Bab 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.
....
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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