Infiltrating the Castle of the Dragon Witch, the group faces off against her most loyal retainer, Caster Gilles de Rais.
"Perish now!" - Gwen said as she cut down one of the skeletons summoned to defend the place.
Mash, Jeanne and she fought against zombies, skeletons and wyverns that resided in the tower and helped defend it. While their enemies were many, they were weak and none of them stood even a bit of a chance against Chaldea and its allies.
"This is easy... Too easy" - Jeanne said, distrusting the power and number of their enemies - "Would they be setting a tramp?" -
"I'm not sure, but whatever might happen, we need to be prepared" - Ritsuka said as he stepped in front of the three Servants - "Doctor Roman, is there anything ahead of us?" -
"I don't sense anything Ritsuka, it seems like you already took all of them down" - the man answered.
The peace of the floor was apparent, which gave the group a feeling of unease and discomfort, like something was about to happen.
"Come on, let's move on. This place gives me the creeps" - Ritsuka said, as they all tried to move onto the upper floor.
Before they could do anything however, the ground started to shake and tentacles rose up from the depths, grabbing all of them. From under them, one single man started to rise, Gilles de Rais.
"I'm not going to allow you anywhere close to my Holy Saint!" - he said while the tentacles started to slowly crush the Chaldeans, Gwen and Jeanne.
"You're crazy Gilles, creating a twisted version of Jeanne, nearly destroying France because of it, killing so many innocents..." -
"And what!? This is the same country that allowed her to die, they deserve no sympathy, no forgiveness!" -
"Please Gilles, listen to yourself! If you always follow me, then follow this order, stop this at once!" - Jeanne shouted, attempting to persuade the mad Caster to their side.
"How can you even say that!? I'm trying to avenge you. They killed you and you still take their side!? No, you're the fake one, and I'll kill you here and now!" -
The tentacles started to crush all of them with a lot of strength, but Mash, using her shield, managed to cut one of them and escape before hitting the deranged Caster in the face with a well placed punch.
This little distraction allowed for the rest to free themselves from the tentacles and with precision, managed to deal a good amount of damage to Gilles before he could retaliate with his magic.
"You stupid shield girl!" - he yelled before shooting several magic blasts at her, but all of them were blocked by her shield.
Gwen approached from behind and used her scissors to try and cut him with one single attack, but was stopped by the tentacles, which surrounded her and nearly threw her out of the building if it wasn't for her Hallowed Mist.
"This is bad. Wait for me everyone, I'll help us win this. Luminosité Eternelle!" -
The activation of Jeanne's Noble Phantasm covered all of them in a golden light, which gave Gwen a memory of fighting alongside the Sentinels of Light back in her own world, but she was pulled out of her memory by the sound of Jeanne falling to the ground.
"What happened to her? Did she use too much energy?" - the girl asked.
"It happens every time she uses her Noble Phantasm. I can protect her, you two take down Gilles!" - Ritsuka said before standing in front of Jeanne in order to defend her from the Caster.
The Shielder and the puppet gave each other a look before nodding and launching a coordinated attack against Gilles, with Mash blocking every magic shot while Gwen destroyed the tentacles that approached them.
With a powerful bash, Mash pushed Gilles back, allowing for Gwen to get behind him and stab him using her scissors, going through the Caster.
"Gah!" - he gargled as the blade was retired from his stomach.
"Well, that was easier than I thought" - Gwen said while she held her scissors to her shoulders - "Now shall we head for the upper floors?" -
"Yes, let's go with Senpai and Jeanne" - Mash said, as they both started to walk away from the 'body'.
"I'm... Not done yet..." - Gilles said weakly as his body started to disappear in golden particles - "Even if I can't stop you, then at least he will!" -
After finally dissolving, the ground started to shake again and from the deepest parts of the castle, something emerged.
Breaking the floor under them, the girls saw a giant creature with tentacles making all of its body. The beast launched an attack against the two girls who barely managed to dodge it.
"We're not going to be capable of stopping this thing right now, just run!" - Ritsuka yelled as he carried Jeanne.
The 3 ran as fast as they could to the stairs and got away from the creature's grasp, or so they thought, until Fujimaru looked outside the window.
Whatever that thing was, had its tentacles surrounding the entire castle and wasn't allowing anyone near, be it friend or foe.
"Well, Gilles really outdid himself with his last gift to us" - the Master jokingly said - "We might be capable of taking down the Dragon Witch, but if this things isn't taken out, we're never making it out alive of this castle" -
While everyone was talking about plans to take down the creature that was trapping them in the building, Gwen took a good look at it and noticed something. Whenever the tentacles moved, a strange mist seemed to emit from them, a black greenish color, one she recognized very wel...
"How is it here...?" - she asked herself before finally understanding what to do - "Hey everyone!" -
"Gwen?" - Mash said, confused.
"I can take this thing down, all I'm going to need is your help" -
"What are you planning exactly?" - Fujimaru asked.
"Simple, really. I've dealt with similar things before, so I know what to do. All I'm going to need is more mana" -
"Very well then. Take down this thing and then we can go fight the Dragon Witch" -
"Understood... Master" -
