FATE: Target of Grand Master

After discussing it with Chiron, Bai Luo nodded and said, "Well, then we'll be leaving now."

"Wait a minute, don't go anywhere else, just leave right here in front of me. Don't worry, this is both to protect you and to put my mind at ease."

Bai Luo and his Servants had no other choice, so they immediately activated the teleportation orb.

After the disappearance of the master and his three followers, Xia Yan followed the same method, having Morgan detain and teleport Gilles de Rais as a hostage. He then released everyone else from their restraints and prepared to return to the north of the village with his two subordinates.

Just then, he suddenly caught sight of a guy who looked somewhat familiar.

Pazsi?

At that moment, Patsi stood alone in the distance, holding a gun, but his legs were trembling uncontrollably.

Seeing Xia Yan approach, Patsi hurriedly raised his gun and shouted, "No...don't come any closer! I'm going to shoot!"

Xia Yan stopped and said, "Patsi, why don't you come to my village? With your hunting skills, you certainly won't go hungry."

"Stop talking nonsense. This world is full of powerful people; there's simply no room for a weakling like me to survive!"

"So that's why you joined the resistance, isn't it?"

Xia Yan didn't refute Pazsi, but instead asked, "But is the situation you saw with the rebels any different from the village you originally lived in?"

This question really stumped Patsy.

Yes, those Yaga who joined the resistance were essentially no different from the Yaga living in the village. They both bullied the weak. It's just that the Yaga in the village could still barely survive, while the Yaga who joined the resistance could no longer live.

Their thoughts and values ​​are not different.

"The village behind me is different. It practices collective ownership, where everyone is part of the village collective and needs to contribute to the village, while also receiving protection and supplies from the village."

Seeing Patsi's confused expression, Xia Yan understood that the concept was still too unfamiliar to him, so he simply stopped talking, restrained Patsi, and left him with the village chief Yaga on the way back to the north of the village.

When Xia Yan returned to the north of the village, the snow outside the village had become full of potholes. Whether it was Craig and Cecilia or Xia Yan's Servants, they all had many injuries and their magic power was severely depleted, obviously after a fierce battle.

However, miraculously, neither side suffered any casualties. With Morgan in charge, Xia Yan's side was naturally immune to any problems, while the fact that Craig and Cecilia's side also suffered no casualties was somewhat surprising to Xia Yan.

Although the quality of their Servants, especially Cecilia's Servants, is quite good, Xia Yan's Servants should be stronger.

"It's that Yaga unit."

Morgan, who was following Xia Yan, explained to Xia Yan after receiving intelligence from Morgan who remained in the north: "That force, under Craig's command, was divided into several groups and used pseudo-Noble Phantasms to attack Musashi, Nero, Ereshkigal, and Anastasia respectively. The situation, which should have been slightly advantageous, turned back into a stalemate after the intervention of these Yaga."

"Then why didn't you make a move?" Xia Yan asked.

"Of course, it's to train them."

Morgan replied matter-of-factly, "We don't keep idle people here. What's the point of keeping them if I have to handle everything myself? What? Feeling sorry for them?"

Faced with Morgan's slightly jealous words, Xia Yan coughed twice and moved on to the next topic.

He looked at Kruger and Cecilia, whose faces were grave, and said, "Gentlemen, that's enough. You can probably see that you can't beat me. How about we stop here, sit down, and talk?"

When Craig saw Xia Yan return, he originally wanted to call Cecilia to retreat, but when he saw Villeneuve and Frenitta, who should have been on their side, following behind Xia Yan, he realized that they had lost, and lost completely.

"Cecilia, bring your Servants back. It seems we won't be able to complete the main quest in this trial. Our main quest now is to survive."

Seeing the Servants on the other side retreating on their own initiative, Xia Yan was quite impressed with Craig's ability to assess the situation.

Villeneuve and Frenitta had originally thought that even if they couldn't complete the main quest, they could at least earn some Master Points by defeating Craig and Cecilia's Servants to minimize their losses. Unfortunately, they didn't get that opportunity.

"Let me be frank. You have two choices: hand over the items or Mystic Codes you possess to save yourselves and your Servants' lives, or leave this trial immediately, or follow my orders like they do."

In the matter of buying lives, Xia Yan still maintains fairness to all opposing Masters.

"What if we refuse?"

Xia Yan looked directly at Craig and said with considerable disappointment, "I don't think this is a stupid question you would ask."

Craig was silent for a moment, then sighed and said, "Can you tell us which one they chose?"

Xia Yan didn't mind the comparisons among the group, so he had Villeneuve give a brief recap of the situation in the south.

To be honest, Craig and Cecilia didn't have as many items and costumes as Bai Luo, so they only had one path left: to obey Xia Yan.

And so, what should have been a five-on-one encirclement battle turned into a looting spree by Xia Yan, who, as "one," captured four people and released one of them.

However, Morgan, standing to the side, was somewhat puzzled by Xia Yan's behavior.

"Xia Yan, even if you don't want to kill them, there's no need to keep them all here. Do you really need them to do anything for you?"

"Yes, I need them to renovate the village for me."

"Remodel the villages? You mean the villages they occupied?"

"That's right. I could have done this myself, but it would have taken much more time and effort. Since these guys can't pay off their debts, having them do the work for me is a way of showing them their value."

Therefore, Xia Yan issued an order to the other four people to transform the village and fortress into public ownership.

Villeneuve and Frenitta had no questions, but Craig and Cecilia realized that Xia Yan wanted to reshape the values ​​of the Yaga.

After Xia Yan finished explaining the key requirements and handed over his self-made public ownership village system to the four people, he let them go.

On the way back, Cecilia unusually spoke up, saying, "I don't understand, what is Xia Yan's purpose in doing this? Once the trial is completed, this world will be irrelevant to us, and the concept of public ownership will be completely unnecessary."

Craig countered, "No, Cecilia, that's precisely where Xia Yan excels. Once this perception changes, it will greatly enhance Anastasia's prestige, laying the foundation of popular support for her to replace Ivan the Terrible later."

I suspect Xia Yan's main mission this time is to make Anastasia the Queen of the Lostbelt, but that's probably just the beginning. His main mission will likely also include requirements for Anastasia's rule after becoming Queen, such as maintaining her rule for a certain number of years or increasing the country's population to a certain level.