Fate: Livestream in Chaldeas

Chapter 172: This Livestream Room Is Truly Too Bizarre!

"Boom, boom, boom——————!!!"

The massive black goat-headed demons continuously fell, only to be endlessly reborn from the black mist.

Their increasing numbers caused Draco, who had initially been handling them with ease, to start showing signs of exhaustion, shifting from actively attacking to passively defending.

Holding the unconscious and fainted Sailor Nemo, Ethan's eyes stayed fixed on the center of the grand hall.

Molay simply stood there, observing, making no further moves.

As if she was thoroughly enjoying the feeling of dragging Draco slowly into despair.

"Meeeeeh————————!!!"

Several black energy orbs shot from the black goat-headed demons' hands toward Draco.

The Holy Grail in Draco's hand absorbed all the dark energy, then burst out in seven-colored light that pierced through all the surrounding black goat-headed demons!!!

"Filthy creatures like these, no matter how many there are, they're all meaningless."

Draco withdrew the Holy Grail, turning to face Molay in the distance and said:

"Who knows."

Molay pushed up her glasses.

"I admit that you, as a Beast, are very strong, but your saint graph right now is merely that of an ordinary Foreigner. Moreover, you're currently inside the body of 'Mother.' What exactly can you do?"

Along with Molay's words, several more black goat-headed demons emerged from the black mist around her.

They slowly approached Draco.

Seeing Draco gradually fall into a disadvantageous position.

Ethan could no longer just stand by and watch.

'System, I'll use points and Command Spell to strengthen Draco!'

At the very least, he could supply some magical energy.

[Beep Beep——Error, Host cannot use strengthening on a temporary contract Servant!]

[Please officially establish a contract with the target, then try this function again.]

"——————?!"

If not for the System's reminder, Ethan almost forgot.

Apparently, he had never officially made a formal contract with Draco.

Back when she saved him from that space, and even when they arrived at the Third Singularity, he had naturally assumed she was his Servant.

Turns out between him and her… it was only a temporary contract.

'System, can I supplement an official contract now?!'

This was an urgent life-or-death situation.

[Beep… Request received.]

[Host, please confirm with the target and establish an official contract.]

"Draco, quickly make an official contract with me!!!"

Ethan immediately shouted at Draco, who was desperately fighting the black goat-headed demons.

"Huh? What stupid thing are you saying."

Draco swung her arm to fend off an attack as she spoke.

"I was merely acting on a whim. To become my official Master, you're not qualified yet!"

For some reason, Draco resolutely refused.

"This isn't the time to be sulking! If we make the contract, I can supply you with magical energy!"

Seeing Draco gradually fall to the disadvantage under the siege of the demons, Ethan hurriedly tried to persuade her.

"Shuaa————————!"

Draco's tail had just pierced through the heart of one black goat-headed demon when the sharp claws of another slashed toward her immediately after.

Reflexively, Draco raised her right arm to block, but was instantly knocked flying!

"Ugh…"

Her small figure crashed hard into the stone pillar behind her.

"BOOM————————!!!"

The impact was so strong that the pillar was completely crushed, and even the ground trembled!

"Draco!!!"

Ethan was about to rush over to check on Draco, but Molay's figure appeared right before him.

At this moment, the holy attire wrapped around Molay had long since turned into a distorted black substance of unknown nature, and a strange gleam flickered in Molay's eyes.

She blocked Ethan's path, staring intently at him holding Sailor Nemo, with a half-smile expression.

"Jacques de Molay, what exactly are you trying to do?!"

Ethan loudly demanded of her.

"Master of Chaldea, witness this moment."

Molay's eyes were filled with madness.

"Bear witness as our great Mother descends upon this world, using the body of the Beast of Sodom as a vessel!!!"

"——————————?!"

Upon hearing Molay's words, Ethan immediately understood everything.

All the doubts that had been piling up until now suddenly became clear in this moment.

Why hadn't Molay killed him right away, instead treating him like a plaything?

Why, when the black goat's offspring were chasing him, did the goat-headed demons drive it away?

All of it was merely to lure Draco here.

Into the space she had created.

From the very beginning, their target had never been him.

It was Draco.

"Fufufu, did you really think you were worth all this trouble of mine?"

Molay let out a laugh.

"My target, from beginning to end, has only ever been this Beast."

As she spoke, Molay swung her cross-shaped holy sword toward Draco.

"Ugh…"

Draco's body suddenly felt paralyzed, completely unable to move.

Immediately after, a massive invisible hand grabbed Draco from above, holding her tightly in midair.

"Ridiculous, with just this kind of power you dare… UAAA————!!!"

Draco's painful scream echoed out.

"Feeling like your strength is being drained? That's because this place is inside Mother's body. Anything not acknowledged by Mother will be stripped away until it fully submits to Mother."

Molay's expression grew increasingly excited.

But she quickly turned her head, warning Ethan:

"You'd best not try anything, or I might just consider kicking you out of the witness seat entirely."

No good…

If this keeps up, it'll all be over for sure.

Ethan temporarily gave up on the idea of making an official contract with Draco.

What Molay said might be true.

Draco, currently only carrying the saint graph of an ordinary Servant, likely couldn't turn the situation around even if supplied with magical energy.

Was he really going to have to forcibly summon a Heroic Spirit?

If Molay and Goat Mother were "Beasts," then summoning a Grand Servant temporarily should be enough to oppose them.

'System, does Outer God count as a "Beast"? Can I use 500,000 points to summon a Grand Servant???'

[Beep Beep… The temporary Grand Servant summoning function is set to respond to Human Evil.]

[Outer God does not fall under the scope of Human Evil, normal use is not possible.]

"..."

Ethan clenched his teeth, gripping his hands tightly.

Within his sight, thirteen black goat-headed demons simultaneously stood beneath Draco.

Under Molay's command, they raised their sharp claws toward the center.

"——————!!!"

The sound of claws tearing through flesh and bone echoed throughout the grand hall, followed by the nauseating stench of blood spreading through the air.

With a terrifying expression, Molay raised the cross-shaped holy sword in her hand and began chanting:

"I?! I?!...La Chèvre Noire des Bois aux mille petits!!!"

The stinking black blood below Draco — who was still desperately struggling — began wriggling, forming line after line of script in a manner beyond all human comprehension.

"Even using demons as sacrifices… Your fake god really loves playing such lowly games… UAAAAAA!!!"

Draco's body seemed to be squeezed tighter and tighter by the invisible hand.

The scene of the wicked ritual in the grand hall was witnessed clearly by all the viewers in the livestream room. Quite a few Cthulhu fans, upon hearing there were "tentacles," began spreading the news everywhere.

The number of online viewers in the livestream room had now exceeded 300,000!

[Heard there's 'the one who must not be named' here, right?]

[Let me squeeze into the front row, is it true we can see Shub-Niggurath live-action?]

[Ayo bros, heard if you follow the host you get an uncensored Goat Mother version, right???]

[Stop it! Say any more and the room's gonna get taken down! Also… bro, your tastes are heavy…]

[Hehe, bro you flatter me. Darkness-sensei is the one who enlightened me to the truth!]

[....The masochists are increasing again....]

[Hic, I'm proud of you, Darkness-junior!]

[Sure, summoning Goat Mother needs a lot of sacrifices, but using a Beast too? You guys really go big…]

[Ugh… this looks disgusting, I can't take it anymore, blegh!!!]

[Stop bullying Draco-chan already!!!]

[This really is a battle between Human Evil and Outer God, can't even tell who's the villain anymore!]

[Wait, are they seriously summoning Goat Mother? Not good, I still love my sanity, I don't want to go mad, I'm out of here!!!]

...

[System: "Darkness-kun" has sent 500 Saint Quartz!]

[Message: This livestream always makes me jealous of the actors, I also want to be sacrificed!!]

[System: "Bruce-kun" has sent 10,000 Saint Quartz!]

[Message: You could try traveling to Gotham, Darkness-kun. You have a 99% chance to experience it.]

…

In an instant, the livestream room exploded with discussion, three hundred thousand people all glued to the screen, wanting to see just what the nameless moving thing would look like.

However, at this moment Ethan's mind was stretched to the limit.

'System, how many points do I have left?'

At this point, the only way was to strengthen Sailor Nemo's saint graph. Anyway, as long as he could strengthen it to the point where Captain appears, he could hold on for some time to think of another plan.

[Host's current livestream points are 350,000 points (including 100,000 points converted from gifts).]

[Still short by 150,000 points to strengthen the current Servant's saint graph.]

Gahhh!!!

Still short by 150,000 points?!

No way… could it be that I really have to gamble away all the remaining points for gacha?!

[Beep——————!]

[Detected number of concurrent viewers in the livestream exceeding 300,000, proceeding to unlock new feature.]

By Ethan's ear, the system's sound rang again.

[Host's livestream point accumulation speed will increase by 1.5 times, and will now display visually.]

Right after, a translucent glowing panel appeared before Ethan's eyes, showing the current livestream points:

"351,000", "352,000", "353,000"...

Beside it was the total gift points, which had now reached around 60,000 points.

However, the growth speed was still quite slow.

Meanwhile, Draco was continuously being corroded by the black mist — it was clear she couldn't hold on much longer.

Ethan gritted his teeth, came up with an idea, and suddenly turned his head toward the camera:

"Dear viewers, to thank you all for your enthusiastic support of the livestream, we will hold another lucky draw! Those who send gifts and subscribe as members will be randomly drawn, please follow and subscribe to support us!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire livestream room immediately erupted.

[Host, what are you planning to give away this time?]

[Let me say this first, those wake-up services with onee-san voices or whatever are outdated, we're sick of hearing them.]

[I'm not subscribing, I just survive day by day on free likes.]

[Lol, host, are you trying to squeeze money out of us?]

Ethan calmly took a breath, then said:

"The lucky winner will receive a morning wake-up service and birthday greeting from Ms. Molay here."

As soon as he finished, the whole livestream room… fell silent.

[Host, do you understand, we already told you we don't need those onee-san wake-up services…]

[Yeah, are you deliberately going against the audience?]

[That kind of thing is everywhere already, nothing new…]

But Ethan continued:

"All subscribing members will receive a… Outer God language version."

"..."

[No way, host, we told you we don't need wake-up services… we don't care what language you use… but why does this make people feel chills down their spine…]

[...Outer God version? Host, are you planning mass insanity?!]

[Thinking about it… it's just a subscription anyway? Should we try it?]

[Ridiculous, you think pulling this kind of stunt can—wait? Those guys are actually subscribing!!]

[No way, this is really too bizarre!]

[It's so weird, but… let's try it!]

[I'll try it too, I'm not really interested, but I want to let the guys in the dorm hear it and see how they react.]

[Yo, guys, stop it, what if this is the real deal?!! I don't want some tentacle god coming down to earth!!!]

…

In Ethan's eyes, the livestream panel continuously popped up with subscription and gift notifications — pouring in like a dam burst.

Haa…

As expected, the number of people flooding into his livestream, to some extent, was all because of this super bizarre content.

The Outer God language was indeed strange, but he didn't expect so many people to come just for "the weirdness."

In just a short minute, the gift points had already exceeded 100,000!

"I already told you… don't even think about playing clever tricks!"

As the sacrificial ritual neared its climax, Molay furrowed her brow intensely upon hearing Ethan talking nonsense into the air.

"CHIIIII————————!!!"

From the darkness, several gigantic Sea Demons slithered out, their horrifying forms like nightmares.

"What a pity, you've been removed from the audience seats, Master of Chaldea."

The Sea Demons shrieked as they lunged at Ethan, their jaws opening wide, revealing rows of razor-sharp fangs!

At that exact moment, the livestream points in front of Ethan's eyes suddenly shot up:

"405,000" → "505,000"!!!

"System! I'll use 500,000 points plus one Command Spell — to strengthen Rider's saint graph!!"