"So terrifying! That mana reserve is terrifying..."
Through her connection to and perception of the Holy Grail, Ilya also sensed the seemingly endless torrent of mana pouring in.
Then she shouted,
"Stop him, now!"
"Once the Black Grail absorbs all that mana, the whole world will be finished! It can no longer be purified—we have to destroy the Holy Grail!"
Ilya's words struck Tohsaka Rin and Shirou Emiya like a thunderbolt.
They had never expected Uncle Xu Yue to have been telling the truth.
He had guided all of this.
He had done all of it!
"Why?! You clearly promised to form an alliance!"
Tohsaka Rin bristled like an enraged lioness.
"Then after learning the truth about the Black Grail, would you still choose to help me, Rin?"
"You never asked me! How would you know if you didn't try?"
"Then I'm asking you now. Are you willing to help me?"
"Too late! That was way too perfunctory!"
Tohsaka Rin bristled again and put the Lu Zhishen set on Shirou Emiya.
"You're going to get a good taste of a maiden's fury after her heart has been hurt!"
"Emiya! Get him!"
Having once again received expendable divine equipment, Shirou Emiya appeared at Xu Yue's side the very next instant!
Chronos Manipulation: Threefold Stagnation!
The immensely powerful time-stop effect that had achieved Perfect Compatibility after evolving made Shirou Emiya seem as though he had teleported.
Wielding a Fake Jeweled Sword in each hand, he slashed at Xu Yue with a blaze of almost limitless mana.
Yet in the next moment, a finger that scattered that mana radiance with a flick wedged firmly between the two Jeweled Swords, preventing Shirou Emiya's X-shaped slash from coming down.
"Shirou, have you forgotten who gave you your Crest?"
Xu Yue chuckled as he looked at