Skill extraction from Dragon Clan

Chapter 334 The Illegal Call Was Caster's... Was it Assassin This Time?

"A big melee with 16 people... I didn't expect that old Ahad to be quite bold." Zheng Shu was a little emotional.

I feel that what Ahad did this time is completely out of line with the old guy in my original impression who knelt down and apologized on the spot after being kicked out of the door.

"Then how is Ahad now? If he does such a thing, the Clock Tower will be very angry." Zheng Shu couldn't help laughing when he thought that the people in the Clock Tower had suffered such a big loss. .

"Ahad is dead." Kariya Matou said calmly.

"Huh?" Zheng Shu frowned and sat up straight seriously, "Dead? Is the reaction from the Clock Tower so intense? No, this is not in line with their previous style of doing things."

Although the Clock Tower acts domineeringly, and is an outsider in foreign wars and an expert in civil wars, there is no doubt that they do worship knowledge and technology very much.

Therefore, although behavior like Ahad would make the Clock Tower feel annoyed, they were not annoyed that Ahad had pitted them, but that they did not expect such a situation, and would feel that their intelligence was being suppressed. people suppressed.

Therefore, instead of taking action against Ahad immediately, he intends to use absolute strength to subdue Ahad in the Holy Grail War to show his strength and wisdom.

"This...in fact, it's not just the Patriarch of Ahad, but even the six master candidates that the Clock Tower had prepared in advance were all killed." Kariya Matou's voice was unbelievable.

Now Zheng Shu became interested: "Interesting, the people sent by the clock tower are all dead too? Who did it? You won't tell me that old guy Ahad can do it, right? He doesn't have such a thing." strength."

"The specific identity of the murderer is not very clear so far. The only thing we know is that he has been hunting and killing all the people who have master qualifications in Fuyuki City. Unless the person who becomes the master is an ordinary person who has no foundation in magic, otherwise, Anyone with a magician background will be assassinated after becoming a master candidate." Speaking of this, Matou Kariya was also a little terrified.

At that time, it can be said that the entire Fuyuki City was panicked, and even he was considering whether to leave here just in case.

After all, whether it was Ahad who immediately obtained the identity of the master after changing the mode of the Holy Grail, or the six candidate masters who were protected in the clock tower, they were all assassinated quietly.

Especially the six Master candidates selected by the Clock Tower. After receiving the spell, they came to Fuyuki City to build their own magic workshops.

However, they were still found to have died in the magic workshop they had built, and they died so silently that there seemed to be no room for resistance at all.

"The method is so violent? It seems that the guy who quietly occupied the master's place is not a good person."

That's right, as soon as Zheng Shu heard it, he knew that the person who could do such a thing must be because the Holy Grail War was very important to him, and the biggest suspect was naturally the guy who had taken Ahad's original mastership.

"However, after suffering such a big loss, did the clock tower express anything?" Zheng Shu was a little curious.

This kind of assassination is completely different from Ahad's kind of guy who uses loopholes to profit for himself. It has already violated the bottom line of the clock tower, so the clock tower will definitely not let it go so easily.

What's more, the clock tower had just been beaten up by myself a few years ago, and it was in urgent need of finding a target to stand up for. No matter how short of manpower it was, it would definitely send a large number of executors to deal with such a situation.

"Yes, they sent out an execution team composed of thirty magicians, and some of the team leaders were even magicians of color." Matou Kariya shook his head, "But they are all dead, and they were all killed by the behind-the-scenes The servants instigated by the black hand were all killed without leaving the ground, not even a single one was left alive."

"Servant?" Zheng Shu raised his eyebrows, "The servant summoned at this time, if I remember correctly..."

"That's right, theoretically speaking, the only servant that can be summoned during this time period is Assassin."

In any case, the Holy Grail War is actually a relatively complicated ceremony in essence. As a ceremony, it must have various restrictions in terms of time, place, materials, and spells.

In particular, the most important ritual of summoning servants is the most important thing for the needs of all aspects.

Of course, because the Holy Grail War is essentially a superficial ceremony that is influenced by the Great Holy Grail, after reaching a suitable time point from the summoner to the summoning ceremony, the demand for other aspects will be further reduced, and it can even be reduced to that of ordinary people. It is also a level that can be directly summoned by a strong idea.

Conversely, if the magician's level is high enough, he can summon the servants in advance after obtaining the master's qualifications through sufficiently subtle magic rituals and consuming a lot of resources.

However, the servants summoned in these two situations are generally not very strong, and the other main limitation is that they cannot summon sufficiently powerful classes.

After all, in the Holy Grail War, the upper third rank does have obvious advantages, and the Saber rank can be regarded as the strongest among the seven ranks.

And if you want to summon the four classes of sword, spear, bow, or madness, you can only summon them at a suitable time.

Whether it is summoned in advance or later, generally only three levels of cavalry, art, and killing can be summoned.

The greater the time difference, the worse the class that can be summoned.

Theoretically speaking, such a servant summoned at least one month in advance can only be Assassin.

"And even Assassin, because the summoning time is too early, it is estimated that the inherent skills, individual attributes, and even the power of the treasure have been suppressed to the limit." Zheng Shu stroked his chin and deduced carefully.

Matou Kariya sighed suddenly at this time, took out a remote control from his side and pressed it, and turned on the TV in the hall: "Yes, I thought so too at first, but judging from the screen sent back , the one summoned by the other party does not seem to be an Assassin."

The picture unfolded on the TV, from the point of view, it should be the monitoring picture taken by the camera hanging on the utility pole.

"This is the picture captured by the cameras we installed on the street a week ago."

"Ah?" Zheng Shu turned to look at Kariya Matou in surprise.

Kariya Matou coughed in embarrassment, knowing exactly what Zheng Shu was surprised about: "Last time you asked me to install a surveillance camera in the sewer to find the master. It seemed very useful, although the Matou family did not intend to participate this time. The Holy Grail War, but just in case, I asked the city government to install simple cameras on all the streets of Fuyuki City."

"City government?" Zheng Shu tilted his head.

At this time, he suddenly remembered that although the Yusan family in Fuyuki City seemed to him to be quite weak, they were in fact big landlords that had been passed down for hundreds of years.

It is no exaggeration to say that even more than half of the people in the city government have unexplainable relationships with them, and important positions such as the mayor are even held by members of their family.

If it weren't for this, no matter how influential the Church of the Holy Church is in the secular world, it would be impossible for the media to describe such a big explosion as a gas explosion.

After thinking about this, Zheng Shu continued to turn his head to look at the picture on the TV.

It may be due to the technical problems of the monitor, the picture is not very clear, and it is still black and white, but it has shown enough information.

In the picture, there is a group of people who are fleeing in a hurry. It seems that there are about a dozen people.

Judging from their costumes, Zheng Shu could tell that these were probably the team of magicians sent by the Clock Tower.

Although the magic power fluctuations cannot be perceived on the monitoring screen, judging from the fact that the opponent's leader can still release magic quickly while running fast, his magician level and actual combat experience are not small.

Moreover, the other magicians are also quite organized, forming a formation even while running fast, and constantly using each other's support magic. On the elite.

However, in the next second, when the figures of these people all appeared on the monitor, they had completely turned into corpses.

No, it's not so much a corpse, it's better to say it's debris. Zheng Shu's eyes widened as he looked at the picture in front of him. In the monitoring picture, he didn't even find a piece of debris bigger than a human head.

Neither the magic dress nor the magic barrier released in advance seemed to block this unknown attack for them. In just a moment, this group of elite magician teams were completely killed.

"That's it, do I need to slow down?" Matou Kariya asked.

"No, I can see clearly." Zheng Shu clenched his fists in surprise as he watched the repeated second of the picture.

The monitoring equipment technology in this era is not very high, so the frame rate used when recording video is not very high.

Therefore, in this short second, Zheng Shu only saw three frames with the presence of enemies, and the characters also had very serious phantoms.

Because the picture is black and white, it is impossible to see the other party's hair color or eye color clearly, but Zheng Shu can also roughly see what the other party looks like from these three frames.

In addition to the muscular body, exaggerated sword-shaped weapons, and the very simple-looking black patterns on both arms, the most eye-catching thing is probably the line on the opponent's chest that seems to run through the entire chest, and by the way Huge wounds cut across the body.

The wound was right at the opponent's heart. If this huge wound was real, ordinary people would have died long ago. Even if they were lucky enough to survive, such a huge injury should be enough to make them lose their ability to move for the rest of their lives. .

But for the heroic spirits, the moment when they are summoned as servants should be their strongest fighting power, that is to say, the servant in front of him has reached the peak of his life power after suffering such a heavy injury .

Because the picture was too blurry and only three short frames were captured, it was impossible to see what the opponent's fighting skills were, but even so, it was enough for Zheng Shu to confirm the identity of the opponent.

At this time, Tong Yanye also pressed the remote control again, and changed the TV screen into a fixed-frame pattern, which was the most complete picture of the opponent's image among the three frames.

"Although we guess that the opponent's class should be Assassin, judging from this guy's fighting style and attributes, he is definitely not an assassin."

"Of course this guy is not an assassin, or in other words, as long as he is summoned, he cannot be an assassin." Zheng Shu leaned back on the chair, with a playful smile on his face.

"Do you know what his identity is?" Matou Kariya's eyes lit up.

"Of course, I'm too familiar with him. This guy is definitely not Assassin, but Berserker." Zheng Shu didn't explain carefully to Matou Kariya why he was familiar with each other.

In fact, the reason why he was able to recognize the person in the video was not because he had seen the other person after time travel, but because he had "seen" him while playing games before time travel.

Before Zheng Shu crossed over, when he first played FGO, he was not very lucky, so in the first half a year he didn't get a suitable five-star crazy rank.

The guy in front of him was the four-star mad-rank servant who supported him during those six months: Beowulf.

The reason why Zheng Shu is sure that he is not an assassin is that Beowulf's character experience is not suitable for an assassin, and "Beowulf" itself is also the source of the term "Berserker".

Just as as long as Assassin is summoned in Fuyuki, only Hassan can be summoned, so Beowulf can only be Berserker once summoned.

"Berserker?" Matou Kariya looked at the figure on the screen thoughtfully.

Although it was just a static picture, one could also see the terrifying killing intent and aura overflowing from the opponent.

Moreover, Kariya Matou also felt that this guy on the screen completely regards the killing intent and fighting will as the fuel for his own movement. Once the battle starts, he will completely ignore it. No matter who the enemy is, he will attack without hesitation.

Judging from this momentum, the opponent should indeed be Berserker.

but……

"This is impossible. Such an early summoning, theoretically speaking, shouldn't summon any class other than Assassin."

"No, what you said is a normal situation, but there is another possibility..." Zheng Shu shook his head.

Matou Kariya was stunned for a moment, and suddenly he turned his head to look at Beowulf on the screen as if remembering something: "Servant!"

"That's right, for modern magicians, it's not easy for a rite of the Holy Grail War level to be fully understood and changed even by the monarch-level existence of the clock tower, but for those magicians from ancient times or even the age of gods For teachers, this level of ceremony is just a 'simple subject' for them."

"Using a servant to summon a servant, I didn't expect that there is such an operation method. But... at this point in time, it would be strange even if the summoned servant is Caster himself."

"No, who said that it must be Caster to have such skills?" Zheng Shu stood up from the sofa and patted the folds of his clothes.

"A servant is just one side of a heroic spirit, so as long as there are corresponding deeds in his life, even a heroic spirit who is a magician can summon a servant of the Assassin class.

Anyway, for Servants, no matter what class they summon their memories are the same.Other classes might be affected a bit, but for magicians, knowledge itself is power, and the class only affects the efficiency in the early stage, and the later the class, the greater the impact. "

Zheng Shu walked to the door, ignoring Jiantong Yanye's expression of trying to persuade him to stay, he waved his hand casually:

"If you don't want to participate in this Holy Grail War, then I would advise you to leave early. After all, according to the available information, the impact of this Holy Grail War may be larger than imagined. By the way, before I lived That house should still be empty, I'll go out for a walk first. I haven't been back for so many years, the city has really changed a lot."

Seeing Zheng Shu leaving without hesitation, Jiantong Yanye opened his mouth, but finally said nothing.

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After going out, Zheng Shu walked on the street that was both familiar and unfamiliar, feeling emotional.

"The changes here are much more than I imagined."

At this stage, Fuyuki City can basically be divided into two parts, one part is the area caused by the Holy Grail War or the real gas explosion in ten years.

Because this part of the area was severely damaged, the latest planning and new buildings were simply used when organizing personnel to rebuild.

This also led to the fact that although Japanese cities have been developing towards modernization at this point in time, the modernization of Fuyuki City is quite prominent among most cities.

In a sense, this was actually the only positive impact the Holy Grail War had on the city.

The streets that were not destroyed remained, and the destroyed streets were rebuilt, so that there was a clear difference in style even though it was only across a river.

For example, the Matou family and the Tosaka family have not been damaged much, so even the Tosaka family with a bungalow can see the obvious ancient style, but after a short walk, you can see the obvious difference.

"Not only the place has changed a lot, but the people's hearts have also changed a lot." Zheng Shu felt a little bit emotional, although he knew that ten years is a long time.

But after seeing such an obvious change in the old man, there are still some unspeakable emotions.

He still remembers the first time he met Matou Kariya, although the other party looked embarrassed, but his inner will was strong enough.

Even though he was spiritually immature at that time, he was still dazzling enough.

But after only ten years, the Matou Kariya who was willing to give up his life to save someone has disappeared, and was replaced by the "mature" head of the Matou family.

Matou Kariya said that he had no intention of participating in this Holy Grail War, but he had installed a large number of monitors in Fuyuki City in advance, and he was constantly testing his attitude when talking with Zheng Shu, even with this time Various information related to the Holy Grail War has been collected.

What a person's intention is depends not on what he is saying, but on what he is doing.

It was also the conversation with Jiantong Kariya that made Zheng Shu suddenly realize that the other party had changed so much, only after ten years, the upright "Jiantong Kariya" back then no longer existed.

If it was the current Matou Kariya, perhaps Zheng Shu would not take out his medicine to help him when he watched him die.

"Is this the power of time? Is this the same way that gods look at mortals? No wonder, no wonder the gods of the Age of Gods have always emphasized the brilliance of the soul. It turns out that the human soul can become so powerful..."

Feeling slightly moved, Zheng Shu put this matter behind her mind, and turned to think about the Holy Grail War.

"Evidently Assassin has Caster's level of magic, and he knows the Holy Grail so well without touching the Holy Grail, he can even forcibly obtain the qualification of master..." Zheng Shu recalled all the characters he saw in the original book, "Amakusa ……"

Characters appearing in FA: Shiro Kotomine, Benming Amakusa Shiro Tokisada, the Ruler who was summoned together because of the Einzbern family's illegal summoning of Angola Newman to trigger the Holy Grail mechanism in the third Holy Grail War.

He is also an extremely paranoid partner of justice. After being given flesh by the black mud, he wanders around the world, looking for a way to save the world.

The reason why people in FA pretended to be members of the Church of the Holy Grail fought in the Holy Grail War was because the magic power inside the Great Holy Grail had been purified by the Thousand Worlds Tree after 60 years, making the Great Holy Grail a place that could fulfill human wishes again. treasure.

The Servant is Semiramis with the class of Assassin. His famous saying is "I know a little bit about magic" and his title is "Humanity's oldest poisoner".

With the queen's level of magic, it was indeed possible to illegally summon Berserker before the start of the Holy Grail War.

In this way, everything is in line with Zheng Shu's previous assumptions, and according to the information revealed in the FA, Amakusa Shiro Tokisada should have prepared the holy relic of Semiramis very early, so it is very certain He will summon this empress.

"If it's really these two people, it will be very interesting."

The reason why Amakusa Shiro Tokisada participated in the Holy Grail War in FA is because the Holy Grail has been purified and can fulfill the wishes of human beings.

So, since he is going to appear in Fuyuki City this time, does it mean that he has obtained some news that the Holy Grail in Fuyuki City will also be purified?

"The Association of Magicians... that's right, the family of the group of losers despised by the Association of Magicians in Thousand World Tree can purify the magic power of the Great Holy Grail. There is no reason that the Association of Magicians can't do it. It seems that I still have some You underestimated the technical level of modern magicians." Zheng Shu immediately thought of the greatest possibility.

"No wonder you gave me this qualification suddenly a few days ago. It seems that the magician association is much faster than expected. The speed of purifying magic power is so fast." Zheng Shu stopped his steps and looked up at The sky, reaching out as if to grab the sun.

And on his exposed arm, there are dense red lines, which are Command Seals one after another.

"Should I be the referee? But obviously let me be the referee, but there are no restrictions. Why, aren't you afraid that I will blow the whistle?"

As if thinking of something, Zheng Shu grinned.

(End of this chapter)