With just a few words, Navenmore calmed the atmosphere again. He elegantly folded his clothes and took a few steps back to stand in front of Luo Tianyi.
"Eh?" Luo Tianyi looked at her master who suddenly pressed her head and asked in confusion.
"I'm ready. A new friend has arrived.”Seeing Luo Tianyi's reaction, Navenmore smiled and pulled her into his arms.
Unexpectedly, Saber felt a chill down her spine. This chill made her alert.
Now, only Saber, Rider, and Archer were sitting in the middle. The sudden abnormality caused the three sensitive Servants 'expressions to change.
As if he had already noticed something, Navenmoor only chuckled. His scarlet eyes revealed from his high collar as he sized up the surroundings of the garden.
A moment later, Wu Mi and Wilbur also noticed the strangeness in the surrounding air. Although he couldn't see it, he could feel a very dense killing intent on his skin.
A strange white object appeared in the courtyard illuminated by the moonlight. One after another, pale faces appeared in the courtyard like flowers blooming. The paleness was the color of the cold and dry bones.
A skeleton mask and a black robe. The empty courtyard was gradually surrounded by this strange group.
Assassin...
Rider and Wilbur weren't the only ones who knew they were still alive. Not long ago, Wu Mi and Saber had met Assassin and their Master, who had come to attack Ainsberm Castle.
Assassin was not a single person. Instead, he had used the function of some kind of relic to achieve multiple existences.
“... You did this, didn't you? Archer。”Saber, who was holding the invisible holy sword, looked at Archer coldly.
Archer shrugged innocently.
"Who knows? I don't have to understand what those bastards are thinking.”
Obviously, he didn't care about the appearance of these Archers at all. He was still enjoying the wine in his glass.
Since so many Assassins had been mobilized, it was definitely not Yan Fengqili's order alone. This was probably the intention of his teacher, Tokiomi.
Because Shi Chen had treated the Hero King with the courtesy of a subject, Archer had acknowledged him as a Master. And Shi Chen's actions made Archer even more dissatisfied with him.
Although the banquet was organized by Rider, the one providing the wine was Archer. What was Shi Chen trying to do by sending assassins at such a banquet? This was equivalent to smearing the Hero King's face. Did he know that?
"How... How could there be so many of them!”Wilbur, who was standing at the side, watched Assassin, who had formed a circle around him, approach him step by step. He could not help but let out a miserable sigh. To him, this number was completely cheating.
"We are Servants who use the whole as an individual, and the individual is only a shadow of the whole.”The Assassins slowly let out a sinister voice as they approached.
Do you want to rely on the advantage of numbers? Damn it, he must have noticed Assassin's arrival long ago, which was why he took the initiative to protect the girl.
Saber looked at the Assassins surrounding him and started to analyze the countermeasures in his mind. Although there were many Assassins, they were not enough to scare Saber. She was more worried about Wu Mi's safety. As an ordinary person, any Assassin could easily kill her.
Assassin was a Servant summoned for the Holy Grail. They probably couldn't stand being used as a pawn by Shi Chen and Archer, but they couldn't disobey the Command Curse either.
For tonight's operation, Yan Fengqi had used a command spell, ordering them to 'win even at the cost of their lives.' The Command Curse was an absolute command for Servants. In this case, they could only choose to obey the command.
Although they were happy to see Saber, who was known as the strongest player in the game, turn pale, the truth was that she wasn't their target. The designated target was the Rider's Master. Although the Rider had a powerful relic, its destructive power was directional. If Assassin attacked from all directions, he would definitely be able to hit the cowardly Master.
Yes, this was a critical moment for the Conqueror King, Iskandar.
but... Why was this huge man's Servant still drinking leisurely?
“... Ri... Rider, hey, hey…"
Even though Wilbur shouted anxiously, Rider still did not move. He looked at the Assassins around him, his eyes still calm and collected.
"Hey, hey, little brat, don't be so pathetic. It was just that there were guests at the banquet, but they still drank the wine.”
"How do they look like guests?？”
Rider smiled bitterly and sighed. Then, he faced Assassin who was surrounding him and greeted him with a dull expression,"
"Everyone, can you restrain your ghostly qi? My friend was frightened by you."
Saber thought he had heard wrong, and even Archer frowned.
"Do you still want to invite them to sit? Conquest King."
"Of course, the king's speech should be heard by all the people. Since someone has come to listen, it doesn't matter if it's an enemy or a friend.”
Rider said calmly, scooping out the red wine from the bottle with a spoon and reaching it out to the Assassins.
"Come, don't stand on ceremony. If you want to drink together, come and get your own cup. This wine is with your blood."
Whoosh... Rider was answered by a piercing sound.
Rider only had the handle of the spoon left in his hand. The spoon had fallen to the ground. This was done by one of the Assassins, and the wine in the spoon was scattered on the ground of the courtyard.
“...”
Rider looked down at the wine on the floor speechlessly. The skull-masked men laughed as if they were mocking him.
"Looks like they are really a group of evil guests…" Rider shook his head and sighed silently. His tone was calm, but everyone could tell that he was a completely different person from before. " Didn't I say it before? This cup of wine is with your blood. Since you want it to be scattered on the ground, then I'll…"
Before Rider could finish his sentence, a blazing storm appeared on the spot, as if it wanted to burn everything. It was not like the wind in the forest at night or the wind in the castle's courtyard. The wind came from the desert and roared in his ears.
Wilbur felt sand enter his mouth and quickly spat. This was indeed sand. The strange wind brought along hot sand that should not have appeared.
"Saber, everyone…At the end of tonight's banquet, let me ask you, King? Are you proud?" Rider, who had changed into combat attire, asked the people behind him as he rode on his warhorse.
"King! Naturally, I'm proud of myself." Saber answered Rider's question immediately.
"Chi…" The golden Archer only sneered at Rider's question, as if he was mocking the stupidity of his question.
Navenmore didn't give an answer, because such a question was meaningless to him. He didn't need to put on a proud and aloof attitude, because everyone who went against him was dead.
The soul did not need loyalty…
Rider laughed out loud. As if in response to the laughter, the whirlwind became even more violent.
"No way, isn't that the same as not answering at all! Today, I'll teach you what a true king is!”
An unknown hot wind eroded the real world and then overturned it.
In the strange phenomenon that occurred at night, distance and position had lost their meaning. The dry wind that carried hot sand changed everything in its path.
"How, how could this be…"
Wilbur and Wu Mi were the ones who cried out in surprise. Everything that was happening right now was enough to make any ordinary person exclaim.
"It's actually an intrinsic barrier?”
The sun that scorched the earth, the clear sky, and the horizon that was blurred by sand. There was nothing blocking his vision.
The fact that Ainz Belem would change in an instant at night undoubtedly meant that it was just an illusion that eroded the real world. It could be said that this was the limit of magic that could be called a miracle.
"How can that be? You're clearly not a magician!”Wu Mi asked in surprise.
"Of course. This kind of barrier is naturally not something that I can use alone.”
Rider laughed heartily.
"This is the land that our army once passed through. The brave men who have shared my joys and sorrows have this scene firmly imprinted in their hearts.”
"Look, my Peerless Army!"
Filled with pride, the Conqueror King stood in front of the cavalry and raised his arms as he shouted.
" Even if their bodies were destroyed, their heroic spirits were still summoned. They are my loyal warriors in the legends. Forever friends who answer my call through time and space.
They are my treasures! This is my King's Dao! Iskan's strongest Treasured Artifact,'King's Army Force'!!”
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