FATE: Target of Grand Master

Further out at sea, Jason roared at a tall, brown-haired woman, "Caroline, why did you abandon Hercules?"

The woman named Caroline was swaying back and forth in a chair. Underneath her loose robe was a black leather strap that only covered her vital parts. As Caroline swayed, the black leather strap squeezed her fair flesh, and a faint trace of bright red blood seeped out.

Caroline, her face flushed, wore an expression of pure enjoyment, completely ignoring Jason.

"I must be crazy to actually cooperate with a pervert like you."

Upon seeing Caroline's demeanor, Jason immediately turned to leave, but then heard her say in her alluring voice, "There's something strange about Drake's Master; we must use Hercules to hold them off. We've already obtained Euryale; if we find the Ark of the Covenant, we can save the world. Compared to that, losing Hercules is nothing."

"But you still haven't found out where the Ark of the Covenant is!" Jason said, dissatisfied.

"Okay, okay, I'll go ask right now. I promise I'll find out tonight."

Caroline slowly stood up and walked awkwardly into the depths of the cabin.

In the dim light, a green-haired man was locked tightly in a makeshift prison, the bloodstains on his body a testament to his past ordeal.

The beast-eared woman next to her was bound in the same position, and had even more wounds on her body.

Neither of them reacted to Caroline's arrival.

"Ah, even the Servants' spirits aren't as strong as I imagined."

silence.

"Don't let my appearance fool you, I'm actually not good at torture. Rather than torture where you have to hold back to avoid killing, I prefer to inflict extreme pain directly. It's like being overpowered by a testosterone-fueled giant, only to find that the seemingly strong but actually weak guy can't even last a minute. It's really unsatisfying."

silence.

Seeing that no one responded to her words, Caroline's expression turned cold.

"Jack".

"Mom, I'm here."

Jack the Ripper appeared beside Caroline.

"Let's go and perform the surgery on that animal-eared girl again."

"Mom, how should we cut it this time?"

Jack waited excitedly for Caroline's instructions.

"Hmm, let me think about it."

Caroline made a thoughtful gesture, then, as if she had come up with a good idea, said, "The last time we treated him by slow slicing while simultaneously healing him, which used up too many healing potions. This time, let's just cut him into seventeen pieces."

Cut all of these areas: head, back of the head, right eye to lips, right upper arm, right forearm, right ring finger, left elbow, left thumb, left middle finger, left chest, neck to heart, stomach to abdomen, left buttock, left thigh, left calf, and left toes.

As she spoke, Caroline gestured across Jack's petite frame, seemingly indicating the exact location of her Servant.

"stop..."

A hoarse voice finally came from inside the prison.

"Oh my, you've finally spoken up? Is it out of concern for women? How gentlemanly."

Caroline bent down, gently lifted David's chin with her fingers, and continued, "Actually, you're quite handsome. If you had said so earlier, I could have given you the pleasure of love. It's a pity that the scar on your face ruins your appearance."

Caroline released her grip, and David's head fell back down like a puppet with its strings cut.

"I'll give you ten seconds to tell me the whereabouts of the Ark of the Covenant, or I'll have Jack cut Atalanta to pieces. Ten...nine...eight..."

Caroline immediately started counting down.

"David, if you... dare to say it, I will never... forgive you!"

Caroline glanced at Atalanta, who was still trying to stop her, and continued counting down while pulling out the black leather straps that were tightly binding her from under her wide robes.

Actually, it wasn't a leather strap, but a leather whip.

"Hmm~"

As the whip was pulled out, Caroline involuntarily let out a groan.

In her mind, pain is pleasure. She not only enjoys inflicting "pleasure" on herself, but also loves to share this "pleasure" with others.

Snapped!

The whip lashed Atalanta's body, and the huntress's heart-wrenching screams rang out.

Logically speaking, a single lash shouldn't have a significant impact on a Servant, but the problem lies in the fact that the whip in Caroline's hand is not ordinary.

[Item: Painful Thorns]

[Item Description: This item has the effect of directly applying the holder's pain to the target's soul. The more pain the holder has accumulated, the greater the damage will be.]

This item is almost never purchased in the store, because no one would inflict pain on themselves in order to cause harm, but it seems to be a prop tailor-made for Caroline.

To maximize the power of the Painful Thorns, Caroline wrapped them around herself ever since she obtained the item, and also released all the spikes from the whip, driving them deep into her flesh. This is why Caroline walks with a slight limp.

The pain that strikes the soul is something even Servants find difficult to withstand, let alone Atalanta, who has suffered countless times. Her spirit has long since reached its limit, and the fact that she can still say something to stop David is already incredibly incredible to Caroline.

After the screams subsided, the prison fell silent again, and Atalanta had fainted.

Retracting the painful thorns, Caroline looked at David and continued the countdown: "Three...two...one..."

"I gave it to Artemis."

David, unable to bear seeing Atalanta continue to suffer, revealed the whereabouts of the Ark of the Covenant.

"Speak louder, I didn't hear you!"

Snapped!

Caroline slammed the Pain Thorn onto the floor, making a loud, crisp sound.

"I entrusted the Ark of the Covenant to Artemis, the moon goddess."

Where is Artemis?

"have no idea."

Snapped!

This time, the thorns of agony struck David directly, the extreme pain nearly causing him to faint. But in the last moment of his consciousness, he gritted his teeth and said, "I made this arrangement to prevent this from happening. Even if you kill both of us, you will never know where the Ark of the Covenant is."

David finally succumbed to his injuries and passed out.

"Tsk."

Caroline lashed David twice more in a fit of rage, then turned to leave.

"Mom, do I have to dismember you?"

Jack sensed that Caroline was unhappy and asked cautiously.

"Dismember them all, these two are useless now."

"Don't worry, Mom, I'll clean it up."

Ignoring Jack, Caroline went up to the deck and told Medea Lily the information she had just obtained from David.

"I never expected that David would entrust something so important to Artemis, that goddess with a love-struck mind."

Medea Lily was also taken aback.

"Judging from your expression, it seems you have a way of finding out where the Moon Goddess is," Caroline said.

"Of course, don't underestimate me."

Medea Lily took out a crystal ball and muttered incantations. After a while, the crystal ball emitted a faint light, and an image appeared within it.

"What a coincidence. Artemis is actually on the Golden Deer."