Ex-Machina in Dimensional Travel

By now, she had been freed from her restraints for quite some time, yet the pain of the chains digging tightly into her body still lingered faintly.

Joan glanced at Mordred, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, but there was not the slightest hint of relief on her face.

That was because she had just had a "conversation" with Xiu Er, and the chains on her body had been removed because of it.

She had wanted to lash out, but facing the overwhelmingly powerful Xiu Er, there was truly nothing she could do to resist whatever the other party chose to do.

"No, the Holy Grail War is not over yet."

Joan shook her head, rejecting Mordred's claim. Her expression was grim, seemingly due to her conversation with Xiu Er.

This also left Kairi Shishigou, standing nearby, looking shocked.

"It's gotten to this point, and it's still going to continue?"

Mordred looked into the distance at a certain Black Archer, who was still checking her Master's condition. Like Mordred, she had been beaten half to death and "dragged" here.

"But I suppose that makes sense. A Holy Grail War ritual is only considered complete when the final remaining pair wins and obtains the Great Holy Grail."

Mordred sighed and fell backward onto the ground.

"About that..."

Joan paused slightly and looked at everyone present, her gaze sweeping across the Masters.

"Actually, this is not my idea. Now that the Holy Grail War has been disrupted by 'outsiders,' I would rather see this meaningless Holy Grail War end here."

The "outsiders" Joan referred to included not only Xiu Er, but also Shiro Amakusa, whom Xiu Er had revealed.

Xiu Er had told Joan about what Shiro Amakusa had done, and what he intended to do, in this Holy Grail War.