Opening the Door to the Root Vortex

A chain of explosions erupted in the dark universe, then slowly faded away like fireworks.

Repulse stared intently at the screen before her. After a moment, she turned around and bowed to Fang Zheng.

"Reporting to Commander, the target has been completely destroyed."

"Mm... Ruler, how about your side?"

"Huh?"

Hearing Fang Zheng's question, Jeanne froze for a moment before hurriedly closing her eyes. A moment later, she nodded.

"...Confirmed. All the Red faction Servants and Masters have vanished."

"What... that's it?"

Hearing Jeanne's answer, Little Black put on a thoroughly bored expression. Fang Zheng, meanwhile, glanced at her.

"What? You have a problem with that?"

"Of course I do, big brother! This is the final battle of the Holy Grail War! We were all fully prepared! Going by the pacing of anime and manga, everyone should have fought desperately next, defeated their respective enemies, and then happily gone home with the Holy Grail! There should've been dozens of flashback episodes in the middle too! But what did you mean by just throwing the enemy into space and instantly wiping them out?!"

"I'm not making a TV drama."

Faced with Little Black's complaints, Fang Zheng rolled his eyes helplessly.

"If I can win easily, why should I make things so dangerous? Besides, if I couldn't instantly kill those guys even after all this, why did I put so much effort into summoning these warships?"

Why take risks when he could win by playing it safe?

"Ugh... I mean, that's true, but..."

Little Black still looked unable to accept Fang Zheng's answer. The expressions of everyone else nearby were similarly subtle. It might not have been nice to say, but they had all prepared themselves for the enemy to fight to the bitter end. Yet ever since Fang Zheng had summoned