Chapter 321

After the battle in the middle of the Pacific ended, an unceasing storm engulfed this ocean, forcing many shipping companies to detour to other seas to provide transport services.

Of course, some madmen blinded by profit still chose to sail through this stormy sea, especially smugglers and drug traffickers.

After all, most coastal nations had been affected by the storm and could not conduct effective surveillance.

"Captain! The waves are too violent! If this continues, the ship might capsize soon!"

On the violently rocking deck, a sailor in a life jacket shouted loudly, but his voice was quickly swallowed by the gale and rain.

"Fu*K!"

In the captain's cabin, a man from the seventeenth century slammed his fist hard against the instrument that had completely stopped working.

He regretted taking this job—though one trip could earn him more money than he could spend in a lifetime, the risk was far too great.

Yet when he took the job, he hadn't given it a second thought.

Whatever. Since it's come to this, better take some pills first. In this situation, losing a bit of cargo probably wouldn't bother the employer.

Just as he thought this, beams of sunlight suddenly pierced through the clouds and shone onto the turbulent sea.

Seeing this, the captain froze for a moment, then noticed the previously pitch-dark sea growing bright, while the storm began to gradually subside.

'Did I take too many pills and start hallucinating?'

Before he could process what was happening, the crew on deck stared blankly up at the sky.

The captain walked to the window and looked out—he saw several female figures steadily erasing the storm from the sky.

"Messiah"

The captain whispered under his breath.

In a daze, he thought he saw one of the women glance toward him.

Then

A beam of destruction descended from the heavens, and the ship, laden with sin, sank into the ocean.

As if she had done something trivial, the woman retracted her hand and calmly continued to calm the storm.

Beneath the sea.

A submarine lay in silence.

Tokiomi looked through the periscope at the broken ship slowly crashing onto the seabed, muttering under his breath: "So the maid's really that brutal?"

Recalling the beautiful, kind-faced maids of the 【Alchemical Kingdom】, Gudako scratched her head.

At that moment, Merlin spoke: "I didn't expect she'd bother dealing with these nuisances. I thought he wouldn't care about the humans on this planet."

He added casually: "Well, this makes us look like the villains."

Hearing this, Tokiomi fell silent.

Isn't that right?

As if reading her thoughts, Merlin comforted her: "She's probably using this opportunity to track us down. Don't overthink it, Tokiomi."

Not wanting to dwell on the issue, Bai Mao changed the subject: "There have been several sightings of Arthur these past two days. Any leads, Tokiomi?"

At the mention of serious business, the orange-haired girl grew serious: "When I lived in the 【Alchemical Kingdom】, I only ever met Artoria. As for Mr. Arthur—"

"It's probably just a coincidence?"

Neither of them considered the possibility that the 【Star Holy Sword Bearer】 had defected—after all, Merlin had personally witnessed his dissolution.

But then, Gudako seemed to remember something and said hesitantly: "By the way, when Mash was in the 【Alchemical Kingdom】, Mr. Li Ang helped her regulate her body."

This was the only unusual thing that had happened during Tokiomi and Mash's stay in the 【Alchemical Kingdom】.

Hearing her words, Merlin instinctively glanced at Mash, who remained silent beside her.

As the current Crown Caster, Bai Mao could clearly perceive what had once occurred within the pink-haired girl's body.

Combining the intelligence gathered over this period, Merlin slowly formed a troubling suspicion: "No way…"

"No, no, no—how could such a thing be possible?"

The matter was too grave for him to draw a hasty conclusion.

Tokiomi didn't know what Merlin was thinking; she only wore a troubled expression.

Lately, she had indeed summoned several Servants, but they'd been useless—she'd only sent them into the city to gather intelligence.

The reports of Arthur's sightings had also come from these Servants, but over the past two days, several had gone missing—likely sent back to the Throne of Heroes by the 【Extraterrestrial Dragon】.

Thinking of this, the orange-haired girl sighed: "Ah…"

Hearing the sound, Merlin snapped back to attention.

He looked at Gudako and said: "Don't look so burdened, Tokiomi. Over the past two days, I've already discussed a plan with Da Vinci. All you need to do is cooperate with us in summoning Servants."

"?" Tokiomi frowned curiously. "Even the Seven Crowns couldn't get past Mr. Li Ang. What Servants could you and Da Vinci possibly summon?"

"Heh…" Merlin smiled mysteriously. "Just wait and see, Tokiomi—it'll be a surprise."

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The orange-haired girl gave him a skeptical glance, but ultimately chose to believe him.

……

【Alchemical Kingdom】.

Li Ang looked at the golden-haired knight before him and asked: "Any issues using this body?"

"None." Arthur shook his head. "It's even stronger than manifesting purely as a Spirit Origin."

"Good."

Li Ang nodded slightly and began recording experimental data on the 【Universal Servant Doll】.

After successfully turning Arthur into his employee, he had already had him assist with numerous experiments.

As Arthur said, when a Servant was infused into the 【Universal Servant Doll】 he created, their power increased significantly compared to before.

At that moment, the golden-haired knight spoke up: "Several Servants have infiltrated the 【Alchemical Kingdom】 these past two days. Should I lead a team to capture them?"

"Fine, take the Assassin group with you."

Li Ang waved his hand, signaling Arthur to handle it as he saw fit.

Before leaving, Arthur hesitated, but finally voiced his thoughts: "You'd better find a way to deal with Him—Caster will discover soon that you can capture Servants and convert them into Pseudo-Servants."

"I know," Li Ang closed the documents in his hand and looked at the golden-haired knight, who looked concerned. "I already have a general idea."

Upon hearing this, Arthur said nothing more, merely bowed slightly, then left.

Li Ang watched as the King of Knights vanished into the laboratory, his eyes flickering slightly.

The other was right—though he currently held the upper hand, once the Universal Servant Doll is exposed, certain entities may no longer remain passive.

Last time it was the Seven Crowns' summoning; who knows what will appear next time.

An UO descending with a Crown-class Spirit Base? Or a Beast appearing in a special state?

Thinking of this, Li Ang exhaled softly and instructed the female servant android beside him: "Have Alice菲尔 come to me."

"Yes, Master."

The female servant android bowed respectfully, then turned and withdrew.

Li Ang already had a general plan for how to save this world.

And the key to it lies in.

The Third Magic, Soul Materialization.