Gilles de Rais had gone mad. Every version of him had gone mad. After all, you could hardly imagine what a Saber or Caster with the Mad Enhancement skill would be like.
This became even worse after his Master—the cheerful serial killer Ryunosuke Uryu—had his head blown apart by Kiritsugu's single shot.
How should one put it? After seeing red and white matter splattered everywhere, this guy's first thought was not to collect his Master's corpse. Instead, he used that very corpse to set up another summoning circle.
This was the only magecraft known by the former Marshal of France and current grotesque serial killer, "Bluebeard."
That was right. If he fought personally, all he could do was draw his sword and hack at people. Merlin thought that was pretty great, but unfortunately, the big-eyed moe marshal did not share Merlin's habit of carrying a Curry Stick around.
So after the little yellow book made of human skin in his hands had been scrubbed away, he became complete dead weight. Even Natalia, an ordinary bounty hunter—huh?—could solo him.
"This is such a tragedy, Ryunosuke, you poor child. Rest assured, I swear upon your life that I shall bring you the greatest 'cool~'!"
Our Caster contestant finally began chanting. Feel honored; this was a rare sight. Casters in other Holy Grail Wars either did not need chants or could not chant, so this was a moment worth commemorating.
"la Shub-Niggurath! The Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young!"
...You did not understand any of that?
Fine, then let us translate it—I'm about to go mad, O Black Goat with a thousand children!
That was roughly what it meant. As you could see, this was a summoning ritual for an Outer God... though its crudeness was downright pitiful.
The tentacled