can now become a Gorgon."

This was an unexpected surprise, but Xia Yan didn't understand why, since the Nordic Lostbelt was also a world of ice and snow.

"This little goddess just asked me if I could control the temperature of the ice and snow. After all, the ice and snow in this world are crystallizations of my magic, so controlling the temperature is not difficult for me."

Skadi cleared up Xia Yan's doubts.

"How about it? Do you want this goddess to step in and solve your problem?"

Xia Yan immediately reached out and patted Euryale's head, smiling as he said, "Then I'll leave it to you."

"Okay, leave it to me."

Extremely satisfied with Xia Yan's performance, Euryale immediately began to switch her spirit origins. Her petite body began to expand continuously, gradually transforming into an existence that even the fire giant Surt could not easily ignore—the goddess Gorgon.

"Big guy, what kind of skill is it to bully little guys? If you're so capable, come and fight me."

Euryale, now a Gorgon, had long wanted to try this phrase, but unfortunately, her original spirit origin was too petite and cute, completely failing to project the majesty of an older sister. Only her silly younger sister Medusa could be fooled by her and Sterno. This time, she finally had the chance.

Surut looked at the Gorgon before him—powerful, beautiful, evil, and enormous—and found her to be a better match for his partner than Morgan had been.

So he spoke again: "Gorgons, famous monsters from Greek mythology, it must be painful to be used as the background story for heroes' trials. How about becoming my companion and witnessing the end of the world together?"

The rain won't keep falling, but your head will.

Everyone present at that moment fully understood the true meaning of this statement.

Xia Yan swore that no trial boss had ever danced wildly in its own minefield like Surte. He suddenly felt that it was a good thing that Surte hadn't been killed by Morgan's Noble Phantasm.

Morgan looked at Xia Yan, who was clearly annoyed, and felt a mixture of disdain for Surut and amusement at Xia Yan's reaction.

Euryale, who had transformed into a Gorgon, was so angry that she laughed. Calling her a monster had already hit her sore spot. Not to mention that she couldn't compete with Morgan in the factional struggle, and now she had to be behind Morgan in the marriage proposal. Didn't she have any dignity?

Without the slightest hesitation, and without even uttering a word of refusal, Gorgon's snake hair shot out eight streams of magic power, combined with the effect of the God-level Petrifying Demon Eye, preparing to shatter Surt in one blow.

Seeing Gorgon's reaction, Surtur could only shake his head and use Fenrir's ice ability to build a high wall of ice in front of him. At the same time, he had "Ophelia" on his shoulder activate the Mystic Eye of Delay to postpone the effect of Gorgon's Mystic Eye of Petrification, so that the ice wall would take the petrification effect for him.

boom!

The petrified ice wall shattered, but the Gorgons remained unharmed.

Seeing that Gorgon was still not satisfied, Surut scratched his head, seemingly unable to understand at all.

Why did you reject me?

"Shut up!"

Gorgon didn't even bother to explain; he simply gathered magic power in his chest and then fired out another beam of magic.

Helpless, Surut raised his flaming greatsword to block Gorgon's attack.

After being rejected twice in a row, Surtur was actually a little embarrassed, but as the End Device, it was more determined to carry out destruction than to gain a partner.

"Since you all don't know what's good for you, then destroy them all!"

Surtur's magical power began to accumulate, a sign that he was about to unleash his Noble Phantasm.

On the other side, among the Servants fighting against the Shadow Servants and the giant army, there was one person who was particularly nervous, and that was our Miss Ereshkigal.

After killing a frost giant with a single shot, Ereshkigal kept praying.

As the mistress of the underworld, a melancholy goddess, she should also meet the criteria for witnessing the end together in Surut's eyes.

While being invited is something to be happy about, being invited by this guy who has been rejected by Morgan and Euryale in a row makes me feel like I'm a step below them. Please forgive me for that.

Besides, I'm already Xia Yan's woman, how could I possibly have such gossip going on?

No, absolutely not!

Surut, please don't fall for me!