Chapter 738: Chapter 12: The Other Side of the "Hole
After briefly explaining his idea, Gu Mo gave Ilya some time to think and turned his head to seriously examine the underground hollow in front of him.
As its name suggests, this place is called the "Dragon Cave"—
As the name implies, it’s a cave where dragons dwell. This isn’t entirely wrong; the term "dragon" doesn’t necessarily refer to a specific creature but is an alternate name for a Spirit Vein, just as Spirit Veins and Earth Veins are also known as Dragon Veins.
This name already implies that this is indeed the nexus of magic power flowing through the land of Fuyuki, which is why the Great Holy Grail is set here. This massive magic circle is connected to Fuyuki’s Earth Vein, drawing magic power from it to conduct the Holy Grail War, wielding the power to interact with the "Seat of Heroic Spirits" and summon Heroic Spirit Divine Spirits in the form of Servants.
It’s truly the foundation of the Holy Grail War.
When Gu Mo noticed that the Holy Grail War had quietly concluded without adhering to his will and had mysteriously restarted, he decisively headed straight for this Great Void. After all, to regain control of the situation, he couldn’t just follow the direction of the Holy Grail War.
He needed to resolve the issue with the Great Holy Grail before the Grail descended.
The interior of the Great Holy Grail is filled with black mud, a colorless force without inclination, which was tainted during the third Holy Grail War, becoming a whirlpool of malicious intent... So the first step in Gu Mo’s current strategy is to extract information about Irisviel from it.
This is the current focus.
Based on the clues he knows, that thing can’t communicate without using Irisviel’s vessel, and thus it can be further inferred that if Irisviel’s personal information isn’t absorbed by the Great Holy Grail, then the malevolent force inside the Holy Grail probably only has instinct without rationality.
Because thought is the premise of expression—
If it requires another person’s persona to communicate, there’s a high possibility that it lacks not only communication skills but also thinking ability.
Based on this judgment, what reason does Gu Mo have not to perform a lobotomy on the Evil of This World?
"Next, we don’t need to fight with any other potential contestants, try to avoid such situations..."
Gu Mo turned back to look in the direction of Rider Medusa, giving instructions: "Just protect your Master; afterwards, when Miss Sakura finishes school, go pick her up and bring her back here directly, as she doesn’t like that old house anyway..."
"...Okay..."
Medusa was momentarily stunned, then responded in a low voice. Even though she wore a black blindfold, she still instinctively looked up at him.
Although the order was a bit strange, Medusa momentarily wondered why she had been summoned if not to fight other pairs in the Holy Grail War, and instead was assigned the task of escorting her Master to and from school?
She couldn’t understand what this man intended to do, but she didn’t have much resistance to this bizarre order and instead felt slightly relieved.
Her Master was too naive; last night when the other side merely opened the conversation, she readily agreed to the alliance without hesitation, even explicitly stating that she had no interest in the Holy Grail War and would do her best to cooperate and assist them...
This is also why Medusa appears here, following the man’s arrangement.
Even she couldn’t help but feel a toothache of futility.
But now it seemed that her Master’s intuition wasn’t wrong; the other side hadn’t immediately turned on them after gaining an advantage, and the previously proposed alliance conditions were well respected. The current attitude also made Medusa feel slightly reassured.
Casting a glance at the silver-haired loli whose expression was constantly changing as if still pondering something, Gu Mo casually waved his hand, his tone equally casual: "That’s it; I’m going to bring Irisviel back for you now. Stay here and don’t move..."
Ilya was slightly taken aback, finding the words somewhat strange.
However, the other party didn’t elaborate and had already waved goodbye.
Watching him step by step towards the volcano-like Great Holy Grail, the silver-haired loli opened her mouth but said nothing. Yet, her eyes shimmered with a flicker, no longer empty and dazed, but filled with a faint hope and anticipation, as if she had found a new goal.
Someone’s simple words injected a new impetus into her previously meaningless and selfless life.
Though she was still skeptical, thinking of her Servant’s mystery and power, Ilya felt it was truly possible... Besides, with her life as it was, how much worse could it get? Naturally, she clung instinctively, like a drowning person clutching at the last straw.
Medusa also took a deep look at the gradually receding figure before glancing at the little girl left behind beside her.
What can be said?
The other side actually trusted leaving her Master alone with her; does this signify mutual trust? Or is he confident that even so, there won’t be any danger, that he has absolute power to prevent her from doing anything irrational?
