[236] Method

The battle had been raging for days on end—

Lancer, Saber, and Ruler had been engaged in a relentless struggle since the break of dawn.

The area around their battlefield had turned into a wasteland.

If it weren't for the protective boundary that had been erected, the entire city would have discovered the ongoing battle long ago.

"Truly... monsters..." Ishizaki Rito, panting heavily, observed the situation with widened eyes.

Both Saber and Ruler were covered in blood.

While the major wounds were few, the minor injuries formed a continuous pattern.

Yet, strangely, there was not a drop of blood on the ground.

Any blood that dripped onto the earth was quickly absorbed by Lancer, that Alucard.

Just as Alucard swung his arm to recover the severed arm, a bloodstain was left on Siegfried's neck.

"Haah hah—" Siegfried, breathing heavily, slowly stepped back, blood oozing from his wounds.

They couldn't heal!

Typically, such superficial wounds would have healed quickly, but in this case... they wouldn't heal.

Blood continued to flow, a night of intense combat taking its toll.

Even with an abundance of magical energy, Siegfried's spirit had already become considerably fatigued.

After once again charging towards Alucard to pummel the saint, he tightened his grip on the sword in his hand.

Comparatively, the saint had endured much less...

Alucard's attacks left wounds on her, but unlike Siegfried, her injuries were not of the kind that wouldn't heal. In fact, fundamentally, they were the same.

However, even if Martha wasn't particularly skilled, her fundamentals had still been ingrained.

Alucard's energy attached to the wounds prevented them from healing, but Martha's purification could eliminate it.

However... at this moment, she was unable to perform the purification on Siegfried.

Proficient holy practitioners might be able to perform it while engaged in battle, but unfortunately, despite being a saint, Martha was subpar in everything except her fists.

Thud—

The next moment, Siegfried's expression changed.

The saint's fist... had been caught!

"What's wrong? Can't move? Saint!? Is that all you've got? Human!?" Alucard, repairing his body, laughed, "Well then, it's over—"

"What—?" Saint Martha, panting heavily, found her fist caught by Alucard!

Alucard forcefully grabbed her arm, repairing the wound, and the blood whip securely bound her hand in place!

Alucard aimed his black handgun at Martha's forehead, saying, "Checkmate! Saint!"

Bang—

The next moment, without hesitation, Alucard pulled the trigger.

Bang—

The bullet grazed Martha's scalp and flew out.

Martha's other hand sent Alucard's head flying—

However, more and more blood whips appeared, binding Martha tightly.

"Hah—" Siegfried's sword cut through the blood whips, saving Martha, and simultaneously activating his Noble Phantasm—"Balmung!!!"

Boom—

The brilliance of the Noble Phantasm unexpectedly weakened.

Compared to before, it had dropped to a significantly lower level.

Not due to insufficient magical energy, but... too much blood had been shed, and too much strength had been consumed.

"Hehehe, not bad... not bad!" Blood congealed, in the early morning dawn, the blood congealed into a humanoid form, the black mist slowly dispersing, revealing the smiling undying.

"How many times did you kill me tonight? Ten times? A hundred times? Or a thousand times? Come on, swordsman, come on, saint! Kill me a few million times, and you'll win! Another million? Two million? Or three million? Why not give it a try—?"

Despair—

Even Servants, heroic spirits in human history, couldn't help but feel some despair in the face of this situation.

The so-called heroic spirits excelled in turning the impossible into possible, finding their own path from a one in a hundred, a one in a thousand, or a one in ten thousand chance.

But— their opponent was also a Servant.

And the Holy Grail War lasted only seven days.

How many times did they kill him yesterday?

Neither Siegfried nor Martha remembered, they used to count at the beginning.

However, in the face of such a vast number, the numbers became meaningless, whether it was once, twice, or three times...

In the face of his enormous numerical advantage, it was unquestionable.

And... once he began to suck blood again.

The entire Kairo was his support!

Kairo's population was six million, even though it had decreased a bit recently, there were still over five million people. After all... home is where the heart is.

If half of them were absorbed by Alucard, that would be over two million!

Faced with such an existence, how could they find a way to kill him?

This was what Siegfried and Martha were contemplating as they fought against Alucard.

The magus and executors in the distance were considering.

Even the two kings—Gilgamesh and Ozymandias were considering.

Although, even if they wanted to talk, they couldn't kill Alucard.

But— they were kings!

How could they accept such a half-hearted victory— so, what methods could be used to kill this undying?

The answer existed...

The answer was there!

Another emperor was considering how to put an end to this undying monster and his endless life.

That evil emperor—!

"It's truly enviable. Whether it's the Dead Apostle in this world or that vampire." Dio slowly closed the curtains in front of him, blocking out the rising sun.

"No doubt, that undying monster is even more advanced than me, DIO! Especially that Alucard... haha. That level of undying is truly powerful, even me, DIO, now has no way against that undying, but... just for now—"

Tomorrow...

Tomorrow night.

The power to end everything would be in his hands.

To make everyone bow at his feet... the power to truly rule the world!

Although he didn't know how this power would manifest, he was confident. Once he ascended to heaven, that power would surely descend upon him, descend upon his Stand.

The perfect ending—

And then... surpass all existence!

"Gilles de Rais—"

"Yes, my lord Dio." Gilles de Rais stepped forward with a smile.

"Get ready to move... let's shake this world even more— Let's choose the location there."

Dio said, tossing a map aside, and that place was... the Nile River!

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