Sword of Choice: Original Sin.

Or another, more well-known name, the sword in the tree: Grammer.

Gram/Gramr comes from the great god Odin, was given to Siegmund, and is also the sword of Sigurd, the great hero who is praised as the "King of Warriors" in Norse mythology "The Legend of Walzonge".

Forged by the dwarves with the iron of the underworld, the holy sword and magic sword that shine with the brilliance of the hero's victory and the heroic life of the dwarf.

In order to prevent the curse of the magic sword from affecting the sword-wielder and protect the safety of the sword-wielder, the scabbard also uses featherstone made from the leaves of the World Tree.

It represents glory and death, and is said to be the prototype of the sword in the stone.

And like the sword in the stone that was given the ability to "choose a king", this sword in the tree that circulated in Northern Europe and gave "domination" was originally used to select a king and give "holy power".

In terms of level, although they are both god-made weapons, the level of the chosen sword is a little worse than that of the obedient sword, probably because in myths and legends, this chosen sword was once broken by the great god Odin with Ganganir.

However, Gilgamesh chose to take out this sword at this time, naturally for his reasons.

Gilgamesh carried the selected sword, which looked quite simple, and surrounded Zheng Shu with a calm demeanor, observing the treasures around Zheng Shu that had been destroyed by him as he walked:

"Sure enough, as I imagined, among all the treasures that attacked you, the energy-attacking treasures were not too damaged, indicating that you didn't defend at all, while the treasures that were physically attacked were very badly damaged, indicating that you were interrupted by your own flesh."

Gilgamesh ignored the gaze that Kirizakuri looked like she wanted to eat him, and walked in front of Zheng Shu very confidently.

"This armor on your body must have specialized the function of absorbing non-physical attacks. Coupled with the ability to evenly spread the physical attacks it has received to my body, this armor is a treasure even in my treasury......" Gilgamesh stroked the sword in his hand, "but that's the end of it, I've found a way to break through your defenses." ”

The Sword of Choice, unlike the Sword of Choice, which relies entirely on special effects to attack, has an extremely simple attack method that is pure attack power.

Both the law of invocation and the power of the sword itself are all focused on improving the attack power of the sword body, especially before being reforged, the selected sword has almost no area attack and focuses on one-on-one combat.

It's also very easy to use, and as long as the user injects magic into it, they can easily unleash the seven-killing sword that was similar to the one that took off Hercules' seven lives at once in the Fifth Holy Grail War, when Artoria and Emiya Shirou worked together.

As long as the mana is continuously infused, the user can easily reach this level with each swing of the sword, and the attack power of the sword will increase exponentially as the user's input mana increases.

In terms of physical damage, this sword is basically the most damaging weapon in the Gilgamesh treasury.

"Madame!"

Just as Gilgamesh raised the sword in his hand and was about to swing it, an anxious cry came from the side.

Maiya Kuyu supported Alice Phil's body, and Enomiya Chess, who was originally hiding on the side, had also given up hiding and quickly ran towards this side.

At this time, Alice Fair's eyes had become blank, and a piece of her body fell limply to the ground, looking completely lifeless.

The deaths of Assassin and Rider caused the two of them to have their spiritual bases recovered by Alice Phil, causing her bodily functions to be suppressed to the limit by the Holy Grail.

If it weren't for the glass bottle that Zheng Shu gave her before to continuously provide power to her body, it is estimated that she would have lost her human form a long time ago.

"Looks like it's almost time." Zheng Shu, who had not spoken since he was tied up just now, suddenly raised his head and looked at Alice Phil, who was slumped on the ground on one side and was supported by Emiya Kiritsugu.

Emiya Kiritsugu looked at his wife in his arms with a pained look on his face.

After marrying Alice Phil and giving birth to Illya, Emiya Kiritsugu has actually been quite shaken.

He thought about giving up many times, but whenever he hesitated, Alice Fell always gently comforted him and always stood firm for his ideals, even if it meant her own death.

But now looking at Alice Phil, who collapsed on the ground and was completely unconscious, Emiya Kiritsugu felt that his previous self was so selfish that he completely ignored her feelings.

"I say, Lord Saber, are you ready?" Zheng Shu's voice suddenly woke up Emiya Kiritsugu, who was immersed in grief.

He looked up sharply and saw Zheng Shu bound by heavy chains.

However, his body was completely restrained, but there was no sadness or despair in his eyes, and he just looked at himself intently.

Remembering what he had said when he came to visit this morning, Emiya Kiritsugu gritted his teeth and nodded firmly.

At this point, the only thing he can believe in is his childhood "idol"!

Zheng Shu smiled with satisfaction after watching Emiya Kiritsugu's movements, and didn't pay attention to Gilgamesh next to him, closed his eyes slightly, and sent out the spirit base of Berserker, who had been bound in his body.

In an instant, after perceiving Berserker's spiritual base, Alice Field's body finally reached its limit, and the human body began to turn into light and disperse, replaced by a golden chalice floating in mid-air.

"Holy Grail!" In this lesson, whether it was Tosaka Tokitomi or Emiya Kiritsugu next to him, there was an indescribable expression in his eyes.

Tosaka Tokitomi, in particular, thought that the "gate" that could enter the root was right in front of his eyes, and his eyes were blazing as if he could melt the Holy Grail.

However, Emiya Kiritsugu had heard Zheng Shu talk about the Holy Grail after all, so he quickly turned around from the dazzling treasure and turned to look at the sealed glass bottle that Alice Phil had left behind after she had disappeared.

Bang!

Without hesitation, Emiya Kiritsugu took out the firearm in his hand and opened fire on the glass bottle, directly shattering it, and the moment the container that sealed him shattered, the brilliant liquid immediately began to work.

The soul protection technique that Alice Fell had previously placed on her body began to take effect, and a soul fire that looked a little broken slowly emerged.

At this time, it was obvious that this soul fire was constantly being absorbed by the Holy Grail, but after the brilliant liquid came out, it was immediately poured into the soul fire, as if adding fuel to the fire, the soul fire immediately became stable.

When the Holy Grail had finally absorbed enough soul energy to fully open it, the brilliant liquid began to move on to its next move. A large amount of liquid enveloped the soul fire, outlining the traces of a human figure in the air.

Bones, muscles, nerves, and skin all grew rapidly out of thin air under the stimulation of bright liquid, and in the blink of an eye, Alice Field's body had begun to see its outline.

"Soul materialization?!" Tosaka was shocked to see the effect of the bright liquid, but then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the soul aura is very strong, this is actually just a simple recasting of the body, which is only somewhat similar to the third method but different.

After wrapping her newly appeared body in the clothes that Alice Fell had worn earlier, Emiya Kiritsugu and Artoria quickly carried her away, while he himself stood next to the Grail, warily watching the circular void summoned above the Grail.

"That's ...... What? ”

"That's the 'root'!"

Emiya Kiritsugu and Tosaka Tokitomi reacted completely differently, one becoming extremely vigilant due to Zheng Shu's reminder, while the other became more fanatical.

"What a good show, Berserker." After Alice Phil's body was fully generated, Gilgamesh withdrew his gaze and looked at Zheng Shu, who was completely fixed by him, with interest, "I didn't expect you mad dog to have such a ......"

Bang!

Before Gilgamesh's words were finished, he received a fist in his face, and the whole person flew out directly upside down, "inserted" into the distant land in a spiral flying posture.

Click!

At this time, the sound of the chain breaking came, and I saw Zheng Shu flick it lightly, and the heavenly lock that should have been indestructible was broken by him, and he didn't continue to pursue after throwing this punch, but just comforted the somewhat worried Sakura Makiri.

"You?! How can it be? Gilgamesh pulled his head out of the ground in disbelief, and looked at Zheng Shu in the distance, who easily broke free from the lock of the sky, his eyes full of puzzlement.

Zheng Shu rubbed his wrist, discarded the remains of the chains on his body by the way, and tilted his head to look at Gilgamesh: "You really don't have a long memory, you have said that you should keep your mouth clean." ”

"You ......" Gilgamesh's face turned red, unable to understand how Zheng Shu escaped from the Heavenly Lock.

It stands to reason that with Zheng Shu's level of divinity, the sturdiness of the Heavenly Lock should far exceed the limit that the Servant can break free.

Zheng Shu glanced at him and didn't speak, of course he wouldn't tell Gilgamesh that the so-called ability of the Heavenly Lock to change the degree of solidity against the divinity was also a kind of "bells and whistles" in the judgment of the battle armor.

Therefore, when the Heavenly Lock was tied to Zheng Shu's body from the beginning, it had been isolated from its detection ability by the battle armor, and it could only maintain the hardness of the most ordinary iron chain from beginning to end.

The reason why Zheng Shu hasn't made any big moves is just to see what kind of work Gilgamesh can do.

Unfortunately, although Gilgamesh has shown good strategy, due to various misunderstandings, the information he thinks about is not correct with the real information.

Now that he knows that he doesn't have any new work, Zheng Shu is too lazy to play anymore.

He turned his head in the direction of the Holy Grail, and the void summoned by the Holy Grail was already dripping with black mud as dark as oil.

Tosaka Tokitomi and Emiya Kiritsugu were drowned in the black mud that flowed out because they couldn't dodge, or rather, they didn't even think to dodge.

However, Zheng Shu said that there is no big problem with whether Emiya Kiritsugu can come out alive, although Emiya Kiritsugu's mentality of saving the world has been shaken, but on the other hand, Emiya Kiritsugu's mentality of wanting to protect his family has become more determined, and he has already known the truth of the black mud in advance, and it is inevitable that it will not overturn with his will.

As for Tosaka Tokitomi...... The three families are quite clear about the information about the Holy Grail.

If a magician can still be eroded and overturned by the black mud on the premise of knowing so much information, then Zheng Shu would rather believe that Tosaka Shichen has grown two dicks under his crotch after coming out of the black mud.

"Is this the Holy Grail?" Alice Phil had also woken up at this time.

After waking up, Alice Phil immediately checked her body, and was surprised to find that this body was surprisingly healthy.

Not only is there no artificial man's flaws, but at the beginning of her birth, the traces of the various spells that were engraved to contain the soul of the servant have also disappeared - which means that she has finally escaped the identity of the Holy Grail.

She turned her head to look at the golden chalice suspended in mid-air, her face complicated.

After knowing her fate, Alice Fell did not choose to resist, because she knew that she did not have such qualifications. The only thing that is fortunate is that she met Kiritsugu Emiya before the start of the Holy Grail War this time, and because of this man, she has feelings.

But it is precisely because of the relationship that Alice Phil knows very well that once she and Emiya Kiritsugu fail, then the next person to bear such a fate will be Illya!

She doesn't want her daughter to bear the same fate as her, so she wants Emiya Kiritsugu to get the Holy Grail.

But...... Glancing at the black mud flowing from the hollow, Alice Phil knew that Emiya Kiritsugu's plan had failed, and that such a holy grail would simply not be able to fulfill his wish.

Alice Phil looked at Kiritsugu Emiya, who was gradually emerging from the black mud, and suddenly felt a little distressed.

But before she could say anything, she found that Emiya Kiritsugu had regained her consciousness and ran in the direction she was.

"Kiritsugu!" Alice Phil was a little worried and held up Emiya Kiritsugu, who looked a little stumbling, and the healing magic was quickly cast.

Although because of Zheng Shu's reminder, Emiya Kiritsugu was prepared in advance, his spirit and body were still "burned" by the black mud, and his whole person looked much weaker.

Emiya Kiritsugu's condition improved significantly after being cured a few times, and then he didn't have time to speak to his newly resurrected wife, but looked at Artoria very firmly, revealing his arm with the spell on it.

"In the name of the Spell, Saber, I command you to destroy the Holy Grail!"

"What?!" Artoria looked at Emiya Kiritsugu in disbelief, wondering why he was so determined.

But Emiya Kiritsugu didn't have any idea of explanation at all, although the time he was submerged in the black mud just now was short, but he had been communicating with the spirit of the black mud for a long time.

Therefore, Emiya Kiritsugu knows very well that the "thing" in front of him is definitely not a treasure that can help people fulfill their wishes, on the contrary, it is a curse that is enough to destroy humanity!

In the face of such a threat, Emiya Kiritsugu had no intention of keeping this Holy Grail alive for much longer.

Seeing that Artoria relied on her own magic to resist this command, Emiya Kiritsugu did not hesitate to use the last spell:

"In the name of the Spell, Saber, I command you to destroy the Holy Grail!"

"Emiya...... You ......" Artoria's tone was full of anger, but two consecutive spells could not resist even with her magical powers, and she could only reluctantly raise the sword of victory of the oath in her hand.

"Bastard! What do you bastards want to do?! Seeing what was happening here, Gilgamesh, who was originally angry at Zheng Shu's behavior, was also diverted.

In his opinion, the Holy Grail was supposed to be a treasure in his treasury, and now this group of clowns should destroy their own treasures without their consent, which is absolutely unbearable blasphemy for Gilgamesh.

The golden vortex in the sky was unfolded by Gilgamesh, and a large number of treasures were ready to be released, and now Gilgamesh and Artoria did not have too deep a relationship, and they did not want to take her as their wife.

Facing Artoria, who wants to destroy the Holy Grail, she naturally decides to be ruthless with all her firepower.

In the face of such a terrible sense of oppression, Emiya Kiritsugu didn't care at all, just stared at the long sword that had bloomed golden light in Artoria's hand.

As soon as Zheng Shu saw this guy's movements, he knew that his old mistake had been done again, and he was planning to sacrifice himself and these people to smash the Holy Grail.

"You guy, it's better to change this habit of wanting to sacrifice others at every turn." Zheng Shu patted Emiya Kiritsugu's stiff shoulder, then turned his head to look at Gilgamesh.

Syllable!

"Ah!!h

With a muffled sound, the skin on Gilgamesh's face suddenly exploded, and the entire human face was torn apart, and among the flesh and blood, there was something that looked like yellow dough.

Suddenly receiving an unknown attack on the face, Gilgamesh screamed in pain, and the surrounding golden vortex also shook for a while, because of the sudden injury, Gilgamesh's will was caught off guard and almost closed the portal of the king's treasure.

However, Gilgamesh's pain did not last long, and the next second, accompanied by Zheng Shu's eyes moving slightly......

Burst!

There was a dull explosion, and Gilgamesh's head swelled before exploding from within.

Boom!

The headless corpse fell to the ground, and the body and the armor on it began to dissipate into golden spirits, and the portal in the sky quickly closed as if it had never appeared.

Gilgamesh didn't know exactly what he had died under until he died, and he was carrying the All-Knowing Star, but he still couldn't see the source of the attack.

Of course, he couldn't understand that for Zheng Shu's divine armament, whether it was an omniscient star or a clairvoyant, it was within the scope of "bells and whistles".

After all, whether it's future vision or clairvoyance or something like that, this is essentially the end of detection magic. In other words, the moment these things come into contact with the Warframe, they will be transformed into pure magical impact by the Warframe.

Of course, the impact of magic power of this magnitude is probably not even an itch for Zheng Shu.

Ignoring Gilgamesh's body lying on the ground, as he himself said before, Zheng Shu was just playing with these people from the beginning.

At the moment when the ability to summon instant noodles was restored, even if the basic attributes were limited, his strength was no longer something that a servant of this level could face.

Zheng Shu turned his head to continue watching the scene where Artoria was about to release the light cannon. I have to admit that the appearance of this sword when it releases the light cannon is indeed more beautiful.

The others present, including Artoria, who was releasing the light cannon, were extremely shocked by Zheng Shu's effect of killing Gilgamesh with a single look.

"This ...... This ......" Webb's lips twitched twice, and finally he didn't know what to say.

Now he finally understood that the Berserker had been accompanying the little girl at home, and if it weren't for that little girl, the so-called Holy Grail War might have really been settled by him in one night.

Thinking about it, Webber suddenly diluted even the sadness of Iskander's death, and he even felt that he was missing the clock tower a little now......

"That's not right!" Remembering Professor Kenneth who had left early, Weber struck a spirit, "If you go back now, you'll be dead...... Anyway, let's stay out for two years and go back when Professor Kenneth's anger subsides. ”

On the other side, Artoria's charge quickly ended with the support of the Spell, and the surging golden torrent slammed into the Holy Grail suspended in mid-air.

Even the Holy Grail, which was carefully crafted by the three major families, could not withstand such an attack, and was torn to pieces in an instant.

"Emiya ......," Artoria glanced at Emiya Kiritsugu with a complicated look in her eyes.

In fact, she also knew that the Holy Grail had been polluted and could not fulfill her wishes, but she still couldn't stop hating the master who had let her destroy the Holy Grail with her own hands.

But now it's useless to say anything, the little chalice has been destroyed, the running ritual has been forcibly stopped, and Artoria has lost the carrier that supports her appearance on this timeline, and can only slowly disappear unwillingly.

Because the ritual had stopped, the huge void that had just opened in mid-air was slowly disappearing.

However, it seems that out of malice and unwillingness to humans, the huge cavity finally spewed out a mouthful of "black mud" before disappearing.

Black liquid magic burned with blazing flames, slowly spreading outward from the center of Einzberen Castle.

"What's going on?!" Emiya Kiritsugu looked at the black mud that was burning and spreading rapidly outward, and his face was ugly, "I, messed up again......"

"What do you want? Step back, be careful, you won't live long with these things in your current state. Zheng Shu's voice came from behind.

Immediately afterwards, Emiya Kiritsugu found himself being captured by Zheng Shu and threw him and Alice Fell towards a place away from the black mud, and he himself stepped into the black mud with great determination.

(End of chapter)