Skilled Pikemen Don't Leash

Although Matou Kariya didn't know what the identity of this heroic spirit was, he didn't know what the situation of this magic field called the "Passing Fire Sacrificial Ground" was.However, as a magician, even if he is a half-hearted monk, he understands one thing.

All the activities of the Servant in this world are maintained by the Master's magic power.

Yes, except for some Servants with special skills such as "acting alone" or "appearing alone", all the magic power consumption of the Servants in this "Holy Grail War" must be borne by the Master. The "Holy Grail System" only gives the "form" of the heroic spirit to appear in the world, and pays the magic power required for "summoning".After the Servants have completed their appearance, the magic power they need for their activities is basically paid by the Master.Although it is said that a Servant can recover a small amount of mana by providing the same food and rest as an ordinary person, this amount of recovery can only be said to be a drop in the bucket compared to the amount consumed in battle.

Most of the magic power still needs to be borne by the Master.as well as

And the consumption of Servant's magic power is not a fixed value.The strength of the Servant, the difference in the specific skills held, the combat intensity, and the use of Noble Phantasms will all cause different degrees of mana consumption.Even for a Servant like Berserker summoned by Matou Kariya, just maintaining his appearance and daily activities is a great burden on Matou Kariya's body.If it weren't for that old bug's strengthening magic, Matou Kariya felt that he probably wouldn't be able to hold on for a day.

Although it's not much better now... Matou Kariya felt that half of his body had almost lost the function of his body.

But now none of that matters.The important thing is that this heroic spirit wearing black armor, she actually completed the construction of such a large-scale magic field in an instant!This, how much magic does this need to support? !

"You, what are you doing?!" Matou Kariya said to the black Servant in a bit of horror, "If you do this, can Sakura's body stand it?! As a Servant, you don't care about your Master. ?!"

Yes, even if it is considered by the old bug to have rare magic talent, but Sakura is only a little girl around six years old now.An underdeveloped body is simply not enough to pay for the magic power consumed by the heroic spirit using such a large-scale magic, not to mention that this heroic spirit has already fought an old bug before.The consumption of the two is added up, what should Sakura's body look like now?

Matou Kariya expressed concern, but his body was still locked, and his already weakened body could not break free from the thick iron chain.

"Oh? So you are worried about my little Master?" The heroic spirit in black armor sitting on the throne in the middle was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted, "What a kind uncle, it's a pity that he is locked now. I can't do anything."

"You, what did you say?" Matou Kariya felt incomparably angry, but this anger could not be released. After all, he was completely immobile now, "What are you going to do to Sakura? She is your Master!"

He saw that the black figure sitting on the throne hugged the unconscious Sakura again.The head moved up and down slightly, as if looking at the child in his arms through the helmet.This made Matou Kariya somewhat dazed and frightened. Although he had a general understanding of Heroic Spirits, as a half-baked magician, he did not have a deep understanding of these existences beyond ordinary magicians.He couldn't figure out what this black guy was going to do.

"Okay, that's the decision." But soon, the black figure made a sound again.She focused her gaze on Matou Kariya again, "Hey! You, let me ask you, what is your purpose for participating in the 'Holy Grail War'?"

"Eh?!" Matou Kariya, who was at a loss, couldn't help but be stunned when faced with Heroic Spirit's sudden question, "Are you asking me?"

"Nonsense, besides me and the unconscious little Master, is there anyone else here?" Hei Jia's figure looked at Matou Kariya, "I'll ask you, why did you participate in the 'Holy Grail War'? You care a lot about me. The little Master, but since you can order the big black man who was blocked by me, you should also be one of the Masters, right?"

"Are you worried that I will become your enemy?"

Matou Kariya was not stupid either, and immediately understood the meaning of this heroic spirit. The "Holy Grail War" is a melee between seven Servants and seven Magician Masters. A Master matches a Servant to fight each other with other groups. Only one group of contestants can win in the end.That is to say, no matter whether or not an ally is formed in advance, at the last moment everyone will eventually turn their backs on each other.

The so-called "battlefield without father and son" is probably like this.Although Sakura will definitely not be hostile to herself, but as a heroic spirit who came from this world, the guy on the throne must be suspicious of herself.

This is normal.

"I participated in the 'Holy Grail War' for Sakura, to get Sakura out of the control of that old monster." Matou Kariya said to the black hero, "I am definitely not your enemy, you are Sakura's Servant, We are all fighting for this kid."

"Correction, I'm here for the Holy Grail, but it's not impossible to help this child along the way." The shadow on the throne said coldly, "Oh, by the way, that bug has been killed by me, you don't have it now. The reason is to participate in the 'Holy Grail War'. In that case, how about you use the curse to order that black big man to kill himself? Kind uncle?"

"Let Berserker kill himself..." Matou Kariya was at a loss for words for a while, and there was a slight hesitation in his heart, "This, how can this be done?!"

"Oh, it looks like you lied to me just now?" The black heroic spirit on the throne tilted his head slightly, "I hate people who lie to me. Ah, tell me righteously that it is for this child to participate in the Holy Grail War. But now that this child is free, you are unwilling to give up your eligibility to participate in this war. I doubt your position, this kind uncle."

"I, can't just quit this war. Although Sakura is free, the source of everything has not been solved! Yes! That man, he has not paid the price!" Facing the persecution of the heroic spirit, Matou Kariya's heart experienced a battle between heaven and man.Finally, after countless inner battles, he revealed another purpose of his own, "Yes, I want to defeat Tohsaka Tokiomi in this 'Holy Grail War'! That man, the one who caused Sakura to suffer like this Destiny, the culprit!"

"Oh huh? It seems to be a very interesting story... Is Tosaka Tokiomi? I see."

The black Heroic Spirit let out a chuckle, which was very nice, but with her hideous armor covering her real face, Matou Kariya only thought that it was an evil spirit from hell.However, this slight fear only lasted for a moment. Anyway, I have no resistance now, so I might as well follow the other party's wishes.Even if the other party is terrible, can it be more disgusting than the old bug?

"What are you trying to do?" Thinking this way, Matou Kariya calmed down a little, and he worried about Sakura's body again, "You can use your power at will, Sakura's body will be too much..."

"Okay okay, you are indeed a good uncle. At this time, you still know how to care about this child's body. Sure enough, I'm still more direct." The black figure changed his sitting position, "Little Master You don't need to worry about his magic power. I said it when I just killed the old bug. I took his 'magic workshop' for myself, including the spiritual veins below. Now, the one who keeps this enchantment running The magic power comes entirely from the leylines occupied by the Matou family. So, you don't need to worry about this child's body."

"Is that so..." Matou Kariya decided, "That's good, I can explain to you again that I will never be your enemy, and neither is Berserker."

"There is no reason to say that this is the 'Holy Grail War'. The essence of the so-called war is to strangle lives. For this purpose, all means are allowed." Although Matou Kariya tried to express his position, the black Heroic spirits do not trust, "Sneak attack, assassination, poisoning, traps, and... betrayal, these are all methods that can be used. You are a Master, you have your own Servant, and this is your position in this war. .Even if you can really give up this war for this child, will your Servant allow you to do so? Or, I ask you to do as I say and let the big black guy kill himself? Kind uncle ?"

"I said, I want to defeat 'Tokiomi', I can't lose my Servant." Matou Kariya explained again, "Also, Sakura is still too young, although I don't know how powerful you are as a Servant. , but Sakura doesn't have the quality to become a Master at all. She is too young to understand anything, and participating in such a war is too dangerous. With the help of me and Berserker, we have the possibility of victory."

"With all due respect, although the strength of the big black man is okay, your body cannot support the victory of the war at all." The black heroic spirit expressed disdain for Matou Kariya's remarks, "Just to maintain the big black man. The existence of , your body can already be said to be hovering at the limit, not to mention fighting, and even liberating the Noble Phantasm. Although I don't know how powerful that 'Tosaka Tokiomi' is, I think he is definitely more on the verge than a The living dead in a dead state are much stronger."

"But so what?!" Matou Kariya's expression became grim, "I already knew this was the case, but I had to give it a try... I used to, I didn't seize the opportunity, which made me regret it now. This time, I won't...cough cough!"

Halfway through speaking, Matou Kariya began to cough violently, and a large mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth.At the same time, the necrotic part of his face also began to spread.

"Oops, because I killed that old bug, the bug familiar he used to transform you began to die quickly. The result is that you received the side effect of magic transformation, which was completely exploded at this moment." The black heroic spirit With a flash, he came to Matou Kariya with Sakura in his arms, "It seems that you don't want to participate in the 'Holy Grail War', take a good look at this child, this is the last time."

"What, how could it be...cough, cough!" Matou Kariya's face quickly withered away, and because Matou Zorkin's body was destroyed, the imprinted worm as a familiar died quickly.In Matou Kariya's body, the simulated magic circuit composed of imprinted insects also began to wither rapidly, and the body that was forcibly supported by magic power began to disintegrate, "Ahhhhh... No, I'm not reconciled, I haven't defeated it yet. Sir, I can't die, I don't want to die!"

"Look, did I say it? You can't even save your own life, so what are you talking about." The black heroic spirit whispered, in Matou Kariya's ears, it was like a whisper of a demon, "But what you said It also makes sense. The 'Holy Grail War' is indeed quite dangerous for my little Master. Although you are useless, it can be used as a good prop. Hey, how about we discuss the conditions?"

"Cough cough! What..."

"I'll give you the power to defeat that Tokiomi, and you'll give me the big black man's contract, okay?" the black hero said, "My class is Caster, which is 'magician', so theoretically I can also become a Master, how about letting me become that big black Master?”

"Defeat, Tokiomi's power? Cough cough... Is it really possible?"

"That's right, to defeat Tokiomi's strength, strong physique, the price is the contract of that black big man." The black heroic spirit nodded.

"Didn't lie to me?"

"If you don't believe me, I'll tell Xiao Sakura that the 'good-hearted uncle' who can only talk nicely but can't do anything and die worthless." Yingling shrugged, "Don't worry, An obedient child like Sakura will definitely come to worship you every year."

"No, this can't be done!" Matou Kariya roared with all his strength, "I promise you! Take Berserker's curse, give me the power to live! Give me the power to defeat Tokiomi!"

"as you wish……"

With a wave of the great sword in the hand of the black heroic spirit, the raging flames wrapped Matou Kariya in it.

The transformation begins, and the technical template—Sure Knight Specialized Type, is loaded.

Strengthen data module selection, attack command candidate template selection...

"This body is too weak, it seems that this can only be used as a strengthening template."

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The first night of the fourth episode was not peaceful.

The Holy Grail is a miracle relic originating from the legend of the Cross religion.In mythology, it represents the covenant between the only god and man.In the "Sacrament" of the Christian ordinance, the wine is still called "the blood of the Son", which is the interpretation and worship of this myth.

In the cultural circle of the Crusaders, there are also many legends of travelers who are looking for the Holy Grail. The most famous one is "The Legend of King Arthur". King Arthur once sent his knights on an expedition to find the Holy Grail. , Galahad brought it back.And Galahad also saw the appearance of the god, and his soul followed the god to heaven.

Of course, the center of the "Holy Grail War" in Fuyuki City is certainly not the legendary cup that represents the covenant between gods and humans.The so-called "Holy Grail" here is just a magic matrix built by a group of magicians, and the medium that drives this magic matrix.A ritual around this magic system is the essence of the "Holy Grail War".

Originally, the "Holy Grail Summoning System" was a decisive battle magic used to save the primate world by suppressing power.The seven exceptional Heroic Spirits standing at the top of the seven ranks - the Grand Servants, will appear when the primate civilization is in a devastating crisis, and will hinder the development of the primate world. The catastrophe "Humanity". Evil" to be destroyed.This is the prototype of the "Holy Grail Summoning System", and human magicians have downgraded this system for their own interests. After copying a similar summoning system and transforming it, it is a ceremony called "Holy Grail War".

Seven magicians called "Master" use this system to summon seven heroic spirits called "Servants" corresponding to different ranks, and then use the heroic spirits to return to the "Holy Grail" after their deaths. The huge magic power opens the "hole" leading to the outside of the world and achieves the purpose of going to the root. This is the actual purpose of the "Holy Grail War" that took place in Fuyuki.

More than 200 years ago, the "Einzbern" and "Zorgen", two foreign magician families, together with the ancestors of the local magician family "Tohsaka" in Fuyuki City, Japan, jointly created the "Holy Grail War". The ritual system, wanting to reach the root.However, they later discovered that this copycat version of the "Holy Grail Summoning System" had insurmountable flaws. After sacrificing all the heroic spirits, no matter whether it was making a wish or reaching the root, only one magician could have this ability. qualifications……

As you can imagine, the scene at that time must have been very embarrassing.In the face of huge interests, the former partners immediately turned their faces, but in the last three families, no one could do anything.In the end, the three parties reluctantly made compromises and regulations, and established the current form of the "Holy Grail War" - using the lie that "the Holy Grail is an almighty wishing machine" to call other magicians, and then let them kill each other for the purpose of the Holy Grail , while members of his own family are also involved as relatives of the founder.

However, as if by God's will, more than 200 years have passed since the establishment of the "Holy Grail War" in Fuyuki City. Whether it is a magician or not, no one has really won this war, and the so-called "Holy Grail" has never been wished.Every "Holy Grail War" will be suspended or destroyed due to various strange situations. After several failures and improvements, this "Holy Grail War" is already the fourth time.

This time, I must win... I have already drawn the strongest card.

The leyline manager of Fuyuki City, the contemporary head of the "Tohsaka" family, one of the "Three Imperial Households" who founded the "Holy Grail System", Tokiomi Tohsaka looked at the heroic spirit he summoned not long ago, showing a confident and elegant look. Smile.Not only did he get his wish to summon the strongest heroic spirit in advance, but he also had the help of his close friend, the supervisor of the "Sanctuary Church", Kotomine Rizheng and his son, and he was basically guaranteed to be safe.

Well, as long as you deal with it carefully.

"My teacher." Just as Tohsaka Tokiomi was looking forward to the future with joy, the voice of Kotomine Kirei, his disciple and the son of his good friend Risei Kotomine, suddenly came, "Assassin has discovered something, I think it is necessary to correct it. You report."

"Oh? What happened? Have the other Masters already acted?" Tokiomi Tosaka said calmly, "So, which team was the first to take action? This is the first night, Who could be so impatient?"

To be honest, the situation that happened so quickly was a bit beyond Tosaka Tokiomi's expectations.Because in terms of time, today is the first day of the "Holy Grail War", and most of the Master's heroic spirit summoning has just ended.Even if the heroic spirits are summoned sooner or later, the difference is only a day or two. In such a short period of time, the running-in of the heroic spirits is always a problem.

So who is this?Afraid that you and your heroic spirits have not yet been familiar with each other, you have started to do it?This one is so hard...

"It's the Matou family." Kotomine Kirei's voice did not fluctuate at all.

"What? The Matou family? There shouldn't be anyone from their family participating this time... Could it be that guy Matou Kariya?

Tohsaka Tokiomi frowned. He was also a "Missionary Family". When he was young, he also had contact with the young people of the Matou family.He remembered that Matou Tsuruno, the eldest son of the Matou family, was already quite inferior in magic ability, and the second son, Matou Kariya, who had a certain talent, also gave up the magic way and ran away from home.It is precisely because of this that the head of the Matou family, Matou Zoe, asked Tosaka Tokiomi to adopt his daughter, Sakura, to the Matou family as the next generation of magic heirs.According to this, in the current Matou family, no one with Master qualifications should be able to participate in the "Holy Grail War" - although her adopted daughter has excellent qualifications, she is too young and has not started practicing magic. Not at all qualified to participate.

The only explanation is that only Matou Zaoyan personally came out, or that fellow Matou Kariya came back.

"Yes, the Matou family." Kotomine Kirei nodded, "The Matou family was suddenly shrouded in a layer of gray mist, the entire mansion and surrounding streets were completely covered, and the layer of mist was like a huge The pillars extend all the way into the sky, with no end in sight."

"What, what? Isn't that very eye-catching?" Tokiomi Tosaka suddenly became uneasy, "How is the situation over there?"

"Yes, my teacher, just as you said, the phenomenon that happened in the Matou family is very obvious." Kotomine Kirei nodded, "A large number of irrelevant people have gathered around to watch, and it seems that even the police have been dispatched. But the fog cannot be entered. This should be some kind of Noble Phantasm effect of the opponent's Servant, which arrogantly shut everyone out."

"How does this work?!" Tohsaka Tokiomi could no longer maintain his elegance, "Is this already a violation of the magician's 'rescue' principle?"

"Yes, my teacher, that's why I'm here to report to you as soon as possible." Kotomine Kirei nodded, "If necessary, I think the Sanctuary Church should initiate a special mission to convene all the Master factions, right? The Master of the Matou family is fighting against that heroic spirit whose true identity is temporarily unknown."

"This, the first day..."

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Chapter 1 Do you still want to break out of the group?impossible

"it hurts……"

This was Yiguang's first reaction after regaining consciousness. His whole body was in severe pain, especially his head. The huge dizziness was tugging at his head, causing him to feel a headache.So, he obeyed his own instinct and touched his forehead.

Wait, I, shouldn't I be... dead?

The moment his fingertips touched the ground beneath him, Yi Guang suddenly realized an astonishing fact.At the same time, the scenes before falling asleep flashed through my mind one by one, confirming the existence of this fact.This huge sense of unreality made his drowsy head suddenly wake up.Then, he suddenly opened his eyes, sat up from the ground, and looked around subconsciously.However, all that can be seen is only darkness. In this darkness, there is a faint firelight that vaguely illuminates the surrounding environment.

However, the place shrouded by the firelight is also nothing.

"Okay, so dark...Is this the underworld?"

The endless darkness around him made Yi Guang feel fearful.Human beings are always inherently afraid of the dark and the unknown. From the perspective of biological evolution, this is a manifestation of the characteristics of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages.In ancient times, only those who feared the darkness and knew how to seek shelter from the light could survive and leave descendants.Therefore, he is not a coward, Yiguang comforted himself like this.

"However, having said that, I am still dead."

The fear only lasted for a short moment, and then the young man named Yiguang once again confirmed the fact of his death, and began to laugh hysterically.

"Hehe, hahaha... wow!!!" However, he smiled and suddenly began to cry inexplicably.crying sadly.

"Are you crying for your own death?" Suddenly, an ethereal voice came from beside him, "It sounds like you are crying very sadly."

"Nonsense, can you not be sad?" Yi Guang was probably immersed in sadness, and he didn't notice the voice appearing like a ghost, but he answered on his own—or found someone to talk to, "Damn it!" A single dog for 23 years, I finally mustered up the courage to confess to the girl I have a crush on, and the other party actually agreed to it unbelievably."

"That's a good thing. It's the first time I have someone I have a crush on, and it's the first time I have someone who accepts my confession. Two happy things overlap..."

After hearing Yi Guang's words, the voice seemed to respond with some doubts.But before the words were finished, Yi Guang couldn't help interrupting the other party, because he really wanted to kill the guy who was talking.

"If this is a good thing, I'm still crying!" Yiguang said angrily, "The problem is that I just made a successful confession on WeChat, and I'm going to die! Otherwise, why would I be here, until I die? It's a single dog, and you don't have to leave the group, hahahaha..."

Trapped in memories, Yiguang, who couldn't help but feel sad, let out a destructive laughter.A thunderbolt from the blue sky suddenly appeared in a good day and hit me on the way to a date. I only felt numb all over my body, my eyes were dark, and I woke up in this darkness.

"But wait! I'm dead, how can anyone talk to me?"