The other side.

After experiencing the attack of the Shadow of the Spirit Base of the seven ranks, and the destruction of the seven powerful and terrifying Shadow Followers, the Chaldean group was basically all bloodless, and no one was unpainted.

Even the queen of the Shadow Country, Miss Skaha was more or less injured, but this was also a helpless thing, as the strongest person in the team, she naturally suffered the most pressure, even when facing the top Berserker like Hercules, she could only step forward and carry it.

However, it is also thanks to the greatest pressure that she has been able to keep others from attrition, at most injuries.

And after this difficult advancement, everyone finally converged with Fujimaru Ritsuka, mainly because of the doctor's communication, which was constantly transferred on both sides to convey information. Although the distraction is severe, making communication cumbersome, it's better than nothing.

"Ritsuka! You're here, are you alright? ”

Breaking open the door blocked by the magic barrier, Leonardo da Vinci finally met the last hope of the Chaldeans, she grabbed Fujimaru Rika's shoulder, looked the girl up and down, and then exhaled a long breath, as if completely settled.

The almighty genius completely confirmed the situation of the master, confirmed that there was no problem with the other party, and it seemed that he had not suffered any harm at all, and his mental outlook was even better than theirs.

"Da Vinci, you're finally here, I'm fine......" Fujimaru Rika also breathed a sigh of relief, but a feeling of relief or loss quietly appeared in his heart.

Sure enough, it was Leonardo da Vinci who came to save people, that is to say, this is the territory of the hostile camp...... In other words, Lord Xia Ran...... That magician is really the one who started this peculiarity, and he is also the enemy he needs to fight......

He's been lying to himself all the time...... No, if you think about it carefully, in fact, he doesn't seem to have hidden it at all, mainly because he is too stupid, and he preconceived that the other party must be an ally.

"Wait, what about Matthew? Why can't you see her? ”

However, Fujimaru Rika also knew that now was not the time to dwell on this matter, and she keenly found out that among the people who came to save her? Don't have a junior? Immediately, he asked with great concern. Because if Matthew was here, he would have been the first to see him.

Why did Leonardo da Vinci rush in the first place?

"This ...... Is it hard to put into words? I'll explain it to you later. ”

Leonardo da Vinci sighed? Shaking his head, he said, "We don't have much time now, and the opportunity is rare?" Now we have to seize this opportunity to continue to the upper floors of this tower......" she said, pulling the girl's arm? And he dragged him out of the door.

Fujimaru Rika was slightly stunned? In the depths of my heart, there was almost instinctual resistance and panic, could it be that during the time I didn't know, Matthew had ......

"Don't worry, Matthew didn't have an accident? She was just locked up in the royal city. "Leonardo da Vinci saw the horror in the depths of Fujimaru Rika's eyes at a glance? He could only explain in a hurried tone, "But someone has already gone to rescue her, and if all goes well, she will come and join us soon......"

"Locked up in the royal city?"

"Well, I'll tell you ...... specifics" Leonardo da Vinci nodded? The next moment, a movement from the corridor outside interrupted her words? "Oops! It seems that another Shadow Servant has been summoned, shall we hurry up? If you continue to delay, you won't be able to walk for a while. ”

"Hmmm! I understand! Fujimaru Rika nodded vigorously? Quickly refreshed? Follow Leonardo da Vinci out into the corridor outside? The movement of the fight came in an instant, making her feel as if she had suddenly arrived at a crowded vegetable market.

"Okay, right? Then let's go! ”

Skaha swung his magic spear and swept away the enemies in front of him, glanced back, nodded lightly and shouted heroically.

The other servants did not respond, but quickly quickened the movement at hand, and put down the solemn knights who were surging up in the direction they were responsible for, keeping the camp in the middle to protect the master, and then began to move, advancing towards the side of the passage.

The battle never stops, and if you want to advance, you can only destroy the enemy and seize the gap to occupy the space in front of you...... This is already very troublesome, not to mention the existence of other obstacles, a group of servants with great strength have fought until now, and they are also feeling exhausted.

Because the internal defense of this tower is very bad, it is not an exaggeration to call it a step-by-step killing machine.

Many areas of passage are cordoned off by sturdy partition walls and magic barriers, trapping them in one area entirely. Then came a steady stream of Righteous Knights coming in, holding them back, and one after another Shadow Servants were summoned and thrown, forcing them to fight and make it difficult to advance......

And that's not all, after all, as a particularly terrifying magic workshop, the mechanism of defense and counterattack can't only be a way to summon, and they didn't expect this trial to be so simple.

All kinds of rune traps and counter-attack magic are simply endless.

There are a lot of areas that can be environmental killers, from gravity to light, and they can be scorched.

Moreover, the Chaldeans, as uninvited guests, did not know the structure and function of the tower - it was also a certain passage sealed by a partition wall and a magic barrier, and they had no way to determine whether it was the right direction to the upper floor, or what dangerous area it led to.

On several occasions, they took the initiative to break the seal, but instead of opening a new path, they unleashed extremely terrifying monsters.

For example, a captive demon can unleash a large number of deadly curses with the beating of his heart;

For example, a mad hybrid that is completely highly eroded by the dragon's blood gene is simply a dragonman, infinitely powerful, invulnerable, and a roar that shakes the atmosphere can fight against Mordred's Noble Phantasm;

For example, there are prototype-type automatic killing puppets, or the hydra Xudra, the giant demon pig or something, and the runaway magic book that contains powerful magic......

- In comparison, it seems that low-level cannon fodder such as dragon tooth soldiers, which often appear in the peculiarities of the past, do not even have the qualifications to appear in this tower.

However, the interference in the tower is extremely serious, so even Miss Skaha's Lune magic has been seriously suppressed, and it is almost impossible to rely on divination, prophecy and other means to eliminate danger and choose the right path, you can only rely on intuition!

And luck! This is inevitably too cheating.

It's really more exciting than gacha, no one knows what will appear in the opposite area after a certain passage is forcibly broken, is it a magic laser array that is ready to go? Or is it a huge demonic beast entrenched in the entire space, hideously ready to spew out a poisonous mist that can kill everything, or send out terrifying words that tear everything apart?

Fortunately, after Rika Fujimaru rejoined the team, the efficiency quickly increased considerably. The girl who had been to the top floor did not know the detailed terrain of the tower, but at least she had a firm grasp of the correct route to the top floor.

Unbeknownst to the group, the buildings inside the tower are all free to move, passages disappear, corridors lead to other places, and certain rooms may be moved from one floor to another...... The whole tower is like a Rubik's cube, and if it falls into the hands of the operator and is turned, everything will change.

There is no such thing as a fixed route, that is, someone is not targeting them at all, otherwise, a group of people will never go to the top for about a lifetime.

However, it was precisely because they didn't know that they felt that they saw hope again, and because of this, they knew that Fujimaru Rika had already made contact with the magician, so while hurrying, they hurried to inquire about it, trying to know some basic information.

"Xia Ran? Are you sure I'm not mistaken, Richika? This name sounds like someone from the Celestial Empire, and it's a little strange to appear in this peculiarity......"

Da Vinci's face was a little strange, she thought carefully for a while, confirmed that she was not impressed at all, and could only shake her head regretfully-

"I guess it's a fake name, I haven't heard of a magician with this name, and there is no one who is slightly famous, let alone strong enough to be able to wrestle with the magic king Solomon......"

"First name, first name...... Is it also fake? Fujimaru Rika couldn't tell what a complicated feeling she had in her heart.

"It should be, people who can achieve such things must not be unknown and unknown! King Solomon never used magic, but the name of the King of Magic still spread throughout the neighboring countries, and eventually left a great reputation......" Leonardo da Vinci nodded quite seriously: "Do you think such a magician will really be a person who has no rumors left behind?" ”

"This ...... That seems to be the case. ”

Fujimaru Rika was a little entangled, in fact, she also knew that it was impossible, at least logically speaking, what Leonardo da Vinci said was correct, and she had always doubted it, and even BB had used this reason not long ago to ruthlessly reveal the truth.

So...... Is it true that even the name is fake? The girl suddenly felt that her mentality was a little broken......

"Merlin, it must be! Otherwise, why would he even have to hide his name, he would definitely be the only one who would be able to do such a thing......" Angrily slashing down a puppet in her way, Mordred, wielding a magic sword, shouted loudly, she always felt that there was only that possibility.

After all, the true identity of the Lion King turned out to be her father himself, so who is her court magician, do you still need to think about it as a second person?

"Actually, I think ......" hesitated, Fujimaru Rika was about to express her opinion on this issue, maybe that person did even have a fake name, but at least it wouldn't be Merlin.

She was still sure that the man's personality had nothing to do with what the Knights of the Round Table were talking about as Merlin. And some of the tone habits shown at some times, the way of choosing words and forming sentences, made her feel inexplicably comfortable.

Unlike other servants, even if they are given modern common sense, it is difficult to change the fact that they are still ancients, and that magician gives her the feeling that she is simply a peer of the same era...... Probably because I haven't had such an experience for too long, but this is the only thing that Rika Fujimaru can be absolutely sure of.

After all, the circles and interpersonal relationships she usually contacts are very strange, either heroic heroes of the past era, or some people who don't look like normal people, even Matthew is an artificial life form, and he has never left Chaldea since he was a child...... Finally, he suddenly discovered this rare point in the body of that magician, and Fujimaru Rika naturally cared about it.

"It doesn't matter if it's or not...... but at this time, Skaha, who was walking in front, took a deep breath and interrupted everyone's conversation.

The next moment, she threw the crimson magic spear in her hand violently, turning into violent thunder, piercing through the spiral of death at supersonic speed!

With the roar of thunder tearing through the atmosphere, the dense crowd of various demons, devices and other enemies in the passage ahead were all swept away in the shock wave!

Either it was directly destroyed and collapsed into the most basic magic factor, or it was blown apart, leaving only a pile of charred fragments and parts, and it was completely impossible to see what kind of device it was, and even the entire corridor was cracked, deep and huge cracks.

"We're here, everyone...... It's a matter of success or failure! ”

Once again, I don't know where to take out a magic spear, and it looks exactly the same, the Queen of the Shadow Nation said in a voice that couldn't hear any emotion.

Everyone was in their hearts at the same time.

"It's still that plan, the Holy Grail of the Magic King should be the source of the huge magic power that distorts this era, as long as you capture the Holy Grail, you can disintegrate all of this from the source......" Da Vinci also restrained all his expressions at once, and took the trouble to remind everyone again and again, about the tactical core arrangement of himself and others this time.

"There won't be a problem, it's already here, and no one has come out to stop us, so Merlin definitely isn't at home!" Mordred didn't care at all, and she seemed pretty sure that magician was Merlin's goddamn thing!

"Hopefully, then we can get the Holy Grail in our hands first, and wait until Matthew arrives and uses her shield to keep and recover the ......" Da Vinci also hoped so, "and then just hold on and not be defeated by the enemy, until this era returns to normal......"

As long as the source of mana is lost, the factor that distorts the times is gone.

If all goes well, then just hold on to the Holy Grail for a while under the enemy's frenzied attacks, and at that point, they will automatically win.

While they were talking, the crowd had already reached the entrance to the top floor.

Just as they hesitated, there was a sound of the airlock turning against each other, and the closed door automatically opened to both sides, as if the owner inside was inviting them in.

"Please come in." It was unusually calm and gentle, as if it was still coming from it with a voice of kindness.

“……！！”

Fujimaru Rika's body shook, and the whole person suddenly became nervous, as if returning to the day not long ago: "Lord Xia Ran?!" ”

The others also changed color at the same time, and their already tense bodies were even more tense at the moment, and they all looked like they were facing a great enemy.

They all thought the same as Mordred, and felt that the magician was not in the tower at all. But now it seems that it doesn't seem to be the same thing, it's just that the other party doesn't care about their destruction all the way, layer by layer, and even interested in waiting for a long time?

How arrogant is that? And how confident is it?

Taking a deep breath, Skaha led the way ahead of the crowd, leading the way, followed by the others.

The space in front of me suddenly opened up, and a dome-shaped hall appeared in front of me, and the "pillar of light" emitting the brilliance of the stars was restrained in the very center, piercing through the sky and nailing into the earth, steadily suppressing the surface of the planet.

Underneath the "Pillar of Light" is a figure in a black robe, with his back to the crowd and pointing at the huge projection, as if he was operating something.

"Welcome...... Oh, it's been a lively day. He said this without looking back, his tone was still quite gentle, and there was no anger at all about being hit at the door.

"Tsk, you're so confident that we've been right under your nose all the way up, and you've done nothing in the meantime......" Skaha said coldly, staring at the figure tightly, "although you do have the qualifications for arrogance." ”

"No, how can this be said to be arrogant...... During your progress, I didn't do nothing, but I did a lot of things. ”

The magician looked back, smiled, and reached out and gently tapped the headset on the side of his face: "For example, like this—"

Under the gaze of everyone, he coughed lightly and spoke into the microphone.

And at the same time, near Fujimaru Rika and Leonardo da Vinci, the spirit child communication that they thought was the Roman doctor from Chaldea sounded—

"Zizi...... Congratulations, you're finally here...... Zizi ...... It's on the top floor, and the Holy Spear is ahead...... Zizi ...... Now it's up to you, come on! ”

“……”

“……”

There was a deathly silence.

Everyone stared at each other in astonishment, feeling a terrible fear, so the communication from the doctor before was actually pretended by this person? If instead of helping himself and the others to join the Master, he tricked himself and the others into some terrible trap on the floor......

What will be the result?!