Chapter 121: Gudako, You've Lost Your Horse!
Chapter 121: Gudako, You've Lost Your Horse!
"Hahaha..." Holding onto the doorframe, Mashu gasped for breath and urgently called out to Gudako, "Something big has happened, senpai!"
"What is it?" Gudako, looking nonchalant, used her little finger to pick her nose.
After catching her breath, Mashu quickly reported, "A new Singularity has appeared!"
"Oh." Gudako wasn't surprised by the news and continued picking her nose.
Gudako thought to herself, it's just another Singularity popping up, what's the big deal? They were making a fuss over nothing.
"But... that's not all. Anyway, senpai, please follow me." Mashu, seeing Gudako's lack of urgency, was taken aback for a moment but quickly regained her composure. She grabbed Gudako's hand and forcefully pulled her outside.
"Dr. Roman, please take your time to recover." After greeting Roman with those words, they set off, with Mashu pulling Gudako along.
As a weak young woman, there was no way Gudako could break free from the strength of Mashu, a demi-Servant. So she was easily led away without any resistance.
"Wait, where are we going exactly?" While being dragged away by Mashu, Gudako asked curiously.
"Just follow me!" Mashu replied.
With Mashu in the front and Gudako in the back, the two girls ran through the corridors of Chaldea. They were moving fast, but at a speed that ensured Gudako could keep up without falling behind.
Soon, they arrived at a series of large windows in the outer corridor of Chaldea.
"For goodness' sake... why did you bring me here? There's nothing to see, right?" Gudako said with a deadpan expression as she looked out at the empty window.
However, just as Gudako finished speaking, her eyes suddenly became sharp, and her whole demeanor turned terrifying!
The seriousness of the situation lay not in "what" was there, but in "what" was missing!
If Gudako remembered correctly, there was a separate cavalry barracks next to Chaldea, visible from these windows, and it was much larger than the main building of Chaldea!
However, this very building, this building that should have been visible at any moment from these windows, had completely disappeared without a trace!
Gudako glanced outside the window and then looked at Mashu. She spoke in a low voice, "Mashu..."
"That's right, senpai." Mashu took a deep breath and then spoke seriously to Gudako, "As you can see, the pyramid of Ozymandias... has disappeared!"
"With the appearance of the Singularity, Ozymandias and his cavalry barracks have completely vanished from Chaldea."
Upon hearing this news, Gudako was filled with sorrow. "Guh... How could this happen?"
The thought of Ozymandias, whom she had obtained after spending three single Saint Quartz summons, suddenly vanishing, weighed heavily on Gudako. She felt a tightness in her chest, like she had swallowed a huge chunk of S.H.I.T.
"It's... just a minor issue."
"Senpai, actually, it's not only Ramesses II who disappeared. Many other Servants have also vanished from Chaldea." It sounded a bit cruel to say it directly, but Mashu chose to report the truth to Gudako. After all, they couldn't hide the situation, could they?
"They are... trivial matters." Gudako held her forehead, feeling dizzy for a moment, but she forced herself to remain calm.
"Didn't they prepare to perform a large-scale Spirit Origin alteration because there were too many Servants for Chaldea's resources to sustain? They disappeared on their own, which is just fine."
"Is that so?" Seeing that Gudako didn't seem too concerned, Mashu's anxious heart finally relaxed.
Though her heart was filled with immense pain, Gudako pretended as if nothing had happened. As long as her steed, Red Hare, was there, it would be a sunny day, and she could endure it. "That's right, didn't they have a farewell ceremony before? If they want to leave, let them go!"
"By the way, Red Hare is also on the list of runaways." Seeing that Gudako seemed to be handling it well, Mashu flipped through the list of vanished Servants and listed those who had left.
"Guh?!" Suddenly, Gudako felt as if several arrows pierced her heart. Her vision went black for a moment, and she stumbled back several steps, spewing green blood from her mouth.
But for the sake of harmony, let's just say the blood was green!
The impact was so great that Gudako almost collapsed on the spot. Fortunately, her mental resilience was strong enough; otherwise, she might have died on the spot from Mashu's words alone.
Witnessing Gudako's reaction, Mashu quickly rushed forward and supported her, asking anxiously, "Senpai, are you alright, senpai?"
"What did you just say?!" Gudako swatted away Mashu's supporting hand, gripping Mashu's collar with both hands, and shouted with a fierce and sorrowful expression.
"There are many Servants who have also disappeared from Chaldea..."
"Not that line, the one before that!"
"Red Hare is also on the runaway list?" Mashu looked at the suddenly enraged Gudako in front of her and cautiously said, "Senpai, are you okay?"
"...I was fine before, but now there's a problem!" Hearing those words once again from Mashu, Gudako finally realized the gravity of the situation in this Singularity. Her horse, he was gone!
Losing just one copy of Red Hare, Gudako could still manage to bear it. After all, he wasn't a top-tier Servant, lacked any strengthening or costume changes, and was basically a Servant of little use. He couldn't even contribute to farming efficiently.
If it wasn't for her collector's instinct and his usefulness in challenging difficult quests, Gudako wouldn't have spent her Quartz to summon him in the first place.
But Red Hare was different. He wasn't a Servant that needed to be valued for his strength; he was truly... special. In any case, Red Hare was Gudako's most beloved Servant, without a doubt!
Now that Red Hare was gone, it was truly more heartbreaking than if she had been killed!
"Mashu, this is... a crisis that threatens the entire human order!" Gudako looked sincerely into Mashu's eyes, her gaze determined.
"Um... Yes." After hesitating for a moment, Mashu ultimately nodded in agreement. She had a premonition that if they didn't find a way to bring Red Hare back, it would be a catastrophe for humanity.
"Let's go, Mashu. We're heading to the control room... to save the world!"