Chapter 409 You're Too Dangerous!
"What is this thing? You call this an Assassin?!"
Shinji's own Heroic Spirit had just bitten the dust, and the 'Fake Servant Chronicles' were gone as well, leaving him at his lowest point.
And now he had to watch Tao Yu's Heroic Spirit leap out and start slaughtering left and right, which was utterly unbearable for him.
Jealousy had already filled his heart.
Why not me!
If I had such a powerful Heroic Spirit, none of this would have happened!
"So strong!"
Rin Tohsaka also had her eyes wide open, having never anticipated that an unknown Heroic Spirit could possess such incredible power!
Red A's expression was grave, but he showed no intention of leaving Rin Tohsaka's side, as if he was still on guard for something.
"This power brings back some unpleasant memories,"
said Mr. Men, his expression slightly complex. He had been corrupted by a fallen mother goddess, one of the old triumvirate, part of whose path had been torn through to Earth, including the path of the cultivator.
No sooner had he finished his reflection than his expression turned ferocious, and he once again entered a state of overlapping phantasms. Meanwhile, Treya felt a pain on the back of her hand, and upon looking, noticed that one of the scratches had suddenly disappeared.
With the Command Seal fading naturally, Mr. Men calmed down once again.
"Sorry about that, the contamination was a bit severe just now, but given the current situation, the Command Seals can probably only stabilize me for three days. After that, you might have some trouble, so it would be best to resolve the Holy Grail matter within that time."
Because Hashirama Senju had already started controlling the field, it seemed only a matter of time before the Lancer and Berserker would also be subdued. Saber had been captured by the vines, but since they were on the same side, the intent was still predominantly protective.
Rin Tohsaka and Shirou Emiya were also able to focus their attention on this matter.
Rin Tohsaka even said with some shock, Enjoy more content from My Virtual Library Empire
"How is this possible, to consume a Command Seal without doing anything? Why did this happen?"
"What exactly is wrong with Mr. Men?"
Shirou Emiya was also somewhat puzzled, as Mr. Men seemed just like the polite gentleman he appeared to be, not at all like what he claimed.
"You can assume I'll go crazy after my Command Seal can no longer bind me, and I won't know what I'll do then. Maybe when it's down to the last Command Seal, you could command me to take my own life."
Mr. Men appeared nonchalant.
And at that moment, a sneering laugh came from afar,
"Those plants outside are very annoying, and my royal garden won't allow such irritating things to exist."
Almost simultaneously with the voice, ripples appeared in the sky, and then weapons of various designs spurted out, each one seemingly a divine weapon, each incredibly lethal.
The vines that were being continuously cut and struggling against Uncle B and Scathach seemed somewhat fragile before these divine weapons.
While the damage inflicted by a single weapon couldn't match the attacks from Uncle B and Scathach, the key was the sheer number of them!
Brute force breaks bricks!
In an instant, fragments of vines danced in the air, and sap splattered everywhere.
In the direction of the barrage, swathes were lacerated.
However, the vast coverage and rapid growth of Tree World Descent created a balance with these spurting blades.
Under Hashirama Senju's adjusted focus, it stood in front of the sky-filled sword rain.
No matter how much they were cut down, they immediately regrew, just like a gardener's weed whacker tirelessly clearing away the weeds.
The scale was just a bit large...
But it was during this gap that Scathach and Uncle B both retreated simultaneously.
Scathach swiftly bounded away and vanished into the darkness, while Uncle B picked up Illyasviel and ran, disappearing without a trace just as quickly.
The scene only left behind a figure in casual clothes who had appeared in the distance.
Hashirama Senju also frowned at this moment, first using his vines to return the bound Saber, and then he approached Gilgamesh head-on.
The back-and-forth attack style of mowing down and regenerating grass had also nearly ceased at the same time.
Hashirama stopped his technique upon seeing the enemy's escape.
Gilgamesh, finding that he had done enough cutting, also stopped attacking.
"The eighth Heroic Spirit? Impossible!"
Rin Tohsaka also seemed somewhat shocked; there should have been only seven Heroic Spirits, so how had another one appeared?
But considering the sudden changes that had occurred in this world, she felt that the appearance of an additional Heroic Spirit wasn't incomprehensible.
In any case, the continuous shock of the day had numbed her nerves a little.
So be it, let it be destroyed...
"Hah, a bunch of rats gathered together to discuss how to carve up my Holy Grail, who gave you the courage?"
Gilgamesh didn't mind in the least the Masters and Heroic Spirits joining forces against him.
Of the original five great Heroic Spirits, one was dead, and another injured, leaving only three remaining.
"The Holy Grail is yours? No, according to the information, we were all summoned here."
Hashirama, ever the honest one, earnestly debated with Gilgamesh.
Gilgamesh, who had been watching the others with a cold sneer, paused, unsure what to make of Hashirama's comment.
He didn't know if Hashirama was mocking him or if he genuinely believed that.
"All the treasures of this world belong to me, whether it be the Holy Grail or anything else, no one can take it and leave without my permission."
Gilgamesh looked at Hashirama as if stating something self-evident.
"Ah? Really? Is Madara's fan yours too?"
Hashirama looked at him dubiously.
"I don't believe you unless you show it to me."
That response once again left Gilgamesh silent, unsure of what words to use to reply.
Even Tao Yu found it slightly comical. Hashirama's personality was perhaps the type Gilgamesh was least capable of dealing with.
"My wealth is so vast it exceeds even my own understanding, but as long as it's a treasure, then it must belong to me—it's that clear.
"Although I don't know which fan you're talking about, as long as it's a treasure, it's mine!"
Gilgamesh directly bypassed the question from Hashirama. He truly didn't know what that fan was, but he was certain it was his anyway.
"Isn't this just banditry? I didn't expect that in this era, there would still be brigands, which is a bit disappointing... Haven't we welcomed peace yet..."
Hashirama sighed. He couldn't understand what Gilgamesh was saying, but the meaning he conveyed seemed to be no different from that of brigands and bandits.
"Bandits... robbers..."
Gilgamesh looked utterly shocked.
Such plain and ordinary descriptions, a very limited vocabulary for cursing someone, yet those two descriptors had completely caught him off guard.
"Damn it! Your extreme disrespect towards me is enough reason for you to die a thousand, ten thousand times over!"
"You mongrel standing there, I will obliterate you!"
Gilgamesh's handsome face twisted with rage, and suddenly, large ripples appeared in the sky behind him, with numerous weapons starting to slowly emerge, hilt planted in the air.
In the lightless night, they shone with a dazzling golden glow.
The caliber and number of these weapons exceeded even those he had used to reduce the Tree World Descent earlier.
"Why would you curse someone all of a sudden? It's not polite at all."
Hashirama Senju's expression turned solemn at the sight of the weapons, and his comment sent Gilgamesh into a frenzy once more.
"Die! Mongrel!"
The sky was filled with an endless barrage of attacks.
Once again Hashirama Senju brought his hands together, and a gigantic wood golem, as tall as a twenty-story building, rose from the ground, shielding everyone as it intercepted the torrential attacks.
The Wood Golem Technique was powerful, but under the fierce assault, it was still being whittled away layer by layer.
It was deforming wildly, as if it was being turned into shavings by a plane.
Each weapon that struck left a huge gouge in the massive golem, every hit leaving a deep scar!
It was only the golem's massive size that was keeping it together.
Gilgamesh couldn't help but smirk coldly—did they really think this could stop him?
At this point, Rin Tohsaka clenched her fists tightly in nervousness, while Shirou Emiya was supporting Saber, whose magical energy had been overtaxed.
"Master, be careful, we won't be able to hold much longer."
Saber had first been pressured in her fight with Uncle B, then trapped by the Tree World Descent, and with Shirou not being able to provide much magical energy, she appeared somewhat weakened, but still forcibly positioned herself in front of Shirou.
And Shinji was already hiding behind Shirou.
Treya's face was also grave, and she urgently asked Mr. Men,
"Mr. Men, is there a way to block these attacks?"
Such attacks would be insurmountable even for Tao Yu with the strength of a World Breaker!
"I can only assist somewhat with support, and besides, it doesn't look like there will be a need for me to make a move."
Mr. Men's expression was remarkably calm.
Meanwhile, Hashirama Senju spoke with solemnity.
"Master, my next move might be quite significant; take care to protect yourselves."
Significant again?!
Everyone at the scene wore a strange look upon hearing this.
Previously, when you mentioned it, it was that Tree World Descent.
Now what do you plan to do?
Isn't this wood golem the size of a twenty-story building big enough?
Can it get bigger?
"Go ahead; we can take care of ourselves."
Tao Yu had a hunch as well.
While Hashirama Senju was releasing Wood Release, he continued to rely on Unity of Heaven and Man for perception.
Although Hashirama Senju was born from the magical energy of the Holy Grail, he still used a chakra model. Tao Yu didn't understand the principle; perhaps it was because there were remnants of the Divine Tree in his 'soul,' enabling him to form a massive amount of chakra.
After experiencing the perception of the two techniques, although he still didn't fully grasp the Wood Release, Tao Yu knew it was all about Hashirama's immense power and profound chakra.
Even if he could simulate Wood Release, he wouldn't be able to afford such extravagance.
Yet, even so, guessing what Hashirama Senju was about to do next, Tao Yu still braced himself and even reached out to touch Hashirama Senju's shoulder,
"I'm just a bit curious to see; don't worry about me."
Hashirama Senju didn't mind Tao Yu's action and simply nodded.
Before the wood golem was destroyed, he brought his hands together in prayer.
The ground nearby began to shake violently!
Even though they were no strangers to earthquakes in a seismic zone like Neon,
the first two techniques had already had a significant impact.
But compared to what was happening now, it was nothing!
"I think we should move farther away."
Mr. Men snapped his fingers, and all Masters, except for Tao Yu, were forcefully pulled back hundreds of meters, as if they were teleported away.
When they came to their senses and looked forward again,
a gigantic head, as large as the golem's, had already broken through the ground, continuing to endure the Rain of Noble Phantasms.
After that, a terrifying Buddha statue, matching the size of that giant head, rose from the Earth!
The area covered by the Tree World Descent was now entirely under the span of this Buddha statue.
A Buddha statue over five hundred meters tall emerged, which was truly terrifying to behold from an ordinary human's perspective.
The tallest building in the world was only eight hundred meters, and much slimmer!
Fuyuki City did not have many high-rises, and they were far smaller in comparison to the volume of this Buddha statue.
A colossal figure several times the size of a landmark building rising from the ground, viewed from a distance, made it seem as if a bulge had grown on Fuyuki City!
For Rin Tohsaka and the others, even being pulled back by Mr. Men hundreds of meters, it still felt as though the giant was right in front of them!
Sorcery Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, Top Transformed Buddha!
"You're too dangerous!"
Hashirama Senju, standing atop the Buddha's head, looked down at the equally dumbfounded, glistening Gilgamesh below and spoke with righteous indignation.
Then the Buddha, much like a thousand-handed Guanyin, spread its many hands open and began to cover Gilgamesh with a barrage of attacks...