"........."

Through the narrow window of the helicopter, I frowned and stared silently at the island scenery stretching out below.

Whether it is a forest or a village, the land that has been engulfed and eroded by the black mud has been completely wiped out of its original appearance and turned into a chaotic and deep swamp.

Such an unchanging sight has filled my field of vision ever since I boarded the helicopter.

Be it birds, beasts, or people, there is no sign of life in it, only the almost hopeless silence continues to spread.

"Cy, you don't have to—"

The Cave King stood aside and looked down at me. He was about to say something, but was preempted by another crisp voice:

"Hey. I said you, why are you crying? The battle hasn't started yet."

Zhongyuan Zhong also gave a few brief instructions to the driver, then turned around and walked towards us, glaring at me with half distaste and half helplessness.

"..."

Now that we're on the same plane as him, I realize again that this social mogul is so... well built, barely visible behind the Grotto King.If Hotaru (height 120cm) is present, the cave king's hat, Chuya's hat, and Hotaru's hat can probably just form a step-by-step step.

"Cough cough."

I pretentiously cleared my throat, trying to drive out the thought of impoliteness from my mind, "Sorry, I don't want to show an expression that affects morale. It's just that I'm worried about the victims on the island..."

"Even if you're worried, it's useless, isn't it?"

Zhong also twitched the corner of his mouth unceremoniously, and at the same time quickly approached me, leaning on the bulkhead with one hand and looking down neatly.

"Hey, the handwriting is really not small. Although you just said big words, but in the face of this battle, if you are not careful, you will die. 'Don't look forward and backward, see the enemy in front of you clearly'—— from the special agent department Elite civil servants, you don’t need me to remind you of this common sense, right? Huh?”

"..."

I quietly stared at the top of his hat that was at the same level as my eyes (slightly bent down), finally swallowed hard, and turned my attention to the tragedy in front of me.

"I understand. That's why I beg you not to linger, just go straight towards the Human Face Tree. But..."

"?what happened again?"

"In order to destroy the Human Face Tree, I must rely on the power of my companion, Artoria."

I gazed into the distance with a solemn expression, and secretly clenched my fists on my knees.

"I originally thought 'just call her along the way', but for some reason, I didn't find her on the way."

……

In fact, when we escaped from the castle, I passed by the King of Knights who single-handedly guarded the city gate and resisted the invasion of monsters.

"Arturia, let's—"

At that time, I also reached out to her in the same way.

But she confidently tells us that with a loyal and reliable steed, it will not be difficult for her to escape from the sea of ​​​​black mud.Before that, she wanted to go to the village to warn and rescue people, at least to free those detained women and have the ability to run away.

And with my trust in her, after entrusting this important task to her, I rushed to the beach first under the protection of the Cave King and the others, waiting for the rendezvous.

(Could it be that something happened to her on the way...)

(...It is also unlikely.)

That's the King of Knights holding the Holy Lance. Not only is she the Fate kanban girl, but she's one older than the kanban girl—no, a three-cup kanban girl.With all these ghosts and monsters on the island alone, even if Qianbabai came again, no matter how you think about it, it is impossible to get her.

That being the case, it was probably because of some unexpected situation that blocked her footsteps and prevented her from getting out in time.

— and, most likely, related to the victim she was trying to save.

If there's a weakness to the flawless King Arthur, perhaps it's "she's so nice."

"Troublesome..."

Seeing that the Cave King and Jeanne Alter had no idea about this, I couldn't help but gritted my teeth secretly.

"It's all because of these monsters and black mud. The island's breath and magic power are in chaos. The enemy and us are entangled. I can't feel the existence of Artoria and the others at all."

(In addition, this entire area of ​​Lahm that covers the sky and the sun is almost like locusts crossing the border, even the flames that erupted during the battle cannot be seen——)

"------"

wrong.

etc.Wait a moment.

——"Can't see"?

——How could it be invisible? ?

From another perspective, if Lahelm's density is so high that even the aftermath of Artoria's waving of the holy spear is enough to cover it, wouldn't it be very conspicuous in another sense? ? ?

"Mr. Chuya!"

As soon as I came back to my senses, I quickly turned my head: "I'm sorry, before rushing to the Human Face Tree, can you please look for the island 'Lahem'--that kind of strange-hunting monster like a man-spider hybrid. The place with the highest concentration?"

"Ah? That's no problem. Why, is the person you're looking for there?"

"Nine out of ten."

I nodded firmly.

"alright."

Nakaya didn't ask any more questions, just gestured at me casually, turned around again and walked towards the driver's seat.After just a few words, the poor driver's face was ashen, and his face was full of words "No, really want to make such a big death?", probably also emptied the SAN by the very Cthulhu-style Raheem value.

And just as I was about to sigh with emotion, "People in a mature society are reliable", I saw the Cave King step forward and put his hand on the bulkhead that Zhongye had just passed—but he leaned halfway, intentionally or unintentionally, with me. The distance between them got a little closer—then without any foreshadowing, he quickly said:

"In the northwest, Qian. Have you forgotten what we saw on the way here? The number of villagers is limited, and the victims in the village are only sporadic. If there is any place that can delay the Knight King, it is probably there."

"On the way...?"

I murmured and repeated, and immediately reacted at the same time as Joan Alter:

"Ah! By the way, it's there!!"

"?!where?"

Chuya was taken aback by us, "Speak directly, don't play tricks like Dazai. I heard that you have cooperated with him once, and you haven't contracted any problems, right?"

"No way. Alter kissed him and almost stuck him to the wall, and he couldn't even pick it off."

I had heard a little bit about Osamu Dazai's black history, and I immediately bypassed this grievance, and pointed to a mountain in the northwest that was completely surrounded by Lahemu:

"Mr. Chuya, look over there."

"What? You said who put Dazai on the wall. I must have a drink to celebrate such a good thing... Ahem! No, now is not the time to talk about these things. What's the matter, what's there?"

"..."

Although Chuya's sudden stop was very abrupt, I still pretended to be bewildered, and continued my topic:

"When we went deep into the island before, someone told us that on the hillside in that area, there was a facility where the leader used to detain women. There may be a large number of abducted women among them."

"In order to save them, I think Artoria may still be fighting."

"Prisoning a woman?"

Chuya frowned, "That's for human trafficking..."

"Part of it. The other part, it's for 'procreation.'"

With a cold and sober understanding of the status quo, I spoke slowly in a flat, narrative tone.

"The leader wants to use these women to give birth to a supernatural baby like me who can create thousands of horses for him. To that person, his own children are nothing more than a gun."

"..."

Probably because he had nothing to say about the shamelessness of this organization, Chuya said nothing with a gloomy face.

On the other side, although Jeanne Alter didn't turn her head, the slender fingertips hanging by her side moved slightly, vaguely as if she wanted to reach out to pull me—but before she made any further moves, the cave king's broad palm had already It covered the back of my hand first.

"........."

No one spoke.

Didn't even meet eyes.

For a few fleeting seconds, a quiet, but also reassuring silence, accompanied by the slowly passing body temperature, flowed silently in the small space between us.

Then I stretched out my other hand, hooked the fingertips of Joan Alter who had a face of "fucking men are big pigs", and shook it half jokingly and half comfortingly.

"……what?"

Jeanne rolled her eyes mercilessly:

"You mean 'I want it all'?"

I:"……"

— so terrible that I cannot even deny it! ! !

Just when I felt the fire was imminent again, the only helicopter pilot who stayed out of the matter concentrated on searching, and suddenly yelled loudly with panic:

"Look, on the mountain over there!! Where those monsters gather, there seems to be something glowing...?!!"

"?!!"

The Cave King and Joan of Arc raised their heads at the same time, leaned close to the window and looked around.The eyesight of the servants is far better than that of ordinary people, and they quickly found what we were looking for from the darkness of Raheem:

"Oh, isn't that Jin Yingying? He is still throwing props around extravagantly as before."

Joan's ridicule was not so much bitter as it was a bit sour.

The Cave King added calmly:

"Beside him is... Enkidu, and the goddess Ishtar. This is really a rare sight, the three of them fighting side by side."

"No, the scene is not that harmonious at all. It's not so much that they are 'fighting side by side'..."

Joan Alter frowned with a headache on her face:

"Don't you think Enkidu and Ishtar are - are - throwing Raheem's body at each other???"

"..."

For such an expected development, I covered my face with all my strength.After hearing this sentence, the driver fell into a state of madness and fell into SAN again, and was desperately expressing "brother, I want to go home" with facial expressions.

However, Zhong Ye did not change his face, and set an example to explain what is meant by "No, you don't want to", like a killer without emotion:

"Don't be afraid, if it's a man from the mafia, just drive forward."

Driver: "...I'm sorry, is it too late for me to change my career and become an idol?"

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