Chapter 525: Lesser Grail · Mercenary Tao
[Special Milestone · True · Savior (Wonder of the World): Save the world 3 times (1/3) (Must be when the world collapse value exceeds the limit, or the human death toll exceeds 80%)]
*[You obtained Scavenger Scarlet Drop Card 1]
Kaito Shirogane picked up the Drop Card in front of him, and at the same time checked the various Space prompts that appeared during this period.
The most special one was this milestone named [True · Savior]. Kaito Shirogane had rarely heard of a milestone with a quality as high as Wonder of the World.
Obviously, the trigger condition for this milestone was probably to truly save the world, not the kind of salvation on the scale of tens of thousands of people that Savior of Evil Men did before.
This was a milestone that could only be triggered by turning the tide in a crisis that truly involved the destruction of the world.
Even for Kaito Shirogane, if it wasn't in this world, he probably wouldn't have been able to achieve it.
Because he was bestowed the identity of a [Servant] at the very beginning in this world, obtaining the prerequisite for a Noble Phantasm Form.
Moreover, the Counter Force of the Type-Moon world was incomparably active. It would proactively facilitate the birth of heroes and gave Kaito Shirogane extra bonuses.
Void Shiki similarly reappeared on a barren land. This woman merely moved her eyes, and a white kimono appeared, completely wrapping her body.
Her rainbow-colored eyes looked at Kaito Shirogane, the short knife in her hand having already disappeared.
Those [Mystic Eyes of Death Perception] were Mystic Eyes that could be called top-tier in the Infinite Dimensional Space. Besides a very few kinds of Mystic Eyes like [Alpha Stigma], they could almost endow the user with top-tier performance.
In the path of slaughter, the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception held an irreplaceable advantage.
And Kaito Shirogane... liked slaughter.
Void Shiki saw clearly the greed in the eyes of this beast that had just "saved" the world, the mocking arc still on the corners of her mouth.
"The beast indeed saved the world, but the beast also destroyed the world..."
Void Shiki was connected to the Root. She could know the vast majority of things that happened in this world. It couldn't be called true omniscience and omnipotence, but the gap wasn't as big as imagined.
When the [Root] needed her to, she could truly reach that level.
Mercenary Tao making her strike that would cut off the ritual deviate had the purpose of letting the ritual proceed, and ultimately saving the world with his own hands.
The purpose of making such contrasting actions was naturally that in doing so, it could let him obtain some kind of benefit.
A beast that would put the entire world on the brink of destruction for its own purposes was actually recognized as a [Savior].
"What an evil savior..."
Void Shiki's figure abruptly dissipated like a phantom, which made Kaito Shirogane deeply regretful.
Void Shiki was ultimately a bit too troublesome. If it were Ryougi Shiki... Kaito Shirogane would try to seize those Mystic Eyes no matter what.
Whether a person is powerful or not does not completely depend on whether they can kill the other party.
Because of those Mystic Eyes, Ryougi Shiki indeed possessed the possibility of killing Kaito Shirogane. But the absolute gap in personal physical abilities, as well as the lack of other abilities, would give Kaito Shirogane an overwhelming advantage.
If killed, he would die, but Kaito Shirogane had the confidence not to be cut, or even make the other party unable to swing a knife at him.
Tap, tap, tap.
Because the building complex of Fuyuki City had already been pulverized by a single World-Shocking Thunder Roar from Kaito Shirogane, who had activated the dual transformation of Despairing Savior mode and Kaioken, leaving behind a bare earth of ruins.
Subsequently, because that Spear of Longinus pierced into the tectonic plate twice, it caused a massive tectonic uplift in the center of Fuyuki City. The urban terrain had completely changed.
The citizens of Fuyuki City, who had just recovered their human forms from the state of LCL water, completely couldn't understand the situation. Amidst the huge chaos, that crisp sound of footsteps wasn't very conspicuous.
But Kaito Shirogane clearly captured that figure wearing a bamboo hat directly from the crowd in the distance.
The other party was surrounded by pitch-black ghostly aura, possessing a robust physique. As he walked, several tachi appeared in his hands.
This was a Servant. Because his Master had died, he lost the supply of magical energy. Now, he couldn't even conceal his figure to make ordinary people not notice him.
Palm-leaf-fan-like huge hands pinched several tachi. Rather than a swordsman, he was more like a strongman.
He walked straight through the crowd towards Kaito Shirogane. Kaito Shirogane also revealed a smile.
"So you are the Heroic Spirit summoned by that guy White Mask?"
"Truly unexpectedly mediocre."
The Servant wearing the bamboo hat exuded ghostly aura and malice all over his body. Coupled with those sharp blades, it had long made the surrounding crowd scream and scatter towards the distance like ants.
Crowding and stampeding began to occur.
Illya stood behind Kaito Shirogane, turning a blind eye to those bloody incidents. She completely didn't feel there was anything wrong with this.
The reason why she, after seeing Kaito Shirogane's true emotions and inner heart, thought she had found a kindred spirit, was because both of them were actually exceptionally cold, lacking the moral concepts of good and evil of normal people.
Kaito Shirogane was a fake human proficient in disguising and acting almost no different from a normal person. While Illya was a puppet with an exquisite exterior but an inner heart hollowed out by Magic Circuits.
"Assassin, kill him!"
Illya raised her hand, the luster of Command Spells lighting up on her body. Her whole body was covered in Command Spells, therefore, actually cooperating with a Servant in battle, she was extremely powerful.
[Based on the Assassin Class, you obtained the buff of Command Spells]
[Energy output increased by 20%]
[All attributes increased by 25%]
A faint magical energy luster appeared all over Kaito Shirogane's body. He rarely experienced being continuously affected by various buff effects like this in this world.
This made Kaito Shirogane somewhat unaccustomed.
Even though he had ended Kaioken, the words [Limiter activation extent: 6%] still hung conspicuously in his status bar at this moment.
This thing probably wasn't a temporarily activated buff effect, but a permanent state.
Just like a valve, having been pushed open a certain angle, it wouldn't close naturally.
As Kaito Shirogane thought this, he saw his body attributes begin to float again after the Command Spell buff.
This was the effect of the [Limiter]. Sensing that he needed to become stronger, he would begin to become stronger. It was just that the current activation extent of Kaito Shirogane's Limiter was too low, unable to let him strengthen massively, or even present an exponential increase phenomenon.
Ghostly aura suddenly appeared behind Kaito Shirogane.
The Servant in the bamboo hat, the legendary warrior monk [Musashibou Benkei] holding the title of [Demon of Herculean Strength], appeared from the ghostly aura. Several tachi suddenly thrust towards Kaito Shirogane's back.
Clang! Crack!
The sword blades seemed to stab onto forged steel, all breaking off in an instant.
Whoosh~
Blazing Flames ignited immediately. Kaito Shirogane turned his head. Within the flames, a huge palm-leaf-fan-like hand reached out, grabbing towards Kaito Shirogane's head. In legends, Musashibou Benkei had the legend of [Sword Hunt], snatching various weapons barehanded.
But Kaito Shirogane completely didn't use weapons. Forming his fingers like a sword, like a pitch-black sword light, he instantly plunged them into that huge palm.
Pfft!
A blood arrow shot out from behind Lancer · Musashibou Benkei's shoulder.
The warrior monk's huge body staggered back two steps. He seemed to feel no pain. Reaching both hands behind his back, the ghostly aura instantly condensed into a long spear.
Amidst the wielding, the forest of ghostly aura manifested.
But Kaito Shirogane, under the strengthening of the Command Spells, completely didn't give the other party a chance to release his Noble Phantasm. Dissipating the sword fingers, his right hand formed a fist and abruptly punched the air.
Boom!
Freezing air abruptly erupted from the fist.
In the next moment, the warrior monk, lacking magical energy support, was instantly frozen into a huge ice block several meters wide along with the surrounding air.
[Heavenly Frost Fist]!
Taking a step, Kaito Shirogane had already appeared behind the frozen Musashibou Benkei. He flicked his finger and knocked lightly.
Crack~ Bang!
The ice block exploded violently, and Lancer vanished with curling ghostly aura.
*[You defeated Servant · Musashibou Benkei, obtaining C-Class Singularity 1, Dimensional Points 3000]
[Main Mission · Flower of Evil progress updated]
As if guided by something, when the ice block shattered and Lancer disappeared, the Swirl of the Heart behind Kaito Shirogane surged wildly again.
Having previously seen Illya's inner heart completely during the instrumentality project, Kaito Shirogane almost effortlessly completed the acquisition of that property.
He also instantly perceived a certain special existence entering his body.
Whoosh~
A purple flash appeared. The beautiful Medusa brought her Master and reappeared thousands of meters away, observing the abnormal changes in Fuyuki City.
And in the crowd, Emiya Shirou and Tohsaka Rin also arrived with their respective Heroic Spirits. There was something unusual in their expressions; it was unknown what they saw or encountered during the Human Instrumentality Project.
The King of Knights, Artoria, and Heroic Spirit Emiya were a step faster, already blocking in front of their Masters. They looked warily at Assassin · Mercenary Tao, whose aura had become even more terrifying after not seeing him for a short time.
"Assassin, kill..."
Just as Illya was about to give the order again, the pitch-black giant also came sprinting wildly at this time.
However, Kaito Shirogane patted his stomach lightly amidst the wary gazes of the several Heroic Spirits.
"Ha~ Not bad, not bad..."
"I have a good place I want to invite you to see."
(End of Chapter)
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