Skill extraction from Dragon Clan

Chapter 333 The Coming Holy Grail War

A few years later, England.

The clock tower, in a dark and empty room.

The space inside the room has a strange feeling, and the sense of distance inside is distorted to a weird degree. It seems to be unbelievably wide, but it also seems to be extremely narrow and oppressive.

The candles standing in the middle dimly illuminate the faces of the people in the room, and none of the objects can be clearly seen. In this room with blurred boundaries, there is an indescribably depressing atmosphere.

"The whole army is wiped out..." It was a hoarse voice.

There were three people gathered here, and it was an old man who spoke at this time.

Although he is short, his back is straight, and the wrinkles on his face exude a luster like wooden carvings. The most conspicuous ones are probably the twenty rings on his hands and the jewelry on his chest. Eye-popping magic fluctuations.

He is the monarch of the third discipline of the Clock Tower, the Ascension Division: Coluffireus Nazelai Urifis.Kenneth's teacher and the father of Kenneth's fiancée Sola Nazele Sophialie.

A young man next to him nodded in response: "I observed the last battle through the familiar... The scene is really frightening. Existences of that level should never exist in the human world."

This is a red-haired boy with a handsome face. From his strong and proud eyes and his extraordinary temperament, it can be seen at a glance that he must be from the upper class. sense of mission.

His name is Bram Nazelle Sophialie, he is the successor to the monarch of the Spiritual Department, and he is also the first-level lecturer of the Clock Tower, and he is also the son of the old man who spoke earlier, Coluffireus.

The old man nodded in agreement, and then looked at the last person who had remained silent. The man had long hair casually, and was frowning displeased at the moment.

"Then what do you think, Your Excellency El-Melloi?"

The man called El Mello by the old man lit the cigarette between his fingers with the light of a candle, took a deep breath and slowly shook his head:
"It's the Second King. Although I am very grateful to the older generation for worrying about me, please add the title of the Second King. If it is not like this, the name El Mello will make me feel very uncomfortable."

"Sorry, El-Melloi II, what do you think?"

"Well, anyway, we have to change our approach. After all, we have already suffered a huge loss... and the clock tower has not recovered from the huge damage it suffered at the beginning. These thirty magicians are basically the ones that the clock tower can send. The last idle combat power that came out, if we continue to send people there, even if they come back alive, the interests of the Clock Tower will be greatly damaged when they leave their posts."

A team of thirty magicians who are the lowest rank and are also priests, led by two magicians of high rank, who also made a detailed and meticulous battle plan, was completely wiped out by a "familiar" just like that. Subverted.

The final result was that the entire army of 30 people was wiped out. If it wasn't for the information sent back by the additional familiars, the clock tower might have returned empty-handed this time.

Thinking of the rampant appearance of the servant in the picture sent back, El-Melloi II frowned unconsciously.

The powerful strength of the other party reminded him of the Holy Grail War he participated in 10 years ago, although the power of this follower was slightly weaker than that of an over-limited existence in that Holy Grail War. Not enough, but it is still enough to cause crushing damage to a team of thirty magicians.

"'The Holy Grail War is in total chaos, and a new master will be chosen', thanks to this information, we have a chance to fight back."

"Then who are we going to send over? The other party has been sniping and killing all the magicians who dare to show up. The teams sent over for the first time were well hidden, but they were all pulled out one by one. I doubt that the other party has any knowledge of the inside of the clock tower." We know the information very well, otherwise we would not be able to snipe with such precision. The most important thing is...we don't even know who the enemy is now."

El-Melloi II spoke the obvious truth in a light tone, which made the entire room silent for a moment.

"If I were to say it, I think we should hire other magicians from the outside world. After all, the Holy Grail War is now in an unprecedented situation. Coupled with the targeting of people behind the scenes, the Clock Tower is already at an extreme disadvantage. Of course , still have to find a way to pick out one or two people from the clock tower."

The other two agreed with what El-Melloi II said.

The matter is imminent now. If you still want to choose from the famous families in the clock tower, it will be a big project. For various reasons including inheritance, storage of magic seals and other reasons, it will definitely take time until the manpower is determined. A lot of time.

Then choosing a freelance magician who can be easily hired is definitely more efficient, and it can also make up for the current shortage of manpower in the clock tower.

"Then let the old man and El-Melloi II look for candidates together, and at least ask the Church of the Holy Church to send someone. After all, this is also to declare our legitimacy, so they need to join the war no matter what."

"How many people are we going to specifically look for?"

"According to the previous detection of the Holy Grail, the carrying limit of the Little Holy Grail is sixteen servants. However, according to the information sent back before, when our candidate master was killed, the Little Holy Grail was also rapidly Looking for a new master candidate, there are probably less than ten places left. Based on this speed calculation, if it is about a week later, there may be only five to seven places left."

The monarch of the Spirit Department talked eloquently. Although he only knew about the Holy Grail War for a few years, he already knew almost everything about the Holy Grail.

"In this case, the faster we go, the better."

"Then I will be in charge of selecting the holy relic. Although the situation is urgent, and the holy relics carried by the magician team have been completely lost, I will try my best to collect the medium that can be used as a combat power." Seeing my father The work has already been arranged, and Plum immediately picked up the conversation.

Hearing him say this, Coluffireus tapped the end of his cane on the floor as a sure sign that the meeting was over:
"Since this is the case, everyone should take action. This is far from the situation of the Holy Grail War in the previous intelligence. Please add more, and be careful that the other party will completely regret it for doing something that discredited our clock tower!"

After the discussion, the three of them did not exchange glances, but left in their respective directions.

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Japan, Fuyuki City.

"What?"

Zheng Shu sat in the living room of Jian Tong's house, looking at Jian Tong Kariya in front of him, a little confused: "What do you mean the Holy Grail War has changed?"

Matou Kariya, who seems to have matured a lot, sat in front of Zheng Shu. His appearance was much older than ten years ago, but because he started to practice magic, he also started to carry a good momentum. Finally, there are some postures of superiors.

However, when facing Zheng Shu, Jiantong Kariya honestly collected his aura, trying to be as peaceful as possible.

Regarding Zheng Shu's question, he also sighed helplessly, and explained to Zheng Shu the changes in the past few years in detail.

The main change in the matter began when Zheng Shu single-handedly selected the entire clock tower a few years ago.

Although the death of Kenneth made the clock tower notice this small city in the Far East, it didn't pay much attention to it.

After all, Kenneth was killed in the process of returning to the Clock Tower after leaving Fuyuki City. The most people who knew the situation would laugh at Kenneth, the monarch, for losing in such a remote ceremony.

However, after Zheng Shu singled out the entire Clock Tower and killed half of the Clock Tower's power, Fuyuki City, a small city in the Far East, was finally taken seriously by the Clock Tower and even the Association of Magicians.

Correspondingly, the most important "remote" ceremony in Fuyuki City has naturally been noticed again by letting a monarch return to the clock tower in a state of disgrace, and with the presence of such a fierce person as Zheng Shu. .

In the beginning, it was just a few lecturers who brought their students over, wanting to use the Holy Grail War as their graduate research topic.

Coincidentally, at that time, Tohsaka Tokiomi and Ahad, the acting head of the Einzbern family, were worrying about how to repair the completely damaged Lesser Holy Grail. Facing the group of people coming from the clock tower, although they were reluctant, they could only Under the deterrence of the other party's background, they were allowed to join the restoration team.

Originally, both Tohsaka Tokiomi and Ahad were angry at the sudden intrusion of the people from the clock tower, but they were not too worried. After all, the construction of the Great Holy Grail and the construction of the Lesser Holy Grail are completely on the same level. Worried that the other party will see through the nature of the Holy Grail War.

But I didn't expect it to overturn.

In other words, Tohsaka Tokiomi and the others really underestimated the level of knowledge of the magicians in the Clock Tower.

Although there were not too powerful beings among the group of people who came, there was a lecturer among them who was a student of a monarch of the clock tower.

When he encounters a problem that he cannot handle, he will naturally contact his teacher for help through magic.

So under such a series of coincidences, the secret of the Holy Grail was revealed to a monarch.

Fortunately, he also obtained information indirectly through observation, so he didn't get too detailed information, but only deduced that there was a deeper ritual behind the little Holy Grail in this Holy Grail War.

Out of curiosity, the monarch personally came to Fuyuki City to observe it, and then discovered the Great Holy Grail hidden underground.

Of course, because of various barriers, he still couldn't understand the specific operation principle of the Great Holy Grail. He didn't know that the main function of the Great Holy Grail was to open the channel to the root.

It seems that the Magician Association's control over the small eastern country is not so strict, so that the Holy Grail War was not discovered until the fourth round. The omnipotent wishing machine actually appeared in this small country town in the Far East. Just kidding There must also be a limit - this is the cognition of the Magic Association, or the information they get is the most.

But the massive magic power stored inside the Great Holy Grail couldn't be concealed no matter what.

Of course, with the knowledge and wisdom of this monarch, it can be seen that the magic power inside the Great Holy Grail has been completely polluted. If you want to use it to fulfill your wish after completing the Holy Grail War ceremony, you will only follow the worst path. The situation is "realized".

But for a magician, even if he can't realize his wish, such a large amount of magic power crystallization is enough to tempt him.

You must know that the magic power contained in the Saint Quartz made by Zheng Shu is only one-third of that of the Great Holy Grail, but Zheng Shu's reward with two Saint Quartz is enough for Aoqi Chengzi to completely teach Zheng Shu himself. puppet making technology.

Relying on her puppet-making skills, Cangzaki Chengzi has accumulated wealth equivalent to hundreds of years of an old magician family in just a dozen years.

The value of this level of technology in the magic world is simply incalculable, and unless a war is launched, there is almost no possibility of obtaining it.

It can be seen from this that the value of magic power accumulated in the Great Holy Grail is very high for a magician.

It is no exaggeration to say that even if the magic power has been contaminated, its value far exceeds the combined property of two or three magician families with monarchs.

What's more, for magicians, the processing of these polluted mana is just troublesome, time-consuming and labor-intensive, but it doesn't mean they can't handle it. The difficulty of processing is actually not very high.

The characteristics of magicians that have been passed down by family for hundreds of years, even if there is such a large amount of magic power accumulated in the Great Holy Grail, after enough time, they can completely purify it. The value will increase.

So the scouting monarch was ecstatic after discovering the magical power accumulated within the Great Grail.

It's a pity that this group of students who came to practice were not only from his school, so this news was quickly obtained by the entire clock tower, and the degree of contamination of the magic power inside the Great Holy Grail also made it impossible for him to dispel it in a short time. It is owned by them, so the monarch finally had to pinch his nose and negotiate with the entire Clock Tower's forces about the ownership of the magic power inside the Great Holy Grail.

As for the original owner of the Great Holy Grail, the Yusanjia of Fuyuki City?
Facing the "nuclearly amiable" faces of the eleven monarchs in the Clock Tower, the Yusan Family could only retreat.

But in any case, the Great Holy Grail belongs to the Yusan family, and the clock tower is also for face. If they just grab it by force, it is estimated that their reputation will be rotten in the entire magic world-although the current reputation is not good. Whatever it is.

Therefore, in order to allow himself to obtain these magic powers reasonably, the Clock Tower decided to also send people to participate in the Holy Grail War.

After all, the rule of the Holy Grail War is that the winner can obtain the right to control these magic powers, and the participation quota for this ceremony is open to everyone. In the previous Holy Grail War, there were even cases where ordinary people were invited to do it because of the insufficient number of magicians. In the case of the Master, the clock tower said that we sent people to participate in the Holy Grail War, which is naturally allowed within the rules.

Of course, in order to appease, and also to show his own justice, the clock tower finally left a place for Yusanjia.

In fact, for a powerful force like the Clock Tower, they are willing to leave a place for the Yusanjia as a dignity, which is indeed quite "magnanimous".

And in addition, the clock tower also provided Yusanjia with a lot of benefits and resources as "remuneration".

Including but not limited to, in the future, each generation of the Yusan family can select a family member to come to the clock tower to study "free", a large number of resources, and some channels that only established families can have.

Although the sum of these resources is not as good as the magic value inside the Great Holy Grail, it is enough for most small families to make them soar into the sky.

It's just that anyone with a discerning eye can see that these things are not so much a reward as a compensation. Once the Holy Grail War begins, the masters of the clock tower will first jointly eliminate the masters of the three families.

Both the Tohsaka family and the Einzbern family were very angry about this, but the Matou family had completely given up on the idea of ​​the Holy Grail War, so even though they were angry, Tohsaka Tokiomi and Ahad could only swallow it. Download this result.

"It sounds really miserable, but it won't change the mode of the Holy Grail War, right?"

Zheng Shu was a little curious. Although it was confirmed that the masters of the Yusan family would be kicked out in advance in this case, but because there were quite a lot of contradictions in the clock tower itself, the remaining six masters would not end. We will cooperate sincerely with the same alliance, but will still continue the correct way of operation in the Holy Grail War.

In theory, such a change is not enough to cause a change in the mode of the Holy Grail War.

"It was true that there would be no change, but there was an accident just a few weeks ago." Matou Kariya sighed helplessly.

Although theoretically speaking, the Master chosen by the Lesser Holy Grail during the Holy Grail War is random, but for magicians, "cheating" is their best ability.

Just like the three royal families, no matter how they decline, they can ensure that a master will appear in their family.

After the Clock Tower clarified the operation mode of the Lesser Holy Grail, it naturally released most of the back doors left by the Yusanjia, and then used this back door to confirm the candidates for the six masters in advance.

It was normal to come here. For the rest of the time, they only need to go to Fuyuki City to build their temporary workshop, and then wait quietly for the ceremony to start.

But at this moment, an accident occurred.

The only remaining spot that was supposed to belong to the Misan Family did not appear for a long time. After carefully observing the context of the ceremony, Tohsaka Tokiomi and Ahad came to a conclusion: their last spot was taken by someone.

That's right, someone sneakily stole the last spot without their knowledge.

The two angry patriarchs naturally looked for the clock tower to confront, but the attitude of the clock tower was also very tough. They made it clear that they only occupied six places, and the last place did not move at all, and believed that the reason why these two made a decision Such an attitude is to get more rewards.

Under mutual accusations, the two parties finally broke up unhappy.

When things got to this point, if the Yusanjia were normal magicians, although they would feel angry, there wouldn't be any big mistakes.

But the problem is that the Einzberns are not human beings.

The entire Einzbern family, from the patriarch down to the most basic servants, are all made up of artificial humans, and their only goal recorded in their brains after birth is to win the Holy Grail War and complete the final ceremony.

Therefore, although they are artificial humans who are not good at fighting and seem harmless to humans and animals, in the Holy Grail Wars of all ages, they have caused the most troublesome things.

The previous two Holy Grail Wars were not completely successful. I won’t say much about it. The reason why the Holy Grail was polluted during the third Holy Grail War was entirely because of the obsession in the heart after the Einzbern family was eliminated in advance. It was caused by an illegal call.

And in the Fourth Holy Grail War, the Einzbern family directly hired Emiya Kiritsugu, a magician killer, as a cheat, and turned the Little Holy Grail into a human form.

It can be said that these paranoid androids will pay any price in order to win the Holy Grail War.

Although what the Clock Tower did before was excessive, it was not impossible for the Einzbern family to win. After all, in the Fourth Holy Grail War, Zheng Shu had already told them what a powerful enough servant could do. Overwhelm everything.

Theoretically, as long as enough strong servants are summoned, even the six opponents working together can win the victory.

For this reason, Ahad, the acting patriarch of Einzbern, was even willing to give up his family's interest and transfer it to the Tohsaka family, so as to obtain the last place in the Holy Grail War.

"But all of this disappeared due to sudden changes. After the last place was taken, Ahad revealed his overly paranoid nature." Ahad's distorted expression.

He never imagined that the acting patriarch of the Einzbern family, who always seemed calm and proud, would lose his composure like that.

Zheng Shu raised his eyebrows when he heard this, he felt as if he had imagined the next result.

"Coincidentally, when the Lesser Holy Grail was being repaired, in order to balance the internal forces, the Clock Tower did not choose to allow a certain person to hold the Lesser Holy Grail, but chose to hide the Lesser Holy Grail on the edge of the Great Holy Grail through transformation. Only after the Holy Grail War reaches a certain stage, the Lesser Holy Grail will appear.

Therefore, Ahad secretly changed the mode of the Holy Grail War one night through his backer in the Lesser Holy Grail. "

"So what kind of battle mode is it like now?" Zheng Shu was curious.

"The limit of a single small Holy Grail is sixteen servants. Ahad has completely lifted the previous restriction, so the current Holy Grail War should be a big melee between 16 people."

Matou Kariya was also a little surprised when he said this. He can be regarded as having experienced the Holy Grail War once, so he naturally knows how fierce the Holy Grail War will be.

And that was just a battle between seven people, but this time there were a total of 16 people, Kariya Matou.I feel that the only thing I can do is to pray that these people don't go too far, and don't destroy the entire Fuyuki City.

(PS: Tired of watching the ordinary Holy Grail War, so I decided to do a new job on the whole, 14 people fighting? No, 16 people!)

(End of this chapter)