Semiramis, who was standing on the magic circle, looked at the constantly rising 'Greater Grail' and couldn't help but show a hint of an excited blush on her face.
It's strange to say, there were more than a few heroic spirits in this Holy Grail War who did not have the 'Holy Grail' as their goal, and Semiramis was one of them. She told Shirou Kotomine that her 'wish' was to achieve the Third Magic, but in reality, she probably only saw her wish clearly recently. What she desires is 'true love'.
As the Empress of Assyria, she had experienced countless things that ordinary people could not imagine, and of course, this included 'love'.
It's just that these 'loves' were all ridiculous in her opinion. Some people loved her beauty, and some people loved her power, but no one loved her as a person, loved her as the existence 'Semiramis'.
And it was only after meeting that always-smiling priest that she realized that there was also a man in this world who would not be moved by her beauty...
'Help him achieve his wish.'
She made this decision after realizing her vague feelings, and now was the time to fulfill the promise.
"Rustle~ Rustle~"
But at this moment, a strange friction sound suddenly came from behind her. Semiramis, who had been smiling, immediately her expression sank.
"Insolent fool! Who allowed you to come here!"
With Semiramis's rebuke, magical energy surged in the tall spires standing around the site, and with the condensation of magical energy, the ground directly to the east of the ritual site exploded, and then a man in a blue robe slowly walked out from the shadows.
"Just a thief who came to steal from someone else's house. Do you think you can escape the punishment of the owner?"
Perhaps she would sometimes show a childlike demeanor in front of that man, but as the Empress of Assyria, when had Semiramis ever suffered such an insult?
Without any nonsense, she pointed her right hand fiercely at the guy who dared to speak so arrogantly. A dazzling purple lightning flashed again, but it did not achieve the result she wanted, because when it hit the target, the other party actually 'scattered', and then countless bloody bats once again condensed into a human form in front of Semiramis.
He still had a mocking smile on his face, but this smile then completely froze.
"A mere vampire dares to be arrogant? Turn into bloody water!"
Semiramis has a special 'Possessed Skill --- Double Summon'. This ability allows her to possess the abilities of both Assassin and Caster at the same time. There is no doubt that the huge floating city 'False Hanging Gardens of Babylon' is the embodiment of her Caster ability, so what is her Noble Phantasm as an Assassin?
'Sikera Usum'
As the oldest poisoner in Western history, her Noble Phantasm is naturally related to 'poison', and with the activation of the Noble Phantasm, a terrifying poisonous gas spread out with her as the center.
If an ordinary person were to be exposed to this poisonous gas, they would probably instantly turn into bloody water, but the effect on 'Dracula III' was not obvious, because the legendary Dracula III also had the ability of 'poison', so this terrifying poisonous gas only delayed the Grand Duke's offensive but could not completely stop him.
"Bang!!"
Accompanied by a loud sound, the magical energy tower standing next to the magic circle directly fell from the air, but the Grand Duke did not pay attention to the other party, because his eyes had been attracted by the huge ball of light in front of him, and a fanatical expression appeared in his eyes again.
'As long as I have it! As long as I have it, I can completely erase that filthy legend from this world!!'
But at this moment, a strange coughing sound suddenly came.
"Cough cough~"
Semiramis, who had blood on the corners of her mouth, didn't care about the 'snake scales' that were gradually receding from her body but instead looked at the Grand Duke with a murderous expression, but at this moment, several sounds of things cutting through the air suddenly came from the shadows.
Even though his gaze had been attracted by the Greater Grail, the attack from behind was still discovered by the Grand Duke. He swung his right arm fiercely behind him. In his opinion, this was enough, but the next scene was beyond his expectation.
Six black keys pierced through his right hand without any hindrance, and at the same time, the area around his wound began to burn.
"This is... Holy power?"
Although he was not a cleric in his lifetime, the Grand Duke, who was given the title of 'Shield of God', was very familiar with this ability, but he had never thought that he would one day be injured by this power.
"That's right, it is. But it's really regrettable. I never thought that I would meet the legendary 'Shield of God' in this way."
Accompanied by a slightly disappointed voice, Shirou Kotomine slowly walked out of the darkness, and behind him was a Shakespeare with an excited expression on his face, and at the same time, Shakespeare was muttering strange lines.
'Blasphemy' 'Shield of God' 'Fallen' ...
There was no doubt that Shakespeare was in a self-hyped state at this time, and at this moment, Shirou Kotomine handed him a few 'sword hilts'. Suddenly, Shakespeare, who was holding a pen in his hand, showed a helpless expression, but he at least knew what was more important --- if he didn't 'enchant' Shirou Kotomine's weapons, wouldn't he be able to see a more exciting scene?
That's right. This was what Shakespeare considered 'important'.
As for the outcome of Red vs. Black? The ownership of the Greater Grail?
What did that have to do with him, the happy writer?
"I'll leave it to you, Caster."
"Leave it to me~ 'The blade of a noble person purifies the darkness'."
Shakespeare, who descended as a 'Caster' in the Holy Grail War, naturally also gained abilities that matched this class, including 'Item Construction' or 'Magical Energy Addition'.
He can give abilities to objects through his own words and turn them into C~E-ranked Noble Phantasms.
Of course, this ability also has a lot of limitations. For example, even if an object becomes a 'Noble Phantasm', it cannot be released, and for another, even if he can turn a small stone into an E-ranked Noble Phantasm, he must require the object itself to also have a 'spiritual rank' to create a C-ranked Noble Phantasm.
And at this time, the black keys that Shirou Kotomine was holding were given the two attributes of 'light' and 'demonic energy cancellation'.
On the other side, the Grand Duke, who had already frowned and pulled out the black key in his palm, was frowning and thinking about a strange thing --- in his impression, there should only be two Servants from Red that had not yet appeared, so what was going on with these three people in front of him?