The instant Jeanne d'Arc finished speaking, a bolt of lightning as blood-red as a Command Spell struck straight down from the sky. Amid the rolling thunder, the newcomer loudly announced herself:
"Yo! Red Saber, here by invitation! Hey, Ruler! What did you call me over for?"
Jeanne d'Arc was about to answer her question, but Sovell stopped her first:
"Mordred!"
At that imposing, familiar voice, Mordred dropped her flippant attitude in a flash, instinctively standing at attention and answering loudly:
"Here!"
"Listen carefully. I'll keep this short-Black Caster's Noble Phantasm has gone beyond the bounds of the Holy Grail War, and every other Red Faction Servant besides you is helping him wreak havoc.
So I need your strength. Help me stop them. Understood?"
Sovell quickly explained the situation to Mordred, and she was just as quick to pick out the key words:
Her teacher needed her strength! The teacher who had been invincible a thousand years ago needed her!!!
A gleam instantly flashed in Mordred's eyes. A moment later, her Alchemy Heavy Armor appeared alongside Crimson Lightning. She immediately bowed and loudly accepted her orders:
"Yes! Your wish shall be fulfilled!"
Sovell nodded in satisfaction.
Then he turned, planted a hand firmly on Gawain's shoulder, and spoke to him solemnly:
"Sir Gawain, I know your class is Avenger. But this emergency calls for exceptional measures. I need you to set aside your old grudges for now and fight alongside me. I'll say no more. Just one question.
-Can you do it?"
"Yes!"
Without even half a second's hesitation, Gawain readily accepted the proposal. Sovell gave his shoulder a few approving pats:
"Well done."
Having settled the two strongest warriors in their ranks besides himself, Sovell stepped to the front of the group.
As he watched the Red Faction Servants slowly