Chapter 106 Saber's Exit

  Under the violent wind of the holy sword, Angra Mainyu's body began to collapse continuously. He looked at the holy sword user in front of him with resentment and had to repeat his old trick. A thin, bandaged figure emerged from the body of the beast.

  The dirty and sticky flesh continued to collapse under Saber's attack, but many of the broken pieces of flesh still merged into the human figure, allowing him to run down the mountain.

  Saber frowned, and just as she was about to end the last life of the evil in this world, she stopped and looked at the figure walking out from the wreckage of Yuanzang Mountain.

  "No need to chase it. It can't escape from here. I have already arranged for someone to take care of the aftermath."

  The priest, dressed in solemn black attire and with a golden cross hanging around his neck that swayed in the air as he moved, stepped aside to make way and came to the chaotic battlefield.

  Tohsaka Rin called out the visitor's name in surprise.

  "——Kirei."

  ——

  Angra Mainyu dragged his broken body and began to run as a human for the first time.

  He could already foresee that the extreme holy swordsman would quickly catch up with him and cut him into pieces.

  But even so, he didn't want to die.

  Even if the black mud overflowed from the previous hole, it would not even cause the destruction of the city. It could only be considered a larger disaster at most.

  How could this level of hatred satisfy his hatred?

  He was unwilling to die like this! It was obviously him who should be the beast, and he was obviously the embodiment of malice!

  "You guys are going too far!"

  While running, I breathed a sigh of relief when I didn't notice any signs of pursuers behind me.

  This feeling of surviving a disaster brought big tears to his eyes.

  "How dare you bully me like this! Bastard, scum! I just killed a few damn humans and destroyed a few streets. What did I do wrong! Ugh—"

  He was crying and wailing.

  Although he had a vague will a long time ago, his personality was only born from his physical body half a day ago. In terms of physical age, Angora Mainyu is a real baby.

  "Whatever happens, go ahead and kill them! Go die, I must escape from here and start destroying the world!"

  Continuously wiping away the tears that welled up from his eyes, Angra Mainyu made up his mind.

  When the disastrous fire caused by the gushing black mud became visible, a glimmer of hope appeared in Angra Mainyu's eyes, and he raised his head vigilantly.

  "Who is it?"

  Although it has lost its identity as the Holy Grail, Angra Mainyu's unique body still has the strength comparable to that of a Servant after incarnation, and has many unique characteristics.

  Just now, Angra Mainyu did feel the murderous intent directed at him.

  Although I initially thought it was an illusion caused by too many disasters around, now, this malice is getting closer and closer.

  He was sure that there was a pair of eyes staring at him in the dark.

  "Even after leaving the body of the Holy Grail, you can still sense the murderous intent in my heart? It seems that I still need to hone my skills. As an assassin, I was discovered before I could launch an attack."

  The dark spirit particles formed a hunched figure wearing a white skull mask.

  "Assassin..."

  Angora Mainyu's face suddenly turned ugly. Now, after being separated from all that, he had a real body that could breathe, get hurt, and die from organ damage.

  The Assassin in front of him was one of the people he least wanted to meet.

  "The wish for the Holy Grail has already been granted! There is no need to maintain your contract any longer, Assassin. I don't know why you are waiting here, but I can also offer more generous conditions than your Master!"

  Angra Mainyu subconsciously took a few steps back and said excitedly: "I can make you incarnate. You can stay in this world forever and fulfill your ideals without being bound by anyone..."

  "There's no need for that," Assassin straightened up after a long time and raised his head.

  "My dream has been fulfilled at this moment. Since the object of my loyalty is eager to see this scene, I will complete it no matter what."

  Hassan of the Cursed Arm said in a cold tone: "Besides, if you follow the philosophy of the Old Man of the Mountain, the only place suitable for a guy like you is hell."

  "How dare a mere Assassin speak nonsense to me!"

  Angra Mainyu, who was repeatedly denied, finally couldn't stand it anymore. A black dagger appeared in his palm. He turned into a swift shadow, came in front of the assassin, and pierced the opponent's spiritual core.

  "In terms of attributes, I am much stronger than a piece of trash like you. Since you are unwilling to accept my gift, then go to hell!"

  "Really... But when it comes to awareness, you are far behind me.

  ——I accept your heart."

  "Huh?"

  Angra Mainyu belatedly looked at his chest. The devil's wrist had pierced through his body and grasped his heart.

  This guy had no intention of dodging from the beginning, he just wanted to create this moment that would definitely catch me.

  "Stop! You are just a servant, you can't just kill me like this... I finally escaped and got a body, and I haven't spread the curse to this world yet... When I achieve this, I can give you as many lives as you want!"

  Feeling the rhythm of his heart held in his hand, Angra Mainyu kept spitting out blood and looked like he was begging for mercy.

  But when Assassin heard these words, he just looked at Angola Mainyu with pity.

  "Evil things that should not exist in this world, please be freed."  

  Then, he uttered his powerful real name.

  "Delusion Heart Sound."

  The red devil's hand crushed the heart in its hand without any emotion. Angra Mainyu's body began to twitch unconsciously, and finally fell to the ground powerlessly. After losing consciousness, his body collapsed into a pool of rotten meat, and the last of his existence was wiped out by the fire of disaster caused by himself.

  Hassan of the Cursed Arms watched the scene quietly and let out a satisfied sigh.

  Although he did not make any contribution in this Holy Grail War, he faithfully carried out every order of the Master, and in the end, he sacrificed his life to respond to the Master's request.

  "Am I worthy of the name Hassan this time? Anyway, Master, I hope you can make up for your shortcomings and find true happiness."

  Leaving behind his final wish, Assassin's figure turned into a black spirit and dissipated.

  ——

  Looking at Kotomine Kirei who suddenly broke in, Tohsaka Rin was stunned. Does this guy have any awareness of his own identity? He even allowed Archer and Roland to be hostile to each other.

  Although Roland would not kill people indiscriminately, he is not easy to talk to. Considering that he is your guardian, should I plead for him later?

  Just as Tohsaka Rin was lost in her thoughts, Kotomine Kirei simply glanced at her indifferently.

  "Just now, the last formal contract has been severed. Putting aside you who violated the rules, there is only one official Master left. As a priest of the Fuyuki Church, I have the need to clean up the mess and announce the winner."

  Kotomine Kirei turned his head and looked at Roland with a burning gaze.

  "The Greater Holy Grail has disappeared. Congratulations, the seventh Master. You have officially become the first and final victor of the Holy Grail War."

  "The door is about to close, and the contracts of the Servants are terminated. If we continue to maintain it, without the help of the Holy Grail, it will consume a large amount of the Master's magic power. Now, the victors, it is time to make a decision."

  "Did you hear me? Saber, it's time to make a decision."

  Saber's lips moved as if she wanted to say something, and the sword she was holding tightly in her hand seemed to be about to be raised.

  Roland looked at Saber, who had a complicated expression, and said something teasing.

  "Why do you look so bad? Isn't it because the mission requires you to kill me, but you don't want to kill me and you feel troubled and helpless?"

  "You know I won't do that," Saber sighed and calmly accepted everything in front of her.

  "If the beast that came out of that black embryo was the Beasts VI, even if you were my Master, I would do everything I could to kill you. However, since it was you who came out, that is not the case."

  "Are you sure?"

  Roland sneered and added fuel to the fire without hesitation.

  "Even if I don't intend to destroy humanity, the mission of the six beasts won't bother me. However, since the moment I truly possessed a physical body, the end of this world has been doomed. Don't you feel it? This mysteriously weakened modern world has already shown signs of gradual recovery."

  The moment Roland's soul and body became one, the power of the black energy reached its peak and began to transform from passive to active interference.

  "——My existence itself means the stagnation of human nature.

  "Even if I do nothing, the mysteries will gradually revive, and all kinds of lost magic will be revived, because this is the fate I bear. Correspondingly, human history will come to a halt."

  "Because the stars in the sky have clearly written the fate of the world - this is a world ruled by demons."

  "But not now...right?"

  As if she had figured something out, Saber smiled as warm as the sunshine.

  "Maybe Merlin is right. I am destined to be a guardian and fight against the disaster that will destroy the world, but that doesn't mean I have the right to judge."

  "If you want to save Britain, you have to abandon the subsequent human principles. Putting the same lives on the scale for comparison is inherently malicious. I am just a guardian. This matter is too complicated."

  "When I meet a good person, I save him. When I meet an evil person, I punish him. When I meet an evil beast, I defeat him. Sure enough, such a simple creed is more suitable for me. After all, I am not a king who saves the country, nor a saint who saves the world. I am just a knight who swears to protect the master."

  Having said that, Saber thrust the Holy Sword of the Stars into the scorched earth and stared at Roland seriously.

  "Besides, this world doesn't need a savior at all."

  This was Saber's biggest gain in this Holy Grail War. Even without him, Angra Mainyu's conspiracy would have been thwarted by Roland.

  Moreover, if the savior is just himself, this world would be too fragile.

  "At least now, you are not a beast, nor the culprit that causes human reason to stagnate. You are just my Master, Roland."

  Saber's body and soul core gradually turned into particles and dissipated. At the moment when the Holy Grail completely disappeared, the Servant also had the right to choose, and he terminated the contract with Roland at that time.

  "But, let me make it clear in advance, Roland, if you really create a disaster that destroys the world, I will still come to punish you then."

  "I'll wait."

  Roland also responded with a smile. Looking at Saber's gradually disappearing figure, he suddenly looked thoughtful.

  "However, the next time we meet, I don't think we will appear in a hostile form. By then, Holy Sword Master, you must be loyal to me just as you were today."

  "Ha?"

  Before Saber could show a puzzled look and ask something, his figure completely disappeared.