Chapter 495: Under the Moonlight
Chapter 495: Under the Moonlight
Standing in front of us was a woman covered in a cloak, and most of her face was covered by a gorgeous hood, uh, this scene reminded me of Viska back then, and I wonder if that girl still has a hobby of collecting cloaks.
From the time it appeared to the present, the other party did not say a word, just confronted us with silence.
To be honest, at first I thought that I needed to go through a battle first, after all, the heroic spirits in my impression should be the kind of character who speaks with their fists first, and the other party was able to obediently come to meet us according to Lin Xue's request, which made the Pandora sisters who had already begun to hold back their strength and prepare to kill the Quartet quite disappointed.
"You're the magician who summoned Sasaki?"
Tosaka looked at the woman in front of her with a very surprised expression, the strangeness of the situation made her a little confused, "But ......"
"That's right, she's a Heroic Spirit, and her rank is Caster, because she's also a 'magician', so she can take advantage of the Holy Grail system and summon a Heroic Spirit Servant herself, and Sasaki was summoned using this foul method," I tilted my head and explained to Tosaka, "But because it's a product of fouls, Sasaki can only be tied up in front of the mountain gate of Yanagito Temple, and of course, due to Sakura's transformation, this restriction is now gone." ”
"Wow, that's okay?" Tosaka immediately felt very unjust and protested.
Hearing that her secret was so easily revealed, the woman who shrouded her whole body under the cloak finally reacted, and her lips hidden in the shadows moved slightly, but the voice reached the ears of each of us: "I didn't expect that someone could go deep into this Red Moon World realm, I originally thought that it would be safe to stay here." ”
Is there a conservative course of action?
This is really in line with Caster's character, as a magician who is not good at frontal attack, maybe with a little bit of personality, it is normal for her to choose this conservative strategy in the Holy Grail War, and according to my understanding, compared to frontal combat, the woman in front of her is better at arranging the position in advance and using the advantages of the position to achieve the final victory, so it is understandable that she has been hiding in the Mortal World from the beginning of the Holy Grail War to the present.
Seeing Sasaki standing among us, of course Caster cares a lot, and more, it is still a thick puzzle, according to common sense analysis, the contract between the Heroic Spirit and the summoner is from the binding of the Holy Grail power, unless the summoner dies, it is impossible to eliminate this connection by conventional means, of course, a certain treasure in her hand has the function of eliminating all mysterious effects, and it can also be used to break the contract between the Heroic Spirit and the summoner, but it is clear that the current Sasaki has not encountered this situation.
There was no trace of the contract being broken, or rather, the half of the contract in her own hands was still intact, but the Heroic Spirit in front of her had completely become another kind of existence, although she could feel the magic of the other party, but the other thing mixed with the magic power had completely rendered the contract power she had mastered completely useless.
To use a more curious analogy, you bought a large color TV from Sony, and one day sent it to Lao Wang downstairs to repair it, but when you came back, you found that your remote control could not be used, so you can only open the shell of the color TV and face the word "fart" inside, and you were thundered by a copycat movement.
Well, this metaphor is really classic.
The ghostly Sasaki is no longer a product of the Fate system, and he has nothing to do with the two major inhibitions now, just like the TV that replaced the movement, although the appearance is the same, the contractual connection is still there, but Sasaki's essence is already a certain leaf of the Tree of the Jingle World, unless Caster can understand the system of the other world, she will never be able to use the spell to order Sasaki to do anything.
"I'm sorry for stealing your Spirit," I noticed that the cloaked woman's gaze was focused on Sasaki, and I naturally knew what she was thinking, "but it's still important to get down to business now, we need to ask you for some information, you have the right to protest, but we'll treat it as if we didn't hear it." ”
The good boy next to him, Wei Gong, was once again stimulated by this kind of unbounded speech, and increased his forehead with his hand: "Is it really okay to say such a thing so naturally?" ”
Caster also froze for a moment, and then looked thoughtfully at the large number of intruders in front of him, there are four heroic spirits that can be confirmed by magic power, a super eye-catching giant, a tall man in red clothes and white hair, a silent woman with purple hair reaching the ground, and a dull girl in a silver skirt and armor with a serious expression. and the two girls with obvious magic fluctuations on their bodies (referring to Sakura and Elijah, among the others, the faint magic on Emiya's body was completely covered by the complex energy on our side, and Sakura, as the Crystal Virgin, has long been without a trace of magic in her body), and the rest of the large number of people who can't see the depth at all are more vigilant existences, Caster, who has an IQ of two hundred, is not the brainless Shinji, she definitely doesn't think that powerless ordinary people will appear in this place.
Through the shadow under the hood, I could feel the scrutinizing gaze of the other party, and naturally I could guess what kind of trade-off she was making, and sure enough, after a few moments, the other party broke the silence.
"It's completely incomparable in terms of strength, it seems that I have no chance to resist."
As smart as she is, she will not stubbornly choose to resist to the end in such a situation.
"But before I cooperate with you, I hope you can clear my confusion first" Caster suddenly raised his head, revealing a beautiful face that could be described as amazing, "Who are you?" I think you guys are very different from the magicians who fought in the Holy Grail War. ”
Hey, I like that question
On the spot, a few of us almost rushed to answer: "Do photography enthusiasts know what?" Centauri knows the way, no? Traffic accidents caused by the rampant Ultraman in the universe are frequent, do you know how to do it? We are from ......"
"Ahem" Tosaka decisively interrupted with a spell before we could move out of the invincible photography enthusiast theory, "It's not important, they're all my foreign aid, I'm a participant in the Holy Grail War, okay with this?" ”
Caster was stunned when we were suddenly scrambling to answer the question, and then nodded unresponsively, only to find that no one answered his question after a long time.
And she will soon find out even more sadly that she has a problem communicating with these inexplicable guys.
"This desolate place is a good place to hide," I said, looking around at the distant horizon, where a large amount of earth and rocks were slowly rising due to the movement of the red moon, "How did you find your way in?" ”
"What if I say I don't know the Tao myself?"
Caster replied, carefully observing our reactions, and it was clear that although she was very calm, she was still nervous in the face of such an intruder group that was enough to crush her a dozen times, but it was very obvious that she had no intention of telling the truth.
Of course, we would not be satisfied with such an answer, and Sandora snorted coldly, and then cast her gaze in a certain direction in the distance.
"There's a human there."
Just this sentence made Caster's face change dramatically.
In such a desolate place, it was simply too easy for Sandora to find a human mind fluctuation, and she didn't even need a Life Radar scan, she instinctively pointed out the location of the man who had been properly placed by Caster.
"We have no intention of embarrassing you, nor do we intend to hurt you or your master," Sandora looked at Caster coldly, the invisible mental impact that made the corners of the latter's mouth already ooze blood, "but that is based on your cooperation, and your courage to appear before us alone is commendable, so I will graciously allow you to deceive the first time, but the second time, the punishment will not only come on your own head." ”
Tosaka and the others looked at Sandora with surprised eyes, as if it was the first time they knew the blonde girl in front of them who suddenly exuded a noble and cold temperament, and I shrugged at them with a wry smile: "This is what Sandora really looks like." ”
"It's a gift from the peak"
Not sure if it was the burning pain of his heart or the threat of Sandora that played a role, Caster did not hesitate to tell his secret this time.
"That human gave me something that allowed Soichiro and I to enter this space."
Gasping violently, Caster finally recovered from the burning pain of her heart, and she looked at the noble girl in front of her with a frightened gaze, and the other party could almost kill herself as a heroic spirit with just one look, such a strange and terrifying strength shocked her.
"False priest?" Tosaka immediately whispered in surprise, Yan Feng Qili's name appeared here that she didn't expect, and Emiya let out another exclamation: "Soichiro? Could it be Kazuki-sensei? ”
"That's right, Soichiro Katsukidi," I patted Emiya on the shoulder, "Boy, learn to face all the unthinkable, your sister can now transform into a floating colossus, so don't care about the details or anything like that......"
Wei Gong's face was full of confusion and nodded speechlessly.
It wasn't until now that we knew about the Dao, Yan Feng Qili actually knew the existence of the Dao of the World from the beginning, what he handed to Caster was a black crystal dagger, that thing seemed ordinary to me, but with the energy fluctuations that faintly catered to the red moon in the sky, it was like a formula that was simple but could unlock the entire code, and the person who held the crystal dagger could use it to enter the world realm, after Sandora's warning, Caster finally cooperated a lot, And it seems that she doesn't have any good feelings for Father Yanfeng himself, if she didn't want to expose the secret of letting herself and Katsuragi Soichiro enter this world, I'm afraid she took the initiative to hand over the black crystal dagger to us just now.
"I don't like to be used as a pawn," Caster confessed why he didn't have a crush on Yan Feng, "I can see that he 'helped' me and Soichiro for a complete purpose." ”
But as for why Sasaki is more powerful than ordinary heroic spirits, and his weapon has mutated, Caster can't give us a clear answer, even she doesn't know how all this happened, the only clue is that she was in the Sato realm during the summoning ceremony at that time, that is, the secret of Sasaki's strength and the only explanation for the ghost energy contained in his weapon are also related to the Saetoshi realm.
"If I have to say anything worth mentioning," Caster hurriedly added when he saw our dissatisfied, fearing that the ** strict blonde girl would be unhappy to make some drastic moves, "The moment the summoning ended, the red moon in the sky suddenly turned blue. ”
Wow, it turns out that the moon not only has its gravitational pull changed all the time, but also its color?
Is it still the fucking moonlight?
It's a pity that although Caster was in the Sato realm during the summoning process, the Holy Grail system restricted Sasaki from being "born" in the realm of the Otoshi realm, and the latter had never seen the scene here, so naturally he couldn't help his former master testify.
The blue moon, this is definitely a crucial clue, all kinds of things that have happened in the past tell us one thing, when a world realm discovers the relics left by the Apostle of Xiling, whether it is non-combustible garbage or one or two grief-stricken avengers, it means that great trouble is coming, so as long as it can explain the source of the ghost energy on Sasaki's weapon, we must not let it go.
"Snow girl, can you see that blue moon?"
I connected to Lin Xue's spiritual connection, whose eyes were observing the past and the future at the same time, and if the blue moon had appeared and might appear in the future, it should not escape her observation.
"I'm sorry, I didn't see it at all," Lin Xue's answer surprised me a little, but her subsequent explanation made it clear to me, "Do you think it's so easy to bypass the structure of the world and observe a space that exists in a concept?" And even if it's a prophet, there's something I can't see in my strength, right? ”
Sorry, I forgot about this stubble.
From Caster, we finally learned about another character hidden in the shadows, Yan Feng Qili, although I thought it was a very hidden guy from the beginning, but I didn't expect him to have something to do with this Richmond realm, and besides, he let Caster enter the Richmond realm, indirectly helping the latter increase the possibility of winning in the Holy Grail War, what is it for?
Caster said frankly that the red moon here can gradually increase her strength, something similar to magic, but the effect is more like a catalyst contained in those red moonlight, which is very beneficial to a magician like her, Saber also felt this vague power after concentrating, but Tosaka didn't feel anything, which means that this magic power is only effective for the Heroic Spirit, since Yanfeng Qili can have a "key" that can open the door to the world of the world, Then there is no reason for him not to know the secret of the red moonlight.
The more clues, the bigger the mystery, that's how I feel right now.
But at least, we now know who to turn to to solve the mystery.
"It seems that that's all you know," I shook my head, I thought that I could reveal the secrets of the world in one fell swoop from Caster, but I didn't expect that the other party was just a pawn, "That's bother, it's not too early, let's go back first, you and Ge Mu don't get too tired, let's wash and sleep early......"
Boom, the sound of collapse.
"Hey Uncle Alien Monster" Tosaka is really angry this time, and even the more polite "uncle" owes Feng, "You're done with it?" ”
What's even more petrified is the person in question, Caster, who is ready to die generously today, but the man in front of her, who led a group of heroes and thugs to smash the field, turned out to be just a census like asking a few inexplicable questions, and he was going to ...... Let's go?
"You're kidding, aren't you?" Tosaka and Caster asked at the same time.
I had a straight expression: "I'm a serious person who never jokes"
"But......" Tosaka wanted to say something, even if things had developed into a very unbelievable branch plot now, the Holy Grail dream in the girl's heart still stubbornly remained, "At least, she is a hostile Heroic Spirit...... Well, I give up, I admit defeat, it doesn't matter to me how love develops in this Holy Grail War."
This time it was my turn to be surprised, I thought that Tosaka's stubbornness on this issue could persist until the end of the world, but I didn't expect it to fall apart so quickly?
Well, it's not too fast, after all, the Holy Grail War of harmony and friendship at the beginning is now really unrecognizable.
"Wait, you're just leaving?"
Seeing that we really turned around and were about to leave, Caster suppressed the crying and laughing in his heart, and hurriedly asked again, I shrugged at her: "Nonsense, I didn't sleep well last night, and you still don't let me go to bed early today?" ”
As soon as the words fell, Sandora next to me secretly stabbed my waist with a red face - this is thanks to her own body strengthening, Sandora's fingers are poking out of the air, how shy do you say this girl is?
"I mean," Caster took a deep breath, "aren't we enemies?" ”
"Oh, you're saying we should kill you now, right?"
The cloak woman in front of her froze for a moment, then nodded.
"In other words, you took the initiative to come out, just hoping that we can let go of Soichiro Katsuki, who is no longer a threat after killing you?"
I asked quietly, the answer to this question sounding cruel, but it was true, in the face of four Heroic Spirits and one Sasaki who had betrayed him, and a large number of thugs of unknown strength, it was hard to guarantee that Caster did not appear in front of us with such thoughts.
After being silent for a few seconds, the woman hidden in the cloak nodded lightly: "Although I don't know why you know so much about Lu Dao, if you kill me and you let Soichiro go, then it's good to do it, of course, although the difference in strength is so huge, I won't sit still." ”
I looked at the woman in front of me who used her life as a bargaining chip for the sake of her "master", and after a long time, I suddenly laughed: "Tosaka, you lead everyone back first, I have something to talk to her, well, Sakura, you and Rider stay." ”