#562Chapter 534 The Giant and the GirlAI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 534 Giant and Girl
Bai Cangshu's fervent smile gradually twisted. After several stings, he found that the movement within his body seemed to have stopped.
Bai Cangshu frowned, and the next moment, he directly extended his hand and plunged it into his chest with a 'thud'.
The reason Bai Cangshu dared to undertake this insane plan was because the small grail he saw was Ilya. Unlike her mother, Ilya was artificially modified to be a small grail and was not born as one.
More precisely, Ilya's heart was the core of the small grail.
And Bai Cangshu had long since transcended the limitation of ordinary beings who would die without a heart.
Thud!
Accompanied by flashing lightning and spurting blood, charred cracks appeared on the ground.
Bai Cangshu's thunder emperor's heart was directly cut out, and it was indeed now shimmering with an intense magical glow.
It echoed the light of magic erupting from the distant Mt. Enzō ruins.
That was where the Great Holy Grail was located.
The Great Holy Grail was actually constructed by the Eizenbern family's ancestor, the Winter Saint Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern, who used her own body as the core of the ritual, combined with the command seals provided by Matou Zouken (Makiri), and the Mt. Enzō and Fuyuki City underground spiritual pulse provided by the Tohsaka ancestors.
The Winter Saint was an artificial life form created by the disciples of those who once mastered the Third Magic (Heaven's Feel) to research and pursue the Third Magic, but that was not because they had mastered the Third Magic and its techniques.
It was merely a unique and accidental occurrence.
The Einzbern family was a product of this research and experimentation.
To truly pursue the Third Magic, the Winter Saint activated this ritual with her own life and body.
And it finally took shape under the witness of the Type-Moon World's top magus, the 'Magus Marshal', 'Jeweled Elder', and 'Controller of the Second Magic', Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg.
Superficially, it was a war where magi and Servants fought to achieve their wishes, but in reality, the immense magical power that could grant wishes was merely a byproduct of this ritual.
The Einzbern, Makiri, and Tohsaka families all aimed to utilize the spatial perforation created when Servants returned to the Throne of Heroes from the small grail after the Holy Grail War, and to fix it using the magical energy accumulated by the leylines for sixty years.
Thus, reaching the Root!
Bai Cangshu held his heart high, but felt that the impact from the Servants was insufficient; not only had the so-called spatial void not fully appeared, but the Great Holy Grail had not fully unfolded either.
His gaze swept around, and the next moment, it landed on the black giant, Heracles.
This black giant did not continue fighting Bai Cangshu, nor did he go far; he seemed to simply guard Ilya from a distance.
Thump, thump…
Bai Cangshu started moving, and the next moment, the silver-haired, red-eyed girl spread her arms, blocking Bai Cangshu's path.
She frowned, her face showing confusion and reluctance, her eyes unwilling to look at the heart held in Tao Pai Pai's hand.
"Assassin, what do you… want to do…"
"Berserker is my Servant, I won't allow you to kill each other!"
Bai Cangshu was completely unmoved. His strength was immense, dragging Ilya along with him, no more difficult than lifting a cat.
The glow of command seals lit up on Ilya's body, and Bai Cangshu frowned, voluntarily stopping.
Ilya was covered in command seals. Theoretically, she was indeed one of the very few beings here who could kill him.
But the girl had no such intention. Bai Cangshu saw from her expression that she seemed to only want to use the command seals to stop him from killing Heracles.
The tearing pain in his soul continued, but something seemed to have gone wrong in his consciousness sea. As Bai Cangshu hesitated whether to actively enter his consciousness space, he heard 'thump, thump' footsteps.
The Berserker, contaminated by black mud, actually walked towards him on his own, his heavy, massive axe-sword dragging on the ground.
A powerful aura instantly rose, like two fierce beasts.
Ilya was startled and likewise turned her head, waving her hands frantically.
"Berserker, I also forbid you from fighting Assassin!"
"I hope you can both live…"
She actually knew that even if a Servant died, the Heroic Spirit would not die.
But the end of the Holy Grail War was always accompanied by death, and she hoped that sorrow would be her own alone.
Bai Cangshu perceived the girl's thoughts, lowered his eyelids, and spoke coldly:
"Heracles, if you don't let me end the Holy Grail War in this state now, Ilya is destined to die."
"No matter who ultimately wins the Holy Grail War, she will die."
Bai Cangshu's voice was utterly indifferent, yet certain.
Thump, thump, thump…
Amidst the messy footsteps, a black-haired man with lifeless eyes rushed from the distance.
It seemed that the blood moon anomaly now visible allowed the other party to act without restraint.
Emiya Kiritsugu's eyes immediately noticed the terrifying Tao Pai Pai, a never-before-seen Servant focused on killing.
He had even thought that if he had teamed up with a Servant like Tao Pai Pai in the Fourth Holy Grail War, he could probably end most of the battles through assassination in the early stages of the Holy Grail War.
But then he recalled that what the current Great Holy Grail contained was not a dream at all.
It was completely twisted malice.
He absolutely could not allow such a thing to descend!
Emiya Kiritsugu ran. He was actually aware that if Tao Pai Pai had survived the previous battle, then he would have no way to deal with him.
The next moment, Emiya Kiritsugu, while running, saw the red-haired boy slumped against the wall, clutching his neck, with what appeared to be blood seeping through his fingers.
His heart sank, and he was about to run towards the boy, but the next moment, he froze completely.
A silver-haired girl, with ruby eyes like Irisviel, stood timidly between Tao Pai Pai and the black giant, her arms outstretched, seemingly trying to stop the two from fighting.
Bang!
Emiya Kiritsugu subconsciously shot directly at Tao Pai Pai. Tao Pai Pai's left hand instantly rose, and the bullet directly fell between his two fingers.
Tao Pai Pai flicked his finger.
Pfft!
The bullet directly pierced through Emiya Kiritsugu's throat.
Ilya…
Emiya Kiritsugu reached out his hand. That was his daughter, his own flesh and blood daughter!
He had gone to the Einzbern family countless times after the Fourth Holy Grail War, wanting to take his daughter, but affected by the black mud, his body gradually dying, he couldn't even see his daughter.
He hadn't expected to see her again at this moment.
The black giant slowly raised his hand, his massive axe-sword lifted high.
"No, no, no… No!"
Emiya Kiritsugu once again recalled everything he had seen in that illusion.
The pain of losing his loved ones made him scream like a madman.
He didn't want to be a hero of justice anymore.
He didn't want to choose anymore.
He didn't want to fight anymore either.
He just wanted… not to lose anymore!
Like a whimpering defeated dog, another person who once harbored noble, cruel, and mechanical ideals completely broke down at this moment.
Pfft!
Blood gushed out.
Emiya Kiritsugu froze.
Ilya's pupils also dilated, her expression gradually twisting.
Bai Cangshu half-closed his eyes, a smile on his lips, yet also a hint of sorrow.
He reached out, looking at Heracles, whose neck was being cut by the massive axe-sword.
"Yin Spirit, enter body!"
A powerful absorption force surged like a storm. Heracles's body instantly transformed into black particles, rushing into Bai Cangshu's body.
The next moment, it rushed directly through Bai Cangshu's flesh and soul in the purest form of spiritons.
As blood splattered from Bai Cangshu's face, the heart in Bai Cangshu's right hand immediately emitted a golden glow.
The Holy Grail appeared.
"Berserker!"
Amidst Emiya Kiritsugu's joyful smile, the girl's desperate wail.
Proble