Facing Suzuran's questioning, Texas showed a mocking expression: "Why? Because I am a Servant!"
Then Texas revealed her plan. It turned out that she had originally become Suzuran's neighbor precisely because she had sensed that Suzuran's father was a participant. She had intended to find an opportunity to eliminate him but was unexpectedly preempted by someone else. When she saw the Holy Mark on Suzuran's hand, a bold idea emerged: to draw Suzuran into the game and then hide behind her.
It was then that Suzuran realized that the person she had always trusted had been using her as a shield all along.
At this moment, Texas drew her weapon and began to fight King of the Promotion / Siege.
Seeing Suzuran's confusion, King of the Promotion / Siege had no desire to prolong the fight. After forcing Texas back with her longsword, she led Suzuran away from the scene.
As if it weren't bad enough, before they had gone far, the two ran head-on into Saileach and Myrtle, who had rushed over after hearing about the battle.
Caught between a Servant and a Master with comparable strength, King of the Promotion / Siege was repeatedly forced back.
Just then, in the bewildered Suzuran's inner world, she met a white-haired Feline who told Suzuran that she and her father were chosen for the game because they belonged to a lineage of Ascendants with powerful Originium Arts.
Ascendants only break through mental barriers and learn about their bloodline when experiencing strong emotional agitation.
Outside, just as King of the Promotion / Siege, fighting two opponents, was about to be defeated, a powerful force split the battlefield.
"Join the glorious evolution!"
Accompanied by Suzuran's declaration, her hair turned from blonde to white, evolving from a fox-carrot into a white-furred Feline (Rosmontis).
The evolved Rosmontis (hereafter referred to as Rosmontis) gained immense power. With a cry of "Amaterasu!" black flames erupted from the ground, encircling Saileach and Myrtle.
Just as the two were about to be engulfed by the flames, Myrtle plunged her flag into the ground: "My flag, protect my comrades! 'My Lord is Here' Luminosite Eternelle!"
Accompanied by Myrtle's shout, a holy light descended from the heavens, isolating the terrifying black flames outside its sacred barrier.
Seeing her spell blocked, Rosmontis showed no desire to fight further and, taking the injured King of the Promotion / Siege, retreated from the battlefield.
Meanwhile, Texas and Lappland watched everything unfold from a distance, then disappeared into the darkness.
The next day, Rosmontis suddenly discovered that a city-wide manhunt had been issued for her. It turned out that the previous night, Saileach and Myrtle had been ambushed on their way back. The assailant used a strange gun to pierce Saileach's powerful defensive barrier, severely injuring Saileach and killing Myrtle.
The person who rescued Saileach only heard Rosmontis's name from the unconscious Saileach. As a local noble, Saileach's father unhesitatingly issued a full-scale manhunt for Rosmontis.
The Church, which had been acting as a referee, also announced that Rosmontis had violated the game rules and was no longer under the Church's protection.
Rosmontis knew that Lappland was behind all of this, but she was helpless.
However, with Saileach out of the game, her only opponent was Lappland. So, after King of the Promotion / Siege's injuries improved, the two decided to go straight for the jugular and defeat Lappland in one fell swoop.
At the entrance of the church, upon arriving, the two saw Texas standing openly before the main gate.
Facing the person who had "saved" her, Rosmontis was at a loss for words for a moment.
"Come on, face my wolf pack, let me see what you've got!" After Texas finished speaking, countless shadows emerged from around the church.
Looking at these shadows, Rosmontis was momentarily at a loss for words. Shouldn't these shadows be the Servants of the deceased Kui Ying? How could they have become Texas's spell?
"To allow you to die in peace, I can tell you about my ability. My Originium Arts is called Plunder. As long as a Servant dies before me, I can seize their spell. Initially, I was indeed very weak, too weak to defeat anyone, but now..."
Texas showed a strange smile.
Rosmontis noticed that the rushing shadow was covered in flames, a technique of Reed. It seemed she had directly gained the spells of two participants during the battle in the high-rise.
"Come on, facing the spells of two Servants, you will have no chance of winning. Your life is now like a candle in the wind, and with a gentle squeeze from me..."
Texas revealed a smile befitting a professional villain.
King of the Promotion / Siege looked at the approaching shadow legion and said to Rosmontis, "Lappland is inside. I'll send you in; you deal with her, and I'll handle things here."
Rosmontis chose to trust King of the Promotion / Siege's judgment.
King of the Promotion / Siege's longsword emitted a dazzling golden light. "Gathering starlight, flowing life—take this, Excalibur!"
A powerful beam of light shot out from King of the Promotion / Siege's sword, leveling everything in front of her.
Rosmontis also seized this opportunity to rush into the church, directly confronting her final opponent, Lappland.
Seeing Rosmontis rush into the room, Exusiai, standing on the platform, stopped her chanting and looked at Lappland.
"Do you need me to intervene?"
"A little one who knows nothing, who stumbled into the finals by luck, doesn't warrant your intervention." Lappland stood up, casually fiddling with an orange in her hand.
"Why?" Rosmontis asked, puzzled.
"Luck, I suppose. I never expected to become a participant, and even less that my Servant would be so weak... There was nothing I could do but hide. After all, if people knew that the Church, as a witness, also participated in the game, I wouldn't be able to pull off my little tricks, would I?
Speaking of which, your luck is quite good. Originally, in the first round, I thought you and that teacher would both be injured, and I could directly gain your Servant's abilities. It's a pity I didn't expect you to know each other.
There was nothing I could do but lure that Kui Ying fellow, but I didn't expect to run into Saileach, and as a result, you all escaped."
At this, Lappland sighed with regret.
"However, my luck was good. Your hatred gave me a new opportunity. I originally thought I could send all of you away in the high-rise, but I didn't expect you to be lucky enough to escape again. But this time my luck was better; although you ran, Saileach came along.
She was too proud, too proud to see the shadows beneath her feet, so she was unfortunately eliminated.
Originally, when I heard she hadn't died and was still calling your name, I even thought about having the authorities deal with you, but I didn't expect those people to be so useless..."
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