In order to gather the 'Cursed Children' in the future, but also worrying about not having enough manpower to take care of and teach those children, Daniel could only hold his nose and look at Artoria, asking her to help persuade Morgan.
In short, calling Morgan 'Mom' is absolutely impossible.
Who knows if this witch has done anything behind the scenes, for example, if calling her 'Mom' would mean being tied to her or something.
This witch's tricks might be even more numerous than Merlin's, and her schemes are even more terrifyingly numerous; one has to be on guard.
"Sister, could it be that you also have no way to deal with that vampire?" Artoria seemed to have learned a lot in the last world; this sarcastic tone made people want to raise an eyebrow, "If that's the case, then it can't be helped. But it's okay, I will take action."
"Huh? Huh— what did you just say?" Only Artoria had the ability to snap Morgan's reason and make her make judgments that she wouldn't normally make.
After all, Morgan both loved and hated Artoria.
Therefore, she hated hearing Artoria question her abilities the most.
Therefore, she decided to take action.
Of course, saying she would take action, it was actually just to bind Count Dracula's mobility, and by the way, to humanely destroy those homunculi that had already been transformed into vampire subordinates.
Physical attack immunity?
It doesn't matter, after all, what Morgan is best at is various grand sorceries.
As for slashing with swords, or smashing people with wands, that is not her style.
She is a very orthodox Magus!
Unlike a certain flower fairy, whose specialty is hitting people's heads with a wand, or suddenly pulling out a sword and slashing away.
Even though she is still a court Magus.
Pfft!
"Since he is a vampire, his weakness should be holy-type and prayer-type magecraft." Morgan muttered to herself while remotely changing the attack method of her magecraft formula.
In an instant, several beams of light brimming with a holy Aura pierced through Count Dracula's body.
Karna, who had already raised his divine spear in his hand, intending to burn Count Dracula with his passion, was stunned.
He turned his head to look at Siegfried.
Seeing that he also looked completely bewildered, Karna instantly understood.
None of the Black Faction Servants had such means, so this must be the Ruler Faction intervening again.
However, isn't the speed of their intervention a bit too fast?
This guy hadn't even had the chance to break the rules yet.
"Grahhhh—! Darnic—!" Count Dracula shouted his master's name even in his dying moments.
"He must have had a very good relationship with his master, right? Calling his name right before he died." Morgan turned her head to ask Daniel.
Having calmed down, her reason had returned, and she understood that Artoria, who had provoked her into acting just now, must have been incited by this brat.
Karna looked at the disintegrating Count Dracula with slight regret, then shook his head and sighed.
Every single master in this Holy Grail War seems to have some major issues in their heads.
"Saber, shall we continue?" Karna asked, looking at Siegfried. "Your master has already exhausted all command spells and no longer has the authority to force you to obey. Now, you can surely fight me properly without holding back."
"...That makes sense." Siegfried remained silent for a few seconds, then nodded in agreement.
A steady, composed smile appeared on his face.
Being able to fight to his heart's content without worrying about being toyed with by his master using command spells as before, and potentially being able to exit gracefully after being defeated without having to worry about how to face Kriemhild of the Ruler Faction—Siegfried thought Karna was great.
Even Siegfried could see it now.
The Ruler of this Holy Grail War definitely has issues.
There is even suspicion of them vying for the greater grail.
Therefore, regardless of the final outcome for the Red Faction, a battle between the Black Faction and the Ruler is inevitable.
His conscience no longer wanted to make an enemy of Kriemhild.
As for defeating Karna... he felt there was no hope of that.
The opponent was not inferior to him in martial arts, perhaps even a bit stronger, and the Noble Phantasm... that didn't even need to be mentioned.
So, let's have a wild, unrestrained fight!
Boom, boom, boom—!
A roar far exceeding the previous ones suddenly erupted, intermingled with the clashing sounds of cold weapons.
"Screw the plan!"
On the Hanging Gardens, watching the increasingly out-of-control battle, Amakusa Shirou Tokisada was so angry that he threw his beloved sword directly onto the ground.
All of his preliminary plans were declared bankrupt at this moment.
Watching Spartacus, who had become a vampire thrall after being bitten a few times by homunculi because he was recklessly taking damage, Amakusa Shirou Tokisada's complexion, which wasn't very fair to begin with, grew darker and darker.
And that Morgan, no one knew what she was planning; after eliminating the thrall homunculi and Count Dracula, she chose to turn a blind eye to Spartacus.
But Amakusa Shirou Tokisada was not pleased.
He wanted to save all of humanity, but not turn all of humanity into vampire thralls.
That is not salvation; it is destruction!
Although his original plan was similar to the destruction of all humanity, as long as a bit of religious color was added, it could be proclaimed that all of humanity had been saved, rather than becoming Servants of darkness as it might be now.
The backup plan could be initiated.
As Amakusa Shirou Tokisada's thought fell, Spartacus, who was frantically gnawing on the magic dolls, suddenly paused, and then his entire body swelled up as if his flesh and blood were growing explosively.
His final outcome would not be his body bursting because it couldn't withstand the explosive growth, but rather choosing to overflow after converting damage into flesh and blood and reaching capacity.
In short, a non-radiating nuclear explosion.
As for the scope of the impact... it was preliminarily predicted that all homunculi, magic dolls, and Dragon Tooth Soldiers present would be wiped out.
Including all the masters on the ground.
Yes, that's right, the area where the castle was located was also within the range of the nuclear explosion.
In the end, those who could survive would probably only be the "immortal heroes" like Karna and Achilles who couldn't be killed due to their lack of divinity, as well as the group sheltered by Artoria on the other side and the few people in the small area protected by Jeanne.
"Holy crap!" Daniel started scratching his head and ears, looked at the indifferent Morgan beside him, and could only turn his head to look at Artoria.
"King, could you kick a ball and send that lump up to the Hanging Gardens?" Daniel pointed at Spartacus, who hadn't reached his limit yet, and asked Artoria for a favor.
"That ball is not easy to kick." Artoria replied with a frown. "If I'm not careful, I might kick him and he'll explode on the spot."
"Tsk." Morgan raised an eyebrow and immediately set up a large-scale transfer magecraft under Spartacus's body.
She then proudly tilted her chin at Artoria.
Her proud and complacent self-promotion was fully displayed.
Shishigou Kairi stared blankly and turned to look at Mordred.
Your mother has this kind of personality?
"What are you looking at me for? I'll punch you!" Mordred snapped at her master in annoyance.
She expressed that she couldn't quite understand this venomous woman right now either.
Why is she acting like a young girl flirting with her crush?
Eww—
Goosebumps were crawling all over her body right now!
"Oh, two people jumped down from above." Artoria said, pointing in the direction of the Hanging Gardens.
The next moment, the explosion completely shattered the Hanging Gardens.
"What a pity, it seems Father Amakusa and his Servant survived." Shishigou Kairi began to check his own equipment.
"Hehehe! master, let's go!" Mordred signaled to Shishigou Kairi with a sinister smile. "Now is the best time to beat a drowning dog."
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"Then let's go!" Shishigou Kairi nodded and rushed over, following his Servant.
"What's the matter, does that girl have a grudge against that priest?" Morgan asked, looking at Artoria and Daniel in surprise.
"No, no grudge. She probably just wants to test the depths of Amakusa Shirou Tokisada." Daniel replied. "Of course, it's also possible she just wants to beat a drowning dog."
"Hmm—that is something that child would do." Morgan nodded in agreement.
"However, this explosion is really powerful." Looking at the strangely colored sky above his head, Daniel sighed with emotion.
He didn't know if his'Survival of the Fittest' would give him a chance to adapt in this 'explosive environment'.
The high heat probably wouldn't kill him, but the high-speed debris flying during the explosion could deal him a fatal blow.
"The power is indeed good." Morgan also looked up a few times. "It's just that the 'bomb' is a bit of an eyesore."
"...You just now, didn't you happen to analyze the principle of Spartacus's self-destruction along the way, did you?" Daniel looked at Morgan and asked cautiously.
"Oh my? You know me quite well." Morgan said playfully in a tone of uncertain truth. "Perhaps I could apply this type of formula to you."
"It's useless." Artoria glanced at Morgan and reminded her. "His constitution is very special. If you use the formula principle of Spartacus's explosion just now, it might instead make him gain an adaptation to attacks that prevents him from exploding. It would be more direct to just shove a bomb into his mouth."
Artoria suspected that, apart from instant-death physical attacks, any magecraft that required time to accumulate would ultimately not completely kill Daniel.
Of course, this was just a suspicion; after all, anything that hadn't been verified by experiments could only be guessed at.
And Daniel was cautious enough with his life that he never conducted dangerous experiments.
Well, that's good, but it's also troublesome, as Artoria didn't want Daniel to develop a personality of relying on her whenever he encountered danger.
Therefore, Artoria deliberately provoked Morgan's curiosity about Daniel's constitution.
She believed that her older sister would conduct thorough research on his constitution while ensuring Daniel's life was preserved.
Daniel did not notice this malice, nor could he see through the look in Morgan's eyes behind the black veil that suggested she wanted to dissect him on the spot, but he still couldn't help but shiver.
"Alright, let's continue moving forward." Daniel waved his hand and shouted, "Taking advantage of the momentum from just now, let's get all the homunculi from the Black Faction masters!"
"Tsk." Morgan glanced at Daniel with dissatisfaction.
She was the one who did the work, and she was the one who should be demanding the homunculi, so why did this kid have an expression of 'all the credit and spoils are mine'?
However, truth be told, Morgan really didn't look down on those homunculi with short lifespans and terrible abilities.
On the way, they called for Jeanne and Aura, then brought back Astolfo and Frankenstein, and the group marched imposingly into the castle not far behind.
At this moment, the person in charge inside the castle had completely become Fiore.
Darnic, having lost the greater grail and then subsequently losing Vlad III, and not even having time to engrave himself onto Vlad III's spirit core, had completely shut himself off. He handed all matters, big and small, over to Fiore, and closed his doors to guests.
Gordes was drinking heavily.
Roche, having lost his 'master', had long since shut himself in the underground workshop, fiddling with the magic dolls he had made and muttering about what the difference was between them and the ones his 'master' had made.
Consequently, the only Black Faction masters still left on the stage were Fiore, Caules, and Celenike.
But...
"Mr. Li Lin, and everyone, I'm very sorry. My sister is currently focusing on the developments on the battlefield and really cannot spare the time to entertain you all." Caules scratched his head in embarrassment and explained.
Celenike was staring fixedly at Astolfo.
She hadn't seen him for a short while, so how did this guy end up sticking with the Ruler Faction again!
Celenike's eyes were filled with jealousy and hatred for the man in front of her.
"I see, that's understandable." Daniel nodded and expressed his helplessness regarding the Black Faction masters.
After all, the Red Faction masters were in a worse situation than them.
Except for Amakusa Shirou Tokisada and Shishigou Kairi, the other five masters had long since been hypnotized into puppets by Amakusa Shirou Tokisada, and just now, they had all been wiped out in one wave by Spartacus.
"Then let's talk about business first." Daniel looked at Caules with a sharp gaze. "You should have seen the explosion just now, right?"
Caules nodded.
"That explosion was triggered by the Berserker Spartacus whom you released, and the one who prompted him to trigger it was the Red Faction master. As for the range of the explosion, you should have observed it as well—the entire battlefield and this castle were within the blast range. You should have no objections to this, right?"
Caules continued to nod.
"That is correct, we all owe you our lives, Mr. Li Lin."
"No need to owe me your lives. I came to find you this time to collect a debt." Daniel revealed a brilliant smile. "Please hand over all the homunculi that have already been created on the battlefield and in this castle to me."
"After all, they should have turned into ash along with you. It was us who saved you and them; therefore, I have the right to demand ownership of them."
"Uh... but they only have a three-year lifespan. What is the point of... wanting them?" Caules was stunned for a moment, then asked Daniel with a blank look.
"It is enough that it has meaning to me." Daniel replied. "Of course, the homunculi you sent to that town to be responsible for security will still belong to you."
"So, please issue an order immediately to have all the homunculi on the battlefield retreat. They are now my property."
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