Hades stepped forward, cupping the dust that Dracula had turned into, a flicker of light shining in his eyes as he spoke: "Vlad III, a monarch who was inexplicably crowned with the name of Count Dracula the vampire because of his descendants..."
"What a truly sentimental and pitiful person."
Then, Hades gripped his hand tightly, and the pale hellfire in his palm ignited. The dust gradually transformed into three heroic spirit cards, the most heroic spirit cards Hades had ever obtained from a single Heroic Spirit.
They were two Lancer cards and one Berserker card. Vlad III was both Lancer and Berserker. On the front of the remaining Lancer card was a man with disheveled long white hair, wearing spiked iron armor and a tattered red cloak, with blood-red eyes and a wild stubbled beard, stretching out his hands in the middle of a fiery battlefield.
This Lancer heroic spirit card was Vlad III [EXTRA]. It seemed that because they were both Vlad III, he had come along with the other Vlad III.
"Lord Hades (Saber/Hades)!!" At this moment, the remaining Servants of the Black Faction, along with Mordred, Kairi Shishigami, Jeanne d'Arc, Sieg, and the Twin Gods all arrived one after another. Seeing that everyone was there, Hades turned around and said:
"Alright, it's time to go. Now the combat power of the Red Faction is only that priest. Caster and Assassin can no longer fight." Hades turned around and gave orders to the people behind him.
Afterward, everyone followed Hades to a large gate. A thick iron door blocked their path.
Swish—!!!
Hades swung his sword, and the heavy iron door was sliced into pieces of equal size in an instant. The scene inside was just like the legendary road of pilgrimage, with only one path across a massive pond. In the center of the pond, the greater grail floated high above, shining like light from the eyes of a god onto the road ahead. Kotomine Shiro was kneeling on one knee in that light, hands pressed together in prayer.
"I didn't expect that even with the power of the greater grail, I wouldn't be able to stop you, Lord Hades, King of the Underworld." Kotomine Shiro stood up slowly from his prayer, taking out three Black Keys in each hand, ready to fight.
Hades stepped forward, holding the Hades Sword, and said, "Take off that black Holy Church attire and red vestment. Ruler, summoned by the Einzbern family in the Third Holy Grail War, the pseudo-saint of the Far East, Amakusa Shirou Tokisada—reveal your true form."
"As expected, I still can't hide from Hades, the brother of the omniscient and omnipotent Great God Zeus."
Kotomine Shiro said with a smile. Then, a spiritual light flashed on his body, and his clothes changed into traditional Japanese attire: a black samurai outfit and a white haori. His short white hair also turned into a white ponytail, and he held a samurai sword named Tachi: Miike Denta.
This was his true form as a Servant. Ruler Amakusa Shirou Tokisada appeared in the Holy Grail War once again.
When Sieg saw Amakusa Shirou Tokisada, his hands, which had turned into dragon claws, clenched tightly. A pattern of dragon flames flashed in his eyes, and there seemed to be an unstoppable scream in his heart.
It was he who started this war, causing the Deaths of countless of his brothers and sisters. At the thought of this, images of his fellow Homunculus companions in the Millennia Fortress—with severed limbs, injured for various reasons, and dying—kept flashing in Sieg's mind.
Although they were originally manufactured as consumables for this Holy Grail War, they were indeed living beings. Because so many homunculi died for the sake of competing for the Holy Grail, Sieg still couldn't understand: were their lives not lives? However, Hades had stepped in to help. Seeing these homunculi as pitiful beings who were born to be victims of war, he had reincarnated the deceased homunculi as residents of Elysium, allowing them to live a life unrelated to war there, and endowing them with certain emotions and knowledge.
This made Sieg want to understand humans and this world even more, but he could not accept Amakusa Shirou Tokisada's methods.
Although some people in this world like Darnic were beyond saving, there were still kind people like Fiore and Caules. Moreover, he liked this world. He had once visited a village while out, where the people were hospitable. Their warmth and sincerity made Sieg, who was lacking in his soul, fall in love with it instantly.
If Amakusa Shirou Tokisada wished to the greater grail for the salvation of all mankind, he would absolutely not allow it to happen.
"Roar—!!!" Sieg let out a great roar. Dragon wings appeared on his back, and his hands and feet turned into earthy-yellow dragon claws. His entire body was covered in earthy-yellow dragon-scale armor, and his head was adorned with a single-horned dragon-head helmet. He looked like a Kamen Rider wearing dragon armor, with a blade equipped on his left hand and a shield on his right.
"Aaaah—!!" Sieg shouted at the top of his lungs, swinging the sword and shield on his wrists to attack Amakusa Shirou Tokisada.
Amakusa Shirou Tokisada quickly raised the Tachi: Miike Denta, which had been strengthened into a C-rank Noble Phantasm by Shakespeare, to block. The dragon blade and the Tachi: Miike Denta clashed, and the resulting sparks illuminated both their faces.
Jeanne d'Arc looked at Sieg's appearance, turned to Hades in shock and confusion, and said, "Lord Hades!! What is going on with his appearance?!"
"Dragonification. It releases the dragon power residing in the body to its limit, covering the body like armor. I didn't expect Sieg to be able to withstand such powerful dragon power. However, given his current physical capacity, he'll have to lie down for half a month to recover after using it. Just leave this to Sieg; we just need to clean up this garden afterward," Hades said to Sieg, who was attacking vigorously.
Hearing this, Mordred had a smile on her face. She tapped her sword against the armor on her shoulder, making a clanging sound, and said, "That Homunculus is doing pretty well, isn't he?"
"Roar—!!" Sieg's dragon roar turned into a sonic cannon, sweeping toward Amakusa Shirou Tokisada.
Amakusa Shirou Tokisada ran in the opposite direction to dodge, looking for an opportunity to swing his sword again, but Sieg raised his hand and blocked the strike with his shield.
Amakusa Shirou Tokisada looked at Sieg's dragon head and said with a smile, "I didn't expect that you could actually exert the power of the Dragon Kind to such an extent."
"Don't you dare think about destroying this world!!" Sieg swung his shield with all his might, knocking Amakusa Shirou Tokisada flying.
Hearing Sieg's words, Amakusa Shirou Tokisada lunged forward with his feet, swinging his sword several times in succession, all of which struck Sieg's dragon-scale breastplate. At the same time, he said to Sieg:
"Destroy the world? My wish is to save this world, so that its people may obtain eternal life!!"
"But don't you know that this wish will lead to the collapse of the world in the future!!" Sieg shouted loudly, throwing a dragon punch that hit Amakusa Shirou Tokisada in the abdomen. The powerful arm strength sent him flying backward.
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