As Tokyo's nightscape fell behind the curtain of daylight, Roland walked alone along the only passage leading to the underground Great Hollow.
He calmly made his way through the passage without any source of light. Sajyou Manaka had already gone to activate the Greater Grail and was eagerly awaiting his arrival.
During this process, Solomon would use Ramesses II's soul to fill the final vacancy.
If everything went smoothly, this momentum would become unstoppable. The next time he returned, Type-Moon would be in his grasp.
If it did not, he would merely use the consequences of devouring Tokyo and crunching the world apart as a stepping stone. He would still stand at the summit.
"Still, building such a huge plaza and a three-dimensional magic circle of this scale beneath Tokyo, while concealing every last trace..."
This was not Fuyuki, with its difficult-to-regulate leylines and sparsely populated spaces. Finding an undetectable, enormous hollow here and installing a Holy Grail that could proliferate was a task no less difficult than the Holy Grail War itself.
"Because this is her world. Of course Sajyou Manaka possesses all of this."
A girl's sweet, lively voice came from the darkness.
"Francesca, I knew you wouldn't dare run away, but your initiative in finding this place before everyone else is still worth praising."
"I'm truly honored to receive such praise from you." Francesca put on a deeply moved expression, even making a show of wiping the corners of her eyes, which had not reddened at all. "But it really wasn't very difficult. After all, I already knew the Greater Grail had to be in Tokyo, and I had experience looking for one."
As she mentioned her past experiences, a lovely gleam shone in Francesca's eyes.
"Though that Makiri fellow guarded it so tightly that I couldn't