Anchor, Stop Pretending, You're in Chaldea - Chapter 66

“What?!” Jeanne Alter exclaimed in surprise as she was suddenly caught off guard and sent flying into the air, surrounded by slippery tentacles.

“Is that all?!” Jeanne Alter retaliated by conjuring numerous black spears of Magical Energy in the air and thrusting them towards the encroaching tentacles.

“Squeak!” The struck tentacles let out cries of pain but showed no signs of stopping, extending their slender appendages to grab hold of Jeanne Alter’s limbs.

“You despicable Gilles!” Jeanne Alter tried to attack with her longsword, but both her sword and wrist were tightly bound, rendering her immobile.

In an instant, the tentacles surrounding Jeanne Alter opened their eyes, countless pairs of green eyes scanning her up and down. Slowly, they moved closer to her, as if to absorb her.

“Jeanne, come, let me fulfill your desires!” Gilles, who served as the core of the sea monster, exclaimed excitedly. “As long as your hatred remains, this country, this land will be consumed by abhorrence!”

With Marshal Gilles’ proclamation, Jeanne Alter’s surroundings gradually became obscured by these eyes.

“Swish!” Several sharp sword energies flew in succession, creating a gap in the encircling tentacles.

“It’s up to you, Mashu!” Jeanne Alter shouted.

“Understood!” Mashu responded, as a shield soared high from the ground.

“Hah!” Mashu exerted all her strength onto the shield.

“Boom!” Upon impact with the sturdy tentacles, they began to sway uncontrollably.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Mashu reached out her hand to Jeanne Alter.

“Miss Witch, give me your hand!” Despite her reluctance, Jeanne Alter knew she couldn’t let go of this chance for escape, so she extended her hand with all her might.

“Not so fast!” Gilles shouted loudly.

“Swoosh swoosh swoosh!” Several tentacles emerged from the underwater, this time not only heading towards Jeanne Alter but also attacking Mashu!

He wanted to absorb both of them into his body.

“Damn it!!!” Mordred wanted to unleash Noble Phantasm, but was afraid of harming Mashu. It was too late to go and save her now.

“Trump Card, activate (Khronos Rose)!!!”

Just as the constantly wriggling tentacles were about to wrap up both of them, these tentacles inexplicably broke apart.

It was as if they were cut open by an invisible knife, and they even carefully avoided Mashu and Jeanne Alter.

All the tentacles entwined with Jeanne Alter were cut off, and Jeanne Alter, who regained her freedom, reached out her hand and a burning black flame appeared in her palm.

“Boom!”

An explosion sound, and the upper half of the tentacles that were originally around Jeanne Alter were forcibly blown apart!

Then the two figures fell back to the shore.

“Mashu!!!”

Bai Qiu immediately rushed over to check Mashu’s condition.

“Cough cough…”

Mashu sat on the ground coughing incessantly, seemingly affected by the explosion just now.

“Are you okay?”

“Cough cough… I’m fine, Senpai.”

While coughing, Mashu smiled to reassure Bai Qiu.

“It seems like I inhaled a bit of the air over there, but the toxins have a weak effect on me. I’ll be fine in a while.”

The blood of the sea monster is also highly toxic, and not only that, the water surface in front is slowly rising with a toxic mist.

But as the strongest Shielder, Mashu is not greatly affected by the usual weakening effects.

“Master, was it Emiya-san who saved us just now?”

Mashu looked around, but didn’t see the figure of Emiya Kiritsugu.

Although Mashu had never seen Emiya Kiritsugu’s Noble Phantasm, as a Demi-Servant, she could still sense some Servant presence.

“Yeah, he went to support Johanna and Martha again.”

It was indeed the right choice to let Emiya Kiritsugu, who has strong judgment, be in charge of supporting both sides at any time.

In simple terms, Emiya Kiritsugu’s position now is the jungle.

The importance of it goes without saying.

A thrilling scene made the live streaming room exclaim continuously. After all, such a live stream that affects one’s sanity is very rare.

“Oh my, so many eyeballs. People with trypophobia must be scared.”

“Reason is a curse, madness is the only freedom! Oh no, I’m affected!”

“Darn it, what did you get affected by? Wait… don’t tell me you got possessed?”

“Tentacles, Saint, corruption. Wait, did I trigger some keywords?”

“Brother upstairs, can I borrow a word?”

“Don’t borrow, it’s time for a bottle of energy drink.”

“Let me down, this car doesn’t seem right, it’s going to L’ailleurs!!!!”

“What are you afraid of? This thing is just special effects, special effects. It actually looks like… like squid tentacles.”

“…Brother, you’ve gone off-topic, haven’t you?”

“Just look at these big tentacles, grill them on a hot plate, add some green onions, sprinkle some cumin… tsk tsk tsk, even the kids next door are drooling!”

“Iron plate grilled squid tentacles, grilled on a hot plate, fragrant and crispy, this is a local delicacy from the distant country of France…”

“System message: ‘Ultimate Jokesman’ sent 99 magic wands!”

“Comment: Damn, the barrage made me hungry, I’ll order some barbecue takeaway!”

“System message: ‘Tulang’s Family Meal’ sent 5 treasure maps!”

“Comment: Awesome, it’s my favorite food channel!!!”

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“Wicked Gilles, he even wants to devour me!”

Jeanne Alter showed an angry expression.

If before, she still believed that she had the bargaining capital with Gilles de Rais, and that Bai Qiu and the others were just temporarily in a truce.

But now, she is very clear that the enormous monster in front of her seems to have no possibility of negotiation.

“Hey, young man over there, is your plan not ready yet?”

Jeanne Alter’s expression seemed very displeased.

“If you’re not ready, I’ll let my familiars and Fafnir take action.”

“…”

Faced with Jeanne Alter’s questioning, Bai Qiu could only look into the distance.

He also knew that it would take a lot of time to set up such a large barrier, but he still believed that Johanna and Martha would be able to complete this plan.

“Chirp chirp——————————!!!”

Just at this moment, a clear bird chirping suddenly came from above.

Then, Tonbi’s flight trajectory in the air slowly revealed a shining silver magic circle in the sky!

With the formation of the magic circle, the sea monster in the water seemed to sense something and began to restless.

“With my prayers, pave the way!!!”

Accompanied by Johanna’s clear voice, the silver magic circle surrounding the sea monster and the one in the sky activated simultaneously!

A huge light barrier cage trapped it firmly inside.

“Squeak squeak————————!!!”

The central sea monster’s tentacles wriggled and made sounds, but as soon as the tentacles touched the light barrier, they would painfully retract.

“It worked!”

Bai Qiu immediately looked at the trapped sea monster and gave orders to everyone.

“Everyone, the counterattack begins!!!”