Crossover Anime: I, Shirou Kotomine, King of Uruk

Chapter 208 Holy Grail War

Chapter 209 Holy Grail War

"Archer?! Are you here to kill me?"

When Fiore saw Chiron again, her feelings were quite different from before.

Chiron was not only her follower, but also someone she trusted deeply; she often confided her innermost thoughts to him.

Many of the things she told Chiron were unknown even to her brother Corles.

But Chiron, who belonged to her, was already dead.

She witnessed Chiron's death through magic.

Based on Shirou Kotomine's previous self-introduction, Fiore knew very well that Chiron had now become Shirou Kotomine's Servant, his familiar.

When the enemy's power reappeared before her, all Fiore could think of was death.

The other party was a magician, and she knew all too well how cruel magicians could be.

After all, she had no other use.

"Wait, I won't let you get killed, sister."

Upon hearing his sister's words, Corres, who had been standing behind Fiore, immediately stepped in front of her, spreading his arms to protect his sister behind him.

Even though he knew he was no match for the Servants.

They also lacked the power to contend with the other side.

But he still stood there.

"Koles!"

Upon seeing this, Fiore immediately shouted loudly.

She didn't want to be protected by her younger brother, especially in a life-or-death situation like this.

"Please don't be nervous, I have no intention of hurting you."

Chiron smiled and said softly.

As Fiore's previous Servant, Chiron certainly had no intention of harming Fiore.

Shirou Kotomine didn't have it either.

Even if Shirou Kotomine had such thoughts, he wouldn't let Chiron do them, much less let him know.

After all, a Servant is never just a simple weapon.

It is not a familiar without any will.

On the contrary, their will was incredibly firm.

What kind of brain-dead idiot would make them kill their former Master?

Unless there was already a major conflict between the two.

Otherwise, wouldn't that just be asking for trouble?

"Weren't you here to kill me?"

After a brief moment of thought, Fiore also came to a conclusion.

That was just a guess she blurted out the moment she saw Chiron appear, based on her magician's perspective.

But even though she understood, Fiore still didn't know why the other party had sent Chiron to find her.

She felt she no longer had any use to her.

So she turned her questioning gaze to Chiron.

Upon seeing this, Chiron explained directly, "My current Master sent me here to borrow the preparations made by the Yggdrasil family for this Holy Grail War."

"What preparations has the Yggdrasil family made for the Holy Grail War?"

Fiore frowned.

It wasn't that she was unwilling to hand it over to Kotomine Shirou.

Rather, she simply couldn't figure out what Kotomine Shirou actually wanted.

The Yggdrasil family had been preparing for this Holy Grail War for a very long time, especially the patriarch Darnic, who had been preparing for seventy years.

Seventy years of preparation, no one knows exactly how much he prepared.

That's why Fiore frowned; there were just too many things she needed to think about.

However, Fiore is, after all, the next successor recognized by Danic.

The clever girl quickly came up with the answer.

After all, although the Yggdrasil family has made many preparations, there are probably not many that would be of interest to a strong person like Shirou Kotomine.

Considering that he came looking for her before the Holy Grail War was even over, Fiore quickly came to a conclusion.

"Is it a magic supply?"

One of the preparations the Yggdrasil family made for this Holy Grail War was the supply of magic power from the homunculus.

With this uninterrupted supply of magic, the Black faction's Servants have all seen their combat power enhanced.

Vlad III, in particular.

He relies on his Noble Phantasm to fight, and the amount of mana he expends in battle is considerable.

The wooden stakes that kept shooting out of space all required a supply of magic.

Without this supply of magic, even with the advantage of the terrain, Vlad III's deterrent power would not be as strong as before.

Because his mana consumption will drain his master's mana.

Just like Karna.

Karna is strong, but he rarely goes all out.

Because his mana consumption is simply beyond what the Master can bear.

This demonstrates the thoroughness of the Yggdrasil family's preparations.

"That's right!"

Chiron nodded.

Shirou Kotomine sent him here precisely because of the Yggdrasil family's magical energy supply capabilities.

Fiore is now the only remaining leader of the Yggdrasil family.

Chiron was once her most trusted follower.

It would be most appropriate to have Chiron handle this matter.

"I see. Then I naturally have no reason to refuse."

Fiore breathed a sigh of relief.

This shows that Chiron did indeed come to see her for something, and not for any other purpose.

It wasn't that she didn't trust Chiron.

Rather, she was worried that Chiron's will had been distorted by the other party.

After all, it's different from the relationship between a Master and a Servant. Although Masters and Servants are connected through an invisible contract, Masters don't have much influence over Servants.

Even if it has a three-stroke command spell.

But that's usually used in combat.

If one wishes to use this to distort the Servant's will, a single slash will completely sever the relationship between the two parties. At this point, the Master must prepare a Command Spell to make the Servant commit suicide.

Otherwise, once the Command Seals are used up, even if the two sides are still connected, the Servant with greater power will be able to dispose of the Master's life at will.

After all, the Servants were almost all great heroes who had died.

They've all died once already.

Naturally, they would no longer fear death.

Even if there may still be desires to pursue something, there are priorities.

For these heroes with absolute self-awareness, their will must never be distorted.

But Shirou Kotomine's power is different.

He seems to need to defeat the Servant first, and then absorb the Servant into his own body for further arrangements.

Fiore could guess this without even thinking, but there must be some kind of constraint on these Servants involved.

After all, apart from heroic spirits, other spirits either bind them when they are free, or kill and bind them when they are still alive.

This is a great hatred towards the spirit itself.

Despite harboring hatred, Kotomine Shirou still confidently summoned the opponent.

Then one can be absolutely certain that the other party will not betray them.

This made Fiore wonder whether Chiron in front of her had been distorted in his consciousness, and whether the person in front of her was still him.

That's why she was so cautious.

That's why he breathed a sigh of relief after learning what Chiron had come to do.

However, her sense of ease did not last long.

She quickly frowned again.

"While I am indeed willing to help Mr. Kotomine Shirou solve his mana supply problem, Mr. Kotomine Shirou is not a Servant, is he?"

"Furthermore, his relationship with other Servants is different from the relationship between a Servant and their Master. I can hardly resolve this difference in a short time!"

The problem has once again come to Fiore's attention.

At this point, Black had been completely defeated, and all she could do was try her best to protect her relatives and family.

Therefore, she is not opposed to providing help to Shirou Kotomine to achieve final victory.

But as she said, the problem is that Shirou Kotomine's situation is very different from the relationship between other Servants and Masters.

There is a significant difference between them.

Fiore has the ability to solve this problem, but not in a short time.

After all, she wasn't initially responsible for building this system.

Therefore, even just figuring out the current situation is not an easy task for Fiore.

But she felt that Kotomine Shirou obviously couldn't wait that long, right?

She was also keeping a close eye on the situation on the battlefield.

After all, this Holy Grail War was originally initiated by their Yggdrasil family.

So she also wanted to witness the final outcome.

At this moment, Karna is the only opponent left for Shirou Kotomine on the battlefield, and their final battle is about to begin.

The fact that Shirou Kotomine came to her at this time to solve the problem of mana supply must be because he wanted to deal with Karna.

What's the point of her completing this task after the duel between the two is over?

However, her strength was insufficient to resolve this matter in a short period of time.

So she became distressed.

"No, you've got it wrong, Fiore. What you need to do is not to provide magic power for my current Master, but for that great Indian hero."

"His Master was with you after he was brought back, right? You should be able to finish this quickly, right?"

Chiron explained with a smile.

His gaze then involuntarily fell upon Shizi Jieli, who had been standing to the side without making a sound.

As the Master of the Red Faction, he should currently have all the other Red Faction Masters who are under the influence of drugs in his hands.

"I have no objections, I will cooperate fully with you."

Upon seeing this, Lion Jiejie immediately expressed his opinion.

He had no power to refuse a Servant's request.

Moreover, Shirou Kotomine had no reason to refuse what he saw as a self-inflicted hardship.

After spending this time together, the father-daughter duo, Shishi Jie Li and Mordred, have developed a very harmonious relationship.

Although Mordred is a follower, her death is inevitable.

But the result still saddened him.

In this situation, how could Shirou Kotomine, who had personally killed Mordred, refuse to suffer the consequences of his actions?

He couldn't agree more.

"I can certainly do this easily, but is it really a good idea?"

Having finally managed to sort things out, Fiore looked at Chiron in disbelief.

Is it really a good thing to strengthen your opponent?

"It's alright, that's really his idea."

Chiron nodded helplessly.

To be honest, even Chiron found it hard to understand Kotomine Shirou's ideas.

But he was very confident in Kotomine Shirou's abilities.

Especially after defeating Achilles.

Once Shirou Kotomine receives Achilles' power, Chiron has no idea they will lose.

Even if Karna receives magical assistance.

But this only puts both sides on the same starting line.

Chiron, who had received power from Shirou Kotomine, knew very well how abundant Shirou Kotomine's magical power was.

Even when summoning several Servants to fight at the same time, Shirou Kotomine never experienced a lack of magical energy.

In short, Chiron did not believe that Shirou Kotomine would lose.

"I see."

Looking at Chiron's expression, Fiore, who knew him very well, nodded seriously.

"I'll get on it right away!"

"Let's go, Corles."

After reaching a consensus, the four of them headed towards where the red team's Masters were.

A refreshing breeze brushed against Shirou Kotomine's face.

Sitting on a large rock, Shirou Kotomine was admiring the moonlight in the sky.

This is the plain outside the World Tree Castle.

Or rather, in the past.

After all, at this moment, this place no longer resembles a plain; instead, it looks like a battlefield that has just experienced a fierce modern war.

The cratered ground looked as if it had just been bombarded.

Other places resembled trenches dug by engineers.

Although these trenches have no discernible pattern whatsoever.

In short, this place no longer resembles a plain at all.

This demonstrates the intensity of the battle that took place here.

It's no wonder it's the Holy Grail War.

However, the war that took place on this land seems to have subsided, and there are no more sounds of fierce fighting; quiet is the main theme here.

It perfectly captures the whisper of the night.

"Tap, tap, tap."

The sound of footsteps crunching on the mud reached Kotomine Shirou's ears, interspersed with metallic sounds.

"You've arrived."

Kotomine Shirou did not look away; he continued to gaze at the moon.

"Yes, I'm here."

Karna, who was usually taciturn, responded in a deep voice.

At this moment, even a composed person like him felt a surge of emotion.

After all, this is the final battle.

The last one!

The decisive factor in the Holy Grail War.

To be honest, Karna had absolutely no interest in the fact that the winner of the Holy Grail War could make a wish.

He had no desires.

If I really had a wish, it would probably be to fight a few intense battles with all my might.

His agreement with Siegfried had ended during the previous battle.

They played several matches to their hearts' content.

At this time, an even more powerful opponent than Siegfried appeared.

Kotomine Shirou is able to use the power of Servants.

Although they hadn't fought each other in person yet, Karna's intuition told him that the man before him was a formidable opponent.

He enjoys strong opponents.

A battle fought with all our might!

That was something he didn't achieve in his lifetime.

Perhaps this is what he wanted.

Although Siegfried is very strong, he has not yet reached the point where he can go all out.

Therefore, Karna was certain that only the man before him could make him do this.

And this happened to be the last battle.

He can make no reservations.

They poured everything they had into this battle.

Let's begin!

Karna urged.

"Wait a little longer."

Kotomine Shirou responded calmly.

"What are you waiting for?"

Karna frowned.

He could tell that Shirou Kotomine shared the same thoughts as him.

He has no intention of resorting to underhanded tactics.

What is he waiting for?

Before Karna could draw a conclusion, a jolt of electricity rose in his heart, and magic began to surge forth.

"This is?"

Karna couldn't help but look at the flames rising in his palm, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"It seems what I've been waiting for has finally arrived!"

Withdrawing his gaze, Shirou Kotomine leaped off the rock.

He then chuckled and said, "Let's begin, the final battle of this Holy Grail War!"

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