Inside the Yggdmillennia Clan's castle, the Black Faction's base.
Six Masters belonging to the Yggdmillennia Clan were gathered in a meeting room.
In the center of the room was an oval conference table made of dark red, smooth stone. High-backed chairs of the same material flanked either side of the table.
At one end of the conference table was an Alchemy Device that resembled a television set. This Alchemy Device, coupled with a special familiar, could synchronize and project the images seen by the familiar for viewing.
Five Masters sat in the stone chairs, while the remaining one sat in a wheelchair. All of them were staring at the screen of the Alchemy Device, without exception.
Half an hour ago, two Servants from the Red Faction, Lancer and Rider, had launched a surprise attack on the Yggdmillennia castle. They engaged in a brief two-minute battle with the six Servants guarding the castle before retreating.
Having been attacked at their doorstep, the Black Faction wouldn't allow the enemy to escape so easily. They dispatched Saber, Rider, Archer, and Berserker to pursue and eliminate the enemy Servants. They also sent familiars to follow their own Servants to ensure they could stay informed in real-time.
The remaining Lancer and Caster stayed behind to guard the castle, in case it was a diversionary tactic by the enemy.
The Masters of the Yggdmillennia Clan gathered in a room, protected by two Servants, using Alchemy Devices to watch a live stream and understand what was happening during the pursuit of the enemy Servants.
At this moment, the content on the screen was a view of a remote village several kilometers away.
Servants facing off, and the retreating Magicians.
"A Lord from the Clock Tower!!!"
After seeing the faces of the several Magicians on the screen, Darnic leaned forward slightly, his expression one of great surprise.
It wasn't surprising for a Lord from the Clock Tower to participate in the Holy Grail War, but for seven Lords to team up and participate was unprecedented, a truly astonishing event.
His surprise didn't last long, as Darnic began to consider other matters.
The Yggdmillennia and the Mage's Association were enemies, and the leader of the opposing faction was right before his eyes.
Thinking of this, the thought that immediately surfaced in Darnic's mind was to kill.
Although killing a Lord of the Clock Tower wouldn't cause the Magic Association to collapse, it could still damage their prestige.
Not to mention, the other party was also a team vying for the Holy Grail, and therefore a target that needed to be eliminated.
After all, it was easier to kill a Master than to deal with a Servant.
Without further thought, Darnic pointed at the screen and said, "Contact the Servant, and immediately use their Noble Phantasm to attack those magi."
"Yes." No one present objected, and they all began contacting their Servants.
A remote village several kilometers away from the Yggdmillennia Clan's castle.
The number of Servants and Masters gathered here was not small, exceeding twenty.
The reason for the large number was primarily due to the significant commotion caused by the pursuit between the Red and Black factions.
When Red Rider's chariot raced, it could reach supersonic speeds in an instant, and its regular speed was also extremely fast. The wind roared as it ran, rumbling loudly, and the gusts it stirred up were enough to cut through branches and tear through the green carpet.
Black Rider's phantom beast cried out in the night sky, its shrill cries carrying far.
The commotion caused by the two of them was like a beacon in the night, so conspicuous.
And the members participating in the Holy Grail War, aside from some who were just there for the excitement and hoping to pick up scraps, all had clear goals. Some hoped to fight legendary heroes, and others wanted to obtain the Holy Grail.
Therefore, upon discovering the Servants' battle, the members hardly hesitated, directly pursuing the battling Servants, all the way outside the village.
The members aiming to join the excitement or pick up scraps stayed outside the village, using devices, spells, and the like to conceal their own presence, hiding in the shadows to observe and secretly search for an opportunity to strike.
Full of anticipation to clash with the legendary heroes, the member didn't attempt to hide, openly entering the village.
Some members, with the Holy Grail as their objective, chose to conceal themselves and observe from the shadows, while others entered the village directly.
Faced with such a complex situation, the Clock Tower group chose to retreat from the area.
With a large number of Servants gathered here, the Clock Tower group didn't have the time to consider whether their allies had betrayed them. Naturally, their first priority was their own safety.
Protected by eight Servants, the Clock Tower group quickly moved towards the edge of the village.
However…
In many situations, you can't simply avoid doing something just because you don't want to.
The Clock Tower group didn't want to fight, but the others did. Not to mention, the Yggdmillennia Clan, as the opposing force, wouldn't possibly let the Clock Tower people escape.
Upon receiving their Master's command, Red Lancer and Black Saber activated their Noble Phantasms simultaneously.
Mana Burst!
A tangible aura of magical energy enveloped the two top-tier Servants.
Red Lancer leaped forward, raising his golden spear, "O' Brahma..."
Black Saber gripped her sword hilt tightly, lifting it above her head, "Excalibur Morgan..."
"Stop him!"
Three or four shouts of alarm echoed from the Clock Tower's team. Mordred and Gawain charged toward Black Saber, while Tristan and Medea used their bows and spells to attack Red Lancer from a distance. Lancelot transformed rocks into D-rank Alchemy Devices and hurled them at Red Lancer.
"Rider."
Waver patted Iskandar's arm. Iskandar looked down and met Waver's gaze, grinning, "Understood."
Before the words had faded, a flurry of light and shadow swept by, and the group from the Clock Tower vanished without a trace.
The next second…
A dazzling light cannon spread out in a fan shape, turning the houses into dust.
A scorching light spear fell from the sky, crushing the land, and blazing flames erupted, spreading light and heat in all directions.
The Servants in the village fled towards the outside, and the members followed suit. No one wanted to take a direct hit from the Noble Phantasms of two top-tier Servants.
The dazzling light and heat dissipated. The original village had disappeared without a trace, replaced by a deep pit with a diameter of at least a hundred or two hundred meters.
"Fight me!"
The expressionless Red Lancer had just recalled his Undying Blade when he heard a loud shout from behind him, followed by the whistling of a blade cutting through the air.
Clang!
Red Lancer turned and swung his golden spear. The sharp spearhead cut through the black blade, as smooth as a hot knife through butter, without the slightest hesitation.
"Shinra Tensei!"
At the moment the scythe was broken, Uchiha Madara raised the hand that wasn't holding a weapon and aimed it at Red Lancer.
The instant he heard the name of the technique, Red Lancer was knocked away by an invisible force, falling towards the distance like an arrow loosed from a bowstring. Without the slightest hesitation, Uchiha Madara immediately pursued Red Lancer, the two of them falling into the green farmlands, one after the other.
Mana Burst turned into scorching flames that swept outwards, igniting the fields and turning them into a burning sea of fire, turning them into scorched earth.
Uchiha Madara opened his mouth and spat out an immeasurable amount of water, flooding the sea of fire.
Water and fire collided, generating high-temperature steam that spread outwards.
Thick steam enveloped the fields, severely limiting visibility.
Relying on his Observation Haki to locate the enemy's tracks, Uchiha Madara gripped his Gunbai Uchiwa and ran through the scorched earth.
After a while, the sound of clashing metal, "clang clang," echoed within the steam.
Just by listening to the sounds, one could imagine how intense the battle between the two was.
At the same time…
Black Saber fought alone against Mordred and Gawain, not yet showing any signs of disadvantage.
It wasn't that Black Saber was strong, but that Mordred and Gawain didn't cooperate, and even hindered each other.
After all, one was a rebellious knight who betrayed the king, and the other was a knight whose loyalty to the king was almost blindly devoted. How could the two possibly work together seamlessly?
Rather than saying that Mordred and Gawain were fighting Black Saber together, it was more like a three-way brawl between Mordred, Gawain, and Black Saber.
In addition to this, the remaining Servants also erupted into battle one after another.
Whether they were members hiding outside the village or those who hadn't hidden, they all chose to target the magi's Servants, not the other members' Servants.
It was a very tacit understanding, as if they had discussed it beforehand.
The actual situation was that the members had indeed discussed it. Through group chats, some members decided to... first unite against the outsiders and eliminate those non-member participants in the Holy Grail War, which were the local magi. They would then turn to internal conflict after clearing out the outsiders.
The Servants fought among themselves, and the Servants fought against the members.
Sharp slashes shot out in all directions, tearing the ground, severing trees, and shattering rocks. Scorching flames swept all around, with clusters of fire scattered everywhere. Dazzling lightning flashed continuously, leaving black scorch marks on the ground...
The battle had only been going on for less than two minutes, and the surrounding area was already a mess.
At this moment, neither the Servants nor the members were serious, still warming up. When the battle entered its climax, the aftershocks of the fighting would be even more terrifying.
For example, the Red Lancer Karna's full-power Noble Phantasm was enough to destroy a city, and Uchiha Madara's Susanoo could cut a mountain in half with a single sword.
One kilometer away from the center of the battlefield, a white pegasus pulled a cart and slowly came to a halt.
Inside the cart, Ibuki Suika opened her hazy, drunken eyes and looked at the battlefield. Her expression seemed to have cleared up a bit, and the entire oni transformed into a hazy mist and flew towards the battlefield.
Hoshiguma Yuugi drained the sake from her bowl in one gulp and leaped into the air.
Ibaraki and Shuten exchanged a glance and jumped off the cart, rushing towards the battlefield.
The oni had two favorite things: good liquor and fighting.
They'd been drinking for a while now, so it was time to stretch their legs.
At the center of the battlefield, the mist coalesced into a giant Ibuki Suika. Her left fist, the size of a millstone, slammed down, and the sound of chains clashing echoed through the air.
Neither the members nor the Servants even thought about defending against Ibuki Suika's attack, instead opting to dodge.
BOOM!
Ibuki Suika's fist shattered the ground. Debris shot up, and a violent tremor, like an earthquake of magnitude eight, spread in all directions. Spiderweb-like cracks spread outwards at an extremely rapid pace, and the fractured ground either bulged or caved in. The strong wind, carrying sand and dirt, swept across the area.
The Servants and members who were fighting nearby scattered further away, avoiding the tidal wave of debris.
When the wave subsided, many Servants and members stood in various locations, all staring at Ibuki Suika, who had suddenly entered the battlefield.
Suddenly, a person crashed down in front of Ibuki Suika with a "boom."
Hoshiguma Yuugi grinned, swinging her fist forward.
An indescribable amount of brute force struck the air, turning into a straight, forward-rushing shockwave. The earth was plowed into a deep gully, and the Servants and members within the attack range dodged one after another, watching the shockwave pierce through the distant mountaintop. They could see the scenery on the other side of the mountain through the round hole in the middle.
A strong aroma of alcohol permeated the battlefield. The Servants and members who smelled the fragrance all showed a hint of drunkenness, but it didn't last long. The Servants and members woke up one after another, knowing that the scent was a form of attack, and they all held their breath.
Some of the weaker members fell one after another, losing consciousness.
Fortunately, those members were not in the battlefield, but hiding outside. If they were lucky enough, they might not be involved in the aftershocks. If they weren't lucky enough, it didn't matter, as they wouldn't have any consciousness when they were eliminated.
They would wake up and find themselves out of the game.
Ibuki Suika moved her legs, and the sound of footsteps "boom boom boom" was mixed with the clinking of chains. She threw another punch at the Servants, and the force of the fist was like a Category 8 gale, kicking up sand and stones.
No Servant wanted to test the weight of that punch, and they all dodged to the sides, then ran towards Ibuki Suika, seemingly wanting to eliminate the troublemaker first.
"Hahaha..."
Hoshiguma Yuugi laughed heartily, stomping on the ground, kicking up countless sand and dust. The entire Oni moved as if instantly teleporting in front of a member, using a crimson sake bowl as a weapon to smash towards that member.
Boom——!
The sake bowl missed, and the force of the swing of her arm shaved off a large chunk of land, turning it into sand and sending it flying into the air.
Shuten quickly ran towards Gawain, swinging her blade horizontally.
Clang——!
Gawain raised his holy sword to block the incoming blade.
Clang clang clang——
Shuten laughed heartily, swinging her blade repeatedly. As the legendary Oni King, Shuten possessed tremendous strength. Even with her strength limited by her class, the power behind each swing still made Gawain's tiger's mouth numb.
Not to mention, Shuten's swordsmanship was also quite formidable. Facing such a powerful enemy, Gawain had to give it his all.
Ibaraki's opponent was Berserker, the high-attack-high-defense Ibaraki against the equally high-attack-high-defense Frankenstein.
Although Ibaraki could dodge Frankenstein's attacks, which were not very fast, thanks to her extremely high agility, it was unknown whether it was the influence of Mad Enhancement, or if Ibaraki's own combat style as an Oni was to fight head-on.
She not only didn't dodge, but instead met Frankenstein's attack with a punch.
With flashes of lightning, Frankenstein was knocked away by Ibaraki's fist.
The other Servants ran towards Ibuki Suika's legs, seemingly planning to use one of the rules for dealing with giant creatures: the "trimming leg" sword technique or blade technique.
However, Hoshiguma Yuugi wouldn't let them have their way, continuously unleashing shockwaves to force the Servants to retreat.
At the same time, Ibuki Suika also took action, "Pong!" she diffused into a thick mist, then reformed, returning to the form of a little girl.
She exchanged a glance with Hoshiguma Yuugi and charged into the crowd, swinging her fists, capable of shattering mountains, and engaging in close-quarters combat with the Servants and members.
Although the Servants and members could also shatter mountains, they didn't rely on pure physical strength.
Therefore...
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