Ozymandias slammed his fist down on the throne's armrest with imposing force.
Mash seemed to have caught a key word and asked in surprise:
"A barrier covering the entire desert? So that's why we haven't been able to contact Chaldea."
"Oh, that did happen. I added a communication-jamming spell to the barrier. I had no desire for those rats to contact Greece."
Ozymandias nodded, then rose to his feet with a pleased smile curling across his lips and declared:
"Let us have a contest. The time limit is three days. If you can capture those rats before the barrier covers the entire desert, then I shall agree to become your ally and repair this Singularity with you."
"If you fail, it will prove that you have no value as my allies. At that point, you shall become my enemies, and I will eradicate you with all my might. Your only path to survival will be to scurry obediently back to Camelot. Hahahaha—"
"Only three days?"
Ritsuka looked troubled. The desert was so vast. In three days, how could the few of them possibly find enemies whom even Ozymandias, the lord of this desert, could not catch?
"Senpai, should we accept?"
Mash's face was full of concern. She clearly had little confidence in this contest as well.
"Yes, let's do it! If we don't try, we've already lost from the start. Besides, this contest is favorable to us. If we lose, we simply start over. But if we win, we'll gain a powerful ally."
"Ritsuka's right. You'll never succeed at anything if you don't try." Mordred clenched her fists in agreement. "And I don't want to lose this time. When we finish our mission, I definitely want to see the look on that bastard Pharaoh's face. Anyone who dares to toy