"Still three short? This really was a battle worth risking our lives for. But now, this was the only thing they could do."
After the AI explained the conditions for the Grand Summoning Array and asked Ritsuka whether she would take over their duty, Ritsuka naturally agreed without hesitation. Chaldea had no way back. Even if they were facing Zeus, the Almighty God, they could only press forward through the danger.
It was a battle worth risking their lives for because the Grand Summoning Array required seven summoning arrays to be linked together. The Servants in the advance party had only completed four before being wiped out. If they wanted to set up the remaining three, they would undoubtedly have to face the gods of Olympus again. This time, their opponent would most likely be Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love. Quite a few of the advance party's Servants had died at her hands.
"Since you've made your decision, take a look at this first." As Ritsuka decided to set up the remaining three summoning arrays, the AI played a recording. It showed Sakata Kintoki, Fran, Mordred, Minamoto no Yorimitsu, and other Servants slaughtering one another.
"I see. Aphrodite's Authority is mental control? A power that even mental defense charms can't block... Do you have any countermeasures?" After watching the footage, Sherlock Holmes immediately looked toward the Macarios siblings.
He had already learned from Mash and Ritsuka about how Mash, Ritsuka, and Musashi had encountered the gods and been suppressed by Aphrodite. Ritsuka carried quite a few Mystic Codes, including one designed for mental defense.
"We do. Last time, we made a wrong judgment, and that led to our total annihilation. But it won't happen again." At the mention of the battle that had wiped out all those Heroic Spirits, Macarios