In the distance, Claude held the Holy Grail in one hand. Seeing this scene, a smile curled across his lips.
He raised a fingertip.
Crack—!!
A thick bolt of lightning split down from the sky, instantly blasting the petrified old City Lord into chunks of flesh scattered across the ground.
The Golden Scepter fell onto the ancient stone bricks with a humming clang, then rolled forward along the uneven road with a rumble.
Without the scepter, the old City Lord was merely an ordinary man. He could not withstand even a trace of Claude's lightning power.
After borrowing the Holy Grail's power to instantly kill the old City Lord, Claude turned to look at the two bedraggled agents before him. Their expressions had already become utterly grim.
In terms of direct combat strength, the two of them had never been Claude's match. Now that he had seized the Holy Grail ahead of them, their chances of winning were all but nonexistent.
"Cl... Claude, this is all a misunderstanding..." One of the agents swallowed, forcing a smile onto his face.
"Look, even if you kill us now, all you'll get are two corpses... But there are more than a dozen people out searching for the Holy Grail.
"If they join forces, you might not necessarily win even with the Holy Grail. Spare us, and we'll help you set them up and kill them. Then you can obtain a large number of sacrifices in one go..."
"Yeah, we might not be good in a direct fight, but we're masters of schemes and tricks!"
"We really can help you!"
Listening to their nearly pleading voices, Claude remained completely unmoved.
He glanced at the Holy Grail in his hand and spoke calmly. "Now that I have the Holy Grail, even if all dozen of