FATE: Target of Grand Master

"So, it's still not enough?"

Although the holy sword wounded Aika, it did not cause fatal damage. On the contrary, Aika dipped her hand in the blood from her wound, put it in her mouth, and licked it with her tongue.

"Saber, I have received your love. Now, it is my turn to show you my love. But before that, let's get rid of those bugs."

Seeing Arthur lying on the ground, his magic exhausted, Aika snapped her fingers, and a man covered in black mud, but whose outline was still visible, appeared beside Aika with a bow and arrow in his hand.

"Archer, take care of those bugs over there."

The man who received the order did not speak, or rather, he had lost the ability to communicate and was simply obeying Aige as a puppet.

"Noble Phantasm! Meteor..."

Just as the man was about to unleash his magic to kill Xia Yan and Linghu Shi, his ever-increasing magical power suddenly stopped. This was not a problem with the man himself, but rather with his master, Ai Ge.

"Pfft—!"

Aige, spitting out a mouthful of blood, looked in surprise at a spell cast on her, which had been released from the silver-haired girl holding a cross wand not far away.

This technique is not a direct attack, but rather a technique that can interfere with the target's magical energy flow and internal magic circuits. If used on other beasts, it would have almost no effect, but Aika is an exception.

She has only one magic loop. Although this magic loop connects to the Root, making her far more powerful than other regular magicians and even able to compete with mages, Morgan seized on this point and tampered with her only magic loop, causing it to malfunction when controlling magical beasts and Servants simultaneously, which requires a large amount of magic power and precise control.

As a result, Arash's magic was interrupted as he was preparing to unleash his Noble Phantasm, and the monsters that had been besieging Morgan and Tiamat also went berserk to varying degrees.

"Pfft—!"

Aika coughed up another mouthful of blood, then muttered, "I never expected that insects would have Servants with this level of magic. This is even stronger than Paracelsus."

A sharp pain shot through her body from the rampaging magic, and Aika quickly retreated several steps to dodge Morgan's black gun attack.

"My prince, it seems this reunion will have to end here. Next time, I will definitely take you away. As for you, Berserker, skilled in magic, next time I will also make you submit to me."

After saying that, Aige reached out and tore open a spatial rift, then went inside. Arash, who was contaminated by the black mud, and the monsters also disappeared.

Just as Xia Yan and Linghu Shi thought they could finally breathe a sigh of relief, Ai Ge's left index finger, which had not yet disappeared into the spatial rift, shot an extremely small black magic bullet at Linghu Shi's chest. After leaving behind the words, "I will find you soon," she strode away.

"A little poem!"

Arthur struggled to his feet and quickly walked to Linghu Shi's side to inquire about her condition.

Linghu Shi is still completely bewildered.

She was certain that she had been attacked by Aika, but she was not dead, and she didn't even feel anything unusual.

Xia Yan also brought Morgan over to check on Linghu Shi's condition.

"This is not an attack, not even a curse, but simply a mark."

"What does that mean? What's being marked?"

Linghu Shi already had some guesses in his mind, but he didn't really want to accept them.

"Mark your coordinates. The purpose, of course, is to find you later."

really!

The heavy burden in Linghu Shi's heart still struck him.

Doesn't this mean that I've been targeted by that crazy woman?

"Morgan, is there any way to clear the effect of this mark?"

Xia Yan asked the most important question on behalf of Linghu Shi, who was still deeply mired in fear.

"It's not easy. Perhaps taking into account my ability to dispel most magic, this guy used BEAST's ability to manifest independently when marking the mark, and this mark has been completely integrated into Linghu Shi's body. To remove the coordinate effect, we would have to erase Linghu Shi's existence altogether."

Upon hearing Morgan's words, everyone knew that it was impossible to remove the coordinate effect.

"Um, Xia Yan, I wanted to ask, is it still possible to join your Master Group now?"

Suppressing her fear slightly, Linghu Shi began to think about ways to save herself. The first person she thought of was Xia Yan and the Master Group that Xia Yan had just mentioned.

Xia Yan understood that Linghu Shi wanted to join his Master Group at this moment, but rather than wanting to join, she wanted to ask for help. It was somewhat utilitarian, but Xia Yan didn't care.

Firstly, Xia Yan already had the idea of ​​recruiting Linghu Shi. He thought she was good both in terms of her follower strength and her character. If he could help her in this time of need, he believed that given Linghu Shi's personality, she would definitely work hard to repay him and the Lighthouse in the future.

Secondly, when Ai Ge left, she not only set her sights on Linghu Shi, but also on her own Morgan, and this matter was not entirely unrelated to Xia Yan himself.

Moreover, if he abandons his Beacon simply because a member is being targeted by a major problem, how is he any different from those other major Master groups? What will his former members think of him?

Therefore, both emotionally and rationally, and for both public and private reasons, Xia Yan has to help Linghu Shi.

"Of course. If you sincerely want to join us, we will naturally welcome you and help you solve any problems you may have."

Xia Yan did not deliberately avoid mentioning Linghu Shi's desire for help at this moment, but instead spoke up generously, which made Linghu Shi even more grateful.

"Thank you, Xia Yan. To be honest, I did want to ask you and your Master group for help, but I promise that I will never refuse any other request from you and your Master group."

"It's our Master Group."

Seeing that Linghu Shi was sincere and even about to swear an oath to show his determination, Xia Yan immediately seized on a flaw in Linghu Shi's wording to ease the serious atmosphere.

Hearing Xia Yan's words, Linghu Shi felt a warmth in her heart and became even more determined in her choice.

"Yes, it's our Master Group."

Just as the two smiled at each other, a faint light appeared on the ground not far away, and the teleportation array that had been waiting for so long finally appeared.

After Aigo's earlier move, the two of them finally relaxed completely.

"Let's go, everyone go back to your safe houses first. I'll introduce you to the members of 'The Lighthouse' later. As for your trouble, we can only wait and see. Oh, by the way..."

Before leaving, Xia Yan suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said to Tiamat, "Mom, can you also use your power to make a mark on Linghu Shi?"

"Yes, Mom can too."

Tiamat, who instantly understood Xia Yan's meaning, also added a mark to Linghu Shi.

"Although we can't stop Ayaka Sajou from finding you, at least we can get there in time."

After offering Linghu Shi a few words of comfort, Xia Yan still very courteously allowed Linghu Shi and her followers to enter the teleportation array first.

After the six opponents were teleported away, Xia Yan also led his followers into the teleportation array's range.