Chapter 221

Looking at the nervous Waver, Iskandar laughed and patted him on the shoulder. "Hahaha, don't worry, how could I do anything stupid? But, since Goldie can do it, I must be able to as well."

Iskandar was such a proud person. Although he didn't show it as obviously as Gilgamesh, the pride in his heart was no less than Gilgamesh's by half.

On the side, Goldie raised his head to look at Iskandar and sneered, "Heh, if you want to throw your life away, I don't mind collecting your corpse."

Gilgamesh had already seen through the essence of the black mud, which was the denial of human guilt. Modern people generally only want kindness and deny evil, so they have guilt, and thus, the black mud can use this guilt to corrupt and swallow them.

But Gilgamesh was different. He believed that existence is reasonable; whether it is kindness or evil, it has its necessity. And he was a King; what he had to do was to control both good and evil in his own hands. This series of reasons led to the black mud being unable to corrupt him and only being able to exclude him.

Many people watched Gilgamesh's performance in F/Z and said that Gilgamesh was so bad because he was corrupted by the black mud and his personality changed drastically. In fact, that's not it at all. How could the black mud influence the King's thoughts? The so-called "bad" in F/Z was just him discovering that human society was "sick," so he wanted to destroy this world and then lead the surviving humans to establish a brand-new order similar to Uruk.

Having figured this out, Lin Ye looked at Iskandar and said:

"Iskandar, I don't deny your dominance, and I don't think your King's Way is less strong than Gilgamesh's, but... you wanting to obtain a physical body from the black mud... is really not guaranteed."

Lin Ye felt he had already persuaded Iskandar enough, but there was no help for it. Who was Iskandar? He was the King of Conquerors! How could he be persuaded by Lin Ye!

"Hahaha! Since you don't want that Holy Grail, then just offer it to me. I want to try and see if I can obtain a physical body!"

Seeing Iskandar like this, Lin Ye didn't say anything more. He raised the wine glass in his hand and said to Iskandar, "Then... I can only wish you a smooth journey."

Watching Lin Ye raise his wine glass, everyone present raised their glasses at the same time. At this moment, they drank the wine in their glasses in one gulp.

Lin Ye's banquet ended. At this moment, everyone began to bid farewell to Lin Ye.

Iskandar left with Waver, and Diarmuid left with Kenneth. But when it came to Assassin, Hundred Faces looked at Lin Ye in front of her.

"Master, I won't snatch the Holy Grail. In the future, can I follow you?"

"Of course." Lin Ye expressed his welcome. Hundred Faces, well, he wasn't counting on her to go up and fight or anything. Lin Ye now had A-rank mana, so supplying Jeanne and Hundred Faces was no problem. Irisviel was enough for My King. As for Katsushika Hokusai, she was a Foreigner, so he could just supply the mana himself.

"But... looking at it this way, next time I need to obtain some mana attributes, otherwise, the Heroic Spirit supply won't be enough."

Lin Ye thought, then directly took out Rule Breaker and stabbed Hundred Faces in the chest!

Swish!

In an instant, in the basement of the Tohsaka residence!

"Ah!"

Kirei Kotomine felt a pain in the back of his hand, and then he felt that he had lost contact with Hundred Faces Hassan.

"What's wrong? Kirei?" Tokiomi Tohsaka on the side asked.

Kirei Kotomine raised his wrist and said, "Assassin has left."

"Left... I see." Tokiomi Tohsaka nodded. "Now that the Holy Grail is corrupted, she has no reason to snatch the Holy Grail. Let her go; it's better that she left."

Tokiomi Tohsaka was truly disheartened; he didn't want to snatch the Holy Grail anymore. A corrupted Holy Grail—he really had no reason to snatch it.

He prepared to go back and check the literature to see if there was any way to get the black mud out. Tokiomi Tohsaka patted Kirei Kotomine on the shoulder and said, "Go back. Everything is over. Take a good bath and rest. I've troubled you during this time."

Tokiomi Tohsaka left after speaking. Looking at Tokiomi Tohsaka's back, Kirei Kotomine lowered his head. "Giving up just like that... didn't you hear that the black mud said they wanted to descend into this world? How delightful..."

Kirei Kotomine turned and left the Tohsaka residence silently. He, he didn't want to give up at all...

At the same time, in the darkness, Kariya Matou also secretly finished watching this scene. He didn't attend this banquet, but he secretly watched the whole process. "That old guy! He lied to me again!"

Seeing this, how could Kariya Matou not understand? Lin Ye wasn't a villain who kidnapped Sakura; he was a benefactor who saved Sakura!

"The Holy Grail is corrupted? I really don't know what expression that old guy will have when he finds out! But, will the Holy Grail fulfill every wish in the most evil way? Then, what if my wish is evil?"

Making someone die—that's not a good wish, after all.

Kariya Matou thought of this and left.

And at Kenneth's magecraft workshop:

"My Lord, let me escort you away." Diarmuid said to Kenneth.

Kenneth was stunned. "Leave? Why leave? I originally came to gild... no, I originally came for the victory of the Holy Grail War. If the Holy Grail can't grant wishes, so be it. Kenneth, winning the Holy Grail War by one's own strength and then solving a crisis that could threaten the world... no, threatening the world is a bit exaggerated, solving a major crisis that threatened Japan—this resume is beautiful enough, right."

"Does My Lord want to solve this human crisis? Then, Diarmuid is willing to continue to be My Lord's spear."

"Hahaha! Good! Diarmuid, when we solve this matter, you come back to the Clock Tower with me! Don't worry, with my status as one of the twelve Lords, it's no problem to provide mana to support you."

The Holy Grail being corrupted—this matter was important to some people, but it didn't matter to others.

As for Lin Ye... it mattered even less.

Now, Lin Ye was in his bedroom, saying to the system in his mind:

"System, draw a new target for me."

【Congratulations to the Master for drawing target characters: Cu Chulainn, Scáthach.】

(F/Z is almost over, starting to lay the groundwork for what's next. Cu Chulainn is relatively versatile; FGO and F/S can both be written, and... there's also the Master!)