The magic power contained inside the Great Holy Grail is indeed terrifying, and even for an individual, it can be called "infinite" in a short period of time, because no matter how much you squander it, you can't consume that amount of magic power in a short period of time.

After all, before the start of each Holy Grail War, the Great Holy Grail needs to absorb the power of the three spiritual veins for a full sixty years to accumulate enough magic power.

You know, an ordinary spiritual vein is enough for a magician family to flourish, for example, a large part of the reason why the Ise Trinity clan has declined is because their spiritual veins have dried up for some reason.

Without the nourishment of the magic power on the spiritual veins, the probability that the newborn of the magician family will be able to give birth to magic circuits will become less and less, and even if the magic circuits are obtained, they will be completely blocked.

And this is just an ordinary spirit vein, the three spirit veins under Fuyuki City are all the top high-level spirit veins, and the efficiency of the Great Holy Grail created by the Einzberen family to absorb magic power is far from being comparable to that of ordinary magic furnaces.

In addition, the clansmen of the Tosaka family continued to comb the spiritual veins during the period before the Holy Grail War began, assisting the Great Holy Grail to absorb magic power.

The amount of magical power that can be accumulated in these sixty years far exceeds the limit of what can be calculated by conventional units of measurement.

For example, after starting the Holy Grail War, it is necessary not only to support the main power of the Servant's present world, but also to supply them with the magic power consumed when releasing the Noble Phantasm.

For example, Ramses II: Osmandis, who was summoned in this Holy Grail War, although the energy required to float in the Radiant Compound Grand Temple he summoned was a nuclear fission power furnace, but when he used another treasure, the Dandra Electric Orb, all the power provided by the Holy Grail was consumed.

The kind of power that can destroy the entire naval fleet with one shot, but the Dandra Electric Ball was launched three times in this Holy Grail War, which is enough to see how vast the magic contained in the Holy Grail is.

Under normal circumstances, things like jumping to another dimensional level or automatically traveling around the world to absorb the power of spiritual veins can be easily done for the transformed Heavenly Cup.

But, no matter what, the Great Holy Grail's magic stock is still limited after all.

After all, in essence, no matter how vast the magic inside the Great Holy Grail was, it was actually only the power that had been absorbed for sixty years under the offerings of the three spiritual veins.

Not even the "finite infinity" can be reached, so theoretically, no matter how astronomical the amount of mana is, there will be a day when it will be consumed.

It's just that in the normal middle of the Holy Grail War, it can only last for seven days, and during this period, the seven servants are supported to release the Noble Phantasm, no matter how indiscriminately bombarded, the Great Holy Grail can be easily supplied.

However, this time the Holy Grail War had a "little bit" of surprise.

The Sphinx and Noble Phantasms of Ottomandis, the Magical Castout and Noble Phantasms of Karna, the Aerial Courtyard of Semiramis, the Floating City of Medea, and even the energy-hungry Noble Phantasms of Alcades and Arash.

Amakusa Shiro's team has always held the Little Holy Grail, so they were able to connect to the Great Holy Grail and steal the magic inside a long time ago, while Medea relied on her thousands of years of research and exquisite magic skills, so she was able to directly steal the magic in the Great Holy Grail across various restrictions.

Even with the help of magic, the amount of mana it takes to float a castle or a mountain into the air is enough to make people jaw-dropping, not to mention the extremely fierce battles that follow.

In fact, even these battles did not completely consume the Great Holy Grail in the end, and the last straw that crushed the Great Holy Grail was the almost black hole-like magic used by Amakusa Shiro Shizhen at the end.

"Actually, after you took control of the Great Holy Grail and transformed it into the Heavenly Cup, you immediately cut off the energy source of the Floating City, which should be the most thrilling moment of this plan."

Zheng Shu walked over to the side of the Great Holy Grail and carefully inspected its breakage and energy consumption.

"You ...... Foreseen what I'm going to do a long time ago? ”

Amakusa Shiro Shizhen sat paralyzed on the ground, his eyes blank, and he finally figured out the key.

Thinking about it, it seems that from the very beginning, when that Caster used the floating city, his plan had already fallen into failure.

Caster, to be precise, had anticipated this for a long time. Of course, we don't know exactly what you want to do, but Caster is right, no matter what you want to do, the magic inside the Great Holy Grail is necessary, so as long as the mana is completely consumed, then no matter what, at least it won't be the worst. ”

Zheng Shu smiled: "The reason why I came to sneak in, in fact, in addition to seducing you to consume mana, the most important thing is also as insurance. If, at the end of the moment, the mana inside the Great Chalice is not fully consumed, I will choose to destroy the Great Grail, just as I did earlier. ”

Amakusa Shiro Shizhen was silent, if it weren't for the last round of power confrontation, the remaining magic inside the Heavenly Cup would be enough to start the plan.

But if he didn't use the "Right Hand, Zero Cluster" to confront the Black Sun launched by Zheng Shu before, then the Great Holy Grail would be destroyed, and his plan would still fail.

It can be said that from the very beginning, I had no choice.

"That's right...... It turns out that the gods have not been on my side since the beginning......"

Zheng Shu shook his head and didn't speak, just took care of himself to break up the protection around the Great Holy Grail, and then carried the light cluster composed of the Great Holy Grail with a diameter of more than five meters on his shoulders.

The process was not particularly smooth, the Great Holy Grail was still ringing, and although it was destroyed, it still operated with the goal of redeeming humanity, gathering the power of the spiritual veins to absorb magic power all the time.

However, Zheng Shu easily crushed the physical protection of the outer layer of the Great Holy Grail, and directly connected his hand to the Great Holy Grail, stealing the magic power inside to ensure that it was always running at the lowest power.

After using the cloak of the god's armament to secure the Great Holy Grail on his shoulder, Zheng Shu turned his head to look at the position of Shiro Amakusa.

"Did you run away? Never mind. ”

Originally, the location where Amakusa Shiro Shizhen and Semiramis were located was empty, and they should have been teleported away, but Zheng Shu didn't care.

In his perception, Amakusa Shiro Shizhen and Semiramis have long been "dead", and the reason why the two of them can still support the current world is completely dependent on obsession and will.

That's why Zheng Shu was willing to stop talking to Amakusa Shiro Shizhen, after all, beating a "dead person" is a very immoral behavior.

If the plan is successful, Amakusa Shiro Shizhen may be able to struggle for a while with his heart, but since the plan has failed, and it is certain that it is irretrievable, his heart is scattered, and he basically can't last long.

Bang!

As I thought, the whole space suddenly shook, and when I looked up at the ceiling, sand and stone shards fell from the sky like rain.

Without much hesitation, he reached out and punched through the outer wall, and Zheng Shu ran towards the light that came in from the outside.

……

……

Semiramis looked at the wound on Amakusa Shiro's body, she knew that it was a fatal wound, as if the spirit core of her heart had been destroyed, and Amakusa Shiro's heart had been completely melted.

In terms of the severity of the injury, he should have been a little more serious.

Judging from the current situation, his side has been completely defeated, and there is basically no possibility of a reversal, so it is impossible to fulfill the promise made by Shiro at the beginning.

In other words, he deceived himself, which is an unforgivable felony, and even if he was mad and angry, he would not be too much to dismantle, but what he was doing now was the same prank he had arranged when he used to entertain him.

"Ah...... Assassin？ ”

Feeling his face being teased by his hair, Shiro Amakusa Shizhen woke up from a deep coma, as if he had just fallen asleep, and slowly opened his eyes.

"Awake? But I'd advise you not to get up, and to be more direct, you'll die if you move in your current state. ”

Semiramis smiled and reached out to stroke his chest, which was still stained with black burns.

"It didn't hurt."

"I gave you the toxin that paralyzed the pain nerves, and you should have rolled around on the ground until you died."

"This is ......"

"The outside of the courtyard will probably take some time to completely collapse."

When I came back to my senses, I found the starlight in the sky.

Amakusa Shiro Shizhen was lying on the ground looking at the starry sky, and suddenly asked his servant with some guilt: "Aren't you angry?" ”

"Angry that you're defeated? Or are you angry that you lied to me? ”

"Both."

She felt that his confession without hesitation was particularly ridiculous, and it turned out that this man did not seem to intend to make himself queen in the first place.

"Well...... I can indeed get angry, and I can even use the most violent toxin in the world to make you die of pain. ”

Semiramis touched Shiro Amakusa's forehead with his forehead, and his smooth hair scattered across his face.

"Ah...... However, it's all over anyway, and I'm tired, tired enough to forgive you for deceiving me with a smile, and I'm also defeated, so miserable that I can't say anything to you. ”

Semiramis struggled to his knees and sat up, looking up at the night sky, feeling that these things had really gone wrong again and again, and that if he had thought about it a little more carefully at that time, he might not have been defeated.

"Hmm...... If I could, I'd like to see a world where humanity is redeemed. ”

Amakusa Shiro's smile can even be said to be hearty, feeling that he is quite satisfied even if he does not achieve his goal, but Semiramis is a little unwilling to see his appearance.

"Me or you, who will die first?"

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada touched Semiramis's injury, and although she had trimmed her appearance so that she didn't look down, even so, Amakusa Shiro Tokisada could understand that her body had completely disintegrated.

"It should feel pretty much ...... By the way, you let me rest on your lap again. ”

Amakusa Shiro Shizhen smiled with a troubled expression, and Semiramis pretended not to know, his eyes a little wandering.

"Don't care, you should feel honored."

Amakusa Shiro Shizhen looked at her expression and sighed, and went with her, neither of them felt much pain in their bodies, but it was just because the toxin made the perception dull.

The sound of the collapse was still far away, almost like something was happening on the other side.

After that, he just had to close his eyes and wait for the fall, but this was a hard-won rest, and Semiramis felt that it was a waste to sleep like this, and looked blankly into the distance, and asked:

“…… Is there something you can ask? ”

"What?"

Semiramis suddenly became a little trembling, and she felt that it was useless to look away from herself.

"If this success goes through, what will Your Excellency do with me?"

The previous pact to make himself the queen of the world was obviously flawed, and it would soon be revealed in the state of his wishes, did he plan to kill himself before then?

Semiramis replied with some fear, and the empress, who had poisoned her husband, suddenly became troubled by the gains and losses.

"Ah, this...... I want to be honest with you and apologize, and you should forgive me. ”

The young man said such leisurely words, which made the empress dumbfounded.

“…… Do you think I'll take it? ”

"I'll try my best to convince you, if you still can't accept it, then that's the only way to go, after all, I deceived you in the first place. So if you don't accept it, it doesn't matter if you kill you, or if you become a puppet. ”

"I see, that's how you calculated from the beginning."

A sneer appeared on Semiramis's face, and he reached out to touch Shiro Amakusa's face, and Shiro continued to apologize with a really sorry look.

"I'm sorry, but to get to that point, I'm going to need your strength anyway."

“…… Forget it, whoever let me follow, this is also a helpless thing. ”

"That's forgiving."

"Isn't it helpful to say anything now, and Your Excellency has been punished."

"Punishment?"

Semiramis smiled lightly and lowered his head, letting his hair hit Shiro Amakusa's face again.

"Yes, your failure, this punishment is sufficient, right?"

Hearing this, Amakusa Shiro Shizhen nodded sadly: "Hmm...... yes, that's a pretty serious punishment. ”

Stroking his cheek, sensing his distress and annoyance, Semiramis smiled softly.

"Well, that's what I said, since that's the case, let's give you some reward as comfort."

"Reward?"

Amakusa Shiro tilted his head as if he had heard the word for the first time, because he had never thought of rewards as an end in his life, because he had given everything to others, so he ignored the dullness caused by the fall.

But Semiramis already knows the life that this young man has gone through, and if he doesn't reward him, then who else can?

"It's not necessary, is it?"

"Take it, even though I don't have any decent rewards now."

Semiramis kissed him without saying a word.

The contact was only for a moment, and she giggled when she looked at the dazed Amakusa Shiro Shizhen.

"That's the reward?"

"If you dare to say no, I will really let you take poison."

Hearing the empress's words, the young man laughed.

"No, it's a very reward, Semiramis, thank you, it's good to meet you."

With that, he closed his eyes, and Semiramis knew immediately that he was dead.

"Oh, really, why am I always in this position of a mourner?"

Although he could not understand the value of what he pursued until the end, even so, it was enough to accompany him.

"What a pity......

It's a pity to die here, and let him die here, but it's normal for people to sleep with regrets, at least they have a faint hope in the distant future to be able to embark on the journey again.

Looking blankly at the stars in the sky, Semiramis disappeared with a smile.

……

……

Thundered.

The sound of collapse came from behind, and along with the aerial courtyard that fell to the ground, Zheng Shu also came to the castle above the rock giant's head.

Perhaps it should not be said that it is a rock giant at this time, because the limbs have been completely destroyed, and after losing the energy supply of the Great Holy Grail, in order to reduce the consumption of mana, Medea simply abandoned the excess body completely, and now the entire rock giant is only left with a head and the castle on top of the head, returning to the theme of "Floating City" again.

"Good work."

Medea waited at the gate of the castle early, and when she saw Zheng Shu coming back with a huge big chalice, her eyes narrowed with a smile.

"Hmm...... Can you take care of this? It is still absorbing mana, and if the Great Holy Grail is allowed to restore its mana to a certain level, it is estimated that it will form the Heavenly Grail again. ”

"No problem, I have already studied the various data of the Holy Grail thoroughly, although the basic logic of this Great Holy Grail has been tampered with, it is also very simple to prevent it from continuing to absorb the magic power, just take a little time."

Medea snapped her fingers, and several huge magic circles surrounded the Great Holy Grail and suspended it in mid-air instead of Zheng Shu's cloak, absorbing the newly restored magic of the Great Holy Grail while floating towards the interior of the castle with this ball of light.

"That's good...... Also, this guy, you can treat him, the resuscitation divinity in my body has not fully recovered, and it can't be treated for the time being. ”

Zheng Shu put down the Cuchulainn that he was carrying on his other shoulder, but he was desperately destroying the spirit core of Semiramis, so that Zheng Shu would have a lot less trouble in the follow-up battle, so Zheng Shu also brought him back.

"This guy ......"

Medea used detection magic to scan Cú Chulainn's body, frowning.

"It's not easy to deal with, the toxins in his body are quite troublesome for me to deal with, the best way is to maintain his life first, and when I finish transforming the Great Holy Grail, I can directly use the Holy Grail to make a body for him."

Zheng Shu nodded and didn't say anything more.

He was also a little tired, in addition to the death battle with Alcastes, he used the spirit of words: the black sun is not a small consumption for him, and it is easy to say that the magic power is too great.

Because after all, this is to use the power of another system to forcibly bypass the carrying capacity of the spirit base and exert the power beyond the servant, and the simple consumption of spiritual power is already a small price.

"Let's go to the living room and take a rest, I've got the food ready for the man."

Medea saw Zheng Shu's fatigue and smiled gently.

"The transformation of the Great Holy Grail will take a few more hours, and it just so happens that the flight speed of the Floating City has dropped a lot after losing the magic supply of the Holy Grail, so you can rest for a while, and when I finish transforming the Holy Grail, we will deal with other things. Yes! By the way, that Archer is also here, it's really useless, obviously let him provide long-range support, but it didn't work at all, and he was defeated by the enemy. ”

Zheng Shu nodded silently in agreement, and once again picked up Cú Chulainn and walked towards the castle's living room.

When he came to the living room, Zheng Shu saw Red A who had returned to the Floating City first, at this time he was wrapped in bandages and sat on a sofa, and he only nodded weakly when he saw Zheng Shu's arrival.

Zheng Shu also nodded in response, it seemed that Alcastus's arrows hurt him very badly, and he casually put Kuchulin on the sofa, and Zheng Shu himself sat down on the sofa on the other side.

For a while, a group of people fell silent, all silently thinking about their own affairs.

Medea on the other side watched the huge ball of light clench her fists in celebration as she moved the Great Chalice to her lab.

Until this moment, her plan was complete.

From the very beginning, Medea had her own goals, such as draining the magic power inside the Great Holy Grail, which was only part of the plan.

Now that a great chalice with no resistance and a basic logic shield that had been breached once was in front of her, Medea felt that her plan was about to succeed.

Medea's final plan actually has only one purpose, that is, to allow herself and Zheng Shu to live forever in this era.

Zheng Shu will meet her after returning to the god generation, and then leave forever, this is something that has already happened and cannot be changed.

In this way, if you want to make up for your regrets, you can only think of a way in the "future".

Now that the past has been locked, let yourself change your fate again when you reunite with Zheng Shu in the future!

This is Medea's ultimate purpose, and it is the method she has been looking for since learning the concept of the "Holy Grail War".

And in order to achieve this goal, the first thing to solve is the problem that the Servant cannot exist in the world for a long time.

Generally speaking, if a Servant wants to continue to live in the world after being summoned, he or she usually has to make a wish towards the Holy Grail to regain his body.

But in this way, only one person will be able to live in the world again.

Another way to obtain the physical body is to be directly impregnated with black mud, but this will cause mental problems, and if you are not careful, you will be assimilated by black mud, which is too dangerous.

And this time, the black mud inside the Holy Grail has been purified in the Holy Grail War, so this method can't be used.

The last way is to prolong the Holy Grail War as long as possible.

The normal Holy Grail War can only last for seven days, and if the ritual is not completed, the Holy Grail War itself will be forced to close, and the servants who have already been summoned will be recalled.

The scale of this Holy Grail War was far beyond normal, but it only lasted less than half a month.

What Medea has to do is to transform the Great Holy Grail into a state where she can always draw magic and continue this Holy Grail War.

(End of chapter)