I, Wang Ha, the Three Red Unparalleled Assassin

However, the Cursed Arm Elder's record in Chaldea was still more losses than wins. Even if his fighting style met the requirements of the first Hassan, it was all for naught if he couldn't win, and he would not gain true recognition.

"The devil's hand, split personality, a body of deadly poison—what have you gained? Your own folly?"

After giving the first Hassan a lecture, he looked at the three Hassans in front of him who were practically nodding machines, sighed deeply, and a crimson light flashed in his eyes.

"Enough. It's impossible to expect you all to vindicate the assassins. I'll make my own appearance next year!"

Chapter Two Merlin: MMP

one year later.

Another 365 days passed, and Chaldea underwent tremendous changes.

Besides the increase in Servants and Holy Grails, there have also been some fools who have left us, making Chaldea seem incomplete.

The Nero Festival started on time again. Since their Master Gudako was happy, the Servants were naturally happy to join in the fun, since most of them had been quite cooped up when they were in Valhalla.

After His Highness Nero's opening speech, the grand festival officially began, but there was actually a little incident in between.

That is, Nero wanted to perform an impromptu opera he had carefully composed for the festival after his speech, which almost caused the complete annihilation of the entire Chaldea.

Fortunately, several agile Servants stepped forward in time to grab the microphone and restrain Nero, who was trying to cause trouble, thus preventing this tragedy from happening.

Driven by the desire to extract more materials from Leonardo da Vinci, the challenge event of last year's Nero Festival was revived at Gudako's initiative and suggestion.

Having figured out the strategy last year, Gudako got her revenge this time, sending all the Servants who had tormented her last year back to their resurrected state.

Hercules, facing the combined might of Jeanne Alter, Zhuge Liang, and Merlin, was quickly defeated, while Siegfried was also defeated by the combined Noble Phantasms of Holmes and Ishtar.

Gilgamesh enjoyed the same Celtic flight as last year, while Ska and Cú Chulainn were defeated by the dual-wielding Musashi.

As for the Hassans who made an appearance, King Hassan, who had given up his Grand rank to become an ordinary Servant, came to the scene and gave them some guidance on what true assassination really meant. As a result, there wasn't a single witness left in the room.

Before leaving, King Hassan made a detour to the event stage next door. When Gudako and her assembled Servants arrived at the Colosseum, which bore the sign "Mother of Warriors," they found it completely empty.

In the final all-out battle led by Nero, Gudako and her three Servants commented that it was "incredibly weak," feeling that they were all dead before they could even exchange two blows.

The next few days were full of new tricks. Gudako, who had no strategy guide to follow, was once again tortured to the point of near death, and almost wanted to take matters into her own hands and tear the opponent apart.

After five days of bittersweet experiences, Gudako, along with Amakusa Shiro Tokisada, once again arrived at the Colosseum where Hassan and his ilk were holding their Nero Festival this year.

"I'm counting on you this time too, Amakusa."

Gudako raised her hand and patted Amakusa Shirou Tokisada on the shoulder, then turned and nodded to the Servants who were about to appear together, including her junior, Zhuge Liang, and Tamamo-no-Mae.

"Leave it to me, Master. I, Amakusa Shirou Tokisada, will risk my life to bring victory back!"

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada answered solemnly, raised his hand and pushed open the gate of the arena in front of him, leading the other five Servants in single file.

"Are they here? The first batch of challengers today."

"Remember this: the heads of sinners will be the ones that unlock my chains."

The first Hassan stood silently in the center of the Colosseum, leaning on his sword, surrounded by a hundred other Hassans, who flanked him like stars around the moon.

"The Contract of Judgment..."

When Tokisada Tokusada rushed into the field and was instantly buffed by the Servants in the back row, he immediately tried to unleash his Noble Phantasm first, but he was destined not to have that chance.

"Boom—! Boom—! Boom—!"

As the evening bells suddenly echoed through the Colosseum, the figure of the First Hassan appeared silently before Amakusa Shiro Tokisada, followed by a massive, jet-black sword slashing down.

"Listen to the tolling of this bell and accept the end of destiny."

"Fool! Hand over your head!!"

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada, who had just released half of the true name of his Noble Phantasm, vanished in a flash of golden light. Before he died, all he saw was a ghastly white skull mask.

Less than a minute later, Gudako, who had been standing on the sidelines waiting for good news with a sure thing in mind, received a notification that she had failed the challenge, which stunned her.

"What? My grandfather, who holds the Grand Order, participated in this Nero Festival?"

After learning of the devastating situation from the first group of defeated Servants, Gudako, undeterred and unwilling to give up, quickly gathered her Servants to form the next challenge team.

"Joan of Arc, Merlin, and BB, I'm counting on you guys this time! You must avenge those who came before us!"

Standing outside the familiar Colosseum gates, Gudako clasped her hands together in prayer to the three people in front of her; this was the first group she had thought of.

"Don't worry, Master. As long as I haven't fallen, no one will be able to harm the other comrades."

Dressed in white robes and armor, Joan of Arc waved the flag in her hand, her smile gentle yet conveying unwavering loyalty.

"That's right, that's right. I will also do my best to fulfill my support role. Master, just wait for our good news."

Merlin, with his usual nonchalant smile, pushed open the door and stepped inside, looking utterly confident.

Then, Gudako, sitting in the audience, witnessed how her new team crashed and burned. It wasn't that the Servants were too weak, but rather that the opponents were simply too strong.

Merlin, who was the most aggressive player on the field, was naturally the first to be eliminated. He took a critical hit from the first Hassan, resulting in an instant physical death.

Then, facing Joan of Arc who had activated her defensive Noble Phantasm, the First Hassan simply rang the bell and activated his Noble Phantasm to kill her, and after a flurry of feathers, nothing was left either.

As for BB-chan, despite her excellent resistance to instant death, Gudako seems to have had some bad luck lately, as she was also taken down by the first Hassan with an instant death.

The first Hassan looked up at the snow-white feathers fluttering in the sky, his eyes regaining their icy blue, and murmured to himself:

"Yes, for us assassins, this is the most correct basic operation."

In the day that followed, Gudako tried all sorts of Servant combinations, but none of them lasted more than five minutes before being instantly killed by the First Hassan in various fancy ways, sending them to the resurrection countdown.

Even without the other Hassans in the arena lifting a finger, the first Hassan alone could single-handedly defeat six opponents, causing Gudako to become so depressed that she imagined she was watching from a mirror image, with Grandpa King Hassan taking on the entire world one-on-one.

Some of those who died from overwork were clearly the most tragic, because they were needed as support fighters in every match, resulting in them being killed by the first Hassan countless times with a single blow.

If Fufu still retained her rationality, she would probably feel extremely comfortable seeing such a scene, because Mei Tianli has finally met someone even more unreasonable than herself.

Just when Gudako was at her wit's end, King Hassan, who had abandoned his Grand Servant status and joined Chaldea as an ordinary Servant, quietly appeared beside her and reached out to touch the girl's lowered head.

"My contractor, do you need the assassin's help?"

Upon hearing this, Gudako looked up at King Hassan, her eyes filled with hope, only then remembering that her grandfather seemed to be someone who could not be instantly killed.

This instantly rekindled Gudako's hope and fighting spirit, who had originally planned to wait until next year to find a Servant who could nullify instant death before seeking revenge.

"Grandpa, please. That was a summoning ticket and five gallstones that we managed to get from that swindler Leonardo da Vinci with great difficulty."

Upon hearing this, King Hassan slowly nodded, his eyes burning with raging ghostly fire, and confidently replied, leaning on his sword of death:

"Rest assured, although the title of Grand Master has been given to the Sea of ​​Origin, my assassination skills have not diminished in the slightest."

Having received King Hassan's reply, Gudako rallied completely, casting a malicious glance at the Servants, including Kongming and Merlin, who had just been resurrected after a countdown, sending a chill down their spines.

Seeing the radiant smile on Gudako's face, like a weasel offering New Year's greetings to a chicken, Merlin immediately knew things were going to go wrong, but there was no time to run away.

"Hehehe, I'll just ask everyone for help one last, last, last time, please~"

Chapter Three: Lifespan Shortened! King Hassan Also Dies Immediately.

"Since Master has said so, we have no choice but to do as you say."

Merlin outwardly appeared righteous and awe-inspiring, agreeing to Gudako's request, but inwardly he felt bitter, though not at all dissatisfied.

Although he knew he would be resurrected after dying, Merlin didn't want his head to come off his neck a few more times, since he could still feel pain.

This is incredibly tragic for a mage who, fearing he might bite his tongue while chanting incantations, has switched to a warrior-style approach, wielding a sword instead. It feels like he's being punished.

Merlin was suffering inside, but he couldn't express it, because even so, he figured no one would comfort him.

Especially the members of the Round Table and the Saber Group, the fact that they didn't spend their days chasing after this troublemaker with their greatswords and spears was already giving Gudako a lot of face.

Merlin had originally planned to deliberately get blocked a few times, then pretend to be seriously injured to ask for leave and slack off, thus escaping the fate of dying from overwork.

But the shrewd Gudako was not fooled by Merlin. She summoned Nightingale to amputate the limbs of the guy who was pretending to be seriously injured, which scared Merlin so much that all his illnesses immediately disappeared.

El-Melloi II was also present at the time, standing aside with a cigarette in his mouth, watching the chaotic scene unfold, his eyes seemingly filled with sympathy and emotion as he looked at Merlin.

Since then, Merlin's laziness has been largely cured, and he has never compromised on Gudako's requests.

"Old man, to be honest, do you really know the truth?"

"Others might not be able to tell, but I've been killed instantly so many times, I've long since figured it out."

At the entrance to the Colosseum, Merlin, staff in hand, quickly caught up with King Hassan, who was walking at the front, and leaned in to ask in a low voice:

"That should be a Grand rank, right?"

"Otherwise, how could he casually land critical hits with every strike, instantly kill through invincibility, and even take on six opponents while being countered? Even BB, that tough guy who's always courting death, was nerfed with a single sword strike."

"It's alright."

Upon hearing Merlin's question, King Hassan paused slightly, his eyes flickering beneath the skull mask, before replying:

"I have spent many years walking in secluded valleys, and I have become accustomed to death. I have become one with death, and my patience in the face of imminent death is the highest."

"When the challenge comes, I will take the lead and withstand the opponent's attacks. You all just need to stay in the back and do your jobs well."

Merlin nodded slightly, feeling much more at ease after receiving King Hassan's reply, thinking that he probably wouldn't be feeding kills this time.

Inside the Colosseum in Rome, the first Hassan still stands like a statue in the center of the arena, leaning on his greatsword, while King Hassan, holding a heavy sword and shield, steps slowly but firmly into the arena.

The first Hassan looked up at the newcomer, and King Hassan also looked over. At the same time, the familiar, loud chime rang in their ears.

"Boom—! Boom—! Boom—!" x2

Two overlapping evening bells echoed, like an opening signal that heralded the start of the battle.

"The divine decree has been issued!"

"I've accepted this position."

The two assassins, dressed identically, had red eyes that flashed and were surrounded by swirling netherfire. Without saying a word, they immediately began to fight.

"Bam—!!"

Identical jet-black greatswords crisscrossed each other, wreathed in equally intense dark blue ghost fire, while a hazy aura of death closely followed their constantly flashing and leaping figures.

The first Hassan struck the giant shield in King Hassan's hand with his sword, but King Hassan deflected the sword by pushing the shield aside.

He stepped forward and closed in, swiftly thrusting the sword of death in his hand toward the other man's abdomen, the blade striking the armor and sending sparks flying.

Give them a push from behind.

The figure of the first Hassan vanished in a flash, only to reappear behind King Hassan the next second, raising his sword to slash at the lower back of the person in front of him.