Zongman, the journey begins from the wrong place

Seeing Gilgamesh standing on the tree branch, his armor still shining like a street lamp, Noah almost couldn't hold back his desire to complain.

Are you really addicted to street lights?

It really makes people want to fight.

No, hold on, hold on. This time I'm not here to fight, I'm asking him to come and discuss something.

I have to be polite, just polite!

Trying hard to put on a smile, Noah waved to Gilgamesh.

"Wow! Gilgamesh, your limbs healed so quickly! You're truly worthy of being the King of Heroes! You even have such a miraculous Noble Phantasm!"

It is naturally a very pleasant thing to praise others for their achievements.

But if this kind of praise is based on the other person's failure and pain, it is inevitably a bit subtle.

And if this kind of praise comes from someone who has caused pain to the other person, it will make people feel like their blood vessels are bursting.

Even Artoria, who "didn't understand human nature", couldn't help but look at Noah in astonishment, wondering if he wanted to take the opportunity to start a war.

Gilgamesh's face instantly turned from white to red, from red to blue, and from blue to black, to the point where even the glittering golden armor could not illuminate it.

"Um, I hope you understand, I didn't mean it that way, you know."

Realizing that he seemed to have said something wrong, Noah couldn't help but grin and looked at Gilgamesh with a bit of guilt.

"If I really want to mock you, I will beat you up first and step on you under my feet. You know I can do it."

Altria subconsciously summoned her battle skirt and holy sword, looking at Noah with a frown.

She felt that the one she should kill might not be Gilgamesh.

Seeing that Noah seemed to want to say something, Gilgamesh waved his hand to interrupt him.

"That's enough! Noah! Is what you said true?!"

Noah nodded without hesitation.

"Ah! Of course! So what's your opinion?"

"...Just as only after experiencing disaster can one understand the value of ordinary everyday life, those who cannot understand the cruelty and dangers of the world do not deserve to live happily under my rule."

Gilgamesh was speaking to Noah, but the first person to become furious after hearing this was Artoria.

To Artoria, who ruled the country with the philosophy of absolute justice and supreme talent to lead the people forward, Gilgamesh's words were the words of a pure arbitrary tyrant.

Gilgamesh naturally noticed the change in Artoria's expression, but he had no idea why she was glaring at him like that.

Although it was a bit confusing, Gilgamesh still chose to speak first.

"But, for your sake, I can accept the cancellation this time..."

But this time, he still couldn't finish his words.

A voice, a voice that only Gilgamesh could hear, echoed in his mind, causing the proud voice to get stuck in his throat.

"Order it with a command--"

The voice was cold and solemn, just like a priest praying the most solemn prayer.

But anyone could hear the joy in that voice.

——It’s like when you are hosting a very serious event in front of a huge audience, and suddenly you see your friends playing around with you. Even though you try your best, you still can’t help but laugh.

No one knew better than Gilgamesh who the owner of this voice was: his new Master, Kotomine Kirei.

The man who harbored pure evil in his heart and who was instigated by him to backstab Tōsaka Tokiomi.

In a sense, it was because he instigated the other party to backstab Tohsaka Tokiomi, which led to the one-on-four battle in the inherent barrier, that Lancer lost his power at the most critical moment.

Not only did it cause them to lose their only chance to defeat Noah, but it also caused Gilgamesh's limbs to be broken by the bombardment of stars.

However, precisely because he knew that the other party did this at his instigation, and because of the sentence "I thought that the King of Heroes had killed all the other four before doing this", Gilgamesh did not choose to punish Kotomine Kirei.

What else could he say?

Admit that even if he joins forces with three servants, he still can't beat a white-haired boy?

As the oldest king, Gilgamesh knew very well that even if his face was stepped on in the mud, he must hold his neck high!

You can't spit out broken teeth, you can only swallow them!

As a monarch, it is also your responsibility to tolerate the mistakes of your subjects.

But at this moment, Gilgamesh suddenly felt that his kindness, which appeared only once in a long time, seemed to be trampled upon!

He tried to stop Kotomine Kirei with a trembling voice that he himself had not even noticed.

"No! Kirei! You bastard! You can't!"

However, Kotomine Kirei's orders continued to be transmitted slowly.

That slow and steady process was as if the irresistible force of fate was slowly crushing all living beings.

"—Infuse the Greater Holy Grail magic circle within the cave with magical power and launch an attack to liberate the evil of this world!"

At this moment, Gilgamesh suddenly felt the impermanence and absurdity of the world, and even had a sense of resonance with Tōsaka Tokiomi, whom he had never met.

Perhaps only when his good friend Enduqi died in front of him did he feel as powerless as he did at this moment.

Compared to the anger of being slapped in the face by Noah, losing face, and having his hands and feet broken, the pain of being bitten by the vicious dog he raised was the ultimate insult to Gilgamesh!

...I finally tried to be a good person for once, but you made me lose so completely!

Blanch!

When the coercive force of the Command Spell came, a storm of tremendous magical power and murderous intent suddenly emanated from Gilgamesh's body.

But no matter how much anger and murderous intent were contained in Gilgamesh's bright red vertical pupils, he subconsciously began to release the king's treasure and summoned many treasures that contained highly concentrated magic power and could destroy magic circles.

The brilliant light was like the sun appearing in the sky, almost illuminating the entire Yuanzang Mountain.

With a "bang", Noah's flying kick landed on Gilgamesh's face the next moment, kicking him away.

Gilgamesh heard the sound of his nose and facial bones breaking, and was covered in blood. His face became as hideous as a demon.

"Kotomine Kirei——! Even if I kill you ten thousand times it won't be enough!"

But even though Gilgamesh was kicked away, the many treasures that were ready to be used still rained down into the cave like a torrential rain.

Countless treasures fell on the mountain and the walls of the cave, causing a huge explosion that shook the earth.

"Liya! Go and cover the others' escape!"

After saying that, Noah rushed into the cave.

126 The Evil of This World Awakens

The ground shook before Noah rushed into the big hole.

When he rushed into the big hole, the ground was still shaking and the shaking was gradually getting stronger.

The only difference is probably that the frequency of the ground shaking changes from violent and chaotic to gradually deeper and regular.

Noah casually slashed forward at the void, and a strong wind dispersed the smoke and dust, and even a vacuum zone appeared briefly.

A large magic circle filled with holes lit up, and a deep darkness emerged, swallowing up countless treasures scattered on the ground.

The darkness underground kept trembling, making a heartbeat sound like a fetal movement.

Wait, a heartbeat?

What's happening here?

Shouldn't the Greater Holy Grail system be activated by devouring enough servant souls and opening a hole in the world?

What was that thing that Jin Shanshan threw over? How did it activate?

The moment Noah was thinking, the soil at his feet instantly turned into dirty black mud, quickly filling every piece of land around him.

It was like a sea of corpses and blood, rolling and surging, emitting wails of sorrow and pain.

The black mud instantly turned into silent black waves, hanging upside down and completely swallowing Noah.

Outside the big cave, Gilgamesh climbed up from the grass in a panic.

His face was completely bloody and mixed with grass, dirt, and dust. Coupled with the large and conspicuous footprints, it looked extremely hideous yet funny.

Anyway, apart from a pair of blood-red eyes, no one would recognize him as the Hero King.

"Kirei! Why!"

Gilgamesh removed a piece of dead wood that was stuck to his face and stared at the large void that continuously emitted foul, hot air.

Although Noah had stepped on his face, he had no intention of settling the score with Noah at the moment.

Aside from the fact that the culprit this time was obviously Kotomine Kirei, another reason was that Gilgamesh already felt that being beaten up by Noah was no big deal.

I was hit once, twice, three or four times, one more time wouldn’t be too much... bullshit!

In order to vent the chaotic emotions in his heart, Gilgamesh looked towards the distance below the mountain and met the eyes of Kotomine Kirei who was standing on the top of a building. His voice was so dry and hoarse that it seemed as if blood was dripping out.

Even at a distance of over a thousand meters, Gilgamesh could clearly detect the mocking smile that appeared on Kotomine Kirei's lips.

"Why? I don't understand why you, the wise and intelligent King of Heroes, would ask such a foolish question!"

Kotomine Kirei spread his hands, as if to say, "Can anyone else do this?"

"'Just pursue pleasure, won't you?' Isn't that what you told me? Is there anything in this world that would bring me greater pleasure than seeing you, a heroic and noble god, being bitten by the very beast you unleashed?"

Kotomine Kirei's words were like nails, each one hitting Gilgamesh's heart hard.

The final hammer is that ironic rhetorical question.

"Well, I want to ask you now - how are you? King of Heroes, how are you feeling now? How are your teeth feeling?"

Gilgamesh remained silent, but pulled out a bow-shaped treasure from the golden waves.

When Gilgamesh lightly pinched the bowstring with his fingers, a bright red arrow condensed out of thin air, emitting a murderous aura like a ferocious beast.

As an Acher, Gilgamesh rarely used a weapon worthy of his class.

As long as he released the bowstring, this cursed arrow would pierce through the void, hit Kotomine Kirei's chest, and pierce his heart.

Although it's not as good as weapons with a causal law like "guaranteed hit", it's more than enough to deal with ordinary people...

However, what was even faster than Gilgamesh's release of his Noble Phantasm was Kotomine Kirei's next order.

"Use the Command Seal, Archer, regardless of the consequences, use all your strength, and kill Rdier."

At this moment, a loud thunder sounded along with the sound of hooves, and the purple thunder tore a long crack in the night.

At the same time, Iskandar's voice, louder than thunder, rang out.

"Hey! Acher! You're causing trouble again, and you didn't figure it out. Now... Acher, what's wrong with you?"

Turning to the front of Gilgamesh, even the carefree Iskandar couldn't help but look stunned after seeing the embarrassed and funny look on his face.

However, Gilgamesh could only summon the King's Treasure with a grim expression and attack Iskandar.

With Command Spells, the simpler, shorter, and more direct the command, the stronger the effect.

If Kotomine Kirei had given an order like 'Don't hurt me', Gilgamesh could have easily blown the buildings around him into pieces.

Even if you were a Templar agent, there was no way you could survive in that situation.

But this did not violate Kotomine Kirei's orders. After all, Gilgamesh was not attacking him, but the things around him.

But when Kotomine Kirei's orders were specific, Gilgamesh had to put aside other things in his hands and give priority to completing the Master's orders.

The rain of Noble Phantasms fell indiscriminately, creating a series of huge explosions on Mount Enzo.

The ground rumbled and shook, countless trees turned into debris, and flames gradually spread in all directions.

"Hey! Acher! You! What are you doing all of a sudden?!"

After hastily dodging several attacks from the Noble Phantasms, the embarrassed Iskandar was about to curse, but suddenly saw Gilgamesh's ugly expression as if his mother had died.

Thinking of what Kiritsugu Emiya had said before about the dangerous Master, a bold idea suddenly appeared in Iskandar's mind uncontrollably.