This means that Mooncell will no longer have the data of that NPC, and she will never be able to appear in this world again. She is dead in every sense of the word.
Jeanne walked towards where Shirou Emiya was and gently placed her hand on his shoulder.
"Don't take it to heart. You've done your best. She was just influenced by evil."
Jeanne comforted her softly. This was something that everyone present understood. Emiya Shirou, who controlled evil, knew even more clearly the impact it had on the girl.
Only a few people can endure this kind of evil, and it can even be said that almost no one can contain it and use it like Emiya Shirou.
But it is simply impossible for Shirou Emiya not to take it to heart. Jeanne also knows that he can't just let it go, but now she has no way to comfort Shirou Emiya.
It was even more impossible to rescue the NPC, so he could only stand beside Shirou Emiya and accompany him.
“Senior——!”
Sakura, who was standing behind them, also made a worried sound.
"It's okay, Lancer, Ying, keep moving forward. We need to get rid of them quickly. If we delay any longer and wait until Lilith gathers the followers together, we won't be able to deal with them."
He slowly raised his head, looked into the distance, and low words came out of his throat.
“Let’s go forward——”
Following Emiya Shirou's instructions, Jeanne nodded, walked in front, and followed the road according to her intuition.
"help me--!"
"I don't want to die!!!"
"Why me! Why me!!!"
"I want to live, I want to live!!!"
A noisy sound came from the palace in front of Shirou Emiya and the others. It was the sound of painful wails, desperate roars, countless cries for help, countless crying, and constantly pounding the walls.
These voices also made Shirou Emiya frown tightly. He didn't dare to imagine what the situation would be like inside.
"Shirou, I sense the presence of a Servant in this castle."
Stopping at the door of the castle, Jeanne spoke slowly. After what happened yesterday, the way she addressed Shirou Emiya changed slightly, and her words became more intimate.
"Go in. No matter what's inside, we have to face it eventually—"
With these words, Joan of Arc took the lead and walked forward, slowly pushing open the tightly closed door.
It was a scene like hell.
Chapter 744: Dracula's Castle
The dark red carpet extended from the front door to the stairs. The crystal chandelier in the middle of the hall did not emit any light. Only candle flames flickered around it, and bright red candle oil dripped slowly along the smooth table surface.
An extremely strong smell of blood filled the entire hall, and an atmosphere of despair immediately enveloped everyone.
Before their eyes, hundreds of steel guns stood on the ground filled with azure liquid.
The scarlet blood continued to flow down the steel gun and was finally dissolved by the azure water covering the ground.
Above the steel guns standing on the ground were bloody corpses one after another. Their eyes revealed unspeakable fear and despair.
This horrifying scene made Sakura step back involuntarily, and the strong feeling of mental oppression almost made her vomit.
It is no wonder that such bloodshed and oppression made the Ottomans lose all their fighting spirit and evacuate in a hurry. It is also why Vlad III became the most suitable "vampire" prototype in Stoker's works hundreds of years later.
Under the moonlight outside the window, the hellish scene in the hall seemed so weird and eerie.
“Help! Help! Aaaaaaaaaahh ...
Cries for help and the sounds of panicked running were heard from above the castle at this moment.
He was a young man, a boy wearing old school clothes. His strong desire to survive made him endure the pressure from the steel guns in the hall. He ran towards the hall regardless of everything.
The moment he saw the outside world, his eyes were filled with hope for life.
Then————
"Pfft——!"
Before Emiya Shirou and the others could react, the moment the young man stepped into the hall, the cruel steel spear did not deviate at all and pierced the young man's chest with incredible precision.
Blood also poured down from his chest at this moment and was completely swallowed up by the azure blood below.
The smell of blood in the entire hall became stronger again.
The cruel steel gun did not give him even the slightest chance to survive. From the moment the young man was captured in the castle, his fate was sealed.
"Why, why me!?"
With these words, the boy looked at the outside world that seemed to be within reach with despair, and then quickly lost his vitality.
Another pierced body appeared in the hall.
“Vlad III—!?”
Shirou Emiya gritted his teeth, clenched his hands tightly, stared at the body of the young man in front of him, and revealed who was the owner of the castle at the moment.
"This castle is a treasure—"
Joan of Arc also discovered the abnormality of the castle at this moment. On the one hand, the revelation reminded her, and on the other hand, she could feel that the moment she stepped into the castle, her durability dropped by one level, and her luck dropped by two levels.
As if cursed, his luck reached the average level of a spearman - E.
"Vampire Castle?"
Shirou Emiya muttered softly, since the Servant who appeared here was Vlad III, then naturally the Noble Phantasm represented by this castle was Castle Dracula.
Dracula's castle
Grade: B
Type: Fortress Treasure
Note: This is not a Noble Phantasm possessed by Vlad III himself, but a Noble Phantasm created by BB based on the characteristics of Vlad III. Its existence is just like a normal castle, and it does not have overly strong defensive capabilities and can be easily broken.
But its function was not to be used for defense, and Vlad III himself was unable to materialize it.
Anyone who enters Dracula's castle will be subjected to the terrifying oppression of the vampire king. Their endurance will drop by one level, and their luck will drop by two levels.
They will also suffer from mental oppression, and their ability to explore the surroundings will be reduced. If ordinary people stay in this castle for too long, even if Vlad III does nothing, they will suffer a mental breakdown.
In Dracula's Castle, Vlad III's characteristics as a vampire will be greatly aggravated, and he will receive the same level of blessing as the [Ghost General who Protects the Country].
The easiest way to deal with this treasure is to destroy it directly from the outside.
Although it can provide Vlad III with powerful support and weaken his enemies, the castle itself has no defenses and can be easily destroyed from the outside.
The blessing it provides to Vlad III will naturally disappear.
Shirou Emiya did not know that Dracula's Castle did not have very strong defenses, but that did not prevent him from thinking of destroying it from the outside when he learned that this treasure had special effects.
But now, he won't do it.
It’s not that he couldn’t destroy the castle completely, but the company didn’t know how many survivors were left in the castle.
In order to save those people, he couldn't just destroy this treasure as if their lives were nothing.
However, if all the survivors were rescued, the choice would be different.
"We are ready to notify the old school at any time——"
Sakura was also ready to inform Shinji Matou at this time. For the sake of concealment, after confirming that this floor could still be connected to the old school building, Sakura directly cut off contact with Shinji Matou.
After all, the channel between them is not encrypted. Even if it is encrypted, it can be intercepted by Lilith on this level. On the previous level, Sakura can still fight against it with her own authority.
But at this level, if they forcefully fight against it, although Sakura can also prevent Lilith from obtaining it, their current position will be immediately exposed.
With Lilith's A+ level agility, it won't take long for her to find them.
So if you can reduce contact, you will reduce it. Of course, it is just to reduce contact. If you want to hack the surveillance, you will naturally contact again to confirm.
It was just like when Emiya Shirou and Toosaka Rin were fighting against Gawain together, and Matou Shinji was responsible for extinguishing the sun through Mooncell's lighting system.
"Lancer, can you delay the opponent's pace?"
After hearing what Sakura Matou said, Shirou Emiya nodded, then turned and asked Jeanne beside him.
"It will be difficult to win, but if we just delay, there won't be too many problems—"
Jeanne felt the frightening aura coming from above and answered Emiya Shirou in a low voice.
"Ying, can you sense how many survivors are still in this castle?"
"I can determine the approximate location where those NPCs are imprisoned, but I cannot give the exact location."
"Lancer, you are responsible for delaying Vlad III's attack. Sakura and I will rescue the survivors in this castle!"
"Everything from now on is up to you!"
"learn!"
Almost instantly, Emiya Shirou distributed the instructions, and then, following Sakura's guidance, rushed to the room at the side.
Jeanne glanced at the direction where Emiya Shirou was flying, then looked towards the top floor, tightly holding the flag in her hand.
"It looks like there will be a fierce battle ahead!"
Chapter 745: The Doll Lying in the Coffin
Jeanne, wearing silver armor, galloped through the castle, running towards the top floor at the fastest speed.
Shirou Emiya, Sakura, and Jeanne, who possess the [Faceless King], will naturally not be discovered by Vlad III.
But that doesn't mean he can't sense the movements of the rescued NPCs.
If he couldn't sense it, he wouldn't have been able to directly pierce the escaping NPC with his gun.
He has a certain degree of perception within this castle.
It is almost certain that Vlad III would notice the moment Shirou Emiya rescued those NPCs.
Shirou Emiya might be able to protect some of the NPCs who were planning to escape, but he couldn't protect all of them. At this moment, it was extremely important for someone to hold back Vlad III and prevent him from attacking the NPCs who were fleeing below.
Jeanne also headed towards the top floor as quickly as possible, because Sakura would soon contact Shinji Matou and ask him to destroy the surveillance of the entire floor.
This was the moment when she clashed with Vlad III, and it was also the moment when Emiya Shirou and Sakura rescued those NPCs.
In less than a few minutes, Joan of Arc climbed all the floors and reached the top floor by bypassing numerous obstacles without alerting any creatures or maze guards.
It can be said that the speed is extremely fast. After all, with inspiration, one can reach the place he wants to go by the fastest route.
If it were Shirou Emiya, it would probably take quite a while.
I don’t know if it was because my luck had dropped drastically, but I was almost discovered several times while running.
[The Faceless King] can be discovered if he is touched.
Joan of Arc was also thankful that the castle did not reduce her agility, allowing her to escape the disaster.
At this moment, in front of her was an open iron door engraved with complex patterns and exuding an ancient bronze luster.
The dark red carpet stretched from the corridor all the way to the hall in front, as if it had been stained with blood.
The hall was dark, and the only sounds that could be heard were the dull crystal chandelier hanging from the ceiling swaying in the wind and the sound of the burning candles slightly crackling.
An extremely terrifying feeling of oppression accompanied by a faint smell of blood arose from the front, causing Joan of Arc to slow down her approach.
At this moment, under the dim moonlight, Vlad III sat quietly in front of the coffin in the center of the hall, holding something paper-like in his hand, as if wiping something.
Under the incomplete moonlight, his figure seemed so lonely and desolate.
Even just by looking at his back, Joan of Arc could feel the sadness in his heart.
However, Joan of Arc was by no means a sentimental person when facing the enemy. She stared at the opponent, exploring his current numerical value.
Vlad III
Occupation: Lancer
Muscle strength: A+
Durability: A+
Agility: B
Magic: A
