Of all the people present, only Lancer knew what had happened.
Perhaps 'Bashum' could be immune to poison and curses, but it could not be immune to mental influence.
That's right, it was mental influence and not mind control. After all, it was not something that a normal person could do to control a 'divine beast', and the reason why this happened was all a secret within that bloody mist.
In short, those bloody mists were the blood of the foreigners who had died under Lancer hands, and they were not actually under Lancer control. Lancer could not actively control them, but this did not prevent them from playing their role.
'Demon-possessed Armor'
This was the Imperial Arm that Lancer had wanted to get the most, but now he had obtained this ability with the same name but a completely different effect.
The vengeful souls of these foreigners would infect anything that came into contact with them, and those who were infected would hate Lancer immensely and launch a frantic attack on him.
So Lancer just simply threw these 'vengeful souls' out, and Bashum swallowed them in one bite. Bashum, who was infected by the resentment, naturally launched a frantic attack on Lancer, this 'enemy'.
If Semiramis could completely control Bashum, then she could still forcefully command it to act, but unfortunately, Semiramis did not have this ability. The final result was that Bashum frantically pursued Lancer, while the three cats, who were also strengthened by the Noble Phantasm and had a similar strength to 'D-rank Servants' and specialized in 'anti-human attacks', followed behind and frantically dealt damage.
This Noble Phantasm, which Semiramis had seen as her last resort, was completely caught in Lancer rhythm at this moment.
Poison --- ineffective.
Divine beast --- out of control.
Magic rituals --- unable to break through the opponent's defense.
Now, the only thing Semiramis could do was to use various rituals to cover Bashum and help it solve Lancer as soon as possible, otherwise, it would remain in an out-of-control state.
But Lancer did not know that Semiramis could summon Bashum before, so what was his purpose?
Lancer, like 'Leeroy Jenkins', ran around in this 'theater' with Bashum. The entire battlefield was a mess because of him. Even the battle between Siegfried and Amakusa Shirou Tokisada was once forced to be interrupted.
In his seemingly chaotic running, no one noticed that the distance between him and Semiramis was gradually closing, until Amakusa Shirou Tokisada was repelled by Siegfried's 'holy sword' and fell into a ravine, did he notice that something was wrong with the ground.
"Assassin!!"
Amakusa Shirou Tokisada's exclamation also made Lancer, who was originally 'nervously dodging', his expression tighten.
'He found out?'
Seeing Semiramis preparing to retreat, Lancer also decided to go all out.
The huge lance suddenly spun in the air. While it created a gust of wind, the grip, which was originally a forward grip, became a reverse grip, and he fiercely threw it towards Semiramis.
"Whoosh~!"
The air seemed to be torn apart, and the huge lance instantly hit Semiramis's --- ground in front of her.
Everyone thought that Lancer attack had missed, but that lance turned into a puddle of blood and melted into the ground. Then a huge log slowly rose from behind Semiramis, and at the same time, several iron chains from the bottom of the log surged towards Semiramis.
"What is this thing?!"
Semiramis, who was constantly trying to resist with rituals, found that her opponent seemed to be tireless. Even if it was knocked down, it would fly up again and wildly surge towards her.
There were two ways to unlock the second stage of Lancer Noble Phantasm.
The first type of target was 'nobles', and it would turn into a huge guillotine. If the target could not resist, their head would be cut off by the guillotine.
The origin of this form was naturally the countless beheading ceremonies he presided over as the 'executioner' during the Great Purge.
The second type of target was naturally 'foreigners', and this was the most BUG part, because the definition of a 'foreigner' completely depended on Lancer thoughts. Of course, it had to be his 'true thoughts', but it was obvious that Semiramis, who was a mix of human and god, was definitely not his 'kind' in Lancer eyes.
Then the second form would be activated. The huge log and iron chains would capture the target...
"In the name of the Command Spell! Assassin! Let Bashum attack the huge log!"
No one expected that Amakusa Shirou Tokisada, who was repelled by Siegfried, would suddenly use a Command Spell at this time.
Since the owner couldn't control it, then they would use the power of the Command Spell to forcefully control it!
There was no doubt that Amakusa Shirou's decision was absolutely correct. Although Bashum's eyes were still full of anger and hatred, it had no choice but to attack the 'Noble Phantasm' that Lancer had summoned under the power of the Command Spell.
Then when Bashum rushed over, the frantic chains suddenly wrapped around its head, and at the same time, that log began to descend...
"Submit! Or die!"
A voice without any emotion came from the Noble Phantasm, and Bashum's choice was self-explanatory. It would naturally not choose either of the two, and then ---
"Puff~!!"
After slowly descending, the huge log suddenly shot out from the ground. Bashum, who had finally broken free from the chains, felt a sharp pain in its jaw, and then its huge snake head fiercely hit backwards, but the remaining chains were still controlling its head.
Under the stalemate, the chains were actually broken.
"Ding dong~"
"Bang~!"
Accompanied by the sound of metal colliding, the huge head turned over and fiercely smashed into the ground.
"Tsk~!"
Lancer, who saw this, had a face full of displeasure, because this time, the goal was not achieved.
There was no doubt that the second form of the Noble Phantasm's second stage was the 'Forest of Spears' at the border, but unlike the Grand Duke's 'impalement', Lancer emphasized 'death' and 'submission', while the Grand Duke's was simply for deterring the enemy, so their expressions were also very different.
If the chains had captured the 'direct target', they would have become more resilient, but unfortunately, they only captured 'Bashum'. If it had been Semiramis, she would probably have retired directly.
But even so, the anger that Bashum showed after being forced to retire was enough for Semiramis to handle. At this time, she looked as if her head had been fiercely hammered and was a bit dizzy. There was no doubt that this was the side effect of the forced deactivation.
'Since I can't kill you with my Noble Phantasm, then I'll personally send you off!'
'Alucard' once again turned into a deadly weapon in Lancer hand, and his target was naturally Semiramis's chest.
"Clang~~!!"
But he did not hit the target he had hoped for. Instead, he slid away along the blade with a flash of sparks.
"Ruler?!"
Lancer, who had not expected the other party to interfere, had a face full of shock.