Chapter 219 – The Plan of BB and Sesshouin
"Senpai, you guys didn't seriously think that just by teaming up with two versions similar to BB-chan, you could take care of BB-chan, did you? BB-chan isn't the type of girl you can mess with that easily~"
BB stood with her hands on her hips, speaking bluntly.
At this moment, Lip and Meltryllis had already begun fighting the giants and the black worm virus.
"But if Senpai has already decided to fight BB-chan, you must be pretty eager, huh?"
BB's gaze started to change, as if from excitement, a strange red light flickered in her eyes.
"Even from this distance, BB-chan can clearly feel it—Senpai wants to unleash that burning desire that's been pent up in your body. Very well, BB-chan accepts your challenge! Hmph hmph, hmph hmph hmph, hmph hmph hmph hmph hmph! I won't hold back, you know~!"
"Don't talk so big!!!"
Tohsaka Rin shouted loudly.
"Lancer, now's your chance!!"
"Got it!!"
Elizabeth once again appeared on the battlefield.
"That last hit made me fall hard! If an idol fell like that on stage, it'd basically be graduation! I hold grudges, you know!"
Knowing that long-range attacks would be blocked by BB, this time Elizabeth opted for close combat.
She immediately sprang high into the air with both legs, thrusting her spear straight at BB.
"How many times do I have to say it, I'm an invincible existence, it's a setting, a setting."
BB swung the black whip in her hand downwards; Elizabeth's demonic spear struck what felt like a solid, invisible barrier.
Even so, Elizabeth gritted her teeth and pushed forward, pouring all her mana into the tip of the spear and exploding it at one point.
"Crack!"
The invisible barrier in front seemed to actually show signs of cracking.
"Good job, Lancer! Just a little more and we've got her!!!"
Before Tohsaka Rin could even celebrate—
"Whoosh————————!!!"
Suddenly, something shot straight toward Elizabeth!
"BOOM————————!!!"
A violent collision rang out the very next second.
Elizabeth, caught completely off guard, was blasted straight to the ground.
"Lancer!"
Tohsaka Rin hurried over to check on Elizabeth's condition.
"Cough cough… now they're playing dirty tricks on idols too, what the hell do these people want!"
"You're the one who ambushed first, and BB-chan as the Game Master simply activated the automatic defense mechanism."
Right beneath BB—a Shadow Servant holding a spear stood.
Cu Chulainn?!
Ethan stared intently at the Servant whose body was nothing but a hazy black shadow.
"As the administrator of MoonCell, I can recreate the 128 Servants who once fought here. They may not be the originals, but the data is almost indistinguishable~"
As if to prove her point, BB swung the black whip in her hand.
Immediately afterward, five more dark figures rose from the ground.
Ethan quickly recognized all of those Shadow Servants.
Nero, Li Shuwen, Medusa, Robin Hood, Altera, along with Gawain who had just vanished.
Adding Cu Chulainn who had already been summoned—
That made seven in total.
Including Elizabeth who had a contract with Tohsaka Rin, the number of Servants on both sides was now completely equal.
"You're summoning a whole bunch of Shadow Servants at once, this kind of cheating is way too much!!!"
Tohsaka Rin voiced her criticism toward BB.
"So what? Just Senpai alone brought this many Servants to fight only me, isn't that totally unfair!"
With BB's words, the Shadow Servants on the ground immediately began charging this way!!!
"Haaa————————!!!"
Mash raised her shield high in front of her, blocking the direct assault from Altera.
But immediately afterward, numerous sharp arrows shot through the gaps beside the shield!!!
"Whoosh————————!!!"
A red dragon tail swept across, knocking away all the arrows.
Draco used her dragon claws to grab the arm of the Shadow Servant Altera, then directly flung her away!
"BOOM BOOM BOOM————————!!!"
Noah raised his spear and aimed directly at Robin Hood, who was hiding behind cover, forcing him to immediately retreat from his sniping position.
"Clang!!"
Li Shuwen, who was rushing in with his body lowered at high speed, suddenly sensed danger ahead and instinctively twisted his body to dodge.
"Oh?"
Berserker Jack, with a scalpel soaked in blood in his hand, smiled with delight.
Just as he was dodging, Li Shuwen immediately turned his palm into a fist, unleashing a powerful punch straight ahead!
"BOOM————————!!!"
After the loud crash, his punch was blocked by a terrifying arm.
"Good thing there are still plenty of human souls here. Otherwise, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to take on this form."
The giant demon in front of them bared its teeth in a gruesome smile and began relentlessly pursuing Li Shuwen.
"Clang, clang, clang————————!!!"
Chilling flashes of light and sharp crashing sounds rang out continuously—Little Jack's small body moved with incredible agility.
At this moment, in the girl's eyes, only Medusa stood—blindfolded and wielding chains.
Those chains seemed to possess life, constantly blocking Jack's attacks, but that only made Jack even more excited.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh."
Her attack speed increased, sharp blades slashing through Medusa's body, but only black mist sprayed out.
"We don't want to be separated from mama. You're very dangerous. For mama's sake, we have to eliminate you!"
"Whoosh————————!!!"
Suddenly, a sharp wave of sword aura came from the front, deliberately avoiding Mash who was engaged with Altera, heading straight toward Ethan!!!
"Tamamo Love Bullet!!!"
Three paper talismans flew forward, colliding with the sword aura just before it reached Ethan, transforming into heart shapes.
Tamamo no Mae was now leaning closely beside Ethan, looking toward Gawain—who stood in a sword-drawing stance, preparing to strike.
"Master, please rest assured. As long as I am by your side, I will ensure your safety."
"Tamamo, can these guys turn into EXP after we beat them?"
Ethan immediately asked Tamamo beside him.
"Probably? But Master, do you really want to do that? Here, of all places—in BB's domain?!"
Tamamo no Mae's soft furry ears twitched slightly, as if surprised.
"Master… if I use my Noble Phantasm, I won't be able to keep fighting afterward."
"Don't worry. Mash will protect this area later."
"Feels like… I'll have to do that ritual dance again…"
Even though it was just a group of Shadow Servants, BB didn't seem to have any intention of going all out.
Ethan kept his eyes fixed on BB in the sky—her calm demeanor, completely unshaken, made him feel something was off.
At the same time, on the battlefield, the longsword in Shadow Servant Nero's hand was caught by a hand covered in deep crimson dragon scales!
"Ah… aaaahhh!!!"
As a Shadow Servant, Nero could only let out wailing screams filled with resentment.
Draco's grip tightened, and the longsword in Nero's hand shattered in an instant.
Yet she still charged forward to attack Draco.
The black flames engulfing the broken sword surged toward Draco's neck!!!
"So pitiful… a being who doesn't even understand what she is—truly pathetic."
Draco didn't attempt to dodge. She simply raised her hand—five sharp claws pierced through Shadow Nero before she could even land her blow.
"Crack."
The sound of the Saint Graph shattering echoed, and in a flash, the Shadow Servant formed from black mist completely vanished before Draco's eyes.
Not just Nero—the other Shadow Servants were also defeated one after another, turning into nothingness and disappearing from the battlefield.
"This is my realm, the land of the gods. Water flows in the bountiful lands of Nakatsu.…"
At that moment, Tamamo no Mae began deploying her Noble Phantasm.
"Eightfold Blessings of Amaterasu on the Weight Stone under the Sunlit Watery Heavens!!!"
The remaining black ashes of the Shadow Servants were absorbed into the mirror, transformed into mana and data streams, and distributed to all Servants present on the battlefield.
Even Elizabeth, who had taken heavy damage earlier, under the empowerment of the Noble Phantasm, drove her spear straight through the heart of Shadow Servant Cu Chulainn, completely eliminating him.
"Oh my, wiped out the entire force, huh! That was definitely a misstep—a mistake."
BB didn't seem surprised at this outcome at all. Even now, she was still smiling.
"What exactly are you after, BB?"
Ethan and the others closed in on BB, gradually forming an encirclement.
"A goal? As the Game Master, BB-chan of course has lots of goals. But the most important one… is to prevent Senpai from reaching MoonCell, of course."
BB's gaze glanced toward Sesshouin Kiara, who was unconscious.
"But Senpai, why are you acting like you're the winner? BB-chan already told you, I'm invincible. Besides, shouldn't your current goal be saving that teacher first?"
At that moment, a broken voice from Sakura came through Ethan's bracelet.
"Senpai… that teacher… is very dangerous… absolutely must not let BB continue… otherwise…"
Before Sakura could finish, BB looked over with annoyance.
"Hey hey! Senpai, you're not allowed to listen to such cowardly nonsense!!!"
Tzzzzzz…
The connection with Sakura was cut off by BB without any reason.
"Senpai, instead of worrying about that stuff, if you don't act now, this innocent teacher is going to die~~~"
Ethan immediately looked toward Sesshouin Kiara, who was trapped inside the cube—her body was gradually being sucked deeper into it, and it looked like it wouldn't be long before she was completely consumed.
"Mash!!!"
No matter what, saving her came first.
"Got it!"
Receiving the order, Mash immediately rushed forward, but BB seemed to sense the incoming danger as well.
The black AI cubes began to transform, countless arms extending out to grab Mash.
"Whoosh——————!!"
Berserker Jack's sharp blades sliced through all those arms.
"Thank you so much, Jack-san!!"
Mash continued charging forward with her shield.
The black AI cubes tried to generate more arms, but this time they were torn apart by a black demon.
"This form really is convenient. Go on, girl!"
Continuously blocked, the black AIs began to recover the scattered cubes on the ground, then spread their roots downward like a great tree taking root.
The black tree, once regaining power, began sprouting black branches one after another, launching fierce waves of attacks!
"BOOM BOOM BOOM——————!!!"
Noah and Draco continued launching counterattacks to hold it off, and even Tamamo-no-Mae kept throwing talismans to fight back.
But the more they attacked, the stronger the black tree became.
"Attack the roots of those cubes! That has to be its weak spot!!!"
Tohsaka Rin immediately spotted the issue.
She was the first to raise her left hand and perform a firing motion.
"Bang——————!!!"
A red mana flash struck the black tree's root, causing an explosion.
"Damn it, that much mana isn't enough at all!"
"Leave it to me, Rin!"
Elizabeth had recovered her mana and was fired up once more.
"This time I'll make it work! An idol's voice must always reach the ears of the audience!"
She drove her demonic spear into the ground.
"Idol Power, full release!!!"
Prison Castle Čachtice was fully manifested.
"The hottest hit in the Servant scene, I'll sing it for you now!"
Elizabeth spread her wings and soared into the sky!
"This is my Fresh Blood Demoness! Báthory Erzsébet!!!"
"Laaaa————————!!!"
The sound, amplified by Prison Castle, made the black tree writhe in agony, its body beginning to fall apart continuously!
Sesshouin Kiara, who was imprisoned within, was also shaken violently, her entire body falling rapidly!
"Sesshouin-sensei!!!"
Seizing the moment, Mash rushed forward, continuously blocking the tree's attacks with her shield, then leapt up, aiming to catch Sesshouin Kiara as she fell.
"It won't be that easy!!!"
BB swung her black whip, and the red ribbon on her head immediately flew out, wrapping around Mash.
At the same time, black particles formed into a giant spike, aiming to pierce the falling Sesshouin Kiara!
"Lancer!!!"
Tohsaka Rin shouted to remind Elizabeth, who was flying in the air!
"Got it!!!"
Elizabeth instantly reverted Prison Castle back into spear form in midair, and threw it straight at the spike!
"Such a low-level thing—let me destroy it!!!"
"Whoooooosh————————!!!"
The spear flew at supersonic speed, seemingly just about to succeed in intercepting the spike.
But at that very moment, the black spike suddenly vanished, as if it had never existed.
The next second—Sesshouin Kiara's body was pierced straight through by Elizabeth's spear!!!
"————————?!"
This sudden twist left everyone on the battlefield in stunned silence.
"I-I didn't mean to…"
Elizabeth, seeing that she had accidentally seriously injured the one they were trying to save, turned pale.
"So, have I fulfilled our contract now?"
Floating in midair, Elizabeth looked down at Sesshouin Kiara lying in a pool of blood and spoke.
"Ah, yes."
Sesshouin Kiara slowly stood up from the pool of blood, her face smeared with it—yet she smiled.
"At long last… at long last, I've finally set foot into this world."