Shirou, who returned from the Fairy Kingdom

If I were as calm, decisive, and strong as Shinji, would I be able to protect the people around me?

That's right, he hasn't forgotten.

After arriving in Japan, he met a young man who was like himself, without the lineage of a great family.

Shinji, despite being only the first generation of magicians, defeated El-Melloi, the genius monarch of the Clock Tower.

It inspires admiration and longing.

Shinji is practically Weber's ideal self, someone he could never become.

The reason I'm here today is partly to search for the missing McGeekens, but also to put an end to things.

Shinji-kun, if I'm not mistaken... you must be watching this place right now.

Then you'd better open your eyes wide and watch carefully!

I'm not just a clown hiding behind Rider!

I will win.

I will prove my strength.

And then... I will fight you for the final Holy Grail!

Waver clenched his right fist and roared, "By Command Spell... Rider! Defeat Saber with all your might!"

"What a ridiculous Command Seal."

The Conqueror King gripped the reins of his chariot, a slight smile playing on his lips: "But... you do have a little bit of manly spirit, lad."

……

……

"……whispering sound."

Hidden in the woods, Bai Mao Hassan clicked his tongue in displeasure.

Following Shirou's instructions, she infiltrated the Einzbern Forest, only to unexpectedly stumble upon Rider's invasion. She then reported the situation to the boy, who was temporarily unable to leave.

"No matter how you look at it, it's definitely Kirei Kotomine's work."

"I think so too, but what will your lovely allies think? Will they believe you?"

"..."

Shirou remained silent, but soon Saber's rebuttal to Rider's Master came through.

"Well, it seems I'm trusted by everyone," Shirou said proudly.

Assassin grumbled, "Hmph, you little devil who only knows how to deceive women."

Shirou said innocently, "When did I lie to a girl? I wasn't the one who kidnapped her in the first place."

"Your very existence is it!" Hassan said indignantly.

If the King of Knights and her Master dare to assert that Shirou kidnapped the old man, then they are no longer worthy of being allies...

"I'll accept Shirou without hesitation," the female assassin thought.

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Volume 1, Chapter 81: Are all the priests of Type-Moon monsters?

After finishing dinner at his home, Shirou immediately bid farewell to Fujimura Taiga and embarked on his journey back to Einzbern Castle.

I never expected that Rider would invade Einzbern Castle while I was away. I never expected that Tokiomi Tohsaka would be driven to this point by his own actions, even going so far as to kidnap citizens who had nothing to do with the Holy Grail War.

No, Tokiomi Tohsaka shouldn't be capable of doing something like that.

Shirou thought to himself, "This is probably the work of Kirei Kotomine."

We'll settle accounts with them later; right now, the most urgent thing is to return to the forest in the suburbs.

It would take at least an hour and a half to get back by car from Fukayama-cho, and by then Saber and Rider would probably have already finished their battles.

At times like this, Shirou would marvel at how thoughtful Irisviel was—she had prepared transportation for him to and from the airport in advance.

Good evening, Sera, Lizzie.

Upon arriving at the designated location, they found the Einzbern maid duo and their mistress's silver car, which had been waiting all day.

"Good evening, Master Shirou."

As soon as Shirou sat in the back seat, the busty android in the passenger seat spoke without any expression.

"Wait a minute, Liselle... what's with this 'young master' address?"

"It was the lady... no, it was the madam who instructed me to address her that way."

Liselle said, "From now on, you shall address her as 'Madam,' and Shirou as 'Young Master.'"

Why would someone promote their own seniority?

The red-haired boy was speechless upon hearing this, and said, "But Sera isn't called that, is she?"

"..."

The flat-chested maid, gripping the steering wheel, kept a tense expression, saying nothing, but clearly displeased.

Shirou thought for a moment, then said, "Let's not call me that anymore, it sounds weird. Just call me Shirou."

"……May I?"

"Ah, I'll also explain to Irisviel."

Shirou noticed that Sera glanced at him through the rearview mirror before she rudely started the engine and skillfully merged into the sparse traffic of the night.

"Does she hate me?" Shirou wondered.

……

……

A bright light suddenly flashed in the forest in front of Einzbern Castle; it was a surge of magical energy mixed with the aura of the Age of Gods.

Rider, the divine bull chariot controlled by Iskandar, the Conqueror, races through the air, wreathed in lightning.

"Saber's Master, thank you! You've specially prepared such a vast battlefield for me."

If the battlefield is too narrow, the sons of Zeus (the divine bulls) will have no motivation to crush their enemies.

"Alright, Saber! Let my wheel and your holy sword settle this once and for all!"

As Rider pulled on the reins, the mighty bull roared and charged towards Saber below, streaks of lightning tracing a path across the night sky!

In Saber's time, a large number of fantastical creatures still existed on the island of Britain in the fifth century.

Even though the Knight King has plenty of experience fighting monsters and mythical beasts, she has very little experience fighting real divine beasts.

The divine beast that appeared alongside the Conqueror King is called God Bull.

Zeus, the king of the skies in Greek mythology, is said to have transformed into a bull when he tempted Europa.

Therefore, the chariots offered to Zeus—manifesting as their traction—were divine beasts that had a connection to the king of the gods and possessed the power of thunder and lightning.

The chariot only revealed its full form as a scorched earth weapon when Iskandar drew his short sword from his waist.

The mythical beast's iron hooves and the chariot's wheels will crush the enemy. At the same time, the bull's hooves will generate a huge range of purple lightning when they trample, and the magic power will be amplified by the rotation of the wheels, resulting in an effect of endless lightning strikes wherever they go.

With its attack power, defense, mobility, and attack range all maxed out, "God's Wheel" is truly a devastating Noble Phantasm.

The bull-roaring chariot plummeted towards the ground like a shooting star, its target, of course, being the petite swordswoman.

"Take this, King of Knights!"

Rider roared as it swooped down.

No human being is powerless and vulnerable before the power of Almighty God’s thunder and lightning; even great heroes and kings are no exception.

However, if the opponent is a dragon, even surpassing a divine beast—

The torrent formed by the magical conflict swept through the entire forest.

Saber stood still and used her sword to block Rider's chariot.

To be precise, just before she was about to be run over by the chariot, she nimbly leaped aside to avoid its path, while simultaneously gripping her holy sword and slashing at the wheels.

The chariot wheels were equipped with enormous scythes taller than the girl herself, and as the divine bull galloped at high speed, the sharp blades spun like a rock-cutting machine.

Before that storm of blades, any famous sword would be instantly pulverized and reduced to dust, yet not even a scratch could be left on the scabbard of the holy sword.

Even so, Saber, weighing less than 90 kilograms, was still thrown off by the impact of the tank.

However, just before being thrown back, she swung "Wind King Hammer" with all her might, which slightly deflected the chariot's trajectory, allowing Saber to avoid the follow-up attack (lightning) of "Kamui Wheel" without taking any damage.

Rider, propelled by his sprint, was forced to continue forward, missing the opportunity to pursue.

He pulled on the reins to adjust the direction, and then returned to the sky.

"Hahahaha! As expected, it's not so easy to solve this, Knight King!"

The Conqueror King laughed heartily, but when he looked down to search for the enemy, he found that the little blonde girl had disappeared.

"Uh, where are they?"

"Inside the forest!"

Waver, standing next to the King of Conquerors, pointed to a forest not far away: "I saw Saber rush into the forest; she must be trying to take advantage of the terrain!"

Iskandar paused for a moment.

"Divine Wheel" just lost its direction at the speed of breaking the sound barrier. Did Waver actually notice Saber's movements at that moment?

This kid might...

The Conqueror's lips curled up slightly.

"Hahaha! Kid, well done! Now it's up to me!"

The chariot, which had just returned to the air, swooped down again. Webber was so frightened that he almost lost his soul and clung tightly to Rider's waist.

"Wait, wait a minute, what are you planning to do? Didn't I say Saber has already hidden herself using the terrain?"

The Conqueror King roared dismissively, "Since the enemy has hidden in the forest, then we will destroy the entire forest along with the enemy."

Behold, this is the Conqueror King's ravages!

Rider charged into the forest without hesitation.

The wheels, crackling with lightning, crushed the surrounding trees like pieces of paper, destroying everything in their path like a violent storm of lightning.

Before the Conqueror King's iron cavalry, neither the Einzbern barrier nor the centuries-old trees were any different from ants.

However, just as the Conqueror King was wreaking havoc, a silver figure suddenly rushed out from the shadows of the trees beside the chariot.

The figure of the Knight King emerged from the darkness.

Artoria attacked Iskandar from the side of the chariot, which was neither able to charge nor defend against.

First, she dispelled the aftershocks of the lightning with a single sword strike, and then, with the help of "Magic Release," she closed the distance in one fell swoop, slashing down from the air at the Conqueror King on the chariot.

Instead of unleashing the Holy Sword and launching a ranged attack, Saber opted for an assassin's tactic of directly beheading the enemy.

Because both "Wind King Hammer" and "Excalibur" require a charging process.

Although it was only a few seconds, it was enough for the Rider to turn around and run him over.

Therefore, she chose to dispel the "Wind King Barrier" and "Avalon," and directly end the enemy's life with the edge of the Holy Sword.

"We got it! Drink up!"

Upon seeing the swordswoman girl rushing towards him with a whirlwind, Waver clutched his head and screamed in agony.

However, the Conqueror King showed no sign of panic. His eyes widened, and he raised the sword of Jupoortis high in his hand—

"Hey ahh ...

Rider roared.

Faced with an unavoidable attack, the Conqueror King, who was not known for his martial prowess, actually chose to compete with the Knight King, who was the incarnation of the Red Dragon, in strength and swordsmanship.

No matter how you look at it, this is courting death.

So... was Alexander the Great, who conquered half the world, just a brainless and reckless man, as he appeared?