Hades walked through this dark and quiet town, and as he walked, a thick fog began to rise, surrounding the entire town of Sighisoara.
Hades knew this was the effect of Little Jack's Noble Phantasm, [The Mist], a Bounded Field Noble Phantasm that generates fog.
[The Mist]
[Rank: C]
[Type: Bounded Field Noble Phantasm]
[Range: 1~10]
[Maximum Capture: 50 people]
[A Bounded Field Noble Phantasm that deploys a mist barrier. The mist generated by magical energy is itself a Noble Phantasm.]
[Although it is said to "disperse crowds," if those who are not a Magus stay inside the barrier, they will suffer Death after a few turns.]
[While a Magus will not suffer immediate Death, they will continuously take damage.]
[Heroic Spirits will not take damage, but their Agility will drop by one rank.]
[The user of the Noble Phantasm can choose who within the mist will suffer the effects and who will not.]
[Since the mist causes a loss of sense of direction, escaping requires the skill "Instinct" at Rank B or higher, or the use of magecraft.]
[The massive amount of soot that began to be emitted after the Industrial Revolution became sulfuric acid mist in the 1950s, causing a great disaster in London.]
["The Mist" is a Noble Phantasm that recreates that "Mist of Death."]
But as soon as that Mist of Death touched Hades or the underworld armor on his body, it became very spiritual and retreated, allowing Hades to stroll forward without any hindrance.
Swish—!!
At that moment, an unfriendly sound rushed toward Hades as a flag spear emerged from the mist and pressed directly against his Adam's apple. With a look of displeasure, Hades pushed the spear away with a single finger, looked to the side, and said:
"Come out, Ruler. I know you're there. This mist is not my masterpiece."
As his voice fell, Jeanne d'Arc stepped out from the thick fog. Seeing Hades, she exclaimed in surprise, "Lord Hades!! Why are you here?!"
Jeanne raised her spear as she spoke, and Hades did not hide his purpose: "I am here to find the seventh Servant of the Black Faction, Assassin Jack the Ripper."
"Jack the Ripper?! That famous serial killer of London!!" Because Jeanne had gained modern knowledge upon her manifestation, combined with the memories of the young girl Leticia she was possessing, she naturally knew Jack's name.
Hades nodded and said, "That's right, it's her."
Then, Hades turned to Jeanne and said, "That's right, Ruler, you might need to be careful. Since the opponent is Jack the Ripper, her Noble Phantasm naturally has an anti-female effect."
"Leave this place to me."
"What do you mean by that?! Hades?!" Jeanne turned to Hades and shouted in confusion. As the referee of the Holy Grail War, she was qualified to intervene because Jack the Ripper had already killed several humans and Magi, to the point of making the news.
As everyone knows, the Holy Grail War is held in secret, and Jack the Ripper's behavior was no different from challenging the rules of the Holy Grail War.
Hades stopped and said, "Jack the Ripper is actually just a pitiful child, and you, Saint Jeanne d'Arc, are also a woman with a rare pure soul."
"I truly cannot bear to see the two of you, who possess such beautiful souls, fighting each other."
After saying this, Hades gripped his Hades Sword and walked into the center of the thick fog, leaving behind a bewildered Jeanne.
"Jack the Ripper was killed,"
"Pauline and Sophy walked in Whitechapel,"
"The sound of the sniper's footsteps rang out,"
"Jack the Ripper has come."
At this time, a dark nursery rhyme about Jack the Ripper drifted over. One could tell the person singing was a cute little girl.
Hades stopped after hearing the rhyme, looked around, and said:
"Alright, little girl Jack the Ripper, show yourself."
"Aaaah—!!"
At that moment, a woman's scream rang out. With a thought, Hades instantly vanished from his spot and appeared at the source of the scream.
Jack the Ripper's Master, Reika Rikudou, was slumped on the ground in a pitiful state. A purple light flashed in Hades's eyes as he obtained her detailed information, then he looked down and said to her:
"Reika Rikudou, the Master of Assassin Jack the Ripper."
"The only person in the Black Faction who is not of the Yggdmillennia clan. You were a well-bred young lady in your childhood, but because your parents died in an accident, your life began to spiral downward due to various factors, and now you are kept by a man as a prostitute."
"That man was Hyouma Sagara. He used Suggestion to manipulate you, and after gaining your trust, he used you to perform the ritual to summon Jack the Ripper. However, Jack was summoned before your Death, and she made a contract with you before Hyouma Sagara could. Hyouma Sagara, the summoner, was immediately killed, and you naturally became the Master of the Black Assassin."
Hearing the other party recite her detailed information, Reika Rikudou panic-strickenly pulled out a small knife hidden in her sleeve and stabbed at Hades without hesitation.
Hades saw through Reika Rikudou's intentions, grabbed her hand holding the knife, slapped the knife away, and lifted her up by both hands. Looking at her glamorous face, he said:
"You were originally a beautiful woman, why have you become a thief? Although you and Jack the Ripper are very pitiful, you have violated the rules of the Holy Grail War."
"Bad person! Let go of Mommy!!" At that moment, Little Jack rushed toward Hades with short swords in both hands, stabbing at him.
Hades lightly tapped the ground with his unsheathed Hades Sword, and an invisible, powerful will instantly froze Little Jack in place.
"Jack..." Reika Rikudou swayed her graceful figure, looking at the frozen Little Jack with a face full of worry.
"Mommy..." Little Jack felt the same, wanting to reach out and hold Reika Rikudou's hand, but being frozen, she couldn't move at all.
Looking at this pair of Servant and Master who already regarded each other as true mother and daughter, Hades shook his head helplessly and set them both down.
"Jack!!"
"Mommy!!"
Once their restraints were released, Reika Rikudou and Little Jack didn't worry about themselves for a second, but immediately rushed over to embrace each other. Two lines of tears faintly flowed down Little Jack's face.
"..." Looking at this mother and daughter with such deep feelings, Hades felt that his actions just now were a bit excessive.
Reika Rikudou hugged Little Jack tightly, turned to look at Hades, and said:
"Why did you let us go?"
Hades put away his Hades Sword, walked up to Little Jack, and reached out. Thinking of the powerful will that had frozen her earlier, Little Jack began to curl up in fear.
But Hades didn't do anything scary to Little Jack; instead, he lovingly stroked her silver hair and said:
"Jack the Ripper, rather than saying you are a Heroic Spirit, it's more accurate to say you are the grudges of countless children."
"In 1888, London had tens of thousands of prostitutes."
"Abortion technology at the time was quite backward and crude, and children who could have been born normally were treated like garbage. The corpses of infants were thrown into the rivers near the East End, and grudges continuously accumulated in that chaotic river. The grudges of tens of thousands of infants who were denied birth gradually began to manifest into the form of a young girl."
"This girl couldn't help but call out 'Mommy' to a woman she met, but she was met with insults. She felt so sad that she killed the woman. Then she killed others, and before she knew it, people had given her the name 'Jack the Ripper.' After killing several prostitutes, a certain Magus realized that this series of grisly murders was a crime committed by a demonic existence, so he disposed of her early on. Jack the Ripper thus vanished into the darkness."
As he spoke to this point, a glimmer of sadness flashed in Hades's eyes.
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