Time passed quickly until night fell.
Although there were many activities on the beach at night as well, no matter how much entertainment there was, after twelve o'clock at night, people would not continue to linger outside.
And after confirming that there was no one on the beach.
In a piece of land by the beach, inside the temporary construction site that had been built, a series of dull buzzing sounds continued to be heard at this moment, as if something inside was wailing and screaming, sounding very strange.
And in reality—
Following behind Naoki, watching the ground in front of them split open on its own like an automatic door, Rin and Luvia, even though they already knew that Naoki was a monster, couldn't help but be slightly stunned now.
[You guys digging little by little like this is too slow, not even as fast as me, let me do it]
Previously, when they heard Naoki say that, the two of them thought he would punch the ground with his bare hands or dig a tunnel with his bare hands. After all, in their memory, Naoki's most boastful point was undoubtedly his destructive power.
But they didn't expect it to be like the situation now.
"Directly calling the elements into one's own body, materializing absolute control over the four elements... if publicized, it should be able to become a Magecraft that changes the order of the twelve existing disciplines." Luvia massaged her forehead, "No wonder someone the Grand Master brought from a parallel world, his mastery of Magecraft is truly terrifying."
"I only have this one Summoning Magecraft that I can rely on. Actually, I only just passed all the basic courses a few months ago, and becoming a Festival was also just recently before coming here."
"Meaning... you directly became a Festival after graduating?!"
"Not exactly directly." Naoki laughed, "By the way, how deep does this need to be dug? Directly dig down a thousand meters underground?"
"No, with the current progress, maybe two more minutes will be enough." Rin thought for a moment and then replied, "By the way, this time, are you really okay?"
That rather strange question made Naoki stunned for a moment: "What do you mean?"
"About the eighth Class Card."
"Ah, that one, why are you still asking such a question now? I told you I'll take it back, you don't need to worry about it."
Naoki waved his hand casually, but it was precisely his casual attitude that made Rin unable to help raise her voice slightly: "Do you really understand what you're going to face? Even if it's just a simple numerical calculation, the power of the Servant materialized by the eighth Class Card... might be several times stronger than Berserker!"
The Mage Association discovered the existence of the Class Cards more than a month ago. The number discovered at that time was seven cards, which were the seven cards that Naoki had previously retrieved one by one. Because the time of discovery and the time of retrieval were not too far apart, the Class Cards did not absorb enough Mana from the ley lines, so the power of the materialized Shadow Servants was not strong.
But the eighth Class Card was different.
The eighth Class Card was not only located underground, but also located on one of the main ley line pathways of Fuyuki City, so even the Mage Association could not detect it. It was only discovered by Rin two days ago.
The more Mana a Class Card absorbed, the stronger the power of the materialized Shadow Servant. And the eighth Class Card had absorbed Mana for at least a month now, and it was on the main pathway of Fuyuki's richest Mana ley line. In fact, because it absorbed too much Mana, the ley line had even experienced problems.
How strong the power of the materialized Shadow Servant would be, at least Rin couldn't imagine it at all. Saying it was several times stronger than Berserker was just her intuition.
Naoki was very strong, that was without a doubt, but even he, facing a Shadow Servant whose power reached an unknown limit, could he still achieve a complete victory as before?
His advancing footsteps suddenly stopped. Naoki put both hands in his trouser pockets and turned around. His two blue eyes, the Soul Eater Mystic Eyes, stared at Rin.
Suddenly being stared at like that, Rin couldn't help her cheeks flushing slightly and looked away: "W-what, suddenly staring at me?"
"It's nothing, just feeling that you worrying for no reason is quite interesting."
"You... do you know why I'm worried?"
"I told you there's no need to worry. Regarding the Class Cards, I know far more than you. Don't forget I have knowledge from the Root. I've known who the enemy is for a long time." Naoki turned back and walked forward again, "The oldest hero of mankind, Gilgamesh, stores the prototypes of all Noble Phantasms in the world, the true strongest King of Heroes, possessing the power to compete for the position of Grand Servant among all Heroic Spirits."
"If it's a one-on-one fight, there's no opponent more troublesome than him. After all, no matter what move I unleash, he can bring out a Noble Phantasm that neutralizes my ability, not to mention that sword that splits the heavens and the earth."
Naoki casually spoke about the enemy they would face, and hearing his explanation, Rin and Luvia both showed expressions of fear.
Gilgamesh.
The name of the oldest King of Heroes, they still knew. Just as Naoki said, that person could be said to be the strongest Servant.
"But I will win."
The confident words that came from the front made Rin and Luvia unable to help but be stunned for a moment.
The enemy was the strongest King of Heroes, unmatched by thousands, even if it wasn't his true form but a Class Card manifestation, after absorbing so much Mana now, his power might not be far from a normal summoning situation.
"Why can you say that?" Luvia couldn't help but ask, "Don't tell me you're still thinking of pulling down the moon again?"
"Originally, I did plan to do that. If I directly used Moon Fall, everything would be settled, but unfortunately, if I use it again, it seems Old Man Jewel will throw me into some unknown parallel world, so I'll temporarily keep it as my last trump card."
Hearing that Moon Fall wouldn't be needed, the two behind him instantly let out a sigh of relief, but—
"If you don't use Moon Fall, then how..."
"Well, no matter how strong the enemy is, in the end, he's just a shadow whose existence is centered on the Class Card. Once separated from the Class Card, he will disappear on his own, so there's no need to bravely defeat him, just dig out the Class Card inside his body."
As he spoke, Naoki stopped walking, then with both hands propped up, the passage that was originally only a few dozen meters wide instantly expanded into a giant semicircular space with a diameter of more than a hundred meters.
"This should be enough here. Then I'll go get the Class Card, you guys wait here for a moment."
"Wait—you're starting to take it now?!"
Rin immediately exclaimed in surprise: "With Miyu and Gray not here, how will you enter the Mirror World—"
Before her exclamation finished, Naoki had already taken out the red Logos React device from his chest and placed it on the ground.
"Logos React initiated, Mirror World transfer."
[Command received, Formula reproduction confirmed—addition of an imaginary axis to the fifth measurement variable, reversal preparation initiated]
The same voice as electronic synthesis echoed in the empty space. The transfer Magic Circle that was very familiar to Rin and Luvia instantly appeared beneath Naoki.
[Multiple space existence confirmed, center coordinates successfully established, reflection path formed within a two-meter radius, partial reversal of the mirror corridor]
As the Magic Circle continued to rotate and expand, colorful rainbow light suddenly flooded Naoki's vision.
And when the rainbow light disappeared the next moment—
"Then, let's begin the final work."
Looking at the figure shrouded in thick black mist not far away, Naoki stretched his arms and legs.