"So, the only masters left on the Red Faction side are Mr. Shishigou and that Father Amakusa?"
Listening to the latest intelligence brought back by Shishigou Kairi, Caules was stunned, his mouth hanging open.
"If what you say is true, then why didn't we receive this intelligence?" Celenike stepped forward, staring intently at Shishigou Kairi as she demanded an answer.
"How would I know?" Shishigou Kairi shrugged and asked in return, "Shouldn't you be asking that Archer's master instead?"
As he spoke, Shishigou Kairi's gaze flickered toward Daniel.
He hadn't expected this person to be so ruthless.
Not only did he get all the homunculus of the Yggdmillennia Clan in one go, but he even turned around and made them owe him five more.
As a result, even if all the Black Faction masters survived this Holy Grail War, they would likely struggle to deal with the subsequent invasion from the Clock Tower.
Anyway, it had nothing to do with him, a master who had defected from the Red Faction to the Ruler Faction.
Caules froze for a moment as if he had received some information, then took a deep breath and nodded.
"My sister has already confirmed it. Archer is likely focused on the battle with Rider and is temporarily unable to attend to communications." Caules looked at Shishigou Kairi. "Mr. Shishigou's intelligence arrived very timely; this way, we can encircle and suppress the existing Lancer and Assassin of the Red Faction without any worries."
"Huh? Stop joking." Mordred, who had been forced by Artoria to change into more conservative clothing, wore a mocking expression. "That Lancer guy took my Noble Phantasm point-blank without a scratch. What are you going to use to fight him?"
"And unlike that Rider guy, Lancer has re-contracted with the Dark-skinned Father; he is no longer a drifter. Among the Servants present, the only one who can fight him, or even defeat him, is my Father King!"
"You'd better obediently prepare yourselves for your Servants to be wiped out, and then accept my Father King's final mercy!"
"After all, that Dark-skinned Father is the fundamental reason why the Ruler descended for the Holy Grail War."
That brat Mordred exposed the Ruler's true purpose in one breath.
It's a good thing she hadn't exposed the true purpose of the Ruler Faction yet, otherwise, the homunculus currently being transferred would likely have met an untimely end.
"Shut up, Mo-chan," Daniel said, staring at Mordred as he warned her, "Are you planning to leak so much that even the color of our underwear gets revealed?"
"Pah! Don't slander me! You aren't even wearing any underwear!" Mordred yelled, standing up in anger and pointing at Daniel.
...Damn, what a talent!
Everyone present turned their gaze to Mordred's face.
"Mordred, I don't recall teaching you to be a child who peeps at whether others are wearing underwear or not." Morgan looked at Mordred with an expression of wanting to cry but having no tears.
Mordred was so angry she almost lunged at her to fight for her life.
"Is there a possibility of an alliance?" Caules suddenly asked. "Or rather, what price would we need to pay for you to help us deal with Lancer?"
He was not looking at Artoria, but at Daniel.
The Ruler is an existence that protects the rules of the Holy Grail War. Although the rule-breaker has been clearly identified as the joint master of Lancer and Assassin—that so-called 'Dark-skinned Father'—some things still cannot be spoken of too explicitly.
Therefore, he set his sights on Mr. 'Li Lin', the master of most Servants in the Ruler Faction.
"Food," Daniel considered for a few seconds before looking at Caules and answering, "Introduce some major grain merchants to me. Preferably local major producers in Russia, India, Argentina, Ukraine, or the United States."
Surely, the grain merchants of these countries combined should have no problem providing enough food for over a million children under the age of ten for a year or so.
Although India has less grain per capita, most of the grain is concentrated in the hands of the high castes, while the low castes struggle to even maintain basic sustenance. Therefore, it might be possible to buy more grain from them than from the other countries.
Although Argentina and Ukraine's total grain production cannot compare to the other countries, their populations are small, which increases the per capita grain. The amount that can be purchased shouldn't be small either.
It's just that in China... although the total grain production is among the best in the world, the per capita amount is not high, and it even relies on imports.
Therefore, Daniel plans to go to this new homeland to buy some seeds suitable for planting, rather than buying large quantities of grain.
As for the money to buy food... surely the gambling dens in Las Vegas and Macau will welcome him with smiles and send him off in tears.
After all, Golden Rule A is quite impressive.
For the sake of those children he had yet to meet, Daniel had truly gone to great lengths.
Right, he also needs to prepare some literacy textbooks from various countries.
The only people present who could see through Daniel's current thoughts were Artoria... and Morgan, who was cheating by using magic to read minds on the side.
Damn! Other World! Damn! I want to go!
Morgan's brain was trembling!
In any case, in this era where mystery is gradually fading, the island power of Britain could no longer provide her with any help.
She might as well go to the Other World with these people; perhaps she could encounter a magic world where she could regain her former glory!
"...Is this enough?" Caules asked, looking at Daniel with some astonishment.
"Yes, this is enough," Daniel nodded.
"If we use Yggdmillennia's connections, this request can be fully satisfied," Caules said, standing up with some excitement. "No, I can go contact those people right now!"
"Then, we should also prepare to welcome Lancer's attack," Daniel said, signaling to Artoria.
In any case, as long as the target is that guy Amakusa Shirou Tokisada, he will have to face Karna regardless. It's better to make some not-too-excessive requests while Caules and the others haven't reacted yet.
"Right, please be sure to completely kill Karna this time," Daniel advised Artoria. "So don't use the Holy Sword; use the Holy Spear."
If he remembered correctly, that guy Karna also has an anti-divine Noble Phantasm.
Living things, non-living things, or even any object—including magical beasts, phantasmal beasts, divine beasts, humans, shields, armies, cities, barriers, and gods—cannot resist it. Only the 'World' can counter it.
In other words, a defense based on the concept of the 'World' cannot be pierced.
And Artoria, holding the Holy Spear, possesses an EX-rank inherent skill called 'Blessing of the End of the World'.
The wielder receives the protection of the end of the world itself.
It's just the perfect counter to that anti-divine Noble Phantasm of Karna's.
"Does that mean I can go all out?" Artoria asked, raising an eyebrow at Daniel.
"...Play it by ear," Daniel replied, rubbing his chin. "Just don't break this world."
He still needs to purchase grain and books in this world.
"Does Elder Sister want to come along?" Artoria asked, looking at Morgan as she stood up.
After leaving Daniel's side, she wasn't at ease letting this scheming Elder Sister remain here.
Otherwise, she worried that when she returned, she would find that Daniel had already been molded into her shape.
"No need, just let her stay here," Daniel said, waving his hand quickly.
Are you kidding? Why let Morgan follow along?
To give her a chance to stir up trouble and make the situation a mess?
Although she is quite capable when it comes to sponsoring her younger sister, she is also quite capable when it comes to sabotaging her younger sister.
Daniel, unaware of Morgan's current psychological changes, judged it this way.
As for whether Morgan would brainwash him or use charm or something... Heh, did she really think his vigilance and hostile attitude toward Morgan from the beginning were a joke!
It was described in Log ⑩.
Although the result is predetermined, he remains clear-headed from a third-party perspective, and whether he is controlled depends on his attitude toward the caster.
As long as he maintains constant vigilance and hostility toward Morgan, her brainwashing methods cannot control him to do anything for her; he would just stand there like a wooden statue, stunned and motionless.
And when Artoria returns and discovers his abnormality, she will quickly understand that Morgan acted against him and solve the problem.
This is Daniel's trust in the goddess!
Of course, the reason he could say this with such confidence is mainly because his 'Death Crisis Perception' did not issue a warning.
That means even if Morgan has ideas about him, she has no intention of harming him.
Perhaps he could even take advantage of this to figure out if'Survival of the Fittest' has a chance to adapt to the 'charmed, hypnotized' state.
Although he didn't have the courage to use himself as a test subject for skill research, he did have a reckless psychological inclination to conduct passive observations.
Artoria scrutinized Daniel carefully; after a few seconds, she turned her gaze back to Morgan.
"Elder Sister, please take care of my partner for me temporarily."
"Ara, what silly things are you saying," Morgan replied in a light tone. "Would I do anything bad to my own son?"
"No, as I said, I have no blood relationship with you; the one who had a blood relationship with you left long ago," Daniel sighed helplessly.
However, come to think of it, that's true.
Although Morgan felt angry that her children had one after another abandoned her and even turned their blades against her, she had never actively taken action against these children.
Instead, the deaths of these children were mostly Lancelot's doing.
That's just f*cking ridiculous!
So when can we fast-forward to Morgan versus Lancelot?
Shaking his head to throw the messy thoughts out of his mind, Daniel gently tapped Aura's shoulder at a certain frequency, then stood beside Jeanne.
He is not the type of person who would drop his guard against Morgan just because she said a few light words!
At most, the hostile attitude has disappeared.
On the side, Caules made an expression of 'I didn't hear anything' while looking around, then left a sentence, "I'll go find Lord Darnic to smooth things over," and ran off.
Celenike, however, glanced at Daniel a few times, her eyes filled with thoughtfulness.
But she specializes in curse-based magecraft and has no interest in the Department of Spirit Evocation, so she just looked a few times and then shifted her gaze away.
Right now, compared to the Holy Grail War and the mysterious appearance of the Ruler Faction, she would rather take Rider back to the torture chamber to toy with him properly.
It is definitely not because the look that little brown-skinned girl with long ears gave her made her feel cold.
Artoria turned and walked out of the Yggdmillennia castle.
'(Communication Magic) master, I have notified Shalltear to take the large light sphere and immediately transfer to the rear.'
Daniel didn't speak, just gave her a thumbs up.
This girl, well done!
Artoria and Karna's battle will definitely change the terrain. If they fight too intensely and tear up the surrounding surface, Daniel would be very worried about Shalltear's safety.
So he implied for her to notify Shalltear to move to a safe area immediately by tapping Aura's shoulder.
Thanks to Aura being studious enough in the previous world to learn Morse code.
As for whether it would be exposed... who would think that a Magus could understand Morse code?
Except for that loser who became Lord El-Melloi II!
Daniel considered for a few seconds, then tapped Aura's shoulder again.
'Notify Albedo to open a portal for Shalltear and place the greater grail directly underground in Sighisoara.'
The area around Yggdmillennia castle is still not very safe; it's better to just transfer Shalltear and the greater grail to the safer underground of Sighisoara.
'(Communication Magic · Albedo) master, the transfer work is complete! Is there anything else you need me to do?'
'(Communication Magic · Aura) master says several Servants have already been eliminated. Now we should be able to use the magic power of the greater grail to assist Big Sister Sanzang in further accelerating the grievance cleansing and reincarnation work for Jack the Ripper.'
'(Communication Magic · Albedo) Why is Aura telling me this? Has master abandoned me!'
'(Communication Magic · Aura) Albedo, what are you saying? master doesn't know communication magic, how could he tell you personally? master is already making a speechless expression right now!'
'(Communication Magic · Albedo) I think it is necessary for me to personally go before master to plead guilty!'
'(Communication Magic · Shalltear) Albedo, I can't even be bothered to expose you! Is that wanting to plead guilty? You're clearly just lusting after master and want to be by his side!'
'(Communication Magic · Aura) Shalltear, do you still have time to chat? I advise you to learn more things. Today, master communicated with me via Morse code. Do you understand Morse code?'
'(Communication Magic · Shalltear) Does Albedo know? (No!) Tch! Aura, teach me after we rendezvous!'
'(Communication Magic · Aura) The three-person chat group has been disbanded.'
'(Communication Magic · Shalltear) Damn! You two!'
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