Act 7: The Battle Rages Like a Surging Torrent

...Yokosuka.

Indeed. The home base for the Master of Assassin, Dorothea Coyett.

Dorothea is both a proper mage and a noblewoman.

As far as Clock Tower mages go, she's as decent as they come.

The Clock Tower...

That's the main headquarters for most European mages.

When it comes to raw talent for magecraft, she's easily a match for Yui Shousetsu.

Yokosuka... That's pretty far from Asakusa.

It is. But we can't just ignore a part of this Singularity.

What I'm most concerned about is

Indeed. At this distance, connecting the leylines will be no easy task.

And it's a sure bet that neither Shousetsu nor Chiemon would pass up a chance like this.

Hmm, I see. So it's a matter of logistics.

The further our supply line has to stretch, the more difficult it becomes to keep up the fight at the front line.

And if our leylines get cut off from behind while we're away from our base, we'll be left stranded on the front without a source of magical energy.

Yeah, this is a turf war all right.

In other words, we need to maintain our leyline connection in Yokosuka, while also defending against attacks on the Spirit Fonts we've already secured.

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I can make my way to any leyline we've already secured in an instant, but I can't do that for all of them simultaneously.

So I can't defend all of our Spirit Fonts by myself.

This is exactly why so many Masters formed alliances in the last Waxing Moon Ritual.

We did the same thing, fighting alongside several factions as the situation warranted.

I bet. I can definitely see alliances and partnerships being even more important during a Waxing Moon Ritual than they are in a Holy Grail War.

Between the turf wars over Spirit Fonts and the Rogue Servants complicating things...

...a lot of things about the Waxing Moon Ritual are really unusual for a Holy Grail War.

...So what do we do now?

There's no chance of Shousetsu or Chiemon teaming up with us.

And so far, we haven't found any other Masters we could even ask.

So, that just leaves...

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That's right! We can ask the Rogue Heroic Spirits we've befriended to defend the Spirit Fonts for us.

That's the most reliable method we have at our disposal.

Let's see. Spartacus in Yoshiwara, Sétanta in Zojo-ji, Tamamo Cat in Ueno...

...and Li Shuwen have all agreed to help us.

I just hope there are other Rogues out there who will also be willing to help.

There's no law that says we can't approach them ourselves.

Of course, there's every chance that it won't be easy.

The other Rogues are bound to be camping out at major Spirit Fonts.

We'll need to keep that in mind when connecting our leylines.

So we'll all be counting on you, Master of Chaldea!

You are our Servant expert, after all!

All right, I'm going to wake up the Spirit Fonts I've been keeping asleep.

Of course, Shousetsu and Chiemon are bound to notice once I've connected them.

Are you all ready? Then let's begin!

My liege. Chaldea has made a move.

So they have, and quite a move at that. Gather some of our troops and find out what they're up to.

Understood.

They sure love doing things the hard way, don't they?

Shall I go after them?

...Nah.

I don't feel like dealing with them now. I'm just going to focus on taking care of the seeds.

That said...I don't like the idea of sitting back and just letting them do whatever they want, either.

I'll send some soldiers after them. That ought to at least piss them off.

Looks like both Shousetsu and Chiemon made a move in response.

Much quicker than expected, too.

No point turning back after we've come this far.

Let's keep on our way to Yokosuka, but not take our eyes off our leyline.

It all comes down to our Rogue Servant friends now... I hope they're up to it.