After storing Avicebron's heroic spirit card, Hades leaped onto the shoulder of the Adam golem and waved his hand, giving the order: "Go, Adam! Knock down that ridiculous garden!!"
"Roar roar roar—!!" The Adam golem raised its arms and roared, its terrifying sonic wave instantly forcing the slowly advancing Hanging Gardens back dozens of meters.
"This time, Hades, King of the Underworld is operating that giant golem. This is bad!!" Semiramis, seated on the throne in the control room, saw the situation and cried out in alarm.
Subsequently, Semiramis controlled the [Coffin of Numbers] to counterattack. The terrifying bombardment of light orbs, just like before, came surging again. This time, Hades acted, slowly drawing the Hades Sword from its scabbard.
"Hades Slash!" Grasping the Hades Sword, Hades instantly swung twelve times, destroying the incoming swarm of light orbs, turning them into countless particles of light floating in the air.
Hades slowly relaxed his posture and ordered the Adam golem:
"Adam, destroy those eleven obnoxious stone slabs."
"Roar roar roar~~!!" The Adam golem let out a responding growl. The obsidian sleeping underground heeded its call, all flying into the hands of the Adam golem.
They transformed into massive obsidian swords, thrown towards the [Coffin of Numbers] floating and rotating in the sky.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom...!
Countless explosions rang out. The obsidian swords thrown by the Adam golem completely destroyed the [Coffin of Numbers], leaving only the main body, the Hanging Gardens.
Moreover, since its birth, an hour had already passed for the Adam golem, and its size had doubled. It could now reach the Hanging Gardens with just a stretch of its arm.
"That golem is quite impressive, but it's already too late now." Though cold sweat streamed down her beautiful face, Semiramis still wore a very confident smile as she spoke.
It turned out the Hanging Gardens had already arrived at the ground surface above the basement where the greater grail was located. Using the "inversion" concept of the Hanging Gardens, it absorbed the land beneath it into the garden—not just the land, but also the greater grail hidden in the basement.
"Damn it, I got carried away and forgot their goal is the greater grail." Hades cursed inwardly, realizing the situation was bad.
Charon, who was fighting Achilles, was also greatly shocked upon seeing the greater grail being absorbed. "To think that fortress had such an ability..."
Achilles pulled the arrow he had stabbed into his own shoulder out, wearing a confident smile as he said:
"It seems the plan succeeded. Although I can't continue fighting you, Teacher, the greater grail has indeed fallen into our hands."
With that, Achilles drove his chariot towards the Hanging Gardens. Meanwhile, Karna, having ended his evenly matched battle with Vlad III, used [Mana Burst (Flame)] to transform into flames and head towards the garden in the sky.
"Damn it...!!" Vlad III watched the slowly rising greater grail, gnashing his teeth in anger.
On the high castle walls, Darnic also gripped his cane tightly, his expression turning somewhat ferocious.
"Ahh~! This is getting a bit bad!!"
"Mmmph!!"
Astolfo and Frankenstein, who had been absent from the battle since it began, now spoke up, which was quite rare. Actually, they had been supporting Sieg and the Homunculi in their fight all along. The battle between top-tier Servants was no longer something they could participate in.
Vroom vroom vroom—!!!
At that moment, the loud roar of an engine sounded. A Chevrolet Corvette arrived at the battlefield, though the car body, due to the driver's reckless handling, had become battered and broken, even with the hood torn off.
Mordred, sitting in the driver's seat, kicked the broken car door open and stepped out, saying with great dissatisfaction:
"Tch—!! Master, modern cars really are crap!! They break down after just a few maneuvers like this!!"
"Only a chariot could withstand your driving style." Kairi Shishigami, holding his head, opened the passenger door and stepped out.
"Grrrrrr—!!!"
Seeing unknown enemies arrive, Frankenstein gripped her weapon tightly, letting out a beast-like growl.
Astolfo, acting somewhat airheaded, tilted her head cutely and looked at Kairi Shishigami with confusion, saying:
"Mister, who are you?"
Subsequently, Sieg also arrived in front of Astolfo and Frankenstein, the dragon blade on his wrist gleaming with a cold light.
Looking at the dragon scales on Sieg's body, Mordred wore a wild grin and said, "Oh? Dragon scales. This Homunculus really has some decent power."
With that, Mordred's body became covered in armor, holding the radiant Clarent, ready for battle.
On the shoulder of the Adam golem, Hades sensed Mordred's arrival. After ordering the Adam golem to stand by, he teleported right in front of Mordred.
"Saber!"
"Hades—!!"
"Lord Hades!!"
Upon seeing Hades's arrival, everyone exclaimed in surprise. Seeing this, Kairi Shishigami also took out his trump card, a magecraft mystic code made from a Hydra larva: the Dual-Fanged Poison Dagger.
"Lord Hades, what is the meaning of this?"
At that moment, Jeanne also ran over here, asking Hades. Charon and Vlad III also arrived promptly.
Seeing that the people around had mostly gathered, Hades stepped forward and said, "Let us declare a temporary ceasefire."
"Huh!? Why?!"
Hearing Hades's statement, everyone was stunned, all loudly questioning Hades.
Hades addressed everyone, saying: "The Master of the [Red] faction, Kotomine Shiro, is actually the Ruler summoned by the Einzbern family in the Third Holy Grail War."
"In that Holy Grail War, he obtained a physical body and lay dormant for twenty years, all for the purpose of obtaining the greater grail in this Holy Grail War to realize his wish: to eliminate conflict and save all of humanity. He hopes to grant all humans immortality, thereby diluting passion and selfish desires, thus eliminating strife between humans and allowing humanity to live a stable, happy life."
Upon hearing Hades's words, the expressions on everyone present were filled with shock.
Hades continued: "This wish may seem beautiful, but it breaks the balance of life and death. Furthermore, it simultaneously restricts the development and progress of primate society, making people unable to face disease and disaster again. This would cause the number of dead arriving in the underworld to increase dramatically."
"It's estimated that within a century, the civilization of this planet would completely regress."
"How could this be?!" Jeanne was so shocked by Hades's words that she stepped back repeatedly. The others were also stunned in place, sweating and their faces filled with shock.
Then, Hades turned to look at Kairi Shishigami and said:
"Not only that, he also had his Servant create a special gaseous poison, controlling all the Masters of the [Red] faction except for himself and you, turning them into mere tools existing only to provide magical energy."
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