Type-Moon Traveler's Enemy

Over the years, when he had nothing to do, Mo Li basically used the Heroic Spirit Cards to temporarily possess their abilities and then reverse-crack and learn them. Except for those that really required specific conditions, such as Altria's curry stick treasure, or abilities like charm and super strength, he learned everything he could.

For example, the knowledge of runes that Cu Chulainn knew is something that can be learned.

Arash greeted everyone with a smile when he saw them return: "Welcome back, are you done?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka said happily, "It's done! Now we just need to ask the Lion King to be a witness and then we can reconcile the Mountain People and the Sun King. Then we can focus on dealing with the threat of the Crusaders!"

Arash was overjoyed: "That's great! Let's go, Cursed Wrist is still busy, I'm sure he will be happy to hear this news!"

"Okay." Ritsuka Fujimaru agreed, and everyone went to find the cursed wrist while talking and laughing.

Zhuwan was currently sitting on a huge rock in the south of the village. Although his expression could not be seen, the fact that he was holding his head with both hands proved that he was quite troubled.

Artoria asked curiously, "Cursed wrist? What worries you so much?"

Seeing everyone arriving, Curse Arm said with a tone of helplessness and a hint of disgust, "It's still those Crusaders... Hassan the Hundred Faces' clones are here to help me check for any summoning circles they've left behind. They've also gone to check the village that was attacked by Tranquility."

Bedivere said, "You look like you're in a bad situation?"

Curse Arm nodded. "Yes, although those summoning circles should require ley lines to be established, just like Baimao told me about the large summoning circles you encountered on your journey, we have discovered a second type of summoning circle."

"The second type of summoning circle doesn't rely on ley lines. Instead, it intercepts some of the magic power where it passes and carves a summoning circle. It waits for a Crusader to pass by and then summons the Crusader. Although it can only summon one, it's convenient and easy to hide. Baimao and I have already witnessed this."

Hearing this, everyone's expressions became serious except for Mo Li.

Fujimaru Ritsuka said worriedly, "Is that so? Doesn't that mean that wherever there are ley lines passing through, even if it's not the final convergence point, a large number of summoning circles can still be deployed and wait for the opportunity to coordinate the attack? And the number of them would probably be terrifying..."

Toosaka Rin frowned. "There must be some other problem. Otherwise, we would have encountered an army of tens of thousands of Shadow Servants blocking our way, rather than a few Crusaders and a dozen Shadow Servants..."

Da Vinci nodded in agreement: "That's right, otherwise there would definitely be more people infiltrating from the other side than the few we encountered."

Toosaka Rin thought for a moment, then suddenly remembered an important piece of information. She said with sudden enlightenment, "That's right! I understand!"

Everyone looked at Toosaka Rin, who confidently said, "According to Mo Li, the large summoning array built on the earth veins uses the Holy Grail to summon those shadow servants emitting black energy. That's why so many servants can appear at once, because their Master is the Holy Grail."

"But the second type of summoning array that Mr. Curse Arm just mentioned shouldn't be performed by the Holy Grail, but by qualified Crusaders. That's why Crusaders are needed to perform the summoning."

"Those Crusaders who infiltrated here are the Masters of these individual Shadow Servants who are not under the control of the Holy Grail. However, not everyone can qualify as a Master, even the Crusaders transformed by the Demon Pillars. That's why the number of Shadow Servants has never increased."

Although there is no fully substantiated evidence for this explanation, it is consistent with reality considering the current situation. Otherwise, what everyone faced before should have been an army of Shadow Servants, not the Crusaders.

Fujimaru Ritsuka thought of something: "That's not right, Senior Rin. According to what you said, it shouldn't be the first time those Crusaders have done this. They have this method to test which Crusaders or which one is qualified to be a Master."

"Then why send those who are qualified to be Masters to the front lines? Wouldn't it be better to just gather them there and form an army composed entirely of Shadow Servants?"

Altria's expression turned cold. "Exposing this information to us like this might be a trick of theirs... I don't think they'd be so foolish as to reveal such a huge trump card after having come this far. Perhaps infiltrating and attacking us with Shadow Servants is just a side effect."

Bedivere stared at the king in a daze. Although this wasn't her King Arthur, who had become the Lion King, the one before her was still the Knight King she once remembered. She must have sensed something. "King, are you trying to say that having us discover and kill those shadow servants emitting black energy is also part of your plan?"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

Altria nodded slightly. "That's right... but I can't figure out what this plan is all about. And my guess might not be correct. Perhaps the other party is really being stupid?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka thought for a moment, then looked directly at Mo Li: "Senior Mo Li! You must know something, right? After all, it's you and the Lion King who have been fighting the Crusaders of the Tenth Crusade in this singularity! We've only been here a short time, and we've already discovered so many problems. It doesn't make sense that you wouldn't know."

Everyone looked at Mo Li, and Aku Hinako directly echoed Fujimaru Ritsuka's words: "That's right, Immortal Mo, there is no reason for you to know nothing."

Mo Li smiled slightly: "I do know, but their summoning array hadn't been set up yet, so I didn't tell you about it."

Mashu stared at Li Qiye resentfully: "Then Senior Mo, can you please explain it to us? After all, it's all laid out for us to discover now."

Mo Li nodded, and then began to explain: "Actually, it's very simple. Leif showed the kings of Christendom the magic of the Holy Grail, so he was able to control the leaders of Christendom. Leif then tempted them with the Greater Holy Grail system of your world, saying that as long as enough of the summoned Servants died and accumulated enough magic power, they could make a wish to become gods."

"So, everything you see has happened. The Shadow Servants cooperating with the Crusaders to kill the people here is just a side job. Their goal is actually to kill as many Shadow Servants as possible. Those Shadow Servants with black energy all over their bodies are actually true Servants, but they have been tainted by the evil of this world."

There are really a lot of servants that can be summoned. Even without considering FGO, you can see many different servants responding to the summons in Magic. As a result, they all end up bathing in black mud, with black air all over their bodies and even their bodies turned black, which is a manifestation of being contaminated by the evil of this world.