Chapter 279

Rin Tohsaka: "The four rules of the village, I almost forgot about them."

Shishigou Kairi: "These rules are probably also connected to the village's plan in some way."

Waver: "What is the meaning of these rules..."

【A moment later, the Second finally came back to his senses, his mind seemingly having an idea.】

【"Gray, since you intend to meet King Arthur's spirit, I want to ask you for a favor."】

【Then, he quietly told Gray a piece of content, making Gray blink repeatedly.】

【Gray: "Although I can do it, is it okay for me to say it?"】

【The Second: "This matter must be entrusted to you. If you say it, it should be more effective than if I speak. This might be a quite dangerous gamble, but to break the current situation, it is unavoidable."】

【Gray: "..... understand."】

Illya: "What are you doing, what are you doing, why are you acting like a riddle-maker again?"

Shishigou Kairi: "He seems to have thought of something."

Rin Tohsaka: "Ah? Why didn't I notice anything?"

Iskandar: "Kid, can you reveal a little bit?"

Waver: "..."

Don't call him, he doesn't know what his future self thought of either.

【At the same time, a flash of light suddenly swept across outside the temple.】

【The Second and the others were immediately attracted and quickly ran out of the temple to check, only to see an unbelievable scene.】

【I saw that right next to the temple, two forces were confronting each other.】

【One Reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Side needs no words, it is the masked girl manipulating dozens of skeleton soldiers.】

【The masked girl was wearing armor at this time, like a general in charge of command on an ancient battlefield, but with that terrifying metal mask, she also looked like a witch looking down on the world.】

【And the one confronting the masked girl was naturally the two from the Holy Church.】

【They didn't know when they had actually fought their way here.】

【However, the problem at this time was the spear held in the masked girl's hand.】

【Surrounded by pitch-black, intense magic power, several sharp spikes like fangs extended from the external decoration. Although the appearance had become completely different, that look was very similar to the Holy Spear.】

【Gray: "A black, Holy Spear!"】

【Gray seemed to know this thing, but didn't expect it to appear before her eyes.】

【No, in a sense, isn't this a natural development?】

【Since she is King Arthur's physical body, and the masked girl is King Arthur's spirit, giving the same spear to both of us is actually the law of nature.】

Shishigou Kairi: "Hey hey, is it really the Holy Spear?"

Rin Tohsaka: "How is that possible! That pitch-black spear body, and those dense spikes, how is it like the Holy Spear at all!"

Artoria: "... o, that is indeed the Holy Spear."】

Rin Tohsaka: "???"

Feng Xi: "It's the Holy Spear after reversal."】

Rin Tohsaka: "Reversal?"

Feng Xi: "So-called reversal refers to the completely opposite situation. Taking a person as an example, it means a drastic change in personality, from gentle to ferocious; the term is 'blackened'."

Illya: "Blackened? Can a spear also be blackened?"

Feng Xi: "Of course it can. Don't weapons have the distinction between divine weapons and demonic weapons?"

Waver: "In other words, those villagers replicated a reversed Holy Spear."

Kayneth: "Hmph, I said it already, don't jump to conclusions too early, just keep watching."

【The Second: "What is going on?"】

【Gray: "It is said that the spear I hold is originally just a shadow of the main body."】

【The Second: "I see. If it's a shadow, is it not a problem even if multiple exist at the same time? This is troublesome."】

Waver: "Shadow? In other words, what Gray has isn't the real Holy Spear either!"

Kayneth: "See, I told you not to rush to conclusions."

Shishigou Kairi: "But with such great power, it's not the genuine article; how strong must the genuine article be?"

Irisviel: "Saber, do you know?"

Artoria: "I don't know, I didn't use the Holy Spear for very long."】

"Wait until the Sixth Singularity comes out later, and you will know how strong the genuine article is."

Feng Xi thought to himself.

【Ilumia looked at the Second and his group and said: "Why, I thought you had already run away, I didn't expect you to deliver yourselves to my door."】

【As she spoke, she waved her hand forcefully and shattered the skull of a sneak-attacking skeleton soldier with a backhand punch. But a moment later, skeleton soldiers appeared one after another from the places she had swept.】

【The more skeleton soldiers Ilumia knocked down, the more appeared.】

Shishigou Kairi: "These don't look like undead puppets, but some kind of magic construct."

Kayneth: "As long as there is sufficient magic power, new skeleton soldiers can be continuously created."

Kayneth: "However, according to the previous situation, those skeleton soldiers can only be created here, not in the passage."

【"Phew, the source of magic power is indeed the villagers on the ground, right? I've had enough of this cycle!"】

【Facing the endless stream of skeleton soldiers, Ilumia felt annoyed.】

【"Priest!"】

【"Yes! I, I know!"】

【Fernand, who had been hiding, walked out, gripped the cross on his chest, took a deep breath, and began to chant.】

【"Hear this, all you peoples!"】

【"Give ear, all inhabitants of the world!"】

【"Both low and high, rich and poor together!"】

【"Truly no man can ransom himself, or give to God the price of his life."】

【The continuous voice soon activated the spell, forming a mysterious, powerful water flow that was not unrelated to this land.】

【In the Clock Tower, this is called the greatest magic foundation of humanity.】

【Gray was very familiar with this chant, because it was a verse from Fernand's sermon.】

【Originally simple words, now coming from this priest's mouth, possessed extraordinary 'power'.】

【"They call lands by their own names. They think their homes will continue forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. But man cannot abide in his pomp."】

【As this scripture was spoken, the surrounding anomaly occurred.】

【The skeleton soldiers about to attack Fernand stopped moving, centered on him. Not only that, some of the skeleton soldiers fell directly to the ground and turned into dust in the blink of an eye.】

【"They are like sheep appointed for Sheol..."】

【After Fernand made the sign of the cross to conclude the prayer, all the nearby skeleton soldiers disintegrated.】

Rin Tohsaka: "Amazing, I thought this fat priest was just here to make up the numbers, I didn't expect him to have a hidden hand."

Illya: "It really is true that you can't judge a book by its cover."

Kirei Kotomine: "When it comes to dealing with these creatures that desecrate life, the Holy Church is the most adept."

【The Second: "This is, Baptism Sacrament..."】

【Baptism Sacrament, this is the only magic that the Holy Church openly allows to be learned, and it is also the only kind of magic of the Holy Church, but perhaps that is why it is omnipotent.】

【The Second: "Using the largest human magic foundation based on the faith of the Holy Church, violently purifying the surroundings. Although the physical effect is not high, it is extremely powerful in terms of soul and curses. That is the key of heaven itself that forcibly imposes the rule of faith."】

【Gray: "How could this be!"】

【The Second: "Although it seems unable to affect the spiritual foundation of that masked girl and Sir Kay, skeleton soldiers cannot get close. However, we who also use the magic foundation will have our power forced to decline..."】

Rin Tohsaka: "Oh! This move is the magic that Amakusa Emiya Emiya Shirou used to eliminate Dracula in the previous video! I didn't recognize it for a moment."】

Amakusa Emiya Emiya Shirou: "Because although it is the same magic, everyone in the Church uses it in very different ways, bringing their own characteristics."】

Kayneth: "But this just cleared the surrounding skeleton soldiers, it can't stop the creation of skeleton soldiers."】

Amakusa Emiya Emiya Shirou: "But it can also free them up to do other things, right?"】

Waver: "Could it be!"】

【"Haha, I don't think Baptism Sacrament alone can solve the problem."】

【Ilumia looked at the new skeleton soldiers appearing from the other Reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Side of the cavern and nodded slightly toward the Second and the others.】

【"However, even if you don't get rid of King Arthur's spirit, getting rid of your physical body is the same!"】