FGO Specter of Glass

Xiatian la Vue Ch5

Yu started laughing when she heard of Carmen agreeing to help Ephraim and Manasseh by taking out the Platted Knight for them. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! But WHY? Why did you agree to fight her?"

"I'm glad you think this is hilarious," Mitra scoffed. "Because you're going to help."

"I should've seen that coming," Yu went into the kitchen when the doctor came out and didn't bring the dumplings she requested.

Akko sighed and sat down with them, taking Yu's seat, "I think you're out of your league on this one. The kings and gods will look like pushovers compared to the Platted Knight."

"Are you going to fight a Crypter?" Ophelia asked, shocking the group when she walked in. They stared at Laurine, who waved at them before sneaking into the back. "If so..."

"We're going to help!" Sofitia cheered.

"Excuse you?!"

"Is that not why we're here?"

"I thought I told you! I am adamantly against you fighting a crazy lady with fire for heels!" Ophelia pinched Sofitia's cheeks.

"Don't you want revenge for what she did to us in Scandinavia? Because I do! I want to fight her."

Ophelia crossed her arms and tapped her fingers, "I don't like it... But I can't stop you. Lucy, let's go, we're not talking them out of this."

"Lucy? You don't want to fight either?" Sofitia looked to Lucy, who shrugged and followed Ophelia out.

"I'm afraid I'm going to be sitting this one out as well," Abhimanyu mentioned. "Since... the blacksmith has my weapons, I'm going to be next to useless in battle."

"I'm staying behind as well," Cleopatra stood with him to leave. "Her flames could destroy my snake. And without the materials to repair it, I'd be useless in every battle moving forward."

"Then it's settled, we'll fight the Platted Knight tonight with a small team," Mitra pointed at a town on the map. "This is where she'll attack next. We're going to stop her."

Carmen brought out a book with notes about previous encounters with the Crypter. She used a lance covered in flame and fire to distract her enemies and relied on her flying to gain distance from enemies. There was also a note about her confidence. She didn't care if people knew about her. She was strong enough to take them down. Carmen closed the book and tapped on the cover. It had little about the Platted Knight's weaknesses and nothing about her possible identity. Mitra whispered about visiting Molay. If anyone knew about the Crypter, it was him.

Van Gogh and Galatea were on distraction duty to keep Sofitia from finding out about Molay while Carmen and Mitra went to the bar. Molay was unfortunately unhelpful. He hardly knew enough to make it worth payment and shook his head when he read the book. However, he knew about the Platted Knight's eyes in the realm, Ophelia. She and the White Bishop were close friends. She even knew him before he became a Crypter. Meaning knew more than she let on, and it was useless to ask him. The Crypters had a long track history of lying to protect each other, and it likely applied to their friends.

Then there was the subject of Lucy and Sofitia. Lucy was more than she appeared. Molay wagered she wasn't human and was lying about her name. Perhaps she was the Platted Knight's servant in disguise to watch the group. As for Sofitia, not much was known about the doctor other than a slight history with a party known as the Haoling Progression. They were a terrorist group in the spider's web that specialized in human experimentation. He thought about it again. The doctor didn't seem like the type of person to get involved in crimes, so it wasn't important to him to look further into it. Besides, he was trapped in Xiatian.