Chapter 201: He Is Practically the World Itself!

After a moment of sighing, Bai Bai Zeming immediately cast aside these distracting thoughts and prepared to go outside the mountain gate to aid Shirou Emiya.

But just as he arrived with the two Heroic Spirits, the mighty Heracles had already died at the hands of the Golden Flash.

And Gilgamesh, dressed in modern casual clothes, had actually plunged his palm into Illya's chest and pulled out a heart from within her body that was purple-black in color!

The plot had run wild, progressing too fast, catching Bai Bai Zeming off guard.

Gazing at Illya, who lay covered in blood and had crashed to the ground with a thud, he gritted his teeth and resolutely spent his last hundred points.

——This was the reason why Lin Yu had only studied within his internal universe for two days!

Accompanied by brilliant silver light, the handsome young man dressed in white robes descended upon this world once more.

Gazing at the chaotic forest before him, Lin Yu raised an eyebrow and looked at Bai Bai Zeming in surprise:

"What have you done?"

"..."

Bai Bai Zeming looked embarrassed and hurriedly said, "Big Brother, I know the situation is somewhat chaotic, but now is not the time to dwell on this; Illya is about to die!"

"You want to save her?"

"If I can save her, of course I must!"

Bai Bai Zeming answered without hesitation.

Lin Yu smiled slightly, then raised his hand and beckoned, drawing the fallen Illya over to him.

The Tohsaka sisters, Shirou Emiya, and the three Heroic Spirits on the ground all noticed his action, raised their heads, and stared in shock at the several figures near the mountain gate.

"... Is that him?!"

Meeting the shocked gazes of the crowd below, Lin Yu glanced at the bloody hole in Illya's body, and his right hand erupted with brilliant silver light as he used healing magic and matter-shaping magic to repair her body.

In the blink of an eye, the gruesome bloody hole shrank and vanished, and blood returned to her body.

Her originally pale small face quickly regained its ruddy color, and a pair of red eyes regained their luster, looking at the handsome young man in white robes before her with surprise and confusion.

"Big Brother, you... saved me?"

"You could say so!"

Lin Yu smiled, raised his hand to pat Illya's head, and then his figure flashed, appearing before Shirou Emiya and the others.

At this moment, apart from the Tohsaka sisters, the three people including Saber, Archer, and Shirou Emiya all had injuries of varying degrees, and it was unknown whether they were the work of Heracles or Gilgamesh.

Lin Yu's gaze swept over the crowd and finally settled on Tohsaka Sakura.

"We meet again, little Miss."

"..."

Tohsaka Sakura was stunned by these words and hesitantly said, "Thank you... for the previous matter..."

"You're welcome!"

Lin Yu smiled in response and then turned his gaze toward the two figures opposite.

The tall figure kneeling on the left was the remaining body of Heracles that had not yet dissipated.

The silent blond youth on the right was the rogue Heroic Spirit left over from the previous round, the legendary oldest Hero King of the Mesopotamian region—Gilgamesh!

He had a head of brilliant golden hair, wore a white shirt with a black tracksuit jacket, and on his handsome, god-like face were a pair of scarlet eyes.

Before Lin Yu appeared, Gilgamesh had just defeated Heracles and pulled out Illya's heart, or rather, the Lesser Grail used to recycle the magic power of Heroic Spirits.

But upon seeing Lin Yu, he fell silent for some reason, frowning as he stared at Lin Yu.

"Truly unexpected..."

Meeting Lin Yu's gaze, Gilgamesh suddenly spoke, saying calmly, "A decision made on a whim, yet I encounter an existence like you!"

"Oh?"

Lin Yu raised an eyebrow and looked at him with some surprise, as if he hadn't expected Gilgamesh to have discerned even a hint of the truth.

... Was it because of the extremely high divine status comprising two-thirds of his being?

Lin Yu looked at him with interest and then lowered his head, gazing at the purple-black heart in his hand.

"So this is the Lesser Grail within Illya?"

What?!

Gilgamesh's pupils contracted sharply; he suddenly turned his head to look at his right hand, only to find that the heart in his hand had already vanished, replaced by a piece of disgusting flesh from an unknown species.

A chill ran through his heart; he hurriedly threw away this piece of flesh and glared angrily at Lin Yu ahead.

Just as everyone thought he would use that arrogant attitude again to humiliate Lin Yu with words like 'mongrel', they didn't expect this fellow to actually take a deep breath and forcibly suppress that anger!

Seeing this scene, not to mention Shirou Emiya and the others, even Bai Bai Zeming and the others who had just arrived with Illya couldn't help but look utterly surprised.

Shirou Emiya came to his senses and couldn't help but say:

"You said this heart is the Lesser Grail?"

"Why is it inside Illya's body?!"

"Don't you know?" Lin Yu glanced at him and explained with a smile, "The so-called Lesser Grail is the prize obtained by the winner of the Holy Grail War."

"But in reality, it is merely a vessel for recycling the magic power of Heroic Spirits and a necessary artifact for achieving the Third Magic!"

"Although it is a vessel, it requires a Master as a Living Sacrifice, and this Illyasviel von Einzbern is the Lesser Grail of this round, a creation born of a human and a homunculus!"

"Her mother, Irisviel, was the Lesser Grail of the previous round, that is to say, the former Master of the Saber standing by your side..."

Hearing this sentence, Shirou Emiya was stunned again and couldn't help but turn his head to look at Saber.

Saber's hands still gripped that invisible sword, but her expression had fallen silent, as if acknowledging this fact.

Lin Yu said with a smile, "As for the Greater Grail..."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly raised his right foot and stepped down lightly.

"Boom!"

In an instant, a trembling roar echoed through the entire Ryuudo Temple and even Enzou Mountain.

The earth rumbled as it rose, hard soil and rock bursting through the stone bricks, shooting up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

Everyone stared in shock at the ground rising beneath their feet; before they could react, an invisible force surged out of nowhere, lifting everyone present into the sky.

Before long, the earth's trembling and rising finally ceased.

With awestruck expressions, everyone gazed downward, where right in the center of Ryuudou Temple—the very core of Fuyuki City's ley lines—a massively thick stone pillar had suddenly risen.

Atop the circular platform on the very peak of this stone pillar lay a magic circle of such colossal scale it was breathtaking.

The magical energy contained within was virtually endless, filling everyone present who possessed magical perception with profound dread.

"What is that?"

Emiya Shirou asked in astonishment.

Forcing down her shock, Tohsaka Rin said in a low voice: "The Greater Holy Grail!"

What?!

That is the Greater Holy Grail?

It was actually buried beneath Ryuudou Temple?

Emiya Shirou stared at that giant magic circle in disbelief.

Bai Bai Zeming snapped back to his senses, couldn't help but fly over to Lin Yu's side, and asked in a low voice: "Big Brother, what exactly are you trying to do?"

"Naturally, to resolve this Holy Grail War once and for all!"

Lin Yu said with a light smile: "The magic circle beneath Ryuudou Temple, or rather, the Greater Holy Grail, requires a Lesser Grail that has recovered a Servant's magical energy as a spark to activate."

"And now, this heart has already recovered one Servant; adding the Caster in your hand, plus the three Master souls transformed by the Throne of Heroes into Servant bodies, that makes five."

"Only one more remains before the contents of the Holy Grail are filled..."

Speaking thus, he cast his gaze toward Gilgamesh, who stood on a treetop opposite them.

Gilgamesh's expression darkened, but before he could speak, Lin Yu shifted his gaze to behind him.

"It is rare for everyone to gather together, yet someone spoils the mood by being absent..."

Lin Yu said indifferently: "How can this be allowed?"

Before his voice had even faded, the Qimen formation covering the entirety of Fuyuki City instantly began to operate.

Brilliant silver light erupted from the ground below, ejecting two wretched figures from within.

At the same time, everyone except Lin Yu was transported to the space beneath the stone pillar.

Tohsaka Rin and the others felt bewildered, but quickly recovered, casting wary glances forward at Gilgamesh and the two figures ejected from the silver light beside him.

One of them was an old acquaintance: the blue-armored Lancer wielding a scarlet spear.

The other was Tohsaka Rin's legal guardian, the Church's fake priest, the famous tax evader, and the supervisor of this Holy Grail War—Kotomine Kirei!

The moment she saw Kotomine Kirei and the blue-armored Lancer, Tohsaka Rin immediately realized his identity.

"So you are Lancer's Master?!"

She stared at the Kotomine Kirei opposite her in disbelief.

But Kotomine Kirei paid her no heed; instead, he frowned, swept his gaze over the ruins and stone pillar before him, and finally fixed it on the white-clad figure in the sky.

"It seems something has occurred here that even you could not resolve..."

"Hmph!"

Hands in his pockets, Gilgamesh snorted coldly: "This was force majeure!"

Force majeure?

Kotomine Kirei pondered thoughtfully, then suddenly raised his sleeve, revealing his heavily tattooed arm covered in Command Spells.

"In the name of the Master: Lancer, return to the church!"

As his words fell, the Command Spells on Kotomine Kirei's arm glowed with red light.

The blue-armored Lancer standing beside him was engulfed by immense magical energy, his form instantly beginning to distort.

But the next second, the distorted space was smoothed over by some power, and Lancer's figure remained standing in place.

"Indeed, it was force majeure!"

Lowering his arm, Kotomine Kirei gazed calmly at Lin Yu in the sky and said: "If I am not mistaken, the one up there is the person you encountered previously at the school, correct?"

"A person?"

Before Lancer could answer, Gilgamesh beside him scoffed, glancing at Lin Yu in the sky as he said: "Kirei, this fellow is no human..."

"In this King's eyes, His brilliance far surpasses that of the gods; one could even say He is the world itself!"

The world itself?!

Kotomine Kirei paused slightly, then frowned: "If such a being truly exists, how could it possibly give rise to personality and consciousness?"

Glancing at him, Gilgamesh said: "Good question; this King is also curious. Why don't you go ask Him yourself?"

Kotomine Kirei fell silent, clearly having no such intention.

Gilgamesh gave a light snort, then stomped his foot.

In an instant, golden ripples appeared out of nowhere; a flying boat crafted from gold and emerald gems flew out from within, carrying his body as it rapidly ascended, soon reaching the same height as the top of the stone pillar.

Sensing the solid spatial barrier above, Gilgamesh frowned slightly, looking up at Lin Yu overhead.

"Although this King does not know your true identity, this King can be certain that an existence like yours would absolutely have no interest in something as boring as the Holy Grail!"

Staring fixedly at him, Gilgamesh said: "So, what exactly is your goal?"

(End of Chapter)