"Hmph, if Berserker goes out to fight alone next time, I will never pay attention to you again."

Returning to the castle in the sea of ​​trees, the first thing Du En did was to appease Illya who was angry because he took action without permission.

Standing next to Illya, Du En clasped his hands together and made an apology gesture.

"I'm sorry, Illya. Please forgive me this time. I promise there won't be another time."

"Who knows if what you said is true, berserker, you big liar!"

"How about Illya using the command spell on me? Although if the scope is too wide, the effectiveness of the command spell will be reduced, but an order like 'notify the master before taking action' should be able to take effect, right?"

"No, I don't want to."

What Du En didn't expect was that Illya shook her head and rejected his proposal.

"Berserker won't betray me, right? It's enough to know this. I'm just afraid, afraid that Berserker will disappear suddenly..."

An inaudible voice sounded in Illya's mouth. If Duen hadn't had good hearing, he probably wouldn't have been able to hear it at all.

Illya was not worried about what Du En would do on his own initiative, she was just afraid that Du En would disappear suddenly and she would be alone again.

At least, in these last moments, she wanted someone to be by her side.

Knowing this, Du En rubbed her head like a father and said gently: "Don't worry, I will always be by Illya's side to protect her. This is my promise."

Hearing Du En's words, Illya nodded vigorously, and then remembered what she had planned to ask from the beginning.

"By the way, berserker, what happened to the servant you fought with in the end? Did you defeat him?"

Because Du En and Gilgamesh were too fast, Illya's familiar couldn't catch up, so she only knew that Du En and Gilgamesh fought, but she didn't know what happened in the end.

Du En did not hide this.

"That servant's real name is Gilgamesh, the oldest hero king in mankind. He is a very troublesome guy. When I was in the church, I lost four lives to his Noble Phantasm."

If Gilgamesh had taken out the Sword of Disobedience in time during the final confrontation with Doon, the outcome might have been completely different.

As a Noble Phantasm that can open up the world, the Sword of Oblivion has several liberation states, and attacking Duen in the church is only one of them.

If Gilgamesh is willing to use the treasure phantom in the treasure house to increase the power of the Sword of Disobedience, he might even be able to block the meteor shot by Duen, and he would not end up being directly seriously injured by Duen and dying.

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It's a pity that Gilgamesh's character is like this. Even if he regards Dun as his equal opponent, he will subconsciously despise him.

I'm afraid that in Gilgamesh's opinion, Duen, who has used several Noble Phantasms, will no longer have any means to directly attack him.

At least Hercules in myth and legend did not have an attack method that could penetrate all of his Noble Phantasm defenses.

Therefore, because of this carelessness, Gilgamesh was defeated.

He never thought that Du En not only possessed the abilities of Hercules, but also had the protection and treasure phantoms of another "great hero".

Through Honkai's ultimate blow, the attack unleashed by Duen was far superior to the two Noble Phantasms he used in the church and his first battle.

Not expecting this, he lost to Du En.

However, this is not a strange thing. In the eyes of this arrogant hero king, the only person in this world who can make him fight with all his strength is probably his best friend in life, the clay figurine created by the gods, Enkidu.

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"Gilgamesh, the oldest heroic king of mankind?"

The first time she heard this name, Illya murmured to herself that although she knew that there was such a servant in the Fourth Holy Grail War, Gilgamesh's true name was not revealed at that time.

It is estimated that the only person who can call Gilgamesh's name is Du En. The others don't know what Gilgamesh's real name is at all.

As a king, Gilgamesh didn't bother to mention his own name. In his opinion, if he didn't recognize someone, he wouldn't even be qualified to hear his name.

Illya also doesn't know how Gilgamesh has survived from the Fourth Holy Grail War to the present. Logically speaking, this is impossible.

Seeing the confusion in Illya's eyes, Du En smiled and comforted: "It's okay, Illya, although he is a strong enemy, I have defeated him and will no longer hinder us."

The biggest variable in the Fifth Holy Grail War is Gilgamesh. After Gilgamesh's death, the remaining enemies are not a problem.

The caster's Medea and the assassin's Sasaki Kojiro were defeated by him and will no longer be his enemy.

Although Lancer Cú Chulainn is a powerful enemy, under the control of Kotomine Kirei, it is difficult for him to achieve anything.

If the master were Bazett and became Kotomine Kirei's servant, Cu Chulainn's strength might not be as strong as when he fought him in Germany.

As for the archer summoned by Tohsaka Rin, who is also one of the three imperial families, after seeing the archer, Du En basically saw through his treasure phantoms and methods. The technique that can pose a threat will take a certain amount of time.

Chant, just finish him before the end of the chant.

Even if something happens and he is not stopped, it is basically impossible for the archers to defeat him because he is immune to weapons forged by humans (fur of the divine beast).

The only variable is that Rider and Saber did not appear. Although the memory of this Holy Grail War has almost been restored, Dune can basically guess the identities of the remaining two Rider Servants.

But because of his appearance, it is not impossible if something unexpected happens.

"Did you defeat that servant by berserker?"

Hearing Du En's words, Illya couldn't help but frown. She covered her chest with a trace of confusion in her eyes.

If a Servant is defeated, then as the Lesser Holy Grail, she should perform her duties as the Lesser Holy Grail.

However, nothing happened. Her heart, which was the core of the Little Holy Grail, did not contain the soul of any servant.

Generally speaking, as long as a servant is defeated, the soul of the servant will naturally be captured by her as the Little Holy Grail.

However, after Gilgamesh died, his soul was not absorbed by her.

Noticing Illya's doubts, Ligelit, who had been standing by to protect Illya, glanced at Dun with an emotionless look, but said nothing.

The reason why Illya failed to fulfill her obligations as the Lesser Holy Grail is of course due to Dun.

Through the huge magic power converted after one death, Doon directly projected the Little Holy Grail, took Gilgamesh's soul into it, and is still maintaining the stability of the Little Holy Grail to this day.

As long as Du En does not die, he will continue to transport magic power towards the Little Holy Grail he projected. As long as there is no problem with the Little Holy Grail he projected, Illya will naturally not have to fulfill her obligations as the Little Holy Grail.

The only ones who know all of this are Duen, Rigelit who is cooperating with Duen in researching the Small Holy Grail, and Einzbern's puppet terminal Ahad.

He had always thought that even if Dun had acquired the knowledge of the Lesser Holy Grail, it would be impossible for him to create the Lesser Holy Grail, so Ahad did not tell Illya about this.

Ligelit was specially asked by Du En, and as long as Illya didn't take the initiative to ask, she would not tell anyone.

Because in her judgment, everything Du En did was beneficial to Illya, and she had no reason to stop it.

Therefore, until now, Illya is still kept in the dark and has no idea what happened.

If Bazett knew that Illya was the Little Holy Grail, he might be able to guess something. Unfortunately, Bazett didn't have detailed information about Illya, so naturally he couldn't draw any useful conclusions.

In the end, Illya could only blame everything on the fact that Gilgamesh was not the heroic spirit summoned in this Holy Grail War, so he was not recognized by the system of the Holy Grail War.

After knowing this, Illya couldn't help but feel a little angry.

"In this case, wouldn't Berserker lose three lives in vain?"

Almost a week has passed since the battle in the church. Two of the four lives Du En lost in the church have been recovered with the help of Illya's huge magic power, but another one was lost in the battle with Gilgamesh.

So now there are only eight times that Dune can be revived.

However, for Du En, let alone losing three lives, even if he loses nine lives, as long as he can defeat Gilgamesh, it will be worth it.

After all, if that guy is serious, he is undoubtedly the strongest heroic spirit in this Holy Grail War.

Now that he only spent three lives to defeat him, Duen can be said to have made a lot of money.

As long as the remaining heroic spirits are careful, Du En doesn't think they can cause any danger.

In this way, after a day of training, on the night of February 2nd, Duen and Illya, who were staying in the castle, finally received the news that the seventh servant had been summoned.

"berserker, let's go!"

Illya jumped down from the chair, as if expecting something, and stretched out her hand to invite Du En.

"I am attentive to your instructions."

He answered Illya like a modest gentleman, but the aura emanating from Du En was as violent as a demon.

As if talking to himself, Du En whispered.

"Saber, could it be you, Artoria?"
Chapter completed!