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Chapter 8

Seeing Lancer disappearing with a satisfying smile on his face has brought some satisfaction to Saber.

Having a duel to the death with one of the most renowned Heroes from Ireland, was one of the bright points of this grail war to her.

As the Servant of Spear disappeared King of Knights felt how her wounds started to heal.

'Finally… I will be able to use Excalibur.' With her main Noble Phantasm back Saber had some confidence that she CAN do something against monsters like King of Heroes or King of Conquerors.

Still, she has no idea what King of Heroes has in his vault, the Epic of Gilgamesh she had read doesn't tell much about the vault.

All she knows is that he has the Chains of Heaven, which can tie up anyone with divinity, making even God's incapable of doing anything against him.

'No, even people without Divinity can be tied up, he only needed a moment to tie up Lancelot.'

For now, she decided not to think about remaining Servants and focus on recovering her strength.

"Wonderfully done Saber." She snapped out and turned around.

King of Knights eyes widened seeing HER MASTER caught in Chains of Heaven!

"...Archer what is the meaning of this!" The King of Britain pointed her sword at the Mesopotamian King.

"Oh, relax won't you? Always so serious and stiff. Your Master was snooping around here and was thinking of assassinating Lancer's Master before you could finish your duel." As he said King of Heroes casually motioned with hand release the chains.

And just like that Emiya Kiritsugu was dropped on the ground.

King of Heroes, then lifted his hand and above his palm, a portal opened and a small pot dropped.

"Here, eat what is inside of this pot, it will rapidly heal your wounds." He handed the pot to the very confused Servant of Sword.

"Why… you helping me like that? We are still enemies." Saber didn't know what to say… nonetheless she took the pot.

*Snort*

"Saber...when did I say that we are enemies?" Gilgamesh asked with raised eyebrow.

Saber frowned for a second she wanted to say the obvious… Servants...battle royale… but, then she remembered how Archer only killed Berserker because the Servant of Madness attacked him, then he killed Caster because the mad Servant was kidnapping children.

Then the obvious upcoming battle between Rider and Archer but that's more like… ego battle…

"You...never saw me as an enemy?" She asked with wide eyes.

"Do you believe I will follow rules set by some magus or cup which already is mine? Saber… by now you should know very well, that the King is the one who decides the rules, the laws." King of Heroes said with an obvious tone.

There was so much confidence in his tone, the amount of belief he had in what he said that Saber believed that very much.

Some sweat started pouring down from her forehead.

'This Servant… he is on a completely different level… did his Master even know what kind of beast did he summoned?

"I see… I should have known… you operating on completely different ideology altogether…" Saber shook her head and opened the pot.

By this point she lowered her guard around Archer, she finally have some idea what is going in the King of Heroes head.

And her Master? Emiya Kiritsugu already made his retreat.

King of Heroes made it personal for the Magus Killer, the man only cares about getting rid of Archer's Master and making this monster disappear without anchor.

Pity that King of Heroes is ten steps… no, more like owns the game by this point...

No matter what Emiya Kiritsugu does it's completely pointless.

Once Saber saw the content of the pot it was some sort of root.

"I know… it doesn't look much, but it does its job, Chinese are famous for these, just eat it and try forgetting that you eating some sort of root." Gilgamesh motioned with his hand to get over it.

"...if you say so."

Slowly she took a bite, expecting it to taste like some dirt, but to her relief, it only tasted like some sort of salad.

Feeling that it's not bad, she quickly consumed the whole thing and her wounds rapidly closed and she felt invigorated.

"Is it fine for me to eat such treasure?" She asked him while inspecting herself.

She felt like she was just summoned and at peak condition.

"Not at all, I have several thousands of these in my treasury all you ate is root of true healing, according to the legend it can heal any disease, any wound." King of Heroes said with a shrug.

"One of lesser treasures I have related to healing."

Saber's eyebrow twitched hearing that…

'A lesser treasure which can heal any wound or disease? What kind of nonsense is that? What then can a true treasure related to healing do?'

She shook her head and decided not to think what kind of things are stashed in his vault.

"Where is Rider? I thought he was with you here to observe the duel?" The King of Knights asked him curiously as she can't sense King of Conquerors prana signature.

"He left the moment the duel was over, he told me that he will prepare for the battle as much as he can with resources he has."

King of Heroes said with a very casual tone about his upcoming deathmatch against fellow King.

"You don't look concerned or very much interested in your upcoming match, Archer." The blonde King of Britain asked him with a curious look.

"Because I am not, while Rider's Noble Phantasm is impressive, and probably most amazing Anti-Army Noble Phantasm I have ever seen so far, it's not a threat. Never was, never will be, unless he has some Demi-gods hidden in that army.

Saber… as I said to Tokiomi, I will say the same thing to you, at the end of the day, King of Conquerors is nothing more but a human with a human army." He explained to her as he turned around and started walking away.

Moments later a large portal opened under his feet and a golden throne came out of the ground.

The Golden Hero took his seat.

Moments later Saber saw what came out of the portal.

She has read the legend of this…

"Vimana...The Throne of Heaven soaring King…" She said with wide eyes.

'He has this in his vault? How is one supposed to fight him if he is using this thing? A vessel which defies all laws of world…' She thought with sweat rolling down her forehead.

"Saber I will see you soon…" Gilgamesh said to her with a smile before tapping with his hand at the throne armrest.

And just like that, he flew away with speed faster than any machine of this time.

Once he was gone Saber looked at the ground, connecting several dots what he just said to her.

If she is to believe his words then it means that there is no competition between King of Conquerors and King of Heroes.

While Saber believes that she might be able to defeat Iskandar as the way she is right now.

With a fully functioning right hand she can utilise her Sword to the full extent.

But, it should be a close battle.

If so then she can draw some lines where she stands against King of Heroes.

'There is no competition…'

Saber frowned while thinking of that.

'At the end of the day, King of Conquerors is nothing more but a human with a human army.' Remembering what he said to her.

She remembered that Gilgamesh is ⅔ God, and possibly has some crazy Noble Phantasm benefiting that status…

That's not mentioning his vault…

'No matter what, I won't going to just give up without a fight.' The King of Knights thought seriously.

She remember what the fellow blonde King said to her not taking pride in her status. Well, she might take his advice and start taking some pride in this.

~~~~~~Tommorow~~~~~~

The fight between Rider and Archer was about to commence.

Archer was sitting on his golden throne in the middle of the red bridge of Fuyuki.

He was waiting for Rider to arrive, his prana signature was leaking, like a beacon showing where he is.

Gilgamesh opened his eyes and looked some distance away.

He can feel Saber looking at him from the side of the river.

'It would appear she is curious how this is going to end.' He smile before looking forward, he saw Rider with his Master arrive

The Golden Hero got up from his throne and walked to greet Rider.

"Here it is King of Heroes, you have no idea how much I was waiting to face you in battle." The Macedonian King said with a grin on his face.

"Good to hear that you are in high spirits. And your Prana reserves are adequate…" Gilgamesh summoned a jar with some wine and two cups.

He handed one to Rider and took one for himself, and filled up with the wine.

"Indeed! Nonetheless, King of Heroes. Can you imagine my army with your weapons!? We could conquer the stars themselves!" Once more Rider still tried to recruit to his army.

"Hahaha! As amusing as ever! I will miss your theatrics King of Conquerors!" The Golden King of Mesopotamia shook his head while laughing.

"Sad to say, that it's impossible. This World can only have one King. Not two. Know this Iskandar King of Conquerors, I won't be going easy on you. I will show you the gap which you still need to cross if you wish to be at my level.

There is a reason why I am King of Heroes and a King who ruled the known world at my time." Gilgamesh said that very seriously before he drank the wine from the cup.

"Good! I expect nothing less! And I will show why I am known King of Conquerors!" Iskandar finished his cup before throwing it up, same with Golden Hero, once they say their piece they turned around and returned to their positions.

Gilgamesh was sitting on his throne while Rider was back in his chariot.

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"Rider… Archer is sitting on his throne… how is he going to fight!?" Waver asked with a confused face.

Iskandar didn't say anything he just narrowed his eyes and activated his Noble Phantasm Ionioi Hetairoi.

Moments later the surroundings were consumed in bright white light and when Waver opened his eyes they were back in the desert where the Alexander the Great army was waiting.

"My brave men! Today is a great day for battle as we will be fighting one of the Greatest Hero in the known world! Gilgamesh the King of Heroes is our opponent!"

The whole army roared with excitement as they looked forward, where the golden armoured man sitting on his throne.

"Charge! Show him our might!" Rider pointed with his sword to charge.

Moments later everyone was charging at the Mesopotamian King.

All the saw from Gilgamesh is that he lifted his head and motioned with his chin.

That moment a massive portal opened behind the Golden King.

The Portal was growing in size until it was like a massive wall of gold.

Before long weapons of all shapes and sizes started to come out from this portal.

"H-How big is that sword!? Can anyone even use that in battle!?" Waver asked Rider with wide eyes as he saw an enormous selection of weapons of all shapes and sizes.

Some of them are giant like swords which could only be carried by giants!

Not even one was a duplicate! All of them are pristine and beautiful even ceremonial looking.

Before long the weapons pointed at the army and started to glow.

"Everyone scatter! Don't form close formations!!!"

"...Rider… oh God… look at the sky!!!" Waver pointed at the sky.

Iskandar's eyes went wide as well, as he saw portals open in the sky too!

Before long weapons started raining from the sky and front.

…

…

The Macedonian King had some luck in dodging the rain of weaponry which descended upon his army.

But his army? They weren't that lucky, in a single burst shot from the Gate of Babylon more than half was erased.

And his Reality Marble started crumbling…

Just like that Gilgamesh has shown the gap between them!