Chapter 44: Caster's Tactics
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Shinji expected to go home by eight o'clock, but by the time he got home, it was already close to half past eight, which made Yanya very dissatisfied.
Nightfall is the best cover for mystery, and the fall of night means that the Servant and the Master will turn from dormant to active. Although Yanye knew that it was basically impossible for Shinji's strength and sophistication to have problems, he still couldn't help but worry that this was the nature of being a parent and couldn't be changed.
When the brother and sister's house entered the house, Yanye wanted to reprimand a few words, but when she saw Sakura's happy appearance, Yanye couldn't say anything.
When the words came to his lips, he finally became: "It's not early, let's take a shower and go to bed early." β
"Ah, it's all about time. β
Sakura glanced at the wall clock in the entrance, stuck out her tongue embarrassedly, hurriedly said "good night" to Shinji and Goose, and trotted back to her room.
"It's a little different from usual, it's more lively. Yan Ye listened to the sound of slippers hitting the floor, and looked at Shinji suspiciously.
Shin Er spread his hands: "Playing with a group of children of about the same age in the park, I played a little crazy, and I forgot the ladylike etiquette taught by Aunt Aoi." Well, there's nothing wrong with that. β
"Indeed, there is nothing wrong with that. Goose Night agreed, "As long as Sakura is happy, it's enough." β
"Sounds like a stupid dad. Shinji muttered quietly.
"I hear you. Yan Ye glared at her nephew angrily, "Say, why did you come back so late?"
Although Yan Ye is not married, she also knows that there will be no parent who will not pick up her child home after the sun sets.
"Don't blame Sakura, we found something on the road and delayed it for some time. Shinji said and pointed downward, motioning for the two to go to the underground workshop to talk.
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A few minutes later, the underground workshop isolated from Lune was opened.
Yan Ye's face was gloomy and her brows were furrowed.
"You mean, you found Caster's summoned monster in a nearby underground sewer?"
Shinji's expression was not much better than that of Yan Ye: "Yes, I won't be wrong about that kind of aquatic monster that resembles a sea anemone." I asked Sakura to do a rough scan with the Detection Magic, and there were at least fifty of these monsters underneath the residential area. β
"Fifty !! this is a problem. β
Hearing this number, Yan Ye's face became even worse.
"Definitely. The combat power of this kind of monster is not very good, and the threat of a single monster to the magician is not great. The problem is ordinary people, they don't have the ability to deal with summoned monsters, and there are still these numbers- huh?"
Shinji's face changed suddenly, the blood on his face faded at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the blue tendons on his forehead burst out, looking very scary.
"-What did you say?"
The inexplicable roar startled Yan Ye, and he hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"
Shinji took a few deep breaths and tried to keep himself calm: "The latest news from the master craftsman, traces of magic have been detected in the underground tunnels of half of Fuyuki City to the west of the Weiyuan River, and the total number of monsters exceeds four figures. β
Yan Ye's first reaction was impossible: "Summoning magic requires a lot of mana, even if it is Lord Almeloi or Tosaka Tokitoki, there is not so much mana to supply servants to waste, let alone an irregular master." There is no news from the police today that someone has been killed, how the hell did Caster do it? β
"That's not Caster's magic, it's Caster's power. After two encounters, the master had already realized that Caster was not using his magic to summon monsters, but relying on his treasures. The book is a magic hearth, capable of unleashing the highest level of magic and ritual spell level magic of all magic, ignoring the magician's own magic. β
Caster's only Noble Phantasm is named "The Textbook of the Oblivion City", a rank A, which records the forbidden knowledge of the primeval evil gods before the creation of humans, and is evaluated as an "A-class treasure" because of the large-scale summoning of the automatic and continuous nature. Give Caster enough time, not to mention a thousand monsters, even ten thousand is not impossible.
Moreover, because it is an aquatic monster, summoned in the water and hidden underground, it is difficult to detect the obstacles, and even Skaha and the other servants who are moving on the ground do not notice the changes under their feet.
This thing is really being forced to hurryβShinji sighed with a heavy heart. He doesn't regret his actions against Caster's group, as it does save some lives that might have been lost, but Caster's actions are ultimately caused by him, and he needs to bear some responsibility for it.
"Without further ado, Caster can't be allowed to summon any longer, and I'll immediately go clean up the garbage from the underground sewers. β
Shinji said as he pulled out a brand-new map from the bookshelf next to him. This is the structural map of the underground waterways of Fuyuki City, which Tsuruno obtained through the relationship of the police, and it was originally just an accessory to the police map, but I didn't expect it to come in handy now.
"I'll go too, there's Berserker here, and it's quicker to clean up. β
Yan Ye stretched out his hand and drew a large circle covering one-third of Fuyuki City in the center of the circle with the Kiri's house as the center: "Leave this piece to me, if the monster is really as vulnerable as you say, my magic power is enough to support it until dawn." β
Shinji hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded: "Please, uncle, I'll take care of the rest." It was unpleasant to know that it was Caster's way to divert his gaze, but still to be led by his nose. β
"Let them be proud for a while, and when the master finds them, they will even get it back with interest. Yanye patted his nephew on the shoulder and comforted, "By the way, do you want to inform the church? β
"Then give me a symbolic notice, although I don't think they're going to help. β
There are only two people in the Templar Church stationed in Fuyuki City, Yan Feng Lizheng and Yan Feng Qili.
Yan Fengli is a martial artist, not a magician, and he is very different from the monsters summoned by magic - pure mysterious creations can only be dealt with with mysteriously, and physical means are difficult to work.
Yan Feng Qili is suitable for this kind of work, but he doesn't care about the life and death of ordinary people, and now he is focusing on Emiya Kiritsugu, counting on him to contribute, it is better to expect Tosaka Shichen to put down his aristocratic elegance and reserve, and go to the underground waterway.
After dividing the area of their respective responsibilities, they each copied a topographic map of the underground waterways, and the uncle and nephew acted separately.
Yan Ye has the highest panel attribute Berserker by his side, with up to A-level tendon strength, Berserker does not need to use treasures, or even other skills, and directly uses brute force to tear monsters.
Yan Ye's approach is as simple and crude as the Servant's tactics, using the pre-set detection runes to find the target along the magic fluctuations - Berserker materialization, hand tearing monsters, and then spirit transformation - the whole process does not take more than three seconds, and the magic consumption is minimized, so Yan Ye will say that it can support until dawn.
Shinji can't be so chic as Yan Ye, even if his current strength is strengthened by magic, he can barely reach E, which is roughly the same as the cannon fodder monster, but he has Perseus's "Snake Hunting Scythe", which is a scythe blade with a higher level than the "Yellow Rose", which is far from being able to be stopped by the monster.
The "Snake Hunting Scythe"'s "wounds won't heal" effect also restrain the monster's self-healing ability. It was because of this trump card that Shinji did not recall Skaha, but chose to act alone.