Chapter 600

"..."

Everyone in the group wanted to refute, but they had no way to refute Goetia.

The Jewel Jewel Mage's Association in the *Fate/Prototype* world is truly courting death like crazy!

Even though the first Holy Grail War was almost a total catastrophe, and even though they had already learned part of the truth from Ayaka Sajyou, they still chose to turn a blind eye.

Don't listen, don't believe; the omnipotent wish-granting machine must exist.

Ayaka Sajyou must have been hallucinating; what could a child possibly understand?

This is the thinking of the Jewel Jewel Mage's Association.

In fact, only one week after the first Holy Grail War ended, they began planning the second, and it only took them eight years to successfully restart it.

Good grief, it's two years shorter than the ten years in the *Fate* world; are they really that impatient to find death!

[Tokyo, the great underground cavern.]

[Here, something is stirring.]

[Struggling to wake from a death-like slumber, it is the massive lump of flesh and mud that should have completely disappeared under the holy sword's strike eight years ago.]

[It did not disappear. Even the overly massive light did indeed temporarily blow it, which was about to complete its transformation into a terrifying beast, away from the underground space. However, human evil will not wither!]

[The thick afterimage of death distorted space, and the beast revealed its form at the bottom of the darkness.]

[Using the egg needed for rebirth and the already regenerated Great Holy Grail as its shell, it waited for incarnation, enduring its hunger.]

[And before it suddenly expanded like a small mountain, a young girl was dancing gracefully.]

["Ah—Saber! Saber! Saber! I always believed you would definitely return!"]

[The innocent, bright, and lovely pure white girl danced continuously.]

[—Manaka Sajyou.]

Everyone: "!!!"

Rin Tohsaka: "How can this be! Didn't she die?"

Arash: "Is this guy a cockroach?"

Jinako: "No, I think even a cockroach doesn't have her tenacity; how could she survive like this?"

Caules: "No! This is eight years later! Why hasn't her appearance changed at all?"

Feng Xi: "Oh, sharp-eyed student, you've discovered the blind spot."

Kayneth: "C-could it be—"

Waver: "That's right, Manaka Sajyou; I'm afraid she has already become one with the Beast."

Everyone: "!!!"

Gordes: "H-how could such a thing happen? That's a Beast..."

Waver: "Others certainly couldn't, but she is Manaka Sajyou."

Gordes: "..."

That's right, ordinary people naturally couldn't, but Manaka Sajyou is not necessarily so.

After all, she is the Princess of the Root!

Rin Tohsaka: "She's calling for Saber; could it be that King Arthur has descended again!"

Zabiko: "I'm afraid that's the case. Aside from that male King Arthur, no other Saber could make her this excited."

Blond Rin: "King Arthur really is a professional at Holy Grail Wars."

Artoria: "..."

[Manaka Sajyou: "Ah—I love you the most, Saber! I want to see you soon!"]

["I want to see you soon, I want to see you soon!"]

["Just thinking of you makes me feel like my internal organs are about to fall out of my stomach, and my heart burns so much I wake up from my dreams—that's how much I love you!"]

[Her goal is no different from eight years ago, and even the Command Spells on her chest haven't changed in the slightest.]

[That's right, no change at all.]

[She, along with the Beast, has returned.]

[And behind her, there are six more figures!]

[Those are the six twisted Heroic Spirits who lingered in the Holy Grail and have finally manifested here!]

Five Spirits: "???"

Arash: "What the hell?"

Waver: "I'm afraid they are Shadow Servants created by Manaka Sajyou using the magic power stored in the Holy Grail."

["Ah... I will kill Sigurd again... It is truly, very troublesome..."]

[Brynhildr, the one who guided the hero in the past.]

[Now, six small bottles filled with black liquid are inserted around her neck. The needles extending from the bottoms of the bottles pierce her neck, injecting black filth—a poison similar in nature to what drove her to madness eight years ago—causing her brain and spirit to be intoxicated by it.]

[Her memories are completely twisted; there is only endless madness in her mind.]

[Even so, her goal will not waver—to kill Sigurd (the Old Sword)!]

Brynhildr: "..."

She really is obsessed with that love potion; even as a Shadow Servant, she's still being injected with the same thing!

["...Heh."]

[Arash, the one who divided the world in the past.]

[His eyes reflect not only the bloody end of the Holy Grail War, but perhaps also the Beast that has finally ascended to the ground to trample all things, as well as the appearance of his own group.]

[Refusal is not permitted; he has been reshaped as the girl's attendant, only able to move forward toward the future within his sight.]

[Therefore, he will unleash a black rain that destroys everything it touches, just to kill the Archer of this Holy Grail War—that King of Heroes who rules Uruk.]

King of Heroes: "Huh?"

King of Heroes: "You actually want to challenge this King. Mongrel, you have quite a lot of nerve."

Arash: "Hahaha, the legendary King of Heroes? As fellow Archers, I really do want to compete with you."

Jinako: "Compete to see who is more worthy of the title of hero."

Arash: "That's not it, it's archery, archery!"

Rin Tohsaka: "Then you don't need to compete, because—"

Rin Tohsaka: "That guy Gilgamesh doesn't use a bow at all."

King of Heroes: "Shut up, mongrel!"

Arash: "Uh? No bow?"

Isn't he an Archer? How can he not use a bow?

Clearly, Arash, who just joined the group, still lacks experience.

Blond Rin: "But this means Gilgamesh also participated in the second Holy Grail War of that world."

Ishtar: "That guy Gilgamesh has also become a professional at Holy Grail Wars."

["In the way—"]

[Ramesses II, the one who ruled Egypt in the past.]

[Not as an ancient king acting on his own, but as a vanguard causing destruction, he has been specially remade.]

[When the brilliance of the sun turns into darkness, no longer illuminating all things, it instead shrouds all things in darkness.]

[He will, together with the black Arash, manipulate the divine ship and divine beasts that have also turned black, using the light of the black sun to shatter all phenomena.]

[To shatter that other king whose behavior is similar to his own, Gilgamesh.]

Ozymandias: "Hmph, simply insolent."

To dare to turn this King into such a disgusting form—

Manaka Sajyou, this woman deserves to die!

Magical Girl Rin Tohsaka: "She actually assigned two opponents to Gilgamesh?"

Blond Rin: "It seems the other Reverse Reverse Reverse Side also knows Gilgamesh's strength."

King of Heroes: "Hmph, this woman has some eye for talent, but even two Servants cannot be this King's opponent."

Ozymandias: "Oh, very confident, King of Heroes."

King of Heroes: "This is not confidence, it is fact."

Ozymandias: "It seems we need to have a good spar."

King of Heroes: "You are but a mongrel who dares to call himself a king; bring it on!"

Feng Xi: "(Even if you fight, it's none of your business.)"

After all, the Gilgamesh appearing in this world is the younger "Old Gil."

But honestly, if the Golden Trio really fought internally, although Ozymandias is the bottom of the three, he counters Gilgamesh perfectly.

Once he hides in his Great Tomb and activates his Rank Rank Anti-Purge Defense, even the Ea sword can do nothing to him.

["Heehee-hahaha! I've waited a long time! That bastard Jekyll finally decided to shrink back!"]

[Dr. Jekyll, the one who possesses two personalities.]

[At this moment, he is no longer the kind Dr. Henry Jekyll, but Hyde, who crazily wants to destroy everything.]

[Reborn from the black mud, a human form can be maintained for at most one hour.]

[His blood is boiling, waiting only for the little master to give the order.]

[He will transform into a mad beast, wielding hooked claws, biting down with a mouth full of sword-like fangs, just to defeat that famous hound of Culann who wields the red spear, and drink his blood.]

Dr. Jekyll: "Sigh..."

The appearance of Hyde didn't surprise him at all; after all, Hyde was originally his blackened personality.

Blond Rin: "Hound of Culann? Cú Chulainn, this is talking about you, right?"

Lancer: "Hahaha, interesting; it seems I've also appeared in another world."