264 [264] Vortigern

"Berserker—"

Barthomeloi Lorelei summoned the knight from a distance through a command spell, saying, "Catch up to them, kill them—"

Currently, due to various circumstances, they had to temporarily retreat, but that didn't mean Barthomeloi Lorelei was going to let go of the idea of eliminating Kurokawa Kazuya. Kill him!

The Holy Grail was still near the ruins of Cairo Tower, where a bounded field had been set up.

Ruler stood guard there.

This situation forced both the Mage's Association and the Holy Church to stay away, but the war was far from over, far from it.

Tonight was just the beginning—

The night was still long.

...

"Master—something is catching up."

Alucard said from the back seat.

Kazuya glanced slightly and caught sight of the figure behind him. Even in his spiritual form, being a Master allowed him to easily perceive it, catching sight of that figure—

"Thinks we've lost our combat power because of the current situation? Is that... Berserker, who hasn't appeared until now?"

Kazuya turned his head, pressing down on the accelerator—

"Go outside the city! We can't have the battle here. Although I don't know who he is... but—won't we win?"

"Of course—" Alucard smiled, "What do you take me for!?"

"Good... but be careful. This time, I can't provide you with any useful information. That guy... even though he hasn't appeared, he probably knows about your abilities! Even so... he's still charging up, full of confidence!"

"What? You don't know anything about that guy?" Alucard took out a gun and laughed, "I thought you knew the information about every Heroic Spirit in this Holy Grail War!"

"No..." Kazuya smiled slightly, "It's normal for a couple of unknown Servants to appear occasionally... It's good this way. Compared to those I know, I'm more interested in the ones I don't! Come on! Unnamed Berserker!"

The car sped through—

Kazuya had only average driving skills. However, the ripple granted him significant enhancements in strength, speed, reflexes, and more.

Especially reflexes—

The streets of Cairo were quiet now.

Just keep going forward.

Out of the city—

Into the desert!

"Closing in—" Alucard said, having appeared on the roof at some point, constantly pulling the trigger in his hand—

Bang, bang, bang, bang—

"Oh... is it useless?" Alucard said with some surprise.

Bullets hit the figure of the knight behind, splashing streams of fire, causing no harm to him.

"There are still people like this... really, have these kinds of guns been outdated by the times? They're useless! Well, it seems I need other weapons, ones with greater power!"

"If there's a chance, I'll see if I can get you one in the future—But for now, let's have some fun. We're about to leave Cairo, and it's quite a distance from here to there. Luckily, there's still a road here. Otherwise, I don't know if this thing can run in the desert. Well, maybe before leaving Cairo, I can find an opportunity to try it out. It's a good experience."

Kazuya spoke, glancing through the rearview mirror, "But... it seems that Berserker doesn't want to give me such an opportunity. Kill him—Alucard!"

"Yes, my master—"

"Roar——————!!!" The knight's figure began to distort, a giant claw reaching out towards Kazuya! Then came the second—

Soon.

The knight's form completely changed—

A dragon!

A dragon of iridescent colors—

The iridescent dragon soared into the sky.

It was a black knight, fully transformed into an iridescent dragon.

The night sky became even darker.

The rain had just stopped, and the moon had completely disappeared... Oh, right, today is the new moon, so there is no moon. But... there are still stars.

The black clouds summoned by the magical dragon roared as they rushed towards this side.

"Boom—"

The car was effortlessly torn apart under the dragon's claws.

Only two figures jumped out in the nick of time.

"This is really bad."

Kazuya looked at the enormous dragon—an iridescent dragon.

What is he?

What is his true name?

Although he had never seen it, he felt like he had some understanding.

"Could it be Vortigern?"

"Oh... Vortigern?" Alucard, who had turned into a knight's attire at some point, held a knight's sword in his hand.

"Ah, yes, Vortigern. There's a possibility." Kazuya and Alucard stood on both sides of the iridescent dragon.

"Such a guy is actually a dragon? This world is really chaotic..."

"Roar—!"

"Get out of the way! Master!" Alucard's sword blocked the dragon's attack, and with the force, he soared upward—

"Good! Let me finish you off! The Gragon of Britain—die under my sword!"

Clang, clang—

The longsword clashed with the dragon's claw.

One after another, scars were left on the dragon's claws.

Alucard smiled.

Even if he couldn't cause any damage, there was nothing he could do about it. However— as long as he could cause damage, why bother saying it? There could only be one winner.

And probably only one.

Boom—

The next moment.

The iridescent dragon flew up, and the black clouds around it rushed towards them like a sledgehammer.

Not only that, there were shadows, something following the shadows.

Puchi, puchi—

A long spear shot out from Alucard's hand.

His long spear.

The spear pierced through the dragon's dragon wing, but quickly recovered. Attacks of this degree couldn't cause any effective damage to him.

The iridescent dragon also possessed powerful self-healing abilities!

"Ugh... Alucard, let me handle it!"

"What? Can you still do it like you did before?" Alucard turned his head and asked.

"Ah... yes, last time, to defeat DIO, I summoned Kujo Jotaro. So this time? This time, to defeat this iridescent dragon, who do you think I'll summon?"

"Who? You mentioned it before, right? He's likely to be the king who defeated him in the Arthurian Legends? That King Arthur!"