Encountering the pink puppy, its time-stop ability is monstrous, impossible to defeat even when giving it everything.
Even Heracles, who was immensely powerful in myth, had no way to move when faced with the time-stop effect brought by the Memory field, and was forced to be beaten down by Mem punch after punch within the field.
Perhaps a Heracles of another class, having regained his sanity and possessing the powerful Noble Phantasms gained from those trials, could break this stopped field, but as he had descended in the Berserker class, he did not have that ability.
"Ten Proofs of Hero, five Gold Embers, and one Saint Quartz."
[Special Item: Saint Quartz.
Usage: Summon Servants, replenish mana, restore Command Spells.
Source: Chance to drop from defeating complete Servants and powerful monsters.
Recycle Price: 100 System Currency.]
After feeding all the Embers on hand to Mem, raising her level from the original level 1 to 12, Caelus said, "Perhaps I shouldn't have summoned Mem so quickly before. The Master template wasn't completely unlocked at that time. I should have taken advantage of that moment to directly liberate my Noble Phantasm to swallow the entire city, that way, Mem's reinforcement level could have been raised to around level 60 to 70."
Back then, not knowing the scarcity of materials, the thought was to summon Mem first and unlock the Master template, but it was not until after opening the template that he discovered how scarce the materials were.
However, noticing the mention of Command Spells within the Saint Quartz, Caelus raised his left hand and found a heart-shaped pink Command Spell on the back of his hand, which had not been there before. It had only fully unlocked after obtaining the Saint Quartz.
Caelus and Mem walked into the Einzbern Family castle and searched for a while, wanting to see if there were any clues to tell him how this place had become what it was today.
The result was that not a single piece of information was found. The entire castle was empty, not even a corpse remained, and all sorts of magic materials were completely gone.
It felt as if it was not a castle built by a mage family at all.
"It seems I can only look for those Servants who still possess their sanity to ask what happened to this Fuyuki City."
"Partner, what are we going to do next? Should we continue looking for those skeletons to farm materials, or go meet up with them?"
"Let's farm materials for a while longer. It's rare for this city to be full of skeletons everywhere. Once we move to the next map, there might not be so many monsters."
Caelus and Mem continued to develop on their own.
On the other side, Fujimaru Ritsuka's group found a leyline and performed their first Servant summoning.
After the light shone, a new Servant descended into the world.
"Oh! You are that Sasaki Kojiro who fought Miyamoto Musashi, right!"
After communicating with the summoned Servant, Fujimaru spoke with sudden realization.
The male Servant, dressed in a classical Japanese kimono and carrying a nodachi over two meters long, sighed helplessly and said, "Master, the person you mentioned is Sasaki Kojiro, and I am merely an unnamed swordsman who happened to have the same swordsmanship as that Sasaki Kojiro, and thus was summoned."
"Oh well, it's about the same. But logically speaking, shouldn't your class be Saber? Why is it Assassin?"
"Perhaps it is because I am not the real Sasaki Kojiro, but merely happen to have sword techniques similar to his."
The nameless swordsman said so, but he did not mind this point. After all, even the physical enhancement brought by Assassin was stronger than the body he had as an ordinary swordsman back then.
"I practiced the sword for a lifetime, but in the end, it was only at a level capable of cutting down a swallow. If it were the real Sasaki Kojiro, his swordsmanship would certainly be far superior to mine."
"Regardless, we have gained an extra combat force. Mash is a Shielder who can deal damage on the front line, and as for Sasaki Kojiro, he is a fighter responsible for damage output. It's a pity, it would be great if we could get another healer."
"Do you think this is playing a game!"
Olga Marie shouted speechlessly from the side.
"And as a Master, don't think that you are only responsible for watching during the battle. Although you haven't received magical training yet, there are Magic Circuits in your body. I will guide you a little so that you can use the standard Chaldea combat suit you are wearing. It has fixed spells inside that can be used directly through mana. Then in battle, you will also be able to come in handy."
"That's no problem then, I'm support now too!"
"What a lively little girl."
Cú Chulainn, who had been watching from the side, said so. After all, if an ordinary person encountered the current situation, they would probably already be distraught. Unexpectedly, this little girl could still maintain a normal mood and even had the heart to joke. Only someone with such a big heart would be able to face so many dangers in the future.
Only then would she be that savior.
Cú Chulainn, whose one eye seemed to see the future, thought so in his heart, and then stood up, deciding to help Mash train properly. Even if she could not deploy her Noble Phantasm, she could borrow a little of that power.
"After this special training ends, I will take you to the Great Hollow where Saber is located. That is where it all began."
Although they did not quite understand what the beginning of everything meant, Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others still nodded. Mash raised her shield, ready to deal with Cú Chulainn's attack.
After Cú Chulainn's guidance, Mash was finally able to deploy a pseudo-Noble Phantasm. Although it was not as good as a real Noble Phantasm, it at least brought an improvement in strength. And on Fujimaru's side, after emergency special training by Olga Marie, she initially mastered the skills to use her Mystic Code. After the group rested a little, they set off for the location of the Great Hollow.
...
And on Caelus's side, during the time they were training, he had always been enjoying the resources alone with Mem.
Although the drop rate was painful, under the huge base number, he still successfully leveled Mem up to level 30.
"Let's go, Mem. It's time to meet an old opponent."
Caelus said, and then the shadow behind him squirmed slightly. A hand reached out from the shadow, it was a hand covered in silver-white armor.
A person wearing armor walked out of the shadow. He had a handsome face, purple hair, and was wearing silver-white armor.
Berserker. Pseudo-Lancelot, appearing.
"My King..."
The Lancelot puppet raised his head, looking at the Great Hollow in the distance with pained eyes. There, King Arthur's aura had never been concealed.
"What kind of responsibility are you carrying again?"
"Mem?"
Mem curiously examined the Lancelot puppet. Although through the power of memory, she could see the falseness of the puppet in front of her, it gave the feeling of real existence.
This feeling was particularly strange, just like looking at a person in a mirror. Even if you know that what is in the mirror is just a reflection, you can still see a real existence from that reflection.
She could even feel that this person actually had true, genuine emotions.
Is this really just a puppet?
Mem felt that she seemed a little unable to tell.
(To be continued.)