Rin was stunned. Avenger apparently had a powerful reconnaissance Noble Phantasm, and the fact that this rabbit claimed it was Omniscient was terrifying...
Now that she thought about it, Avenger had said her name earlier too...
Did that mean Avenger knew everything about her?!
So that was where that exposed, stripped-bare feeling had been coming from...
"Nia-chan?..."
"Hm, number 2 ~~..."
Rin's mind immediately flashed to which one it was among Avenger's many Noble Phantasms...
It was a ridiculously powerful Noble Phantasm....
"Someone's coming..."
Bad timing—Rin's already-chaotic thoughts were cut off by Est, who looked ahead.
A presence was racing toward them at high speed, and from that aura, there was no doubt it was a Servant...
"W-What?! ..."
Rin swallowed hard and quickly went on guard, stepping back to hide behind Est.
To Rin, Foreigner was her lifeline. Rider's shy personality was just too much to deal with...
And as if to prove her right, Yoshino slipped behind Rin too, leaving Rin dumbfounded...
This Servant was way too cowardly...
(Aren't I supposed to be the Master?!)
She was supposed to be the one being protected—yet when Rin saw the loli's frightened, adorable face, her heart softened. No matter what, Yoshino was a child. Even if she was a Servant, that didn't change anything....
Rin didn't have to wait long. A few seconds later, the Servant appeared...
A beautiful young woman with bronze skin, red eyes, and white hair like a veil beneath her royal white veil.
Her body was carved with white war marks and combat tattoos like the Emblem of the Star.
And with that futuristic, multicolored sword in her hand, there was no doubt she was a Saber...
Saber of the Green, to be exact...
Saber of the Green stopped and calmly looked over the three in front of her, until her gaze settled on Est and Yoshino...
These two Servants carried the same aura she'd felt earlier—the same beam of light that had illuminated the World...
And without meaning to, her presence swelled...
"What a powerful presence...."
Sweat slid down Rin's cheek as she faced that Servant.
That calm stare alone was enough to set every survival instinct she had blaring.
And because her body was composed of the Apocalypse Virus, Saber of the Green's presence was even clearer to her...
It was the same for Yoshino. The little loli tugged on the hem of Rin's clothes...
[Haa~ They sent a big one. Careful, Est-chan, Yoshino-chan.]
Est, on the other hand, stayed calm. She didn't avoid the Servant's gaze—she met it head-on, that look brimming with destructive intent...
While Nia sent the Servant's information into her mind...
Altera was the true name of Saber of the Green.
A living avatar of destruction.
A war engine that crushed countless lives that stood in her way.
That was how she had been made... or so the ancient Huns had told her.
That she, Altera, existed for battle—that she had no father or mother—that she had been "discovered" by the Huns, descendants of the Xiongnu people.
Yes, she had no memories of parents, or friends, or family. Instead, the World had been full of enemies.
As the war marks etched into her body from the beginning proved, she had lived only to fight.
It was her innate nature and her role—her purpose was to exercise her abilities as intended, and she had never once doubted it.
That same desire was why she had been summoned to this World Holy Grail War...
There was no doubt she was one of the best Servant in this war.
Unfortunately, her Master wasn't someone with vast knowledge. On the contrary, she lacked it entirely—like a blank sheet of paper, with no ambition for the Holy Grail and not even sure what she wanted to do. Even Altera had wondered how someone like her Master could have been chosen to fight in this World Holy Grail War...
Originally, Altera wouldn't have moved from her Master's side until she decided to fight, but thanks to the beam of light that illuminated the entire World, Altera couldn't stay calm.
She was the destroyer of civilization. That light was the salvation of the World—and at the same time, the destruction of civilization.
That incomprehensible sensation forced Altera to leave her Master and see for herself what that light truly represented...
"Oh?..."
Still expressionless, Est relayed everything Nia had sent through Rasiel.
As expected of the Omniscient Book, Nia had already gathered all the information about this war, and aside from a few Master who still hadn't been summoned, Nia had information on everyone.
So sharing it with Est wasn't difficult...
"Wait a second, Foreigner! You're telling me she's Attila the Hun?!"
"That's what Nia told me...."
"She can even see through their true names?!"
"Yes?"
At first Rin hadn't believed Avenger could be truly Omniscient—something like that should've been impossible. But after Est told her the Servant's true name, Rin had no choice but to believe it...
Every magus knew that uncovering a Servant's identity was vital, because the legends of those Heroic Spirit also revealed their weaknesses. Achilles was one of those Heroic Spirit...
So knowing who they were in advance made winning much easier...
Est, however, didn't think much of it. In every world, Yuki always used Rasiel to gather information, and after years together, she'd gotten used to always collecting intel first.
"Can she also tell her parameters and Noble Phantasm?"
"Yes. Nia said that's easy...."
Before Rin could say anything else, a book materialized in front of her, and information about Altera appeared at the same time....
<<<
Master: Hakuno Kishinami
Servant: Saber/ Green
Strength: B
Endurance: A
Agility: A
Mana: B
Luck: A
NP: A++
Class Skills:
Magic Resistance: B
Riding: A
Divinity: B
Erosion of the Civilization: EX
Personal Skills:
Military Tactics: B
Natural Body: D → EX
Emblem of the Star: EX
Scourge of God: A
Noble Phantasm:
Photon Ray| Anti- Army | A
Teardrop Photon Ray| Anti- Army/Anti- Fortress | A++
It was way too outrageous. Even the Master's information was there—Rin seriously suspected this was cheating.
"Is this... real?..."
Rin asked cautiously, stammering—only to be cut off by a voice in her head...
[How cruel~ Everything I provide is true.]
"?!"
Rin's eyes went wide in fear. She looked around for the voice, but there was no one there...
"Hyaaa~ Rin-chan, so brave, doubting Nia-chan. Aren't you afraid Nia-chan will spill your darkest secrets?..."
To Yoshinon, Rin was hilarious. Among the members of Yuki's spirit world—aside from Tohka—no one dared mess with Nia, terrified she'd expose their darkest secrets...
After all, none of them wanted their precious collection, obtained through the system with so much effort and karma, to get confiscated by Yuki.
Especially Kurumi—she'd lent Yuki far too much already and didn't dare let him into her room....
"I... I... I'm sorry... Nia-sama!"
At first Rin didn't understand what Yoshinon meant, but when the voice in her head started revealing a few humiliating, dark secrets from her childhood, Rin immediately dropped into a dogeza...
This was too terrifying!
Everyone knew social death was even worse than death!...
"I was wrong, forgive me! I'll pay... I'll pay, I swear... just... don't mention it..."
Rin's face turned red as a tomato. Only she and Nia knew what she'd done, and Rin absolutely didn't want a third person finding out...
[Hmph! Doubting me will cost you...]
"Yes, yes... whatever you want, Nia-sama!"
As long as Nia didn't bring up her secret, Rin was willing to bleed for it...
Still, it helped Rin understand just how terrifying Omniscient Nia really was....
Greed for a Servant like that flared in her chest—she absolutely had to earn this Servant's trust....
With that Omniscience, this war was already won...
All she needed was for her to give her the locations of the other Master in the Blue Faction and gather them...
[Hehehe, I like you, Rinrin-chan~]
"Then can I call you if I need your help?"
[Hya~ So cunning, Rinrin-chan. I'm just a weak "Caster"... so I'd rather stay on the sidelines for now....]
"..."
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