Chapter 59: Assassin, You Set Me Up Again!

"It was more than that. At the very least, when we protected Uruk, you and I stood on the same front," Gilgamesh said nostalgically.

Seeing the two suddenly flaunting their affection, Amakusa frowned and interrupted their conversation.

"Then, Assassin, tell me—if you wanted to save all humanity, what would you do?"

"Why would I save all humanity? Humanity is doing perfectly fine. Who needs you to save them?" Shirou laughed even louder. "That was a funny joke. I'll use it next time."

"Come to think of it, isn't your so-called salvation of all humanity just the Third Magic? Let me guess what you're planning. Ha—I know. You'll drain the magical power from the ley lines, then use your lousy fortress to travel the world, right? That way, you'll save every human in the world with the Third Magic, won't you?"

Amakusa nodded.

That was precisely his plan. The other man had guessed correctly.

"Correct. What is the problem? The Third Magic, which materializes the soul, is undoubtedly humanity's future—the paradise of the present age!"

Even Jeanne d'Arc was somewhat moved.

That plan really was quite good, and it seemed humanity would not have to pay any price.

Yet they would gain immortality, living endlessly and eternally.

It was undoubtedly paradise on earth.

"Paradise on earth?"

Before Shirou's eyes flashed that desolate land, a summer filled with swirling snow.

In the places where the ley lines had vanished, a strange substance had appeared—something humanity could not comprehend.

After animals inhaled it, they seemed to be poisoned and quickly died, leaving behind only skeletons that soon vanished as well.

The soil cracked, and the Earth's axis reversed.

In the end, he had taken his sister and Sakura and left that place.

But that did not mean he would give up on saving