The Infinite Dragon God Cannot Find Silence

That makes sense; that explains why these people are here.

However, there was no sense of singularity; everything seemed normal.

"This concerns the survival of humanity..."

Ritsuka wanted to continue explaining, but Orpheus waved her hand to interrupt her.

"To resolve the singularity, we need the Holy Grail, right?"

To create a singularity, there must be a powerful distortion of some kind of force, and usually only the Holy Grail can play such a role... Orpheus's true form can also do so, but right now she is just a Servant clone attached to the Holy Grail.

Therefore, the key to the singularity is usually the Holy Grail.

"This……"

Ritsuka opened her mouth, but didn't know how to refute it.

"The Holy Grail is mine, and naturally I will not allow anyone else to touch it..."

At that moment, El-Melloi waved his left hand, releasing the Noble Phantasm that he had already prepared by forming hand seals with his right hand.

"Qimen Dunjia? Eight Gates Golden Lock!"

Countless stone pillars shot up from the ground, surrounding Orpheus. Then, with a twist, Orpheus was enveloped in the stone formation and disappeared.

"She shouldn't be able to stay here for long, let's go!"

El-Melloi gritted his teeth and pulled Ritsuka and the others away.

Unbeknownst to them, Orpheus was watching this scene with a light laugh from a nearby streetlamp.

There is no obstacle in the world that can trap an ouroboros. Even in the space where Gaia once lived, Orpheus could leave at any time.

Although Orpheus is no longer in his original form, El-Melloi's Stone Formation is not a space of suppression, and it is still far from enough to trap Orpheus.

However, Orpheus never intended to capture Ritsuka and the others at this time.

"What surprises await us next..."

Now that the enemy's identity has been confirmed, Chaldea will probably try every means to deal with them, right?

Orpheus was quite looking forward to what kind of battle he would face.

I wonder what Tokiomi's expression would be if he knew that Orpheus had thus provoked a group of enemies of unknown origin.

As for now...

Sensing the flamboyant fighting spirit emanating from the port, Orpheus pondered for a moment.

Go take a look. If you get the chance, use Ea to blast it.

If one shot isn't enough, fire a few more.

With that thought, Orpheus vanished in spirit form once more.

Chapter 126 El-Melloi's Decision

"Mr. Second, what exactly is this?"

Ritsuka and the others were hiding in a secluded, deserted area. Ritsuka asked, slightly out of breath.

"I don't know."

El-Melloi frowned, his mind racing.

"Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes, is indeed such a being in the Holy Grail Wars I have experienced. He is a completely uncommunicative figure, and he is one of the targets we plan to eliminate this time."

"Huh? Didn't that servant just say she was..."

"But they are different."

Ritsuka was interrupted by El-Melloi before she could finish speaking.

“She is completely different from Gilgamesh. The hero I know is a fool who shines brightly all the time and pointlessly shows off his abilities, but she is different.”

"what……"

Ritsuka felt that El-Melloi was a bit emotional when he commented on Gilgamesh, as if he were dealing with his husband's killer...

"The Gilgamesh I met did everything for his own pleasure, but that person... although he may have had that element, he had a different purpose."

Ignoring Ritsuka's subtle expression, El-Melloi continued his analysis.

"Purpose?"

"I don't know."

El-Melloi sighed.

Even if the real Zhuge Liang were here, he probably wouldn't be able to figure out the true purpose of that 'Hero King' based on the existing information.

With so little information available, that person suddenly appeared before them.

What bothered El-Melloi even more was that the person immediately mentioned the Holy Grail after hearing about the singularity, indicating that his origins were indeed not so simple.

"So, what are Mr. El-Melloi's plans next?"

Upon hearing Mashu's question, El-Melloi sighed for the umpteenth time.

He originally intended to forcefully intervene in Lancer's battle and resolve the first chaotic battle, but now he can't do that.

Leaving aside whether they can make it in time, even if they can, they might be sniped by the Hero King who has already locked onto them.

Considering the original Hero King's personality, as long as you don't provoke him to an extreme or arouse his great interest, or get into a cat-and-mouse game that he would find enjoyable, he probably won't lower himself to personally hunt down enemies. But facing this unknown Hero King, we can't take that risk.

"We must first find a way to establish a completely secure base."

Finally, Elmero said this.

The most troublesome thing right now is probably the Assassin, who are monitoring the entire city like a shadow.

"Originally, due to the issue of combat strength, those individually weak Assassins were not a threat at all. However, the key lies in the Assassins' Masters, Kirei Kotomine and the King of Heroes... Archer's Master, Tokiomi Tohsaka, is a secret ally. The original Archer might have disdained such a thing, but the current Archer is different from the one I know. We cannot rule out the possibility that she instructed the Assassins to find us and personally hunted us down. Facing the Assassins with eyes and ears all over the city, it would be difficult to escape their tracking even if we kept changing our location. In short, let's find a safe place where we will definitely not be discovered first."

As for where to hide, there are quite a few options.

Those potential allies provide good cover.

If El-Melloi's guess is true, and this different Hero King possesses the strength of Gilgamesh, then once they witness her power, they probably wouldn't mind having an extra fighting force... But if this Hero King is actually inferior to Gilgamesh, then things are even simpler.

After careful consideration, El-Melloi decided to temporarily go into hiding and act in secret.

But first, there are some details that must be obtained, as well as the supply links with Chaldea...

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"Oh, Saber and Lancer are both excellent warriors! I really want to recruit them both."

In the port of Fuyuki, two figures clashed with their swords, while at the very top of the Fuyuki Bridge, some distance away, a burly man with red hair and a red cloak drank cheap red wine and slapped his thigh excitedly in praise.

"Stop daydreaming! Compared to this, when are we going to get off here?"

Beside the burly man, a boy with a wronged expression clung tightly to the bridge frame, tears welling in his eyes as he cried out.

"No way, kid. How can you back down like this as my Master? Didn't you see how calm that girl over there is?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? How could anything possibly happen in a place like this..."

The boy muttered something through his tears and subconsciously turned his head to look.

"Waaah!"

He saw a young girl dressed in modern clothes standing behind him, smiling faintly at him.

The boy cried out in surprise, scrambled to the big man's side, leaned against him, and then pointed at the girl with one hand.

"Who...who are you?!"

"So calm down, kid. The girl hasn't done anything yet."

Rider Iskandar, standing to the side, sighed and then looked at Orpheus.

"Well, although your outfit is quite contemporary, you must be a Servant, right? What brings you to see me and my Master?"

"Huh? A Servant?"

The boy calmed down a bit and stared intently at Orpheus.

Masters have the ability to see the stats of other Servants, but the effect is quite simple. They can only see the most basic attribute values, and the rest, including class, are not visible. Moreover, if a Servant has any concealment skills, then the Master's ability is useless.

"This attribute... is a bit weak... could it be Caster?"

Incidentally, even the Noble Phantasm level is not visible, so nowadays boys can only see three big E's and an A+++ for the magic attribute when looking at Orpheus's attributes.

Magic attributes are terrifying, but generally speaking, Caster has absolutely no chance of going head-to-head with Rider, which completely means giving up her own advantages.

It's important to know that, although weak, Rider still possesses a certain level of magic resistance.

Iskandar heard his Master's faint voice, but did not respond.

Although he appeared quite calm, he was actually quite surprised inside.

He was almost certain that the other party wasn't there to fight him.

It wasn't because of some mystical element like murderous intent or a sense of crisis, but because if the other party wanted to kill him, he would already be dead.

In fact, when they spotted the other person in Iskandar, the other person had already been standing there for who knows how long!

With an aura concealment comparable to or even surpassing that of an Assassin, attributes are no longer of great importance.

No matter how strong your combat ability is, it's meaningless if you get killed before the fight even starts.

As for Orpheus, it was normal that the other party took so long to realize that it was normal.

Ouroboros's ability to become invisible is the ability to isolate itself from the world. No matter how strong its reconnaissance capabilities are, how can it discover things that do not exist?

Even the remaining images are merely used as coordinates in this world. Not only can they only be confirmed visually, but they can also be easily hidden with a little more effort. Orpheus didn't do this simply because he found it troublesome.

At this moment, she ignored Iskandar's question and instead looked at the timid boy in front of her with great interest.

"May I have your name?"

Chapter 127 First Battle at the Port

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