Tiné wiped the tears from her face with her sleeve and took a deep breath.
" Origami -sama, the Holy Grail is located at the heart of the city's great spiritual vein. Would you like to go and take a look?"
"Um."
Origami nodded.
"After eliminating so many enemies, I want to see how many more Servant souls are needed to fill the Holy Grail."
Tiné nodded.
"I'll have someone from my tribe show you the way."
"Need not."
Origami closed her eyes, sensing the immense spiritual energy emanating from beneath the city.
"I found it."
Her figure transformed into a white light and vanished from Tiné's sight.
The underground of Snowfield City.
The central location of the major spiritual vein.
A huge underground space.
In the center of the space, a huge sphere emitting a faint light floated in mid-air.
The Greater Grail.
I felt pretty good while doing Origami.
After all, so many battles have been fought, and so many Servant have been eliminated.
Now it's finally time to reap the rewards.
But.
When she actually saw the Greater Grail, her brow furrowed slightly.
strangeness.
Is it just my imagination?
Why does the Greater Grail seem so empty?
Judging from its appearance, the Greater Grail is very large.
The accumulated magic power is also plentiful.
But there's just one thing...
A feeling of emptiness.
The Origami fell to the ground.
She walked up to the Greater Grail.
Extend your hand.
My fingertips touched the surface of the Greater Grail.
Perception followed the point of contact and penetrated deep into the interior of the Greater Grail.
The result was the same as before.
The Greater Grail contains a vast amount of magical power.
But not a single Servant was recovered.
Not a single one.
"???"
Origami withdrew her hand.
She stood motionless before the Greater Grail.
Those blue eyes were fixed on the Greater Grail.
It was as if it was being questioned with its eyes.
Where did you put my Servant's soul?
She carefully recalled the Servant she had already confirmed had been eliminated.
He personally killed both Gilgamesh and Heracles.
But these two people later reappeared before him using some unknown means.
Enkidu and Hassan of the Zealot have both been confirmed to be leaving the game.
Enkidu turned into dust and vanished in the Pseudo-Underworld.
The Hassan of the Zealot was destroyed by his own concentrated artillery fire.
These two have likely truly left the scene.
Ishtar was probably killed by that unknown Hassan using some means, resulting in their mutual destruction.
The Pale Rider was also defeated by himself once; at that time, his Spirit Origin had already disappeared, and he should have left the field.
So, when you calculate it this way...
There are already quite a few Servant confirmed to be leaving the game.
But surely the Holy Grail wouldn't be completely devoid of a Servant's soul?
Where have the souls of Enkidu, Hassan of the Zealot, Ishtar, and the Pale Rider gone?
You must know that you will need the Greater Grail to help you rebuild your physical body later.
But now that the Holy Grail War is more than halfway through, the souls of Servant have been lost.
"..."
Origami's brow furrowed even deeper.
She just couldn't swallow this insult.
Even if she turns this entire Snowfield City upside down today, she'll find and eliminate all the other Servant.
However, he had a prior agreement with Lord El-Melloi II.
Let's put his student at the very end for now.
Origami turned around.
Ten white wings of light unfolded behind her.
She flew towards the ground.
" Origami -sama?"
Tiné's voice came from the contract.
Origami has already informed Tiné of the general situation through the contract.
" The Holy Grail is empty."
"Empty?!"
"How could this be...?"
"I'm going to find the remaining Servant."
"So what do you need us to do?"
"Unnecessary."
The Origami figure fell towards the ground.
"Wait for me."
"Yes!"
The Origami fell to the ground.
She closed her eyes.
It pushed perception to its limits.
We inspected each building one by one.
The Spirit Origin of Servant are completely different from those of ordinary humans.
With careful observation, one can distinguish them.
But she searched it all over.
No.
Not a single Servant's Spirit Origin was sensed.
Um?
wrong.
In a villa near the suburbs of the city.
Origami sensed the Spirit Origin fluctuations emanating from Saber.
The other party should be inside this villa.
Besides him, there were several other human signs of life in the mansion.
A teenage girl and two children.
The fluctuations in his aura felt somewhat familiar; I should have seen them before.
The girl must be Sajyou Ayaka, Saber's Master.
As for the two children...
Origami hovers above the villa.
For the sake of the two children living in the mansion.
She did not directly launch an artillery barrage that destroyed the entire mansion.
Instead, it openly radiated its Spirit Origin fluctuations.
White wings of light unfolded in the night sky.
The aura of the Metatron spread in all directions like a tidal wave.
This is a direct way of letting the other person know that you've arrived.
Inside the villa.
Richard was wiping the Crimson Heaven Sword in the living room.
Suddenly, his body tensed up instantly.
That aura... it belonged to the silver-haired Archer.
Previously, the opponent was injured and transformed into a giant demonic dragon, causing a great commotion before disappearing without a trace.
It's appeared again now.
Moreover, the aura this time is different from before.
Richard put down the Crimson Heaven Sword.
He stood up.
" Ayaka."
Sajyou Ayaka came out from the next room.
"Saber, what's wrong?"
"Archer has arrived."
Ayaka's expression changed instantly.
"That... Archer?"
"Um."
"What if she comes...? Sajyou Manaka isn't here..."
Richard at Ayaka.
He sighed.
He walked up to Ayaka.
" Ayaka, listen to me."
"Um."
"I'm going out to fight her."
"But..."
"I'll try my best to lead her out of the city. You all stay in the mansion and don't come out."
"But Saber, if we can't beat her..."
Richard smiled.
"If you can't beat them, you can't beat them."
"At least in her presence, I Richard I, will not run away."
" Ayaka, remember, no matter what sound you hear, don't come out. Protect those two children."
Ayaka bit her lip.
"I see..."
"Then I'll leave it to you this time."
Richard patted Ayaka's head.
Then he turned and walked towards the door.
He pushed open the door of the mansion.
He went outside.
A night breeze blew in my face.
Richard looked up.
I saw the white figure floating in mid-air.
Short silver hair, white Astral Dress.
A white Kether floats above.
Archer, Origami Tobiichi.
"Archer, you did come after all."
Origami looked down at Saber.
I'm in a hurry, I don't have time to waste with you.
"If you don't want your Master to be caught in the crossfire, let's go outside the city. Today, I will end this Holy Grail War."
Richard gave a wry smile.
really.
Today is a day of no escape.
But he did not run away.
"All right."
"The valley on the north side."
"Can."
Richard's figure materialized into a spirit form and swiftly moved towards the northern valley.
Origami followed behind.
Two beams of light, one after the other, pierced through the night sky of Snowfield City.
The United States government and police are still dealing with the aftermath of the previous dragon attack.
All monitoring methods were rendered ineffective, and all kinds of data were in complete disarray.
Casualty statistics are still being compiled.
The entire official system is operating at full capacity.
Then.
"A high-intensity Servant reaction has been detected in the valley north of Snowfield City!"
"One of them is... it's that silver-haired Archer from before!"
"What?!"
Everyone's emotions tightened again.
What if that silver-haired Archer transforms into a dragon again?
Now, no one can stop it.
Police station.
Orlando looked at the monitoring data that had just been restored on the screen.
The two Spirit Origin reactions are moving towards the valley to the north.
He recognized one of them.
That Archer.
"Damn it..."
Orlando slammed his fist on the table.
"Please, please, don't turn into a dragon again..."