"If we can proactively find traces of Assassin, the situation will become more favorable."
While following the Spear of Ouranos swimming in the blood, Animusfia said to Fujimaru Ritsuka behind her.
"So she's not actually strong?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka, who hung the mercury star on his chest again, asked rhetorically.
Although the mercury star will still float above the girl's shoulders and keep rubbing her face.
But in fact, if you ignore the appearance, this guy is just a clingy pet.
It doesn't seem like much of a threat.
After looking at it for a long time, Fujimaru Ritsuka even thought this golden round creature with eyes was a bit cute.
Is it possible that my aesthetics will change if I stay here? !
Ignoring the girl's troubled expression, Animusfia answered her question.
"I only fought with Assassin for a moment, so I don't know for sure. Theoretically speaking, the assassin's combat ability is the lowest among the servants, but...she looks a little strange. I'm afraid she has a spiritual power. What has changed, so it’s hard to say”
"Huh? Is that Assassin weird?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka recalled that Camilla looked like she had dragon horns, scales and a long tail, which was not that strange compared to wyverns and giant dragons.
In Fuyuki City, the last singularity point, she even saw skeletons running around in groups in the city.
Things beyond common sense happened one after another, and even the pendant could turn into an unknown creature and rub against itself in the next second.
Fujimaru Ritsuka no longer thinks that there is anything in this world that will not happen.
"Do you remember the incantation Assassin chanted before teleporting us into this dimension?"
Animusfia asked Fujimaru Ritsuka.
The girl put her index finger against her cheek and answered slowly:
"Hmm...I remember it seemed to be something...the terminal of rumors, Chakdis City or something like that. Do you know that her real name is the vampire Camilla just based on these features? "
"Although it is indeed relatively unpopular knowledge, the 21st century is an era of information explosion. As long as you are willing to understand, there is nothing that you cannot access."
"But what does this have to do with whether Camilla looks strange or not?"
"This is about the legend of Assassin during his lifetime. You just said that Camilla was sung as a vampire. Among the 'non-human' monsters, vampires are the most similar to humans. Also Because of this, vampires that can lurk in human society are feared."
"But Assassin doesn't look like a human being at all, does he?"
The bloody dragon claws and Camilla's thick tail left a deep impression on Fujimaru Ritsuka.
"That's why I said she looks a little strange. As a vampire, Camilla didn't have any legends related to dragons during her lifetime."
As the two of them moved forward, the blood mist gradually became thinner.
"Ah, maybe the Dragon Witch added dragon attributes to her like the madness."
"No. Madness is an attribute that can be artificially added, but the dragon species is the key element that constitutes the foundation of the spiritual base and cannot be changed at will."
Animusfia shook her head.
"And if the Dragon Witch can do this, the Archer and Berserker who attacked us before and the Lancer I encountered last night should also turn into dragons."
Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at Animusfia's missing left arm.
"Sure enough, the magic trick last night was cast by the director."
"Yeah, that's true. It's hard not to be noticed. But it's embarrassing. Lancer interrupted the magic before it was completed."
"Did you win?"
"Haha, if you didn't win, it would be that Lancer who will accompany you now."
Animusfia chuckled.
"Did you also lose a hand?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka's eyes were slightly dim.
"It's not a loss to defeat a hero who has left his name in history at the cost of an arm. It seems that I am stronger than that heroic spirit."
Although the battle with Vlad III was unsuccessful, Animusfia decided to brag in front of Fujimaru Ritsuka.
"Be a hero..."
The girl was silent for a while before speaking slowly.
"If you want to say that, I can't deny it. You actually heard the conversation between me and Black Saber, right? I came here just to be a hero."
"Feel sorry."
"Huh? You have nothing to be sorry for."
Animusfia was a little surprised.
"If we choose to go with the director, he won't be fighting Lancer alone, and his arm won't be——"
"No."
Animusfia interrupted Fujimaru Ritsuka's words, put her remaining right hand on the girl's bright red hair and started rubbing it.
"Perhaps if you come with me, I can indeed save my arm. You just choose to help others between helping me and helping others. The culprits that caused me to lose my arm were the Lancer and the Dragon Witch. If you do this There’s no need to blame yourself.”
Animusfia was still puzzled before, the girl's attitude towards him was a bit strange.
He didn't expect to be struggling with this. If it were Animusfia himself, he wouldn't care.
He is indeed a person who can accomplish the great task of saving the world.
It is fundamentally different from Animusfia.
Animusfia decided to save the world because she wanted to be a hero who could save the world, while Ritsuka Fujimaru came to save the world because she really wanted to save the world.
Although the results are the same, the motivations are completely different.
Fujimaru Ritsuka's eyes became determined again.
He rearranged his messed up hair, stared at Animusfia's unbalanced back and said:
"Next time, I will help the director."
After hearing this, Animusfia couldn't help but look back at the girl, and then burst into laughter.
"Then I'll look forward to it, but it's not that easy to help me."
The two continued to follow the Spear of Ouranos, which was twisting in the blood.
...
"Speaking of which, to be precise, I am the biological father of Mercury Star's child, and you are the adoptive mother."
"..."
Fujimaru Ritsuka was silent for a while.
"Director, you definitely don't have a girlfriend, or have you never even been in love?"
"Huh? Why do you say that?"
Animusfia's face was full of doubts. He had indeed never been in love. Could it be that Fujimaru Ritsuka still had the talent to learn divination?
"Then who is its biological mother?"
The girl grabbed the mercury star floating quietly above her shoulder and placed it in front of Animusfia.
Mercury Star's huge eyes blinked at Animusfia.
"Then... of course not. In the end, it's just a metaphor, don't take it so seriously."
"So don't be so serious!"
The blood mist gradually lost its trace.
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Matthew looked at the hell-like scene in front of him and couldn't help but gasp.
Giorgios also looked at the scene in front of him with a solemn expression.
There were wooden piles hanging with female mummies all around, and the endless pool of blood on the ground now had an entrance to the ground. Like liquid chocolate from a Western pastry, the blood flowed smoothly into the hole.
And a staircase of blood like a waterfall.
From time to time, the roar of the dragon can be vaguely heard coming from the stairs where the bottom cannot be seen.
