The Church of the Holy Temple had always served as the "overseer" in past Holy Grail Wars, but this time was an exception.
As an assistant to the Mage's Association and the biggest schemer in this Holy Grail War, Shirou Kotomine not only served as the Master of Semiramis, the Red Faction's Assassin, but also ordered Semiramis to poison every Red Faction Master except Kaijiri Shishigami.
That was why none of the Red Faction Servants besides Mordred had ever met their Masters: they had been out of contact from the very beginning. By now, the Red Faction was basically entirely under his control.
Jeanne shoved open the doors of Touletifas's church. She had received a revelation from her Lord—though some said Alaya was actually just feeding her nonsense—that there was a clue inside this church concerning the abnormalities of this Holy Grail War. So, immediately after parting ways with Shirou, she came here.
After entering the church, Jeanne carefully observed her surroundings.
The church was not large, holding fewer than a hundred people at most, but it felt steeped in history. After all, unless a church was destroyed, it would not easily be relocated.
Jeanne took two steps into the church, only to trigger a Magic Trap. Black chains bound her in place in an instant, but unfortunately, Jeanne possessed the highest Magic Resistance among the Servants currently in the world: a terrifying EX rank.
Before a Servant with such Magic Resistance, even High-Thaumaturgy was as powerless as a child's joke. The sturdy chains were like papier-mâché to Jeanne, and she could break them with a light struggle.
At the same time, Jeanne received another revelation: a strange white-haired man!
Before Jeanne could properly process the meaning of that image, a tremendous boom from the church's backyard and an earthquake-like