Bazdilot Cordelion

Xiao Sha was training the 28 monsters as usual when all the windows in the police station suddenly shattered.

To be precise, every window along the entire street shattered, blasted apart by the force of the arrows.

Xiao Sha had wanted to check what was happening, but I stopped her. "Keep training. This has nothing to do with us this time, so there's no need to join the excitement."

I knew Alcides had gone to seek revenge on Gilgamesh. True Rider, Hippolyta, would interfere halfway through, and then Pale Rider would come out to break up the fight. In the end, nothing would come of it.

If I were going to observe their battle and learn about their strength, I might as well forget it. They all treated their trump cards like treasures, so nothing could be tested. Besides, I knew exactly how strong each of them was. There was no need.

As usual, I left behind a distracting clone and escaped through the earth.

I wasn't going to the battlefield of the three. Instead, I headed for the meat-processing plant, which was the base of Bazdilot Cordelion, Alcides's Master.

I was going there to speak with him and see whether I could find out if the summoning array underground had been created by the Mafia's Bazdilot family.

Alcides happened to be away now, so I wouldn't get caught up in a major battle. After all, Felia, Hali, and True Berserker, Humbaba, had started fighting the moment they arrived.

If True Caster, François Prelati, hadn't interfered, at least two Servants would probably have been eliminated.

When I arrived at the meat-processing plant, it looked like an ordinary place. In reality, however, it and the surrounding factories had been combined into a huge otherworldly labyrinth.

An ordinary Caster, or perhaps a