Zongman: Evolution Paradise

As Lily left the Yinluo Spirit Mansion and quickly released her Noble Phantasm, Yukino Yukinoshita's brain, which had been exposed to the cold wind, returned to normal.

Thanks to the intelligence gap, a simple plan to lure the enemy into a counterattack was, of course, successful.

From finalizing the plan through team communications to waiting for the assassin to appear and complete it, the process of sending Emiya Kiritsugu into the workshop took only a moment.

"Speaking of which, aren't we just playing the same trick as Nobuyuki Sugo and Soichiro Kuzuki?"

Yukino Yukinoshita looked ahead and said, suddenly remembering that the previous two battles seemed to be the same.

Could it be true, as Jolyne said, that all the players came from the same training course?

Jolyne also looked ahead, feeling a strange sensation after hearing what Yukino Yukinoshita had said.

"Hmm... I can only say that it's really useful."

In Werewolf, isn't disguising one's identity a basic skill that should be taken for granted?

"for you."

Yukino Yukinoshita handed the Shadow Palace to Jolyne, as she did not meet the requirements for its use. This was one of the reasons why Medea and Jolyne summoned the Shadow Palace together at that time.

The plan is to deal with the assassins first, and the remaining steps are to confront them head-on.

"Master, can we finally fight?"

Esdeath picked up her rapier and stood at the front, with Saber and Medusa beside her.

Knowing she would be leaving soon, Lily quickly pulled Medea aside and whispered something to her.

At that moment, Shirou Emiya fell into deep thought as he gazed at the suddenly changed battle situation.

He is merely a vessel. In the normal timeline, when Shirou Emiya summoned Saber, he had no combat experience whatsoever. Even with such significant changes in this worldline, Shirou Emiya remains the same.

After all, during the Fourth Holy Grail War, Shirou Emiya was still a young boy.

Well... the wheelchair he was sitting in also proves that to some extent.

Therefore, Jolyne had already focused her attention on Red A when he appeared.

The biggest change was that Shirou Emiya, who would become a Heroic Spirit in the future, and he was probably the one making the decisions about the battles and the overall situation.

Indeed, this is true. Although Shirou Emiya outwardly controls the seven Servants through the Black Grail, major decisions are always made by Archer.

This includes sending Iskandar to attack Makoto Itō.

Do you remember where Makoto Ito was when he first entered the game?

He leaned against the hospital wall, read the information provided by the amusement park, and then took out his student ID to learn his new identity as "Yoo-dong Ichisei".

Not knowing what the original owner was going to do, Makoto Ito threw the bouquet in his hand into the trash can and left, unaware that a window in a hospital room was open and a red-haired boy was watching his friend.

Chapter 245 Black Whistle

That was at the very beginning of the Holy Grail War. Shirou Emiya didn't think much of Ryudou Issei's strange behavior, but he was a little disappointed.

However, the Archer within him thought of other things and sent Iskandar to test the waters. After that, Esdeath and Makoto Ito were pulled into the Army of the Kings by Iskandar, which delayed their time to fight Jolyne with Steve Rogers.

Red A is also watching Jolyne, specifically the character he's watching as "Taiga Fujimura".

Although Jolyne and Yukino Yukinoshita had not yet revealed their true identities, Archer's battle-hardened experience allowed him to sense that something was amiss with the two Masters before him.

“This is already a fixed space. It shouldn’t be possible to leave here before the fixed barrier is broken,” Red A said strangely.

[The King's Army] and [Unlimited Blade Works] have been relentlessly pressuring the lone [Spirit Mansion]. In the clash of their Reality Marbles, he wondered where the two of them had taken Kiritsugu Emiya.

"Kiritsugu Emiya's magical power is constantly being depleted, or rather, increased, but I cannot directly summon him back using the Black Grail."

"It's Shirou Emiya, sitting in his wheelchair," he said.

Red Archer seemed to be thinking about something, and his gaze towards Jolyne and Yukino Yukinoshita became more serious.

"Emiya Kiritsugu is no longer in this world?"

Without much hesitation, Red A immediately asked.

Not only that, with a gesture of his hand, Shirou Emiya understood and controlled the other Servants to temporarily stop their actions.

The sky and the earth are constantly changing; they are the only constant battlegrounds that continue to contend with each other.

Red A's gaze was fixed on Jolyne, making it clear that he took the issue very seriously.

"this problem……"

Jolyne looked thoughtfully at her Paradise Bracelet and asked, "Why should I tell you?"

The workshop is certainly not in the Fate world, but judging from the flow of time within it, the workshop should be located in the main world.

Red Archer paused for a moment, glancing at the Heroic Spirits beside him. Perhaps the question was too important, for he did not choose to directly engage in combat or use force to extract his answer in the face of Jolyne's question.

Instead, he asked in a low voice, "Do you want to know why the world has become like this?"

Jolyne nodded and said, "Yes, I'd like to know."

The reason Jolyne didn't answer Red A was because she was considering something else.

That is, the park has not given him any additional tasks until now.

Based on the [identity assignment] at the beginning of the park, the player's [main quest] in this world should be to win the Holy Grail War formed by the players themselves.

What does this mean?

This means that Shirou Emiya and his seven Servants are not beings that players must fight against!

In other words, this should be a "side quest" or a "hidden quest".

Regardless of which one, the amusement park should issue a mission, and after the event is over, give a reward of a treasure chest, and then go back to the amusement park to draw a random piece of equipment that Jolyne has yet to obtain anything good from.

Logically speaking, when Jolyne learned that Iskandar was not a member of the Holy Grail War, Paradise should have issued a mission.

There has been no response so far, and Jolyne believes there is only one possibility: he has not yet met the prerequisites for starting this mission.

For example, the quest [Thousand-Year Demon King] encountered in Demon Slayer was only unlocked after the quest [Twelve Demon Moons] was more than halfway completed.

So how do we meet the prerequisites for starting the mission? Jolyne feels we need to delve deeper into the world-building.

"You want to know?"

Red A grinned wickedly and retorted, "Why should I tell you?"

Yukino Yukinoshita was suppressing a laugh, while Jolyne remained expressionless, as she was merely trying to retaliate. She then continued her story.

"I have seen beings like you before."

Looking at Jolyne and Yukino Yukinoshita, Archer's first words were something that seemed perfectly natural.

Red Archer is Shirou Emiya, who will become a Guardian Heroic Spirit in the future. Shouldn't it be natural that he has encountered the player in various experiences?

"For some reason, I was supposed to respond to Rin Tohsaka's summons in the Fifth Holy Grail War, but I arrived a little earlier than expected."

At this point, Red A took a deep breath.

He continued, "Well... I joined the Fourth Holy Grail War and was summoned by Kiritsugu Emiya as a Saber."

"And because of my abnormal appearance, Jeanne d'Arc appeared as Ruler in the Fourth Holy Grail War."

Ruler, or Judgement Class, refers to Servants of this class who do not have Masters. They are Servants created to ensure the proper functioning of the Holy Grail War.

Simply put, Joan of Arc was the judge.

"You're the one who returned my scabbard?"

Saber couldn't help but ask, and Jolyne told her that the original scabbard should have been in the hands of Kiritsugu Emiya, serving as a relic to summon her in the normal timeline.

"Yes, that happened after the Holy Grail War ended. Even though the scabbard returned, it was useless, you still participated in the Holy Grail War."

Red A confirmed Saber's problem, and a hint of crimson appeared in his eyes.

Without pausing, Archer continued, "I worked with Kiritsugu Emiya to send the other six Servants from the Fourth Holy Grail War into the Holy Grail, becoming the final victors."

"You knew it was a black Holy Grail, yet you still used it to make a wish?" Jolyne asked him.

Red A negated the question.

"Of course I can't do that directly."

"Before making the wish, I melted Joan of Arc into the Holy Grail."

"Through this saint, the black mud disappeared, and the Holy Grail returned to normal... At least that's what Kiritsugu Emiya and I thought at the time."

"Then, when we made the wish to make this world a place of ease and normalcy," Red A sighed and said, "the Holy Grail, which had just returned to normal, once again overflowed with black mud, and the evil of this world swept everything away."

[You have now entered the world of this game]

[You have received the quest - The Black Grail]

[You have received the quest - The Eighth Servant Who Shouldn't Have Appeared]

[You have received the mission - The Mysteries of This World]

After listening to Red A's explanation, three more mission hints were revealed by the park.

Jolyne has so many flaws, it's hard to know what to say about Red Archer's performance.

Although Joan of Arc is known as the Crimson Saint, and according to various legends she does indeed have unimaginable effects on the evil of this world within the Black Grail, Jolyne knows that she also has a Black Joan of Arc variant.

A notorious corrupt referee in the Fate world, and you, Archer, actually put her into the Holy Grail, attempting to purify the evil of this world within the Black Grail?

Chapter 246 Beginning and End

[You have received the quest - The Black Grail]

Quest - Black Grail

Description: The Holy Grail, which was supposed to be the prize in this game, has been corrupted, or rather, strengthened. You can choose to purify the Holy Grail, or try to create the Black Grail, which will bring completely different rewards.

For example, filling it with more Joan of Arc?

[You have received the quest - The Eighth Servant Who Shouldn't Have Appeared]

Quest - The Eighth Servant Who Shouldn't Have Appeared

Description: Since the referees are unfair, why don't you become the referee and eliminate the Servants who shouldn't be in this Holy Grail War? You'll receive a reward for each Servant you kill who shouldn't be there.

To the remnants of the old era, all of you die!

[You have received the mission - The Mysteries of This World]

Mission - The Mysteries of This World

Description: The mystery of this world line is stored in the Black Grail like fine wine. As a player, isn't it your instinct to smash the jar in front of you?

You always complain about how hard your life is, so why do I always manage to find silver coins in the corners of your house?

Yukino Yukinoshita, on the other hand, also received the mission announced by Paradise. Although the descriptions of [Black Grail] and [Mystery of This World] were as abstract as usual, [The Eighth Servant Who Shouldn't Have Appeared] was quite clear.

For every Servant killed by Shirou Emiya, you get a reward. It's simple and brutal; as long as you have enough strength, you don't need to use your brain at all.

"I won't even discuss whether your decision to put Joan of Arc into the Black Grail was wise or not, nor will I mention whether you were already mentally influenced by some player before you did these things. The simplest point is, if you were using the Black Grail to wish for a world that becomes easy and mundane, this world would have been destroyed long ago, right?"

The mission issued by the park proved that Red A wasn't lying; this timeline was truly ruined by such a bizarre operation!

Jolyne still has many doubts about this.

For example, where were those magicians and the like when the Black Grail caused all this?

Why didn't anyone stop all of this?

Moreover, since it is the Black Grail, whatever the holder wishes for will only be transformed into the destruction of the world, rather than the Fuyuki City appearing to be a place of "easy daily life" from the outside.

Red A was silent for a moment, and after a long while, his lips moved almost imperceptibly.

He said, "Who says the outside world wasn't destroyed by the Black Grail?"

Just as Jolyne was about to deny it, she remembered another piece of information that the park had already released.

[Rule 8: You cannot leave Fuyuki City]

The locals of Fuyuki City, Jolyne had, of course, taken to the park for examination, and it was confirmed that they were all normal, living people.

So the world that Red A mentioned as already destroyed only exists outside of Fuyuki City.