As Shirou said, the same move will not work twice on a Saint.
Although he and Semiramis are not Saints, their brains are better than those of the Saints, so it is impossible for them to suffer a loss twice.
As soon as Ishtar's spear was lifted into the air, Semiramis began to manipulate the space. However, it was not a transfer as Shirou had said. The power of the fantasy collapse was too great, and the explosion speed was too fast. Even a demigod magician like Semiramis could not completely transfer it, so she chose to settle for the second best, deflecting the explosion that hit the Holy Grail to other directions, saving the Holy Grail at the cost of destroying the entire palace.
The loud noise and bright light caused by the explosion dissipated, and there was no trace of the enemies in the perception anymore.
Summoning the eyes hidden in various places in the courtyard, Semiramis saw the servants jumping out of the gap in the dragon-winged soldiers' nest one by one, and she couldn't help but curse.
"Damn, that's fast!"
"Should we say that people's potential in times of crisis is truly extraordinary?"
Hearing Shirou still having the leisure to make sarcastic remarks, Semiramis's already bad mood became even worse.
"Shut up! If you had taken action earlier instead of talking nonsense, they would have died long ago. How could they have had a chance to escape?"
"Uh..." Shirou hesitated for a moment, then added, "I think there is still a chance. Chiron can't keep the 'mass detoxification' forever."
"They wouldn't all run away like they are now. I could at least kill a few of them, and maybe I could directly meet the conditions for activating the Greater Holy Grail. Even if I'm still a little short, I can still kill a useless writer as a sacrifice."
"Hey, hey, Queen of Assyria, what are you saying—"
"Do you have any comments?"
Semiramis' eyes slanted, and a series of magic bullets were neatly arranged behind him, scaring Shakespeare so much that he shrank directly behind Karna.
"No, no, I have but I dare not say it."
"Then don't say it!"
"Okay, okay, stop bullying Caster." Shirou took a few steps forward, blocking Semiramis's sight, "It's useless even if you really kill him."
"How can it be useless? Didn't you say that the Holy Grail needs the souls of seven servants to become an all-purpose wish-granting machine?"
"That is true, but only if these souls actually flow into the Greater Holy Grail."
"What's the meaning?"
"Well, you know it's called the Greater Holy Grail, but do you know why it's called the Greater Holy Grail?"
When talking about the word "big", Shirou deliberately added emphasis on it.
"The Greater Holy Grail... Is there also a Lesser Holy Grail?" Shakespeare is indeed a literary figure, his associative ability is strong.
"You're right. That's because there is the Lesser Holy Grail. The Lesser Holy Grail is the key to activating the Greater Holy Grail, and it is also the container for the souls of the Heroic Spirits. Only when the Lesser Holy Grail is formed can the souls be transferred to the Greater Holy Grail and activated. Without the Lesser Holy Grail, even if all seven Servants die, the Greater Holy Grail will not activate. In history, there have been cases where no one won because the Lesser Holy Grail was destroyed."
"Where is the Holy Grail?" asked Semiramis.
"It was supposed to be here."
Shirou pointed to the center of the Holy Grail, and saw the heterogeneous golden figures. One of the figures had obvious missing parts on its hands and upwards, and the missing shape was exactly a cup.
"But now, it's gone."
Semiramis carefully recalled the entire transfer process and suddenly exclaimed.
"During the transfer process, something fell off the Holy Grail. Yes, it seems to be a cup—damn Black Assassin, damn Pegasus, you should have killed him just now!"
"Well, the purpose of the Holy Grail War is to fight for the Holy Grail. We are the only ones allowed to fight for it, and no one else is allowed to do anything. Isn't that a bit too overbearing?"
Facing Shirou's half-teasing, half-persuasive words, Semiramis put her hands on her hips and raised her head proudly like a black swan.
"I have always been like this, don't you know?"
"Yes, yes, Her Majesty is mighty, Her Majesty is supreme."
It wasn't the first day that Shirou and Shakespeare, who had known Semiramis, looked at each other and spoke in unison, looking like two sycophants.
Seeing the two annoying guys give in - although only on the surface, Semiramis's mood improved. She unconsciously put her thumb on her chin and thought:
"But this is a bit bad. Without the Lesser Holy Grail, the Greater Holy Grail cannot be activated. And it will be very difficult for the three of us to take back the Lesser Holy Grail—"
Naturally, Shakespeare is excluded. The fighting force of Shirou's side includes Shirou himself, Semiramis and Karna. No matter which one of them is the best of the best, their strength is extremely powerful. In any subspecies Holy Grail War in the outside world, they will be swept without any suspense.
But this time was different. It was an indisputable fact that the remaining nine of the sixteen servants had joined forces under Jeanne's connection. Among them were three top-level servants, and the others were mostly first-rate and super-first-rate servants. Their individual combat power might be slightly inferior, but their overall combat power was definitely superior to their own.
When Semiramis thought of this, her mood turned bad again.
"Really, Master, why did you say you wanted to destroy the world? If you had just honestly confessed your wish, things wouldn't have turned out like this."
"Excuse me, please interrupt me." Karna, who usually just watched the show without saying anything in such occasions, suddenly spoke up, "What exactly is the priest's wish?"
Semiramis was stunned at the time: "Huh? You don't know?"
"I don't know." Karna shook his head.
"Then why would you - the famous Karna, shouldn't he be a demon king who wants to destroy the world?"
"I just see that the priest's 'destroy the world' has other meanings, not just the literal meaning. And, assassin, you are not telling the truth."
"Which one are you talking about?" As a vicious woman who successfully ascended the throne through conspiracy and intrigue, Semiramis told so many lies that she could no longer remember them all.
"I also heard about other people's masters being thrown into the Dragon Wing Soldier's nest by you. Archer and Rider were a little anxious and forgot that the Dragon Wing Soldier's nest had been separated by you."
"Yeah, I lied, so what?"
"I want to know what happened to our Master?"
"Can't you feel it? The five of them are all gathered in a room in this courtyard... I think they should still be in human form. Because they are using that kind of 'poison';."
Facing Karna's cold gaze, Semiramis smiled charmingly as if nothing had happened.
"It would be troublesome if we let them run around. No matter how good they are, they are just magicians after all. Those who are always trying to steal the limelight from others are really a nuisance."
"You are one of those people who only think about yourself."
Hearing Karna's impolite words, Semiramis was not angry, but smiled even more brightly.
"I can't believe you can say such things. Are you angry?"
It’s a pity that Karna was not Achilles. He didn’t fall for Semiramis’s provocation at all and kept silent. The latter had to curse him angrily.
"It's back again. How boring. Well, even if you know that the former Master is not dead, what does it matter?"
PS: Come to think of it, Shanshan, Qin Shi Huang, and Empress Dowager are actually all the same. Their slogans are - All under heaven belongs to the king, and all within the four seas are the king's subjects. Translated, it means "er di, er di", they are all similar to "er di".