On the top of the main temple building of Liudong Temple, Lu Xiao used his eagle eyes to look at the previous battlefield with a serious expression.
Kotomine Rimasa and the Saint personally inspected the scene and left one after another. Soon, several weirdos dressed as construction workers came to the scene and used magic to repair the damage caused to the Enzo Mountain battlefield.
The Holy Grail War is carried out in secret, and both the Holy Church and the Magic Association have the responsibility to cover up the damage caused to the local area by this underground battle to avoid arousing the suspicion of ordinary residents of Fuyuki City.
"Let's not talk about Kotomine Rimasa who is proficient in Bajiquan. That familiar fantasy species and the holy girl holding a huge cross, could it be that..."
Only then did Lu Xiao recall the system prompts that he would encounter obstacles that did not appear in the original plot during this Holy Grail War.
Preliminary speculation is that these obstacles should come from the two major inhibitory forces of the moon-shaped world, Alaya and Gaia.
"I didn't expect that it would be her sent by Gaia and Alaya."
Lu Xiao smiled bitterly and rubbed his eyebrows: "That's right. Considering my inherent skills of the Dragonborn, it is only natural to arrange for a saint with the legend of subduing evil dragons to target me."
Martha, one of the twelve Christian saints, was active in the first century AD.
According to legend, she had the ability to communicate directly with the "Lord" and subdued the evil dragon Tarask under the guidance of the "Lord".
It is said that the cross in Martha's hand is the staff held in front of the "Lord", which has powerful healing power, and its symbolic meaning is extraordinary. It is no wonder that Kotomine Rimasa is so respectful in front of Martha.
Lu Xiao was a little surprised that the young Kotomine Rimasa could still possess such strong skills, but it didn't make him worry about it.
What really gave Lu Xiao a headache was Saint Martha.
After a little thought, the answer can be found. Martha is probably the Holy Grail War referee specially sent by Inhibition to expel him, an outsider. Her job title is ruler.
Although I don’t know why Malda from the Ruler Agency was able to bring Tarasque with me, I can easily guess that Malda probably has specialized skills against enemies with dragon attributes.
Even if Malda's own combat effectiveness is not taken into account, the arrival of the Ruler will inevitably cause great changes to the Holy Grail that is about to begin.
Lu Xiao can be sure that as the referee, Martha will definitely blow a black whistle like one of her descendant saints, and it will be a black whistle specifically targeted at him.
"It's troublesome..."
Lu Xiao scratched his head irritably. There were huge changes in the Holy Grail War plan that had been formulated. He couldn't see the subsequent development. He could only make more thorough preparations as much as possible and see you again in case of emergencies.
Recruit and demolish.
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Based on the subsequent response of the Tohsaka family, the managers of Fuyuki, Lu Xiao speculated that Tokiomi had known about Martha's existence for a long time.
The day after the Matou residence was burned down, the holy aura coming from the Holy Church was finally explained. Tokiomi must have witnessed the whole process of Martha's arrival with Kotomine Rimasa.
Tokiomi was already prepared to fight against the Fuyuki Church, but now that a referee saint suddenly descended on the Holy Church Church, Kotomine Rimasa must no longer be able to blatantly make small moves to favor the Tosaka family.
That's undoubtedly bad news.
That night, Lu Xiao told Kariya and the Tohsaka sisters what she had seen during the day.
Lin opened her mouth in surprise: "Malda, is she the saint Martha praised by Christianity?"
"They should be close to each other."
Rin curled the ends of her black hair with her fingers in confusion: "Why did Saint Martha suddenly come to Fuyuki? Will she also participate in the Holy Grail War?"
Lu Xiao did not answer Lin's question for the time being. He was reinforcing the rune group in the workshop that was responsible for providing covert functions.
Sakura tapped her chin thoughtfully with her finger: "Sister, are there any records of special jobs coming to the Holy Grail War before?"
She accidentally summoned her own servants to participate in the Holy Grail War. Although the strong-willed Rin urged Lu Xiao to help Tohsaka Tokiomi, in fact, she also had the idea of winning by herself and receiving strong praise from her father after the war.
Recently, Rin had purposefully read through a lot of information about the first three Holy Grail Wars, and Sakura's question made her face look astonished.
"Indeed, during the Third Holy Grail War, the Einzbern family violated the rules and summoned an extra job called avenger."
"However, the avenger summoned by Einzbern was very weak and was killed by the twin sabers summoned by the Edfeldt family on the fourth day of the Holy Grail War."
"Edelfeldt..."
A look of surprise appeared on Sakura's face: "Isn't that the family to which grandma belongs?"
Rin raised her finger pretending to be knowledgeable and explained: "That's right~ The Edfeldt family is related to us, but because of the Third Holy Grail War, the relationship between the two parties is very delicate."
In the Third Holy Grail War, two sisters of the Edfeldt family participated in the war. The younger sister was defeated by Rin and Sakura's grandfather.
What people didn't expect was that the sparks of love between the two sides actually sparked during the battle. In the end, sister Edelfeldt chose to stay in Fuyuki and marry Grandpa Tohsaka.
After her sister tried hard to persuade her to no avail, she returned to her hometown in Finland with resentment. From then on, she regarded the Tohsaka family who had taken her sister away as a thorn in her side.
Her hostile attitude towards the Tohsaka family has been passed down from generation to generation to the descendants of the Edelfelt family. Although the two are relatives, they also have a bad relationship.
'It turns out that they are connected like this. No wonder the relationship between Lady Crane and Rin will be so bad in the future.'
Lu Xiao, who was listening in the audience, was relieved of some doubts in his mind because of this unexpected information.
It is too early to think about what will happen more than ten years from now. Lu Xiao just treats the exchange between the two sisters as a casual chat after dinner. The first thing that needs to be paid attention to now is the upcoming Fourth Holy Grail War.
As the official time for the start of the war approaches, the Masters who have obtained the Command Seals in advance have begun to make final preparations.
The appearance of Saint Martha caused different reactions from various forces that learned the information. Except for the Holy Church, which hurriedly sent high-level officials to meet with the Saint, other forces temporarily maintained a wait-and-see attitude.
Replaying the previous battle, Lu Xiao basically surmised the reason why Martha saw through her aura blockage.
Because of the sublimation of the legend of subduing the evil dragon Tarask, Martha is likely to have special perception of people with dragon attributes. This perception ability may be able to directly affect the effect of the breath blocking.
Lu Xiao, who was originally able to move freely, suddenly had a tight spell on his head. He could only reduce unnecessary outings and leave part of the preparations for the secular world to Kariya and Aletheia.
Fortunately, Martha learned experience from the failed attack, and she did not let the Holy Temple Church alert anyone again until she was absolutely sure to keep Lu Xiao.
As the official start of the Holy Grail War enters the final month, Masters including Tokiomi Tohsaka finally obtained the holy relics they needed.
Lu Xiao, who was meditating in the workshop at night, suddenly opened his eyes, left the room and climbed to the roof, looking far away at two directions where huge fluctuations in magic power were coming from one after another.
"Tosaka House and... the barren hills near the church, Tokiomi and Weber?"
Lu Xiao was not sure whether Einzbern and Lord El-Melloi, who were far away in Germany and England, were also summoning servants at the same time, but the continuous appearance of servants undoubtedly increased the smell of gunpowder in Fuyuki City.
"Archer and Rider were summoned one after another. If you include Einzbern's Saber and El-Melloi's Lancer, the only one left is Caster, right?"
Except for Weber who stole Kenneth's holy relic, the only outside participants in this Holy Grail War are the Caster group.
Since caster class servants are magicians themselves, this class usually has the least need for the master's magic power, unless special circumstances are considered.
Lu Xiao had thought about letting Sakura or Kariya, whose health was gradually stabilizing, serve as masters to summon caster in advance, but these two were never selected by the Holy Grail to be given the command spell.
"So, Cater's master is probably still that disgusting murderer, Ryunosuke Uyu?"
Lu Xiao looked thoughtfully in the direction of Xindu. Due to Martha's intimidation, Lu Xiao had not recently gone to Xindu, which is close to Fuyuki Church, but he did see news on TV about the recent spate of victims in Xindu.
Although Lu Xiao is not a bad person, he is not a special kind of person who relies on the pain of others to feel pleasure. It is best to eliminate perverted murderers like Ryunosuke Ubuu in advance.
Of course, the command spell he holds in his hand is Lu Xiao's main goal.
"Take a risk and go to Xindu. If you are unlucky and meet Martha..."
A cold light flashed in Lu Xiao's eyes: "You can consider exposing a trump card and sending the referee who blew the whistle out of the game early."