Chapter 533: All the World's Evils, Give Them All to Me!
The golden Holy Grail appeared before Kaito Shirogane. The flesh and blood on Kaito Shirogane's chest had almost completely healed.
Something like a heart, with sufficient vitality, he could regenerate it countless times!
Using a single heart to end the Holy Grail War was the most cost-effective choice.
That intense power that penetrated and tore the soul was enough to completely tear apart the soul of an ordinary person, causing ordinary humans to die directly.
But Kaito Shirogane had long been accustomed to this level of pain, and even that tearing didn't affect him that much.
Not only had he previously continuously experienced the tearing of multiple souls fighting for his body, but he had also once experienced the situation where multiple souls, including God's Hand · Roland, Gojo Satoru, and Uchiha Madara, were blended together to share his body.
When the Sage used the demigod ability of the [Spectator] pathway to tear the astral body, his sea of consciousness was severely damaged even more.
The holes caused by those Heroic Spirits leaving the body couldn't affect him at all. The [Throne of the Heart] remained suspended high.
In the consciousness world, Gojo Satoru, Uchiha Madara, Black Mask, Millennium Bug, and the others still stubbornly guarded beneath the Throne of the Heart. To some extent, they were now a community of interests.
Moreover, they were more familiar with this place than these powerful souls called [Heroic Spirits]. They understood very well that the [Throne of the Heart] was the only true core of this world.
As long as the [Throne of the Heart] wasn't occupied, tearing the outer wall of the sea of consciousness was completely useless.
What was the outcome of that massive escape of Yin Spirits?
Wasn't it just the host activating his ability, and hundreds of thousands of Yin Spirits were all sucked back in disgrace...
The huge white spirit body that White Mask turned into was like a long snake. She maintained that special spirit body property. Not only could she freely change shape, but she also possessed an intense fusion and devouring ability.
Saber's spirit body was entangled by her, unable to break free for a while. Saber actually couldn't return to the Throne of Heroes.
But White Mask saw the pitch-black giant suddenly appear in the sky. In the next moment, the pitch-black giant was directly absorbed by red magical energy before even landing. While flying out of the sea of consciousness, he smashed a huge gap in the outer wall of the sea of consciousness.
"No... No!"
White Mask's voice was hysterical, almost directly vibrating to death the other Yin Spirits around her. Rings of AT Fields deployed around her body, completely locking herself in the Yellow Springs under the condition of thoroughly preventing Saber from escaping.
She had realized that Mercenary Tao's scheme was completely realized. White Mask crazily cursed Heracles for being useless.
With her perception, the state Mercenary Tao was in when he directly physically tore apart her Human Instrumentality Project was absolutely abnormal.
If Mercenary Tao could possess that level of combat power in his normal state, it would be absolutely impossible for him to easily enter this world.
That was already the combat performance of a top-tier Reincarnator at this stage. Taking her previous faction under His Eminence [Eternal Destiny] as an example, besides His Eminence, probably only one or two people could reach that level.
Therefore, Mercenary Tao's state wasn't sustainable, highly likely a coincidence. Combined with the appearance of Void Shiki, perhaps the Counter Force also played some role in it.
She firmly believed that if Heracles fought with full force, even if Mercenary Tao could win, he couldn't possibly end the battle in a short time.
But Heracles actually entered this world so quickly and helped Mercenary Tao complete the ritual. This made her almost twistedly mad.
Saber's expression was calm, intense magical energy enveloping her body surface. Even without that scabbard known as the strongest defensive Noble Phantasm in the Type-Moon world, it would be very difficult for White Mask to truly devour her.
Moreover, Saber calmly accepted her defeat, not twisted.
"That giant exudes a gentle and resolute will..."
She could see that Heracles's state wasn't one of defeat and death in battle.
The world before Kaito Shirogane's eyes suddenly changed. Even with his mental power and perception ability, he completely couldn't perceive when he was pulled into the illusion.
He found himself facing a blank space, seemingly his own mental world, just that this time, those millions of Yin Spirits were not before his eyes.
Spirit bodies like Gojo Satoru and Uchiha Madara had also completely disappeared.
There was only the Throne of the Heart suspended high in that blank space.
With a thought, Kaito Shirogane arrived before the throne, but before he could sit on it, a silver-haired, red-eyed woman had already appeared on the throne.
Irisviel, Illya's mother, the Einzbern's homunculus, the Lesser Grail that existed for the Holy Grail War.
This sorrowful woman was kept in captivity in the castle for her whole life. Not only would she be sacrificed as the Lesser Grail in the future, but the family even utilized her residual value to recruit Emiya Kiritsugu, who was adept at assassinating magi, as a son-in-law.
She fell in love with Emiya Kiritsugu and gave birth to a daughter, but ultimately, she still walked into her destined ending in the Fourth Holy Grail War.
This woman revealed a gentle smile, sitting on the Throne of the Heart.
"Kaito Shirogane, you thirst for power, and do not mind realizing that power at any cost..."
Kaito Shirogane lowered his eyelids, then sneered.
This kind of illusion was obviously the trick of the Holy Grail. But logically speaking, the one who should be pulled into the illusion should be his Master, Illya.
His current identity was the Servant contracted by Illya.
But this Greater Grail pulled him here. This showed that the level the Greater Grail represented was higher than he imagined.
At least, the Greater Grail, or the thing behind this ritual, could know his true identity and origin, and could peek that although he was similarly bestowed the vessel of the [Class].
But essentially, he wasn't a Heroic Spirit, he was... a living being!
From this angle, the other party peeking at his true name, and even his personality, was nothing.
He suddenly reached out his hand, pinched Irisviel's jaw, and stroked it twice.
"Heh, I didn't expect the disguised skin to be so delicate. Is this the profundity of the [Third Magic], or do you want to stimulate some weird evil thoughts in me?"
Kaito Shirogane leaned down, his face extremely close to "Irisviel" on the throne. Those ruby-like eyes curved up in the next moment, and curved more and more.
In the next moment, she completely twisted, and the fair skin also instantly blackened, completely turning into a pitch-black little person.
"You want power, even knowing that the Holy Grail before you is filled with [All the World's Evils], you wouldn't hesitate. Even if this power poured down, and Fuyuki City, or even the whole of Japan, were burned down, you wouldn't care..."
"Then, she will die too. Do you not care..."
The black mud quickly changed. The person sitting on the Throne of the Heart quickly became the petite Illya.
The young girl sat on the throne, her eyes blank, her gaze ignorant. Looking around, she spoke timidly:
"Assassin, where... is this?"
The demeanor, appearance, and even emotions were imitated so perfectly that no difference could be seen at all.
Kaito Shirogane perceived the Greater Grail's intention. The other party couldn't possibly not sense that he didn't care much about any life.
But the Greater Grail also perceived that he was coveting the special bond produced between Illya and Heracles, that power of the [Heart]!
The other party was forcing him to let go.
Kaito Shirogane lowered his head, but the corners of his mouth grew increasingly spirited.
"Since you can see my thoughts, then you should look a bit clearer."
"My thirst and greed for power cannot be dismissed by just a little bestowal of magical energy... I, thirst for all power!"
"Give everything you have, all to me!"
Kaito Shirogane raised his head, his voice growing louder and louder, until at the end, it was already like a roar.
The sound echoed around the Throne of the Heart.
Illya instantly turned into black mud. Kaito Shirogane directly sat on the Throne of the Heart, letting the black mud wrap around him.
In the real world, the blood moon in the sky seemed to have a hole broken in it. That golden Holy Grail in front of Kaito Shirogane also began to tilt.
Boom!
The black mud, accompanied by scarlet flames, violently poured down, directly covering Kaito Shirogane.
Kaito Shirogane moved his feet, already grabbing the Holy Grail, leaping hundreds of meters away. But in the next moment, that terrifying erosion made him lose his mobility.
[You suffered erosion · All the World's Evils. Body functions massively decreased]
[Regeneration ability weakened]
[Immortality weakened]
[Performing soul check...]
[Check successful. You are immune to this damage]
[Performing soul check...]
[Body functions massively decreasing...]
(End of Chapter)
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