What a Magnificent "Six Kingdoms Grand Enfeoffment"! (Continued)

"It's the scent of a living person."

Rovey looked at the group of slow-moving refugees not far away. This was the first time he had come into contact with other humans since leaving the desert city. Since this place was so close to Mount Mukayber, they were very likely people from the Mountain Village.

"Let's go take a look!"

Without any hesitation, Rovey took Nitocris and headed back towards the crowd.

... Soon, the giant Sphinx caught up with the fleeing refugees.

Upon seeing the Sphinx, they all trembled and knelt down in unison.

"A demon, Demonic Beast... it's the Sun King's Demonic Beast! You, are you perhaps the Sun King's messenger?"

They asked Rovey.

"... Uh, oh, yes."

Although he was reluctant to admit the strange relationship with Ozymandias, he could only answer that way at this point. Coupled with the intimidation of the Sphinx and his own decent leadership, the refugees were easily incorporated into his ranks with little resistance.

According to the interrogation, they were not Mountain People, but rather indigenous people caught between several forces, struggling to survive. The Lion King's Holy Selection was too cruel, and the Sun King was too far away, so they had no choice but to come here to seek help from the Mountain People.

After learning the whole story, Rovey couldn't help but feel sorry for these poor people. They were living a good life, and suddenly they became refugees. Who could bear such a thing? Moreover, they didn't know the specific way and could only rely on past rumors to find their way, which led them to always go to the wrong place, and now they had even entered a dead end.

Since they had already met, and Rovey couldn't just watch them wander around aimlessly and eventually die in despair, he took them along and led them on a trek towards Mount Mukayber.

Nitocris had no objection to this. Although she always appeared cold due to her job, she was actually extremely kind-hearted. Moreover, since Rovey was the leader of Mountain Village and one of their own, it was practically a matter of merging Mountain Village with them. Helping Mountain Village was helping Egypt.

Although it was extremely far-fetched and seemed somewhat like self-deception, even Anubis, the strategist, said, "Do you really want to help others? Aren't you just trying to take this opportunity to get closer to him and really make that kid your queen? Be honest. If you're so indecisive, be careful that kid doesn't take advantage of you."

"However, it's still progress; it hasn't gotten to the point where I have to switch accounts and do the reverse. Keep it up, and when you can't do it anymore, I'll take over."

Anubis leaving these words, Anubis continued watching the live stream.

Because Nitocris had experience in receiving and managing refugees in Egypt, she was able to help Rovey manage the refugees here quite easily, saving him a lot of trouble.

Along the way, Rovey led the way and preached, while Nitocris managed the affairs; the two worked together seamlessly. Many refugees mistook them for a couple.

"Are Nitocris and the Saint a married couple?"

During the process, some curious children in the group asked Nitocris about this.

Nitocris blushed slightly at this, but did not deny it, and they continued on their way.

With Rovey leading the way, they finally found their way on the right track and didn't end up in the deadly territory again. As for food, Rovey would sometimes take the Sphinx to find wild animals nearby and bring them back to fill their stomachs. If someone was injured, Rovey could heal them simply by holding their hand. In this way, the survival rate of the entire team increased many times over.

Because they were all local residents, most of them were Christianity, and they saw Rovey's palms, the Command Spells on his head, and the miracles he had performed.

Holding the injured person's hand can heal them, and the released blood can be turned into wine.

These refugees unknowingly regarded it as their spiritual pillar, and for a time, some even shouted that the God Child had reappeared.

With food, faith, and a leader, they were able to reach the Mount Mukayber in just three days instead of a week.

However, on the third day after the dawn of victory, something that the refugees feared happened:

"My God Child!! Those Purification Knights —they! They've finally caught up!!"

At the very front of the group, as Rovey was checking the route with his cane, the observer at the back of the group rushed over in a panic.

"Rovey, the Lion King's pursuers are coming."

Nitocris rushed over at that moment.

Not far on the horizon, a fully armed and heavily armored team was approaching their position at great speed on horseback.

"It will take another half a day to reach the Mountain People's dwelling. If we go into the mountains, they won't be able to catch up. However—this distance is already too close. If we let them come in, we might expose our tracks. We can't let them find this place before the final battle."

Rovey only thought about it briefly before making a decision immediately.

"Nitocris, lead the refugees away from here, but don't go too far. I'll come and bring you back later."

"What about you, Rovey?"

"I'm going to deal with those guys who have long since abandoned the code of chivalry."

"Are you alone? No, that's too dangerous. I'll come with you."

Despite her reluctance, Nitocris strongly insisted that she join the battle.

"There's really no need for it, but it's fine, so let's come together."

Although Rovey initially wanted to refuse outright, he eventually agreed after seeing her serious expression.

Anyway, as long as the Lion King doesn't come in person, or all the Knights of the Round Table are present, there won't be any problems today.

"Um!"

After pointing out a direction not too far away, Rovey took Nitocris's hand and went against the flow of refugees to the very end of the group. At the same time, the Purification Knights were already within their sight.

"There were twelve fully armed knights in total, and one guy who was suspected to be the leader."

Rovey stroked his chin, discerning the other party's personnel configuration.

Since that's the case—

"Dust to dust, ashes to ashes."

Having ascertained the situation, Rovey didn't stand on ceremony. He raised his hand and threw a huge fireball containing holy fire at the fastest charging Purification Knights.

Bear!!

A piercing burning sound rang out, and then the scorching flames suddenly engulfed the three Purification Knights at the forefront. The intense heat caused the knights to fall from their horses in agony, collapsing to the ground, their fate unknown.

"The other side has armed elements capable of retaliating!!"

Perhaps not expecting that these refugees would have the fighting power to resist, the knights who were originally just on their way immediately adopted a fighting attitude, quickly drawing their lances on their horses and charging towards Rovey's position.

"They're here, Rovey!"

Nitocris reminded her, as she summoned her Noble Phantasm behind her, ready to help at any moment.

"I know."

Looking at the knights charging towards him, Rovey's eyelids twitched.

He sensed that something was subtly off about these knights.

Humans have emotions, including joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness. But these people were strange; they had no emotions, only will—the will to annihilate all the refugees. There was not the slightest hesitation, not the slightest doubt, as if chivalry simply did not exist within them. From the very beginning, this group had planned to use their advantages to slaughter all the refugees behind them.

Even fully armed soldiers would be helpless against a well-organized charge of heavily armored cavalry, let alone a group of unarmed refugees composed of women and children.

Only...

They messed with the wrong person this time.

Rovey snapped his fingers, and a dozen golden chains suddenly formed at both ends, then stretched into a straight line, creating multiple tripwires.

"—Howl!!!"

There was no time for the knights to react. Due to the momentum of the charge, the tripwires tripped the running horses and knocked them to the ground, their bodies crashing to the ground and shattering into pieces.

Click!

Then Rovey approached, leaning on his cane. He stood before a Purification Knights, gave him a cold look, and then swiftly pierced his head with his cane.

"Really..."

"What is this?!"

Feeling the emptiness at the other end of the cane, Rovey suddenly flicked it. Nitocris, who had rushed over, couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the empty armor. There was no human flesh inside the armor; it was only maintained by magic. These Purification Knights were just puppets made of magic and commands.

No wonder their operations are so mechanized and capable of killing innocent people without mercy...

"I've finally found you! You bastard who deceived my feelings!!"

"?"

Just as Rovey was confirming, a familiar figure who had been tripped by the chains and fallen to the ground grabbed the hilt of a sword and leaped into the air, raising the longsword and slamming it down heavily on Rovey below. A crimson lightning flashed before his eyes on the longsword in his hand.

—BOOM!!!

The ear-piercing explosion resounded like thunder. Amidst the billowing dust, Rovey raised his cane with one hand to block the crimson lightning, while his other hand pulled Nitocris into his arms to protect her from further harm.

"Ha! You're trying to pick up women at a time like this?!"

Mordred's voice came from the horned helmet. She was clearly very concerned about Rovey's act of blocking her sneak attack with one hand, so much so that she did not realize that a large part of her helmet had been shattered by the silver cane just now.

"Are you Lancelot?!"

Mordred belatedly realized that his helmet had been damaged, so he simply took off the thing that was obstructing his vision, revealing his true face, which still had that familiar tuft of blond hair and that familiar Takeuchi Face.

However, unlike last time, Mordred's aura was even more frenzied and arrogant.

This guy's magic has gone completely out of control; he's like a balloon that could explode at any moment. It seems the Lion King's blessing to him is still "out of control." No wonder he ran out to chase after her alone. This guy is basically a useless suicide bomber.

It seems that even though the Lion King says he doesn't care, he is still dissatisfied with his filial son, otherwise he wouldn't have used him as a ticking time bomb.

"You're using such foul language..."

Upon hearing Mordred say that he was Lancelot, Rovey couldn't help but retort, "How could I possibly be Lancelot?"

"Heh, all men are the same. You just deceived my feelings not long ago, and now you're hooking up with someone else. Are you Merlin?"

That's enough!

"Deceived feelings... deceived feelings... deceived feelings..."

Compared to Rovey, Nitocris was now muttering the same phrase as if she were possessed, then asked softly, "... Rovey, what exactly is going on?"

Anubis, however, became interested. "Oh ho, casting a wide net on both sides, you've got some skills, kid..."

"Wait a minute, it's a misunderstanding, it's not what you think. Get your head straight before you talk to me, Mordred. That wasn't deception... okay, it was deception, but not that kind of deception..."

Rovey quickly explained.

"I don't care how you lie! Die! Clarent Blood Arthur, Clarent Blood Arthur!!"

Seeing her familiar starting stance, Rovey couldn't help but feel a headache coming on. After telling Nitocris to wait there for a while, he got up and faced the crimson lightning directly.

"Mordred, calm down. You've mistaken me for someone else, I'm not your father!!"

Rovey for a moment, Lowe replied, "Okay... maybe it will be later, but it's not now at least."

"?"

"What nonsense are you spouting? What do you mean you're not my father? Of course you can't be my father! And you never will be!!"

"You who deceived my feelings, do you think you can deceive my father? I'll kill you!!"

"!!!"

It seemed that the two were having a very exciting conversation, because the refugees at the end of the fleeing group couldn't help but stop and turn around to look at Rovey, who was blocking Mordred's crimson light again, and then at Mordred, whose mind was not quite right at the moment because of the [Out of Control] blessing.

Wow, first it's about emotional manipulation, then it's a family drama—this is too explosive! You have to watch it!

To witness such an explosive plot in this lifetime, even if I die, it would be worth the ticket price!!

Apart from Nitocris, who could turn evil at any moment, everyone else behind him had a look of anticipation on their faces.

Surrounded by so many onlookers, Mordred, whose true Type-Moon is the walking Frostmourne, couldn't help but lose her composure and personally experienced the terrible feeling of being misunderstood by others' words.

"You bastard... Explain to them right now! You're not my dad, are you out of your mind?!"

Feeling ashamed, Mordred retorted loudly, her face flushed.

"Wow, I never would have guessed! That guy already has a kid... Why don't you try to become a stepmother?"

Anubis was laughing just like Kars, chuckling wildly as he teased Nitocris.

At this moment, Nitocris was almost automatically undergoing Alter transformation, and could only look angrily at the father and daughter playing around not far away, which was less of a battle and more of a game.

Upon seeing this, Anubis could only exclaim, "What a magnificent display of power and influence that has been bestowed upon six kingdoms!"

In another world, in the dining hall of Chaldea, a certain golden ahoge (antenna-like hair) who had been offline for a long time was eating seriously when he suddenly seemed to sense something and twitched the tuft of golden hair on his head.

"What's wrong, Artoria- senpai...?"

The red-haired girl sitting opposite her was a little surprised to see that Artoria, who was usually completely absorbed in eating, had stopped eating, which was quite unusual.

"It's alright, Ritsuka. I'm just doing pre-battle preparations. After all, going to the battlefield on an empty stomach is a big no-no."

"Yes, after all, Dr. Roman said we're going to the Sixth Singularity soon, and everyone is really motivated right now."

"It's good to have drive. Someone very important to me once told me that all people are like stars."

"It's not just us who are working hard now; the entire Chaldea is striving together, and everyone is shining in their own way."