Chapitre 85: Chapter 85
|3rd POV|
Something is not right. That is what all the masters in the Holy Grail War have in their minds. Humans should not be able to dodge or even defeat a servant. However, Gerrald proves that is false as he not only dodges an attack from Lancer, the fastest servant in this war, but even manages to push him away with what looks relatively easy.
"Sir, what is happening? Should I shoot the man floating in the air?"
"No. Don't do that, Maiya. Assassins are still watching over you, and I don't want to make them move for now. However, prepare to move if that man moves toward Irisviel."
"I understand."
Kiritsugu looked through his scope and prepared to shoot Gerrald at any moment. However, for some unknown reason, attacking Gerrald now would be bad for him, so he decided to watch for now.
That is the correct decision, unlike Lancer's master, who decides to double down.
"Lancer! You're useless! Kill him!"
"Master! He is a magus! We did not need to kill him!"
"... By the command of this seal, kill that man with all your strength."
Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald says as he commands his servant to kill Gerrald. His mind is clouded with anger at the humiliation that he has experienced in the past weeks. It starts with his student stealing one of the catalysts he prepared and unknowingly telling the rest of the Clock Tower how he is incompetent enough for his treasure to be stolen by a rookie.
And now, someone humiliates him by fighting his servant to a standstill. He can already imagine the other magi who whisper about how a master is like his servant, weak. We will not allow that.
Lancer grits his teeth and jumps once again. However, before he can land a hit on Gerrald, he can see Gerrald already teleported away and land on the ground. He can see Gerrald point his finger at him and say.
"Nine ropes. Polarized light. Crow and declaration. Between front and back."
Lancer lands on the ground and dashes forward. Sadly for him, Gerrald is already done with his preparation.
"Hollow: Purple"
Purple energy comes out of his finger and flies toward Lancer. What happened next shocked the people in the dock as Gerrald's attack created a deep gash on the ground and even split the sea behind Lancer for a second.
"Ah."
Lancer looks at half of his body, which is missing from that attack. He falls to the ground and slowly disappears into golden light.
Gerrald, still high from his discovery of Reverse Curse Energy, looks around and says.
"Who's next?!"
He shouts and releases his aura into the world. Sun Rune, Twilight Rune, and Dawn Rune appear above him, shining with power that makes all humans around him sweat and make it hard to breathe. His Saint Dragon Battle Aura flares up, creating invisible pressure on anyone looking at him. Gerrald also summons the five elements (Fire, water, earth, wind, and lightning) spinning around him, ready to be unleashed.
However, before something can happen, a portal appears not too far away from him, and Zelretch, the Wizard Marshal, and Brishisan, the Director of Clock Tower, come from that portal. When all the magi see these two people, they stop whatever they want to do.
They thought that these two would punish Gerrald for whatever reason, but to their surprise, the two of them bowed a little and said.
"I am sorry for the late welcome, lord."
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I look at the two of them and sigh. I know one of them because his face is among the people that is rather well known in this part of the universe.
"Who are you guys?"
I ask them as the adrenaline of almost dying starts to disappear.
"My name is Brishisan, the Director of Clock Tower, and this man is…"
"My full name is a bit long. Call me Zelretch."
I nod and say.
"What do you mean by late welcome?"
"Gaia and Alaya have already informed us about your arrival."
Ah, the company is already working on it, huh?
"Very well. Shall we talk in a more private place?"
"Of course. Let's talk in my office in the Clock Tower. Zelretch, if you are so kind?"
The Wizard Marshall nods and opens a portal to the clock tower, and the three of us walk through the portal. Of course, I prepared to attack them at full power and was even ready to activate my Sun Rune at full power if I needed it.
It will destroy London, but I am willing to do it as long as I survive.
However, as we step onto the other side, I can feel a connection between my pocket dimension in this place. With this, I have a second option if I need to run, as my pocket dimension can block people that I did not invite.
I follow the two of them and sit on a fancy-looking chair when the director asks me to take a seat. Before the two of them can say something, I say.
"Before we start, I want to ask where Gaia and Alaya are. I thought that they would welcome me."
The director was about to say something, but Zelretch beat him to it.
"I can answer that question. As one of the Dead Apostle Ancestors, I have a connection to Gaia, and she cannot welcome you because she needs to open up her heart."
I tilt my head and let him continue.
"You come here to heal this planet, right? To do that, you need to access the core of the planet, which is not the molten blob of lava in the middle of the planet. I am talking about the core that makes this planet alive. Opening that core takes time as she needs to be careful, or more than half of humanity will die from the overwhelming amount of mana."
"And that is where Alaya comes from, huh? To help make sure humanity did not die."
"That's right. Gaia is more than happy to open up the core, but Alaya, her other half, does not want that to happen."
They are that desperate, huh? The two sworn enemies who would rather kill one another promise not to kill each other for a moment, which is a sign that the situation is truly dire.
"I see. So that is the situation. Very well. I understand. Can you take me back? You can get me back in the morning."
I can see the director and Zelretch hesitated about my decision.
"Are you sure? I can arrange something for you if you want."
I shake my head and say.
"There is no need. I need to do something before the main event."
Zelretch nods and opens the portal back to the dock in Fuyuki for me.
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|3rd POV|
"You suck at being a diplomat."
Zelretch cannot help but say that word.
"Give me a break, Zelretch. It has been more than a millennium since I have had a talk with someone above me."
"Fair enough."
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