Emiya Shirou doesn't want to work overtime

Afterwards, in order to track down the Red Team, they searched for information everywhere in Sighishwara.

Later, due to a battle that broke out on the edge of Tulipas, they rushed back there again.

During the day, they began investigating what kind of Servant had caused the people in the town whose hearts had been removed, and following the revelation, they once again arrived in Sighishwara.

Now, they've rushed back to Tulipas yet again.

Within just three days, Joan of Arc traveled back and forth between these two places three times.

Based on her performance over the past few days, Jeanne d'Arc can shed the title of Ruler and be called the new class Runner.

After all, besides Joan of Arc possessing the Revelation herself, someone in the Red faction also has the same skill, making it difficult for her to find him through the Revelation.

Furthermore, the speed of the Assassin's Aerial Garden is no joke. Joan of Arc did discover its trail in Sigheswara through revelation, but she was unable to catch up with it, and she also lacked the ability to fly.

And so, Joan of Arc rushed to the battlefield between the Black and Red factions.

The entire battlefield was in chaos.

The sounds of killing shouts, the cracking of stones, the shattering of bones, the engulfment of flames, the blissful sounds of being lost in paradise, and the sounds of being swallowed by light cannons.

The Holy Grail War at this time resembled a real war, with casualties rising in the hundreds and thousands, amidst the struggle between Servants possessing military strength.

The armies of both sides were almost completely wiped out in an instant, leaving behind only remains, corpses and rubble.

Joan of Arc gripped the flag tightly in her hand, her eyes piercingly surveying the battlefield.

Although she had experienced battlefields far more devastating than this, as someone living in a small village, she hoped that such wars would never happen again.

And she saw a familiar figure on the battlefield, a young man with red hair.

The red-haired boy's armor was mostly damaged and in a tattered state, but he still searched tirelessly among the endless remains and rubble for any androids that were still alive.

Even with his hands soaked in blood and his legs almost numb, Shirou Emiya searches for the androids that still have a breath left on this battlefield where he could die at any moment.

But Shirou Emiya smiled, not only because he had saved so many people, but also because he was delighted that a large portion of his magical energy had been drained after losing the supply of magic from the homunculus in the Yggdrasilia castle.

Aside from the projection magic he uses, there is only one other person who can drain his magic.

That is, his own Servant—Arthur.

Since he still needs his magic, it means that Arthur is still alive, which makes Shirou Emiya happy.

However, Emiya did not rush to find Arthur. Instead, he turned over the rubble on the ground with both hands, carried out one corpse after another, and kept checking whether they were still alive.

"you----"

When Jeanne saw Shirou Emiya covered in bright red blood, she didn't know how to say it to him.

She desperately wanted to lend a helping hand to Shirou Emiya at this critical moment, and help him save the last remaining lives on the battlefield.

But she couldn't do that, because doing so would mean she had already taken sides.

This is something that a Ruler absolutely cannot allow.

On the surface, Shirou Emiya is the Master of the Black Faction, while the homunculus are warriors of the Black Faction. As a Ruller, Jeanne d'Arc cannot intervene under any circumstances.

Hearing someone call his name, Emiya raised his half-closed eyes and looked over.

"Miss Ruler?"

Emiya stood up, his steps unsteady, as if he were about to collapse to the ground at any moment. Without the protection of a Servant, Emiya Shirou had suffered too many aftereffects on the battlefield.

Whether it's the flames generated by Karna's battle with the Black Faction Servants, the light cannons produced from the [Aerial Garden] that shoot at the [First Man], or the Dragon Fang Soldiers that keep pouring into the battlefield.

In such a battlefield, Shirou Emiya's strength would have a negligible impact on it.

He lacked the ability to break through the [Sky Garden] shield barrier. His sword arrows were shot down by the automatic defense light cannon before they even reached their targets, preventing them from making contact with the barrier.

Furthermore, one will be locked onto by the light beams generated by the magic circle, making it extremely difficult to approach the [Sky Garden].

Karna's battlefield is simply beyond the reach of a Master like myself. If I were to force my way in, I would likely be consumed by the sun-like flames.

Left with no other choice, Emiya had to throw himself into the battlefield.

However, it should be noted that the Red Assassin directly deployed 3000 Dragon Tooth Soldiers onto the battlefield, while half of the Black army was wiped out by the sudden light cannon attack, leaving only the portion of the army that Vlad III had left to ambush in the forest.

Adding to the unpredictable area-of-effect attacks across the battlefield, the Black side's army was practically wiped out.

Shirou Emiya was fighting against a large number of Dragon Fang Soldiers almost single-handedly. Even though he could easily kill them, he was already covered in blood after taking an EX-level beam cannon once.

Already suffering from severe injuries, he was now facing a large number of Dragon Tooth Soldiers capable of killing an elephant with sheer numbers.

In addition, there were the aftermaths of the Servants fighting each other.

And Emiya needs to protect the homunculus who is already seriously injured.

Due to a number of factors, although there was something in his body that prevented Emiya from being in mortal danger, he was almost on the verge of exhaustion.

Upon seeing Jeanne d'Arc, Emiya instinctively stood up, intending to speak with her politely, but a powerful sense of weakness surged from the soles of his feet.

Standing up too quickly caused Shirou Emiya to lose control of his feet while crouching on the ground, and he fell forward.

Jeanne d'Arc had not expected Shirou Emiya to collapse like this, and appeared in front of him at lightning speed to catch him.

Seeing the frail Shirou Emiya, and the fearless young man, Jeanne d'Arc felt a pang of heartache.

Being able to save others on the battlefield, regardless of which side you're on, is a respectable thing to do.

Furthermore, he was only a fifteen-year-old boy, and in the real world, he was just like the girl Leticia, who was possessed by him, and was a high school student.

Joan of Arc sighed with regret at stepping onto the battlefield at this moment.

She seemed to have forgotten that she herself was only sixteen years old when she stepped into a battlefield that no one dared to imagine, and achieved victory.

Chapter 165 The Intricate Battlefield

In an abandoned warehouse somewhere in Tulipas, a dense swarm of insects surged within, with countless hearts placed atop the insects, being continuously swallowed up as time passed.

"call out--!"

A dark figure appeared silently at the front door of the room.

On the face of that dark figure was a skull-shaped mask.

The sea of ​​insects in front of him rapidly coalesced into the shape of an old man.

"Did you bring it?"

The old man asked the man in front of him, who was completely covered in black clothes, in his hoarse voice and with an unquestionable tone.

"Mission Complete - Master"

In the man's palm was an extremely large worm, and its back was covered with six Command Seals.

Meanwhile, near the castle of the Yggdmillennia, intense flames emerged from the woods.

"As Master said, you are not a simple Master."

The silver-haired girl gripped the blade in her hand and swung it at Kotomine Shiro with incredible speed through the mist, attacking him from any angle and whenever she concealed herself.

Kotomine Shiro blocked her attacks with remarkable ease, as if he knew exactly where she would attack the moment Jack the Ripper disappeared.

It was as if he had foreseen the future, leaving Jack the Ripper with no way to strike.

[Revelation]

Grade: A

A skill equivalent to "intuition".

Intuition is the sixth sense in battle, but "revelation" applies to all matters related to achieving a goal (such as choosing the most suitable path on a journey).

The Master known as Kotomine Shiro possesses the same skills as Ruler in this Holy Grail War.

However, what's even more surprising than that is that Kotomine Shirou is a magician who possesses skills that only Heroic Spirits have.

"Did it ultimately belong to Black?"

At this time, Kotomine Shiro's strength was not at the level to be able to easily fight Jack the Ripper. It was only because of the revelation that he was able to fight Jack without being at a disadvantage.

However, in the case of a prolonged battle, even Kotomine Shirou cannot compare to Servants who hardly ever tire.

The main reason is that Shiro Kotomine is currently unable to inflict effective damage on Jack the Ripper, and in the long run, he will be the first to be defeated.

"Eh--!"

"Master!"

A cold and stern voice came from Kotomine Shiro's Command Spell.

Due to his familiarity with Command Seals, Kotomine Shirou has been able to modify how Command Seals are used, enabling them to communicate with his Servants.

Jack the Ripper didn't seem to intend to linger any longer; the thick fog dissipated almost the instant the message was sent out by the Command Seals.

Under a tree nearby, where the Holy Grail and a large bag of hearts should have been placed, only the Holy Grail lay alone, as if abandoned, in the grass.

Kotomine Shiro was also very puzzled. Wasn't the Assassin's Master's goal the Holy Grail?

"Master only mentioned needing the heart of an artificial human, not the Holy Grail. I'll just take the heart back with me."

In the shadows, Jack the Ripper muttered to himself. As a child, she didn't fully grasp the importance of the Holy Grail, this extra item.

Only by completing the task given to him by his Master could he see his "mother".

The scene shifts to the battlefield where Karna battles Vlad III and other heroic spirits.

Because of the passing of Archer and Berserker, Karna is now being provided with magical energy by his own Master, as well as by these two Masters who have lost their Servants and Kotomine Shirou, who does not need to provide magical energy for Assassin.

Under the magic of the four magicians, Karna was able to unleash his full power in such a short time.

However, because they were using their full power, the magic power of the four Masters was being consumed at an extremely rapid rate.

After only a few exchanges, Karna had almost exhausted the magical power provided by the four Masters, so he could not fight with all his might in the next battle as before.

However, Black seems to be having some problems at this point.

"Is there a problem with the androids' magic supply?"

Looking in the direction of his castle, Danic quickly figured out the reason: the source of magic power for his Servants had been completely destroyed, and now they could only rely on their respective Masters to provide magic power for their Servants.

The Black faction's Servants are also not allowed to release their Noble Phantasms at will.

The fierce battle between the two sides also eased at this moment, as the conflict between them was reduced due to the issue of magic.