"Why? No reason at all, my beloved teacher. Just because you're too boring..." Saying this, his arm tightened, increasing the pressure slightly. Now Tokiomi couldn't make any sound, and his face turned the color of pig liver due to lack of oxygen.
Kirei Kotomine was a man who could fight head-on in close combat with Kiritsugu, who used Time Alter. He had even performed feats like uprooting a large tree with his bare hands and snapping an ancient tree directly at the Einzbern castle. He had mastered Bajiquan to the point of perfection.
Although his magical attainments might still be inferior to Tokiomi Tohsaka, when it came to combat power, ten Tokiomis might not necessarily beat one Kirei.
With his throat tightly strangled by Kirei, Tokiomi could only make weak sounds. Although he still had one unused Command Spell in his hand, and casting a Command Spell didn't necessarily require vocalization, at this moment Tokiomi couldn't make a sound, nor could he use his Magic Crests.
But even if he could use a Command Spell to make Goldie save his life, how would he face Goldie, who already disliked him, after losing all his Command Spells? It was a certain death situation.
Strong desire for survival made Tokiomi unconsciously try to pry open Kirei's hands, but his strength was no different from a child's in front of Kirei.
"Cough cough..." Tokiomi's eyes rolled back, foam appearing at the corners of his mouth; he was on the verge of death.
"Lightning Plasma." A golden light flashed, and Kirei Kotomine was sent flying instantly before he could make any move.
"Although I don't really want to save him... who allowed you to kill him?" Meruem descended from the sky, appearing in front of Kirei Kotomine and Goldie.
"Cough cough... Hah, hah." Surviving the disaster, Tokiomi Tohsaka half-knelt on the ground, gasping heavily for breath, greedily inhaling fresh air.
Before, when he saw Meruem's face, he felt immense disgust, but now he felt immense intimacy.
"Mongrel... you're not dead?" Although Goldie phrased it as a question, his tone was certain.
Goldie glanced at Kirei Kotomine beside him with slight dissatisfaction. He had told him to finish Tokiomi off earlier, but this guy insisted on dawdling for half a day. Tokiomi still had a Command Spell in his hand; although Goldie didn't fear it, it was troublesome.
He wasn't surprised that Meruem hadn't died. How could someone this king valued die so easily?
Otherwise, wouldn't it show that this king had poor judgment? Good that he's not dead; then this king will kill him personally.
"You're not dead, so how could I die? I'm taking this guy with me; no objections, right?" Meruem said indifferently. His goal was just to save Tokiomi's life. Anyway, Tokiomi's life or death didn't matter to Goldie.
"Hmph, you would actually save such trash? Oh, this guy Tokiomi seems to be the father of that little girl beside you. As a King, you've degenerated into a nanny; you really bring shame to us. I really want to finish you off right here." Killing intent flashed in Goldie's eyes, but he held back.
This was only because he was facing Meruem. If it were anyone else, he would have waved his hand and thrown dozens of Noble Phantasms to blast them without a word.
His small-scale Gate of Babylon was useless against Meruem; he knew this himself. Although he was the Oldest King possessing two-thirds of the world's treasures, he didn't discard or squander Noble Phantasms casually. Goldie had said this when everyone was fighting Uncle C's sea monster in the original work.
Well, except when acting cool (♂).
As for a large-scale volley of thousands of Noble Phantasms at once? Now wasn't the time for all-out war; he was the final BOSS.
"Need me to make him release the contract with you?" Meruem knew the other party wouldn't choose to start a war right now.
"No need." A golden light flashed from the treasury behind him, and Goldie took out a bizarrely shaped dagger, severing his Servant contract with Tokiomi under Tokiomi's astonished gaze.
"So he already..." Tokiomi thought bitterly. He thought everything was under his control, but unexpected, in the end, he was the one being controlled.
Meruem snapped his fingers lightly, and Tokiomi Tohsaka floated up. For Meruem's strength, carrying a person in flight wasn't difficult.
"Oldest King? I look forward to fighting you later. I will kill you with my own hands."
"That is exactly what I wanted to say. Scram, mongrel, before I change my mind."
Hearing this, Meruem didn't say much more and left directly with Tokiomi Tohsaka. Although Goldie probably didn't want to fight him here, you can't guard against the fact that this guy comes with a Chuunibyou retard aura. If this guy suddenly throws a fit... fighting would be very troublesome. Dealing with Goldie wasn't that simple for him. Although he had the God-slayer attribute to suppress the opponent, Goldie was, after all, one of the top existences among all Heroic Spirits.
This guy was much harder to deal with than that so-called Sixth Heaven Demon King.
Better leave him to the Ahoge King (Artoria) to deal with.
Really want to know how strong the awakened Ahoge King is. Well, after getting Avalon, she dared to face Goldie's full-power EA head-on, although the winning rate was slim.
But at least stronger than the Conqueror King...
The Conqueror King's Ionian Hetairoi sounds strong and flashy. Wow, an army of tens of thousands. Wow, all are Heroic Spirits. Wow, many of them have stats higher than the Conqueror King.
However, this is useless.
According to official settings, Ionian Hetairoi has quite a few fatal flaws.
If they really fought, probably even the Ahoge King might not be beaten by it.
Meruem took the miserable Tokiomi directly out of Fuyuki City to Aoi and Rin Tohsaka, and strictly warned him not to step into Fuyuki City again before the end of the Holy Grail War if he didn't want to die. Then, under Rin-chan's baring teeth and glaring gaze, Meruem left.
As for whether Tokiomi listened or not, that wasn't his business. Taking the risk to save him once was already giving face to Sakura.
If he still doesn't appreciate it, then next time Meruem will directly transform him into a Chimera Ant. Yes, absolutely.
In the following days, everything returned to calm. However, the surviving few knew that this was just the calm before the storm.
Tokiomi Tohsaka's exit and the sudden death of the Church Overseer plunged the Masters into extreme unease.
Who exactly did all this?
A haze shrouded everyone's hearts.
It seemed as if a giant hand was manipulating everything from the shadows.
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