FATE: Target of Grand Master

Without looking back, Vie flew immediately out of the village, while Morgan cast another invisibility spell on it remotely.

And so, not long after Wei drifted out of the village, he disappeared from the sight of the Yaga people, and Xia Yan and the other two also immediately moved away from the village.

"Morgan, how did Vicki trigger the alarm?"

On the way out, Xia Yan couldn't help but ask.

"Anastasia, did you see clearly?"

Instead of answering directly, Morgan posed a question to Anastasia, much like a teacher asking a student a question.

Anastasia was reluctant to answer, but if she didn't, wouldn't she seem even less capable? So, she could only accept Morgan's question and reply, "It's runes. Sergevka was set up with rune magic. Just now, Vi triggered the binding rune first, and then the flame rune purified the magical effects attached to him, which is how he was exposed."

Morgan remained silent, which meant Anastasia was right.

Rune?

There are many Servants in the Type-Moon universe who can use runes, including Celtic and Norse Servants, but to achieve this level of effect, one would need to be a Servant who is proficient in rune magic.

Several names flashed through Xia Yan's mind, but it was still difficult to confirm the other party's identity based on just that.

This reconnaissance yielded some results, but this exposure will greatly increase the difficulty of Xia Yan's future reconnaissance.

We can't give the enemy too much time to prepare. This is the conclusion Xia Yan came to from this reconnaissance. Therefore, we will attack Serchovka tomorrow.

"Xia Yan, wake up."

The next morning, Xia Yan heard Morgan calling him before he was even fully awake.

Rubbing his still sleepy eyes, Xia Yan opened them and saw Morgan's beautiful face occupy most of his field of vision.

"Morgan? What brings you in?"

Xia Yan remembered that he had a habit of locking his bedroom door every night, but this was not even an obstacle for Morgan.

"Don't worry about such trivial matters. You need to get up quickly; an army is coming from the north."

Upon hearing this, Xia Yan immediately came to his senses.

Just as he was about to grab the clothes and pants beside him, he heard Morgan say, "No need for that. Just lift your limbs up."

Xia Yan immediately did as instructed, and then his clothes, pants, and the formal dress sewn by Miss He seemed to come alive and automatically put on Xia Yan's body.

After getting dressed, Xia Yan immediately kissed Morgan and then rushed out of the room.

As the saying goes, your mood in the morning determines your mood for the day. Although it was just a simple kiss on the cheek, Morgan's mood was noticeably better than usual, and he felt he could fire a few more Holy Lance shots during the battle.

After quickly wiping their faces, Xia Yan's followers gathered at the villa entrance.

Morgan projected the situation north of the village onto everyone's screen. A force of about fifty Yaga soldiers, each wielding a variety of pseudo-Noble Phantasms, was marching towards the village. In addition, a man and a woman were on either side of the group. Judging from their human appearance, they were clearly the Masters of the resistance forces.

Only two have arrived?

Xia Yan felt a slight pleasure at the other party's disdain for him, but he immediately suppressed this feeling, because his own thoughts were also a form of disdain for the two of them.

Aside from the Yaga troops and the two Masters, Xia Yan did not see the group of sea monsters and mechanical soldiers that had previously attacked Ereshkigal. This likely means that the two Masters who came to attack this time were not the same enemies who had attacked Ereshkigal before.

"Let's go and meet them."

Seeing that the other party was less than two kilometers away from the village, Xia Yan finally pushed open the villa door and went out first.

"Craig, we can already see the village."

A woman with beautiful brown hair and delicate features but a cold expression spoke to a man beside her who wore a thick military overcoat and had rugged features.

"Hmm, it seems the Master on the other side has already discovered us."

Although the man named Craig had not yet seen the faces of the people standing at the village entrance, his servants had already reported to him that there was only one Master among them, and the rest were Servants.

"Cecilia, the other side has five Servants, and their strength is considerable. I'll try to negotiate first, but if that fails, I'll leave it to you."

Craig's count of Servants was correct; Xia Yan only had five Servants with him at the moment. Due to the terrain, Euryale's combat power was greatly reduced, so he placed her in the villa in the village to scout out potential enemies in other directions of the village.

Cecilia nodded and then said nothing more.

Before participating in the Master Trial, the two were core members of an elite squad in a certain country's special forces. Sometimes they would even pretend to be a couple to carry out missions, and their level of trust in each other was extremely high.

After participating in the Master Trials, the two were fortunate enough to meet again and, without joining any Master groups, helped each other to get to where they are now.

It's impossible to say there wasn't some ambiguity between the two, but they both knew that their relationship would never have a future.

However, now that the Master Trial has begun, Cecilia feels a sense of relief that she herself is unaware of.

She was grateful that fate allowed her to meet Craig again, and also grateful that the Master Trials allowed them to temporarily shed their original identities and truly fight for themselves.

Whoosh!

Just as the two were only a kilometer away from the village, a golden spear shot through the wind and struck Craig in the chest.

clang!

A shirtless blond man with multiple scars on his face and body appeared in front of Craig, who blocked the attack with two crimson magic swords linked by chains.

"Craig, be careful. This spear contains a strong divine power. There is a god-level servant on the other side."

Beowulf offered a reminder.

"Okay, I understand."

Throughout the entire process, Craig maintained his forward pace without slowing down, demonstrating his trust in his Servant.

This scene was naturally witnessed by Xia Yan at the village entrance.

That shot was fired by Ai Lei at Xia Yan's behest. Rather than a sneak attack, it was more of a test of the opponent's strength.

As it turns out, the opponent is very confident in the strength of their Servants, so a major battle seems inevitable soon.

When the troops were only 500 meters from the village entrance, Craig raised his hand, signaling them to halt and prepare for battle. Then, he and Cecilia took a few more steps forward and said to Xia Yan, "Master, although we have some differences in our mission objectives in this trial, it's not impossible to negotiate. Shall we talk before we start the battle?"