Chapter 104: Giving Respect
The world of Type-Moon possesses a single Root, two Counter Forces, five users of True Magic, and the Twenty-Seven Dead Apostle Ancestors.
Aside from the Root itself, none of these entities are beings that can be taken lightly.
However, to Yumesaki, even though the Counter Forces seemed absolute and nonsensical, the reality was that they were still limited.
After all, one of them was named Gaia, the will of the Earth.
The other was Alaya, the collective unconscious of humanity.
No matter how grandly they were described, in the end, they were products of the Earth. At this moment, Yumesaki was indeed no match for them, but once he became strong enough to destroy a planet, those two Counter Forces—no matter how powerful—would still have to kneel and beg for mercy.
Of course, before he reached the level of a planet-buster, Yumesaki was still far from their league. He had to show a bit of respect to the other party, which was why he was currently negotiating with the two Counter Forces.
He was asking them to send over a powerful Heroic Spirit.
"..." Medea remained silent.
Ah, are you sure this is a negotiation and not a threat?
Boom!
Just as Yumesaki finished speaking, the Heroic Spirit summoning circle suddenly erupted with an incredibly intense light. Had it not been for Serie, who had already set up a Barrier to contain the radiance, the pillar of light would have been enough to pierce the heavens and be seen by every inhabitant of Fuyuki City.
As the light faded, a tall, burly man wearing a skull mask, clad in heavy armor and wielding a massive greatsword, stood before Yumesaki.
A wild, overwhelming aura swept through the entirety of Ryudou Temple like a rising tide.
Yamato instinctively gripped the Kanabo mace in her hand, her Kenbunshoku Haki screaming with constant warnings.
Danger, danger, extreme danger!!!
Without a doubt, the figure in front of them was a powerhouse who was not inferior to her own father—perhaps he was even more terrifying.
"The Old Man of the Mountain comes to answer the call, Contractor."
A deep, heavy voice resonated slowly from behind the skull mask, leaving a profound and calm impression.
Medea raised an eyebrow. Remarkable. She hadn't expected the Counter Force to show such immense respect, going as far as to actually send this Grand Heroic Spirit. This had already become somewhat absurd.
However, when she thought about her Master's ability to traverse various worlds, Medea felt that this was no longer so strange. In fact, it was quite acceptable.
"Welcome, the Hassan among Hassans."
Yumesaki smiled and extended a hand toward the newcomer, saying, "From this day forward, I shall simply call you King Hassan."
"That is acceptable, Contractor." The Old Man of the Mountain—or more accurately, King Hassan—nodded slightly, reaching out to shake Yumesaki's hand.
Yumesaki held the grip for a moment before pulling back his right hand. "Calling you here this time isn't to fight in a Holy Grail War, but rather to ask for your help in saving the world."
"Saving the world... please, speak plainly, Contractor."
Hearing that his arrival this time wasn't for the sake of the Holy Grail War but to save a world, King Hassan became interested.
"Let's do it this way. I'll bring you a manga first."
Yumesaki briefly returned to his own world, brought back the One Piece manga, and handed it to King Hassan.
King Hassan took a short amount of time to finish reading the manga, and then his gaze swept over Nico Robin, Yamato, Smoothie, and the others.
"I'm sure you've already realized it. This is Nico Robin, this is Yamato, and this is Smoothie. They are all people from the world of One Piece. The one we are going to save is the world of One Piece."
Yumesaki raised a single finger and declared, "The target is simple: kill all the Celestial Dragons, destroy the World Government, and take Imu's head."
One shouldn't look at King Hassan's ferocious appearance and his status as an Assassin and assume he was a villain.
Perhaps in other worlds, that might be the case.
But in the Fate world, this Grand Assassin was a silent figure, steadfast in the teachings of God, and a noble individual.
His destiny was the end of life and the salvation of the soul.
As long as one did not stray from the path, this figure would be an ally to those who walked the road of righteousness.
Thus, when King Hassan understood that his summoning this time was for the sake of saving a world, his pitch-black eyes immediately emitted a powerful glow.
"This is my duty, Contractor."
"That's good then," Yumesaki said with a smile. "However, the Celestial Dragons are not simple targets either. The God's Knights are quite troublesome, so I plan to gather all the Heroic Spirits summoned in this Holy Grail War."
"Rather than having a civil war here, it's better to go and liberate a world."
King Hassan nodded; he also felt that this was a rather good idea.
Yumesaki snapped his fingers and grinned. "In that case, let's head to the church first to bring Cu Chulainn back."
King Hassan did not object. He gripped the sword in his hand tightly, signaling his readiness to act alongside Yumesaki.
Seeing that the mood was right, Yumesaki opened an Air Door and stepped through with a wide stride.
King Hassan followed close behind him.
The two passed through the Air Door and arrived inside the church in an instant.
Inside the church, Kotomine Kirei was offering a prayer to God.
Hearing the sound from behind him, he concluded his prayer, slowly turned around, and looked toward Yumesaki and King Hassan.
"Welcome. I am Kotomine Kirei, the supervisor of this Holy Grail War."
At this moment, Kotomine Kirei did not know Yumesaki's goal. He assumed Yumesaki was like any other Master, coming to meet him in his capacity as the overseer from the Holy Church.
"Enough, I didn't come here to trade pleasantries with you."
Yumesaki raised a hand, cutting off the man's self-introduction. "I already know exactly who you are. I've already killed Gilgamesh; next is your turn."
Upon hearing Gilgamesh's name, Kotomine Kirei's expression turned puzzled. "What are you talking about? Why do you mention that ancient King of Heroes...?"
"Nice acting. If I didn't know the plot, I might actually think you were innocent and didn't know who Gilgamesh was."
Yumesaki snapped his fingers, activating magic capable of cutting through almost anything.
An invisible slashing attack swept forward.
Kirei immediately sensed the danger and leapt backward abruptly to dodge the strike.
But in the next split second, King Hassan had already appeared before him.
"The evening bell has tolled thy name. Offer up thy head, transgressor."
The deep voice echoed in Kirei's ears as King Hassan swung his blade in a single motion.
As the Grand Assassin, King Hassan had seen far too many people. A person with a warped personality like Kotomine Kirei could not hide from King Hassan's sharp vision at all.
From the very first glance at Kirei, he knew that this was a pure evil-doer.
More than one life had already perished by his hand.
Against such a person, King Hassan naturally would not hold back.
A strike that was incredibly fierce yet appeared calm split Kotomine Kirei's body in two.
By the time Kirei hit the ground, he had already been divided.
After he died, Medea appeared and transferred all the Command Spells on Kirei's hand onto Yumesaki's body.
Without hesitation, Yumesaki used a single Command Spell.
"Return, Cu Chulainn."
In the next instant, Cu Chulainn, who had been patrolling outside, was forcibly summoned back.
"Eh?"
Seeing Kirei lying on the ground, split in half, Cu Chulainn couldn't help but look confused. When he saw the Command Spells on Yumesaki's hand, his confusion only deepened.
Unbelievable. I've become a slave to three different masters now.
Cu Chulainn frustratedly ruffled his hair, let out a resigned sigh, and asked, "Kid, what exactly is going on here? Can you explain it to me?"
"It's simple. I found this guy sabotaging the Holy Grail War in secret, so while you were away, I went to the church, killed him, and took all his Command Spells while I was at it."
The corner of Cu Chulainn's mouth twitched. "That is... a very simple and easy-to-understand answer."
Last time when he wasn't around, Bazett was killed by Kirei. This time when he wasn't around, Kirei was killed by this kid.
Cu Chulainn began to subconsciously wonder if he was cursed to always bring misfortune to his Masters.
"So, kid, are you my Master now?"
"Correct," Yumesaki nodded.
"Well then, you're really something, aren't you?" Cu Chulainn's gaze swept over Medea and King Hassan. "If I'm not mistaken, these two beside you are also Heroic Spirits, right?"
"Indeed. This is Caster, Medea. And this is the Grand Assassin, the Old Man of the Mountain. You can just call him King Hassan."
"A Grand Heroic Spirit? Are you kidding me? Someone like that can be summoned too?"
Cu Chulainn felt that it was completely nonsensical.
"Of course they can. In the parallel world next door, there's someone who can summon Grand Solomon, so why can't I summon Grand King Hassan? Are you looking down on me?"
Yumesaki looked at Cu Chulainn with a bit of dissatisfaction.
Cu Chulainn replied, "It's not a matter of looking down on you or not, my point is... forget it, let's not talk about it anymore."
Cu Chulainn sighed. He had already been summoned; there was no point in arguing now.
However, he was curious about how Yumesaki had actually managed to summon King Hassan.
That was a Grand Heroic Spirit.
Could he have used some kind of special summoning method?
"How could there be a special summoning method? This is purely because the Counter Force showed me some respect."
Yumesaki glanced at Cu Chulainn and said, "When I performed the summoning, I told the Counter Force: give me a little respect, we're all friends here, and if you need something in the future, I can help you out too."
"King Hassan or Scathach, I'm not picky, just send one of them."
"Wait a second." Cu Chulainn's eyelids twitched violently because he heard a familiar name. "Back then, you also wanted to summon Scathach?"
Yumesaki nodded. "Right. Both King Hassan and Scathach are experts. Especially Scathach—besides being beautiful, she's also your teacher. I thought having a fight between teacher and student would be quite nice."
"I refuse!!!"
Cu Chulainn shook his head frantically. He had gone through so much trouble to graduate from that old woman's hands; he had absolutely no desire to meet her again. It was worth noting that the old woman followed a Spartan style of education; she truly dared to use lethal attacks while teaching her student.
He could already imagine it. If teacher and student met again after all this time, that old woman would surely be delighted to pull out her weapon and stab him to celebrate their reunion.
"Thank God. Luckily it was King Hassan who came this time."
Cu Chulainn said, "If it were really that old woman, I'd rather just kill myself and get it over with."
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