Shirou Emiya doesn't want to work overtime

In other words, Mooncell will no longer have the data of that NPC, and she will never be able to appear in this world. It is death in every sense of the word.

Jeanne walked towards Shirou Emiya's position and gently put her hand on his shoulder.

"Don't take it to heart. You have done your best. She was just affected by evil."

Jeanne comforted her softly. This was something everyone present understood. Shirou Emiya, who controlled the evil, was even more aware of the impact it had on the girl.

Only a few people can bear this kind of evil, and it is even said that almost no one can contain it in their body and use it like Shirou Emiya.

But it is impossible to say that Shirou Emiya doesn't take it to heart. Joan of Arc also knows that he can't just let 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 Emiya Shirou and accompany him.

"Senior——!"

Sakura, who was standing behind them, also made a worried sound.

"It's okay, Lancer, Sakura, just keep moving forward. We have to deal with them quickly. If we delay it until Lilith gathers the followers together, then we will have no way to deal with it."

He slowly raised his head and looked into the distance, low words coming from his throat.

"Let's move forward——"

Listening to Emiya Shirou's instructions, Jeanne nodded and walked at the front, following 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!!!”

Noisy sounds came from the palace in front of Shirou Emiya and the others. They were wails of pain, roars of despair, countless cries for help, countless cries, and they were constantly beating on the wall.

These sounds also made Emiya Shirou frown tightly. He couldn't imagine what the ultimate scene would be inside.

"Shirou, I feel the presence of a servant in this castle."

Stopping at the door of the castle, Jeanne spoke slowly. After what happened yesterday, she also made some changes in her title of Shirou Emiya, and what she said became more intimate.

"Go in, no matter what is inside, it is what we need to face after all-"

With these words, Joan of Arc walked forward first and slowly opened the closed door.

It was a scene like hell.

Chapter 744 Dracula’s Castle

The dark red carpet spreads from the door to the stairwell. The crystal chandelier in the middle of the hall does not emit any light, only candles are flickering around, and bright red candle wax slowly drips down the smooth countertop.

The extremely strong smell of blood filled the entire hall, and an atmosphere of despair immediately enveloped everyone.

In front of them, hundreds of steel guns stood on the ground filled with azure water.

The scarlet blood continued to flow down the steel gun, and was finally dissolved by the blue water covering the ground.

On top of the steel gun standing on the ground, there were bloody corpses one after another. Their eyes revealed unspeakable fear and despair.

This horrifying scene made Sakura involuntarily step back, and she almost vomited from the strong mental pressure.

With such blood and oppression, it is no wonder that the Ottomans lost all fighting spirit and evacuated in a hurry. This 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 hell-like scene in this hall looked so strange and gloomy.

"Help——! Help——! Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!"

Cries for help and panicked running sounds came from above the castle at this moment.

It was a young man, a young man wearing old school uniforms. His strong desire to survive made him resist the pressure of the steel gun in the hall, and he rushed towards the hall desperately.

The moment he saw the outside world, his eyes were full of hope for life.

Then——————

"Pfft——!"

Before Shirou Emiya and the others could react, the moment the young man stepped into the hall, the cruel steel gun penetrated the young man's chest without any deflection at all.

Blood also poured down from his chest at this moment, being swallowed up by the blue blood below.

The smell of blood in the entire hall became strong again.

The cruel steel gun didn't even give him the slightest chance to survive. From the moment the young man was caught in this castle, his fate was doomed.

"Why, why me!?"

With such words, the young man looked desperately at the world outside that seemed to be within reach, and then quickly lost his life.

In the hall, another body was penetrated.

"Vlad III——!?"

Emiya Shirou gritted his teeth, clenched his hands tightly, looked at the body of the young man in front of him, and told 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, her luck reached the average level of a spearman - E.

"Vampire Castle?"

Shirou Emiya whispered softly. Since the servant who appeared here was Vlad III, then naturally the treasure represented by this castle was Dracula's Castle.

Dracula's Castle

Level: B

Type: Castle Treasure

Description: It is not a treasure possessed by Vlad III himself, but a treasure created by BB through the characteristics of Vlad III. Its existence itself is like a normal castle, and it does not have too strong defensive capabilities, and it can be easily broken.

But its function is not to defend, and Vlad III himself cannot materialize it.

Anyone who enters Dracula Castle will be oppressed by the terrifying force of the vampire king, and their endurance will drop by one level, and their luck will drop by two levels.

They will also be oppressed mentally, and their ability to explore the surroundings will decrease. If an ordinary person stays in this castle for too long, even if Vlad III does nothing, his spirit will collapse.

In Dracula 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 of 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 blessings and weaken the enemy, the castle itself has no defense power, and it is almost easy to destroy the castle from the outside.

The blessing it provides to Vlad III will naturally disappear.

Shirou Emiya did not know that Dracula Castle did not have too strong defense, but it 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 because he can't destroy the castle, but because the company doesn't know how many survivors are in the castle.

In order to save those people, he can't just destroy the treasure as if their lives are nothing.

But if all the survivors are rescued, the choice will be different.

"I'm ready to notify the old school building at any time————"

Sakura is also ready to notify Matou Shinji at this time. For the sake of concealment, after confirming that this floor can still get in touch with the old school building, Sakura and Matou Shinji directly cut off the connection.

After all, there is no encryption between them. Even if it is encrypted, it can be intercepted by Lilith on this floor. On the previous floor, Sakura can still fight against it with her own authority.

But on this floor, if they force it to fight against it, although Sakura can also prevent Lilith from obtaining it, it will immediately expose their current location.

With Lilith's A+ level agility, it is estimated that it will not take long to find them.

So if you can reduce the contact, you should reduce the contact. Of course, it is only to reduce the contact. If you want to black out the surveillance, you will naturally contact again to confirm.

It is the same as when Shirou Emiya and Rin Tohsaka fought against Gawain together, Shinji Matou was responsible for extinguishing the sun in the lighting system of Mooncell.

"Lancer, can you delay the opponent's pace?"

Hearing Matou Sakura's words, Shirou Emiya also nodded, and then turned to Jeanne beside him.

"It will be difficult to win, but it won't be too much of a problem if it's just a delay-"

Jeanne felt the fearful breath coming from the top, and answered Shirou Emiya in a faint voice.

"Sakura, can you sense how many survivors are left in this castle!"

"I can determine the approximate location of the NPCs, but I can't give the exact location."

"Lancer, you are responsible for delaying Vlad III's attack, and Sakura and I will rescue the survivors in this castle!"

"Everything is up to you!"

"Understood!"

Almost immediately, Shirou Emiya distributed the instructions, and then, according to Sakura's instructions, he flew to the room next to him.

Jeanne glanced at the direction where Shirou Emiya flew, then looked at the top floor, tightly holding the flag in her hand.

"It looks like there will be a fierce battle ahead!"

Chapter 745 Dolls lying in coffins

Joan of Arc, wearing silver armor, galloped in the castle and ran towards the top floor at the fastest speed.

Shirou Emiya, Sakura, and Jeanne, who possessed the [King of Facelessness], would naturally not be discovered by Vlad III.

But it does not mean that he cannot sense the movements of the rescued NPCs.

If he couldn't sense it, he wouldn't have been able to pierce the NPC who escaped with his gun.

He had a certain degree of perception in this castle.

It was almost certain that Vlad III would have noticed when 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 escaping below.

Jeanne also headed for the top floor at the fastest speed, because soon, Sakura would contact Matou Shinji 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 Shirou Emiya and Sakura rescued those NPCs.

In less than a few minutes, Jeanne climbed all the floors, and without alarming any creatures or any maze guards, she bypassed many obstacles and came to the top floor.

It can be said that the speed was extremely fast. After all, with revelation, she could get to the place she wanted to go in the fastest way.

If it was Shirou Emiya, it would probably take quite a long time.

I don't know if it was because of the drastic reduction in luck, I was almost discovered several times during the running process.

[The Faceless King] can be discovered if touched.

Joan of Arc was also thankful that the castle did not reduce her agility, which allowed her to escape.

At this moment, in front of her was an iron door that had been opened and engraved with complex patterns and exuded a long-standing bronze luster.

The dark red carpet stretched from the corridor to the hall in front, as if it had been stained with blood.

The hall was dark, and only the sound of the crystal chandelier hanging on the ceiling swinging in the wind and the sound of the candlelight that was constantly burning and exploding could be heard.

An extremely terrifying sense of oppression accompanied by a faint smell of blood arose from the front, and Joan of Arc's approaching steps could not help but slow down.

At this moment, under the dim moonlight, Vlad III sat quietly in front of the coffin in the center of the hall, holding something like paper in his hand, as if wiping something.

Under the incomplete moonlight, his figure seemed so lonely and so desolate.

Even if it was just through his back, Joan of Arc could feel the sadness in his heart.

However, Joan of Arc is not a sentimental person when facing the enemy. She stares at the enemy and checks the enemy's current value.

Vlad III

Job: Lancer

Strength: A+

Durability: A+

Agility: B

Magic: A