FATE: Target of Grand Master

"Who are you?"

Lu Bu hurriedly wiped his face and questioned him.

It's shameful for a grown man to cry in front of a child, let alone a famous general like Lü Bu.

However, on the other hand, the presence of a self-aware individual in this environment, even if he appears to be a little boy, makes Lu Bu wary.

"My name is Louis Charles, and Marie Antoinette is my mother. You must have been affected by my mother's Noble Phantasm to get here," the little boy replied in a slightly childish voice.

"So, you're trying to stop me for your mother?"

As a military general, Lü Bu had killed children before, but no one with any humanity would like that feeling. If possible, Lü Bu wanted the little boy to move aside on his own.

To Lü Bu's surprise, the little boy shook his head.

"No, I'm not here to stop you. On the contrary, I will show you the way out of here."

This has stumped Lü Bu. What kind of mother-son relationship is this?

However, as a "godfather killer," I don't really have the right to comment.

Seeing that Lü Bu was somewhat skeptical, Xia Er told a story.

That was the short life of a child who was only ten years old.

Born into a French royal family, Charles lived a life of comfort and ease. Unfortunately, when he was four years old, the French Revolution broke out.

Commoners and even slaves, who were originally considered inferior by the royal family, stormed into the castle and imprisoned Charles and his parents.

As a result, Charles was transformed from a prince into a prisoner.

When Charles was seven years old, he witnessed his biological father, Louis XVI, being sent to the guillotine. In the same year, he was forced by the revolutionaries to accuse his mother of having an affair with him.

In the last three years of his short life, Charles was plagued by illness and suffering until he died of tuberculosis at the age of ten.

After listening, Lü Bu remained silent for a long time.

Having also lived through a chaotic era, he could deeply empathize with Charles's feelings and even compared Charles to Emperor Xian of Han, Liu Xie.

In comparison, although Liu Xie was successively controlled by Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao, at least he had no worries about food and clothing, and he was neither imprisoned nor worried about trial and mistreatment.

In comparison, this child's life can truly be described as unfortunate.

Lu Bu ultimately chose to trust Sharl and, with Sharl's guidance, successfully escaped Black Mary's Noble Phantasm.

Lu Bu recounted in detail how he escaped Black Mary's Noble Phantasm, and analyzed it as follows: "I am a warrior. It is only natural to be hated for killing. If I am killed because my skills are inferior, I do not need to resent others. Once I have resolved my inner conflict with Diao Chan, I will have nothing left to be entangled by hatred."

Your Noble Phantasm must be something like a curse imposed on its target through hatred. Those not entangled in hatred will not become the targets of your Noble Phantasm's curse. Therefore, my consciousness has awakened.

Black Mary's expression suddenly became complicated.

"Ciel, I never imagined you would hide inside Mother's Noble Phantasm, and even guide her enemies. Are you still resentful that Mother didn't protect you?"

"I think that boy doesn't resent you. He asked me to pass on a message to you: 'Although I was forced at the time, I still want to apologize to my mother for making false accusations against her.'"

After hearing Lu Bu's words, Black Mary shed black tears of blood from her left eye.

She threw Diao Yunshang to Lü Bu, then clenched her fists, knelt on the ground, and emitted a sound wave that conveyed extreme sorrow.

As the sound waves spread, Black Mary's body turned into dust and vanished with the wind.

Lu Bu caught Diao Yunshang and gently pressed her philtrum, quickly waking her up.

"Huh? Lü Bu? Why did I faint? Where are the enemies? Ah, you're badly injured, are you alright?"

Lu Bu gently stroked his master's head, reassuring this descendant of Diao Chan.

"A broken hand is nothing to worry about, it's not fatal. As for the enemies, of course they've all been dealt with by me."

"Is everything resolved?"

Diao Yunshang's memory is still stuck at the time when she was knocked unconscious by Black Mary.

"It's all resolved. Although the woman in the black dress kidnapped you, she disappeared after hearing what her son relayed to her. I think it's possible that her son's words shook the foundation of her spirit origin—hatred—and her body disappeared as a result."

Diao Yunshang had no objection to Lü Bu's analysis. She stretched and breathed a sigh of relief.

"At least we didn't hold anyone back, let's take a short break first."

The sound waves from Black Mary's disappearance were not limited to her battle with Lu Bu, but spread throughout the entire battlefield.

Jeanne Alter couldn't understand why all her Servants were leaving the field, while the opposing side had almost no casualties.

Enraged, Jeanne Alter finally remembered that she had a fantasy creature on her side that could unleash wide-range attacks. So she immediately broke away from the battle line, leaped high into the air, and jumped directly onto the back of the swooping dragon Fafnir.

"Fafnir, with your most blazing flames, slaughter the rebels below!"

At this moment, both Xia Yan's Morgan and Diao Yunshang's Lu Bu were injured and unable to provide sufficient protection for their human masters.

The human soldiers who fought the monsters were either wounded or killed; many were only able to keep going through the ordeal because of sheer willpower.

If Fafnir were to unleash a breath attack at this moment, everyone would likely perish here.

"Fafner, breathe fire!"

After circling once above the battlefield, Fafnir condensed a ball of scorching energy in her mouth and unleashed it mercilessly upon the humans below.

Suddenly, a blonde girl stood at the forefront of the fiery breath, raising a white flag high in her hand.

"My banner, protect my people! My lord is here!!"

Jeanne d'Arc activated her Noble Phantasm with an extremely wide range, protecting not only Xia Yan and his two companions and the few Servants around them, but also every ordinary soldier of the resistance.

Fafnir's flames, instead of burning the enemy to death, roasted many of her own monsters.

This scene enraged Jeanne Alter even more!

"You country bumpkin, I'd like to see how much magic you have to squander."

Jeanne Alter immediately commanded Fafnir to build up energy in preparation for launching a second wave of attacks.

Jeanne's Noble Phantasm effect has ended. After releasing such a wide-range Noble Phantasm, Jeanne is also somewhat exhausted in terms of magic power and can barely maintain her standing by relying on the flag in her hand.

If Fafnir were to successfully launch a second wave of attacks, the consequences would be unimaginable.

At this moment, Siegfried, one of the only two local Heroic Spirits in this singularity, walked up to Jeanne d'Arc with his greatsword.

"Sorry, it took me a while to build up my magic power. Now, leave the rest to me."

Siegfried raised the dragon-slaying greatsword in his hand, and a large amount of magic formed a streamlined light on the blade.

"Awaken from the golden dream, the evil dragon crawls across the ground. Liberate yourself from your cradle, Fantasy Greatsword: Fallen Demon!"

Siegfried unleashed his Noble Phantasm without hesitation, and a massive amount of magical power erupted from the tip of his sword, clashing perfectly with Fafnir's second flame.

"roar!"

Fafnir roared as she increased the output of her flames.

"The evil dragon, it's time for you to fall!"

Siegfried also shouted loudly, releasing all the magic power on his greatsword.

In the end, the blue and white magic beams defeated the crimson flames, destroying the giant dragon's head that was spewing fire.

The enormous dragon's body plummeted straight to the ground like a meteorite, creating a huge crater after a violent earthquake.

Jeanne Alter, who was originally standing on Fafnir's back, saw that things were not going well and immediately jumped off the dragon, thus avoiding a section of it.