"What is this, daily life? It's the Great Holy Grail War, but I didn't know we'd have meals this comfortably?"
As soon as Achilles's words began, the other faction started to move.
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"Is that so, the winner of the lesser Grail from Fuyuki has joined? To participate in a Holy Grail War with no interest in any wish. A third party's interference is annoying."
"Don't worry, if they come to my territory, I will surely kill them."
Lancer's Master spoke while considering Lancer's characteristics.
"I guess there's no need to deliberately go for a war of attrition…."
He thought it would be good to push forward like this, but considering Lancer's abilities, conducting a defensive battle was correct.
'If we just defend like this, it feels strangely bad….'
As a strangely ominous feeling arose, you could see Lancer's Master picking at his fingernails.
The Red faction is a group sent from the Mage's Association, and the Black faction is a group that betrayed the Mage's Association and declared independence.
Since they are merely a kind of traitor, the possibility that they formed an alliance with the Red faction and the third party is not nonexistent.
It's a structure that only holds under the assumption that they are targeting my life, but could magi disregard means and methods to reach the Root, and can we guarantee they have nothing to wish from the Grail either?
We don't know who the third party is, but there was a person we could roughly guess.
It was only the person who won the 4th Holy Grail War.
Then, he succeeded in modifying the Grail to summon Servants, but the question was who would bear that magical energy.
"Hmm…, to think I have to deal with a third party based on unclear information. What a headache."
"If it really seems impossible, how about sending golems for reconnaissance?"
"Reconnaissance, huh. Can't be helped. I'll have to ask Caster."
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As the golem attack began, I laughed as if dumbfounded.
"They've started moving too…. The Black faction is problematic, and the enemy faction has Revelation, so they can scheme. Even if they can't read my movements, they can probably confirm that faction's actions."
At those words, Emiya asked.
"Hmm…? Why do you think that?"
"That golden bastard said clairvoyance observation doesn't work. First, if even clairvoyance is related to me, from the perspective of seeing the future like foresight, we should be considered obscured."
"Is that so…, if there's Revelation and future vision, what about True Name Discernment?"
"Won't it be blocked? It'll probably become 'unable to read'?"
"50%/50% huh…. Well, how should we fight?"
"First, let's figure out a bit about the heroic spirits…, I'll write it on paper."
"Understood."
Mordred = Artoria (Persuasion)
Karna = Arjuna (1vs1 Battle)
Atalanta = Li Shuwen (Abduction)
William Shakespeare (Ignore)
Semiramis (Reserve)
Spartacus = Akira (Persuasion or Force)
Siegfried = Akira
Vlad III = Emiya (Handle with Reality Marble)
Chiron = Hector, Penthesilea (Resolve by force if persuasion fails)
Astolfo = Akira (Persuasion or Force)
Solomon ibn Gabirol (Reserve)
Jack the Ripper (For now, leave alone)
Frankenstein = Gawain (Subdue)
"This rough feeling should work."
"Somehow, it feels unplanned? It feels somewhat ambiguous to call this a strategy, doesn't it? Mikon?"
Agreeing with Tamamo's words, Emiya nodded and said.
"As the fox says, the plan is half-baked."
Meanwhile, you could see Artoria making a slightly frowning expression at the mention of Mordred.
"Why am I with Sir Mordred…."
"She's your child, right? Even if not born by choice, you're still related by blood?"
"Hoo…. I'm worried if we'll even be able to communicate."
"Can I know why Jack the Ripper is to be left alone? She is a Servant that's hard to ignore as a knight."
"Jack the Ripper is dangerous too, but remember that she's not the Jack the Ripper we know, but feels more like a collective of souls of children who were harmed and couldn't be born, and her Master isn't a magus, so he's in a situation where he has no choice but to kill to supply magical energy."
"Where did you get that information?"
"That's… no comment, but anyway…. The rest, act with me, and Xuanzang Sanzang, protect the Ruler or subdue them if they attack first."
"Got it! But we don't even know the Ruler's location?"
"If you wander the battlefield, you'll be able to figure out the location."
"Aha! Then, got it!"
"Akira, then I have something I want to ask, do you plan to fight the Servant targets yourself?"
"No, the only one who will be with me is Georgius."
"Hmm? Then what do you plan to do with Tamamo and Benienma?"
"They're pets."
"Chirp!? Who's a pet~!"
Pat pat.
"Chirp!?♡"
"Mikon!? ♡"
Georgius watched with a subtle expression for a moment, then nodded as if he understood something.
"I see…. Come to think of it, the two of you, no, the two animals have an animal attribute attached…."
"For that reason, two animals, one person."
"Then, I suppose they belong to the Master's safety detail. As long as we're not ambushed."
"But, I plan to fight in this Holy Grail War too."
Georgius was looking at me with a surprised expression.
I don't want to fight either, but I have no choice.
Tamamo belongs to the low combat power side, and even though Benienma has high combat power, it wouldn't be strange if unavoidable battles broke out depending on the situation.
If I exert my abilities to the maximum, side effects will occur, but if I have no choice but to fight, then I must fight.
I don't think there will be zero casualties in this process, but I plan to minimize the damage as much as possible.
"Ah, Achilles."
"Why are you calling?"
"With Li Shuwen, please go abduct Atalanta."
"Heh…. You plan to abduct sis too? No, plan to tame her?"
"Huh? Tame what?"
"Sis also has a beast attribute, so somehow I feel it might be possible…."
It seems Achilles can also say useless things.
"Surely not…, two is already difficult enough…. If it becomes three...."
"Never mind, you'll understand when you see later. Did I say to act together with Li Shuwen?"
Poof!
"Mikon, ah…. If you succeed in subduing her, attach this talisman. It will block forced transference and Command Spells~"
"Oh, thank you."
"Afterwards, in case of failure, or defeat, or if you need to retreat strategically, return to headquarters."
Then, Li Shuwen raised his hand and spoke.
"What will you do in case of successful subjugation?"
"Is there a way for Li Shuwen to come to my side…."
"If it's that, you can use the tracking rune Cú Chulainn made and left. I also studied rune magecraft, but since he was a heroic spirit who utilized runes, I secretly asked for a favor. I'll give you about two tracking runes here."
"Your preparedness is really good…."
Li Shuwen took two pieces of stone and disappeared, and afterwards, the other Servants and the incarnated Servants also nodded and went out to find where they should go.
"Shall we depart now too?"
"I'm curious what kind of journey this will be."
"You said it."
Afterwards, Benienma shrank to sparrow size, and Tamamo also became a fox and climbed onto my shoulder.
"May I pray before we depart?"
"As you wish."
I respected Georgius's prayer and waited.
And so, after 10 minutes of Georgius's prayer, we were able to depart.
"Then, shall we depart."
"Chirp."
"Mikon~"
"Let's go."
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1 hour passed, and we arrived at the Black faction's territory.
Bang! Boom!
The surroundings were devastated along with the sounds of numerous Noble Phantasms colliding.
Due to Emiya's sniping, completely devastated golems and various homunculus corpses….
The ground had puddles of blood to the extent that casualties occurred.
"To fight as combatants as soon as they're born…."
"Is Akira accustomed to such things?"
"No, rather than accustomed, seeing it in reality, it's cruel. Even if they live on, lifespan is also a problem…."
"Seeing it in reality?…. I see. Even if we hadn't intervened in this Great Holy Grail War, many casualties would have occurred."
『Mikon, isn't that an obvious thing to say!』
"Chirp, this feels like we've arrived in some kind of hell~!"
The surroundings are noisy.
Here and there, there were Servants using Noble Phantasms while receiving support from the Grail's magical energy.
The magical energy that doesn't deplete even with consecutive Noble Phantasm use and the Grail are implanted in my heart.
And thanks to Avalon, I don't die easily.
"Trace the true nature of the Noble Phantasm and replicate it completely. Trace on."
I read and interpreted numerous Noble Phantasms and anecdotes.
Possession experience is impossible, but for using Noble Phantasms. There are no restrictions.
Reproduction using a smartphone has side effects, but reproducing a heroic spirit's Noble Phantasm with magecraft has no side effects.
Unless you get injured from the recoil, or excluding self-harm Noble Phantasms, such things wouldn't happen.
I have no Reality Marble, but I moved forward for the journey ahead.
"Hahahaha! Oppressors! Give me love!!!!!"
The berserker, a mad warrior, was charging towards me, and Georgius stepped forward to protect me, but I moved ahead.
And while creating one dagger with projection magecraft, lightly dodging the berserker's sword, and stabbing the dagger, I said.
"『Rule Breaker: All Contracts Must Be Broken』, I declare. Your body shall be by my side, my fate shall be with your sword. If you follow the will of the Holy Grail and obey this feeling, this reason, then answer. Follow me and answer my call. That fate, whether you will offer it to me or not!"
"Ah, I swear in the name of Spartacus! I will exterminate all the oppressors before me."
"Then, we advance towards the enemy's faction. The rebellion begins."
"Hahaha! Words to my liking!"
"My, the Master is quite unique."
"Chirp."
"Arf."
And so, the path ahead opened.