Although Red A was merely an ordinary four-star Archer in FGO, utterly unremarkable before all those five-star characters,
that was only because this was the real world now. Things like star ratings had long been tossed aside.
And among all the Servants, was there anyone more dependable than the overworked-to-death Red A? The answer was—no.
Just look at the model employees under the two great Counter Forces: Red A, Black A, and Muramasa.
They were all damn Shirou Emiya.
Although Alaya was jokingly called the number-one Emiya fan, it also showed just how useful an Emiya could be.
He was experienced, had gone through all kinds of bizarre Holy Grail Wars, knew the Noble Phantasms of most Servants, and could even use them.
Once he deployed Unlimited Blade Works, he was practically a miniature King Gilgamesh.
With both strength and experience, and willing to work tirelessly besides, what right did Mo Wang have to let such a veteran employee go?
Yet faced with Mo Wang's request, Red A merely rolled his eyes at the shameless bastard.
Was that necklace something he could just give away?
He was actually still eyeing his necklace... Forget it, no matter what, he was not going to Chaldea now.
"Tch, he actually left. What a bore."
Watching Red A depart, Mo Wang could not help curling his lip.
But did he really think he could avoid working just by not coming?
Later, Mo Wang would drag his entire family over. He refused to believe he would not be able to get at least one Emiya that way.
"Finally, even Archer has been dealt with. Now only that damned Saber remains." Seeing Red A vanish, Cú Chulainn shifted his gaze toward Ryuudou Temple, where the Greater Holy Grail was located.
This bizarre Holy Grail War was finally about to end.
"Come to think of it, didn't you say earlier that you saw that Saber use her Noble Phantasm? Then you must already know her identity, right, Cú Chulainn?"
Olga Marie walked over to Doggy and asked.
If they were going to fight Saber, it would be best to have some intelligence first.
"Huh? I didn't say?" Doggy looked at everyone in surprise.
"When did you ever say it?" Olga Marie stared at Cú Chulainn, equally puzzled.
Had she spaced out and missed it when he died?
"Fine, I really did forget to mention it. Blame the Master. The nonsense he keeps pulling is so outrageous that it made me forget."
As Cú Chulainn spoke, he dumped all the blame onto Mo Wang.
"How does this have anything to do with me?"
Mo Wang, who had been watching the show from the side, immediately turned his head.
Was this Doggy itching for a beating?
Careful, or he would treat him to a Carnival Phantasm meal later!
"Cough, cough. All right, all right, let's talk about Saber."
Cú Chulainn said awkwardly, "Speaking of Saber, we have to mention her sword. Have you heard of the legendary Sword of Promised Victory? It was the strongest Holy Sword King Arthur acquired after his original sword was broken."
"So that Saber is actually the legendary King Arthur?!"
Olga Marie covered her forehead.
Why were the Servants in this war all so absurd?
First came the legendary Heracles, then Cú Chulainn, and now they had to add the legendary King Arthur?
Was this difficulty level for real?
"Relax. This is the true quality of the Fifth Holy Grail War, after all."
Mo Wang patted Olga Marie on the shoulder from the side, then gave her a thumbs-up.
Although many people complained that compared to the Fourth Holy Grail War, the Fifth was practically children playing house,
in terms of Servant quality alone, the Fifth was indeed stronger than the Fourth.
Medea, Heracles, King Arthur, Alaya's officially appointed wage slave, Medusa, plus a gatekeeper old man and Doggy.
They were either beings from the Age of Gods, possessed divinity, or could slay dragons.
Not to mention the unofficial King Gilgamesh.
Unfortunately, Servant quality was all it had going for it.
Brother B had his mind taken away by Berserkification, a group of Masters had practically no experience, and Emiya Shirou could not even supply enough mana. As a result, Emiya Shirou's Saber became the weakest of all Sabers.
Doggy's output was directly restricted too, which led to that guy being bullied until he was forced to stab himself to death.
"Come to think of it, the invincible King Gilgamesh didn't even make it into the prologue. Tch. He must have used his prophecy cheat to run off and watch the show, right?"
Mo Wang quietly took a jab at the King of the Road, who had vanished without a trace.
If he were here, Mo Wang had wanted to recreate an Unlimited Blade Works.
Just thinking about watching the show made him angry.
At this very moment, there was probably a whole bunch of Heroic Spirits watching the show from the Throne of Heroes.
The Doggy beside him also seemed to be one of those guys who had come to watch the show.
MD, one day he would drag every last one of them down here.
Just because they were all sitting around eating popcorn and watching.
The Slacker King of Hyperion: Croak! Bro, why did you become Destruction?!
The Blonde from Teyvat: Looks like he's about to become true Chaos.
The Video Store Owner: I must immediately activate the Stellaron and blow up together with those assholes! Drag all those spectators down so we can queue up!
The Garbage King of a Certain Train: The group members really are more Chaos than the last, but it is pretty entertaining.
The King of the Chicken Coop: Come to think of it, aren't we also sitting around watching the show? What if this bro blows up together with us too?
The Strongest Fighter Genius in Human History: Croak, no, I don't want this! Lord Nihility, don't kill me!
The Strongest Demon King: Fuck, now that you mention it, we really do seem even less human.
The Ark Succubus: Don't slander us. We're at least a proper support squad, unlike those people outside who watch the show and still keep stirring things up.
The Garbage King of a Certain Train: Come to think of it, can we return to Chaldea soon and start pulling cards? What do you think our luck will get us?
The Slacker King of Hyperion: As long as it isn't a pile of Black Keys, anything is fine. I have no expectations left for our luck.
The King of the Chicken Coop: What could we get? We'd be lucky to get Serenity Hassan. A three-star dark-skinned loli, heheh. If she comes out, we won't lose out.
The Ark Succubus: Holy shit, our group members are really criminal. But can you really do that? I remember Serenity is poisonous all over, isn't she?
The Video Store Owner: This B is covered in Deadly Poison. (lick.jpg)
The Strongest Demon King: Don't worry, even if she's poisonous, I'm still going for it, damn it! Mere Deadly Poison—I'll endure it with my powerful body!
The Blonde from Teyvat: As expected of King Caesar. (worship.jpg)
The Strongest Fighter Genius in Human History: As expected of King Caesar. (worship.jpg)
The Garbage King of a Certain Train: As expected of King Caesar. (worship.jpg)
The Savior of Rationality: MD, you heartless bastards watching the show! Sooner or later, I'm blowing up together with you!
After closing the Chat Group, Mo Wang spat viciously at his other selves.
Still, what would he pull from the gacha later? It could not possibly be a Takeuchi Face, could it?
PS: I thought about flirty lines for ages and couldn't come up with any. 1
Mm, might as well stop thinking about it. Ehe!
Chapter 53: Cú Chulainn: Your Chaldea Really Is Full of Talent
After dealing with a certain overworked-to-death Red A, Mo Wang and the others made their way beneath Ryuudou Temple.
Fuyuki City had four major attractions. The first was Ryuudou Temple, home to the toughest floor in the village.
The second was the Tohsaka Family, which could be sold off at any time.
The third was the Matou Family, home to the biggest swimming pool in the village.
The fourth was Fuyuki School, where the village's hopes were gathered.
There was nothing to see at the Matou Family or the school, and everyone had just visited the Tohsaka Family. Now, they had arrived at the final attraction.
This was also where the Greater Holy Grail was located.
Heavy clouds covered everything. Even the trees and grass seemed to have lost their vitality, leaving the same gray, desolate scenery as always.
After trekking onward, they arrived at a huge depression, where an enormous tunnel appeared before them.
"The Greater Holy Grail is inside? I thought we were supposed to climb a mountain."
Mo Wang glanced at the cave. Honestly, his memories of this place were still stuck on the time when cheat-enabled Emiya Shirou cut off King Gilgamesh's hand at Ryuudou Temple.
He had completely forgotten where exactly the Holy Grail was placed in Unlimited Blade Works.
"The stone walls in this dump are pretty smooth, huh? Did someone dig this tunnel?" Mo Wang touched the smooth stone wall nearby and asked curiously.
"It should be half natural and half artificial, probably a magical construction site made by some magus." Olga Marie, who had considerable insight into such matters, answered in place of Cú Chulainn. Just then, a sound drew everyone's attention.
"Fu~"
Beside the cave entrance, a strange white creature that looked somewhat like a rabbit suddenly darted out upon seeing Mashu.
"Fufuu?!"
Mashu was equally surprised when she saw the little white beast.
The newcomer was naturally Chaldea's mascot, the legendary Primate Killer, rumored to be one of the Twenty-Seven Ancestors of Dead Apostles, Chaldea's true tyrant, a certain Merlin's persecuted victim, mistaken for a rabbit but actually a cat demon born from a pig demon—Fufuu.
"Fufuu!"
The moment Mashu saw the white beast, she scooped it into her arms.
And Fufuu, nestled in Mashu's embrace, looked like tears were about to burst from its eyes.
Its tiny gaze seemed to be saying: I've been waiting for you forever. Why did you take so long?!
"Fufuu, where did you go? I thought you hadn't come over from Chaldea."
Mashu looked extremely happy to see Fufuu return, but Mo Wang beside her was deeply dissatisfied with Fufuu's act of pretending to be cute.
Mo Wang snatched Fufuu from Mashu's arms and glared fiercely at the harmless-looking little white beast.
"You were already here, weren't you? Speak. Where exactly have you been slacking off all this time? I haven't even been slacking off, yet you dared run around outside!"
Mo Wang strongly condemned Fufuu's slacking and skipping work. Could it not see that without it, the team did not even have a mascot to suppress their luck?
They had been forced to use this big dog as their mascot.
In the original plot, was this thing not always following Mashu around? (This was absolutely not because some useless author forgot Fufuu while writing. Absolutely not.)
"Fu! Fu!!" (Damn Mo Wang, let me go! I'll bite you!)
Fufuu struggled in Mo Wang's grasp and even tried to take a bite out of him.
"Hey! You disappear while slacking off, and now you want to bite me too!"
As he spoke, Mo Wang was about to teach this ungrateful little slacker beast a lesson.
"Senpai! How can you bully Fufuu?!"
When Mashu saw Mo Wang actually about to punish Fufuu, she immediately snatched the little beast back from his hands and gave Mo Wang a displeased look.
"Fu~ fu!"
Cradled in Mashu's arms, Fufuu smugly looked at Mo Wang, making his teeth itch.
Unfortunately, Mashu kept holding that hateful tyrant. This guy was clearly a super tyrant on the same level as the final boss, so why was it pretending to be some cute mascot? How shameless!
"That thing is the little girl's pet?"
After glancing at Fufuu, Cú Chulainn could not help asking Mo Wang.
"Yeah, a guy who wanders around Chaldea all day, doing nothing but eating and sleeping. It's even lazier than me." Mo Wang complained indignantly to Cú Chulainn.
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