(Heartfelt thanks to Liunian Cheng Shang love, Yunqi Qinggu, and Erciyuan de Shuangxiezuo for their tips!)
Thus, before Luvia finished the underground passage leading deep beneath the earth where the Eighth Class Card was located, everyone temporarily set the matter aside and returned to their daily lives.
Rin Tohsaka continued monitoring the condition of the Ley Lines within the vast underground cavern, keeping close watch on changes in the Ley Lines and the state of the imaginary domain, the Mirror World, where the Class Cards were located, so that the Eighth Class Card would not place further burdens on the Ley Lines or cause other changes.
As for the others, under the pretext of "resting up" and the like, they stopped involving themselves in matters concerning the Class Cards until the underground passage was complete.
Of course, "resting up" was only a small part of it. More importantly, they wanted to enjoy their ordinary lives as much as possible before the great battle arrived.
After all, the Eighth Class Card had crazily drained magical power from the Ley Lines, causing them to contract and fall into chaos. From that alone, it was clear that the enemy they would face next might be a monster more terrifying than any Heroic Spirit they had encountered before!
Facing such a monster, even Wu Yan, Hinagiku, Mikoto, and Xiao Hei—four people capable of fighting Heroic Spirits one-on-one—could not help but treat the matter with caution.
Against Saber, Wu Yan had fought alone and ultimately won at the cost of a few minor injuries, recovering Saber's Class Card...
Against Berserker, whose strength had originally been on par with Saber's, who grew braver and stronger with every battle, and who was immune to methods that would kill him, Wu Yan, Hinagiku, and Mikoto had joined forces