Unlike the other masters, Eiji somehow knew all the real names of the Servants in the Fourth Holy Grail War.
For example Caster, his real name was Gilles de Rais who had fought alongside the French hero, Jeanne d'Arc, in the past. After Jeanne was burned at the stake, he fell into madness.
That said, his madness made him evil to the point of becoming a serial killer who liked to kidnap children and terrorize France.
Artoria frowned when she first heard this and what made her angry was...
Gilles seemed to have done more or less the same thing in the Fourth Holy Grail War. In the past few days, many people especially children in Kuoh Fuyuki city had disappeared.
Caster and his master had kidnapped, tortured and killed those people for their sadistic entertainment. Because of that, they were not interested in participating in the Holy Grail War.
That was why they were here.
While the other masters and servants were busy fighting over the Holy Grail, they had to stop Caster!
Eiji was the one who proposed it, Artoria agreed and thought that although her master was a pervert, he was a good person and liked to help people.
The Knight King had a good impression on him, she just avoided him out of shyness and feared he would tease her.
[Hehe, I knew it would work.]
The heroines: ???
What worked?
Eiji, is it just our feelings or have you been planning something evil?
[With my power, there's no need to take a sadistic and crazy servant like Caster seriously. I could kill him in an instant and even end this Holy Grail War in one night.]
[But I didn't.]
Why?
Artoria Saber could not yet hear her master's inner voice, she walked beside him while looking around vigilantly.
Still, she would definitely complain if she found out that her master was playing around especially with—
[Some people in this war should not be killed, at least not before I utilize them. For example Caster, his existence is useful to increase Artoria Saber's affection for me, it's like I'm hitting many birds with one stone.]
There is more than one bird.
That means it's not just Artoria. Eiji, you're planning to woo more beautiful women in the war, right?
Many heroines guessed his true intentions and fell silent.
Should they say as expected of their man? When others were busy fighting for the Holy Grail, he was busy conquering beautiful women.
On the other side.
In a normal situation, Caster or Gilles should have realized the presence of Eiji and Artoria who were approaching the location of him and his master.
But because Eiji used Dion's ability to hide the presence of him and Artoria.
Gilles didn't realize it. In the living room of a house, he looked at the children who had been kidnapped by his master— a messy orange-haired young man, Ryuunosuke Uryuu who was an unscrupulous serial killer and psychopath.
Together, they formed a good team and enjoyed the crimes they were committing.
"Ryuunosuke, is this everything?"
"Yes, Caster. I can't find any other children within a 500 meter radius. Tsk, their parents seemed to have hidden them inside the house after learning the news of the disappearance of many children in this city."
Ryuunosuke sighed, he looked regretful.
Gilles put his hand on his shoulder, "It's okay, Ryuunosuke. You have worked hard and in return, I will show you what true evil is."
Ryuunosuke's eyes lit up and he excitedly said, "I want to see it! It must be very beautiful, more beautiful than any work of art!"
"Kukuku, it's more beautiful than you think, you won't be disappointed."
Gilles was satisfied with his master, he was fascinated by Ryuunosuke's perspective that interpreted evil as something creative like art.
Ryuunosuke saw Caster's magic as performance art at its most extreme. In order to see that performance, he would travel around the city every day to kidnap children.
With the help of Caster's ring that could control people's minds, it was easy and he had fun while doing it.
"Mmm! Mmm!"
Hearing the conversation of the two men, the children who were tied up and had their mouths sealed with tape cried out in fear. Especially when they saw Gilles' appearance— the man was over 2 meters tall, muscular and well-built. He had very large, bulging eyes like those of a fish, which often looked in different directions. His face looked pale, sickly, and greasy. His shoulder-length hair was unkempt and disheveled.
Combined with the thick and long black cloak she wore, she was terrifying!
Anyone who didn't know him would find it hard to believe that he was once a comrade-in-arms and a knight fiercely loyal to Jeanne d'Arc.
"Sttt! Children, be quiet. If not, it will hurt more." Gilles placed a finger in front of his mouth, a sadistic smile on his face.
"!!!" The children were more frightened.
Ryuunosuke laughed at the scene.
Holding his magic book, Gilles began to chant and made the magic circle under the children glow with blood-red light.
*Knock knock knock!*
But just then, a knock was heard from the front door.
Gilles was disturbed and stopped his magic.
"Caster, I will check it out and kill anyone who dares to disturb your art performance."
Ryuunosuke was the most unhappy person at the moment, he was about to walk towards the front door of the house with a knife in his hand.
"Wait, Ryuunosuke."
"What?"
"Did you forget? We're on the battlefield even if we're not interested in the Holy Grail, it's possible that the person at the door is another master's servant."
Gilles stopped his master and instead, he himself would see who the person knocking on the door was.
Ryuunosuke was silent, he had forgotten about the Holy Grail Machete and didn't care. He could achieve his wish only with the help of Caster.
Why bother fighting over the Holy Grail?
Seeing his Servant leave the room, he glanced at the children with an evil grin and while showing off his knife.
The children were crying, they let out muffled whimpers that were louder than before.
In front of the door of the house.
"What do you need... a commoner?" Gilles did not feel any magical energy from the body of the man in front of him.
He was just like an ordinary person.
But his vigilance was not diminished because the other party's appearance was unusual, he was so handsome that he wanted to tear him apart. He couldn't help but think if he had been that handsome in the past, would Jeanne have fallen in love with him and wouldn't have ended tragically?
Jeanne...
Remembering the woman he loved, his mind drifted for a moment.
"You're so tall, I don't like it. Kneel down so I can look down on you, Caster. No, should I call you Gilles?"
The one who knocked on the door was none other than Eiji, he released his Reiatsu pressure until Gilles knelt down.
The fish-eyed man was surprised of course, especially since his identity was known. His expression became ugly, he felt his body was very heavy and immediately shouted at his master.
"Ryuunosuke, quickly run!"
"Caster, the children we've captured suddenly disappeared... Huh?
At that moment, Ryuunosuke walked to the front of the house and shouted simultaneously with his Servant.
He was also surprised to see Caster inexplicably kneeling in front of a handsome man with silver hair and red eyes.
"Damn it!"
Hearing what Caster said, he did not hesitate to turn around and run out of the house from the back door.
Eiji did not pursue Ryuunosuke, he could catch him at any time and kill him but before that.
"Your master left you without hesitation."
"He did a good thing. That way, he won't interfere with our fight. By the way, how did you take those children? Are you an assassin? But your magical energy is too strong... You might be a Lancer or an Archer."
Gilles was curious and secretly summoned monsters from another dimension to appear behind Eiji. The creatures were like black blobs with tentacles as thick as arms.
Eiji realized their existence, but was indifferent and replied, "You misunderstand, I'm not a Servant, I'm a Master. As for how I took the children that you and your master kidnapped? I just teleported them to a safe place far away from here."
Actually, he teleported the children to the police station.
Still, why was he always misunderstood as a Servant? Just kidding.
Eiji knew it was because he was too strong. Masters were usually much weaker than their servants, this was common sense in the world of Fate.
Except for him, there was no master capable of suppressing Caster with just a slight release of their energy.
It was so absurd that Gilles didn't even believe it.
"Whoever you are, you will die!"
"Let's see, does a mongrel like you even have the ability to touch me?"
Eiji smiled amusedly, an arrogance somewhat similar to the King of Heroes radiating from him.
A vein stood out on Gilles' forehead, being belittled made him very upset. However, before he could be happy to see Eiji killed by the monsters behind him.
The figure of a familiar-looking blonde woman suddenly jumped from the sky, the ground beneath her feet shattered into pieces and in an instant, she cut down all the monsters around her with a sword shining with golden light.
It was Artoria.
Under the moonlight, her beautiful and dashing figure looked holy.
"Eiji, leave Caster to me. I'm your servant, killing other servants is my duty."
But in his eyes, she was...
"Jeanne! It's you, right? You're my Jeanne! Jeanne! Jeanne! Hahaha! Fate has brought us together!"
"This time, I will definitely free you from the brainwashing that God did to you! The people in this world don't deserve your kindness, they should all die!"
Gilles was shouting with a face that was crazier than ever.
He looked at Artoria obsessively.
"...?" Artoria.
She knew Gilles' history from her master, but she didn't understand why he misunderstood that she was Jeanne d'Arc?
Eiji retracted his Reiatsu pressure, he then teleported to Artoria's side while covering his mouth with one of his hands, he held back a laugh.
"You knew this would happen, right Eiji?" Artoria looked at her master flatly.
"Artoria... I was surprised too. I didn't expect Gilles to misunderstand that you were Jeanne d'Arc. Come to think of it, the two of you almost resemble each other in appearance."
He wasn't lying.
In the original work, Jeanne had blonde hair, green eyes, fair skin and a face similar to Artoria.
However, compared to Artoria of the Saber class, Jeanne's figure was more voluptuous and her chest was large.
"You seem to be thinking something rude about me."
"I didn't."
"I would believe you, but Eiji... How did you know Jeanne's appearance is similar to mine?"
Artoria was confused, she didn't notice the jealousy in Gilles' fish eyes when he saw her talking to Eiji.
Eiji didn't even have to answer because someone couldn't stand it.
"Jeanne! Don't ignore me and stop talking to that guy! It's me, your most loyal knight, Gilles. Don't you recognize me?"
Artoria furrowed her brow and calmly said, "I know your name from Eiji, but I'm not Jeanne. Caster, you misunderstood."
"No! No! No way! Fate has clearly brought us together again! You are my Jeanne! You— I understand." Gilles who was holding his head until his eyes seemed on the verge of falling suddenly stopped shouting.
He then said, "Jeanne, God has cursed you and erased your memories. Don't worry, I will free you from your naive purity."
"Nonsense, I have not lost my memory!"
Artoria was annoyed at being called naive, she began to consider directly slashing Caster with her sword.
But as a knight, she could not attack the enemy while they were talking.
[Artoria (Lancer): Just cut him down now. Why bother listening to the ramblings of a madman?]
[Utaha: If it were you, would you do it Artoria-san?]
[Artoria: (Lancer): I will.]
There is a difference between Saber and Lancer's version of Artoria.
While Saber is a chaste knight, Lancer is unlikely to hesitate to resort to unscrupulous means to defeat her enemies.
That's why she was able to overcome Mordred's betrayal and not die on the battlefield.
"I'll show you how bad this world is, Jeanne." Gilles did not listen to what Artoria said.
"Enough Caster! Let's fight right now."
Artoria held her sword tightly with both hands. Soon, more tentacled monsters appeared.
With his magic book, Gilles was basically like a summoner. Even so, the number of monsters he could summon was still relatively small, around thousands and their strength was weak!
Compared to one of his women, Master Liber (Trinity Seven) who was able to summon billions of monsters from other worlds, Gilles was definitely nothing.
That was what thought Eiji who was watching the battle while flying above the sky.
Artoria who had a large supply of magical energy because of her master had no trouble. She easily killed all those monsters with one slash.
At the same time, she also narrowed the distance between her and Caster and managed to cut off one of his hands.
"Aahhhh! My Jeanne! Why, why don't you understand that I only want to save you?!"
Gilles shouted madly as he continued to widen the distance from Artoria and summoned more monsters.
Artoria was speechless, she continued to cut down all the monsters in the way and ran like a darting wind towards Caster.
Excalibur in her hand continued to shine, she was not worried about running out of her magical energy. Such a feeling even made Artoria herself addicted.
In the end, Gilles had no choice but to combine all the monsters he summoned with himself. He created a mountain-sized colossus monster with thousands of tentacles that suddenly appeared from the river.
"I will kill everyone in this city! Jeanne, I will free you by making you witness the ugly side of humanity!"
"This..."
Artoria was stunned when she saw Caster's figure merge with the mountain-high monster. She slashed at every tentacle that tried to touch her, but they quickly regenerated.
The appearance of the colossal creature on the outskirts of Fuyuki City certainly shocked many ordinary people. The other masters and servants were no exception, they could feel the enormous magical energy fluctuations of Caster.
[Well... Why is it that every monster Gilles summons is a tentacled monster? Now that he's united with all his monsters and turned into a mountain-sized monster. He really reminds me of Lovecraft's monsters.]
Many heroines watching Gilles' appearance from the current livestream shuddered.
They don't know what Lovecraft is, but Eiji... Are you just going to keep quiet?
"Ex—" Artoria was about to unleash her ultimate move, her Excalibur had even created a golden pillar of light that pierced the sky.
Many people including the masters and servants in the distance witnessed it.
"Stop Artoria."
"Cali, eh? Eiji?"
Her master suddenly told her to stop, Artoria almost tripped and her golden pillar of light flickered before disappearing.
"....." Everyone.
Many of them were wondering what was going on?
Who would stop the mountain-sized monster that was devouring the streets and buildings right now?!
"Let me do it." Eiji said as he activated Tenseigan.
Immediately, his body was enveloped by a cyan-colored chakra sheath.
Artoria watched his back in surprise and under the gaze of her and many people in the distance.
A giant golden sword of pure chakra was created from the tip of one of Eiji's hands that was raised into the air.
The size of the sword was larger than Excalibur's pillar of light and slashed at the mountain-sized monster.
Everyone had the illusion that the slash could split the earth in two.
"Aaaghhh—!! Jeanne!! Jeanne!!"
Gilles screamed in pain but at the end of his life, he still shouted Jeanne d'Arc's name many times.
He lost, his entire body swallowed by the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
After the giant golden sword disappeared, the mountain-sized monster's figure could not be found.
Caster was truly dead.
At a certain location, a sword pierced Ryuunosuke's chest from behind.
"Ugh! That hurts! W-Who?"
He looked back only to see the figure of a dark knight glowing with purple light.
It was one of Eiji's shadow soldiers who had secretly entered Ryuunosuke's shadow long before the Holy Grail War began.
Eiji had given him the order to kill that man after Caster died. So you could say, the current situation was under his control.
The same was true for the other masters who didn't know they could die at any time.
They were just entertainment and tools for him to show off to beautiful women. If Gilgamesh knew this...
He would definitely feel very humiliated.