Chapter 115

——Alchemy is about equal exchange.

——And the cost of creating a soul, or rather, splitting a soul, is not something that can be easily met.

"Then, the situation of the Red Faction has been temporarily confirmed." Fujimaru Ritsuka subconsciously raised his hand to adjust the crown on his head, and looked at the observation projection on the wall of the reception room that was the same as the one in the Chaldea Control Room. "Next is the Black Faction - through the surveillance of the White Stork Knights, before the chessboard area appeared, we already knew that Irene Adler had gained dominance in the current alliance."

As early as the daytime of the fourth day, Irene Adler suppressed the Caster group in the same camp and forced Yicun Ransu to become an ally with her - no, to be more precise, Yicun Ransu was obviously forced by Irene Adler to become a part of her plan when his disadvantage was almost completely exposed.

Although Chaldea also provided the almost decisive conditions for Irene Adler and Amura Ranzu to become an alliance - the blood of Gorgon and the power of the Moon Goddess - this does not mean that the Caster group of the Black Camp will immediately withdraw after achieving their own wishes.

Although there was no point in resisting Irene Adler.

"...In short, Irene Adler needs a battlefield that can facilitate Knight Dion and her to display her abilities." Fujimaru Ritsuka paused, his eyes fell on the golden hair of Irene Adler in the projection, "Moreover, this Irene Adler already belongs to the Moriarty plan, to the Moriarty family and to James Bond of MI6."

Moriarty Plan - This is the Noble Phantasm of Professor William James Moriarty, who was recently engraved into the Throne of Heroes. It is also the plan he spent everything he had to plan for during his lifetime and successfully implemented. The core of this plan is to create an existence that will be unanimously hated by everyone, so that people in the whole society, whether nobles or civilians, will put aside their grudges and unite for this.

"The Moriarty Plan is said to be Professor William's treasure, but in fact, as long as you are a member of the Moriarty family, you can more or less change this plan to a plan that better suits your needs." Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled with ease, "This is also the reason why Irene Adler wants to keep Amura Ransu until now."

The chessboard with the black and white rank-level pieces that had been brought in by the new Team A a few days ago had already changed as the rules said, but Fujimaru Ritsuka stood up and walked to the chessboard and stopped - she ignored the white rank-level pieces on the board that had not moved except for the white sword-level pieces, and instead reached out and picked up the piece representing Black Caster.

"This is the bait that Irene Adler prepared for the other participants." Fujimaru Ritsuka dropped the professional chess piece in his hand heavily on the point in the center of the chessboard, and made a firm judgment on the next development in his tone, "In the records of the Holy Grail War recorded in Chaldea, only in the Fourth Holy Grail War in Fuyuki did all the participants go to encircle and suppress the Caster Group."

"But in the Fourth Holy Grail War, the Caster Group - Bluebeard and his protector were put on a bounty by the supervisors sent by the Holy Church, which was responsible for supervising the magic at the time, because they violated the principle of concealment of magic." Kirshtalia cleared her throat and supplemented Fujimaru Ritsuka, "That is the power of the two Command Spells, which is enough to make all protectors who want to obtain the Holy Grail join the encirclement and suppression."

"And Irene Adler doesn't have enough chips to make all the lords contribute their strength to encircle and suppress the Caster group."

"But the lords here - except for us, no one can even be considered a magician." Fujimaru Ritsuka curled his lips and turned back to look at Kirshtalia. "Besides, I said it the day they became allies - the chaos in Yicun itself is enough to induce others to launch a siege against him."

“Come to think of it, since you saw Ransu Amura harassing other participants yesterday——then, apart from the Assassin team that has already left…” Fujimaru Ritsuka turned his head to the side, his eyes inadvertently pausing slightly on the chess piece representing Black Rider, “Did the Lord of Black Rider show his abilities yesterday?”

"...Ritsuka." After a long silence, Kadoc answered Fujimaru Ritsuka's question, "We didn't leave any records of that battle - nor did we see the entire battle. But, if you ask me -"

"If we were to fight that Lord of War head-on, I'm afraid no one would be able to defeat him. After all, Ranzu Amura has proven that hallucinations from the human heart are enough to cause a person to die."

When Yicun Ransu's body was still on the verge of death, he had already single-handedly sent two groups of participants from the Red Camp to retreat - even if this point is not taken into consideration, Merlin's skills in illusion alone are enough to make them, who were born in Chaldea, be very wary of those who are good at illusion-type attacks.

"Well, because the members of our Crown Chat Room have had some dealings with each other." Tai Gongwang touched his chin and gave some additional explanations to Fujimaru Ritsuka, "Even though Abe and I are not convinced, this can only be the name of Merlin, an expert in illusions and hallucinations."

"If I were to exaggerate, Merlin's magic is probably second only to that of the dream god Fangtasus."

"Master, I want to ask you a question." Tai Gong Wang uttered the syllables representing the Lord of the Ring, but everyone knew that he was not calling Peperoncino, the Lord of the White Faction Rider, but the Lord of all Servants in Chaldea. "If you want to use the Servant rank to divide the Lords of the Black Faction - how would you classify them?"

"Ranku Amemura and Irene Adler are Assassins; Reika Aoki is Saber, Archer, and Caster; Nico Yazawa, Tsuna Minamiki, and Yurika Fujido are Caster; and Surante—" Fujimaru Ritsuka paused, recalling his first impression of them at the round table, "Caster, or Archer."

"After all, it's not uncommon for Archers not to use a bow. Well, I'm just guessing based on my first impression of him. If I were to make a property table, his properties would definitely meet the requirements of the Three Knights." Fujimaru Ritsuka cleared his throat, "But compared to Saber and Lancer's ranks... Archer's requirements for weapons are not that strict."

"Sulante's attack was also spiritual," Peperoncino said, explaining why they didn't keep any records of the battle. "When Cadoc and I stayed behind, we cut off the projection of the White Stork Knights' observation broadcast at the beginning of the battle. And when Samson was wandering outside, he unfortunately passed by their battlefield."

"I remember that from the first day we got together, Samson, who was in charge of going out, would receive Artemis's protection every time he went out to prevent Amura's random raps, right?" Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at Samson standing at the door with a surprised look, "Artemis's power is enough--"

"But yesterday's protection was shattered." Orion, standing on Artemis' shoulder, also showed a serious look like a stuffed bear, pointing at Kirshtalia with his stuffed bear's paw, "It's just that the kid didn't let us bring it up when you were away - Artemis found the power of Poseidon in the remaining traces."

"Well, first of all, regardless of whether Poseidon's blessing is real or fake, at least Surant can use the power from Poseidon, the god of the sea. This is now a confirmed fact." Fujimaru Ritsuka quickly calmed down. Her past experience gave her sufficient experience in dealing with this kind of problem. "Then, based on the intelligence of the Olympus soldiers, make a judgment--"

“Kirshtalia-senpai, if there is only one chance for Artemis to release his Noble Phantasm—”

"Can you let the arrow of the Moon Goddess pierce his chest?"

"If that's the question, you should ask Goddess Artemis directly." Kirshtalia smiled helplessly, "If you don't have any other requirements - such as not destroying the buildings... there is a very suitable place in the castle as a launching point. Just add a little auxiliary spell to achieve this goal."

"Do you have any other plans?"

"…Vlad III."

When this name was mentioned, Fujimaru Ritsuka's face showed obvious embarrassment.

Vlad III's wish had long been registered in the Database of Heroes and had been read by all the magicians who could become Overlords - the new Group A members were no exception - but thinking of this Servant's obsession with restoring his reputation, even if the enemy he was facing now was a Berserker, he was enough to give Chaldea a headache.

"Come to think of it, Vlad III's current protector gets along well with him, but it's not like the way Ritsuka and him get along, nor is it like the way they get along in the world where the Holy Grail War took place." Akuhiko glanced at Fujimaru Ritsuka, who looked embarrassed, and pointed at the door that separated the servants from the outside. "If I were to say, it's like the kind of compatibility between me and Lord Xiang Yu."

"……?"

"What I mean is that Vlad III treated the suzerain this time with the attitude of treating someone with whom he has a family connection." Akuji looked at his teammates who had wrong ideas with an angry look, and continued to supplement, "Also, according to the records, Vlad III had a side that showed that he loved his wife deeply - and his attitude towards that suzerain was different from now."

"If it is just my personal judgment, I think he regards the Lord of this war as his own descendant."

"I think Mr. Akuhiko's judgment is generally correct." Fujimaru Ritsuka glanced out the window, and his eyes soon fell on Akuhiko again, "However, although Vlad III believes that the vampire Dracula is a stigmatization of himself - but he can indeed be regarded as Dracula at the Berserker level."

"Besides, that kind of attitude... isn't that the attitude he would have shown to a less self-willed Elizabeth? He saw his patron as a descendant of the Dracula to whom he was later named - not a descendant of Vlad III, the King of Romania."