Scathach possesses god-level martial arts and powerful rune magic skills. It is said that he has killed many gods and trained many powerful warriors and magicians.
The famous Irish Son of Light Cú Chulainn is one of Scathach's disciples.
'The immortal God-Slayer, the Queen of the Kingdom of Shadows who sets foot in the divine realm as a human being.'
Lu Xiao had cold sweat on his forehead. This was a powerful being comparable to the gods. He guarded the Kingdom of Shadows in the underworld in Celtic mythology and spent his whole life looking for someone who could kill him.
It's no joke if you accidentally arouse Scathach's interest.
And Lu Xiao only noticed something at this time. He had been floating outside the world before and was pulled into a strange world at some point.
There is no sunshine here, and the gloomy sky is firmly obscured by dark clouds.
The platform where Lu Xiao stood was surrounded by rugged rocks, and an ancient castle could be vaguely seen standing on the far side of the horizon. The whole world was filled with a sense of eeriness and silence, giving people a creepy feeling.
After calming down, Lu Xiao deliberately saluted Scathach with a blank expression and clasped his fists: "I'm sorry, I recognized the wrong person."
"May I ask who you are, and where am I now?"
"Ha~"
A faint smile appeared on Scathach's beautiful and cold face: "You can come to the outside of the world but don't know where you are? What an interesting child."
"Crack!"
After testing a move, Scathach seemed not to make another move for the time being, and stuck the vermilion magic spear on the ground to explain to Lu Xiao.
"My name is Scathach, and this is the country I manage. The Kingdom of Shadows located outside the world, the world of the dead, is called the Land of Demons in Celtic mythology."
'really……'
Lu Xiao rubbed his temples with a headache. He knew that the Kingdom of Shadows was on the outside of the world like the Throne of Heroes, but he did not expect to meet Scathach by such a coincidence and be forcibly brought to this kingdom of the dead by her.
"Young warrior."
Scathach's beautiful eyes of the same color as the spear stared at Lu Xiao quietly, and the anticipation in her eyes seemed to suck him into it.
"I feel a fatal threat from you. Are you the person I have been looking for for a long time?"
'Alas!'
Goosebumps all over Lu Xiao's body stood up, not because of excitement, but because of Scathach's fighting spirit.
Although Scathach's words sounded a bit ambiguous, there was not even a hint of ambiguity in them. Instead, Lu Xiao felt a tingling will to fight.
'Gan! I know what's going on.'
Lu Xiao didn't have any mood swings on the surface, but in his heart he was yelling crazily, 'You cheating Immortal Slash!'
Immortal Slash, as the name suggests, can cut off any form of immortality.
The immortal Scathach guarded the Kingdom of Shadows for countless years. After the decline of the Age of Gods, the Kingdom of Shadows, which was originally located on the outside of the world, was ejected to the outside of the world.
The fun she could still get from teaching her disciples was also lost. She was already tired of this never-ending gatekeeper duty.
Although she is called the Queen of the Kingdom of Shadows, there is actually no one alive in the Kingdom of Shadows except herself.
This is the kingdom of the dead, no different from the kingdom of the dead in various myths and legends such as Hades, Hell, Helheim, and the Underworld.
Scathach received the curse for killing the gods and could never die. He could only stay in this lifeless world forever.
'Another person who has lived enough and seeks immortality... Am I so destined to be this kind of person?'
From Cassandra to Ancient One, and then to the fanatical Queen of the Kingdom of Shadows in front of her, Lu Xiao felt dumbfounded by his own special attraction. It was as if he was cursed, and he would always encounter
This kind of strange group of people actively pursues death.
"Scathach...queen."
Lu Xiao considered the words and said in a calm tone: "I don't know what you are looking for, but I am sure you have found the wrong person."
"I came to the outside of the world through the passage opened by the Holy Grail. I came here to seek the third magic represented by the materialization of the soul."
"magic?"
The overly excited Scathach gradually calmed down: "Is it true that people in this era are busy pursuing this kind of thing? In the Age of Gods, it was clear that magic and magic meant the same thing."
The immortal Scathach killed many gods and gained a special ability at some point.
The wisdom of the devil.
She can use all weapons and skills with B-A level proficiency, and can teach her skills and abilities to the person who made them.
At the same time, the wisdom of the devil also has the effect of clairvoyance. In Irish myths and legends, Scathach often used clairvoyance to predict the future. She had early insight into the final outcome of her favorite disciple Cu Chulainn.
Thanks to this special inherent skill, although Scathach cannot touch the surface of the world, she can see many things through clairvoyance.
His jewel-like eyes stared intently at Lu Xiao for a while, before Scathach finally spoke again.
"I can tell you how to get to what magicians call the 'root', but I have one condition."
Lu Xiao raised his eyebrows, and he had a bad feeling in his heart.
"Please tell me."
"Kill me."
Scathach said decisively: "I can feel that you have some kind of ability, or some kind of weapon, that can cause fatal harm to me."
Pulling out the spear from the ground, Scathach no longer concealed his fighting intent: "Kill me, otherwise you will have to stay in the Kingdom of Shadows to practice until the day you can defeat me."
…
When Lu Xiao was picked up by Scathach and brought back to the Kingdom of Shadows, Rin was still floating in the space outside the world in a daze.
To use Scathach's words to describe it, this disordered space is a link connecting multiple worlds outside the world, and is equivalent to a transit hall.
Rin entered the outside world and established a connection with Dayuan, but like Lu Xiao, she was also confused about what to do next.
The soul of the servant who inhaled the Small Holy Grail successfully returned to the Throne of Heroes. The only connection Rin could feel was the passage torn by the Great Holy Grail. In this disordered space, she didn't know where to go.
Compared to Tosaka Tokiomi, who is very enthusiastic about roots and magic, Rin has not received magic education for a long time and does not have much obsession with magic.
Rin is very satisfied to have won the Holy Grail War and come to the outside of the world. She has no intention of staying in this desolate place and continuing to live.
After wandering randomly for a while, under the guidance of some kind of attraction from the soul, Rin unknowingly entered a special space filled with endless magic.
Everything in the entire space was due to seemingly slow rotation, including the magic power that filled the entire space, and the huge glowing vortex brought a huge visual impact to Rin. She was stunned for several seconds before she gradually came back to her senses.
.
"Is this the source of the vortex?"
"Ugh!"
The sudden influx of messy information into her mind made Rin cover her head in pain, and her brain continued to feel swelling and pain as if it was about to burst.
I don’t know how long it took, but when Rin woke up from the trance state of infusing knowledge, she had returned to the disordered space before. The previous encounters seemed to be just hallucinations, but there were indeed some things in Rin’s mind that were not there before.
knowledge.
"The second method... It seems that I have to go to the Clock Tower to see the master (Zelrich) for further study."
Rin turned around and searched the empty space, but still couldn't find any trace of Lu Xiao.
'Assassin, I hope you can find what you want here. See you again in the future.'
After entering the outside of the world, the last command spell in Rin's hand had disappeared, indicating the official end of the Fourth Holy Grail War.
In Rin's opinion, the heroic spirits who end the Holy Grail War will automatically return to the Throne of Heroes, and Assassin is no exception.
Returning along the original path of the Holy Grail Passage, when he opened his eyes again, Rin found that he was back to the same place before starting.
Sakura rushed over excitedly and threw herself into her sister's arms, pulling Rin, who was still a little out of her mind, back to the real world.
If it weren't for the fact that he could feel the connection with Dayuan, Rin would have thought that his previous experience outside the world was just a dream.
In the jubilant atmosphere, Red A suddenly asked solemnly: "Miss Tosaka's, where is Assassin?"
Red A's question was also what Sakura wanted to ask. After confirming that her sister had returned safely, she immediately began to ask about the whereabouts of her savior.
"Sister, why didn't Assassin come back with you?"
Rin sighed, touched Sakura's little head and explained: "Sakura, Assassin is a Heroic Spirit. Now that the Holy Grail War is over, he will naturally return to the Heroic Spirit Seat."
Sakura was stunned for a moment. After understanding what Rin meant, tears quickly accumulated in her eyes.
"Are we never going to see Assassin again?"
While Rin and Kariya were busy comforting Sakura, Hong A stood aside and frowned.
'Is it really that simple? If he can really return to the Throne of Heroes, which is managed by the restraint force, why would Alaya specially send Saint Martha and me to carry out the obliteration mission?'