Chapter 285 The Vain Hanging Gardens

Boom!

As the voice spoke, the building walls behind Lan Xi and Scathach suddenly shattered.

The next instant, a giant, nearly three meters tall, clad only in a beast-skin skirt, emerged from behind the broken wall like a barbarian.

His muscles were chiseled and defined, his eyes blood-red, and white mist constantly billowed from his mouth with each breath.

He needed to do nothing but stand there to exude an aura of ferocity.

Berserker!

Then...

The moment the Berserker broke through the wall, he raised his seemingly tattered axe and swept it forward with great force.

*Puff!*

There was no chance to react.

Lan Xi stood there, and his entire head tilted to the side, followed by...

*Thump!*

Lan Xi's head fell to the ground, rolling to the side.

His wide eyes stared blankly at the sky, a look of not resting in peace.

Soon, his headless body also fell to the ground. As his arms withered, the magic imprints began to disappear with Lan Xi's death.

Scathach's body started to fade.

Scathach silently lowered her spear and looked at Gilgamesh, saying, "It seems you have no chance to kill me. I still haven't found anyone who can kill me."

The moment Scathach spoke, her body became semi-transparent.

In the Holy Grail War, if a Servant died, the chosen one could still fight using their own power and wouldn't be directly eliminated.

However, if the chosen one died, it meant the end of their journey in the Holy Grail War.

The summoned Servant would disappear due to the death of their master.

Therefore, Scathach gave up on continuing the fight, as it was now meaningless.

Soon, Scathach's body completely vanished.

Only some red halos from the dissipating blood spears remained scattered around.

"Ah, ah, ah..." Watching Scathach disappear, Gilgamesh suddenly became enraged. Standing on the rooftop, he roared furiously at the ground below, "Bastard, who allowed you to interrupt my battle? Ant, you will pay the price for this!"

In Gilgamesh's eyes, the interrupted battle, his failure to kill Scathach, represented his defeat!

Failure to succeed meant defeat!

And for the King of Heroes, defeat was unacceptable, absolutely unacceptable!

Because this was the King of Heroes' pride!

Gilgamesh waved his hand forward, and the golden barrier behind him erupted with golden light.

In an instant, the golden barrier expanded several times, stretching out to both sides.

Then...

Circles of golden ripples appeared on the golden barrier.

Countless weapons emerged from the ripples, several times more numerous than before, so many that it made one's scalp tingle.

"Die, bastard!"

Gilgamesh roared in anger, and then those weapons began to rain down.

Boom, boom, boom!

As the weapons fell, continuous explosions echoed.

The weapons struck the ground, causing it to collapse immediately. Countless rubble fell and plunged into the underground sewers.

The weapons struck houses, instantly pulverizing them. The entire structure tilted and collapsed, turning into ruins, with large plumes of smoke and dust rising to form a mist.

Bai Ye waved his hand in front of him, clearing away the sand and dust.

A moment later, the swirling dust dispersed!

The buildings before them had completely collapsed, turning into piles of rubble.

The muscular man sat in front of the ruins, his head bowed, densely covered with weapons. Crimson blood flowed from his wounds, dyeing his body completely red.

He looked thoroughly dead!

Bai Ye couldn't help but glance at Gilgamesh. This guy seemed genuinely angry, striking with such a swift and fatal blow.

This was a Berserker!

Not an Assassin, not a Mage, but a Berserker!

But...

"Berserker, stand up!"

The crisp female voice sounded again, but no one appeared. Then...

"Ugh!"

A low, hoarse groan was heard.

The Berserker, who looked like he had breathed his last, let out a sound again. His body twitched, he opened his mouth, and exhaled two puffs of white mist.

The next instant, the Berserker reached out and grabbed the weapons embedded in his body, pulling them out one by one and tossing them aside.

"Noble Phantasm Twelve Trials grants the effect of bodily resurrection after death. The only way to kill someone with Twelve Trials is to kill them twelve times."

Gilgamesh looked down at him and said, "I know your name now, the legendary demigod, the son of Zeus who completed the Twelve Trials, Heracles!"

"Ha!"

Heracles gasped, pulled all the weapons from his body, then picked up his axe, swayed his body, and stood up again.

Gilgamesh sneered and casually waved his hand. From the golden barrier, countless weapons reappeared.

"It doesn't matter, I just need to kill you eleven more times," Gilgamesh said. "It's nothing more than the struggle of an ant wanting to live a little longer."

As Gilgamesh spoke, he was about to attack again.

Meanwhile, Bai Ye was carefully observing his surroundings.

Heracles was Gilgamesh's problem; Bai Ye didn't need to worry about him.

What Bai Ye wanted to do was find Berserker's Master!

The opponent was cunning, having Berserker appear to ambush and kill Lan Xi, and then engage in a fight with Gilgamesh, while they themselves remained hidden, unwilling to show themselves.

This strategy was easy to understand. A Servant's death didn't mean elimination, but the chosen one's death meant everything was over.

Therefore, the opponent prioritized their own safety, even if Heracles had to fight one-on-two, or even die once.

Bai Ye did not intend to let the opponent have their way and naturally wanted to find a way to expose them.

But at this moment...

A shadow suddenly appeared, casting itself over everyone's heads.

The surrounding space instantly turned pitch black.

Bai Ye showed a hint of surprise and then looked up sharply at the sky.

"A courtyard?"

In the sky, a gigantic courtyard appeared, slowly drifting through the air. Around the courtyard were twelve massive stone pillars, carved with deep red magic runes.

Gilgamesh frowned, "The Garden of Avalon?"

Suddenly, the moment Gilgamesh spoke...

One of the stone pillars floating around the courtyard flickered with a blood-red light, and then...

A blood-red beam of light shot down rapidly towards the ground.