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Chương 571: Primordial Runes or Not?

"Her magic is the nemesis of all pure mages like myself," replied Edward. "And she's attacking the students in your school."

"What? What do you mean by that?" asked Tohsaka as she stood up from her sitting position.

"She plans to feed off the life energy of the students in the school to strengthen herself. One of your teachers — Souichirou Kizuki — is helping her."

"Mr. Souichirou? No, we have to stop them," she said as she remembered something and rushed out of the room. Edward's lips twitched as he glanced at her, departing back strangely.

On top of a roof, Tohsaka stopped as she sensed a powerful mana fluctuation. Such a clash was definitely the result of two Servants battling it out.

"Wait, that direction— that's near Shirou's house." Her magic circuit appeared in her legs, and she rushed forward.

"Little girl, you need to raise your standard of man," suddenly said Edward, causing Tohsaka to fall midway through her jump.

"What…what… what are you saying?"

"I'm saying you could do way better than someone like Shirou Emiya," replied Edward. "Especially now that you will probably be one of the greatest modern mages that has ever lived."

"Don't talk nonsense," yelled Tohsaka before continuing rushing forward, and Edward followed. A few seconds later, the tsundere girl asked, "What do you have against Shirou?"

"I have immense disdain for him," replied Edward casually.

"Why? You don't even know him."

"I saw enough of his future and past to form an opinion."

"And what did he do that was so egregious?" asked Tohsaka.

"He didn't do anything— it's his personality," explained Edward. "The child failed to save one person and developed an extreme version of being a hero."

"There is nothing with wanting to be a hero."

"A little defensive, aren't we?" Tohsaka's face almost burned with embarrassment, but she decided to ignore that comment.

"Heroism is fine at its core, but not his version. His desire to save everyone comes at all costs to his life, whether it is his safety, sanity, bodily arm, or even the people he loves or cares for. It's to the point you wonder whether this man is into masochism because of the length he is willing to save people. And the worst part is he refuses to change even if he knows the consequences of this path he is walking toward."

Tohsaka thought briefly before replying, "You're overexaggerating thing."

"Am I? I'm sure you've already noticed it in school. People will ask him for a 'favor' but just use this as an excuse to get him to do their work for them for free. And even if Shirou knows, even if he heard them admit it, he would help them no matter the task or how long it must take — because that's what a hero should do."

Edward sneered in disdain, "He's the kind of hero who, if confronted with an absolute choice between the world and the love of his life, will try to save both just to lose everything in the process. But even such a thing won't deter him in his heroic journey. I guess I should praise his conviction."

Tohsaka did not know what to say. She had seen how some people treated Shirou in school; if not for her, things might have been worse. However, she had always loved his kindness and had never seen it from this perspective. While trying to think of a response, they soon reached their destination.

"Is that Saber and Lancer?" asked Tohsaka. "Where are their masters?"

"Look at the back of your boyfriend's hand."

"He's not my…Wait, Shirou is a Master?"

"Tohsaka?" yelled Shirou, finally noticing their arrival. Saber stopped her battle and jumped before Shirou.

"Master, this is Servant, and their master is very powerful: be careful." She had never met a modern mage with so much mana, and the Servant also exuded a mana capacity above her.

"Tohsaka, do you know what's going on?" asked Shirou as he began to walk toward her.

"Master, they are the enemy," Saber stopped him.

"She's not an enemy, she's my friend."

"He looks confused. Doesn't he know what's going on?" asked Tohsaka.

"That's obvious. This novice doesn't even know he has to use a trigger to activate his Magic Circuit. He's been using his magic by forcing mana through his actual veins; the fact he's alive is truly a testament to how lucky he is."

"Who is this?" asked Shirou with a frown, but Edward had already shifted his focus to Lancer.

"I've been looking forward to fighting you."

"Do you know me?" asked Lancer.

"In a matter of speaking," replied Edward before immediately attacking. Hundreds of small blue orbs materialized before his staff and flew toward Lancer with breakneck speed. Lancer responded by waving his red spear in a circular motion to block the orbs before stopping and manually evading because of how fast and frequently they were coming.

Clink! Clink! Clink!

Lancer blocked every orb while simultaneously evading. Unfortunately, the orbs were too fast and seemed endless. So, without any more hesitation, he activated his A rank skill: Protection From Arrows. With this skill, he was immune to most projectile weapons. So, he rushed toward Edward with his spear, blazing a path forward.

"Interesting skill," muttered Edward before tapping his staff on the ground and changing tactics.

Boom!

A powerful explosion forced Lancer backward. Although his battle instinct allowed him to block with the spear, he was still injured. He looked around and saw nothing, but his danger senses were on overdrive. With caution, he moved forward, and as expected, another explosion.

"What a quick and brilliant tactic," he praised. His enemy knew projectiles were useless to him, so they placed immobile but invisible versions all around him, forming a net.

"Ansuz," said Lancer, using a Primordial Rune, and with a wave of his spear, a mighty flame busted out and activated the invisible bombs Edward placed around. Lancer then took this opportunity to rush forward, but he underestimated the speed at which these things regenerated.

"Damn it," he cursed as he was further pushed back. "Ehwaz." With this Primordial Rune, he boosted his defense and magic resistance. "Berkanan." This tracking rune allowed him to see the invincible bombs.

"Now, let's see how you can hide," commented Lancer as he moved toward his destination.

"Not bad, but you're underestimating me," commented Edward. Under this command, the thousands of orbs began to bounce off each other, making their movement so irregular that the tracking spell became almost useless.

So Lancer found himself in a minefield with invisible exploding orbs that moved fast and were as erratic as a drunkard. Oddly, though, he had a smile on the corner of his mouth as he navigated this spell, which used a basic Mana Missile Spell.

"Haha, I haven't had this much fun in a fight in a while," he said. "In that case, let me show you what I'm truly capable of."

As he prepared to use another tactic, he suddenly stopped, which caused him a terrible explosion that almost got him. Luckily, he activated a shield and protected him.

"It's a shame our battle must come to an end, but I cannot disobey my master," he said toward Edward before disappearing. Edward did not stop him as he had already got what he wanted: the 18 Primordial Runes inside the latter's mind. He only failed to find his master's whereabouts, but he doubted Lancer actually knew.

However, despite his success, he was not happy. Firstly, the Primordial Runes in this world are the same as the Ancient Runes in Harry Potter, but he already knew this. He thought the runes manifested in another form in this universe.

'If I remember correctly, Odin created Primordial Runes in some lore versions of this universe instead of discovering them. Maybe the true Primordial Runes are even ancient and more powerful than his version.'

Edward decided to check this out as what he learned paled compared to the Primordial Runes in his universe. And considering the level of this universe is not in any way lower than his, they should not be like this.


Chương 572: Terrible First Impression

Edward returned to Tohsaka, standing close to Shirou and Saber.

"What a brilliant battle," commented Tohsaka. She saw everything and saw how this battle was a pure demonstration of basic skills. Edward only used a basic Mana Energy Attack and Invisible Spell but displayed superb control over them.

"That's why I say you need better Mana Control."

"Okay, Grandpa," Tohsaka rolled her eyes.

"Rin, can you tell what's going on?" asked Shirou, and Tohsaka was about to answer. But she noticed her servant and Saber eying each other.

"Do you two know each other?"

"No, but he looked familiar," replied Saber.

"We do know each other, in a manner of speaking," nodded Edward. But as soon as he finished his words, everything around him stopped moving. Then, Saber's facial expression and temperament changed; she became nobler, more righteous, and her gaze more piercing.

Edward immediately realized what had happened since this was not the first time, "Hello, Senior Brother."

"So, you're the new disciple that the master has been talking about," said Arthur Pendragon, looking up and down at Edward. His face turned into disgust, "You reek of immeasurable sins."

"Interesting," muttered Edward as the smile on his face faded, "The old man warned me of you. I guess he was underestimating how much of a jackass you were."

"I don't understand why he would choose someone like you," continued Arthur. "People like you are the easiest to be tempted and fall into the darkness. He could have chosen anyone, so why this kind of personality?"

Edward put his pinky in his nose and acted like he was picking for something, "Are you done?" He flicked the nonexistent booger in her/his direction. "If you came to say this nonsense, you can leave now. Your presence already ruined my day."

Arthur shook his head in disappointment, "I don't know why I expected so much from you."

"Do you know me?" asked Edward.

"Not personally, but I've met your type," replied Arthur. "People whose sanity is on the narrow line are usually held together by a few individuals they love. People like you are extreme as they can do whatever is necessary to achieve their goal, and yours happens to be the pursuit of magic. Did I miss something?"

"You did not," admitted Edward calmly. "But two can play at this game. Let me think about what kind of person you are. Extreme Righteous who believed the world was simple: either white or black. The existence of anything that does not fall into these two categories disgusts you, and you naturally label them as black. Normally, such a normal point of view or ideals would be fine, especially with someone like Merlin protecting or shielding you from the world—until the war begins."

Edward saw the slight flinch of Arthur/Saber's body.

"In this terrible war, your views crumbled faster than you could respond. You were forced to make decisions with terrible consequences. Now, you spent countless nights awake thinking about the righteousness you held dear. You keep asking yourself whether you are still a good man."

"You don't know me," said Arthur through gritted teeth.

"But I do," replied Edward. "War is cruel, and no good man who has experienced it can truthfully say they remain good. And such a thought is simply destroying you."

"Have you said enough?"

"Actually, no," continued Edward. "You've obviously been building a lot of stress, and somehow, you thought you could take it out on me. I don't care about your psychological problem. Go be a little bitch somewhere else."

Edward did not care whether his "senior disciple" did not like him, but he could be civil, at the very least, for the sake of Merlin. But no, he had to be rude on their first encounter.

"You!" grunted Arthur as he took a step forward.

"Enough!" A powerful voice echoed in this frozen universe, and Edward immediately recognized it.

"Old Man? How are you?" yelled Edward.

"I'm fine," replied Merlin. "Just a little busy."

"It's good to hear from you," continued Edward.

"Same, but you need to hurry up. Once you reach Tier 12, you will start getting involved with this war."

"In that case, shouldn't I slow down my progress?" asked Edward.

"What do you think?"

"I know, I know, I will hurry up."

"I'm glad you understand. Arthur, haven't you embarrassed yourself enough? Leave now."

"I'm sorry, master." He quickly disappeared to prevent his master from forcing him to apologize to this bastard.

"I'm sorry about him," the voice echoed.

"It's okay. We don't have to be friends, just civil," replied Edward.

Merlin sighed, "I truly regretted raising him so sheltered." The war was stressing him out, let alone someone like Arthur. "Kid, I'm serious. Time is running out."

Time continued forward, and Edward heard Saber's feminine voice asking, "So, you do know me? How?"

"I knew your master," responded Edward.

"Merlin?"

"Yes."

Her frown deepened as she could not recognize this person by this description alone.

"Let's go to your house, and I will explain everything," said Tohsaka. Back at Shirou's eyes, Tohsaka explained everything about the Holy Grail War to Shirou, including the relationships between Masters and Servants and the fact they were enemies. Things proceeded as Edward saw them in the Fate/Unlimited Blade Works, as Shirou could not completely wrap her head around the situation.

So, Tohsaka decided to bring him to see the war supervisor, Kotomine Kirei.

"Before we leave, could you help him?" asked Tohsaka.

"Pardon me?"

"He doesn't know the basics of basic. Could you give him some help so that he can at least help Saber dematerialize?"

Servants can return to their spirit form or materialize, but it's all based on the Master's ability and mana. Unfortunately, since Shirou is a shoddy mage, Saber could only remain in physical form while losing a lot of mana.

"You do know they're the enemy, right?" asked Edward.

"I know, but he saved my life, and I don't want to be indebted to him. So, I will help him this time, then, we will be enemies."

Edward looked her in the eyes. A similar thing happened in the anime, and Tohsaka did not hesitate to attack Shirou, but Edward was skeptical. A mage like Shirou should not have survived for so long in even the Tohsaka in the anime. Of course, the latter is the protagonist, so, understandably, the plot saved him as events soon unfolded where they had to work together.

"Fine, I will do it, but know I'm doing so unwillingly."

"That's fine. So, what's the plan?"

"I will directly implant basic knowledge in his mind," replied Edward. "We should probably do so after the church."

"Why?"

"Because he will have a terrible headache for the next 12 hours after the process."

Tohsaka looked at him; she felt this side-effect was suspicious; at the very least, the long duration was probably international. However, she could not see anything from Edward's facial expression.

"Very well."

The team then headed to the church to meet Kisei.

Void:

Edward sensed the communication with his Avatar, stopped what he was doing, and looked at a projection of this universe on the screen before him. He shook his head before continuing his research.

He wanted to create the Speed Force to update Morgana's core processor as quickly as possible. Her help was indispensable if he wanted to create a Tier 11 Weapon.


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