Anchor, Stop Pretending, You're in Chaldea - Chapter 55

“What kind of person?!”

Martha immediately stood in front of Bai Qiu, assuming a fighting stance.

“Rider, it’s been a while since we last met. I didn’t expect you to join them.”

The other person looked Martha up and down from a distance.

“I see, your Saint Graph is different from before. It seems that the Holy Grail here can no longer restrain you.”

“They even added Madness Enhancement to me. That woman is truly insane.”

Martha frowned slightly.

“That’s just a means to make you see the truth. But even if I say it now, you won’t believe it, right?”

The man’s figure completely emerged from the shadows.

“Dear guests who have come from afar, I imagine you must be tired. I wonder if the previous stage play suited your taste?”

A man wearing a cloak smiled and bowed to Bai Qiu and the others.

“Stage play? What on earth are you talking about?!”

“Two young girls shine with the light of hope as they fight against evil. This light sustains them as they face hardships. But in the end, when they thought dawn was approaching, they realized that the so-called hope… was nothing but the whispers of demons.”

The man’s expression gradually turned insane.

“What is hope? What is despair? If God were watching all of this, what would He feel? Anger? Or would He bring down punishment?!!!”

On the right side of the split-screen in the livestream, Gilles de Rais’s classic facial expression once again appeared.

“Oh my, it’s the Marshal!!!”

“Not the Marshal, art can be down-to-earth, but not down to the netherworld.”

“Marshal, do you remember Ryuunosuke by the side of the Great Ming Lake?”

“This facial expression, yes, it’s the real deal.”

“Marshal is up to his mischief again. This time, he even killed a Servant.”

“I knew it was the Marshal when I saw that sea monster. After all, this is France, and there’s Jeanne here too.”

“The Marshal is babbling incomprehensible words again, but as long as you have that book, most people would go crazy.”

“System message: ‘Radiant and cheerful Ryuunosuke’ has sent a golden cruise ship!”

“Comment: Lord, Lord, it’s me, Ryuunosuke!!!”

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Just as Bai Qiu was nervously contemplating the next move, a figure rushed towards Gilles de Rais.

Swish! The figure swiftly impaled Gilles with a spear.

“You… You killed Kiyohime!!!” Elisabeth shouted angrily at him.

“Hehe, that’s right,” Gilles de Rais replied with a smile, despite being pierced through his body.

“Your friend has been killed, and you’ve felt anger deep within you. And now you’re venting that anger on me, the instigator. But even if you execute me, your friend won’t come back.”

“This resentment, this pain, this confusion… What will it eventually turn you into?”

Suddenly, Gilles de Rais’s body grotesquely expanded, and something seemed to be wriggling beneath his cloak.

“Get away from there!!!” Bai Qiu shouted at Elisabeth.

“What–?!” Before Elisabeth could react, numerous sea monsters flew out from Gilles de Rais’s cloak, their fangs bared, charging towards Elisabeth!!!

The sudden attack surprised everyone.

So many sea monsters…

“True Name, Pseudo Register!!!” A silver shield appeared in front of the group, blocking all the charging sea monsters.

It was Mashu!

Bai Qiu turned to look, seeing Mashu holding the shield with both hands and pushing forward with force!

“Ha!!!” The radiance emanating from the shield continued to advance, ultimately sending all the squeezed sea monsters flying, crashing into the wall and turning into blood.

“Damn… Did he escape?” Looking ahead again, Gilles de Rais’s figure was already gone.

But his voice could be faintly heard coming from the corridor.

“Jeanne would like to entertain you all. If you would be so kind as to come to the hall, Jeanne and I will be waiting for you there.”

“Master, what should we do now?” Mashu immediately asked Bai Qiu for their opinion.

“Do we need to retreat and come up with a plan?” As infiltrators, this can be considered a failure, right?

The safest approach would be to retreat first and then come up with a plan.

It seems there are no other Servants in the castle, and if we turn back now, Jeanne Alter will use the Holy Grail to summon new Servants.

We will not only have to face Fafnir but also multiple enemy Servants in the future.

Even if Jeanne Alter cannot summon King Arthur, it is still possible for her to summon a Black Grail-less Servant.

“No, let’s continue forward,” Bai Qiu immediately made a decision.

“Yes, I will take care of clearing the way!” Mashu raised her shield and advanced cautiously.

Martha followed closely, ready to support Mashu at any moment.

Bai Qiu looked at Elisabeth sitting on the ground and sighed, saying, “We are now going to deal with the Dragon Witch. Are you still coming?”

“Of course! I will make that stalker pay!” Elisabeth picked up her magical spear from the ground and joined the group. Her face was filled with anger.

As Gilles de Rais said, Kiyohime’s death has caused a change in her heart.

Now Bai Qiu is worried about what extreme actions she might take because of it.

Elisabeth is a Servant summoned with a restraining force, and although they are both here to fix this Singularity, she does not obey Bai Qiu’s commands.

If possible, Bai Qiu hopes that Elisabeth can survive until the end.

On one hand, it is because they don’t want their fighting strength to decrease, and on the other hand, it is because they have spent a little time with Elisabeth and have developed some slight fondness for her.

And besides!

For some reason, the viewers in the livestream seem to like this girl now…

“Oh, Dragon Girl, please don’t turn into a dark version!”

“A dark version of the Dragon Girl? I get it, it’s Carmilla!!!”

“To see a friend die in despair in front of oneself, and to be perfectly manipulated by Gilles de Rais, Elisabeth is indeed a bit pitiful.”

“In fact, she is also an anti-hero, but right now, she still maintains the appearance of a fourteen-year-old before committing any crimes.”

“Marshal Gilles is extremely guilty! Support Elisabeth!!!!”

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Just the thought of Elisabeth dying in battle makes me think there will be a lot of people in the livestream clamoring for her to make a comeback.

The problem is, just like Kiyohime, she doesn’t belong to the type of Heroic Spirit that possesses the will to protect humanity.

If she disappears here, there won’t be a way to summon her again.

Oh well, let’s take it step by step.

Bai Qiu followed behind Mashu and walked towards the deepest part of the castle.

Guided by the dim candlelight, the group quickly arrived in the grand hall.

It was completely different from the outside, with hundreds of candles illuminating the hall as if it were daytime.

It looked like a place where the Pope would receive others, and sitting on the former Pope’s seat was a white-haired saintly girl.

She smiled at Bai Qiu and the group, speaking with an arrogant tone:

“Welcome to my castle, you little rats.”