Kamen Rider Date A Live

Upon seeing Rider inside wearing only a t-shirt with a world map and the words "Admiral's Grand Strategy IV," Shido roared in anger. Jeanne, on the other hand, had already closed her eyes and covered her hands when she entered, muttering something like "I'm going to get a sty"...

"How come there's another one here?!"

"Haha, isn't this Joan of Arc? Sorry, sorry."

Compared to Weber's bewildered look at Joan of Arc, Rider, who already knew, showed no embarrassment at being seen. He laughed heartily as usual and went upstairs to get his pants.

Four minutes later.

Rider, having put his pants back on, returned and saw Shido explaining to Waver why Jeanne was there.

"Haha, it seems that Master knows too. By the way, Shido, did you feel that?"

After hearing "Rider," Shido nodded.

"I sensed it, it's the church's call signal. By the way, Master, Rider, I have something to say about this."

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"Caster's true identity is that 'Bluebeard'!? And the Ruler you captured, Shido, is actually Joan of Arc... This, this, this, how on earth is it possible for such a miracle to bring them all together?!"

After learning the whole story, Waver couldn't help but let out a helpless groan. He had thought Shido was a really good Servant, so why did he agree to help a Servant in battle without even reporting to his Master?!

"It's alright, Master! I'll handle this myself. My mana reserves have recovered to 60% of what they were yesterday, so it won't cost you much mana."

Shido said in a very serious tone,

"It's not that kind of problem! I'm your master, and I'm not called that for nothing! How could I not help you? Besides, the Rider would probably help you even without me saying so. Sigh, how did I end up with you two Servants?"

Waver was a little helpless at Shido's serious words, but whether it was defeating Caster or getting the reward, it was very useful. Moreover, since Shido was so confident, coupled with Shido's series of data, Waver was a little relieved. However, in the end, he did not forget to drag Rider into the matter, although Rider's answer was within Shido and Waver's expectations.

"Hahaha!! Little Master, you're right, how could I miss something like this! But I'm still a little surprised, and I'm sure you are too, Little Master."

"That's true, the two look too alike, no wonder the mentally unstable Caster mistook them."

Weber nodded in agreement, but then turned and went back into the house, saying as he did so.

"I'm going back to prepare my magic. Rider, you're not going out today; it looks like you're going to be very busy. Shido, you go outside and store up your magic power."

After giving his instructions, Weber went upstairs and disappeared. However, Weber could still hear a disappointed voice and the reply, "I understand."

134. The eve of the second night

134. The eve of the second night

"Just as Shido predicted, the Church of Sanctuary has indeed gathered us Masters because of Caster's actions, and the reward is the same as Shido's: a Command Seal. Moreover, in order to ensure the complete defeat of Caster, the Church of Sanctuary has announced a suspension of the Holy Grail War."

Nearly two hours have passed since the 'Holy Church' issued the assembly signal, and by then the 'Holy Church' had already announced what they wanted to say. Naturally, the masters scattered like birds and beasts (truly), and the familiars went back to their own homes and mothers.

After finishing these tasks, Weber came downstairs and immediately sat in the last seat. The four of them sat around a table drinking tea and eating pancakes. At the same time, Weber immediately asked Shido, the strategist in his team.

"That's how it is... Shido, what do you think?"

Shido took a sip of tea, closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then opened his eyes and spoke.

“Master, I want to know how many familiars are gathered in the ‘Church of the Holy Temple’.”

"Why do you ask that? Although I only glanced at it briefly, the number should be five. There are a total of five familiars present."

"Five..."

Shido took a sip of tea and a bite of pancake, as if he were slowly savoring the number 'five'.

"Originally, there were seven Masters in the Holy Grail War, but only five showed up. This means that besides the Assassin Master who left early, there is another Master who didn't come. If I'm not mistaken, that missing Master must be the Caster Master."

"Why do you say that?"

Faced with Waver's puzzled expression, Rider and Jeanne, who understood what Shido was trying to say, both responded with a helpless tone of "Oh dear, oh dear."

“Little Master, isn’t this logic very simple? Think about it, even a magician of your caliber would have a so-called magician’s pride and wouldn’t wantonly harm civilians. But Caster’s Master did just that. Doesn’t that mean that Caster’s Master is someone who has no magician’s pride or doesn’t even know that magicians exist?”

Rider took a pancake, crunched it up and ate it, all the while explaining in a tone of disdain for Weber's incompetence.

"Secondly, after committing the crime, Jill did not do any cleanup work at all. Any magician with even a little knowledge of magic would not dare to do such a cleanup, otherwise he would definitely face a collective condemnation like we are now."

Joan of Arc, who devoured the tea and pancakes with astonishing speed, added a comment.

"Well. Jeanne and Rider are both right, and that's what I was trying to say too. Master, you really need to practice your observation skills. However, Jeanne and Rider, you overlooked one piece of information, which is the ultimate information contained in the number 'five'."

While Shido was replenishing the tea and pancakes at an astonishing rate, he reminded Jeanne and Rider that there was one more point they had overlooked.

Neither Jeanne d'Arc nor Rider are fools; on the contrary, they are both renowned strategists. Although they specialize in strategic methods and are slightly less adept at discussing such matters than Shido, who excels at spotting differences in subtle details, they can quickly grasp the concepts with a little prompting.

You see, after a moment's thought about Shido's reminder, these two understood what Shido was referring to.

"I see. Shido, you mean there are five familiars, which means that the Master who was the victim in the hotel bombing that happened last night is still alive."

Joan of Arc spoke first, and Shido simply nodded in response to her reply.

“That’s right, that’s exactly it. But for now, we’d better wait and see. Let’s set up an ambush near the Einzbern castle first, and then we’ll see whether the Lancer’s master or the Archer’s master will be the first to lose their temper.”

It was so blunt that it was hard for Waver not to understand. He understood Shido's meaning almost the instant he finished speaking.

"I see! Shido! Kyo... Both Lancer's Master and Archer's Master used a Command Seal yesterday! Those who have already used Command Seals are the ones who crave them the most! Because for those who are already missing a Command Seal, Caster is undoubtedly a super piece of meat!"

“That’s right, Master. The reason we’re going to the Einzbern family is because we believe Saber is Jeanne d’Arc’s Caster and that we’ll definitely follow Saber to the Einzbern Castle according to yesterday’s so-called agreement.”

"However, we need to be careful. The Einzbern Castle and the forest are both Einzbern territory. Although I don't think Saber's master would do such a thing, it's not certain that the Einzbern family doesn't have ruthless strategists. If they launch a sneak attack on a servant or master while other servants are engaged in fierce battle, it will disrupt the current delicate balance."

"The delicate balance now... Yes, with our current faction, even if the Ruler doesn't intervene in our battle, I have two Heroic Spirits here, who will definitely be the first targets to be eliminated."

Waver was also talking about giving up on himself. However, Shido and Rider just exchanged a glance at Waver's self-deprecation and patted him on the shoulder at the same time, which made Waver's small body slump onto the table.

"Ah, sorry, Master. But you have to trust me and Rider. For us, who both possess EX-rank Noble Phantasms, the thing we're least afraid of is being ganged up on."

Shido encouraged Waver with a confident tone, while Rider grinned and said that he shared the same opinion as Shido.

Upon hearing this, Waver nodded in agreement, but then suddenly remembered Shido's row of Noble Phantasms filled with question marks and asked curiously.

"Ah, well, if Master wants to see it, I'll show you one of my trump cards. Don't be too surprised when you see it tonight."

Shido grinned mysteriously, a gesture that piqued Waver and Rider's curiosity even more. Jeanne, who knew all about Shido but had never seen him display that form and was intrigued by the word "Spirit," was also looking forward to the night's battle. And of course, her encounter with Gilles was also on the list.

However, Joan of Arc was also somewhat troubled, wondering how she should face Gilles for the first time, since Gilles had become like that because of her...

Chapter 136 The King's Wrath

Chapter 136 The King's Wrath

As Shido transforms into agitω and summons the prismatic amethyst, in another world—

Inside the "villa" located in Shido's storage room, Tohka, Kotori, Yoshino, Kurumi, and the others had been watching Shido's movements from the projection room of the "villa" ever since he was summoned. To put it more clearly, Tohka and the others were watching from an omniscient perspective, while Shido, of course, was unaware of this.

When Shido summoned the prismatic amethyst, a crystalline radiance also appeared on Tohka's body here.

"Shido...Shido is calling me!"

Sensing something, Tohka suddenly closed her eyes. Then, the amethyst light on Tohka's body intensified, enveloping her in an amethyst sphere!

However, this phenomenon lasted for less than ten seconds before disappearing, and Tohka returned to normal. But during those ten seconds, something changed on Shido's side.

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"Sword-spirit-crystallization!!"

agitω revealed the true name of this amethyst prism, and then the amethyst prism in front of agitω burst out with amazing amethyst light, surrounding agitω!

But what happened next nearly made Rider and the others, who were watching from the sidelines, pop their eyes out! Because in that light, Rider and the others clearly saw a stunningly beautiful girl with knee-length black hair and eyes of an incredible, crystal-like color appear before Agitω, and even a fool could feel the love and longing in their eyes when they looked at each other…

"Tohka... tell everyone... wait for me... I will definitely... come back..."

Because of the emotions surging from his chest, agitω spoke haltingly, his tone tinged with a mixture of excitement and timidity, but far beyond that was his unwavering determination to return no matter what.

Although Tohka didn't speak, her smile and slight nod indicated that she possessed her own consciousness and understood Shido's words.

Unfortunately, this scene didn't last long. Tohka's figure disappeared, and at the same time, the amethyst light surrounding agitω turned into amethyst crystals. But as it turned into this, agitω leaped down!

"What?!"

Rider and the others were shocked again and almost instinctively wanted to rush to the rescue. However, Rider remembered what Shido had said earlier, so he let go of the reins and looked at the image projected by the locust can.

When Waver and Jeanne saw that Rider wasn't going to the rescue, they immediately remembered what Shido had just said and turned their attention to the image projected by the locust jar.

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"Unforgivable... Don't get too cocky, you scoundrel!!"

Because Lancer's sudden appearance shattered his chance to 'save' the 'Saintess,' Caster roared in fury. His grimoire seemed to pulsate eerily in response, its pages turning rapidly. Suddenly, the number of monsters doubled. A swarm of tentacles, threatening to engulf the forest, surged towards Saber and Lancer.

At that moment, a sudden amethyst sphere fell from the sky, its immense weight crushing several tentacles and creating a cloud of dust!

Now, Caster, Saber, and Lancer were all drawn to the beautiful amethyst sphere and stopped what they were doing. However, no one present, except for Rider and the others who were scouting from the sky, noticed that the tentacle demons were hesitant and fearful!

While everyone was captivated by the beauty of the amethyst, a crack suddenly appeared in it!

Cracks appeared one after another. More and more cracks appeared on the amethyst ball, and then the amethyst ball suddenly shattered!

A pair of purple energy wings, resembling countless sword blades, first caught the eyes of the onlookers. But before they could even discern who possessed them, the wings suddenly unleashed a multitude of small purple energy sword blades, piercing through the tentacles surrounding Saber and Lancer. This triggered numerous explosions!

After the explosion, the amethyst's light finally faded, and at the same time, a slightly sad voice was heard.

"Yo, Saber, Lancer. Looks like I'm not too late. I've come to help out of kindness and to keep my promise."

Although the tone sounded strange, Saber and Lancer were certain they hadn't misheard the voice. They both shouted out the person's name almost simultaneously.

"agitω! You're here too!"

"That's right, that's right. Oh, and watch out behind you."

Upon hearing Agitω's words, Saber and Lancer chuckled slightly, then said with a hint of helplessness.

"It's okay if you don't need to remind me."

As they said this, the two instantly turned around and killed several tentacles that were trying to ambush them.

"Haha, that's true!"

As agitω expressed his agreement, caster's angry roar suddenly rang out.

"Oh!! Oh!! No!! Why!! You hateful god!! Why won't you let Joan of Arc go even now! Oh! Oh! My holy maiden! Rest assured! I will definitely slay this lackey of God, this angel, right here! And free you from God's control!"

Caster's maniacal roar disgusted Saber and Lancer, but Agitω did not respond to Caster's insults, only muttering to himself.

"Let's finish this quickly. Even if we can't defeat Caster, we at least need to take care of him before that annoying Gilgamesh arrives."

As agitω spoke, the core of his belt emitted soft humming sounds, and with a clench of his hands, a greatsword nearly 1.6 meters long, with mysterious patterns on its blade, appeared in his hands. At that moment, the smoke and dust finally dissipated.

The new form that came into the view of Saber, Lancer, and the others was extremely similar to the Earth Form armor prototype, but the color was amethyst. The original enhanced skin had also changed from black to white.