289 [289] The Final Battle

"Where's Alucard? Is he still alive?" Kazuya looked around. In fact, from the moment Alucard freed the River of Death, he had lost the connection between himself and Alucard.

Now, the surroundings were empty once again.

There was no blood to suck...

Maybe...

Kazuya casually looked at the package in his hands and took out a stone from it. Earlier, as a precaution, he had brought everything he needed with him. Now it seemed like a wise decision.

Especially the remaining manuscripts. Fortunately, he had taken an extra trip to retrieve them; otherwise, it would have been a disaster.

In the midst of this Noble Phantasm's attack, probably nothing would be left.

Now, only two points remained, and... a piece of land backed by the Nile River like a solitary island.

Perhaps it would be called an island later.

Arash fired the arrow from that location, shooting it towards the Nile River with his back facing it.

It was uncertain... the power of this arrow exceeded his imagination.

"But, unexpectedly, the Holy Grail is still here! Well... whatever."

Watching the rolling river approaching, Kazuya sighed slightly.

"This... we can only cover it up with a meteorite, right? Fortunately, it seems that many people in Cairo have evacuated. The official statement could be that a meteorite was discovered in advance, but it couldn't be stopped, so people were evacuated... how about that?"

Ripples began to spread through the muddy soil, and when the nearby water surface calmed down a bit, they walked over, heading towards the small island formed by Arash's arrow.

Otherwise, on these thin mud columns under their feet, it wouldn't be surprising if they collapsed at any moment!

Although he could swim, getting the precious manuscripts wet would be troublesome.

The next moment, his pupils slightly contracted—

"What is that? Alucard—"

A blood-red figure leaped from the ground, jumping past Kazuya, "What's wrong? Why so surprised... Need some help? Master—"

"Earlier..." Kazuya was stunned for a moment, now able to feel the connection.

"I see, you died earlier, right?"

"That's right—although it was too late, I managed to collect some blood and barely survived." Alucard smiled, "But it seems like we've been targeted now."

"That's right."

Kazuya looked over, able to see Enkidu breathing heavily, appearing unstable.

But he was still alive and able to fight—

And, he had set his sights on Alucard.

"Let's go... after taking down this Lancer, only Caster remains... well, maybe victory will be yours then."

"What are you saying?" Alucard smiled and said, "Isn't that obvious? The final victory will definitely be mine! So, have you thought about what wish to entrust to the Holy Grail?"

"A wish... my manuscripts were destroyed earlier. Let the Holy Grail repair them for me."

"Haha—so that's how it is. You really have your own personality."

"How about you? Do you have any wishes to make?"

"No... not at all. I don't think that thing can fulfill any of my wishes." Alucard smiled and said, "So... let's get started."

"Ah... let's go."

Alucard took Kazuya to the small island formed by Arash's arrow, then looked at Enkidu on the side.

The large pit was gradually filling up.

The speed was fast—

After all, it was the Nile River.

Countless streams flowed here.

Rumbling and rushing, making a huge noise.

Alucard looked at Enkidu.

Enkidu also looked over.

"It's just you now... but can you still fight in this state?"

"Of course..." Enkidu said with a tired body.

Weapons didn't need fatigue...

But now, he was really tired.

In fact, he was about to return to the Throne of Heroes.

There was still magical energy, but the injuries on his body were severe, and his Master had already disappeared.

Ah... that's right, that Master had already died, probably even Arash himself didn't anticipate such a powerful effect from his arrow.

After all...

It was amplified by nine spells!

Ozymandias's three spells, the Vortigern three spells, and Arash's three spells.

All piled up.

If Arash were to come back, he might say, "Did I really do this?"

Such words were possible...

In the mage's associations and holy church near there, everything had completely disappeared.

How could people inside survive? How could humans withstand such an attack?

This was completely an attack of a high-yield nuclear bomb, even stronger than a simple nuclear bomb attack. After all... look at the deep pit here, almost a hundred meters deep...

Even a slightly smaller nuclear bomb might not be able to handle it.

But... such a strike was indeed unleashed by Arash opening the arrow.

The bounded field near the mage's associations and holy church were as fragile as paper, disintegrating without any resistance.

His Master initially used a spell to strengthen Enkidu. Before even uttering the first spell, it had disappeared, evaporated...

He didn't even realize he had died.

"Move, My Master."

"Yes, yes."

Kazuya said, stepping on the water surface. Ripples spread around, and he walked across the river to the other side. With his current control over ripples, he could actually walk on a waterfall, but it was better to be careful and conserve energy.

"Well, I'll go to the other side first." Kazuya waved his hand. At this moment, he didn't want to be involved here. The activation of Avalon consumed more magical energy than he imagined. Half of it disappeared in an instant.

That is, equivalent to fifteen resurrections.

Add the additional amount lost from three resurrections, and it's eighteen times...

Only ten more times left...

Although he could replenish his magical energy, Avalon was a recognized thing; aside from Artoria's magical energy, nothing else worked.

"So, good luck to you."

Saying that, Kazuya stepped on the water surface, ripples spreading around, and step by step, he walked to the other side of the river.

And then...

Here...

It was the final battle of this Holy Grail War—both Lancers unexpectedly survived to the end.

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