In a desolate world devoid of life, Lu Minghao, having returned to his human form, slowly descended upon the barren earth, though his once handsome face was visibly rounder.
“Master.”
At that moment, You Sha, leading You Li, approached Lu Minghao. Their bodies were also noticeably plumper, especially You Sha, whose lower abdomen bulged high, resembling a woman ten months pregnant.
Just now, after realizing that he couldn't devour the entire world in one go, Lu Minghao generously allowed his affiliated creatures to partake, eating as much as they could. Lana Princess and You Sha were relatively restrained.
You Li, the glutton, was like a hungry ghost reincarnated. If You Sha hadn't stopped her at the end, she probably would have kept stuffing her face, completely disregarding the possibility of eating herself to death.
“This world will be entrusted to you from now on.”
Lu Minghao looked at the You Sha sisters before him, as well as Lana Princess, who was amusing herself with the little dog Kleiman not far away. Now, this world had lost its usefulness to Lu Minghao. Originally, according to his plan,
he intended to devour his affiliated creatures along with the world. However, he didn't expect that he couldn't consume the entire world, so Lu Minghao didn't mind sparing his affiliated creatures.
He would also hand over this world to them completely.
Although the entire world seemed to have returned to normal, in reality, it was still a world thoroughly eroded and distorted by Lu Minghao. In the future, when Lu Minghao grew strong enough to swallow a complete world,
as long as he returned to this world, he could turn it back into soup with a single thought, making it nourishment for his growth.
“Master, are you leaving?”
You Sha raised her head, looking at Lu Minghao with a hint of reluctance in her eyes. You Sha had long known that her master wasn't a lifeform of this world. After all, You Sha had never forgotten the scene when Lu Minghao suddenly appeared and saved her and her sister from being tortured to near death by that nobleman.
“Yes.”
Lu Minghao looked at You Sha before him and nodded with a smile. Anyway, he really couldn't eat any more. The remaining world had lost its value to him, so he might as well head to the next world.
Perhaps, in a brand new world, Lu Minghao would obtain brand new nourishment. Moreover, Lu Minghao would also awaken a brand new talent upon arriving in the new world.
“I understand. You Li and I will wait for Master's return.”
After a few seconds of silence, You Sha took a few steps back and gently lifted the corners of her skirt, addressing Lu Minghao with utmost elegance. At this moment, You Sha was like a true maid bidding farewell to her master who was about to leave, and would offer the best dinner upon his return.
“Me… Me too!”
Aside, You Li, who was so full that she could barely speak, also hurriedly raised her small hand and hopped around in front of Lu Minghao, indicating that she was the same as her sister.
Not far away, Lana Princess sat on her little dog, waving at Lu Minghao. Further away, Zesshi Zetsumei, still within the giant embryo, seemed to have sensed something. Giant tentacles began to wave on the embryo, seemingly bidding farewell to the master who had completely changed her life.
“Hmph!”
Looking at the affiliated creatures bidding farewell to him, a smile couldn't help but appear on the corner of Lu Minghao's lips. Then, he looked at his talent panel. The world origin needed to traverse to the next world had long been filled.
“Then, farewell.”
As soon as the words fell, Lu Minghao's body disappeared from the spot. At the same time, the desolate world began to shake. Centered on the spot where Lu Minghao left, emerald green light lit up and rapidly spread towards the entire world.
In the blink of an eye, the originally barren earth had turned into a lush green expanse. Flowers of various colors bloomed in competition, and a large number of magical beasts and animals roamed freely in the distance. Further away, cities stood tall, and countless humans lived within them.
Everything seemed so harmonious, but whenever magical beasts began to hunt, when crimson tentacles stretched out from their ferocious mouths… the essence of this world was exposed. This was a world that gathered madness, distortion, and was forged from original sin.
“He left.”
“Yes, he left.”
“Sister, what should we do now?”
“Let's go home together and wait for Master to return.”
After speaking, You Sha took her sister You Li's hand and walked towards the direction where the kingdom originally was. They would return to the location of the manor in the former royal capital, waiting for the day their master returned.
And Lana Princess, who remained in place, silently watched the You Sha sisters leave, then looked at Kleiman under her, smiled slightly, and walked towards the human city in the distance. Being a queen before her master returned seemed like a good choice.
As for Zesshi Zetsumei, she was still gestating her and the world's child, waiting for her birth.
............
“Let's make a deal!”
“A deal?”
Inside a pure white space, Lu Minghao, who had just finished traversing, raised his head and curiously looked around. When he first arrived in this world, Lu Minghao didn't even have time to see where he was before he was pulled into this pure white space.
“Yes, a deal, person with sin!”
“Interesting!”
In the next second, a stream of information flowed into Lu Minghao's mind. At this moment, he understood what world he had come to, and also knew what the so-called deal was.
“Then, the deal is struck.”
........
“Let silver and iron be the essence.”
“Let stone and the Archduke of Contracts be the foundation.”
“Let my great teacher, Schweinorg, be the ancestor.”
“Let the gate be shut to all four directions.”
“From the crown proceed, and circulate to the crossroads to the Kingdom.”
“Heed, heed, heed, heed, heed.”
“Repeat each time.”
“However, when filled, then shall it be abandoned.”
“I announce, your self is under my command, my fate rests in your sword.”
“If you heed the Grail's call and obey my will and reason, then answer!”
“Here I swear.”
“I am the one who achieves all the good deeds in the world.”
“I am the one who eradicates all the evils in the world.”
“You, who are clad in the Three Great Words of Power, descend here from the Circle of Restraint.”
“Guardian of the Scales!”
In a basement filled with clutter, a girl with pigtails, wearing a red top and a black skirt, was chanting incantations. On the ground in front of the girl, a magic circle emitted a crimson red light as she chanted.
Crack… Bang!
In the next second, the light within the magic circle transformed into bolts of crimson lightning, followed by an explosion throughout the room. Caught off guard, the young boy was directly sent flying and crashed heavily to the ground.
“I accept your oath in the name of Caster. Are you my Master?”
In the dilapidated basement, Lu Minghao, who had descended in spirit form, nonchalantly recited his lines while surveying the surroundings. He felt a strange sense of familiarity, until he saw the girl lying on the ground not far away, looking at him in disbelief.
Lu Minghao finally understood why it felt so familiar. Wasn't this where Tohsaka Rin summoned Archer?
"Looks like my gacha luck is as bad as ever."
Looking at Tohsaka Rin, Lu Minghao shook his head helplessly. Although he didn't know why Tohsaka Rin summoned him instead of Archer, he had to admit that Tohsaka Rin was the least suitable Master for him besides Emiya Shirou.
After all, with a more ruthless Master, coupled with Lu Minghao's abilities, he could completely wipe out the entire Holy Grail War in one night. Moreover, in the process, Lu Minghao could even use his Master as a meal.
But the problem was that Tohsaka Rin wouldn't do. Although she said that the Holy Grail War required unscrupulous methods, she would ultimately be soft-hearted.
Lu Minghao was afraid that as soon as he started a killing spree, Tohsaka Rin would directly use Command Spells to restrict him. Although Lu Minghao wasn't descending in his true form, but as a Heroic Spirit, the restriction of Command Spells wouldn't be too great, but it would still have some impact.
After all, as a trade, Lu Minghao's main body was still in that pure white space, only descending as a magus, his strength was at most at the level of a top-tier Heroic Spirit. If Tohsaka Rin gave him a Command Spell restriction in the middle of a battle, he would probably die on the spot.
'Should I kill her and find another Master?'
In the next second, Lu Minghao looked at Tohsaka Rin with killing intent in his eyes, considering whether he should change Masters. Anyway, all he needed was a tool-like Master to serve as a descent anchor. He didn't even need the Master to provide magical power.
After killing Tohsaka Rin, he could just grab someone on the street to be his Master, and then turn them into an idiot, allowing himself to manipulate them.
"I declare with a Command Spell, following the rules of the Holy Grail, to the person before me, to my Servant, I command you, you are absolutely forbidden to use any means to harm me!"
Just then, Tohsaka Rin, who was slumped on the ground, immediately raised her hand and began to swear with a Command Spell, directly ordering Lu Minghao not to harm her in any way. After all, in that instant, Tohsaka Rin clearly sensed Lu Minghao's killing intent.
At that moment, Tohsaka Rin even saw the scene of her own death, and instantly understood that the Heroic Spirit she had summoned actually intended to kill her, which was why Tohsaka Rin chose to use a Command Spell without hesitation.
"Tch! I was noticed."
Sensing that his body was bound by the Command Spell, Lu Minghao clicked his tongue in annoyance, regretting that he hadn't killed Tohsaka Rin immediately because of the novelty of being summoned as a Heroic Spirit for the first time.
"Were you really planning to kill me just now?"
Across from him, Tohsaka Rin, who had finished declaring the Command Spell, walked up to Lu Minghao aggressively, placing her hands on her hips and questioning him.
"How could that be? How could I want to kill my own Master? I was just joking with you."
Facing Tohsaka Rin's questioning, Lu Minghao, with a straight face, waved his hand with a smile, indicating that it was all Tohsaka Rin's illusion. He was the best Servant, how could he want to kill his own Master?
"Really?"
Tohsaka Rin looked at Lu Minghao's handsome face, as beautiful as a god, and his approachable smile, and couldn't believe that this guy was the one who had just exuded terrifying killing intent and intended to kill her.
"Really, really, I was just joking."
Lu Minghao nodded vigorously, indicating that he was really just joking. But in reality, he was now restricted by the Command Spell and couldn't kill Tohsaka Rin, so he had to put the previous idea aside.
Anyway, his deal with Gaia wasn't for the so-called Holy Grail, and the Holy Grail contained the 'evil' of this world, which was a collection of all the people in the world.
What he had to do was just wait for the final moment when the Holy Grail appeared, and then use the descended body as a coordinate to allow his main body to completely devour this evil. Lu Minghao certainly had no problem with this deal, after all, his current strength couldn't resist Gaia's consciousness.
Being able to gain benefits in this world was enough. It just so happened that this evil was a disgusting and irremovable tumor for Gaia's consciousness, and Lu Minghao needed this thing, so the deal was naturally reached.
"Is... is that so?"
Looking at Lu Minghao in front of her, Tohsaka Rin began to hesitate. She remembered Lu Minghao's killing intent clearly, but she needed the Heroic Spirit in front of her to help her win the Holy Grail War, and now there was the restriction of the Command Spell.
Therefore, Tohsaka Rin also chose to selectively forget what had happened before. After all, some things were better left unsaid.
"By the way, you said you were a Caster before?"
"Yeah, what's the problem?"
"No, that's not right at all. I clearly summoned a Saber, why is it a Caster."
After hearing that Lu Minghao's class was Caster, Tohsaka Rin couldn't care less about what had happened before, biting her thumb and muttering anxiously, until she saw the clock on the wall and remembered that her clock was an hour ahead of the correct time.
"Forget it, what's your name? Where are you from, Heroic Spirit?"
After realizing that she had made a mistake in summoning time, Tohsaka Rin, in self-abandonment, looked at the unknown Heroic Spirit Lu Minghao and asked.
"This, my name is Lu Minghao, as for where I'm from, Heroic Spirit... Well, just think of me as a Demon King."
Facing Tohsaka Rin's question, Lu Minghao thought for a moment and said indifferently, after all, he wasn't wrong, he was indeed a Demon King, but not a Demon King from this world.
"Demon King! Looks like I drew the strongest card!"
Hearing that Lu Minghao was a Demon King, Tohsaka Rin's eyes lit up. Everyone knew that Demon King was synonymous with power, and her Heroic Spirit was actually a Demon King, wouldn't that mean she had summoned the strongest Heroic Spirit in this Holy Grail War?
"Isn't that a matter of course?"
Facing Tohsaka Rin's praise, Lu Minghao unceremoniously accepted it. Although his strength was now limited by most of it due to being a descended body, he still possessed the attributes and strength of a top-tier Heroic Spirit.
"Well, then I'll leave the rest to you, I'm going back to sleep."
Across from him, Tohsaka Rin looked at Lu Minghao's unceremonious appearance, nodded perfunctorily and then yawned. Tonight, she had been holding back her sleepiness to summon a Heroic Spirit.
Now, after successfully summoning, she couldn't hold on any longer, turned around and planned to go upstairs to sleep, and by the way, asked Lu Minghao to clean up the messy basement before leaving.
