The Infinite Dragon God Cannot Find Silence

To achieve this, the Holy Grail needs to absorb the souls of all seven Heroic Spirits.

From the very beginning, the so-called contract was a deception perpetrated by the three starter families against their Servants, whose fate of death was sealed the moment they were summoned.

This information was obtained by Ishtar when she was at the Tohsaka family.

Their goals are different, and Ishtar won't criticize them for it, but Tokiomi Tohsaka's Servant this time is Orpheus.

Tokiomi Tohsaka's schemes against Orpheus are doomed to fail, because even if Orpheus is now just a Servant, Ishtar, as a goddess, cannot think of any way to kill her, let alone Tokiomi Tohsaka.

However, Tokiomi Tohsaka will not pay any price for this.

If you ask why...

"That was a child who didn't even know what hatred was..."

Ishtar sighed softly.

No matter how outrageous the things done to her, as long as they don't affect her or the goals she wants to achieve, she can completely ignore them.

I will not be angry about it, much less hate it.

It's so ridiculous that it makes you wonder if this person is completely devoid of negative emotions.

This might be an arrogance stemming from the dragon race, belonging to Orpheus, but even so...

"Wouldn't that be too unfair to that child? Since she helped Sakura, I won't stand idly by. Wouldn't it be more like a goddess to put aside family ties for the greater good?"

With a mischievous smile, Ishtar vanished completely from the Tohsaka family's workshop.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. After all, you're still the 'father' who raised me."

Only the words, tinged with a wicked sense of humor, remain, slowly fading away.

Dragons have their own arrogance, and goddesses have their own arrogance.

The girl who wholeheartedly helped him without hesitation, and the father who would give his daughter away so easily, should at least be taught a lesson, shouldn't they?

Chapter 148 Clash with Chaldea

"Well!"

Lancer Diarmuid rolled backward to avoid two incoming spears, but was overwhelmed by even more weapons in the next second.

Without a moment to spare for her comrades, Lily strode forward and, taking advantage of Orpheus's attention being diverted to Lancer, swung her golden sword down at Orpheus without hesitation.

The sword in the stone easily sliced ​​through Orpheus's body, but Lily felt no relief.

The attack just now didn't feel like it hit a physical object at all.

Thinking of Orpheus's bizarre ability, which even El-Melloi II couldn't explain, Lily gritted her teeth. Still lacking experience, she didn't know what to do for a moment.

However, the sense of danger she sensed made her decide to stop thinking. Lily rolled backward and retreated, and the rain of weapons quickly destroyed the ground where she had been standing.

It seemed that the attack was not as brief as the previous attack on Lancer. The golden ripples changed angle and sprayed out more than a dozen weapons again, chasing after Lily who had not yet regained her footing.

Faced with the oncoming attack, Lily neither dodged nor dodged, nor did she show the slightest panic. In the next moment, a large black cross shield stood in front of the knight girl, and was then completely engulfed by the magical explosion caused by the weapon striking her.

"Oh?"

Seeing Mash quickly return to defense, Orpheus smiled with satisfaction. He then raised his left hand, and a treasure vault door appeared above his palm, shrinking into a black book with gold edges, exuding a mysterious aura.

"Although it lacks some experience, it is still a very good shield, but that's not enough. If it can't withstand all-powerful forces..."

"Now!"

Just as Orpheus opened his mouth, Lancer, who had been slacking off since being injured by the Noble Phantasm, suddenly sprang into action, his crimson spear aimed straight at the book in Orpheus's hand!

According to the strategist's analysis, the most difficult thing to deal with for King Orpheus is twofold: the first is his ethereal ability, the principle of which is unknown, and the second is the book whose abilities are unknown, or even everything about it.

Because the principle behind the ability to become intangible is unknown, it is naturally difficult to find a way to counter it for the time being. However, the mysterious book that may contain the King of Heroes' trump card has the means to destroy it.

Since their abilities are unknown, let's just deal with them before they're revealed!

The red rose, with its power to ward off evil, is naturally the best choice for this mission.

Even if that book wasn't something like a magic book or a magical artifact, it was still just a fragile book. After being stabbed by the Spear of Exorcism, it wouldn't be usable for at least a short time—that was El-Melloi's assessment.

Unfortunately, Elmero got three things wrong.

First, the prototype of this book is the Creation Tablet, which cannot be penetrated by a mere Noble Phantasm of level B to B+.

Secondly, this book is merely a vessel for the Omniscient and Omnipotent Star; even if it is damaged... we can simply find another vessel.

As for the third point...

The Rose Spear traced a blood-red path through the air, shooting straight at the book in Orpheus's hand.

Orpheus's expression remained unchanged despite Lancer's sudden attack, which was quite contrary to chivalry, as if he didn't care at all.

The moment the tip of the red rose touched the book, the Book of Omniscience and Omnipotence suddenly burst forth with a strong golden light. Following the burst of light was a tremendous impact. Even Lancer, who had thrown the red rose and was about to pursue with his yellow pistol, was blown away by the impact. Only Orpheus remained standing firm in place.

In front of her, the Creation Tablet, restored to its original form after being 'exorcised', was floating in mid-air with its pages open.

"They're actually attacking the Creation Tablet directly?"

Orpheus shook his head.

While this move was reasonable, in terms of the result alone... it was actually quite a stupid action.

If it doesn't even have a self-defense mechanism, can it still be called such a boastful name as the Omniscient and Omnipotent Star?

The clay tablet of creation erupted with golden ripples like lightning. The next moment, countless treasure vault doors unfolded in the sky, covering the entire area, and weapons radiating sharp edges emerged.

Almost giving anyone time to react, a veritable rain of weapons fell from the sky.

Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom───

The explosions caused by the Noble Phantasms hitting the ground were incessant, and the smoke and dust kicked up by the intense roar quickly engulfed the entire battlefield, obscuring the view.

After bombarding for several seconds, Orpheus pressed his hand to stop the Omniscient and Omnipotent Star's automatic counterattack, then smiled and looked at a spot on the battlefield.

At that location, a silvery shield of light firmly protected the land it covered, as well as the several people hidden beneath it.

"Thank you... uh, Miss Saber."

Lancer nodded gratefully to Lily, who had suddenly pulled him behind Mash.

As for Lily, because she needed to fight with all her might, she finally revealed her face, which had been hidden under her robe. Lancer had noticed this when he entered the battlefield, but although he was curious, Lancer knew that now was not the time to ask about such things.

"A shield that guards the future of humanity? Even if it doesn't unleash the true brilliance of a Noble Phantasm, its light is still beautiful enough to be called a beautiful thing."

With a soft exclamation of praise, Orpheus walked toward Mash, who was panting, and Ritsuka, Lily, and Lancer, who had just launched a sneak attack, who were all watching her intently.

Of course, she would never want to destroy Chaldea. Even disregarding the fact that Chaldea was originally considered her friend, if she really destroyed Chaldea, who would help her protect Uruk afterward?

The reason why Orpheus dared to let the omniscient and omnipotent star unleash its full power was because he knew that Mash would definitely be able to withstand the first wave of attacks.

"Waaah..."

As Orpheus drew ever closer, Ritsuka's mind raced.

Judging from the attack just now, Orpheus was just playing around in the previous battle and didn't use her full strength at all... And judging from her current ease, that might not have been her full strength either.

In other words, this guy's true strength remains a mystery, and it's definitely beyond the reach of our group.

We must at least hold out until El-Melloi II and his reinforcements arrive!

"Ophis... Your name is Orphis, right?"

If, as El-Melloi II suggested, one were to address the King of Heroes by his first name... and if one lacked the ability to be entertaining, knew how to act like a monkey, and didn't have any real strength, one would probably be blasted into dust in the next second.

El-Melloi excels at analysis, but when it comes to compatibility with Heroic Spirits, few can compare to Ritsuka. Based on Ritsuka's intuition, calling Orpheus that is absolutely fine.

As expected, Orpheus showed no signs of going berserk. Instead, he nodded with some interest in what Ritsuka was about to say.

"Ophis... what is your purpose? What is the reason you appeared in this singularity?"

When dealing with someone like Orpheus, beating around the bush might lead the opponent astray, so Ritsuka, who wanted to stall for time and get some useful information, threw a straight ball.

"Is that the kind of question?"

Although it was expected, this routine question still made Orpheus feel a little bored.

"I just have a few things on my mind."

"Things you care about?"

Seeing that the other party could communicate, Ritsuka's eyes lit up, but at the same time, the sky really did light up along with Ritsuka's eyes.

"Shall we stop this small talk?"

Seeing this, Orpheus smiled slightly.

The next second, the heroic King of Knights, wielding the holy sword, slashed straight down at Orpheus from high above.

"Excalibur!"

A golden beam of light formed a pillar reaching the sky, illuminating the entire city. (Waaaaa, a gas explosion?!)

Chapter 149 Intertwined Firepower

In a remote, uninhabited area of ​​Fuyuki City that was about to be designated as the site of a gas explosion, Chaldea personnel and their supporters gathered.

"Mr. Second Generation!"

Seeing El-Melloi arrive, Ritsuka's anxiety subsided for the time being.

"Are you alright? That's good, but it's not time to be at ease yet."

When El-Melloi saw that Ritsuka was still unharmed, he was initially relieved, but quickly tensed up again.

This King Arthur seemed quite different from the one he knew. He readily agreed to launch a sneak attack, but El-Melloi wasn't sure if what he did just now would actually hit him.

"Romani?"

"The Servant's reaction hasn't disappeared; they're still alive!"

The answer was as expected, and El-Melloi didn't have much hope, but instead secretly prepared for the enemy.

The dust stirred up by Artoria's Noble Phantasm quickly dissipated, allowing everyone to see the scene inside with the naked eye.

"what?!"

Seeing the scene before them, even the most battle-hardened heroes present couldn't help but waver slightly.