The dim moonlight was not enough to illuminate the road and signs, so for now I could only rely on the feel of the asphalt to determine whether I was heading in the right direction.
According to the report from the "pigeon", Ruler somehow got a ride without transforming into a spirit and is heading towards Tuliface.
Because of this, there is no need to track him. All he needs to do is to ambush him on the road, and the vehicle that the ruler is riding in will naturally pass by. The materialized Red Lancer has been waiting on the Transylvania Highway, ready to execute orders.
Lancer never considered the good or evil of the orders he received. No matter what kind of situation the order would lead to, he dared to avoid thinking about it. In his eyes, serving the Master who summoned him was the most important thing.
Even so, he still had some doubts about this order. It was not an enemy Master, nor an enemy Servant, nor even devouring innocent humans to replenish magic power. He was a little confused about the Master's order to kill the fifteenth Servant, the class and ruler who was supposed to be the judge of this Holy Grail War.
After all, Rulers will not take sides. They are Servants who at most warn and punish those who violate the rules, and prevent situations that would make the Holy Grail War itself impossible.
Perhaps they were trying to avoid the punishment for violating the rules by excluding the ruler. Although this was an arbitrary guess, it was hard for him to find another reason to exclude the ruler.
However, orders are orders. Red Lancer would never disobey orders. Or rather, he didn't even have such an idea.
"Kill," if so ordered—he would kill without mercy.
A pigeon landed on Lancer and took the paper from its mouth. Then the pigeon flew away in a hurry. This might be the familiar of the assassin. If the caster of the red camp is considered a special servant, then the assassin is also a heretic. The Assyrian queen has an extremely rare skill "Double Summoning" that allows her to act as a caster even though she appears as an assassin. In this way, the part that the caster cannot act as is made up by the assassin.
"snort."
The information written on the paper was very concise - the type of car and the license plate number. These alone were enough to identify the target.
Lancer sat on the huge sign on the highway, stretched out his legs, and waited for the ruler to pass. In fact, Lancer knew nothing about the ruler. It was probably because the Holy Grail had kept the information about the ruler secret.
Rulers are assigned by the Greater Holy Grail to manage the Holy Grail War system. They punish those who involve outsiders, and in this respect, Rulers are similar to the Supervisors of the Holy Grail War. However, their power is unmatched by the Supervisors who are humans.
The important thing is that Ruler has the privilege of managing the "Holy Grail War" by himself. It is extremely difficult to defeat him. But it can also be said that it is precisely because of this that it is worth fighting him.
In the distance, there was a faint glow from car headlights.
Lancer saw it.
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The sparks between the young man and woman in the lonely old truck became more and more intense, and the meaning of the sparks also changed.
Which one? Just listen to a few conversations and you'll know.
Man: "What? You only know addition, subtraction, multiplication and division?"
Woman: "Yes, that's all the Holy Grail has given me."
Man: "So you don't know how to calculate square roots or square roots?"
Woman: "What is that? I seem to know something about this term, but I don't quite understand it."
Man: "Okay, how many digits can we use for arithmetic operations? Three? Four? Five?"
Woman: "I don't know. I don't think there are many."
The man held his forehead with his hand and said, "You are really only at the level of survival. Even if you are not illiterate, you are not much different. The Holy Grail is really stingy. It seems that the master has added his own basic knowledge to the crystal that he left for Sakura."
The woman tilted her head: "Master? Sakura? Crystal?"
The man waved his hands: "It's nothing, don't worry about it. I know why you can't understand the textbook. You have no math foundation at all, it's strange that you can understand "Advanced Mathematics". Even if you are given a copy of "Elementary Mathematics", you still can't understand it."
The woman didn't answer, but her pursed lips showed a bit of indignation.
Man: "Don't be unconvinced. Let me introduce you to the modern mathematics system. Modern mathematics is divided into four levels, namely "Elementary Mathematics", "Intermediate Mathematics", "Advanced Mathematics" and the professional fields above. They correspond to the modern education system, namely elementary school, middle school, university and the more advanced research and further studies. This is in the common sense of the Holy Grail, right?"
Woman: "Yes, I envy the modern education system, it's much better than when I lived there."
Man: "Society is always developing. If it can't get better and better, humans would have become extinct long ago. Let's not talk about this. Do you know your math level?"
Girl: "Elementary?"
The man shook his head: "You think too highly of yourself. You are not even in elementary school, that is, second grade or at most third grade. It depends on which country you are in. You have some idea of grades, right?"
The woman nodded: "Yes... Well, I am really that weak."
The man nodded, "You are just that weak, no doubt about it. Although fighting has little to do with mathematics, your level of education can be inferred from your mathematics level. I am beginning to believe that you really got a revelation. Otherwise, it is really hard for me to imagine how you convinced those nobles and how you debated with those Catholic clergy, and even made them speechless. If you were helped by God, that must be the case."
Woman: "It wasn't like I was helped by God, I really heard the voice of the Lord."
Man: "It's not surprising. God does exist, but he is not in this world. He has gone to the inner world. The closer we get to modern times, the harder it is for God to interfere in this world. Even Yahweh or Jehovah is no exception. If the Anglo-French War had happened before Christ, the bastards who judged you might have been punished by God. You really have never hated those bastards. According to historical records, they did a lot of terrible things to you."
Woman: "You know a lot about me?"
Man: "You have to know it, this is Europe, and you are famous enough to be in the top ten or even top five among all heroes."
Woman: "I... am not that great."
Man: "You have it, so don't belittle yourself. A bunch of idiots in France couldn't save their country, but you did, and that's enough."
Woman: "That is... a revelation from the Lord..."
Man: "God helps those who help themselves, and people help those who help others. Because of your tenacity, God will favor you, and because you help the people, the people will help you and fight against your enemies."
Woman: "God loves everyone, without distinction."
Man: "That's nonsense. If there is no distinction between one and the other, why does He say that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life, instead of saying that all living things shall not perish but have eternal life? Sorry, I don't mean to belittle God, nor do I intend to debate theology with you. I don't deny God's greatness, and I know that He has done a lot for the world, but He is not as high as the One God - there are more than one person who are qualified to be the savior. Well, there is no point in talking about this, let's talk about the current situation."
Girl: "Oh..."
Unlike men, she had no desire to win or lose. When men didn't want to talk, she would swallow the words that were on the tip of her tongue. (In fact, it was because the young man's theological attainments were not enough that he didn't know how to refute her.)
Man: "Do you want to learn math? If so, I can teach you."
Girl: "You?"
Man: "Why, you don't believe me? Although I can't teach you advanced math, I can still teach you intermediate math."
Girl: "I do want to, but why do you want to teach me?"
Man: "You are a beauty... Well, no kidding, you look like a friend of mine, I'll introduce you to her when I have the chance. Besides, there is still a long time before we get to Tuliface, and it would be too boring if we don't do something - in other words, study or not."
Girl: "Learn."
M: "Okay, let's start with the four arithmetic operations."
So, a boy and a girl became addicted to studying and couldn't extricate themselves!