—Without even touching them.
The two fifteen-meter-tall hellhounds collapsed.
Not only that, but their heads, claws, bodies, and tails—as if devoured by beasts from another world.
Their bodies were being decomposed at the cellular level.
They vanished, absolutely.
He annihilated the two rampaging beasts completely with just his breath and a sweep of his gaze.
The hellhounds seemed to explode from within.
Their massive bodies disintegrated into dust.
The police team stared wide-eyed at this extraordinary scene, disbelief etched on every face.
The demonic hounds that had tormented them to the brink of death…
Were just taken care of like that?
An absurd and comical feeling arose, as if what they had just experienced was nothing more than a joke.
They were the clowns in it.
Many police officers thought of Moran's intrusion into the police station that day, comparing it to the current situation.
If Moran had used such power back then.
They would undoubtedly have suffered the same fate as the hellhounds.
"You'd better not relax too much; it's not over yet."
Suddenly, everyone heard Moran's warning.
The divine aura swirling around Moran had not dissipated, and the dark shadows confronting him were gradually expanding.
Dark mist poured out from alleys where sunlight couldn't reach, from under parked vehicles, and from the vast underground spaces beneath manhole covers. It began to coalesce around the crossroads, forming solid masses.
Finally, those masses, entwined in different locations, each manifested into the form of a hellhound.
"These are…"
Cold sweat trickled down John's cheeks.
Stimulated by Moran, the number of terrifying demonic hounds, which had been only three, had increased to dozens.
The aura of death filled the false world.
The dark shadows stirred restlessly.
At the same time, a wing-like noise resounded, echoing in everyone's ears.
The aura of death grew even stronger.
"The living… those who were once living…
I declare… your bodies are not entrusted…"
A hoarse sound wave entered their ears.
Everyone except Moran looked puzzled.
Others might not understand, but Moran knew that it was the manifestation of the Pale Rider's will.
Although he didn't know what had happened to the Pale Rider.
But, judging from its sudden initiation of war, something must be forcing it to make a choice.
What could cause such a change in the Pale Rider?
It could only be related to the Master.
Is it Ciel? Or Arcueid? Or perhaps…
As Moran speculated, the dark shadows began to spread within the false world.
Inside the false world, the Kuruoka residence.
A few minutes before the darkness engulfed the inside of the bounded field—
Perhaps because Ciel mentioned to the manipulated Yuukaku Kuruoka that someone was going to harm Tsubaki.
The Kuruoka parents' behavior pattern changed.
They intensified their idea of protecting Tsubaki based on the original.
The two used their magical knowledge to protect the outside world, and the Pale Rider also left the courtyard.
This false world was created by it for Tsubaki.
So, there is no need to worry about not being able to reach Tsubaki's side.
Tsubaki took advantage of this time, and under the guidance of a certain voice, she went to the Kuruoka couple's magecraft workshop.
At the same time, Ciel, who had prepared her equipment.
Also sneaked into it.
There, Ciel saw a woman in bright red clothes, and Tsubaki dragging a heavy crossbow.
"…Who are you!?"
Ciel immediately became alert.
Judging from the woman's ancient Chinese-style clothing, she should be from the Celestial Dynasty.
However, her aura was quite strange.
She didn't seem like a human, nor did she seem like a Servant.
She was more like a wandering phantom, but she had an aura that was no less than that of a Servant.
In fact, it was this woman who guided Tsubaki to the workshop.
And suggested that she take the heavy crossbow away.
Her identity is not difficult to guess.
Originally, the relic prepared by the Kuruoka couple was the heavy crossbow that Tsubaki Kuruoka was holding in her arms, which was a relic handed down from the Qin Dynasty of the Celestial Dynasty.
Verified, it is one of the masterpieces of Qin Shi Huang.
The Kuruoka couple originally wanted to summon Qin Shi Huang through this relic, but who knew that an accident would happen.
It was not that they summoned the Servant.
Instead, Tsubaki Kuruoka took the identity of the Master one step ahead, and spontaneously and unconsciously summoned the Pale Rider.
After that, things are not difficult to understand.
The sleeping Tsubaki Kuruoka accidentally participated in the Holy Grail War and inadvertently dragged a large number of people into the dream.
And the heavy crossbow that lost the control of the Kuruoka couple.
It has been piled up in the underground magecraft workshop.
However, this relic did not play any role, it still summoned the existence with karma.
At the beginning, Qin Shi Huang's fundamental goal in making this heavy crossbow was not to kill humans, but to shoot down the sea god who hindered Xu Fu from finding the elixir of immortality with arrows.
Now the woman in red who appeared in front of Ciel.
She is the sea god who was once shot to death by Qin Shi Huang.
Symbolizing the shark of the sea.
The bounded field unfolded by the Pale Rider is being transformed into the underworld, and this change is related to the heavy crossbow.
Now, although the woman in red has the aura of a god.
But it gives people a feeling of unexpected weakness.
In the end, the woman did not appear as a Servant, she was just an existence similar to an echo.
Not the god herself.
When Ciel asked the woman in red, she asked back:
"Oh? You are not bound… Let me confirm. Are you an enemy or a companion of this girl? Of course, the relationship between yin and yang cannot be clearly distinguished, and it may change depending on the situation… In short, if I am a thug, will you protect this child? I want to confirm this."
"…As it stands, I intend to protect her."
Ciel relaxed her hands.
If it were someone else who didn't understand the Executor, they might think that Ciel was showing a compromise attitude.
In fact, the answer is just the opposite.
Her posture is exactly the starting style of the Executor, ready to throw out the Black Keys from her sleeves at any time.
This woman in red with the Celestial Dynasty style is too suspicious.
Ciel will naturally be wary of the other party.