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"sorry."

“No, no, there’s no need for that… no need to keep apologizing.” Ishizaki Rihito looked at this humble hero and was a little unsure what to say. He hadn’t expected the hero Siegfried to be like this, but… well, he seemed alright. “My friend… how should I put it, he’s someone who’s overly fascinated by the mysterious… a long time ago, he was always searching for the mysterious everywhere, and he even fell into a hunter’s trap once, almost breaking his leg… but he still had no intention of stopping.”

After a pause, Rihito Ishizaki continued, "Then he got caught up in the last Holy Grail War and was killed... To this day, I don't know who killed him. Is the murderer still alive? Did he die in that Holy Grail War, or is he still alive? I don't know."

"So, what is your wish?"

"Ah... I'm in sync with the Church of Christ... I want to destroy the Greater Grail! To end the mystery of this world! It wouldn't be bad if this world just stayed ordinary. Then... I could go to work, read comics, and stuff like that, wouldn't that be nice?"

Siegfried said with some surprise, "You...do you know what this means?"

“Ah, I know.” Ishizaki Rihito nodded. “The people from the church told me! Most of the resources in this world are actually related to the Great Source. If the Great Source disappears, those resources will simply disappear and won’t regenerate. In that case, I don’t know how many more years humanity can survive with the resources we have on Earth now, but we shouldn’t be far from our inevitable demise… That will probably be the end of humanity.”

Even so?

"Hmm... Even so, I will destroy the Greater Grail and thwart the Mage's Association's ambition to perpetuate the Great Source!" Ishizaki Rihito said firmly, then sighed, "Isn't that selfish? Because of personal desires and such..."

"Um... I'm sorry, but... it was indeed very selfish."

"Ha...haha, isn't that a bit too blunt?"

"I'm sorry, but... let's trust humanity, believe... even if the Great Source disappears, humanity will still survive! I, Siegfried, will become your sword to clear the obstacles in your path!"

"Ah, thank you."

......

"Tsk, if I had known I would get cards like this, I should have held the Holy Grail War in London..." Barthez said, looking at the Command Seals on the back of his hand, which had now increased to six.

Lying to the side is "Matou Kariya".

"Is that alright?" Kariya Matou asked, having withdrawn his hand. He had already handed over his Command Seals; all that remained was this Magic Crest...

“Didn’t I say it’s no problem?” Barthemello said without hesitation, even though she had no idea where Tohsaka Sakura was or what she was doing.

That's only natural.

She had no reason to care about those people's lives off-screen; she was only interested in the stories, not the people themselves.

Therefore, all we know is that the Tohsaka family lives in the Clock Tower, and nothing else.

However, it's best to leave this matter to my subordinates to investigate.

Transplanting a magic crest wouldn't be difficult, especially since her Clone team includes a highly skilled magician. Transplanting Matou Kariya's magic crest couldn't be simpler.

"That's good..." Matou Kariya breathed a sigh of relief, but the next moment, a sharp pain shot through his chest. The rejection of the Magic Crest had reappeared!

“Hermann,” Barthez said casually, looking at Matou Kariya’s condition.

The next moment... I heard music.

As the music played, Kariya Matou felt... the pain lessening, the pain gradually disappearing...

"This is..."

“That’s right, this is the tuner. Well, since you’ve handed over your Command Seals, I’ll give you some treatment… though it’s not anything essential.” Bartholomew said somewhat hesitantly, because she was unsure how to approach Matou Kariya.

The magical markings on his body are undoubtedly of a high level.

But...how many generations has it been passed down? I don't know!

The only person who knew about it has already buried it with them...

Therefore, she didn't know whether she should treat him with a relatively kind face or a relatively stern face...

However, in any case, after losing his Magic Crest after this Holy Grail War, he should just be an ordinary person now.

In addition, it is a magic mark that is at least five hundred years old, so it can't be that low-level.

"Report--"

Just then, a sound came from inside.

"What's wrong? Isn't it time for the battle to begin as planned?"

"Yes...but," said one of the Clone squad members who rushed in, "an unidentified magical energy has appeared on the Nile! If I'm not mistaken, Caster Gilles de Rais has begun summoning sea monsters!"

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Chapter 239 Dior's Cunning Scheme

The Nile River—

At this moment, there were already hundreds of people standing here!

The Dead Apostles seized people one by one from nearby, tied them up, and threw them onto the banks of the Nile.

The number of people is still increasing.

Meanwhile, Gilles de Rais, in the middle of the river, was muttering to himself, summoning that evil god, that enormous sea monster—

"Come out, come out..." Colin Kidd laughed as he looked at the distant call.

In Fate/Zero, the sea monster grew significantly larger after eating just one person, and its body sprouted countless eyes, making it even more grotesque.

So what about those hundreds or thousands of people who ate them?

How huge will it become?

How powerful will it become?

Could it turn the city behind them, Cairo, into ruins?

I don't know, but I'm really looking forward to it.

We eagerly await the appearance of that colossal creature! We eagerly await the appearance of that terrifying monster!

"There's nothing we can do about it."

far away--

DIO closed the book, looking at the gradually dimming light streaming through the gap in the curtains, and said, "After all, the Holy Church and the Mage's Association have joined forces... So it's clear who we'll be facing next—it's definitely me, DIO. Since that's the case, there's no reason to sit idly by. Let's take action directly and draw their attention! The previous sea monster wasn't enough; it was too weak! This time, we'll summon a stronger, more terrifying monster..."

Anyway... it doesn't matter how powerful the summoned creature is.

It wouldn't matter if it summoned a monster capable of killing both Gilgamesh and Omendis.

Anyway...

Tomorrow, the world will be in his hands, and no matter what kind of monster it is, it will be nothing more than a pet!

DIO has that kind of confidence.

......

"This feeling..."

After finishing breakfast, Kurokawa Kazuya returned to continue drawing his manga. A golden light shone in his eyes as he clearly saw the strange aura emanating from the sky above the Nile River in the distance.

Magic was gathering, and the ether in the air was twisting in a strange form.

At the same time, one can see something resembling a barrier gradually dissipating around them.

That was originally meant to be a barrier used to conceal one's presence and to hide magical fluctuations.

But now these have disappeared, not for any other reason, but because they were removed by human intervention.

It wasn't a powerful attack or destruction, nor was it sabotage carried out by finding a node. It's easy to see that the person who set up the barrier dispelled it themselves!

what does this mean?

In the eyes of the person who set up the barrier: the barrier is no longer needed.

The effects of such a massive and unusual magical power gathering are self-evident... Connecting this with the previously gathered intelligence, it means... the Black Faction Caster is summoning sea monsters in Gilles de Rais!

The meaning of dispelling the barrier is quite simple...

The goal is to attract curious people and then devour them!

A crimson light slowly emerged from the shadows, and Alucard, dressed in a blood-red coat, stepped out: "Can you feel it, my master?"

“Ah, I see.” Kurokawa Kazuya nodded. “Looks like it’s going to be another sleepless night. Do you know what they’re planning to do?”

“This matter is very simple.” Alucard stretched out his hand and twirled it, saying, “...Kirei Kotomine mentioned it this morning, right? They will temporarily join forces with the Mage's Association...to eliminate all enemies except for themselves.”

"So... they realized it, didn't they? The Dead Apostles... so they abandoned this Caster, sending him to buy time while they planned something." Kurokawa Kazuya looked at the increasingly dense aura in the distance and could see that some Servants were already heading in that direction.

"What should we do?" Accardo's tone was as cheerful as ever.

"Just go and take a look, no need to do anything." Kurokawa Kazuya gathered all the weapons beside him and put on his coat.

"Oh? You're going too?"

“Ah, that’s right… I’m going this time too. It’s better to see that kind of monster with my own eyes…” Kurokawa Kazuya said, looking into the distance, “The Mage’s Association and the Holy Church will definitely take action against a monster like that.”

Regardless of what the Magic Association and the Holy Church may do in secret, they represent one aspect of the world order on the surface, and they cannot stand idly by and watch that monster destroy such a large city.

Moreover, it wouldn't be easy to explain to people in the outside world then.

how to explain?

Did a meteorite fall and obliterate Cairo?

...For a moment, this was the only explanation that Kurokawa Kazuya could come up with. He couldn't possibly say that someone had dropped a nuclear bomb on Cairo or that there was a nuclear leak, could he?

Does anyone know if there are any nuclear facilities in Cairo? He certainly doesn't...

He put on his hat, slightly obscuring his face... Anyway, Kirei Kotomine had already discovered him, so he didn't expect to truly hide. However... some things still needed to be done in a formality. As long as there was a formality, it would give others a way out, and it could play a role at crucial moments.

"Alright, it's not far from here, let's just walk there."

"YES, my master—"

......

Whoosh whoosh—

Arrows flew from afar! They pinned the two assassins to the ground—

However, the arrows aimed at Caster in the lake were all blocked by the small sea monsters. The sea monsters used their bodies to deflect the arrows slightly, grazing Caster's body.