"Furthermore, I am not a Caster."
"Eh?"
Rin's words stunned everyone.
Especially the Saber group.
Their guesses, let alone Solomon's true name, even the class was wrong.
"That's not right!"
However, the next moment, Waver spoke up to question, "If you're not a Caster, then what are you?"
Up until now, the five classes of Saber, Rider, Archer, Lancer, and Assassin were already very clear.
If Rin wasn't a Caster, then the only one left was Berserker.
"The woman who appeared that night, holding a giant hammer, she was the Berserker, right?"
Waver had observed Frankenstein's attributes, and her Berserker class was clearly written there, absolutely no faking it.
If Rin wasn't a Caster, then the Caster must be someone else.
And this also meant...
"An eighth Heroic Spirit has appeared in this Holy Grail War!"
Waver's words were astonishing, and everyone immediately reacted, realizing it was indeed true.
"That's right."
Rin acknowledged Waver's judgment and said, "In this Holy Grail War, I have descended as a Traveler."
"Traveler, is it?"
In fact, besides Traveler, this word can also be understood as 'Descender'.
In the Type-Moon worldview, Descenders mostly refer to Servants who are associated with Cthulhu Mythos.
Rin has nothing to do with Cthulhu.
But his nature is actually not much different from that of an external deity.
"Caster is already dead, killed by me."
Rin did not conceal this, directly telling everyone about Ryunosuke Uryuu and Gilles information.
Upon hearing that the Caster duo was a pair of serial killers, Irisviel and Waver immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
It was truly good that such individuals, who could potentially disrupt the rules of the Holy Grail War and affect ordinary people, were eliminated early.
'Did they not make a move?'
After introducing himself, Rin scanned his surroundings and did not detect Assassin's presence.
If it were the original plot, at this Banquet of Kings, Hassan of the Hundred Faces, as an Assassin, should have attacked Iskandar.
Without Rin, Iskandar would have been the most prominent Heroic Spirit.
In order to obtain more information, Tokiomi would have Kirei make a move to test Iskandar.
And the result, obviously, was successful.
Iskandar displayed his Bounded Field, and that army of over 30,000 Heroic Spirits.
'It seems Tokiomi's death still changed the plot.'
Tokiomi was dead, and the current Kirei could be said to be completely under Gilgamesh's thumb.
Don't let Gilgamesh's arrogant appearance fool you.
In fact, his grasp of human nature is absolutely first-rate among many Heroic Spirits.
And with Gilgamesh's personality...
He would never allow a group of filthy bugs to come out and defile this feast of kings.
'Although Hundred-Faces' strength is not strong, if used well, it can still provide considerable assistance..'
Rin originally thought that with Kirei's level of magecraft, he wouldn't be able to sustain the consumption of Gilgamesh and Hundred-Faces'.
But now, it seems he overlooked certain details.
'The Command Spells preserved by the Church?'
Rin thought of the entire armful of Command Spells that appeared in the original work.
If there were Command Spells as a source of magical energy, it would not be surprising for Kirei to keep Hundred-Faces'.
Even if one of the Hundred-Faces is guessed, there are still dozens of them.
To gather information, throwing them out one by one is more cost-effective than sending them all at once.
"King of Conquerors."
Rin sat back down, "Does our previous agreement still stand?"
Agreement?
What agreement?
Leaving aside the others, even Waver was completely confused.
He didn't remember Iskandar having made any agreement with Rin.
"Ah."
"Of course."
Iskandar swirled the fine wine in his golden goblet, "The King's Questioning has ended. Apart from that little girl Saber, you two are undoubtedly kings with sufficient capacity."
"Hey! Rider!"
"What do you mean?"
Artoria was repeatedly belittled, and she now wished she could just draw her sword and cut down these three scoundrels in front of her.
"Calm down, Saber."
Rin: "If, after hearing what I'm about to say, you still intend to move against us, then I don't mind kicking you out first."
"You..."
Rin ignored Artoria's extremely gloomy expression and continued, "Here, King of Conquerors, I, in the name of the Demon King, formally declare war on you!"
"Declare war?!"
Waver's heart almost skipped a beat when he heard Rin's words.
"This is a confrontation between kings."
"Gilgamesh, Artoria."
Rin: "I also invite you to witness the duel between Iskandar and me!"
Yes, Rin's primary target was Iskandar.
Noble Phantasms, at most, only provided Rin with greater power.
But Rin was not lacking in powerful means.
What he truly needed was a way to bypass the vassal contract and bring people back to the Cardinal World!
After this period of research on Innate Time Control, Rin had made progress.
Violet had told him good news.
That is, Bounded Fields indeed possess the function of carrying people.
'And the premise of all this is to awaken my own unique Bounded Field!'
Rin was very confident in awakening his Bounded Field.
"He actually intends to go to such lengths?"
Iskandar's expression was extremely solemn; to be honest, he had no reason to refuse.
Rather, Iskandar was happy, so happy he wanted to laugh out loud.
"A war between kings, it's truly been a long time."
Moreover, if Iskandar hadn't guessed wrong, Rin should possess abilities similar to his own.
His King's Army, and Rin's army of monsters.
"Hahaha hahahaha."
Iskandar laughed heartily, "Alright!! I accept your challenge!"
As his voice fell, Iskandar also glanced at Gilgamesh.
That look was practically saying, 'See, Goldie, the first person he wants to challenge is me, not you'!
"Tsk!"
Gilgamesh looked at Rin with dissatisfaction.
"Then what's your answer, Gilgamesh?"
Rin's invitation, in a roundabout way, was also asking the two to state their positions.
Whether they were willing to not interfere in this war, but rather watch from the sidelines, waiting for one side to fall.
(To be continued.)