Lesser Grail Mercenary Tao

Special Milestone · True Savior (World's Rare Treasure): Save the world 3 times (1/3) (The world's Collapse Value must exceed its limit, or human deaths must exceed 80%)

You obtained Cleaner Scarlet Drop Card ×1

Bai Cangshu picked up the Drop Card before him and checked the various space notifications that had appeared over this period.

The most unusual was this milestone called True Savior. Bai Cangshu had rarely even heard of a milestone with a quality as high as World’s Rare Treasure.

Clearly, the trigger condition for this milestone was likely to truly save the world, not a rescue on the scale of tens of thousands like Villain Savior before.

It was a milestone that could only be triggered by turning the tide in a crisis that truly threatened to destroy the world.

Even Bai Cangshu probably could not have achieved it if not for this world.

Because from the very beginning in this world, he had been granted the identity of a Servant and obtained the prerequisite for turning into a Noble Phantasm.

Moreover, the Counter Force of the Type-Moon World was extraordinarily active. It would proactively foster the birth of heroes and had given Bai Cangshu additional bonuses.

Root Shiki likewise reappeared upon the barren earth. With a mere flicker of her eyes, a white kimono appeared and completely wrapped around her body.

Her rainbow-colored gaze rested on Bai Cangshu, while the short blade in her hand had already vanished.

Those Mystic Eyes of Death Perception were among the most powerful Mystic Eyes in the Infinite Dimensional Space. Aside from a scant few, such as Learning by Observation, they could grant their users almost the highest level of power.

On the path of slaughter, the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception possessed an irreplaceable advantage.

And Bai Cangshu… liked killing.

Root Shiki clearly saw the Greed in the eyes of the beast who had just "saved" the world. The mocking curve at the corner of her lips remained.

"The beast did save the world, but the beast also destroyed the world…"

Connected to The Root, Root Shiki could know most of what happened in this world. It was not true omniscience and omnipotence, but the difference was not as great as one might imagine.

When The Root required it, she truly could reach that level.

Mercenary Tao had caused the blade that severed the ritual to deviate. His purpose had been to let the ritual continue, only to personally save the world in the end.

The purpose behind such contradictory actions was naturally to gain some benefit from it.

A beast that would place the entire world on the brink of destruction for its own goals had been deemed a Savior.

"What an evil Savior…"

Root Shiki’s figure suddenly faded away like a phantom, leaving Bai Cangshu deeply regretful.

Root Shiki was still too troublesome. If it had been Ryougi Shiki instead… Bai Cangshu would have tried no matter what to seize those Mystic Eyes.

Whether someone was powerful did not depend entirely on whether they could kill their opponent.

Because of those Mystic Eyes, Ryougi Shiki did indeed possess the possibility of killing Bai Cangshu. But the absolute gap in their physical abilities, along with her lack of other powers, would give Bai Cangshu an overwhelming advantage.

If he was killed, he would die. But Bai Cangshu was confident that he would not be cut, and that he could even make the other party unable to swing a blade at him.

Tap, tap, tap.

The buildings of Fuyuki City had been shattered by Bai Cangshu’s World-Shaking Thunder Roar while he was in the dual transformation of Despair Savior Mode and Kaio-ken, leaving behind only a bare expanse of ruined earth.

Then, the Spear of Longinus had pierced into the tectonic plate twice, creating an enormous uplift in central Fuyuki City. The city’s terrain had been completely altered.

The citizens of Fuyuki City, who had reverted to human form from their LCL Fluid state, had no idea what was happening. Amid the immense chaos, those crisp footsteps were not particularly conspicuous.

Yet Bai Cangshu clearly caught sight of the figure in the bamboo hat amid the distant crowd.

Black Demonic Aura swirled around the figure. He had a robust build, and several katanas appeared in his hands as he walked.

This was a Servant. Since his Master had already died, he had lost his supply of magical energy and could no longer even conceal himself from ordinary people.

His enormous fan-like palms gripped several katanas. Rather than a swordsman, he looked more like a strongman.

He walked straight toward Bai Cangshu through the crowd, and Bai Cangshu smiled as well.

"You’re the Heroic Spirit White Face summoned?"

"What an unexpectedly mediocre fellow."

The Servant in the bamboo hat radiated Demonic Aura and malice. Combined with those sharp blades, he had already sent the surrounding crowd screaming and scattering into the distance like ants.

Crowding and trampling began.

Illya stood behind Bai Cangshu, utterly indifferent to the bloody incidents. She did not think there was anything wrong with them.

The reason she had believed she had found her kind after seeing Bai Cangshu’s true emotions and inner heart was that they were both exceptionally cold, lacking the moral concepts of good and evil held by ordinary people.

Bai Cangshu was a false human skilled at disguising himself, playing the role so well that he was almost indistinguishable from a normal person. Illya, meanwhile, was a doll with an exquisite exterior whose heart had been hollowed out by magic circuits.

"Assassin, kill him!"

Illya raised her hand, and the glow of Command Spells lit up across her body. Command Spells covered her entirely, making her exceptionally powerful when fighting alongside a Servant.

Based on the Assassin class, you have received a Command Spell enhancement

Energy output increased by 20%

All attributes increased by 25%

A faint magical glow appeared around Bai Cangshu. It was rare for him to be continuously affected by so many enhancement effects in this world.

It left Bai Cangshu somewhat unaccustomed to it.

Even though Kaio-ken had ended, his status panel still prominently displayed: Limiter release level: 6%.

This was probably not a temporary enhancement effect, but rather a permanent state.

Like a valve that had been forced open to a certain angle, it would not naturally close again.

As Bai Cangshu considered this, he saw his physical attributes begin to rise again under the Command Spell’s enhancement.

This was the effect of the Limiter. Once it sensed that he needed to grow stronger, he would begin to grow stronger. However, Bai Cangshu’s Limiter was currently released too little to greatly enhance him, much less produce exponential growth.

Demonic Aura suddenly emerged behind Bai Cangshu.

The bamboo-hatted Servant, the legendary warrior monk Musashibou Benkei, who bore the title Oni of Herculean Strength, emerged from the Demonic Aura. Several katanas suddenly stabbed toward Bai Cangshu’s back.

Clang! Crack!

The blades seemed to strike forged steel and shattered instantly.

Whoosh—

Radiant Flame immediately ignited. Bai Cangshu turned around, and from within the flames, an enormous fan-like palm reached out and grabbed for his head. Musashibou Benkei was said to possess the Sword Hunter legend of seizing all manner of weapons barehanded.

But Bai Cangshu did not use weapons at all. He held two fingers together like a sword, and like a streak of black sword light, they instantly pierced into that enormous palm.

Pfft!

A spray of blood burst from behind Lancer Musashibou Benkei’s shoulder.

The warrior monk’s massive body staggered back two steps. As if he felt no pain, he reached both hands behind his back, and Demonic Aura instantly condensed into a spear.

As he swung it, a forest of Demonic Aura manifested.

But strengthened by the Command Spells, Bai Cangshu gave him no chance to release his Noble Phantasm. He dispersed his sword fingers, clenched his right hand into a fist, and suddenly punched the air.

Boom!

Freezing Qi erupted from his fist.

In the next instant, the warrior monk, without magical energy to support him, was frozen together with the surrounding air into a massive block of ice several meters across.

Sky Frost Fist!

Bai Cangshu took a step and appeared behind the frozen Musashibou Benkei. He curled a finger and lightly tapped.

Crack—bang!

The ice block exploded, and Lancer vanished amid wisps of Demonic Aura.

You defeated Servant Musashibou Benkei and obtained C-rank Anomaly Point ×1, 3000 Dimensional Points

Main Mission · Flower of Evil progress updated

As though guided by something, when the ice shattered and Lancer vanished, the Vortex of the Heart behind Bai Cangshu surged madly once more.

Having completely seen Illya’s heart during the Human Instrumentality Project, Bai Cangshu obtained that kind of thing with almost no effort.

In that same instant, he sensed some special existence entering his body.

Whoosh—

A purple flash appeared, and the beautiful Medusa brought her Master back from several thousand meters away to observe the changes in Fuyuki City.

Within the crowd, Shirou Emiya and Rin Tohsaka also arrived with their respective Heroic Spirits. Their expressions were somewhat strange; it was unknown whether they had seen something during the Human Instrumentality Project or encountered something else.

Knight King Artoria and Heroic Spirit Emiya were a step faster. They had already positioned themselves before their Masters, warily watching Assassin Mercenary Tao, whose aura had become even more terrifying in the short time since they had last seen him.

"Assassin, kill—"

Just as Illya was about to give the order again, the black giant came charging over as well.

Yet under the guarded gazes of the Heroic Spirits, Bai Cangshu merely patted his stomach.

"Ha… not bad, not bad…"

"I have a good place in mind. I’d like to invite you all to take a look."