The plan of the "Red" Faction was to lure Spartacus near the Kaiser Family Castle and detonate him there. If they could eliminate the enemy Masters in one fell swoop, that would be ideal; even if they couldn't, they could at least destroy the castle's outer walls.
Their plan was progressing extremely smoothly.
Spartacus was unstoppable. His self-destruction would blow away every building on the ground around him.
Jeanne watched the Berserker's rampage.
She was certain that Spartacus was about to unleash his most powerful attack—and his final one at that.
He would exhaust all the magical energy keeping him in the world and then disappear.
If this was the path the Heroic Spirit Spartacus had chosen, Ruler, as the overseer, would not stop him.
However—
"Huh?"
Jeanne blinked.
Spartacus suddenly changed direction. Instead of charging toward the castle, he rushed toward her and Shirou.
"W-What happened?"
Mordred cried out in surprise as well.
Shirou was equally confused.
He recalled being chased by Spartacus the night before last and seemed to understand something.
Could it be a matter of hatred?
To a rebellious hero, there had always been one oppressor—a target—that had to be defeated.
At the beginning of the Holy Grail War, that target had been the lord ruling Tuliphas: the Kaiser Family.
Then, he had encountered a new oppressor in the forest. Although Shirou's priority was lower than that of the enemy Masters, Spartacus had still immediately regarded him, a person with the "King" attribute, as a target for attack.
But the Berserker actually had another enemy with a higher priority than either a King Heroic Spirit or the enemy Masters—
The oppressor with the highest authority in this Holy Grail War: Ruler Jeanne.
"Wait, what? I've become the Berserker's target!?"
Spartacus veered off course and charged toward