Question, Understand, Become a Holy Lord

"Delay? I will lead my soldiers to kill him! No matter where this god comes from, I will crush all the enemies who stand in my way of conquest!" The King of Conquerors had long wanted to lead his soldiers to attack. When he heard Gilgamesh say that the other party did not have a weapon of mass destruction, he could no longer restrain himself.

"Gather once more, warriors who are heading for the end together! The wheel tracks engraved here are our honor! The King's army!" The opponent worth conquering is right in front of them. How can the King of Conquerors Iskandar hide behind his soldiers?

"Hey!" Weber wanted to pull him back, but he couldn't even touch Iskandar's cloak. He could only watch him rush into the crowd and kill the smoke mirror together.

“You are now a Rider who can’t even use a mount, why are you so impulsive?!” Waver shouted angrily.

"It doesn't matter. I will keep an eye on the movements of the King of Conquerors and Tezcatlipoca. I always feel that something is wrong with the current situation." Gilgamesh frowned and thought while paying attention to the chaotic battlefield.

"Is the main course here? Then we have to change the way we do it." Smoke Mirror noticed Iskandar joining the battlefield out of the corner of his eye, and a malicious smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Huh? What are they doing?!" Just as Iskandar was trying to get closer to the smoke mirror, Weber suddenly discovered that the soldiers around the King of Conquerors were killing each other. Some of them even stretched out their blades towards the King of Conquerors, but were then chopped down by the King of Conquerors.

[Black Sun: EX] is Smoke Mirror's inherent skill, and also proof of his status as the supreme god of the Aztecs, the first sun.

The sun reflected by the obsidian is the power of the omnipotent God who can see through the future and control the flow of all things. Although it cannot control "things that do not exist in the world", it can freely combine "things that already exist in the world."

Combined with his other inherent skill [Charm of Struggle: A], just as Quetzalcoatl possesses the charm to cultivate the "goodness" and "life" of living beings and make them rise up, his opponent Tezcatlipoca also possesses the charm to incite living beings, an offensive charm that makes "evil" and "struggle" boil.

With the cooperation of these two skills, Smoke Mirror made everyone on the battlefield change their target of enemy from Smoke Mirror to everyone they could see, and the soldiers of the King of Conquerors began to fight with all their might until only one person was left.

But the downside is that he himself cannot violate this rule, otherwise he will lose his divinity and become an ordinary "human".

But to Smoke Mirror, everyone in front of him is an enemy, so there is almost no negative effect.

The reason why Smoke Mirror did not use his ability to cover Gilgamesh and the others was, firstly, he was not sure whether the Hero King who possessed the King's treasure had become wary of him and prepared for him, and secondly, Smoke Mirror was still expecting these people to put on a good show for him.

"Is this his power?" Jin Shanshan was relieved when he saw the scene in front of him. If that was all, then Tezcatlipoca would have nothing to fear.

"Boy, use the Command Spell." Gilgamesh ordered the panicked Weber.

"Yes!" Waver subconsciously raised his right hand after hearing Jin Shanshan's order: "I declare that King of Conquerors Iskandar has awakened."

Seeing that Iskandar seemed still not awake after one stroke of the Command Spell disappeared, Weber quickly used another one, which finally made Iskandar understand what he was doing.

"Damn it!" Iskandar blocked the spear that his adjutant was stabbing at him and cursed angrily.

He wanted to disband the King's Army to prevent his soldiers from killing each other, but the danger of Tezcatlipoca made him realize that he could not do so. Otherwise, he could not even imagine how much trouble a free god Assassin would bring.

Iskandar could only suppress the humiliation and anger in his heart and return to Jinshanshan.

"If you have any solution, please come up with it quickly. My soldiers won't be able to hold on for much longer at this rate." Iskandar suppressed his inner annoyance and said to Jin Shanshan.

"Thanks to you and your soldiers, I understand what power he has left. Leave it to me from now on!"

Chapter 171 Archer, Commit Suicide

Golden ripples appeared from the void, and Gilgamesh's favorite and most trusted treasure, the [Chain of Heaven], poked its head out from the King's treasure.

The function of this treasure is "a warning to God". The higher the divinity of the captured person, the harder the chain will be, and the harder it will be to break free. It is one of the very few weapons against Gods, and as the supreme god in Aztec mythology, the divinity on the Smoke Mirror is undoubtedly full to the point of overflowing.

The Heavenly Chain drew a beautiful trajectory in the air and bound Smoke Mirror's body.

"Ehecatl, ehecatl, wind of the night, those who enslave us, the time of destruction has come. - Go to the next world, Tonal Tepeyollotl."

The Heaven's Chain is indeed an anti-god weapon that can have a great impact on Smoke Mirror. Smoke Mirror does not want to be entangled by it, so he uses the [Heart of the Mountain: A] that symbolizes his identity as the king of leopards, and constantly moves in the crowd to avoid the pursuit of the Heaven's Chain.

Jin Shanshan did not expect that he could subdue the incarnation of the sun with the Heavenly Chain alone. He solemnly pulled out a peculiarly shaped weapon from the King's Treasure.

"Let this strike be a farewell ceremony." Jin Shanshan raised the weapon in his hand which was called the Sword of Separation. In fact, the weapon was created earlier than the concept of sword.

If the Heaven's Chain is Gilgamesh's most trusted and favorite Noble Phantasm, then the Sword of Separation is his most powerful Noble Phantasm in the true sense.

It does not have a blade in the usual sense, and the head is not a sharp part. The sword body is frustum-shaped and divided into three sections, which rotate in opposite directions with the hilt as the axis. The magic storm generated can cut through space. It was born in an era older than humans or planets. It was wielded by gods to open up the world. It is a treasure among treasures that materializes pure power itself.

Even among a large number of Noble Phantasms, it is one of the top Noble Phantasms, and it is truly a sword that "cuts the world apart"!

"It tells the story of the beginning, the separation of heaven and earth, and the void offering a blessing to the creation."

"Tear the world apart with my sword of separation."

"Surrounding the mortar of the stars, the hell in the sky is the end point on the eve of creation."

"Submit it with death."

As Gilgamesh's Noble Phantasm was about to be released, the army of the King of Barriers of King Iskandar of Conquerors began to tremble, as if it would collapse in the next second.

"Archer, commit suicide." However, the next words that appeared in this noisy world were not the final chant of the Sword of Renegade, but came from Tōsaka Tokiomi, who had remained strangely silent and ignored since the beginning of the battle.

"Do you know what you are saying? Tokiomi!" Jin Shanshan turned his head and looked at the minister, whom he had previously considered mediocre and incompetent, with an incredulous look.

"Commit suicide! Commit suicide!!!" Iskandar raised his sword and chopped at Toosaka Tokiomi's arm after a moment of hesitation. However, Toosaka Tokiomi's order was faster. He excitedly used up the remaining two Command Seals at the fastest speed. Even though the King of Conquerors had already chopped off his arm, it was too late.

"What are you doing?!" Iskandar grabbed Tohsaka Tokiomi's collar angrily and puzzledly, lifted him in front of him, and questioned loudly.

"For the long-cherished wish of the Toosaka clan, and also for Sakura." Toosaka Tokiomi's emotions stabilized at this time. He didn't care about his broken arm that was still bleeding, and said calmly.

"Toosaka Tokiomi!!!" Gilgamesh roared at Tokiomi with eyes wide open, but his magic power level was only C-grade, and even though he had treasures such as the Golden Armor that could weaken magic, he was unable to resist the Command Seals that directly acted on the Heroic Spirits themselves.

Tōsaka Tokiomi used up all three Command Seals in one breath. Even though Altriat had a magic power of A, it was impossible for him to disobey this order. Even though Gilgamesh was reluctant, the sword of rebellion that was ready to strike still pierced his own heart.

"Haaaaaaahhh!! That's it, that's it! This is what I want to see!" Smoke Mirror laughed happily. Sakura did not disappoint him. Such a joyful scene really made his blood boil.

"Divine Wheel!" The King's army was actively dispelled by the King of Conquerors at this moment, and the rules set by the Smoke Mirror for the inherent barrier also collapsed. Iskandar did not dare to waste any time, picked up Tōsaka Tokiomi and Waver, jumped on his mount, and fled from here with the two of them at the fastest speed.

“I was actually defeated by a mere bastard…” The oldest king, Hero King Gilgamesh, stepped down from the stage.

"You're really useless, Uncle Mirror." Ying jumped out of the imaginary space and taunted the Smoky Mirror. If it weren't for the anti-world treasure, the Sword of Separation, which could affect her even when she was hiding in the imaginary space, she wouldn't want to reveal her trump card at this time.

"Since you want to take this opportunity to kill me, why don't you use the Command Spell to give me the same order?" Smoke Mirror said with a grin to Sakura, who was not even as tall as his legs.

"What are you talking about, Uncle Jing? Although you are indeed annoying, why should I kill you?" Ying said innocently, and then walked towards home.

"Hate it? I don't really have anything I hate. Is that something worth being aware of? If you don't like it, just throw it away and it'll be gone, right? Things you hate are always [nothing]." Smoke Mirror followed behind Sakura and said indifferently.

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"Why?!" After confirming that the enemy was not chasing him, Iskandar landed in a small forest and threw Tōsaka Tokiomi to the ground.

"I've told you before, this is for the long-cherished wish of the Toosaka clan, for the long-cherished wish of all magicians, and also for Sakura." Toosaka Tokiomi got up from the ground, his face looking pale due to excessive blood loss, but he still maintained his elegance.

"Are all magicians such an unreasonable bunch?! And weren't it you and the Hero King who gathered us together from the beginning? Why would you betray us at this time?!" Iskandar put his sword on Tohsaka Tokiomi's neck and asked, resisting the urge to move his head away from his neck.

"All magi have only one wish, which is to reach the source. As long as they can eventually reach the source, what does it matter what the world becomes?"

"If you think that the way to reach the root is death, then I can send you there immediately! Then why do you say it's for your daughter Ying? Since nothing matters after reaching the root, why do you still say it's for her?!"

Iskandar once again confirmed that the so-called magicians were all a bunch of bastards, but what he should do is to find out as much as possible about the current situation, so he could only suppress the surging murderous intent in his heart and put the sword back - he was afraid that if he put the sword on Tōsaka Tokiomi's neck again, he would lose control and cut him with the knife.

"Even if this so-called disaster is successfully resolved, Fuyuki City will surely attract the attention of the whole world. By then, the Holy Grail Ceremony will no longer belong to Fuyuki, and no longer belong to the Three Great Families. Then, does the Tōsaka clan still have hope of reaching the source?" Although his face became paler, Tōsaka Tokiomi became more energetic.

"There is only one answer, no! The Toosaka family will be eaten up by hyenas from all directions. Even if they can still preserve a certain amount of magical heritage, they will lose the qualification to explore the root. Even if they are lucky enough to find the path to the root outside of the Holy Grail ceremony, who knows how long it will take to prepare before they can start exploring the root again." Toosaka Tokiomi said these words with a hint of relief. These were all told to him by Sakura through the imaginary space in the King's Army.

Because of his initial inappropriate behavior, no one paid attention to Toosaka Tokiomi even though he showed obvious abnormality when he heard Sakura's voice, allowing him to have a complete conversation between father and daughter.

It was for this reason that Toosaka Tokiomi learned about the Matou family's already corrupted magic, Matou Zouken's already rotten and corrupted soul and wishes, and also learned about how he almost pushed Sakura into an abyss a year ago, and endless regret and self-blame welled up in his heart.

"The root! The root! Is the root so important? What we are facing now is a disaster that will lead to the destruction of the world and the distortion of human principles!" Iskandar couldn't help but kick Toosaka Tokiomi to the ground, causing more blood to flow out of his broken arm.

Waver, who was standing by, was so frightened that he quickly used magic to stop the bleeding of Toosaka Tokiomi, fearing that Toosaka Tokiomi would die before he could finish his questions.

"Don't be so impatient. A king should have the bearing of a king, right? If I die accidentally, you might regret it." Toosaka Tokiomi struggled to sit up and leaned against a big tree nearby. He ignored Waver beside him and spoke to Iskandar with a relaxed smile.

"Where was I just now? By the way, even if the so-called salvation is accomplished, the Tousaka family will still not be able to escape the fate of destruction, and pursuing the root cause will become nonsense."

"But Sakura showed me a completely new path, and the possibility of leading to the root was infinitely magnified in Sakura! Sakura told me everything. Since I, as the current head of the Toosaka family, have lost hope of finding the root, then I must clear all obstacles on the road to finding the root for future generations!" Toosaka Tokiomi became excited.

"Ha!" Iskandar was now laughing out of anger, and he was completely amused by Tōsaka Tokiomi.

"Your daughter Sakura, if I remember correctly, you said she was only six years old? She was only five years old when she disappeared a year ago. How could you believe the words of a six-year-old child?" Iskandar had another stereotype about magicians. Not only were they all selfish bastards, but they all seemed to have some serious problems in their brains!

"Why not?" Toosaka Tokiomi asked back.

"Haven't you ever thought that your daughter has been bewitched? That Tezcatlipoca is a famous evil god. How can you be sure that Sakura is not under his control?" After being laughed at in anger, Iskandar realized what kind of person Tōsaka Tokiomi is now, and then he calmed down and analyzed.

"Tezcatlipoca, the first sun in Aztec mythology, the supreme god who symbolizes darkness and evil, is known as the omnipotent god. Why would such a being appear in the Holy Grail War? Why did he appear in the world a year in advance to save Sakura? You really want to know this, right?" said Toosaka Tokiomi.

"Would you be so kind as to tell us? Aren't you afraid that I would ruin your beautiful dream?" Iskandar remained skeptical.

"Everything is almost over. We've lost the King of Heroes, and if their luck is worse, both servants might even be defeated. Even if I tell you, what can you do?" Toosaka Tokiomi could feel his body getting cold. He probably didn't have much time left.

"Then tell me quickly!" Iskandar also keenly noticed that Tōsaka Tokiomi's vital signs began to decline, so he told him not to waste any more time.

"Human evil is hidden beneath Fuyuki City. It is using Fuyuki City and the Holy Grail War as nutrients for its incubation. Once it is born, it will begin to destroy the world. This is the result of our previous discussion, right?" Toosaka Tokiomi's voice began to fade.

"Go on," Iskandar urged.

"But all this is just speculation made by the oldest king, isn't it? Although Tezcatlipoca is an evil god, in mythology he is an existence that [kills humans, sacrifices hearts, and threatens the world]."

"But in fact, he is the god who protects the rules of the Central and South American world. It is because of his important sacrifice that the world can be stable. Tezcatlipoca is the defender of this rule and is undoubtedly a member of the guardian of the world."

In fact, this is true. The feathered serpent Quetzalcoatl that the Chaldeans met in the seventh singularity is the one who will destroy the rules of the world and pose a threat to the world. Even though she loves humans, her love is too heavy for humans.

"You mean we actually got the enemy wrong from the beginning, and the enemy is not actually evil humans? Then what about the anomaly in Fuyuki City? And how do you explain the malice emanating from the spiritual veins that Saber also mentioned?!" Waver hurriedly asked after hearing this information that negated all their previous efforts.

However, Tōsaka Tokiomi was no longer able to make any sound and could no longer respond to Waver's questions, becoming the first Master to die in this Holy Grail War.

"Rider, can we believe what he said? If it is true, what should we do?" Looking at the lifeless body of Tōsaka Tokiomi, Waver asked his Servant in confusion.

"Huh? Does what he said have anything to do with what we should do next?"

"But..." Waver was interrupted by Iskandar who saw through his thoughts as soon as he opened his mouth.

"There is no but. Even if it is true, what does it matter? Will the enemy standing in front of us surrender because of this?"

"Since the enemy is right in front of us, what we have to do is to defeat the enemy!" Iskandar said proudly.

"Yes!"

Chapter 172 Yamagami Tetsuya in Action

"Get behind me!" Iskandar suddenly blocked Weber behind him and looked vigilantly at the woods not far away.

"I'm Saber." Altria walked out of the woods. On the way here, she and Emiya Kiritsugu noticed the movement of the Kamui Wheel and changed direction directly to come here.

"Saber, where is your Master?" Iskandar did not let down his guard just because the person coming was his teammate. He was ready to release the Godly Chariot and retreat again at any time. Now was not the right time to fight.

What's more, the previous incident with Tōsaka Tokiomi also reminded him that even the present situation before might not be reliable.

"I am Saber's true Master, Emiya Kiritsugu. Why did Toosaka Tokiomi die here?" In order to gain Rider's trust, Emiya Kiritsugu came to the scene in person to show his sincerity, but he did not expect to see Toosaka Tokiomi's body here, and from his appearance, it was obvious that he died from excessive blood loss and did not receive timely medical treatment.

This was obviously related to the presence of Rider and his master Waver Velvet. Emiya Kiritsugu also became alert and was ready to draw his gun and shoot Waver at any time.

"The real Master? No matter what your intentions were before, now that you are here it means that Saber and Lancer have also encountered strong enemies. Is Lancer dead too?" It was just a shadow stand-in. Iskandar had used this method before his death, so he was not surprised. Instead, he asked directly about the battle situation of the group heading to Ryudo Temple.

"Answer my question first!" Emiya Kiritsugu signaled Saber to get ready for action. As long as she could hold Iskandar back for a while, Emiya Kiritsugu would be confident that he could kill Waver.

"We encountered the enemy in the Matou family and met Sakura, the daughter of Toosaka Tokiomi who had been missing for more than a year. Then, during the battle, Toosaka Tokiomi suddenly betrayed the King of Heroes and ordered him to commit suicide, so we quickly escaped." Weber stepped forward to explain.

"We interrogated Toosaka Tokiomi here. After answering our questions, he died of excessive blood loss." Weber explained Toosaka Tokiomi's case as concisely as possible.

"Since he has already rebelled, why should he answer your questions?" Emiya Kiritsugu still did not let down his guard. In his opinion, the situation here was too abnormal.

The King of Heroes and the King of Conquerors are also top-level servants, but not only is the battle here dull, but Tōsaka Tokiomi also died here inexplicably, and Waver is giving a completely untenable explanation.

Irisviel's whereabouts are unknown, and her powerful teammate Lancer has just died. Here he receives the news of the King of Heroes' death, as well as the unknown cause of Tousaka Tokiomi's death. Everything weighs on Kiritsugu Emiya's heart like a heavy mountain, making him a little breathless.

"The world, is there still hope?" Emiya Kiritsugu, who was determined to save the world, began to feel lost in this hopeless situation.

"According to Tōsaka Tokiomi, it's because it doesn't matter what happens to us..." Waver began to narrate the course of events and the outcome haltingly, trying to tell Emiya Kiritsugu exactly what Tōsaka Tokiomi had said to them not long ago.

"That's it." Waver said cautiously. When facing Emiya Kiritsugu, he felt as if a knife was at his neck. He always felt that he might be killed in the next second.

After hearing this, Kiritsugu Emiya and Altria fell silent, because to Kiritsugu Emiya, if such a thing was made up by Waver on the spur of the moment, it would be too absurd and full of loopholes, so Kiritsugu Emiya believed what Waver said.

"Hey, Saber, and this Master. Regardless of whether what Tōsaka Tokiomi said is true or false, Waver and I have decided to continue fighting. So what do you think?" Iskandar interrupted the thoughts of Emiya Kiritsugu and Altria.

They had been here for quite some time and were at risk of being found at any time. If Altria had not suddenly appeared just now, he would have already left with Weber.

"Of course I will continue to fight!" Altria said firmly. No matter what the enemy's purpose was, it was certain that the enemy was still an enemy. As King Arthur, how could she let her allies fight alone?

"What Saber means is what I mean. The enemy is too strong. If we separate, we have no chance of winning." Emiya Kiritsugu rarely agreed with Altria's idea. They both believed that they had to continue fighting.

And although there is a big gap in combat power between the two sides now, based on the current intelligence they are not without a chance of victory. If they can reasonably arrange their own combat power and kill Tohsaka Tokiomi's daughter Sakura, there may be hope.

"Let's go back to the Cathedral Church and take Kotomine and his son away. Act as soon as possible. I hope the enemy hasn't attacked the church yet." Emiya Kiritsugu quickly decided on the next course of action, which was to take Kotomine and his son away.

Firstly, Toosaka Tokiomi is dead, and they urgently need a local tyrant to provide information. And Rinfeng Li has been a priest in Fuyuki City for such a long time, and his understanding of Fuyuki City is no worse than Toosaka Tokiomi.

Secondly, there is the matter of the Command Seals. Both he and Weber only have the last stroke of the Command Seals left, and they must be replenished as soon as possible. If there were enough Command Seals, they would be able to arrange more tactics, and Yan Fenglizheng possessed a large number of Command Seals.

The third is Kotomine Kirei. As the last Master on their side, Emiya Kiritsugu and Waver know almost nothing about his Servant except that he is also a Master. They only know that Kotomine Kirei's Servant is a Berserker, but they don't know the specific situation.

It’s just that Tousaka Tokiomi once said that Berserker was very special, not suitable for head-on combat but very powerful against certain enemies.