Tokiomi Tohsaka completely removed his left hand, letting the wound on his right wrist continue to bleed.
He pulled open his left sleeve.
The red Command Spell lit up under the lights.
Zouken Matou's expression changed upon seeing the Command Spell.
"--In the name of the Command Spell, Caster, return to my side!"
The Command Spell glows.
A red teleportation beam appeared in the center of the study.
Zouken Matou tapped the floor, and all the offensive Crest Worms hidden in his sleeve flew out and pounced on Tokiomi Tohsaka.
It's too late.
A figure appeared within the teleportation beam.
Mayuri appeared, before her four white wings had fully unfolded, her rose-red eyes had already surveyed the room.
Tokiomi Tohsaka's right hand was severed, and the bleeding had not yet stopped. The Command Spell on his left arm still emitted a faint glow.
In the corner of the study stood a gaunt old man, bald and hunchbacked, covered in insects, and the stench was already wafting over.
A dozen or so dark purple insects were flying toward Tokiomi Tohsaka.
Mayuri immediately understood what had happened.
She didn't look at Zouken Matou; the Thunder Sanctuary had already been summoned from her Spirit Origin.
This time there are only two separate pieces.
A black sphere hovered beside Mayuri, its surface crackling with crimson-gold electric arcs.
They paused for less than a second before simultaneously unleashing bolts of lightning.
Lightning doesn't have a high energy level, but it carries a sacred and purifying power.
Mayuri's Spirit Origin belongs to an angel, Cherub Cherub.
All her attacks carry a small amount of holy energy.
When dealing with ordinary Servant, this power is of limited use; increasing output is more direct.
Zouken Matou, however, is different.
That body was made up of insects, and its soul resided in the core insect, continuing to exist through the Crest Worms and life-extending spells.
Over the past five hundred years, the soul has been transferred time and again, and has become unstable.
The core worm absorbs external magic and life force to sustain its soul.
This mode of existence itself violates the rules of life and death.
The power of divine purification is just right to deal with it.
Crimson-gold lightning struck Zouken Matou.
Two bolts of lightning pierced his body from the left and right.
Zouken Matou's reaction wasn't slow, but Mayuri's attack was even faster.
He didn't have time to form a wall of insects, nor to move the core insect away, and he didn't have time to activate the life-saving spells that he had prepared for five hundred years.
Crimson-gold lightning bolts passed through his body.
The ordinary Crest Worms that make up the shell begin to crack first.
When the insect was struck by lightning, its outer shell cracked, the liquid inside quickly dried, and the insect turned to ash.
The advanced Crest Worms deep inside held on for a second.
The magical runes on their shells flashed a few times before going out.
Finally, the lightning struck the core insect.
This insect was hidden in the middle of its body and was smaller than the other insects.
It is the soul anchor of Zouken Matou.
Lightning found it by following the swarm of insects.
The core worm emitted a faint hissing sound, and the soul residing within it was forced out of the worm's body.
Zouken Matou's soul heard something most familiar in five hundred years.
die.
There was no new container this time, nor was there a replacement left behind.
The core insect's outer shell shattered, and its soul dissipated within the crimson-gold purifying power.
Five hundred years of obsession, scheming, and sins came to an end here.
Zouken Matou's human form disintegrated in the lightning, turning into ashes that drifted towards the ceiling.
The attack-type Crest Worms that flew towards Tokiomi Tohsaka also went out of control.
The insect fell to the floor, bounced twice, and then stopped moving.
The study fell silent again.
The smell of lightning still lingered in the air, Zouken Matou's stench was slowly fading.
Tokiomi Tohsaka leaned against the desk.
The wound on my right wrist is still bleeding.
He took a red gem from his inner breast pocket.
The gem shattered in his left hand, and the healing magic it contained covered the broken edges.
The bleeding stopped, and a translucent red magic membrane appeared over the wound.
To fully recover, the severed hand needs to be reattached.
The severed hand was on the floor less than a meter away, its fingers still slightly curled.
Tokiomi Tohsaka bent down to pick it up.
A chop to the back of the neck.
The force was applied to the junction of the cervical spine and medulla oblongata.
Tokiomi Tohsaka's blue eyes widened, and his body immediately lost its balance.
Mayuri reached out her left hand to catch him and put him on the floor.
She looked down at the unconscious Tokiomi Tohsaka.
The things in those rose-red eyes were complex.
Mayuri always knew that after Saber and Lancer left the stage, Tokiomi Tohsaka would use the remaining Command Spell to order her to commit suicide.
He needs a seventh soul.
That is, Mayuri's soul.
Only after the souls of the seven Servant return to the Throne of Heroes can the hole leading to the Root be torn open.
Tokiomi Tohsaka's wish is to reach the Root; what he needs is that opening.
Mayuri possesses the Spirit Origin and abilities of an angel.
However, the souls residing within the Spirit Origin are still ordinary human souls from another world.
She has her own desires.
They have their own feelings.
They also have their own wishes.
Mayuri squatted down and positioned Tokiomi Tohsaka's body in a supine position.
She confirmed that he was still breathing and his vital signs were normal, then stood up.
The severed hand was still nearby.
Mayuri picked up the severed hand and placed it on Tokiomi Tohsaka's chest.
Once he wakes up, he can reconnect himself.
You won't die.
Mayuri walked to the center of the study.
The octagonal gem array is still in operation.
The thing in the center of the formation has changed.
The Lesser Grail is no longer that fist-sized, pale gold heart.
It turned into a cup.
The cup is gold in color and about 30 centimeters tall.
The magic emanated from the cup, bathing the study ceiling in a golden light.
The souls of the six Servant have been absorbed by the Lesser Grail.
Hassan of the Hundred Faces, Lancelot, Iskandar, Gilgamesh, Diarmuid, Artoria.
Saber's soul eventually entered the Holy Grail System.
After the sixth soul was absorbed, the Lesser Grail accumulated enough energy to change its shape back to that of a cup.
The octagonal gem array is connected to the spiritual vein beneath the Tohsaka Residence.
The ritual for the coming of the Greater Grail has begun.
Mayuri stood in front of the golden cup.
The Holy Grail was tainted by Angra Mainyu.
She knew about this from her memories of her past life.
During the Third Holy Grail War, the Einzbern Family summoned an entity that should not have appeared— Angra Mainyu.
That wasn't some legendary evil god, but just an ordinary boy whom the villagers called "the embodiment of All the World's Evil."
He suffered greatly in life and was made into a vessel to hold "all evil" after his death.
After his soul was retrieved by the Holy Grail, the "evil" within it also entered the Greater Holy Grail System.
After that, any wish will be granted by the Holy Grail in the worst possible way.
Want world peace? The Holy Grail will destroy all of humanity to achieve it.
Want to save someone? The Holy Grail will kill everyone else to achieve that.
Mayuri knew these things.
She still wanted to go in.
Her wishes had nothing to do with good or evil.
This wish does not change the world, nor does it require the Holy Grail to harm others, nor does it need the Grail to decide how to fulfill it.
At least, that's what Mayuri thought.
She stretched out her right hand, her fingertips touching the golden cup.
The study has disappeared.
Tokiomi Tohsaka's unconscious body disappeared.
The octagonal gem array, the floor, the walls, the ceiling, the windows, and the bookshelves all receded from this space.
Mayuri's body and consciousness were sent to another place.
White.
The ground beneath my feet is white, and so is the area in front of me.
She stood on a flat surface that seemed to have no end.
There was no texture, no seams, and no temperature there.
Looking up, everything was still white.
You can't see the edge from above.
There were no walls or light sources on any side, yet the entire space was brightly lit.
This place itself is radiant.
Mayuri stood in the white space.
Four wings were tucked behind her, making her black Astral Dress and white wings stand out.
The warnings from my body never stopped.
Something is wrong here.
Mayuri, of course, knew the reason.
Angra Mainyu is located here.
This white space belongs to the interior of the Greater Grail.
The white covering concealed what lay within, beneath which remained the inscription " All the World's Evil."
Mayuri's eyes looked around.
A woman was standing ten meters away.
The woman had long, silver-white hair that reached her feet.
She has red eyes and a face that resembles Irisviel's, but her features are much more mature.
The woman was wearing a white dress.
The fabric was so thin that you could see the outline of the skin underneath.
The dress was simply tailored, yet the fabric itself possessed an extraordinary texture.
She stood there.
His face was expressionless.
That face was like an empty cup, waiting for someone to put something in it.
Mayuri looked at her.
This person should be Justeaze.
The first Saint of Winter of the Einzbern Family, the core of the Greater Holy Grail System.
It's also possible that it's just an appearance borrowed by Angra Mainyu.
In this place, truth and falsehood are not so easily distinguished.
The white-haired, red-eyed woman looked at Mayuri.
Then he spoke.
The voice was flat and even, without any inflection, as if reciting a pre-written passage.
"The victor of the Holy Grail War."
Please state your wish.