026: On Talking People to Death, I, Rimuru, Have Never Feared Anyone!

"Ri...muru?" Rin turned around in surprise and saw Rimuru slowly condense from spirit particles. He walked over solemnly and said, "Because my methods may have seemed somewhat heartless and brutal to my enemies."

"Ty...rant..." As if she understood something, Rin stared at Rimuru in shock. "Don't tell me..."

But Rimuru nodded frankly. "In a Holy Grail War, participants must be prepared to fight and kill anyone, Rin."

"Ten years ago, forces from all over the world set their sights on the Holy Grail at the same time. You must have heard some of it from Kirei. There were the Light Chasers, who allied with your side, and the Mad Dogs, a mercenary organization allied with the Einzbern Family... Among them, the force representing the Markless Magician organization was called the Fire Foxes, and they chose... the Matou Family."

Red Fox appeared in the sky and slowly descended beside Sakura. "Come back, Rider."

Upon hearing the command, Medusa gently retracted the chains wrapped around Saber's blade. Saber also slowly retreated to stand before Shirou Emiya and Rin, watchfully on guard.

"But unfortunately..." Seeing this, Rimuru continued softly, "As someone from the Clock Tower, I noticed this as well and decided to enter the fray."

"You, from the Clock Tower?" Red Fox sneered at those words but said nothing. If supernatural beings were truly called Markless Magicians, then Rimuru could practically be considered one of their masterminds!

Heh, what a deep-water wolf. But because of R'lyeh's secrecy rules, he could not directly expose the other party's act, nor was he interested in doing so—because no matter what, Rimuru really had seemed to switch sides back then, standing with the Clock Tower and the local forces and using the natives to deal devastating blows to his competitors.

"But the troublesome part was that