As the sun sank below the horizon, a murderous atmosphere once again descended upon the surroundings of the Millennium Castle.
An endless sea of Ghouls and demoralized Dead Apostles, stretching across the hills and plains, marched onto the battlefield once more under the command of the Black-Winged Duke.
Compared to the first night, the human side and the Millennium Castle were preparing to meet the Black-Winged Duke's Dead Apostles and Ghouls with high morale.
Then, the gates of the human camp slowly opened. The King of Conquerors, driving his chariot and flanked by Mordred and Lily, led tens of thousands of Servants onto the open plain. They formed their ranks, watching with imposing momentum as the Ghouls charged toward the human camp, covering the hills and plains.
The King of Conquerors waved his hand, and the army of tens of thousands of Servants let out an earth-shattering roar. They nimbly formed one Macedonian phalanx after another and began to march forward in perfect unison.
Marching—yes, marching. Having been tricked by Zelretch and forced into a corner, the temporary plan Rin had devised was to use the army of Servants to draw the attention of the front line, thereby relieving pressure on the Millennium Castle and the human camp, while also facilitating the decapitation strike by the special team.
Soon, the army of Servants, stretched out for several miles, began to clash with the first wave of Ghouls.
Most of the Ghouls, having lost their reason and intellect, futilely charged the Macedonian phalanxes formed by the tens of thousands of Servants, only to be skewered one by one upon the forest of spears.
The King of Conquerors drove his chariot, constantly moving through the army formations, issuing commands under the escort of Mordred and Lily.
"Don't let these monsters regenerate! Cut off their heads!"
Behind the phalanx, the Servant warriors using extra-long spears quickly lowered their spears and, in a blink of an eye, moved from the gaps in the formation to the front. They drew their short swords from their waists and decapitated the Ghouls impaled on spears or lying on the ground.
After completing this, these warriors swiftly returned to their positions, picked up their extra-long spears, and awaited the next round of harvesting.
At the same time, the Ghouls that bypassed the Servant army also began to engage with the warriors of the human camp.
Using the temporary fences and low walls on the outskirts of the camp, the human warriors, lacking ammunition, raised various homemade weapons and engaged in a brutal struggle with the Ghouls.
Then, just like that night, tens of thousands of Dead Apostles and Magi once again air-dropped from Millennium Castle into the human camp to help humanity defend against the attack.
In the human camp, beside a certain tent, Aoko, who never smoked before, was now, for the first time, holding a cigarette in her mouth, looking calmly at the tent and speaking.
"Shiki, are you ready?"
As Aoko spoke, Shiki, with bloodshot eyes and a nervous expression, walked out of the tent, clutching a small knife tightly in his hand, and nodded to Aoko.
"Shiki, don't be nervous. Don't worry, I will definitely protect you! With me here, you'll be absolutely fine!"
"I believe you, Sister Aoko!"
With that, Aoko unleashed her magic. Accompanied by a flash of light, she and Shiki vanished from the tent and appeared in a small grove of trees far from Millennium Castle.
In the grove, Rin, Zelretch, Sion, Rita Rozian, and Satsuki Yumizuka had already been waiting for a while. Seeing Aoko and Shiki arrive, Zelretch walked over to Tohno Shiki with a chuckle.
"Can I see your eyes?"
Hearing Zelretch's question, Tohno Shiki looked at Aoko beside him, took off the Mystic Eye Killer that Aoko had given him, and revealed his Mystic Eyes of Death Perception to Zelretch, Rin, and the others.
"Excellent, it is indeed the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, just as Aoko said!"
Then Zelretch patted the nervous Tohno Shiki and added.
"Shiki, when the fighting starts later, stay by Aoko's side! You just need to help us deal with the groups we've defeated!"
Tohno Shiki let out a slight sigh of relief after hearing this, then nodded to Zelretch.
At this moment, Rin walked up to Tohno Shiki and casually slapped a magic circle of sealed magic onto Shiki's bewildered forehead.
"Don't worry, it's nothing harmful, just a small spell to help you suppress your Reverse Impulse. It will disappear in a few days, with no side effects. After all, your Nanaya clan's bloodline is etched with the command to 'eliminate non-humans,' and we have several non-human teammates on our side. This is just to prevent any accidents."
Sion looked at the group with an impatient expression, then stepped forward and clapped her hands.
"Alright, enough with the chatter, let's get going! Right now, Millennium Castle only has Meilian Solomon and Caubac acting as the White Princess's guards. The sooner we deal with this, the better."
Rita Rozian revealed a playful smile and said.
"No, the Black Princess has always wanted to devour Meilian, so that guy Meilian definitely wouldn't dare to show himself easily. It's likely that the only guard for Her Highness the White Princess is Caubac..."
Sion glanced at Rita Rozian, instantly activated Reinforcement Magic and concealment magic, and took the lead, moving towards their predetermined target.
The others then used their respective methods to follow Sion, leaving Rita Rozian stunned in place.
"Hey! I was telling the truth!... Wait for me!"
Watching the group about to disappear from her sight, Rita Rozian hastily transformed into a shadow and chased after them.
Satsuki Yumizuka, at the back of the leading group, looked at Tohno Shiki, who was following beside Aoko with her magic's blessing, and unconsciously clenched her small fists.
"Shiki, I will definitely protect you!"
Meanwhile, at Meiji Jingu Shrine.
The Black-Winged Duke, supported by the White Wing Duke and Smire, now led his subordinates directly into the main hall where the Six Authorities resided.
The Black-Winged Duke looked at the Six Authorities, who were lying casually on the sofa as usual, and waved his hand at his subordinates.
Receiving the Black-Winged Duke's instruction, his subordinates quickly began to search the entire hall.
At the same time, the Black-Winged Duke sat on the sofa opposite the Six Authorities and asked them.
"What exactly are you plotting?"
As the nominal leader of the Ancestors, the Six Authorities, despite the Black-Winged Duke's disrespect, remained nonchalantly reclined on the sofa, watching the Black-Winged Duke with interest.
"Why do you all think I'm plotting something?"
"You casually let go of the backup body needed for our Lord's descent, and you took no action regarding the body in Millennium Castle. What do you think?"
"Is that so?"
The Six Authorities gave the Black-Winged Duke a contemptuous smile, then pulled out a Holy Grail from his body and displayed it to him.
"Do you think I can become a suitable body with this? If I can't, then what about you? What about Nero?"
"Holy Grail!"
"Exactly, the Holy Grail. With this, Altrouge and Arcueid are no longer necessary."
At this moment, the White Wing Duke suddenly entered the main hall, leaning on his cane and smiling as he asked the Six Authorities.
"Then why not let the Great Moon descend upon the earth now? As long as humanity is eliminated, the Great Moon, as a counter force, will surely make us the masters of this world. What are you delaying for?"
The Six Authorities put the Holy Grail back into his body and said.
"The time is not yet ripe!"
"Time, what are you waiting for?"
The Six Authorities sighed, took out a small crown from his body, and held it in his hand.
"I am waiting for its master."
As he spoke, the Six Authorities activated the crown in his hand. Instantly, a sense of time stagnation appeared in the perceptions of the Black-Winged Duke and the White Wing Duke. At the same time, time in the entire hall seemed to accelerate, covered in a thick layer of dust, as if decades had passed.
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