"It was handed down from our ancestors and was a gift from our good friend Tousaka Nagato." The host shook his head slightly and said with a wry smile, "It must be related to some kind of magic. It should be able to help you."
After saying this, the host sighed, stood up and said, "As a pure cultivator, I shouldn't get involved in this matter...but..."
Ryudo family, Ryudo temple.
Rumor has it that Ryudo Temple was built before the dragons of the Miton River disappeared in ancient times to protect this land and pray for the people living here. This is much older than the history of the Tousaka family.
But the Ryudo family's initial ability to use magic power, or spiritual power, was more likely a gift from the spiritual veins, and the family itself did not have much talent for magic.
Obviously, they could not be compared with the Magic Association or even the Church that came here later.
However, since the duty of Ryudo Temple is to protect the people living on this land, the current abbot not only did not object when Tousaka Nagato came to manage this land with the support of the Magic Association, but even helped with all his strength. The two even became good friends.
However, let’s not talk about whether the original host knew that the other party had concealed the transformation of the spiritual veins from the Magic Association. Let’s just talk about the opportunity for the two people to cooperate in the beginning. The original host at least valued the support of the Magic Association and the peace of Fuyuki City.
This generation of hosts seems to be the same.
If the abbot of Ryudo Temple didn't feel anything at first, as he didn't quite understand the status of the monarch among magicians, then just a warning was enough to make Tōsaka Tokiomi, who was considered a regional manager in the abbot's eyes, turn around and leave without saying a word, not even daring to fart as a situation happened right before his eyes.
However, it made him fully feel the weight of the so-called big shot.
"Ugh……"
The original host accepted the Magic Association with the purpose of "exorcising demons", so now he needs to continue to obey the management of the Magic Association with the purpose of "maintaining the current stability".
But obviously, compared to the Tohsaka family, which is already under investigation, the monarch's attitude is more worthy of his attention.
It wasn't pleasant to hand over his family heirloom to an outsider, but he had to make sure.
If it was really because the Tosaka family used the spiritual veins to do something that caused the anger of the Magic Association to burn this land, then Ryudo Temple and the people of this land would not be affected.
"But...whatever." The host sighed and shook his head as if he was a little ashamed. Although it was a decision he made for this piece of land, he still felt a little bit fence-sitter and guilty of betraying his ancestors' friends, so he stood up and walked out.
"Tsk." Seeing this, Victor smacked his lips and looked at the iron box: "I heard that the abbots of Liudong Temple in all generations were people with both virtue and talent. Such people must have a very tiring life."
"..." Upon hearing this, Jiuyuansi Youzhu looked at him speechlessly, and opened the iron box cleanly and neatly.
Inside are six bright red rubies.
"Gem magic is good at storing magic power or even other magic inside—" Victor picked up one of them with interest and looked at it carefully for a few seconds: "Can you identify what type of magic is inside?"
Victor was actually not unfamiliar with gem magic. After all, gem magic strictly belonged to the branch of the mineral system, and the mineral system belonged to the large category of earth attributes.
But if you want to say you understand... Victor glanced at his skill panel -
Well, no clue.
Not even at Lv1 yet.
At this time, the importance of Kuonji Yuzu is highlighted. Although her fighting ability is not as good as Beowulf, her advantage of reading books when she was free since she was a child and doing nothing but reading books is fully demonstrated at this moment——
"Ruby is the most suitable medium for storing magic power, but not suitable for engraving corresponding spells."
She silently picked up a ruby, frowned and observed it for a moment, and said, "It may be some kind of activation device."
"Oh? Activate...? Interesting." Victor put down the gem, thought for a while, and suddenly chuckled: "It seems that these three companies have left a lot of backup plans for themselves."
Among the three great families, the Matou family excels in summoning, binding, and designing Command Spells. Naturally, they left themselves a backdoor, which allows them to modify the summoning words and maximize the "compulsion" feature to summon specific servants.
Einzbern provided the core design of the Greater Holy Grail, and thus retained the manufacture of the Lesser Holy Grail, but unfortunately it never seemed to draw good cards in every Holy Grail War. The third Heroic Spirit, even the weakest Heroic Spirit like Angora Newman, was killed instantly by the twin sisters.
As for the Tosaka family, who provided funding, money, spiritual veins, and security, and who seemed to be participating in the war honestly like gentlemen, they actually left some things behind...
"As the stewards of the spiritual veins and land, the Tousaka family should also be responsible for the safety and defense of the Greater Holy Grail... Do you think this could be... a medium for shutting down or controlling the defense works?"
"It's possible." Kuonji Yuzu nodded gently. Having heard so many stories from Victor along the way, as a genius, she almost completely understood the layout of the three great families, so she suddenly asked, "Can the Greater Holy Grail be transferred?"
"Yes." Upon hearing this, Victor almost immediately said with certainty: "Although the Greater Holy Grail is almost equivalent to a spiritual vein, to put it bluntly, it is just a system attached to the spiritual vein. If the spiritual vein is broken, it can be replaced with a new one."
Victor dared to say this because in other world lines, not only had someone forcibly taken the Holy Grail away, but also changed its rules without authorization.
Thinking of this, Victor was also stunned.
He really hadn't thought of such a crazy thing, but it seemed possible?
Anyway, the Holy Grail will be destroyed by Toosaka Rin and Waver in the end, so... I might as well take it away and carry it forward!
Think about the Thousand World Trees in other worlds. What the hell are those things? It's a shame to use them.
If it were him, instead of using the Greater Holy Grail as a wish-granting machine, he would rather use it as a primary system for summoning heroic spirits, and then steal some technology from places like Atlas Academy and Animusphia's house.
Build a... ahem, wait, why does it look so much like Chaldea? !
It's not very good.
Victor shook his head and quickly threw away the thoughts that were beginning to wander in his mind.
"Then... the transfer of the Holy Grail might be Tosaka Nagato's backup plan..." Kuonji Yuzu opened her cherry lips slightly, seeming a little dissatisfied: "But in this case, the so-called gift..."
"Ah, it's just a magician using Ryudo Temple's tricks." Victor looked at the gem and sneered, "Maybe we guessed wrong, or maybe the host knew all this and was willing to do it?"
"Being both virtuous and talented is in conflict with being a great magician." In this regard, Kuonji Yuju shook his head indifferently and said, "I can understand that. Compared to the magic path, any friend can be..."
Having said this, Jiuyuansi Youzhu paused for a moment and remained silent.
Indeed... Looking at the silent Kuonji Yuzu, Victor shook his head slightly in understanding.
There are beads.
It has been a long time since the battle with Aoko in the amusement park. The disagreement between the two seems to have no impact on their relationship, but in the final analysis, it was because Aoko won, and Aoko has a carefree personality and doesn't care about the past. Apart from the loss of a month's oil, Youzhu's tolerance for Aoko as a good friend can overshadow her sadness for the loss.
But what about the future?
In fact, few people know that at the beginning, Aoko and Kuonji Aoko were best friends because their ideas were similar. It can be said that in terms of understanding Aoko, Aoko will never be able to catch up with her sister in her entire life.
But because of this, when the two of them conflict, they will give up their friendship without hesitation and fight for themselves.
It feels like the two will eventually go their separate ways... Victor secretly sighed and changed the subject: "Since Tousaka Nagato left a backup plan, it means that Ryudo Temple must have an entrance to the spiritual vein."
"We've found the unusual location." Upon hearing this, Victor chuckled. Possessing magical perception, he was always extremely sharp in this regard.
His perception covered the entire mountain where Liudong Temple was located. After using magic perception to create a map, he could clearly see the fullness and distribution of magic inside the mountain, as well as... some places on the surface that had abnormal magic.
such as……
"This lake behind the temple seems to be the habitat of dragons according to legend?"
……
late at night--
"Due to the temporary armed riots carried out by terrorists in Cornwall, the government has now imposed a comprehensive blockade. Her Majesty the Queen has issued a statement saying that she will not sue any extremists..."
"...Another terrorist..."
Tousaka Tokiomi sighed slightly in annoyance and picked up the announcement from the Magic Association below.
He took a sip of the slightly cold coffee, lowered his eyes and quickly glanced at the insignificant things on the back, then looked at the front. The front page headline and sub-page respectively stated the results of the discussion on the Cornwall Dead Apostles Riot and the Crown Resolution, as well as the fact that the Church once again made the headlines as a collaborator after a hundred years.
"You've been reading that newspaper all day."
A gentle voice came from behind him, and a pair of slender and warm hands gently touched his shoulders and began to massage them.
"Are Rin and Sakura both asleep?" Feeling this softness, Toosaka Tokiomi put down the newspaper, pressed the hand on his shoulder with one hand, turned his head, and finally a hint of tenderness flashed across his tired face.
"Well, don't you want to take a look?" The lady gently picked up the letter he had thrown on the table. The letter with gold thread border and the complex and mysterious seal all highlighted that the letter came from a certain power, or a large force.
"The letter from the Magic Association, at this time, can only be a call for magicians, right?" Hearing this, Tōsaka Tokiomi chuckled helplessly: "The Dead Apostles in Europe seem to be gaining momentum. Simply speaking, for the Far East that I manage... this is half good news."
At least there will be fewer and fewer dead apostles wandering in the Far East...
"I see. Is that what's bothering you?"
"...No, I don't need to go." Hearing this, Tōsaka Tokiomi was slightly stunned, and shook his head gently and said: "The obligations between magicians are not as close as you think, but you did remind me."
"You still have to show what you need to do."
"How about this? I'll write a letter back to the Magic Association and tell them that as the administrator of the Far East, I can't leave here at will, but I will provide some financial assistance and temporarily provide 80% of the Tousaka family's royalties to the Magic Association. This way, I can show my attitude and maintain the family's honor."
Yeah, what am I worried about.
Toosaka Tokiomi took a deep breath. No matter what the original intention of Acheron was in sending people here, at least the relationship that the Toosaka family had maintained with the Magic Association for generations was absolutely consistent.
"...Aoi, go and have a rest." Thinking of this, Tōsaka Tokiomi finally relaxed a little, smiled, picked up the envelope and said, "I'm not worried about anything, it's just that a friend said he would reply to my message, but he hasn't come yet, so I'm a little anxious."
He said, and at this moment——
A ruby ring on Toosaka Tokiomi's hand suddenly flashed slightly, and someone triggered the magic alarm of the Toosaka family.
Seeing this, he suddenly grabbed the scepter beside him and blocked Aoi behind him gracefully like a fencer. Then he saw a blue robin coming in from the window with a gorgeous envelope in its beak...
That familiar...
Tōsaka Tokiomi smiled elegantly.
finally come.
112, Matou, and... the attack of Kotomine Kirei (additional chapter, payment of arrears)
Liudong Lake, where giant dragons live.
Shrouded in fog, three figures including Victor walked slowly by the lake. As Victor's magic power began to surge, the lake water began to separate to both sides, revealing a passage to the bottom of the lake.
"The magic in the lake is indeed very strong. It can even interfere with my magic." Victor chuckled and said, "I kind of believe that there was once a dragon living here."
The dragon, even in fantasy, is one of the kings standing at the top.
Thinking of this, Victor even increased his magic output, devoting himself to the dream of picking up a dragon-related spell body.
However, probably because the fantasy species migrated to the inner side of the world, the world was clearing away all traces of the fantasy species from the outside world.
Even though Victor searched every inch of the lake bottom carefully, he didn't find anything.
"Ah, my dream of picking up dragon scales and digging dragon teeth is shattered..."
"Yeah..." Beowulf also became listless.
Kuuanji Yuju: "..."
Could you please not be so childish sometimes?
After Victor and Beowulf returned to Kuonji Yuju with no desire to live, the three of them continued to go deeper...
This time, they did not continue to dwell on the bottom of the lake, but began to walk into the huge pit at the bottom of the lake.
Beyond the last water surface, there is an open-air passage that connects to the groundwater from the mountains behind and flows into the Weiyuan River below, a huge underground cavity.
All kinds of...holes.
"Legend has it that the Weiyuan River was the original spiritual vein, and later it was divided into four." Victor pressed the moist stalactite and looked in the direction of Liudong Temple: "There is no road here, is it blocked?"
He analyzed, holding his chin and said: "The Holy Grail should be below Liudong Temple. The terrain is downward, which is consistent..."
"are you sure?"
Jiuyuan Temple Yuju silently walked to Victor's side, glanced at him, and said softly: "Luger."
"Okay!" When Beowulf heard Youzhu calling his name, he immediately turned back into werewolf form. He aimed at the thick wall and without hesitation -
One punch!
"Boom!" Suddenly, the whole mountain shook, startling a flock of birds.
As the ground collapsed, lake water began to gush out, but was soon blocked outside by a barrier emitting a faint red mist.
"So high..."
Victor estimated the thickness of the entire rock layer and the barrier and raised his eyebrows slightly. "My goodness, the top layer of this barrier is estimated to be less than ten meters away from Liudong Temple. If there is no barrier, the land will not be able to withstand the pressure from above."
"The barrier is broken, and the terrain is expected to collapse directly."
"But on the contrary, as long as the barrier is strong enough... no matter how big the vibration is, it won't expose this place." Hearing Victor's whisper, Jiuyuan Temple Yuju whispered: "The gemstone didn't react, it shouldn't be here."
"The gem is an activation device. I now suspect... the function of the gem is not to open an entrance, but to directly invalidate the barrier." Victor gently touched the barrier itself, and the surging magic power instantly bounced his hands away, causing the magic power in his body to roar.
"This barrier relies on spirit veins as its foundation. It has a defensive barrier that is almost comparable to that supported by four or five magic furnaces... Theoretically, to carve a door that can be opened freely in this barrier is as difficult as poking a hole in an absolutely precise circuit board without affecting its performance. It is almost impossible."
Seeing this, Victor was speechless. With this level of defensive magic, if the Tohsaka family had not left a backdoor, Victor felt that the Holy Grail would be unlikely to be discovered or even taken away.
As for the collapse during the Fifth War, Victor felt that it might be because the magic power of the spirit vein had been damaged in the Fourth War ten years ago, causing the barrier to become fragile. In addition, the witch's tinkering and research accidentally destroyed the structure of the barrier, leading to the breakage of the barrier.
And having a backdoor can indeed explain how the Thousand Worlds Tree took away the Holy Grail in other worlds...but...
"Why don't the Tousakas seem to know this?"
"Qingzi and his grandfather still don't know what the essence of the fifth law is." Youzhu glanced at him and said silently.
