Surprise

*Rumble!*

Located on the hill of Trifas, the Fortress of Millennia suddenly shook without any particular reason. The big shock was comparable to an earthquake.

Under this sudden shock, everything in the fortress from homunculus, golems who were patrolling suddenly lost their balance and fell to the ground, and couldn't get up.

Most of the things within the fortress were also shaken and fell on the ground, crashed because of the shock.

"...What happened..?!"

In the study room, Darnic was shocked while holding his chair, steadying his body.

"This... this is...?!"

Fiore also woke up from her sleep, shocked by the sudden huge shock.

"Teacher...!"

In the underground golem manufacturing workshop, Roche looked around in panic.

"What... What's happening?!"

Even Gordes, who had fallen drunk, was also awakened by a panicked expression on his fat face.

The Magus of Yggdmillennia were all in shock and panic.

Because this sudden shock within the Fortress of Millennia told everyone that it was likely they had been invaded by the enemy!

Otherwise, on this hill of Trifast that had a history of hundreds of years, and the interior was full of various enhancements along with a magical fortress, it was impossible to suddenly usher such a shock that happened at this moment.

Even the three servants of the Black Faction were also startled by this sudden shock.

"This feeling...!"

Vlad III's face became ugly.

"The enemy... has invaded in...?"

After the initial surprise, Chiron immediately realized the seriousness of the matter, without thinking about it, he directly pushed open the door of his master's room.

"....."

Caster, who was staying in the dim underground space, remained silent and immediately disappeared.

In Haru's room, Raikou's expression also became serious.

"Dear!"

Shirou knew their relationship after all so Raikou didn't think that they needed to hide it anymore.

Haru was looking at Shirou, who was standing in front of the window had disappeared so suddenly.

The way Shirou disappeared was like how a servant suddenly summoned by using a Command Spell.

Of course, that wasn't a Command Spell since Shirou didn't have a master.

Shirou was a servant on the Third Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City, but he had acquired a body, and he didn't have a master, so no one was able to control or put a Command Spell on him.

However, Haru clearly felt it.

Not long ago, the entire space around the Fortress of Millennia was changed.

It was similar to space manipulation, from Haru's experience and he knew that Magecraft was unable to perform such action since only True Magic was capable of doing so.

Haru was also unable to do such a thing, well, he could do it by using "Shambala" that he had gotten from his Empire, but this thing and his "Shambala" was different.

When Shirou escaped, someone transferred him to somewhere by using something similar to True Magic.

Moreover, this magic affected the entire Fortress of Millennia.

Immediately, the space around Haru and Raikou, there was a distortion, throwing a pair of masters and servants into the distance.

In truth, Haru could stop Shirou, but he didn't do that since he had been waiting for Shirou to do this. He was ready to win the battle at that moment.

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Trifas, outside the fortress of Millennia, space suddenly distorted, in the next second a large number of figures were thrown out from the distorted space.

"What..?!"

"This...?!"

Under the panicked voices, some people directly smashed into the ground, and some people responded in time, stabilizing their bodies in strange or embarrassing positions.

Haru and Raikou were also thrown out in the distorted space, but before that, they stabilized themselves and landed on the ground safely.

At the same time, there were more people who were thrown in the direction of Haru and Raikou.

Vlad II held Darnic's shoulders to help Darnic not have an embarrassing scene.

Chiron also carried Fiore, who was in her wheelchair before, on his shoulder, and his other hand was still holding Caules, who then fell to the ground.

In such a situation, the masters and servants of the Black Faction assembled as quickly as possible, however, no one spoke.

Well, they didn't have the extra energy to talk since all of them were stunned by the scene in front of them.

*Crack!* *Crack!* *Crack!*

Amid the uncomfortable cracking sound on their eardrums, the Fortress of Millennia, which had a history of hundreds of years, was slowly cracking, making the entire surface of this fortress full of cracks.

*BANG!*

In the next moment, the Fortress of Millennia was suddenly shattered, turned into rubble, and scattered around.

*Rumble!*

On the beneath of the Fortress of Millennia, something huge suddenly floated into the air pushing away everything.

It was a hanging garden.

The hanging garden was composed of neatly arranged plants and flowers, then it was decorated with a floor and pillar of marble.

In the hanging garden, all kinds of plants were entwined everywhere, some were modern types, some were endangered types, and some might be extinct types. The plants didn't grow upward but spread downward, and water flows from below to above.

Then there were eleven extremely large black plates around the garden. Each of these plates had a length of at least 20 meters, and it was as thick as the wall of the castle, just like the black mountains which are located in all directions of a hanging garden.

The garden was constructed in a manner described as a unification of unsightly disorder and luxurious beauty.

Then lastly, the Magic Power that was felt from this hanging garden was very incredible, that it caused turbulent waves around which caused them unable to get close to it.

Watching this scene, the entire Yggdmillennia clan fell into a sluggish state.

Haru whistled and was amazed by Semiramis's Noble Phantasm, but he noticed that Vlad III and Darnic were looking at him, and he said, "Well, it's amazing." .

Everyone who heard Haru's words had to admit that the hanging garden in front of them was very amazing, but it wasn't the time to enjoy this scene!

Darnic's entire body trembled and he fell under confusion when he saw this hanging garden.

"What is that?"

Not only Darnic, but even Fiore, Caules, Gordes, and other Magus of the Yggdmillennia clan were speechless since no one knew why such a huge hanging garden suddenly appeared in the underground of Fortress of Millennia.

"Wait... Underground...?!"

Darnic's expression changed abruptly as if thinking of something that was very important.

"The Holy Grail!"

The Holy Grail was being hidden on the underground of Fortress of Millennia, and at this moment, a gentle voice resounded.

"Sorry."

Many people raised their heads and looked at the hanging garden. Then they saw Shirou Kotomine there, standing on the edge of the hanging garden along with several figures standing beside him.

They didn't need to guess, the several figures beside Shirou were a servant of the Red Faction.

Shirou smiled at everyone and his voice echoed clearly.

"I will take the Holy Grail."