Chapter 506: The Twisted Matou Family
Boom!
Boom!
The sounds of explosions rang out continuously. Medusa sat beside the purple-haired girl, protecting her underneath. The violent vibrations above their heads and the falling sand and dirt all reminded them that right now, the Matou family mansion was probably undergoing some kind of devastating attack.
And the "young master" they deliberately left upstairs had probably already turned into a puddle of mush.
Medusa only hoped those people would leave after seeing the flesh and blood.
The woman sitting deeper underground was very clear that Reincarnators could clearly see from the panel who they had killed.
A mere Matou Shinji couldn't possibly satisfy that beast.
From the intelligence brought back by Rider · Medusa and the message sent back by Chizha before the start of that final battle, there was no doubt that that guy Mercenary Tao had entered this world, and highly likely became the Class · Assassin, which should have been the most harmless but at this moment had reached the peak of dangerousness.
Among the various Classes, Assassin had very few bonuses for Class combat. Therefore, in most cases, Servants of this Class found it difficult to fight other Classes head-on.
They could only use the Presence Concealment ability to hide themselves and conduct intelligence gathering or assassinate Masters. Encountering powerful Servants head-on, they were easily killed.
But with a guy like Mercenary Tao becoming Assassin, things became quite troublesome.
The woman codenamed [Cannibal Flower] knew the strength of Chizha and Phantom Dragon. When this duo joined forces, they possessed strength close to the upper stream below the [Fierce] tier. Facing ordinary Servants of this world, they could also preserve their lives.
But facing Mercenary Tao, they both died. Even Medusa, who sped away, couldn't rescue them in time.
Moreover, according to Medusa, Mercenary Tao was extremely fast, not conceding at all even to her, who had obtained the Rider Class correction.
A top-tier martial artist with speed close to Rider...
Cannibal Flower felt a sharp pain in her glabella just thinking about this kind of enemy. As a spellcaster like her, she hated speed-type Reincarnators the most.
Cannibal Flower moved her gaze to Matou Sakura, hesitating whether to take the risk now and try to find the worm Matou Zouken hid on Sakura's heart.
Cannibal Flower's team had entered this world before. This time they chose to join the Matou faction because, among the several directions of the Fifth Holy Grail War, she believed only the HF route (Sakura's route) was closest to opening the Root.
Therefore, after joining the Matou family faction, she quickly used her abilities and the Reincarnator's advantage of foresight to let Phantom Dragon and Chizha launch a preemptive sneak attack, directly killing Matou Zouken's physical body.
But whether from the Space panel or their understanding of the plot, they knew very well that Matou Zouken wasn't dead. He highly likely turned into worms and hid somewhere in the mansion.
After Chizha and Phantom Dragon died, she made a prompt decision and immediately took Medusa, Matou Sakura, and the remaining member [North of Mohe] to hide underground and set up a barrier.
She wanted to use Mercenary Tao to destroy Matou Zouken's other trump cards and means. If Matou Zouken still wasn't dead, then he was highly likely hiding on Matou Sakura's heart.
Whether she killed him herself or let Mercenary Tao kill him, both were acceptable outcomes.
"At a time like this, you are still thinking of killing this old man?"
A voice suddenly rang out. A large number of worms crawled out from the underground of the cave. [North of Mohe] immediately stood up, extending his right palm. A hole revealed itself in his palm, and flames ignited.
He was a cybernetic-modification-type Reincarnator. Against a guy like Matou Zouken who played with worms and Crest Magecraft, his affinity was quite excellent.
Those worms also seemed to stagnate for a moment. It wasn't until Cannibal Flower reached out and stopped North of Mohe that Matou Zouken slowly turned back into a human shape after a large number of worms gathered together.
It was only a human shape, without skin. Those constantly squirming Crest Worms made Cannibal Flower feel a sense of disgust from the bottom of her heart.
She didn't like this worm whose mind had long been twisted by old age. That idealist who wanted to eliminate all the evils of the world, the radiant [Makiri Zolgen], had completely perished with the passage of time.
What was left was merely a disgusting worm who put the cart before the horse and cared for nothing but survival.
This kind of guy, in her eyes, was even more disgusting than Shimura Danzo in the Naruto world with his empty talk and grand ambitions.
Her disgust was undisguised, and Matou Zouken could also perceive it. But he didn't care. Right now, this group of people controlled Sakura and had killed his unfilial grandson Shinji. His own physical body had also been destroyed.
And according to his informants, the Tohsaka family and that adopted son of Emiya Kiritsugu had already successfully summoned Servants right now. In this Holy Grail War, he was already in an overwhelmingly disadvantageous situation.
To reverse the situation, he could only cooperate with this group of people.
"Even if you kill this old man, with your abilities, you completely can't win, right?"
"Heh, although I don't know where you learned about the tampering this old man did on Sakura, even with the fragments of the Greater Grail, Sakura's aptitude as a Lesser Grail might not necessarily win against that girl from the Einzbern family..."
"Your plan to kill that girl has already failed, hasn't it..."
Although Cannibal Flower hated Matou Zouken, she also admitted that what the other party said was indeed a fact. Especially after Phantom Dragon and Chizha both died; she was a spellcaster, and North of Mohe was a cyborg. It was very difficult to carry out assassination missions.
Especially knowing that Mercenary Tao was following Illya.
If Illya was in perfect condition, with her knowledge, it was indeed uncertain whether she could make Sakura become the Lesser Grail, thereby directing the plot towards the Heaven's Feel route.
This old worm, although his combat power might not be great, as a magus who had lived for over two hundred years, his understanding of the Holy Grail War was incomparable to them Reincarnators.
Moreover, as one of the creators of the Fuyuki Holy Grail War, Matou Zouken could use the Greater Grail to perform some "backdoor" operations.
For example... summoning an extra Heroic Spirit Servant again to supplement the combat power on their side.
The mass of worms that was Matou Zouken twisted and approached the few people, already coming under the light below the barrier. Medusa blocked in front of Sakura. She could feel that these worms had some kind of greed towards her Master.
At this time, Matou Sakura slowly opened her eyes, confusion still lingering in them.
Cannibal Flower frowned, reached out and made a stroke in front of Matou Sakura's eyes. Matou Sakura fell into a deep sleep again.
She returned to the familiar school again, seeing that boy jumping over the high jump bar time and time again. That vitality and vigor of life made her envious beyond measure.
Like a flower in a dark swamp, she wanted to poke her head out and covet that ray of sunlight.
But in the next moment, a girl in red with black twin tails appeared in front of the boy. The two talked happily, their behavior intimate.
Matou Sakura's dream world turned into a patch of darkness again.
She didn't understand why this world always had to take away everything she had. Even her older sister, who clearly enjoyed everything of the Tohsaka family, still had to take away even this last ray of light.
Dark aura continuously permeated from Matou Sakura's body.
This action was favored by Matou Zouken, his voice exuding a certain relief.
"This progress is still a bit too early now. If Sakura falls into darkness at this time..."
He hinted at something. Cannibal Flower thought for a moment, reached out and wiped Matou Sakura's forehead again. Matou Sakura's expression also gradually relaxed.
Medusa watched this scene, the hand holding her Master twitching.
These people... even while protecting this pitiful girl, they didn't forget to squeeze out her last bit of value.
It was really... nauseating.
White Mask turned her head, listening to some message, and then revealed a smile. She looked at the ancient scroll in her hand, then stood up and said to Gilgamesh:
"We have to go rescue our lovely allies... We can't let that beast destroy everything before that plan begins..."
Gilgamesh increasingly felt that "Kotomine Kirei" seemed to have undergone some changes today. The other party seemed to suddenly have some kind of pursuit?
He scrutinized the other party with indifferent eyes. White Mask also noticed the "King of Heroes'" sharpness. She pinched her glabella. This plot character possessing divinity was indeed troublesome. If it weren't for the final ending, she would have been better off using that item on the King of Heroes.
She restored her cold expression, walked out of the church, preparing to rescue that group of people, and incidentally bury the foundation of the Human Instrumentality Project into the leylines of Fuyuki City.
(End of Chapter)
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