#557Chapter 557: The Crowned Puppet Master with the Same Name as Cheng TianAI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 557: A Grand Master Puppeteer with the Same Name as Cheng Tian
Gilgamesh's Gate of Babylon contains the prototypes of all Noble Phantasms in the current world view, as well as the crystallization of human wisdom, and these Noble Phantasm prototypes are all in the Servant Gilgamesh's loot pool.
As an existence that detests fakes the most, the King's Treasury naturally would not contain such things as fakes.
This Spiral Sword is the prototype of the demonic sword held by the Irish hero Fragarach in Celtic mythology.
Based on the current team composition, Cheng Tian had already instructed Eileen not to take out the Spiral Sword, because this item is, in a sense, the bane of the blue Lancer.
Fortunately, there is a prerequisite for this bane to be effective: the person using the Spiral Sword needs to have some connection with Cú Chulainn's origin, which is Ulster, one of the five kingdoms in Celtic mythology, known for its warrior culture and heroic legends. Only then will Cú Chulainn inevitably be defeated by the wielder of the Spiral Sword.
Eileen, this half-elf archer, naturally has no connection with Ireland, and theoretically would not trigger the relevant special effect... But if Eileen were to hand this item to Bazett, then the problem would become much more serious.
Bazett is a true heir of the Knights of the Red Branch bloodline, and is currently the most suitable user to trigger the condition of 'Cú Chulainn inevitably defeated by the Spiral Sword', perhaps even the only one!
Of course, with Eileen's fighting style, this Spiral Sword is basically difficult to use as a normal melee weapon, but it can be used as ammunition for a bow and arrow.
In the original work, the red Archer used a projected, modified fake Spiral Sword as an arrow with extremely strong destructive power and super penetrating force.
Since Eileen activated it, this item also underwent a certain degree of item effect correction based on Eileen's own profession and ability system, gaining the effect of transforming into an arrow, just like how Cheng Tian's Gate of Babylon can link with the Void Garage.
However, Cheng Tian would not tell the current big dog these things, after all, before he completely broke free from Kirei's control, those three true Command Spells were not like the fake Book of False Servants, they still had the possibility of forcing him to betray them again.
"Someone's here."
The Heavenly Eye on Cheng Tian's brow rotated slightly, and he sensed someone entering the Master's scanning range.
Cú Chulainn had also noticed the Heavenly Eye on Cheng Tian's brow early on; not many possess such a Heavenly Eye that is clearly more than just a decoration.
Cheng Tian's facial features are typical Asian yellow-race features, so corresponding existences can basically only be found in the myths and legends of China and Japan.
Three eyes, yellow race, if he also had a dog, wouldn't he be... Cú Chulainn, the dog himself, thought silently.
Currently, Cheng Tian's Master's maximum scanning range has expanded to a linear distance of 7.5 kilometers, and after breaking through the extreme value, Cheng Tian can more acutely perceive the energy fluctuations and detailed outlines of all humanoid units, and even intentionally distinguish them by red, yellow, and green color schemes based on reputation relationships.
In Cheng Tian's perception, a red figure stopped at a linear distance of approximately 4 kilometers from their position. From the scanned outline, it could be seen that his gaze was likely directed at their current location.
And if he remembered correctly, this distance was still within the red figure's effective sniping range.
"Archer."
"What?"
The big dog, still guessing who Cheng Tian, the arbiter, truly was, subconsciously responded.
"Red, uses dual blades, Archer, four kilometers in a straight line."
Cheng Tian pointed in the direction of Red A.
Speaking of which, the meme of a melee Archer basically originated from Red A, and then Gilgamesh, who used the Gate of Babylon as a bomber, further established the foundation that "Archers have diversity."
It's as absurd as a Swordsman having to pass a "Beam Emission Test."
"That white-haired guy, indeed very tricky, but an Archer who uses dual blades, I've never heard of such a thing... Wait a minute, how do you know he uses dual blades?"
The big dog suddenly realized that Cheng Tian seemed to know a bit too much.
"Didn't I tell you? I'm the arbiter, working directly for the planet's will. Let alone you Servants and Masters of this Fifth Holy Grail War, I'm completely clear on related matters like the Moon Cell Electronic War, Lostbelts, and the Edo Holy Grail War.
You are contestants vying for the cup, with hidden information from each other. I, on the other hand, am the supervisor for the organizers; information is as transparent as it gets for me. What do you have to compare with me!"
Cheng Tian raised his head, adopting an attitude of 'I'm official, I'm awesome.'
"Although I don't understand what you're saying, I feel like I shouldn't delve deeper..."
The big dog wiped away non-existent sweat beads from his forehead and mumbled.
"Since you are the supervisor, does that mean you won't interfere with the normal Holy Grail War? Even with this melee Archer who is currently peeping from afar."
"Hmm, that's what I said, but there are indeed too many people in this war who don't follow the rules."
Cheng Tian began to count on his fingers.
"Kirei goes without saying, he's a self-serving thief, wanting to be both supervisor and participant. There's no such good thing!
Gilgamesh survived the last war. If he hadn't intervened, I wouldn't have done anything, but now it's too late; his soul has already been swallowed by the Holy Grail.
Caster killed her original Master through deception. There's nothing inherently wrong with that, but she exploited a loophole in the rules, summoning Assassin when the participants weren't all present. This is a classic violation.
Everyone else has been fairly conventional. However—
Cheng Tian drew out his words again.
"I don't really care about the others. If there's a loophole in the rules that gets exploited, the organizer is actually more to blame. But I definitely won't let Kirei off the hook."
"Understood... Shall we set off now?"
Relying on their legitimate contractual relationship, the big dog, who could roughly sense Kirei's location, proactively suggested.
But Cheng Tian shook his head.
"No, I still have a few things to do. It would also be troublesome if Kirei died too early."
Yes, if judged by the completion nodes of the Silver side quest, if Kirei died, even with exploration time, it probably wouldn't exceed 1 day, but if Kirei was eliminated too early, he might have to return prematurely.
Besides killing Kirei, Cheng Tian actually came with two other objectives.
One was to try and meet the local Saber, one of Type-Moon's most famous mascots, the completely gender-bent King Arthur.
As the Dragon Knight of the Knights of the Round Table and the inheritor of the strawberry panties from Makaimura, he absolutely had to see this gender-bent Arthur.
And the other objective was a bit special—
Cheng Tian wanted to meet an existence named Aoko.
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