It should be noted here that in this red-black decisive battle, the one who formulated the tactics of the red team was not Father Shirou who held the command, but Semiramis himself. Shirou only made slight adjustments under the big framework set up by Semiramis and gave suggestions at critical moments, the most typical of which was the creation of phantom puppets and the suggestion of mass strike.
Her Majesty, the Empress who ruled the Assyrian Empire, formulated a detailed and complex plan, anticipating all possible reactions of the Black side. I will not go into details because it is too complicated and lengthy and has already been executed for more than half, and will only briefly describe the core of the tactics.
The Red side deployed all its forces to pin down all the Black side's servants, and took advantage of this opportunity to approach the city of Mirenia through the Sky Garden. Karna released his treasure to break through the city defenses, and then used the concept of the Sky Garden in reverse to strip the Greater Holy Grail that was deeply buried underground and closely connected to the veins of Tuliphas and put it into the Sky Garden, completely taking the initiative in this Holy Grail War.
Although there were some variables in the execution of the tactics, and the sky courtyard, which was supposed to be the safest, was also damaged to a certain extent, the general direction of the tactics was not a problem, and the phased goals were being steadily achieved.
Next, as long as the King's Room is not captured during the time of stripping the Greater Holy Grail and she is not disturbed during the spell, everything will be done.
Can it be held? The answer is yes.
The garrison includes two top-tier servants, a top-tier archer, and a group of phantom puppets whose combined combat power is enough to rival top-tier servants.
In addition, there is Shakespeare, who is useless in frontal combat, but has a special effect of the Noble Phantasm. With the effect of the Noble Phantasm, he can also pin down an enemy Servant at a critical moment.
Although the black team has the advantage in numbers, this is not the black team's home field, Tulifas, but the red team's home field, the Sky Courtyard. With the advantage of the terrain, even if they cannot defeat the enemy, it is always a problem to buy time for the transfer of the Holy Grail.
Just in case, if the defense line is breached, Semiramis has also quietly made other arrangements - the real strength of the Sky Courtyard has never been external, but internal. The so-called boundary of the anti-boundary treasure is this other world that breaks the boundary between illusion and reality.
In short, in Semiramis's eyes, from the moment the courtyard appeared directly above the city of Milenia, the victory of the Red Army was doomed.
However, she never expected that the entire operation would go wrong at the last moment.
It wasn't that there was a problem with the defense of the Sky Garden. In fact, the black servants were still gathering towards Mirenia City, and no one had entered the garden.
It wasn't that the other members of the Red Team objected to the plan. Although there were many conflicts within the Red Team and she didn't like some people, at this critical moment, except for a certain unreliable writer, the others were still very reliable.
The problem lies in the area where Semiramis is most confident and where it is least likely to go wrong—the separation of the Holy Grail.
Everything was going fine at first, although it was quite slowly, but it was indeed being peeled away from Tulifas bit by bit.
However, when the 60-year-old underground altar was destroyed by the storm, and a huge circular luminous body with a diameter of more than ten meters slowly rose up and half of it was flush with the ground, the originally stable ground veins suddenly rioted.
The huge magical power gathered into a stream like a tide, impacting the aerial garden very close to the ground, and sweeping across the entire Holy Grail, fixing it firmly in the earth, and preventing the companions who had been together day and night for sixty years from leaving.
Semiramis frowned and increased his magic output. The tornado connecting the underground and sky courtyard towers became thicker and stronger, and the suction force became more and more powerful.
But this did not have any effect. The Holy Grail remained in its original position, neither rising nor falling, and remained unshakable no matter how the magic power changed or how the storm blew.
"Damn it, how is this possible?"
This was the first time Semiramis was summoned, and he behaved so badly. Fortunately, Achilles and Atalanta had gone out to defend, otherwise he would have been laughed at.
"This is the Holy Grail War. Nothing is impossible."
Shirou crossed his arms and walked out of the King's Room while speaking calmly.
"Master, where are you going?"
"Go outside and take a look. Don't worry. I have no plans to join the battle for now. I just want to see up close what the black side has done."
Shirou waved and disappeared into the dark corridor.
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"This is the Holy Grail War. Nothing is impossible—"
The same words were spoken by another person, the Black Assassin, Shinji Matou.
He stood closest to the center of the Holy Grail, admiring up close this magical miracle that drove countless people crazy.
"—I would have said that to Semiramis if I were in that courtyard. How could an assassin like me outshine her?"
As he spoke, Shinji reached out his hand and gently touched Justisa's cheek, as carefully as if he was touching his lover's skin.
Wait, something seems wrong
Isn't Justisa in the Holy Grail
Is she coming out again
Everyone's eyes are on this place, how dare Shinji do such a thing
To answer these questions, we must first understand the structure of the Holy Grail. The Holy Grail is based on the body of Justisa, and is the product of the continuous proliferation and heterogeneity of the combination of magic circuits and ley lines.
This proliferation and heterogeneity is different from Spartacus. It does not make itself bigger and bigger, but self-replicating. The mutated magic circuits continue to proliferate and spread outward from the body, forming a huge, dazzling sphere that everyone can see. However, the original body of Justissa, the center of the Holy Grail, has not changed much. Although it has become golden in color and has proliferated and replicated in order to spread more magic circuits, its original body shape has been well restored.
In general, the appearance of the Greater Holy Grail is not complicated at all. It is a glowing shell with magic circuits interwoven, and a huge sphere composed of the body of Justisia, which has turned golden, and multiple copies of her body.
Shinji was now touching the cheek of Justisa's original body, where Justisa's soul resided. At this moment, his eyes could no longer accommodate anything else.
"I am finally here in front of you, Justisa. Wait a little longer, wait a little longer, and I will take you home when everything is over."
"Well, I'll wait."
An ethereal voice sounded in his ears. Although the alienated body could no longer function like a normal human body and could not speak, the Golden Saint of Einzbern still conveyed her thoughts to Shinji.
PS: The Empress spent so much time to come up with such a complicated plan but it was still not as good as the simple and crude garden face-riding. This is the difference in vision.