Jeanne Curse Resistance - Volume 4

Even so, there was no problem. Without hesitation or mercy, Assassin
of Black activated her Noble Phantasm.
“Everywhere except here is hell. We are flame, rain, and power—”
The surrounding dimension twisted and a murder began to take place.
The victim is a woman. A ‘woman’ wandering ‘within the fog’ is cut
down at ‘night’.
All three of these conditions had been fulfilled. Assassin’s attack
was Maria the Ripper: Holy Mother of Dissection.
An absolute Noble Phantasm that kills virtually all ‘females’.
And now, this Noble Phantasm—a murder—came into existence here.
Jack the Ripper killed at least five prostitutes—perhaps.
Jack the Ripper possessed advanced medical knowledge—perhaps.
Jack the Ripper might have been a man, or might have been a woman.
Even though the events of history remained the same, the existence of
Jack the Ripper himself was merely vague and uncertain.
No one knew his true identity. No one could figure out his true identity.
He might have been a police detective, a private investigator, a poet, a
teacher, a doctor, a devilish cutthroat, a psychic, a scientist—or even a
god.
There was only one thing that was known for certain about Jack the
Ripper.
Jack the Ripper kills women.

The female victim’s abdomen split open. The instant the Noble
Phantasm is activated, it ends all possible situations.
This was neither an attack by a holy sword nor a series of consecutive
attacks by a divine spear—it was the reproduction of a murder.
The victim dies—she is dissected, she has her organs plundered, she
loses her blood and, as a result, she dies.
First, a ‘murder’ occurs, followed by ‘death’, and finally, the ‘reason’
for it is drastically late in catching up; that’s what makes it a truly
instantaneous attack. Counterattacking, dodging and resisting are all
meaningless.
Assassin of Black was certain of this.
She killed her. She definitely killed this Servant. At the same time, she
tried to tear out the Servant’s heart.
A Servant’s prana was enormous. Even more so within their heart or
brain where their spiritual core existed. Assassin of Black would devour
her soul and gain even more power.
…If Assassin of Black had made one miscalculation.
It would be that she viewed this woman as just an ordinary Servant.
True, Maria the Ripper was an unequaled Noble Phantasm that delivered
instant death in a single blow. All the conditions had been achieved as
well—‘night’, ‘within the fog’, and a ‘woman’.
But even if one brought about a phenomenon that twisted cause and
effect, a foundation, something to serve as the raw material for it, was
still needed.
In this case, Maria the Ripper was, at its essence, a [curse]—the
collected grudges of thousands of unborn children. That was the true
nature of this fearsome Noble Phantasm.
Accordingly, in order to counter this Noble Phantasm, what was
necessary was neither luck nor endurance, but purely an absolute
resistance against curses.

And the woman she had targeted—Ruler, Jeanne d’Arc, was a saint
who unmistakeably had the faith and belief of the world gathered upon
her, a Servant with some of the strongest resistance against curses in this
world. And what was even more fatal for Assassin of Black…
…was the holy flag she possessed.