The journey of dragon transformation starting from Demon Slayer

Unless it is absolutely necessary, such as when the spiritual land itself has serious problems or is under external threats, they will never easily interfere with or even change the original state of the spiritual land.

Of course, Toosaka would not allow other magicians to take private actions on his sacred land, because it belonged to the family property.

If we slightly change his status, Toosaka could be considered a local landlord in the past.

Now let's talk about the Einzbern family.

This family has a huge castle in the deep mountains of Germany. Because it is covered with ice and snow all year round, it is difficult for ordinary people to find it, so there are rumors that it is a secret place that only exists in the ice and snow.

Unlike Matou, Einzbern did not live in Fuyuki City permanently. This family would only send magicians to participate in the current Holy Grail War every sixty years.

Because the Holy Grail needs a spiritual land as its base for its descent, Einzbern, who has mastered the Holy Grail technology, will basically have nothing to do with the four spiritual lands of Fuyuki except when the Holy Grail descends.

At this point, the relationship between the three great families and Fuyuki has been roughly analyzed.

At present, the Toosaka family has unknowingly been passed down to the fifth generation. Compared with Toosaka Tokiomi, a young boy on the path of magic, Matou Zouken is far superior to the other in terms of seniority and experience.

Zouken set up several insect warehouses in Fuyuki. In addition to the Matou family's workshop, Enzoyama is one of them.

In Zang Yan's opinion, it is safest to place the main body here.

First of all, as the first spiritual vein of Fuyuki, Mt. Yuanzang is located deep in the mountains and forests, with abundant magic power. The sun can hardly reach the interior, far away from the hustle and bustle of the world, and is especially suitable for the elderly to live in seclusion.

Secondly, the environment here is more suitable for insects to grow wildly.

Because of the abundant magical power in the spiritual land, the update and iteration of familiars is faster than that of humans.

As a magician who has lived for more than five hundred years, Zouken does not need to settle in an area with weaker magic power like Tōsaka did in order to cultivate the next generation.

Because of its magical properties, if Zōken wants to cultivate better familiars, he has no better choice than here.

After all, the remaining three are either located in the city center (fourth) or occupied by churches (third).

Since the Tōsaka family already occupies a sacred site (second), Zōken can only make use of the remaining sacred sites (first).

The main body of the Zangyan has been placed here for more than two hundred years.

Thanks to the surrounding environment, every time he needed to change his body, he only needed to catch an ordinary person outside, make him into a breeding bed for insects, and then use the unique "absorption" characteristics passed down from generation to generation in the Matou family to continue to prolong his life.

The 'absorption' trait has the characteristic of "definitely sending the results back to one's own body", so even if Zōken's body is far away from the workshop, he can still survive underground for hundreds of years without food or water.

When the "body" that is active outside is completely destroyed, the entity that actually stores the soul will regain consciousness and continue to move.

"Haha, this really is a summon of an incredible heroic spirit..."

"The daughter of the Tousaka family is really capable..."

As the words fell, the swarm of insects living underground began to gather under Zang Yan's control, and soon restored Zang Yan's original old man appearance.

Zouken is wearing a kimono and holding a wooden cane.

His eyes were vicious and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, revealing an extremely evil and sinister smile in the dark underground.

To be honest, this situation was far beyond Zang Yan's expectations, because even he had never thought that his workshop would be breached from the inside one day.

However, thanks to his insidiousness and cunningness, Zang Yan had the opportunity to make a comeback.

However, having said that, it is unlikely that Zouken will be able to return to the Matou Workshop located in a high-end residential area.

At least in the next year, until the situation is thoroughly investigated, it is unlikely that he will be able to return to that nominal home.

After all, for the Heroic Spirits, it is undoubtedly very important to have a suitable base before the Holy Grail War officially begins.

In addition, he was regarded as an enemy by the "Adventers", and going back at this point in time would undoubtedly be like a sheep walking into the tiger's mouth.

It would be best if the "Adventer" could take Sakura away from Matou like this, but Zōken thought it would be better not to hold out hope.

After all, Zou Yan knew Tsuruno's situation clearly, so he wouldn't be surprised at all even if Tsuruno sold him out.

Of course, there is another possibility. The heroic spirit will kill Tsuruno as well, and then escape with Sakura.

After all, the Master is a child, so there are naturally many ways to control him.

The Heroic Spirits who would respond to the Holy Grail's summons all had their own wishes, and Zōken did not believe that the "Adventers" would not have wishes they wanted to fulfill.

Perhaps it is because the Holy Grail he made is not perfect, that is why...

Thinking of this, Zang Yan narrowed his eyes.

But it was a pity for that good seedling of the Toosaka family, and his workshop and insect warehouse were also destroyed.

Hundreds of years of operation were reduced to nothing in an instant.

There was a raging fire in Zang Yan's eyes, and he couldn't help but curse the "Adventer" in his heart.

If he could, he really wanted to let his insect defile the bright blue light and die miserably amid wailing and wailing.

From the beginning of this Holy Grail War, Zōken was ready to give up and never thought about winning.

However, things went wrong.

The workshop is his main base, and the insects and environment inside are carefully adjusted, with the configuration level far exceeding that in the wild. To put it simply, it is the difference between a regular army and a ragtag army.

Even though Zang Yan has a spiritual land behind him, he dare not make a big fuss about it.

The spiritual power of a spiritual land is very important to a piece of land. If the spiritual power is unbalanced, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and various natural disasters may be caused by the turbulent spiritual power.

If he moved too much, he would inevitably attract Toosaka's attention.

Even if Zōu Yū was a magician who had lived for more than five hundred years, he would not dare to risk the world's condemnation and do things so blatantly.

If Toosaka discovered that there was something wrong with the spiritual power in the spiritual land, conflict would be inevitable once they started investigating. So they had to proceed with caution.

In the darkness, Zang Yan sighed softly.

It takes a certain amount of time to re-cultivate the insect. He must cultivate a body that can move freely in the outside world and hunt for food for himself before the vitality of this body is completely consumed.

Magical barriers and the like also need to be prepared, and there are some miscellaneous things that need to be investigated...

If nothing unexpected happens, the Matou family's quota for the competition will definitely be Matou Sakura.

But if his guess is correct, there is a possibility that all of the seven regular heroic spirits will appear.

When he thought of the ending of the last Holy Grail War, a complex emotion surged in Zang Yan's heart. He frowned slightly, shook his head gently, and muttered to himself: "Forget it, I'll just admit it..."

"With your participation, this ceremony held once every sixty years might be a little more lively."

After saying that, Zang Yan raised his head and looked into the distance with deep and sharp eyes, as if he could see the future through the heavy fog.

"Let me wait and see if you can take Sakura to the end..."

As he spoke, Zōken changed the subject, and his voice suddenly became cold: "Of course, if you lose in the battle with other heroic spirits, I will take Sakura back without hesitation..."

After saying this, Zang Yan tightly grasped the crutch in his hand, propped up his slightly hunched body, and slowly walked forward.

In this huge and dark cave that looks like a dragon's lair, his figure seems so small and lonely, yet he reveals a majesty and domineering aura that cannot be ignored.

"Before that, let me start making some preparations..."

As the words fell, the outline of Zang Yan melted away like a clay sculpture, and turned into countless insect tides, leaving this place.

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The scene shifts to the Toosaka residence.

That afternoon, Tōsaka Tokiomi's apprentice, Kotomine Kirei, learned from the black shadow in front of him that a new Heroic Spirit had appeared.

As soon as he learned of this information, Kotomine Kirei immediately found his teacher to report the intelligence.

Arriving at the magic workshop located in the basement of the Tousaka residence, Kotomine Kirei met his teacher here.

"Oh? Did you say that a second Heroic Spirit has been summoned? Kirei..."

Toosaka Tokiomi was slightly stunned. He stopped what he was doing, turned around, and looked at his favorite student curiously.

"Yes, teacher..."

Kotomine Kirei nodded slightly, confirming the answer from Tokiomi's mouth once again.

Tokiomi saw that Kirei did not look fake, so he asked curiously.

"Have you confirmed who summoned the Heroic Spirit?"

"As for the other masters, I am investigating, but I can only confirm the situation of three of them..."

These three people are 『Tōsaka Tokiomi』 who possesses the Command Seal, 『Kotomine Kirei』 who is the proxy of the Church, and 『Emiya Kiritsugu』 who is the magician assassin of Einzbern.

The reason why Tōsaka Tokiomi knew that Emiya Kiritsugu was the Master was because about nine years ago, the Einzbern family, which prided itself on its pure bloodline, suddenly allowed an outsider magus to marry into their family.

There were also such rumors within the Magic Association, but the only ones who could see through the true meaning were probably Tokiomi himself and the old man from the Matou family.

The magicians of the Einzbern family have always been immersed in the way of alchemy, and basically have little combat power. This is also the reason why they failed in the Holy Grail War in the past.

The Holy Grail War has now been held for the fourth time. Judging from the recruitment of live-in sons-in-law, it is not difficult to see that the Einzbern family can no longer sit still.

If Tokiomi's guess was correct, then Emiya Kiritsugu was the current "Master" of the Einzbern family.

Of course, this is just a possibility. After all, before the Heroic Spirit is officially summoned, everyone is just preparing to be the "Master".

However, Tokichi believes that the chances of this magus named Emiya Kiritsugu becoming a Master are still very high.

Thinking of this, Tokiomi came back to his senses.

"I'm sorry, teacher, I don't have any specific information here..." Kirei shook his head, and then continued, "But the news came from my father..."

Tokiomi was distracted, and the face of Kotomine Kirei's father appeared in his mind.

Kotomine Kirei's father's name is Kotomine Risei.

As the supervisor of the Holy Grail War, he serves as a special priest and is dispatched by the church to the Fuyuki Church where Fuyuki City is located, performing his duties as the supervisor of the Holy Grail War.

Kotomine Risei has a magic device in his hand that was given to him by the church. It is called the "Spiritual Device Disk" and has the function of displaying the attributes of a Heroic Spirit.

The identities of the Masters can only be confirmed through their respective declarations, but regarding the number of Servants that have been summoned and their occupations, as long as they appear on this land, the supervisor of the Holy Grail War will be able to obtain relevant information through the "Spiritual Equipment Disk".

Because of the conspiracy between Tōsaka Tokiomi and the supervisor, the two sides naturally shared their information in this regard.

"According to my father, there are two servants summoned now, one of which is my 'Assassin'..."

"As for the other rider..."

There was not the slightest fluctuation in Kotomine Kirei's eyes or tone.

However, it is only limited to the surface.

Like Tōsaka Tokiomi, he was also curious about the new hero that appeared.

After all, it is different from the normal Seven Knights of Heroes, it is a new class...

As Kotomine Kirei finished his words, a cloud of black mist suddenly loomed in the air.

The black fog gradually solidified under the gaze of the two men and turned into an adult male who was thin, clad in black, wearing a tight-fitting suit and a bone mask on his face.

He has a strong magical power that cannot be compared with ordinary humans. This feature represents that he is a "non-human existence".

That's right, he was the first Servant summoned when the Fourth Holy Grail War came, and he was the one who signed a contract with Kotomine Kirei to perform the job of "Assassin".

His name is - "Hassan i Sabah".

“The job of the other Heroic Spirit is ‘Foreigner’…” said the new Heroic Spirit that appeared in the room.

Hearing the term "Adventer", Tokiomi frowned, with a strange light flashing in his eyes.

“‘Adventurer’… a job I’ve never heard of…” Tokiomi murmured, “Is it a Heroic Spirit different from the normal Seven Riders?”

"I think so...but the identity of the 'Master' has not yet been confirmed..." Kirei nodded, standing aside, and then said, "Perhaps another magus summoned a Heroic Spirit that was beyond the standard..."

The other magicians that Kotomine Kirei mentioned are the other two magicians besides the Three Great Families and the Clock Tower.

There are a total of seven Royal Chair seats in the Holy Grail War. In addition to the three seats that will be taken by the Three Great Families, the Magician's Association - the "Clock Tower" also has two vacant seats.