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80.67% Reincarnated as a dragon egg in DxD with a Fate System! / Chapter 238: It has started

Chapter 238: It has started

In a clearing among a series of bushes somewhere in the small mountain town of Fuyuki, Waver Velvet began his preparations for the invocation ritual after making sure he was completely alone.

Waver's nerves were completely strained all day by the chickens' incessant squawking, so much so that a ritual for the purification of the mind was necessary before the main ritual could be performed.

The shape of the magic circle had been drawn on the floor when the blood of the chickens was still warm. He had practiced this procedure on several occasions, drawing the four patterns of the game within the circle of invocation.

There must have been no mistake.

"Closing. Closing. Closing. Closing. Closing. Five perfections for each repetition. And now, let the traced symbols be destroyed instead of me!"

Waver carefully spread the blood of the chickens on the floor while reciting the incantation.

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In the subway workshop of the Tōsaka residence in the same small mountain village, the same preparations were being made for the same ritual.

"You first, O silver, O steel. O foundation stone. O Archduke of the Contract. Hear me in the name of our great master, Archmagus Schweinorg."

"Let the descending winds be like a wall. Let the gates in all directions be closed, rising above the crown, and let the roads that divide in three directions to the Kingdom change position."

Tōsaka Tokiomi recited the spell loudly as he drew the magic circle, using not the blood of a sacrificed victim but the melted essence of the magic gems. To prepare for this day, Tōsaka had deliberately used all the prana-infused gems stored in its treasury.

Besides him was the Kotomine family, father and son - Risei and Kirei.

Kirei was intensely observing the sacred relic placed on the altar. At first glance, it looked like a broken fragment of a mummy, but in fact, it was said to be a fossil of the skin left by the first snake in the ancient world several eons ago.

Kirei could not help but feel a wave of fear at the thought of the Heroic Spirit that would be invoked.

The reason for Tokiomi's trust could finally be understood. No servant could defeat the Heroic Spirit that Tokiomi had chosen.

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Simultaneously, in the distant Einsbern Castle, Emiya Kiritsugu was examining the complete state of the invocation circle engraved on the floor of the ceremonial room.

"Will such a simple ritual be enough?"

For Irisviel, who was standing aside watching the procedure, it was quite surprising that the preparations were so simple.

"It may be disappointing, but to invoke a Servant, it was never necessary to have an extravagant evocation ceremony."

Kiritsugu began the explanation while carefully checking that there were no broken or wrong lines in the patterns drawn with the mercury.

"The reason is that, in fact, it is not the power of the magician that invokes the Servant, but the power of the Holy Grail. As a Master, I only acted as the cord that connects the Heroic Spirit to this world in which we reside, and merely provide it with the prana necessary for its materialization in this world".

As if satisfied with the state of the invocation circle, Kiritsugu nodded and stood up. The sacred relic was placed on the altar - the sheath of the legendary sword.

"According to this, victory should be within our grasp."

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"Have you properly memorized the incantations necessary for the invocation?"

Matō Zōken kept reminding Kariya over and over again for security reasons. The latter nodded in the midst of darkness.

It was filled with the horrible smell of rot and dampness, darkness as green as that of the depths of the ocean. This was the warehouse of the worms hidden deep beneath the floor of the residence of the Matō, which stood on the hill of the small mountain town.

"That's right. Just, halfway through the ceremony, add two more lines to the incantation."

"What do you want to say?"

Zōken smiled sinisterly at Kariya's confused expression.

"Kariya, you should know by now that as a mage, your abilities are not only below one or two positions of the other masters. This will affect the basic abilities of the Servant."

"If that is the case, it can only be remedied through the Servant Class, and we must improve the parameters from the root."

"Predetermine the Servant Class by altering the summoning spell."

"Usually, the assignment of Servant Classes is inevitably decided by the attributes of the Heroic Spirit invoked. However, there are exceptions; two Classes can be designated by the invoker beforehand."

"One of them is Assassin. The Heroic Spirit belonging to this class can be assumed to be one of the groups of assassins who have inherited the name of Hassan I Sabah."

"And the other class is for all Heroic Spirits and can be manifested as long as the summoner incorporates the necessary external ingredients. Therefore -"

"On this occasion, we will give the Servant the attribute of 'Madness Enhancement'!

Zōken declared this with a face full of joy as if welcoming the disastrous implications that were contained in it.

"Kariya, like the Berserker Master, fight for me with everything you have."

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On that day, incantations from different lands and addressed to different beings were recited almost at the same time, a harmony so coincidental that it could hardly be described as an accident of chance.

Because all the magicians had the same hope.

Hope about a miracle. The call of these humans to the Heroes on the other side of the universe, who would brutally murder each other to achieve this miracle, began to resound on the earth at the same time.

"Ready -"

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This was the moment that would present itself as his greatest test as a magician. If he lost, he would even lose his life. Waver knew this, but he was not the least bit afraid. A passion that desired strength. A determination that pursued its goal relentlessly. Based on these qualities, Waver Velvet was definitely an amazing magician.

"- Ready"

"Let your body rest under my rule; let my destiny rest on your sword."

"If you submit to the call of the Holy Grail, and if you obey this mind, this reason, then you must respond."

The sensation of prana surrounded his body. This malevolent cold and the agony caused by the whistling and circulation of the Magical Circuits within one's body was something that no magician could escape.

Waver clenched his teeth as he continued to recite the incantation.

"- I take my oath here. I am the person who will become the virtue of all the Heavens. I am the person who is covered with all the vileness of the kingdom of Hades."

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The view of Kiritsugu was darkened.

The family crest of the Emiya, which had been passed down through the generations and had been engraved on their back, began to recite the incantations as if it were an individual entity as an aid to the thaumaturgical method of Kiritsugu. Kiritsugu's heart, in a dimension that was beyond the control of his mind, began to beat rapidly as if it were the hasty hand of a clock.

His flesh, which was tormented by the prana that gathered in the air, had already forgotten its functions as a human being; instead, it had become a component of the mysterious ceremony, a circuit that simply connected the ethereal with the material.

Kiritsugu paid no attention to the severe pain created by this, which was enough to make one scream at full power, and concentrated on pronouncing the incantation. Even the presence of Irisviel, who stood beside him holding her breath, was no longer present in his consciousness.

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Adding the forbidden alien ingredient to the summoning spells, Kariya included the two lines of spells that would rob the summoned Heroic Spirit of his sanity and degrade the hero to the level of a Berserker.

"- But, you will serve with your eyes covered by chaos. You, bound within a prison of madness. I am he who commands those chains -"

The difference between Kariya and the other magicians was that his magical circuits were made of organisms that lived inside him as parasites. The anguish necessary to incite them and activate their circuits was incomparable to that suffered by other magicians. As he recited the incantation, his limbs moved in spasms, and blood gushed from his shattered capillaries.

Tears of blood flowed from his right eye, down his cheek.

Still, Kariya did not lose his concentration.

Thinking about the task he was carrying on his back - then he would be unable to turn back at this moment.

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"You seven heavens, wrapped in a Trinity of words, come beyond the rings that hold you back and be the hands that protect the balance -"

With this concluding his prayers, Tokiomi felt that the acceleration of the prana that ran through his body had reached its greatest limit.

Thunder and lightning resounded, accompanied by clouds carried by a powerful wind. In the pressure of a blizzard that even prevented people who watched, like Kirei, from opening their eyes, the patterns of the circle of invocation shone with a bright light.

Finally, the Magical Circuits had connected with the plane to which man does not belong... from the dazzling light that shone endlessly, the golden silhouette of a standing man emerged. Marveling at the great solemnity, Father Risei murmured in his sleep without realizing it.

"...We have won, Kirei. Our battle has been won..."

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That desire was transferred to them in this way.

Arriving from the other side and arriving here, a legendary illusion wrapped between the tornado and the lightning.

Originally of human origin, but separated from the mortal plane. Raised to the level of elementals through powers beyond man. The place where early supernatural beings were gathered... from the Throne of Heroes that possessed the suppressed power of the Gods, Heroic Spirits woven from dreams of countless ordinary men had descended to earth all at the same time.

Then -

In a forest in the middle of the night, in a stone warehouse surrounded by darkness, at each of those locations someone now asked a question in a majestic voice:

"I ask you, are you the Master who has called me?

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Drako smiled.

"So it has started, huh."


Chapter 239: The Holy Grail War officialy starts.

You've noticed it too, haven't you?" Drako asked.

"So much powerful magical energy coming out at the same time, there was no way we couldn't notice that," Zoe replied.

"Yes, that was interesting how much less," Kuroka said in a selfless voice.

"It seems that many formidable rivals have appeared, Master," Mordred said with a smile. "When are we going to fight?"

Drako smiled at Mordred. "Do you want to fight so badly?"

"Ha? of course!" Mordred replied as she folded her arms. "I've been waiting for years to have a good fight to the death. The closest I ever came was when I was against that fallen angel, but he was too weak."

"Well, I have a surprise for you. You just have to wait a few days."

Drako dropped the surprise while smiling mysteriously.

"Tch, you and your desire to be cool," Mordred complained.

Sakura had a slight smile as she watched the interactions between the elders.

Drako had already explained to the girl that they would participate in a dangerous fight, but she didn't have to worry. The Servants had reached an agreement that at least one of them would be protecting Sakura in case Zouken tried to recover the youngest daughter of the Tohsaka. He was an unpredictable man, and you never know what tricks he was going to try.

Drako was thinking, recapitulating events that were going to happen in the next days.

If he was not mistaken, Waver should be accompanying Iskandar to "borrow some books". That's when Iskandar reveals to Waver his desire to conquer the world, while Waver tells him that he only wants to have recognition from the Association of Magicians.

This is also when Iskandar shows his Noble Phantasm Gordius Wheel for the first time. An A+ level Noble Phantasm, capable of transforming the entire Shinto area into scorched earth in less than an hour.

But this was not the strongest Noble Phantasm on Iskandar, although Drako was not afraid of either.

.....

Kiritsugu Emiya had noticed that Saber and he did not make a good team if they fought together. His ideas about how to deal with the war were very different, so he had devised a strategy to deal with this war and make the most of Saber's skills.

Servant and Master would act as completely separate.

To begin with, there is no limit to the range of the contract between the two. Regardless of distance, a Command Spell can control a Servant, and prana can still be provided unless the Master passes out. That the Master and Servant remain together is only an act of mutual understanding. Prudence dictates that the decisions of battle cannot be left to the Servant alone. The Master needs to remain on the battlefield to control the Servant.

If Kiritsugu had decided to move independently, without knowing about Saber's actions, of course, it didn't mean that he trusted her completely. Kiritsugu entrusted Irisviel with the task of being the agent to supervise Saber's actions.

That was not at all risky. For example, if Kiritsugu's Servant were to act in a rebellious manner, there was no fear that he would want to kill Irisviel while he still wanted to obtain the Grail. Without Irisviel, even if Saber defeated all the other Servants, she would not be able to obtain the Grail. The 'Grail container' that Irisviel carried is absolutely necessary for Fuyuki's Grail to materialize; therefore Saber needs to defend Irisviel from the other Masters.

Such an irregular team formation was only because of the respective battle tactics of Kiritsugu and Saber. The Heroic Spirit of the Knights, Saber, is a fighter who has Servant's skills and the properties of his Noble Phantasm completely focused on a "full-frontal battle". His mentality would never consent to an action that was not appropriate to it. On the other hand, his Master Emiya Kiritsugu is essentially an assassin who makes cunning plans, and there is no chance that the two of them together can generate anything more than a normal plan.

Instead, when it comes to affinities, Kiritsugu assessed that Irisviel would be much more suitable as Saber's partner. His wife is definitely a homunculus, but she is still part of the noble Einzbern family, and as such, she has a natural elegance and dignity. Irisviel is definitely the kind of lady to whom a knight would dedicate his loyalty.

In fact, in the last days they have lived together after the invocation, Irisviel and Saber had already developed a mutual understanding and respect. Irisviel's natural air of nobility was similar to that of a "princess" in Saber's time, and Saber's nobility was a perfect match for Irisviel's good birth.

Therefore, the Master by contract, Kiritsugu, proposed that his wife Irisviel act as a "substitute Master" in his place, which Saber readily agreed to. His problem in reality was that she was uncomfortable cooperating with Kiritsugu, and rather than let her wield her sword freely, Irisviel was actually much more appropriate; on that they had agreed. So, the two of them entered into a master-servant relationship according to the knight's oath, very different from a servant's contract, and that is how they were preparing for Heaven's Feel.

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Finally, the beginning of the war had arrived.

After the invocation of the last Servant, Caster, Tokiomi Tohsaka, and Kotomine Kirei had decided to take the first step.

Assassin was lying on the ground, trying to enter Tohsaka's residence when his hand was pierced by a spear thrown from above.

"…h!?"

An intense pain, fear, and above all, surprise. The simple attack of the spear was completely unexpected, Assassin turned his head upwards, looking for the one who had thrown it.

No, there was no need to look.

At the top of the roof of the Tohsaka residence, a golden shadow rose magnificently. That divine splendor that even steals the dignity of the starry sky and puts the moon to shame.

The anger of being wounded made Assassin forget the pain, but all he could do was fear its overwhelming coercion.

"You, you worm that crawls on the ground, from whom do you seek forgiveness" The golden man asked the Assassin who was hiding on the ground, looking down at him with a pair of scornful, burning crimson eyes, indifferently.

"You cannot look at me. Worms can only look at the ground when they die, like the worms that they are."

Around the golden shadow, more flashes appeared, growing in countless numbers. Suddenly gliding through the air emerged swords, spears, none of them the same as the other, all of them weapons treasured with dazzling ornaments. And they were all pointed at Assassin.

"I cannot win." Without even thinking about it, Assassin sensed it instinctively.

To win against him is impossible. It is stupid to even think about facing him.

If he is able to beat Assassin, a Servant, it means that that golden shadow is definitely a Servant too. And if he is preventing an invasion of the Tohsaka mansion, then his Master is Tokiomi- In other words, he must be the Heroic Spirit Archer.

Is there no reason to fear 'It'?

In the promise to his Master, Assassin knew that there was no contradiction in Kirei's words.

In the face of such an overwhelming enemy, fear is - yes, there is no room for fear -

There can only be despair and abandonment.

Cutting through the air in a roar, countless bright leaves began to fall over Assassin.

Assassin felt the stares. The relatives watching from the outside. The first Servant to fall in the Holy Grail's Fourth War met a horrific end without even offering a counterattack, witnessed by the other Masters.

And at the last moment, Assassin understood. The true intention of his Master Kotomine Kirei, and... the leader, Tohsaka Tokiomi.

With Assassin's false death, the war of the Holy Grail had begun.

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AN: The war of the Holy Grail has officially begun, which means that the fighting is coming bby.

How many levels will Drako go up? :)


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