Chapter 1405: Serious Situation? (2/2)

”.......”

Achilles frowned and asked, ”Was Assassin of Black alright being held by him?”

Everyone's present also felt weird since they knew how cruel and ruthless the Assassin of Black was since they also knew the True Name of Assassin of Black was.

”It might be related to his ability. I am not sure what kind of ability that was, but his hand emitted a pink light before when he held Assassin of Black's shoulders,” Atalante said.

”Pink light?”

Everyone's expression turned weird when they heard Atalante's report.

”But right now, we can guess that he's very merciful toward women, right?” Shirou asked.

”That's the case, probably, but it is better to kill him when you have a chance since he's dangerous,” Atalante said with serious expression since someone who could escape from her Noble Phantasm wasn't someone normal.

'Still, pink light....?'

Everyone's present became curious about this ability since they could tell that this ability didn't hurt the opponent, but rather it gave an effect of something to the enemy.

”I forgot to mention it, but when Assassin of Black was held by that young man, she was smiling happily,” Atalante said.

”......”

Not only them, but even Karna raised their eyebrows since what Atalante had told them was too unbelievable.

”The progress of Ruler isn't going as expected and there is this mysterious master with a strange ability.”

The Assassin closed her eyes and laughed, feeling amused by everything, and said, ”This time Holy Grail War is very unexpected.”

”After all, the plan will never keep up with the changes.” Shirou's face returned to his usual harmless and gentle smile, and said, ”The loss of Berserker is really an unexpected situation, and the Ruler's strength is better than we have expected.” He let out a long sigh and said, ”It seems even God is not on my side.”

”We're obviously at a disadvantage, but you don't seem to want to give up?” Assassin showed a smile and happy expression, then said, ”Master, what are you going to do next?”

”I am not sure, we can only start to walk step by step.”

Shirou didn't look at his servant but murmured as if looking further distance. ”What should I do next?”

Such words came from Shirou's mouth.

Everyone knew that the current situation was very unfavorable to their faction.

It wasn't just the loss of Berserker, but in their faction, there were still a lot of problems.

For example, the Saber of Red didn't intend to work together with their side at all, but only acted alone, and even the whereabouts of Saber of Red and the master of this servant were also a mystery.

Then there was also the last attack of Karna against the Ruler, the Ruler was now tracking their location, and she was chasing after them so tightly.

According to Shirou, the Ruler owned a skill ”Revelation” which made her able to search the headquarters of Red Faction to some extent, but Shirou wouldn't let the Ruler find their location so easily.

In addition, the situation of Caster of Red was very troublesome and they couldn't trust him to fight since he was too weak. The only thing that could be done by Caster of Red was hiding inside his room, without going out, and no one really knew what he was even doing there.

Compared to the Black Faction, where the Assassin was out of control, the situation of Red Faction was much worse.

”We have reached this point, is our master still planning to hide behind the scenes?”

Achilles looked directly at Shirou as if intending to see through all the secrets within Shirou's heart.

”No matter how cowardly they are, shouldn't they come out to command us at this moment?”

Achilles' words received approval from Atalanta and made Atalante look at Shirou.

Even Karna opened his eyes and looked at Shirou.

That's right.

The problem of the Red Faction wasn't only something which was mentioned above.

The masters of Red Faction refused to come out and all the servants of the Red Faction besides Assassin had never seen the face of their master since their master had been hiding behind the scenes all the time.

No matter how cowardly their master was, it was very weird that they didn't even appear in front of their servant at all in this Holy Grail War!

What is the reason for that?

Or maybe there are other problems?”

With such a question, the servants cast their eyes on Shirou.

On the other hand, Shirou didn't say anything, but his servant was the first one who spoke.

”Are the famous heroes all cowards who can't act without seeing their master?” Assassin asked with a coquettish smile. ”It's like a baby bird.”

Such ill-mannered words made both Achilles and Atalante look at Assassin and in their eyes, there was a dangerous light appear within.

Achilles and Atalante had never cared about Assassin who had always acted so haughty and arrogant in front of them, but when they were provoked it was different.

Only Karna looked at Assassin's eyes somewhat glint. He had a skill that made him capable of seeing through a lie and human's heart, perhaps at this moment, he noticed something.

”Is that so?”

However, at this moment, Shirou looked up as if he had learned some surprising news and immediately, he smiled slightly.

”It seems that the Black Faction has a more serious situation than ours.”