Next, Shen Er, what's your business?

Chapter 9 Stigmata (recommendation ticket for collection point)

The dark red color looks like the imprint of dried blood, with a strange beauty.

If you observe carefully, you can vaguely see the flowing texture under the bright red surface, as well as a faint magic power.

The style of the coat of arms is very peculiar. Three diamond-shaped fragments of the same size are aggregated together to form a triangular coat of arms. It looks like a crystal snowflake with three petals removed at intervals, and it also looks like a combination of the Mercedes-Benz and Mitsubishi logos. .

The appearance of the coat of arms was accompanied by severe pain, as if it was directly touched by a branding iron, or as if it had been pierced by ten thousand needles, and the painful person broke out in a cold sweat.

When the pain subsided, Shen Er immediately found Justissa.

"This is the stigmata." Justesa said.

Shen Er was puzzled: "Stigmata?"

"The appearance of the Holy Grail will give some omens to the magicians who become masters, that is, the stigmata and the predecessor of the command spell. When the magician successfully summons the servant and becomes the master, the stigmata on the master will change into Command Spell. I fiddled a little when I made the contract with you. When you officially become a magician, the stigmata specially prepared for you will appear, and you can summon servants from now on."

The Command Spell is one of the subsystems of the "Holy Grail War". It is a magic crystal that appears on the body and is the exclusive mark of the master.

The reason why there is such a subsystem is that the power of the servants is too strong. If there is no means of restraint, it is easy for the servants to disobey the command of the master, or even kill the master. The first 180 years ago The failure of a Holy Grail War is related to the lack of command spells to restrain followers.

The command spell is a figure composed of three strokes, which has the absolute command power that can make the followers obey. One stroke represents the right to exercise an absolute command once, which means that it can only be used three times at most.

A person with a stigmata is equivalent to being selected by the Holy Grail and has the qualifications to participate in the Holy Grail War, but a person without a stigmata may also summon servants by chance to participate in the Holy Grail War.After all, both the master and the servant are selected by the Holy Grail system. Everything the outside world does is to increase the probability as much as possible, but it will never reach [-]%.

It is worth mentioning that there are only seven masters, first come, first served. Once the quota is full, even if you have the stigmata, you will automatically lose the qualification to participate in the Holy Grail War.

Justisa's answer solved the doubts in Shen Er's heart, but it also brought him new doubts.

"What? You can summon it now? There are still three months before the start of the Holy Grail War."

"As I said, this is a special stigmata specially prepared for you." Justisa emphasized her tone, "Summoning in advance is your privilege."

The word "call in advance" awakened Shinji. As the designer and creator of the Holy Grail system, the Einzbern family to which Justisa belongs does have a certain degree of privilege. The illegal summoning of the third Holy Grail War And the early summoning of the Fifth Holy Grail War is all because of this privilege.

"Well, are you so sure that I can grow enough to support the Heroic Spirit within nine months?"

"I have no choice but to trust you." Justesa looked at Shen Er quietly, although she still had that iceberg face, she could feel an inexplicable helplessness and persistence.

"I didn't disappoint you." Shinji responded with a smile.

Whenever Justesa is habitually expressionless, Shinji will respond with rich expressions, hoping to infect her.Over time, the mood swings on Justissa's face became more frequent, just like now, she curled the corners of her mouth in a subtle way.

"Yes, you did not disappoint me, you met the Master's standard."

"However, I really never thought that I would personally participate in the battle this time, and I'm not even sure whether Uncle Kariya can participate in the battle." Shen Er said with a wry smile, "I didn't prepare a decent catalyst."

In the original world line, it was indeed Kariya who represented the Matou family in the Fourth Holy Grail War, but it was he who asked Zouken to implant the engraving worms in his body. In exchange for enough magic power and master qualifications.After receiving training step by step like now, Shinji is really not sure whether he and Kariya can be recognized by the Holy Grail and obtain the qualification of Master.

Catalyst, the medium used to summon the designated servant.

Heroes born throughout the ages are like stars in the sky, I don't know how many of them are there. If you do nothing but summon randomly, no one knows what kind of servants will be summoned.After all, the Holy Grail War is a war in which servants and masters fight each other. It is good to summon heroes with strong combat power, but it will be miserable if non-combat heroes are summoned.

In order to avoid such things from happening, and to summon as many heroes as possible, most of the masters will prepare corresponding catalysts in advance.

There are various types of catalysts, some are items used by the hero during his lifetime, called "sacred relics", and some are things related to a certain hero's legend.

Faced with Shen Er's worries, Justisa waved her hand lightly: "It's okay, there are a few good things in Zouyan's collection, which can be used as catalysts. Considering your actual situation, I have selected them for you."

"Oh?" Shen Er's eyebrows moved, and there was a hint of surprise on his face.

Justesa's subjectivity is not strong, and Shen'er is making decisions most of the time when the two get along, and Justesa just proposes goals or related suggestions, but this time, she did it without consulting with Shen'er decided.

Is it an attachment to the Holy Grail?Or was it subtly influenced by Shen Er?Or is it both?
No matter what, Shen Er spread out his hands, expressing that he was all ears.

I just heard Justisa say: "You have indeed met the master's standard, but it is only the lowest standard, which is very different from the masters prepared by Tohsaka Tokiomi and the Einzbern family. Not to mention other things, you are several times or even ten times worse than them in terms of magic power alone. Therefore, the servants you summon need as little magic power as possible, and it is best to have someone who can replenish their own magic power ability."

"However, most of the servants who can replenish their own mana are concentrated in the role of 'Caster', which is not a good choice for you, a rookie magician, so the only remaining option is 'Assassin', which consumes the least mana."

Hearing what Yustisa said, Shen Er's heart suddenly felt cold.

Before the holy grail system in Fuyuki City summons the heroic spirit, it will first prepare a container with a high degree of compatibility with the heroic spirit, and then summon the heroic spirit from the container.This container is the class.The basic lineup of the Holy Grail War is Saber (sword soldier), Archer (archer), Lancer (lancer), Rider (cavalry), Caster (magician), Assassin (assassin), Berserker (berserker) seven classes , each job description has a corresponding feature.

Note that the Heroic Spirits promoted through their achievements and legends during their lifetime do not have ranks, what they have is their suitability.Heroic spirits who meet the standards of a certain job can appear in the world with that job, but not vice versa.

Different job agencies have different standards, some are relatively harsh, some are relatively broad, and Assassin is the job agency with the most wonderful conditions among the seven job agencies.

The term Assassin comes from the Assassin sect in Christianity, and it is also a heresy in the sect. The term itself is the catalyst.Under normal circumstances, this job can only summon the leader of this heresy sect, a total of nineteen generations of "Hassan Sabah".

According to Shen Er's understanding, the eighteenth generation of the nineteenth generation of Hassan is very weak in frontal combat power, and they can only rely on the ability of stealth maneuvering and intelligence, which is also in line with the translated name of the job agency "Assassin".Another Holy Grail War is not without a fight.The problem is that the forthcoming Fourth Holy Grail War is full of monsters. Neither the master nor the servants are easy to assassinate. Among other things, Shinji is not sure about two of them, unless the first generation Hassan is summoned.

Thinking of this, Shinji himself laughed.

The heroic spirit with the highest force in the Fate series so far, who has reached the top of Assassin's job description, the crowned assassin who has reached the pinnacle of dark (none) kill (double) skills, has become the extraordinary existence of the seven strongest guardians in the world, how can he? Can it be summoned?
Even if the shit is full of luck and the summoning is successful, it can't afford the consumption.

PS: Hassan, the first generation, is known as King Hassan in the market. He is so powerful that there is no heroic spirit comparable to him. His record includes beheading Laer's head with a single knife in the great temple of Laer, who is the first in gold three-target defense. Ke chopped off Tiamat's wings with a single knife, and attached the concept of death to Tiamat who had no concept of death.The motto is: "No one knows I've sneaked in, because anyone who sees me is dead."

PS2: Wang Hassan: "You eighteen generations are the weakest Hassan I have ever brought up."

PS3: Although Wang Hassan is crowned, it does not mean that he cannot be summoned with an ordinary spirit foundation. Although there are certain conditions for summoning him, it is not yet clear.

PS4: The stigmata did not appear on Shirou's body in advance, and Saber was also summoned, and the Command Seal was obtained after the contract was concluded.The same is true for Ryunosuke, because the command spell was obtained after the accidental summoning opened the magic circuit and triggered the summoning ceremony.

(End of this chapter)