FATE: Target of Grand Master

Linghu Shi, who was held in Arthur's arms, never stopped observing the battlefield. She also saw Charlemagne's crisis, and at that moment, she thought of someone—Xia Yan.

This guy has been acting like nothing's wrong since the start of the fight, doing nothing but standing on the sidelines watching the show. The other two Japanese guys are also strange, ignoring the unsuspecting Xia Yan and just focusing on attacking him.

For a fleeting moment, Linghu Shi even wondered if Xia Yan had conspired with the other two Japanese to trick him.

There was no time to think further. Just as Linghu Shi was about to use a Command Spell to summon Charlemagne back to her side, a petite figure appeared beside Xia Yan.

"Tiamat, help Arthur and Charlemagne."

"Call me Mom." Tiamat clearly disliked Xia Yan calling her by her first name.

"Mom, please."

In this urgent situation, Xia Yan didn't have time to worry about how to address him.

"Yes, Mommy will fulfill any request you make, baby."

Having said that, Tiamat dispelled her spirit form, threw a spoon behind Charlemagne, and then shot out two white lasers from her eyes, the target of which was naturally Darius III.

clang!

boom!

Camilla, who was attempting a sneak attack, clutched her swollen right hand, which had been struck by a spoon that looked like a meteor hammer, and moved away a little. Charlemagne took this opportunity to stand up again and avert the danger of falling to the ground.

On the other side, Arthur also felt the pressure on the Holy Sword suddenly ease, and the huge figure that had been suppressing him was swept away into the distance as if it had encountered a fierce flood.

Mochizuki Yusuke and Tano Kazuya's smiles froze on their faces. The promising situation of about to eliminate two Servants vanished in an instant. The two turned their gaze to the direction in which their respective Servants were attacked. When they saw the petite figure floating in mid-air next to Xia Yan so as not to appear shorter than their own child, their pupils shrank.

Tiamat!

How could it be Tiamat!

The two felt like they were in a Pokémon battle. At the beginning, both sides pulled out their starter Pokémon, Hydreigon, Goodra, or pseudo-legendary Pokémon, relying on strategy and type advantage to fight. But just when they had defeated the opponent and only had one Pokémon left, the opponent suddenly threw out an Arceus. Tell me, how are you supposed to fight this?!

"Darius, activate your Noble Phantasm!"

At this moment, Mochizuki Yusuke abandoned all thought and only wanted to use every means to fight to the death.

"Hey, don't make any rash moves!"

Unfortunately, Tano and Aya's advice came too late; Darius had already begun to gather his magic power upon hearing the command.

On the other side, Xia Yan immediately noticed Darius's unusual movement. Although his Noble Phantasm "Undying Ten Thousand Cavalry" performed only so-so in the game, it was actually an anti-army Noble Phantasm comparable to Iskandar's "King's Army". If he were to release it, Xia Yan and Linghu Shi would have to face a legion of ten thousand dead soldiers.

While it's not impossible to resolve them, the cost would be enormous. Xia Yan wasn't sure how many times Linghu Shi's magic power would be enough for her Servants to unleash their Noble Phantasms. In any case, Xia Yan couldn't withstand even one of Tiamat's Noble Phantasms at the moment. Only with the blessing of a Command Seal could she barely satisfy Tiamat's magic power to unleash an EX-rank Noble Phantasm.

"Mom, we can't let him unleash his Noble Phantasm."

Xia Yan immediately ordered Tiamat to stop Darius III.

"Leave it to Mom."

Tiamat responded with a relaxed "yes," then put her hands in front of her mouth, making a shouting motion.

"Ahhhhhhhhh!"

Tiamat unleashed a white laser beam from her mouth, three times thicker than the two beams from her eyes combined.

Darius, who was gathering his magic power, had already learned his lesson once. He immediately crossed his giant axes in front of him for defense, but he still underestimated the power of Tiamat's laser.

"ah!!!"

The white laser easily pierced through the defenses of the black and gold giant axes, penetrating their master's heart along with it. Darius III's massive spirit core immediately fell straight backward, and golden particles began to emanate from his body, a sign of the spirit core's collapse.

"What?!"

Before Mochizuki Yusuke could finish his exclamation, he saw Xia Yan pointing at himself, his lips slightly parted.

Even though they were far apart, Mochizuki Yusuke couldn't hear what Xia Yan was saying, but he could still roughly guess Xia Yan's instructions—to kill him.

The next instant, a petite, beautiful white figure appeared before him, a figure that now filled Mochizuki Yusuke with immense terror.

"I'm sorry, although you could have been my child, my baby doesn't like you, so I have to make you disappear."

Bang!

Tiamat smashed down with a spoon, cracking Mochizuki Yusuke's head open.

Having lost their magical support, Kyouran and Chiyome Mochizuki's strength was greatly reduced, and they were quickly killed by Gawain and Arthur.

Tiamat threw away the spoon stained with Mochizuki Yusuke's blood, turned her head, and looked at the field and Aya with her inhuman pupils.

"I surrender! Please, don't kill me! I'll do anything to save me!"

Tianye and Cai immediately knelt down and raised their hands, their reaction was incredibly swift.

At this moment, she was extremely shocked. The reason was that Xia Yan had Tiamat, a terrifying combat power that she had never expected. She also realized that all her calculations had misjudged a major premise: that Xia Yan would consider that the enemy was Draco and would not kill them, who were also Masters.

After all, losing one Master means losing several Servants, which would reduce their combat strength. Even if they disagree, at most they would just fight each other and injure a few Servants.

Xia Yan, however, did not think that way at all. His actions were completely driven by the crazy logic that no matter how Draco fought behind them, since they were not on our side, he would kill them all.

No, Xia Yan isn't crazy, because his servant is Tiamat.

With his second beast, even if it's just a clone, Xia Yan's strength is far beyond what ordinary Masters like them can match. Add to that Linghu Shi's four Servants, and it's not impossible for them to go toe-to-toe with Draco.

Following the plan, Linghu Shi had his Servants render Tianye and Cai's three Servants powerless before returning them to Xia Yan's side.

At this moment, Tiamat lifted Tianye and Cai to Xia Yan's feet, still kneeling with their hands raised in surrender. Tiamat then took out a new soup spoon and placed it on Tianye and Cai's head.

"If you don't want to die, take out the teleportation orb first."

Upon hearing Xia Yan's order, Tian Ye and Cai immediately complied, while also feeling a sense of relief.

If the other party wanted to prevent them from escaping, it meant that they really intended to keep them here. Although Tianye and Cai could already foresee that their days in this trial would not be easy, it was better to have an unpleasant experience than to have no experience at all.

After handing the teleportation ball to Xia Yan, Tian Ye and Cai still obediently raised their hands, as if they would keep this position forever until they received Xia Yan's next command.

"Linghu Shi, do you have anything to say?"

Xia Yan gave Linghu Shi a chance to vent her anger. However, to Tian Ye and Cai's surprise, Linghu Shi only glanced at her indifferently, then put on her glasses and shook her head slightly.

After Linghu Shi finished expressing his attitude, he sat down to the side without saying a word. Xia Yan understood that Linghu Shi had handed over the overall command of handling Tian Ye and Cai, as well as the subsequent actions of the three of them, to him.

Although everything was going according to Xia Yan's plan, he still had a sense of déjà vu that "if we don't close the net soon, I'll become the boss myself."

No, I've actually become the boss now.