Anchor, Stop Pretending, You're in Chaldea - Chapter 23

“Senpai, the coordinates of the timeline have been confirmed. It seems to be the year 1431.” Before heading to that small city, Mashu communicated with Chaldea using the communication device to determine the specific time here.

“We should be in the period of the Hundred Years’ War, but it’s currently a ceasefire.”

“But it doesn’t look like a ceasefire here.” Bai Qiu looked around and noticed more damaged weapons and armor on the ground as they approached the city. Occasionally, they could also see some dark red bloodstains mixed with the soil on the roadside, indicating that there had been fierce battles here.

Then Bai Qiu looked up at the sky.

An unusual light band appeared in the sky, stretching endlessly as if it was an encircling halo around the Earth. It was not just any halo, but a collection of billions of rays of light.

It was Solomon’s third Noble Phantasm.

The band of light that declared the end of humanity.

Although Solomon himself is not aware of it at the moment, it doesn’t matter to leave it alone for now.

Soon, they arrived in front of the city.

The building in front of them could be better described as “ruins” rather than a “city”. The city gate had long been broken, and wounded soldiers sat along the walls.

Upon seeing Bai Qiu and the others, they didn’t even have the ability to resist.

“Oh… here they come again!!!”

“No, we can’t hold on anymore…”

On the city wall, a group of soldiers with spears struggled to stand up, trying to stop these unfamiliar people from entering.

“To think you dare to block the king’s path, you’re not worthy!” Mordred shouted at the terrified soldiers while holding her sword on her shoulder, immediately scaring off three of them.

“Mordred!”

Bai Qiu immediately stopped Mordred.

“Let Mashu handle this for now.”

“Well, forget it. Leave this troublesome matter to you guys.”

Seeing Mordred take a step back, Mashu stepped forward and started asking in a calm tone:

“Don’t panic, we mean no harm and we are not your enemies.”

“…You’re not our enemies?”

Seeing that Mashu truly had no intention of killing them, the soldiers relaxed their guard a little.

“We just want to ask, isn’t it a time of ceasefire now? Who are you still fighting against?” Mashu pointed out the inconsistency.

“Hasn’t King Charles VII signed a ceasefire treaty?”

“The king was burned to death…”

One soldier timidly spoke up.

“Burned alive by a witch.”

“A witch?!”

Mashu and Mordred both looked at the soldier.

“Yes, the ‘Dragon Witch’…”

The soldier immediately revealed the truth, and the other soldiers nodded in agreement.

“Senpai, I think we’ve found the problem!”

Mashu immediately realized the issue with their words.

“There’s no such thing as a ‘Dragon Witch’ in this era. It must be because of this so-called ‘Dragon Witch’ that the era has been distorted!”

Bai Qiu nodded.

Indeed, they quickly discovered the problem.

“What were they talking about just now? Can anyone translate?”

“They were talking about the existence of a witch in this era.”

“Isn’t that the witch hunting in medieval Europe?”

“That’s the Inquisition by the Church, but it seems to be different from this so-called ‘witch’.”

The viewers in the livestream chat were a bit confused, but when they heard Mashu mention that it was the time of the Hundred Years’ War, many of them instantly understood who must be present in this place.

“Indeed, she’s coming!”

“When it comes to the Hundred Years’ War, it must be that woman!”

“Hey, stop beating around the bush, which woman are you talking about?”

“That woman!”

“Riddle person, get out of the livestream chat!!!!”

When the audience on both sides started to argue with each other, the trembling soldier on the scene finally revealed the truth.

“It’s Jeanne! After that noble lady was burned to death, she resurrected and became the Dragon Witch!!!”

As expected, the live stream exploded after the soldier’s words.

“Jeanne, it’s really Jeanne!!!”
“After all, in the Hundred Years’ War between England and France, this woman single-handedly changed the course of the war.”
“In Fate/Zero, Jeanne only appeared for a few frames, but she was stunningly beautiful.”
“I remember now, no wonder Gilles de Rais was so obsessed with her. Will we be able to see her soon?”
“Jeanne, ah, my Jeanne!!!”

Bai Qiu watched as the popularity of the live stream continued to rise, but remained silent.
Everyone had something to say when it came to Jeanne.
Because her life was truly legendary.
As a peasant girl, she received a “divine revelation” at the age of 13 and led an army to reclaim England’s lost lands, only to meet her end at the stake.
She was later canonized as a saint and revered by future generations.
Her extraordinary life is known by all.

However, they probably didn’t expect that this Jeanne has now turned to darkness.
But it doesn’t matter. According to the plan, I will first make contact with Jeanne Alter, and then come up with a strategy.

Calculating the time, it’s about time for Jeanne Alter to appear.

Bai Qiu was planning to wait at the city gate when he heard terrified screams from above.
“Enemy attack! Ah, don’t eat me!!!”

Accompanied by the sound of flapping wings gradually approaching in the air, it seemed that something was getting closer and closer to this place.

“Quick! Everyone who can move, take the wounded and hide in the houses!!!”

The soldiers’ faces were filled with fear as they frantically ran towards the dilapidated city.

Bai Qiu looked up and saw a large number of wyverns rapidly approaching?!

“Master, be careful!”

Mashu immediately raised her shield and protected Bai Qiu.

“Haha, it seems like there’s something fun happening.”

Mordred had an excited look on her face as she raised Clarent and swung it towards the nearest wyvern that was preying on a soldier!

“Bang bang bang——————!!!”

Before Mordred’s longsword could strike the wyvern, a series of bullets accurately hit its tough scales, directly causing it to fall to the ground in a bloody mess.

Emiya Kiritsugu, hiding in the shadow of the city wall, watched this and quickly changed the magazine of his Calico M950.

“Hey, Assassin! Don’t take my prey without permission!!!”

Mordred was somewhat displeased and immediately leaped high, stepping on the wall, and directly chopped a wyvern into two pieces.

The sight of the two of them fighting made the audience in the live stream cheer.

“Cutting one in half, this is too satisfying!”
“Quick and accurate within ten steps! Kiritsugu dad is indeed skilled in American traditional martial arts.”

In no time, all the wyverns in the sky were dealt with.

Bai Qiu’s eyes gleamed as he looked at the wyverns scattered on the ground.
These were dragon teeth! It’s a treasure trove of materials!!!

But before he could figure out how to collect these materials, a disdainful laughter came from a distance.

“Hmph, I thought you were just a group of insignificant characters not worth paying attention to, but I didn’t expect you to repel my servants. I’ll give you some praise for now.”

A girl holding a black evil dragon flag, resembling an evil saint, looked down at Bai Qiu below.

“But your path forward ends here!”