Text: Chapter 12: The Magician
Soon after, a group of people appeared in the main hall of the Yandong Temple, an important location in the city of Higashigi, including the savior who had previously set up the circle, as well as Miriel and her Servant Berserker, but her daughter Estal was not here.
The Savior came to them, looked at the group of people in front of them, and said, "All the masters and servants who believe in the Holy Grail have arrived. So let's introduce ourselves!"
The first person on the left hand took the lead in the introduction, her name is Tokugawa Riko, she is 16 years old this year, wearing a light blue kimono with a green silk tied into a ponytail to block the back of her head. At first glance, she is no different from an ordinary Dongying girl, just as young, beautiful and energetic.
However, those who are familiar with Toei's history will notice that her surname is Tokugawa. Of course, the Tokugawa family has long since lost the prestige of the shogunate's shogunate, and is only a third-rate chaebol in the east, and it cannot be put on the table at all.
Standing next to Riko Tokugawa was none other than her Heroic Spirit Spearman. This spearman is a woman who is 1.8 meters tall, has two peaks on her chest, has green silk hair and waist, and has a delicate face. But looking at her figure and appearance, it is not an exaggeration to call her the goddess of the Internet.
However, this woman was actually wearing armor in the style of the Warring States of the Eastern Dynasty, with a deer antler helmet on her head, and a spear in her hand. This iconic equipment directly reveals her real name, which is none other than Tokugawa Ieyasu's number one fierce general: Honda Heihachiro Tadatsu! Tokugawa Riko was able to summon her, which obviously had something to do with her own identity.
Wait, Honda Heihachiro Tadatsu is just a short man with a height of one meter four in history, how did he become a girl of one meter eight after becoming a heroic spirit!
The reason is simple, it's cultural. Due to the popularity of Nianghua culture in Toei in recent years, all historical figures have been motherized, and Honda Heihachiro Tadashi Tadatsu has also been murdered, so it has become this image. Of course, in fact, she also has a robot image, but that image is more rubbing, so she didn't choose.
The second princess is a blonde woman, in her thirties, who looks like a Nordic in appearance, with a long skirt and shawl, giving people an image of charm. Her name is Friggia.
Standing next to Frigga was naturally her Heroic Spirit, whose rank was cavalry. The cavalryman was nearly two meters tall, with bright blond hair, and a young face, only in his twenties, dressed in Nordic-style armor and armed with a wooden spear engraved with various runes.
Due to the indoors, the cavalry did not summon their own mounts. Of course, if the cavalry summons his mount, then the discerning man will immediately recognize him. That's right, the cavalry's mount is the eight-legged horse Sleipnir (Sleipnir), and the real identity of the cavalry is the Norse god Odin!
Of course, Odin, as a heroic spirit, is in a young form, so he has both eyes and does not become a one-eyed dragon later.
The third lord was a black-haired white woman in her twenty-fourth year, wearing a black women's suit, black trousers, and black women's leather shoes, but judging by her black outfit, it felt like a dead relative.
The heroic spirit standing beside her was naturally the bald assassin who assassinated the whole sandwall earlier. The assassin was dressed in a suit, and with his cold and handsome appearance, it felt very cool.
The fourth and final Master is none other than Mirel, and her Heroic Spirit is, of course, the Berserker standing beside her.
After everyone had introduced each other, the Savior spread his hands and began to speak, "You are all magicians who have come to participate in the Holy Grail War. As we all know, the traditional Holy Grail War is to compete for the power of the Source, and the Holy Grail is only a passage to the Power of the Source. In the end, only one Master can win, have the Holy Grail to open the passage, obtain the power of the Origin, and grant his wish!"
Speaking of this, the savior paused, looked at the expressions of the masters, and continued, "But this time ...... different."
"What's the difference?"
Before the savior could finish speaking, Tokugawa Riko preemptively asked a question and interrupted the savior's words, apparently this Tokugawa Ieyasu's descendant was an impatient, and even the spearmen beside her couldn't hold it.
However, the savior didn't care, just smiled, and continued: "The traditional Holy Grail War is actually to fill the Holy Grail by sacrificing defeated heroic spirits, and finally open the door to the Origin Power. β
"We all know that!" Riko Tokugawa interrupted the savior again, and asked impatiently, "I am here because you promised me that all magicians can grant their wishes, but in the end, what you say is no different from an ordinary Holy Grail War!"
"Miss Pear, you're so rude!" Apparently, even the spearman, who was a servant, couldn't help it, and hurriedly spoke out to stop her master's behavior.
However, in the ears of the others, it was interesting to hear that the spearmen called Tokugawa Riko not "Miko" but "Miss Pear".
"It's okay, I know that Tokugawa Riko is carrying the glory of the revival of the Tokugawa family, so I'm a little anxious," the savior teased and continued, "Then I'll talk about what interests you the most." β
Speaking of which, all the Lords and Heroic Spirits have focused their eyes on the Savior.
"Because among the Heroic Spirits summoned in this Holy Grail War, I am among them!" said the Savior without hesitation, "I know that some of you are full of doubts about this, and I can tell you why, that is, I am proficient in sacrificial magic! β
The sacrifice could be modified into something else!, this kind of unheard of information, directly shocked the masters.
At this time, Mirill was the first to ask: "Savior, the magic circle you arranged in Dongmu City earlier has something to do with this!"
The savior nodded and said, "That's right, the purpose of my circle is to modify the content of the sacrifice. β
"So what is the new sacrifice?" Tokugawa Riko couldn't help but ask, "What is it that can replace those defeated heroic spirits as sacrifices!"
As soon as these words came out, not only the other masters, but even the spearmen around Pear looked at Pear like fools.
Of course, Riko is not a fool, but at the age of sixteen, she is obviously too naΓ―ve to understand the meaning, so she can only look at the savior with a puzzled eye.
The Savior responded to Pear's gaze by explaining, "Those new sacrifices are actually human lives. β
At one point, the pear immediately realized!
In fact, the reason why the Holy Grail War uses summoned heroic spirits as sacrifices is precisely because there are too many of them if human lives are used as sacrifices, so they come up with workarounds.
However, the savior in front of him had apparently mastered some kind of method that could fill the Holy Grail and unlock the power of the Source without sacrificing too many human lives.
Thinking of this, Tokugawa Riko looked at the other lords, and there was no surprise on their faces, obviously not caring about sacrificing a living person.
Tokugawa Riko was silent, she knew that the lords who came here had wishes that must be fulfilled, for example, she came to participate in this Holy Grail War in order to revive the Tokugawa family and restore the status of the former general of the expedition, but it was right to use human life as a sacrifice?
Pear's expression fell on the spearman's eyes, and the spearman put his right hand on Pear's shoulder, making it lean towards him, which would reassure Pear a little.
No one noticed this scene, because at this time, another lord spoke, and she was none other than the cavalry lord Friggia.
"However, I don't understand, let me kidnap a little girl, what does it have to do with completing the Holy Grail War?"
"Kidnapping little girls?"
As a mother, Mirill was obviously very sensitive to this, and immediately looked to the savior for an explanation.
"Let me answer that question!"
A crisp female voice attracted everyone's attention, and a woman less than one meter tall and wearing a white short-sleeved dress walked out from the side.
This woman's skin is very fair, and she looks like a beauty at first glance, but her strange silver-white hair and red eyes make people reverie, is this really human?
Seeing the arrival of this woman, the savior bowed to her very politely and said, "Hello, Master. "It turns out that this woman is the savior's master.
Looking at the visitor, Miriel, the eldest among the masters, seemed to think of something, and immediately said, "Alice Phil von Einzberen!
Alice Phil looked at Miriel and said, "That's right, Alice Phil of this world is long dead, but I'm still alive. I'll tell you the truth, I'm the anomaly, I'm the Holy Grail!"
"What!"
Alice Phil's words directly surprised everyone, no one would have thought that the Holy Grail was actually a living person!
"Mirel, you'll know Alice Phil because you had some encounters with the Einzberren family when you were younger. Alice Phil said, "And I will appear to you in this image because Alice Phil is the vessel of the Holy Grail." So, you can call me Alice Phil as well. β
At this point, Alice Fell suddenly looked up at the ceiling of the temple and said, "I would want to kidnap Illya precisely because she is also a grail vessel like me! β
As soon as the words fell, the savior on the side stretched out his right hand, and a light shot out from her palm, and then all images disappeared.
"Master, our voyeurism has been discovered. β
A middle-aged man with a lupine scarf and a tuft of goatee on his chin said.
Standing in front of this man was another man in his thirties, with red hair, wearing a black sleeveless T-shirt and a pair of black leather trousers, and said to the man with a lupine scarf:
"I've seen the Caster, this time the opponent is very tricky, and it looks like we're going to have to find the back hand you've arranged. β