His gaze drifted for a moment, then locked onto the cherry blossom forest.
The rows of cherry trees swayed in the wind, undulating like waves, with the petals caught in the breeze resembling splashing water.
Could it be…
During the Age of Gods, when the gods were still active in the world, the types and numbers of Magical Beasts were far greater and more extravagant than in later ages.
Therefore, the knowledgeable Gilgamesh's associations were also a bit more extravagant.
Taking the cherry blossom forest as an example, due to differences in individual experiences, the guesses upon seeing the forest would also vary. However, most guesses would be related to magic, except for Gilgamesh.
He thought the cherry blossom forest was a Magical Beast, or perhaps a part of a Magical Beast's body, or its disguised form.
Why he had such a guess was related to his experiences in life.
During the Age of Gods, there were many Magical Beasts nearly the size of mountains, and even more exaggerated Magical Beasts existed.
Gilgamesh, who lived during the Age of Gods, had seen many Magical Beasts with exaggerated sizes, so it was reasonable for him to suspect that the cherry blossom forest was also a Magical Beast.
"Regardless of whether my guess is correct, there's definitely something wrong with that cherry blossom forest."
One after another, golden ripples appeared in the space behind Gilgamesh, gradually filling the sky, and scattering brilliant golden light.
One after another, weapons of various shapes slowly emerged from the ripples. The light of the treasures, symbolizing divine weapons, was radiant and dazzling, emitting an extraordinary sense of oppression.
Outside the town...
Cu Chulainn looked at the sky dyed golden, and his words carried a hint of sourness, "So many Noble Phantasms..."
He, Cu Chulainn, a great hero who was half-human, half-god, had the title "Child of Light," but he only had a few Noble Phantasms. Compared to the guy in the sky, it was like the difference between a rich man and a pauper.
"Master, don't get too close for now." Artoria retracted her gaze from the sky and turned to Kocho Shinobu, advising her.
"Alright." Kocho Shinobu responded with a smile.
"This is insane!" Shinazugawa Sanemi looked at the sky and exclaimed.
Kamado Tanjiro stared at the sky, his expression vividly displaying what it meant to be astonished.
Kamado Nezuko's expression wasn't as exaggerated, but it was clear from her face that she was also surprised.
Truly siblings!
Kiyohime and Elizabeth, supporting Okita Souji, muttered in unison, "So many Noble Phantasms..."
As the words left their mouths, Kiyohime and Elizabeth were simultaneously stunned, turning to look at each other.
The two of them were so close that they could hear even the slightest whisper.
"Why are you copying me?" x2
The two sentences, almost overlapping, made both of them freeze. They then glared at each other.
"You're still copying!" x2
Once again, they spoke in unison, making them even angrier.
"You want to fight!" x2
As these words left their mouths, the atmosphere between them suddenly turned hostile.
"Hah~" Kiyohime's mouth slowly pulled back, forming a ferocious grin, a red light shone in her mouth, and a wisp of flame drifted out.
"Roar~" Elizabeth held the microphone close to her mouth, and a sound like a dragon's roar came from the speaker.
"You two..." Okita Souji said helplessly, "Calm down! Even if you want to fight, don't put me in the middle!"
The rising fighting spirit of the two people suddenly stagnated, as if a raging fire had been doused with a basin of cold water, and it was extinguished with a "hiss."
The two stared at Okita Souji, not knowing what to say for a moment.
The sudden extinguishing of the anger left them with a feeling of emptiness.
Tomioka Giyu's reaction was a beat slow. Five or six seconds after the others had expressed their opinions, he stared at the Noble Phantasms in the air and said, "...So much money!"
A shocking statement!
Everyone present turned their gazes to Tomioka Giyu, extremely surprised.
It seemed that the gazes were too piercing, and Tomioka Giyu looked at everyone with confusion, asking, "What... are you looking at me for?"
"N-nothing." Everyone waved their hands, speaking in unison.
"Oh~" Tomioka Giyu didn't suspect anything, nodded indifferently, and turned his gaze back to the sky.
The others didn't think much of it either, and successively turned their gazes to the sky, but after Tomioka Giyu's words, the gazes they directed at those Noble Phantasms became less pure.
In the cherry blossom forest...
Jeanne d'Arc looked at the scene in the sky, a flag immediately appeared in her hand. Her Noble Phantasm could grant her extremely strong defense, so her expression was calm, and she continued to move forward at a leisurely pace, heading towards the depths of the cherry blossom forest.
"Oh~~ Pretty!"
Ibuki Suika's steps were unsteady as she looked up at the golden sky and said, "Reimu would definitely love this scene."
Hoshiguma Yuugi and Kazami Yuuka stared at the sky for a moment, then nodded in agreement.
It was well known that the Hakurei Shrine Maiden was greedy.
She would certainly love a sky that was like gold.
The Clock Tower's team.
"Master, those are all Noble Phantasms," Medea said, looking at the scene in the sky.
Upon hearing this, Lorelei's expression remained calm. She had suspected a trap when she saw the cherry blossom forest.
The current scene proved that her guess was correct.
Waver retracted his gaze from the sky and looked at Iskandar, saying, "Rider, I'm counting on you."
"No problem," Iskandar gave an "OK" gesture.
Reality Marble, begin…
At the same time, hundreds of treasures in the sky plummeted down together, like a torrential downpour.
The mage and Servant, gradually falling into the Reality Marble, saw the weapons growing larger in their pupils.
Suddenly, the treasures in their field of vision collectively changed direction and flew to the left.
"What's going on?"
The mage and Servant were filled with doubt, their eyes following the treasures.
However…
As soon as they turned their eyes, the scenery before them suddenly transformed. The cherry blossom forest changed into a desert composed of endless yellow sand, and there was no rain of Noble Phantasms in the sky, only an empty, azure expanse.
Hot wind blew, and yellow sand swirled.
Hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of soldiers successively emerged from the yellow sand.
Seeing this mighty army again, Lorelei was still shocked, but hidden within the shock was curiosity.
Curiosity… why did those Noble Phantasms suddenly change direction, and where were they flying to?
And so…
Just a few seconds after entering the Reality Marble, the group was about to leave.
A dozen or so seconds ago.
Somewhere within the cherry blossom forest, Jeanne d'Arc gripped her flag tightly with both hands and thrust it fiercely into the ground, shouting, "I..."
However, just as she uttered the first word, she saw those Noble Phantasms suddenly change direction, flying towards the depths of the cherry blossom forest as if returning to their nests.
Seeing this, Jeanne d'Arc pulled out her flag and chased after those Noble Phantasms, running towards the depths of the cherry blossom forest.
After two or three minutes, Jeanne d'Arc arrived at the lake located in the center of the cherry blossom forest.
Before she had even run out of the cherry blossom forest, she had already seen the rippling blue lake and the grassy shore from the gaps between the trees. She also saw the scene on the opposite bank of the lake—two old men with white hair and beards were fiercely battling a fish Magical Beast. Mud was flying, grass clippings were scattering, golden light was flashing, and explosions were continuously erupting...
After leaving the cherry blossom forest, she looked around, carefully observing the surroundings.
The handsome black-haired youth was smiling, watching her. A white-haired child with black horns was chatting with a fox-woman in a kimono, while a white-haired man was cooking food...
(⊙o⊙) Wow! So much food!
Looking at the mountain of ingredients, Jeanne was slightly surprised.
Then her gaze moved on, and a mountain of treasures entered her field of vision.
In front of the treasure mountain, a gold-armored, blonde-haired man stood with his feet together and his hands behind his back, struggling on the ground, wailing. He looked completely as if his hands and feet were bound, and his mouth was gagged.
However...
His hands and feet were not tied with any tools like ropes, nor was there anything stuffed in his mouth.
"Is it magic?"
Jeanne didn't understand magic; after all, she had been a peasant and a soldier in her lifetime, not a mage.
"It's a spell," Mu Yang explained.
Hearing Mu Yang's voice, Jeanne turned her gaze towards him and asked the question everyone asks upon first meeting.
"Who are you?"
"My name is Mu Yang, and I'm a merchant."
The self-introduction was very concise, without any unnecessary words.
"A merchant?" Jeanne was puzzled. Just as she was about to ask something, she saw three people walking out of the cherry blossom forest.
One was a child with large horns on either side of their head, one was a blonde woman with a crimson single horn on her forehead, and one was a green-haired woman holding a parasol.
As a Ruler, Jeanne d'Arc possessed the skill, 'True Name Discernment,' which allowed her to ascertain a Servant's true name and gain information about their class and parameters.
Even if they had items or skills to conceal their true name, she could still identify them as Servants.
Based on her earlier observations, the three individuals who had just emerged from the cherry blossom forest were not Servants.
As for why they had horns...
Jeanne d'Arc couldn't figure it out.
Then, three Servants materialized beside them. Two of them were small, like children, and one was dressed in exotic clothing.
Utilizing 'True Name Discernment,' Jeanne d'Arc successfully grasped the true names, classes, and basic attribute parameters of the three Servants.
"...Their parameters are so high!" Jeanne d'Arc exclaimed in surprise.
Ibuki Suika looked around and, upon spotting Mu Yang, waved and greeted him, "Yo, Boss Mu."
"The party hasn't started yet!" Hoshiguma Yuugi said.
Kazami Yuuka didn't speak, but walked directly into the venue and chose a spot to sit down.
"Where's the sake?" Shuten-dōji surveyed her surroundings, not finding any containers of sake, and asked.
"Just a moment..." Mu Yang gestured for Shuten-dōji to wait, and then reached into the void, rummaging around for a moment before pulling out a golden sake flask.
Upon seeing the golden sake flask, Gilgamesh's expression immediately became excited, and his 'woo-woo' calls became a little louder.
Gilgamesh's reaction caught Shuten-dōji's attention. She turned her head to glance at him and, as she received the flask, asked, "Who is he?"
"He's the provider of the sake," Mu Yang explained. "The sake you're holding now is provided by him. It's Divine Sake."
"It's... Divine Sake!!!" Most of what was said was ignored by Shuten-dōji; she was only concerned with the last two words.
Ibaraki-dōji, who was following Shuten-dōji, also swallowed, as demons didn't dislike alcohol. She was about to say something like, "Let me have a taste," but before the words left her mouth, she suddenly remembered something and immediately asked with a look of caution, "It's not poisonous, is it?"
Once bitten, twice shy.
Ibaraki's reaction was very reasonable.
"I won't be afraid even if it's poisonous," Shuten-dōji chuckled. She dared to drink poisoned wine in her lifetime, let alone after death.
"That's true." Ibaraki immediately understood, as if awakened from a dream. Now, as a Servant, it wouldn't be a problem even if she drank poison; at worst, she would return to the Throne of Heroes.
Looking at the two of them, who seemed to value alcohol more than their lives, Mu Yang was speechless.
Beside them, Ibuki Suika and Hoshiguma Yuugi, who had heard the keywords, appeared beside Shuten-dōji and Ibaraki as if they had teleported, staring at the pot of alcohol and saying, "What are you waiting for? Drink it quickly!"
The four alcoholics, each with their own sake bowl, began to gulp down the liquor, and a whole pot of it vanished in an instant.
"Good stuff!" The four alcoholics' eyes immediately brightened, genuinely shining, sparkling.
It flickered, making Mu Yang's eyes feel a little dizzy.
"Boss Mu, do you have more?" The four alcoholics asked in unison.
"Yes." Mu Yang reached into the Gate of Babylon again, took out a pot of Divine Sake, and then poured it into the Endless Sake Flask.
The Endless Sake Flask could infinitely produce the first type of alcohol poured into it, but brewing the alcohol required energy.
"Here you go."
After throwing the flask to the four alcoholics, Mu Yang walked towards the kitchen.
In the open-air kitchen...
Emiya Shirou watched Kamijou Touma expertly slicing carrots into fine shreds with a knife. He raised an eyebrow slightly and said, "Master, judging by your skilled movements, you must cook quite often!"
"Yeah." Kamijou Touma looked a bit downcast; his cooking skills were entirely honed by bad luck.
Every few days, he'd step on and break his bank card, or lose his wallet... all sorts of misfortune surrounded him.
Most of the time, he was very short on money.
Therefore, he always bought discounted ingredients and cooked his own meals in the dorm.
Being praised for his cooking skills didn't make him happy at all.
"You... haven't started cooking yet?"
Mu Yang walked around the kitchen, but there wasn't a single finished dish, nor even a single unfinished one.
"It won't be that fast..." Emiya Shirou said, "Washing vegetables, picking vegetables, cutting vegetables... all these steps have to be done in order, and it's impossible to do it all at once."
"Try to be quick."
Otherwise, before the dishes even make it to the table, the four drunks would be full of booze.
"Not enough manpower, can't be quick," Emiya Shirou said helplessly.
"Need manpower... easy."
Copy a portion of Emiya Shirou's archery and swordsmanship. Then, transmit the Shadow Clone Technique into Emiya Shirou's mind. The relevant information from the Dimensional Store was also instilled, and then a wristwatch terminal was tossed to him.
Feeling the extra information in his mind, Emiya Shirou's expression became increasingly interesting, and he slowly uttered two words.
"Ridiculous!"
Mu Yang ignored Emiya Shirou's complaints, turning around as he spoke.
"We have the manpower now, let's get a move on!"
At the same time…
On the edge of the town.
The Demon Slayer Corps, who had witnessed Gilgamesh's divine power and his unexpected disappearance, cautiously moved through the town's ruins.
The contract between Gilgamesh and Tomioka Giyu still existed, but they couldn't use Command Spells to summon him back, which was undoubtedly a very serious problem.
After some discussion, the group decided to risk investigating the situation, using modern technology...
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