Chapter 693

Night, in the Tohsaka family courtyard.

As one of the three great mage families, although the Tohsaka family had few members, they held a high status among both ordinary people and mages.

Although the courtyard was not luxurious, it appeared solemn. Under the moonlight, beside the pool in the courtyard, a pool of blood and a white mask were particularly conspicuous. The ground was also stuck with various Noble Phantasms. Just a few minutes ago, a battle had occurred here—a battle between Heroic Spirits. Due to the vast gap in strength, the battle had lasted only a very short time.

In the depths of the courtyard, a Heroic Spirit clad in golden armor, with short golden hair and crimson eyes, stood on high, looking down at the pool of blood in the courtyard.

Behind this Heroic Spirit were circles of golden spatial ripples, seemingly having just summoned Noble Phantasms from somewhere in space.

This Heroic Spirit was Gilgamesh, also known as "Goldie." He was once a demigod, the oldest Hero King, and was currently an Archer, with Tohsaka Tokiomi as his Master.

Gilgamesh looked down at the "dead" Heroic Spirit Assassin with disdain in his eyes, but also some doubt. He was puzzled; although it was acting, the opponent was too weak.

Sensing Tohsaka Tokiomi's gaze from the castle behind him, Gilgamesh raised his chin slightly and began to converse with Assassin's corpse, or rather, to mock it.

"You have no right to look at me. Becoming a corpse is the posture you should have. Worms should die lying on the ground like worms, mongrel."

Gilgamesh's personality was arrogant, overbearing, and self-centered. He was accustomed to calling others "mongrel." In his own words: If you aren't arrogant, what kind of king are you?

Although Gilgamesh seemed to kill without blinking, he followed two principles when killing: first, "the enemy has an ugly soul," and second, the enemy holds murderous intent toward him.

The second point is easy to explain. As for the first point, "the enemy has an ugly soul," it is very interesting because whether an enemy's soul is ugly is entirely determined by Gilgamesh himself. Whoever he finds displeasing, that person's soul is ugly.

Overall, this guy is a tyrant who knows how to govern a country well. Compared to other Heroic Spirit kings, Gilgamesh is not considered wise, but his country happens to be the most stable.

Looking down for a while at the slowly dissipating remains of Assassin, Gilgamesh's body began to gradually become transparent and eventually disappeared. This is an ability all Heroic Spirits have: Spirit Form. If there is one "Heroic Spirit" who doesn't have this ability, it is Su Xiao.

Inside the Tohsaka residence, Tohsaka Tokiomi saw the scene in the courtyard through the window and revealed a smile. As he had expected, Gilgamesh was indeed the strongest Heroic Spirit in this Holy Grail War. He already had victory in his grasp.

Although this battle had been planned long ago by him and another Heroic Spirit Master, that "killed" Heroic Spirit didn't know about it. This was done to confuse the sight of other Masters.

"Tokiomi, I didn't expect you to actually let this King do such a boring little thing."

The spirit-formed Gilgamesh appeared in the room, his expression slightly displeased.

"I am truly sorry, King of Kings, Hero King Gilgamesh. Tonight's action was to demonstrate the Hero King's deterrence and to formulate future strategies."

Tohsaka Tokiomi, holding a glass of red wine, bowed to Gilgamesh. For a Master, bowing to one's own Heroic Spirit is an extremely rare thing.

However, it is true that Gilgamesh is strong, but his personality is too arrogant and extremely difficult to serve. Rather than saying Tohsaka Tokiomi summoned a Servant, it would be more appropriate to say he summoned a "daddy."

Most of the time, Gilgamesh simply didn't listen to Tohsaka Tokiomi's orders. If there was any "request," Tohsaka Tokiomi needed to negotiate with Gilgamesh, and whether to agree depended on Gilgamesh's mood.

When he first discovered this, Tohsaka Tokiomi's heart was broken, but in order to win the Holy Grail, Tohsaka Tokiomi chose to endure it.

Don't look at Tohsaka Tokiomi being servile now; in fact, he had long planned to use Command Spells to kill Gilgamesh. The Holy Grail belonged only to him. What Hero King, King of Kings—under the restraint of Command Spells, they would commit suicide all the same.

"Please, Hero King, stay calm. Everything is for your Holy Grail..."

Tohsaka Tokiomi maintained his bowing posture, and some of the red wine in his glass spilled.

"Hmph, alright then. It seems I can only use walking to pass the time for now. But fortunately, this era is quite interesting."

Hearing Gilgamesh's words, the bowing Tohsaka Tokiomi was somewhat surprised.

"Do you still like the modern world?"

"Unimaginably ugly, but it has its merits. The point is, there are no treasures here that can enhance my wealth. If there isn't even one artifact I like, then summoning me here is a grave crime, Tokiomi."

Gilgamesh looked sideways at Tohsaka Tokiomi. At this time, Tohsaka Tokiomi was bowing his head and didn't notice Gilgamesh's gaze. It was a gaze that saw through something.

As a former king and demigod, how could the Hero King not perceive the malice Tohsaka Tokiomi inadvertently radiated?

"Please rest assured, King, the Holy Grail will definitely satisfy you..."

"Whether I am satisfied is for me to decide. By the way, Tokiomi, what was that explosion sound before? Although it was quite pleasant."

Gilgamesh signaled for Tohsaka Tokiomi to stand up straight; there was no need to keep bowing.

"The previous explosion has been investigated. It was the Matou family's castle being destroyed. According to the clues at the scene, it was very likely the work of a Heroic Spirit."

"The work of a Heroic Spirit? So fast?"

Gilgamesh became interested.

"Yes, from the known information, an unknown Heroic Spirit fought with Matou Zouken, and the result was Matou Zouken's death. But what is puzzling is that there is still magical power residue in the summoning circle in the Matou family basement, which means the Matou family was also a member of this Holy Grail War. Through magecraft exploration, there was only one Heroic Spirit's magical power at the scene."

Tohsaka Tokiomi's expression was not very good. Judging from the current situation, there was only one possibility.

"The Heroic Spirit summoned by the Matou family destroyed the Matou family?"

Gilgamesh seemed to have heard something interesting and revealed a rare smile.

"Nine times out of ten... that's how it is."

"Interesting. If it wasn't infighting in the Matou family, then the Heroic Spirit killed the Master. It's simply..."

Gilgamesh didn't continue. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth as he gradually became spirit-formed. Although he also wanted to slaughter his own Master, he didn't dare to do so. Command Spells were something he couldn't resist. Having finally come to the present world, Gilgamesh didn't want to disappear yet.

However, Gilgamesh's interest had been piqued. If that unknown Heroic Spirit hadn't disappeared yet, he would very much like to ask the opponent how exactly they killed their own Master.

When Gilgamesh became spirit-formed and walked out of the residence, Tohsaka Tokiomi drank the fine wine in his glass and leaned his whole body on the sofa.

"I really can't stand it. It just had to be that Gilgamesh, an Archer-class Servant who can act independently, was summoned. A Heroic Spirit attacking their Master—simply a lunatic. And where did those unknown forces of mages running around Fuyuki City pop out from?"

Tohsaka Tokiomi had a headache. Not only was Gilgamesh giving him a headache, but so was the current situation.

On the edge of Fuyuki City, on a piece of wilderness.

Su Xiao held a map in his hand, and the Command Spell drawn on the back of his right hand was particularly conspicuous. Behind him followed Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, behind Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang followed Matou Sakura, and behind Matou Sakura was the "Berserker" Matou Kariya.

"Why are we in the suburbs? The map clearly marks Ryudoji Temple right around here."