Zongman: Evolution Paradise

Jolyne saw through the Heroic Spirits' thoughts and helplessly warned, "Archers still need to be taken seriously."

There are many memes associated with the seven classes in the Holy Grail War, one of which is the Archer, whose motto is "Archers have always been overpowered."

Just from this meme, you can understand what kind of beings the archers in the Holy Grail War are.

Chapter 230 The Heroic Spirits That Shouldn't Have Appeared

"No matter what kind of enemy we face, I will surely win this victory and present it to my master."

Master's excessive focus on the enemy made Esdeath a little unhappy. She took a step forward, just about to make such a guarantee to Master, when something else suddenly came to mind.

Esdeath pondered uncertainly for a moment.

Esdeath: “…”

Finally, even her aloof personality became embarrassed, and a blush rose on her face.

With a strange tone, Esdeath parted her lips slightly and said in a deliberately calm manner, "The last Heroic Spirit, I think I've encountered him before?"

As Esdeath finished speaking, everyone looked at her with question marks on their faces.

We were all wondering who Archer would be, but it turns out you've already met him?

Facing the questioning gazes of everyone, especially Medea, Esdeath stared back without hesitation. However, she was clearly in the wrong and had no right to resist, so her words softened.

Esdeath explained, "Because so much happened yesterday, I completely forgot about it and didn't even think about it."

Indeed, that was the case. Esdeath spent yesterday thinking about how to defeat Medea, Lily, and Medusa's clique and then rise to become the true queen.

"It's only been a day anyway, let's talk about what happened to that archer first."

Jolyne didn't see anything wrong with it. Based on yesterday's events, even if they knew who the archers were, it was unlikely that they would be mobilized and any battle would break out.

Esdeath nodded and began to recount her experience of meeting that Heroic Spirit.

"Before the battle with Master at Homurahara School, Makoto Itō and I experienced another battle, and the enemy Servants in that battle were not the six classes we know now."

"As for its characteristics, it's male in appearance and can pull me into a special space filled with strange warriors that I can't seem to kill off..."

Esdeath recounted the information she had seen one by one. Because she was still in Berserker form at the time, Esdeath hadn't observed things closely and could only recall the scene now.

Lily listened attentively to the information, but noticed that Jolyne's expression, which had been focused on listening, gradually changed, revealing a hint of doubt.

"Was that heroic spirit red-haired? Was the space covered by yellow sand and sunlight?"

Interrupting Esdeath's narration, Jolyne pressed for an answer.

"Yeah, what's the problem?"

Esdeath countered with a question.

Jolyne: "..."

This is a huge problem. According to the description, this Servant is undoubtedly Alexander the Great - Iskandar, but this Iskandar is a Rider, not the last remaining Archer!

With a feeling of utter frustration, Jolyne said to them helplessly, "This Servant's true name is Iskandar, and he's quite powerful, but I don't recall him ever appearing as an Archer."

This case study is, of course, from the Fate anime and games. Jolyne confirmed that this guy's cards should only be of the Rider class.

"If Iskandar is confirmed to be a Rider, then, including Medusa, then... there are two Riders in this Holy Grail War."

Yukino Yukinoshita looked at Medusa and exchanged a glance with Jolyne, realizing the true nature of the problem.

"Any questions?"

Esdeath asked curiously, as she wasn't a native Fate Servant and didn't understand these things very well.

Medea glanced at her and explained, "Medusa was summoned by the Dragon Balls as a Rider, and Iskandar is also a Rider. According to the rules of the Holy Grail War, it is impossible for two Servants of the same class to appear."

"There are only two possibilities now. One is that this Rider was created by other players, just like the relationship between Lily and me."

"However, this possibility is very low, because this is not a normal Fuyuki City. It is too difficult to pull another Servant from the Hall of Heroes in an unconventional way. Even I, as a Caster, find it difficult to do, let alone other players' Servants."

"The second possibility is that, apart from the players, there is something else hidden in Fuyuki City where the supernatural has disappeared."

"The appearance of the second Rider raises the real question: are there more Servants hiding in Fuyuki City...?"

The rest was self-evident to Esdeath without Medea needing to say more.

The original Holy Grail War took place among eight players and summoned Heroic Spirits, but now a hidden "guest" has suddenly appeared in this game.

This game was originally a werewolf game, and now even the number of werewolves is uncertain.

"Do other players know about this information?"

Yukino Yukinoshita asked Esdeath.

Esdeath shook her head, indicating that she didn't know either. This intelligence was something she and Makoto Itō experienced together, but Esdeath was in a berserk state and naturally didn't know whether Makoto Itō had reported it to the enemy at the time.

Furthermore, Makoto Ito has now disappeared. It's unclear whether he quit the game after completing the mission or has hidden somewhere in Fuyuki City.

With too few clues, Saber looked around and found that no one had a definite opinion on the matter. Relying on stereotypes, Saber chose to look at her Knights of the Round Table.

"Does Xu Lunqing have any leads?"

Hmm... Saber's stereotype about Jolyne is: Jolyne is invincible when it comes to intelligence!

Her stereotypes were correct; Jolyne did have some suspicions, but they were just suspicions and needed to be verified.

[Intelligence 1: The Holy Grail War has a referee, but this referee is not impartial]

[Intelligence 2: It is widely known that the Holy Grail War involving seven people will definitely have an eighth Servant]

[Subsidy 1 - Intelligence: The opponent has joined this Holy Grail War]

Jolyne reviewed the message history stored in the amusement park bracelet once more.

The first two pieces of intelligence were obtained in exchange for Jolyne's A-level training sequence, and the third piece was an intelligence subsidy provided by Paradise because of the existence of pursuers.

Upon seeing Hidden Information 2, Jolyne initially thought that the eighth Servant referred to as Paradise was a Servant like Steve Rogers, who appeared as an extra Servant through the eighth class.

However, with the appearance of the second Rider, looking at this information now, the reality seems to be different.

If the eighth Servant in Information 2 refers to Steve Rogers, summoned by Souichirou Kuzuki through the eighth class, then why would Paradise provide additional information about the Pursuers joining the Holy Grail War?

If it's a subsidy, why would they provide information that they already knew?

Chapter 231 Referee

Unless, Paradise believes that Jolyne was unaware that the Pursuers had joined the Holy Grail War!

In other words, the eighth Servant in Intelligence 2 does not actually refer to the eighth class!

Now let's look at intelligence 1 again: Is there an unfair referee in the Holy Grail War?

Yukino Yukinoshita received an A-rank rating in Demon Slayer, and her current training sequence is B-rank. She has also received hidden information from Paradise.

However, compared to Jolyne's two pieces of information, Yukino Yukinoshita only obtained one piece of information.

"Is Intelligence 2 originally intended as a supplement to Intelligence 1?"

"That makes sense. Without the support of force, how can a referee ensure that the Holy Grail War proceeds unjustly?"

Having confirmed his conjecture and reviewed the relationships once more, Jolyne exhaled a breath of stale air and said to the Heroic Spirits, "The extra Heroic Spirits must exist in the hands of this unjust judge."

What does this intelligence report represent?

This is an opportunity to explore the Fate universe!

Fuyuki City, a city where supernatural beings have disappeared, has a judge who controls Heroic Spirits. Doesn't that sound like the big boss who caused all these events?

Jolyne is definitely a player who wants to achieve an S-rank rating in the Fate world.

Jolyne was in a good mood upon suddenly receiving this information. After thinking for a moment, she continued to ask, "Esdeath, have you and Makoto Itō encountered anything unusual?"

According to Esdeath, she and Makoto Itō were suddenly attacked by Iskandar.

Jolyne and Yukino Yukinoshita had never encountered this attack. Before being taken away by Jolyne, Esdeath was just a Berserker without reason, so it's only possible that Makoto Itō did something.

Otherwise, it couldn't be that the referee simply disliked Makoto Ito, could it?

That referee was really unfair.

"Unusual?"

Esdeath pondered for a moment, realizing that from her appearance at Ryudouji Temple until the activation of her Noble Phantasm at Homurahara School, she really didn't have any impression of her former Master.

Finally, Esdeath said uncertainly, "If I had to say what's unusual, I would say it's that Makoto Itō's cowardice is really unusual. Even though I was capable of defeating Iskandar, he still wanted to kill me and quit the game."

At this point, Esdeath's face was full of disdain, and she became even more satisfied with her Jolyne, touching her Master in front of Medea.

Medea: “…”

After listening to Esdeath's words, Saber also raised her hand to express her opinion.

Her small face turned serious, and she said earnestly, "Perhaps this referee has some chivalrous virtues, and seeing that Ito Makoto is not behaving like a master, he thought he could step in and make him leave the stage sooner..."

Before Saber could continue her daydreaming, Lily couldn't help but retort, "How could an unjust referee possibly possess chivalrous virtues?"

"It is indeed possible, after all, the intelligence only said it was unfair, but we don't know exactly how the referee was unfair."

Yukino Yukinoshita recalled her encounter with the summoning item when she was being chased by Nobuyuki Sugo on the first day. A faint smile appeared on her lips as she agreed with Saber's thoughts, saying, "Maybe this referee is just targeting players with bad character, which is why Paradise is saying this is unfair."

"Then this referee should go after Hassan and Scáthach now."

Hassan and Scáthach killed quite a few ordinary people in their battle at the arcade yesterday.

There were too many possibilities, and Jolyne stopped them from speculating.

Rather than letting her imagination run wild, Jolyne was more interested in finding out who the referee was.

Once we know the other party's identity, we can naturally connect everything together.

"In that case, where can we find that unfair referee now?"

Yukino Yukinoshita yawned, showing no emotional fluctuation, since she could generally entrust this kind of task to Jolyne with confidence.

In her limited experience, Yukino Yukinoshita has realized one thing: Jolyne has his own intelligence system, and all she needs to do is follow his lead.

"Let's go to the Kotomine Church first, as planned."

Since it's an unfair referee, we should go and see the Kotomine Church, which is known for its biased refereeing in the original work.

If it weren't for the Church of Kotomine, Jolyne would have had even more guesses in her mind.

For example, the Einzbern family, and the Tohsaka family.

For example, there's the protagonist, Shirou Emiya, who lost his leg...

Thinking this, Jolyne took out an enormous car from the workshop, the very same Hummer H1 she had used in Bedlord City.

The modified Hummer model allows several people to sit together without feeling cramped.

Furthermore, Saber and Medusa possess riding skills, allowing them to maximize the effects of being "mounts," whether they are wild beasts or modern means of transportation.

"I'll drive."

Medusa took the initiative to get into the driver's seat; as a Rider, her riding level had reached A+.

Yukino pulled Saber to sit in the front row, leaving the back row for Jolyne and the other three Servants. The final result was that Jolyne held Lily, while Esdeath and Medea sat on either side of the Master.

"If any battle breaks out later, Lily, remember to stay inside the equipment first," Jolyne said, pinching Lily's tummy.

Although Lily possesses the ability to "fix all flaws" and can effectively protect others, her self-defense capabilities are quite limited.

With small arms and legs, they are easily killed instantly when they encounter an enemy.

We don't know anything about the enemy yet, so to prevent this from happening, it's best if Lily doesn't stay outside.

As for the workshop, there is a delay. In case of any unforeseen circumstances, it would be difficult to get Lily back to the Fate world in time to activate her Noble Phantasm.

"No problem, Master, I'll keep my Noble Phantasm ready in my equipment at all times."

Leaning against her master, Lily softly agreed, showing no sign of objection whatsoever, her adorable demeanor like that of an angel.

Medea found a passerby nearby, extracted the location of the Kotomine Church, and then transmitted it to Medusa.

Upon receiving the location, Medusa placed her hands on the steering wheel, ready to start the car. Yukino Yukinoshita, sitting next to her, glanced at Medusa's eyepatch and couldn't help but ask, "How about Saber drives instead?"

"...Remember to fasten your seatbelt."