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- Rank 7: Superior Dead Apostle/Dead Apostle Ancestor: As bad as the Rank 6 members are, their power pales in comparison that of those who’ve reached this pinnacle, the very presence of which begins to taint the earth itself. With all of their abilities and blood stocks scaled up from what they were at Rank 6, even elite anti-Dead Apostle strike-teams are very hesitant to engage them. Fortunately, their numbers are few, as it’s a generally-accepted estimation that no more than about twenty-five are active on the planet at any given time.”
You’re awestruck in no small degree by the fact that she was able to write that out so quickly off the top of her head. Does she study things like that as a hobby, you wonder. Perhaps you could consult with her when it comes to topics that are more relevant to the modern world’s mage-society.
“So… they’re a strong version of vampire. Gotcha!” Matsuda answered with a thumbs-up and some forced enthusiasm.
“Is that what Rusalka was talking about when she bragged about entering the sixth rank?” Rushorou asked Truvi, describing something that happened when they encountered the Dead Apostle.
“Yes, she was a Greater Vampire in the 1940’s, but seems to have increased her power over the past few decades.” She answered, now more somberly.
“What about the wights that you mentioned were with her?” You ask, having noticed their conspicuous absence from Truvi’s lecture.
Picking up the marker again, she drew an arrow from the end of the sentence describing the first stage and pointed to an empty spot before explaining, “They aren’t Dead Apostles per se, but a corpse-familiar is their physical component. Their consciousness arises from the wraith or evil spirit that’s bound to the corpse; from what we’ve observed a wight’s power is greater than the sum of its parts.”
“It must be convenient to be practically immortal and able to create perfectly-compliant soldiers and monsters from just about anything you encounter.” Rushorou grumbled.
“They are powerful, but I’d wager that even Dead Apostle Ancestors would be overmatched when fighting against top-class Servants like ours.” Truvi said, trying to reassure him, but had to admit, “The issue is since humans are their natural prey, we’re going to have a rough time holding out against them if our Servants are occupied fighting elsewhere.”
“Now that we’re up to speed on monster classifications courtesy of Miss Edelfelt, I think it’s about time we decided on a plan of action for the afternoon and evening.” Caster asserted as he refocused the discussion, “It’s worth noting that if all four Servants sortie at once, the noncombatants will be undefended, assuming they don’t accompany us. I could place more wards as deterrence, but it would no doubt be safer with a Servant standing guard.”
