To become a king and a magician

One-sided ravaging.

"If they're just using this mass-produced model to fool Berserker, the Black side probably isn't underestimating us, right?"

"Who knows? But they're definitely up to something bad."

Behind Atalanta, the Red Rider Achilles leaned against a tree trunk, glancing sideways at his fellow countryman ahead.

"However, bad ideas are always the best, the more the better, otherwise it's no fun at all."

This is not Achilles being arrogant, but rather confident. Regardless of whether he is strong enough to handle all kinds of crises, as a hero, he is quite looking forward to what kind of battle he will fight in this Holy Grail War, the more intense the better!

That's basically the nature of heroes.

But Atalanta completely ignored his words and instead asked, "Speaking of which, how did you end up following me?"

"Of course it's because I'm worried about you, isn't that obvious?"

"Is that so?"

Atalanta's response was quite cold. For someone who had lived with wild beasts since childhood, such sweet talk was useless. It was impossible to expect her to become shy like those princesses and queens.

Realizing his little joke had been ignored, Achilles could only laugh and then said, "In short, our mission is to provide rear support, which means to protect the Berserker to the best of our ability, while gathering as much intelligence as possible."

"We'll be facing the enemy soon. If all goes well, that guy will probably reach the fortress late tonight. However, there should be a counterattack before then."

While the two were talking, Spartacus had already annihilated all the enemies blocking his way. The forest, which was once as beautiful as the fairy realm, had now been transformed into a nauseating mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

"I really want to see what kind of people the Black Faction's Servants are," Achilles thought to himself.

Just then, as if sensing something, the two of them looked up at the sky at the same time.

"Whoosh—!"

A streak of golden light, like a shooting star, instantly pierced the sky.

"That is?"

"A flying ship... Black Rider—it doesn't seem to be it."

All of the Black faction's Servants were gathered in that castle, and if the Black Rider were to appear, it should also come from that direction. However, this golden light clearly came from the same direction as Achilles and Atalanta, so it couldn't be someone from the Black faction, but it also couldn't be someone from the Red faction.

After all, the red team's Rider is right here.

"Big sister, can you see what's happening up there?" Achilles asked.

"You can't see it from this angle. I only have clairvoyance, not X-ray vision—"

Atalanta did not finish her sentence.

Because at this very moment, a scene unfolded before their very eyes that left them speechless.

A crimson full moon fell from the sky!

Then it crashed straight into the castle of Yggdrasil!

"Thump—!"

A deafening roar suddenly resounded through the night sky!

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As he landed on the ground, looking at the former Yggdrasilia base that he had smashed into a crater with his Moonfall attack, Natsukawa Torama scratched his head and said, "Looking at it this way, the power of that move was indeed great."

Including this time, Natsukawa Torama has only used Moonfall twice. The last time he used it was when he fought against Pseudo-Hercules in the Mirror Realm, and that time he directly smashed the entire Mirror Realm.

But the Mirror Realm is only a small area, at most a building and its surroundings. Even if it were smashed, you wouldn't see how powerful Moonfall really is.

This time, on this vast plain, Natsukawa Tiger finally realized the power of the moonset for the first time.

Despite deliberately suppressing his power, the entire hill, including the castle, was utterly destroyed under the setting moon! The terrain was transformed from a hill into a massive crater!

"In this situation, we don't even know if the Black faction's Servants are alive or dead. They are Heroic Spirits after all; they shouldn't all be crushed to death like this, right?"

Ideally, it would be best to solve the problem in one shot, but if that's not possible...

"Crack!"

The sound of shattering stones came, and one after another, several figures emerged from the darkness.

All six followers, not one missing.

"I didn't expect them all to be here. I thought I could at least kill one or two of them. Sure enough, falling from a height of several thousand meters gave you too much buffer time. If the power were increased a bit more, it should have achieved its goal."

"—Modred, Angelica."

At Natsukawa Torato's call, Angelica, who had already used her class card, and Mordred, who was wearing armor, jumped down from Vimana.

"It doesn't matter if they don't kill them. It's just a matter of putting in some effort. It's three against six, so the advantage is in my hands."

"Come on, everyone on the Black side, let's try to end this team battle in one night."

Natsukawa Tora's smile made everyone on the black team's face darken.

52. Two against two against two

unexpected.

For Danick, the current situation was truly unexpected; he never imagined that something like this would happen!

【The Magician Who Sets the Moon】Natsukawa Tora.

Although he lived in the castle for a long time, he was always aware of the situation outside because the church and the association had spies from Yggdmillennia. Therefore, he had heard of Natsukawa Tora's reputation.

But that's about it.

How could any magician possibly accomplish the feat of causing the moon to fall? That's simply beyond the reach of magic; a mere magician could never do such a thing. In Danic's view, the so-called moonfall was nothing more than a large-scale attack magic ritual manifested in the form of the moon, and it would inevitably take a tremendous amount of time—perhaps even if he were given the entire Holy Grail War, he could only use it once.

Therefore, even after learning that Natsukawa Torato would be participating in the war, Danic did not care. Unable to use Moonfall, he was no threat to Servants. Moreover, even if he could use Moonfall, this castle, reinforced by countless magical barriers, was definitely not something that could be destroyed by a single magical ritual.

The Yggdrasil clan has been preparing for this Holy Grail War for sixty years, and they are now completely confident that victory will be theirs.

but!

"How could this happen...?"

Looking utterly disheveled, Danic gripped his cane tightly, glaring fiercely at Natsukawa Tora: "When exactly did you set up the Moonfall Magic ritual? And this power... is it really magic? How could magic have such power!"

"Yes, it's not magic."

Xia Chuanhu smiled.

"While it's not magic, I don't intend to explain what it is to you anyway; it wouldn't be of any use to you. More importantly—"

He stomped his foot on the ground, sensing the information transmitted back by the earth fairy, and Natsukawa Torama nodded: "It seems that the Greater Grail placed underground was not affected. It was worth suppressing most of its power. If the Grail had also been smashed, I would have suffered a huge loss."

This isn't the corrupted Holy Grail, but a Holy Grail that can truly grant wishes in a certain sense; it would be a shame if it were broken.

This statement truly chilled Danic's heart even further—he even knew the location of the Holy Grail? Didn't that mean the Mage's Association also...?

"Have you already considered the Holy Grail yours for the taking, Magician?"

Ignoring Danic's lapse in composure, Vlad III, riding a magnificent horse, looked down at Natsukawa Torato: "The feat of summoning the moon is commendable—no, it should be admired. Even in front of me, I have never seen a magician with such skill."

"If possible, I would like to recruit you as my subordinate. If you had such means, my homeland would not have been ravaged and invaded."

"I have no intention of becoming anyone's subordinate."

Hearing Natsukawa Torato's straightforward rejection, Vlad III sighed with slight regret: "It's a real pity. If such a talented person cannot be of use to me, then I can only—"

Destroy it!

"Om-!"

The earth trembled slightly, and in an instant, countless slender iron stakes were summoned without warning, like a forest that had sprung up and grown wildly! In a flash, the space within a hundred meters around them was transformed into a forest of steel!

The King of Executions – one of Vlad III's Noble Phantasms, used in conjunction with the "Guardian General." Within the territory designated by the "Guardian General," it can simultaneously deploy up to 20,000 stakes for attack, movement, and defense, making it a Noble Phantasm that integrates offense and defense. It can be said to be the embodiment of Vlad III's reputation as the "Piercing Duke."

Although each individual stake isn't very lethal, a single hit will temporarily inflict continuous damage from the "Penetrating" effect. Furthermore, if the spearhead pierces the enemy even once, a stake will even emerge from their body and penetrate them completely.

Without a doubt, this is a Noble Phantasm that takes ferocity to the extreme!

only......

"Bang--------!"

A crimson pillar of fire erupted from the countless stakes like a volcanic eruption! It burned and shattered all the surrounding stakes completely!

Standing amidst the flickering flames, Natsukawa Tora waved his hand, expanding the domain of flames in one go. The pits that were previously filled with stakes were transformed into a blazing sea of ​​fire in just the blink of an eye!

Then—

"Thump—!"

With a stomp that shattered the ground, Mordred, his body wreathed in crimson lightning, instantly charged through the sea of ​​fire. Without even aiming at anyone, he unleashed a powerful, all-out slam down on the Black Faction!

Those who got knocked away were his opponents!

"Boom—!"

The crimson lightning instantly transformed into a storm, shattering the black team's formation! Two figures were blasted away by this attack! Upon seeing this, Mordred immediately gave chase! Her demonic sword, gleaming with crimson lightning, drew a sword beam towards the two and slashed down!

Because of Natsukawa Torata's exceptional Master status, magic power is no problem for Mordred at all!

(The ones who got thrown out were... Ken and Afu, just like in the initial reservation.)

After glancing at Mordred's situation, Xia Chuanhu withdrew his attention and casually clapped his hands. The quietly burning sea of ​​fire immediately boiled up because of the clapping, gathering above Xia Chuanhu's head to form dozens of flaming greatswords!

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!"

Several magical puppets that had somehow gotten up from the ground were smashed to pieces!

After smashing the puppet, the flaming greatsword then transformed into a series of fiery meteors that flew behind Natsukawa Tora, perfectly intercepting all the arrows aimed at him!

Looking at Avisbro standing in front of him and Chiron in the distance on the other side, Natsukawa Torama laughed and said, "My opponents are the two of you, and Angelica's side is... well, just as planned."

Is it the same as ordered?

Chiron was momentarily puzzled. Was this situation within his expectations? And he had just revealed his real name...

(Have our real names already been discovered?)

Just as Chiron was pondering, a giant fist of fire had already condensed above his head.

"Boom—!"

The giant flaming fist slammed down heavily, without even glancing at the charred crater. Xia Chuanhu chuckled, slightly raising his hands to return the flames to his surroundings, and faced Avisbro and Chiron, who were now protected by a dozen bronze golems.