Chapter 184: Shinji's Plan
Like Semiramis, Shinji has a detailed plan, and is also waiting for the Aerial Garden to ride his face and peel the Holy Grail from the leylines. Everything I have done so far is just to pave the way for this critical juncture and the subsequent finishing work, and to increase my chances of success as much as possible.
Of course, there are differences. Semiramis wants the Holy Grail to be transferred to the Aerial Garden, while Shinji wants to maintain the status quo - not to return to the underground altar, but to just levitate on the surface, revealing the presence of man-made miracles.
That's why he activated the spell when Semiramis stripped the Great Chalice from the altar and lifted it to the surface. These techniques were designed by Feathersisa, the creator of the Great Grail system and the core of it, who knew the Holy Grail best, and Shinji spent his spare time arranging them at various nodes near the castle.
The magic has only one function, to strengthen the connection between the Great Chalice and the leylines, to hold it in place, and it will neither fall back to the altar nor be taken away.
The Great Chalice was hidden beneath the castle of Mirenia for sixty years and is closely associated with the spiritual veins. Semiramis wants to take it away, which is tantamount to fighting the entire spiritual vein of Tulifis on his own. Even if she was a demigod magician who suppressed an era, even if she had the aerial garden as a backup, it was not an easy task, as can be seen from the unusually slow ascent of the Great Holy Grail. Otherwise, with the spatial interference she had reached the magic realm, she would be able to transfer the Great Holy Grail away in the blink of an eye, and there would be no need for such trouble.
The process of the Great Grail transfer is like a tug-of-war. On one side is the Semiramisga Aerial Garden, and on the other side is the spiritual vein of Tulifas. Originally, although the spiritual vein was powerful, no one could manipulate it, so naturally it could not be manipulated by someone who could concentrate its power on one point. But now it's different, with the addition of Shinji, the power of the spiritual vein has been greatly concentrated, and Semiramis naturally can't pull it - no matter how strong the EX Treasure Phantasm is, it can't be stronger than the energy source of the Great Holy Grail.
So there was this magnificent scene that dazzled everyone.
Servants are summoned by the Holy Grail and given positions and vessels, and whenever the Holy Grail appears, they will never admit their mistake.
The Holy Grail is the aspiration of all who participate in the Holy Grail War, and when the Holy Grail is at hand, it is obvious what they will do – scramble, the craziest scramble.
Although the Holy Grail War has a special form, divided into two camps, red and black, the essence and outcome of the Holy Grail War will not change.
Regardless of the process, there will only be one winner in the Holy Grail War, or there will be no winner in the end, as in the previous three wars.
No matter how many Servants are summoned, the entire Holy Grail system will be activated gradually with the death of the Servant, and the specific rules are as follows.
The first three servants died, and the magic gradually filled.
When the fourth servant dies, the full mana will show signs of overflowing.
The fifth Servant dies, the Little Chalice appears, and the Great Chalice begins to connect to the outer part of the world, and the Great Chalice begins to activate.
The sixth Servant dies, and the hole to the outer side of the world opens. At this time, the Great Holy Grail will have the function of a wishing machine, and most wishes can be granted.
The seventh servant dies, and the hole is truly connected to the root, achieving the ultimate pursuit of the magician from ancient times to the present day - to go to the root. Of course, just going there, whether or not you can successfully reach the root is not something that the Great Holy Grail can manage.
There is no difference between the factions of the Servants of the Dead, and when there are enough people, the Great Holy Grail will be officially activated. At that time, whoever makes the wish will end this Holy Grail War. Servants who are willing to remain in this world need to make a new contract, and those who are unwilling will dissipate as spiritual children.
According to the analysis of the situation of the fifteen on the surface and the actual sixteen Servants this time, even if the Great Holy Grail is fully activated and connected to the root, there will still be nine Servants left.
However, the winner of the Holy Grail War can only have one master-slave pair, which means that the maximum number of Great Grail wishes is two. Moreover, once the wish is made, any hole and passage will be closed. In other words, the remaining nine servants and the number of masters who cannot be determined—as long as the spell is still there, even if there are no servants who still have the qualifications of the masters, they can theoretically make a wish—compete for the right to make two wishes.
There is no rule in the mechanics of the Great Holy Grail that only the winner can make a wish, in other words, the hand is fast, the hand is slow. Under this premise, how can the master and slave of the red and black sides honestly divide the victory and defeat of the camp first, and then the rest of the people will fight each other until the final winner is decided?
What are you kidding, the Holy Grail War is nothing but a process, and letting the Holy Grail fulfill its wishes is the result. When the process to the outcome is no longer unique, who cares about the so-called prescribed process?
Not to mention the uncertain information that has not been confirmed - even if the Great Holy Grail has not reached the level of a wishing machine, the Great Holy Grail can be forcibly activated to fulfill some wishes that will not change the world. In the original Fate Apocrypha, the monster formed by the combination of Danik and Vlad III wanted to do just that.
Although Darnik had been cornered at that time and had to make a final effort, he had no idea of forcing the Great Holy Grail to be activated before. But first, before the decisive battle began, except for Siegfried, who sent out the dragon's heart, I don't know whether he should retire or not, no other servants died, and second, Darnick has been studying the Great Holy Grail for so many years, and he must rely on him if he dares to do so.
In this way, the number of masters and slaves who can participate in the desire competition will be larger. There may be some righteous masters and servants who want to follow the rules, but if some people don't follow the rules, others will have to follow in order to win.
This is the so-called human nature, and Shinji is aiming at the weakness of human nature. This is a conspiracy, even if you know it's a pit, you have to jump in. Because all people have a desire that cannot be compromised, otherwise they will not answer the call to participate in the Holy Grail War.
Of course, there are exceptions, such as the observer Altoria sent by the inhibition force, such as Siegfried. They don't have a wish for the Holy Grail, but they will still join the battle if the Master gives the order.
There is only one pair of masters and servants who really have no desire for the Holy Grail - Astolford and Serenikai. Astolfo only wants to enjoy a second life, and Serenike only wants to invade Astolford.
However, the absence of this group not only has no impact on the overall situation, but also has benefits. The existence of Astolford itself is an unstable factor, maybe it is not impossible for him to open the treasure and attack the Great Holy Grail directly when he can't think of it, after all, he is a "man" who "evaporates reason".
In that case, just don't do anything, find an opportunity to break the contract between Astolfo and Serenichai, transfer the spell to Zieg, and then you two will leave Tullyface and go to the world of two.
Shinji, who had made a decision, turned around, and his figure became lighter and lighter.
Anyway, there is no desire to pin on the Holy Grail, and now is not a chance to wade into troubled waters, just hide away and watch the show. Well, wouldn't it be nice to bring Artoria and Joan of Arc and watch the brawl while also looking for the mastermind behind the scenes?
By the way, some melon seeds and peanuts mineral water, but unfortunately the time is not right, and there is no air conditioning for free.
PS: How many wishes can be fulfilled by the Great Holy Grail, it was originally unknown, after all, this is just news released to the outside world, and it has not been verified, after all, FSN, FZ, FA and the first three Holy Grail wars did not have a real master-slave victory, make a wish.
It wasn't until the FGO world line finally revealed that the wishing machine was Joan of Arc - the former director and current director of the Fifth Holy Grail War in 04, and the prologue was hung up, and no one remembered that Olga Marie's father took the magic king Solomon to get the Holy Grail and make a wish.
Spoilers are involved next, be aware!
The desire of the previous director was a large amount of money, and it was with this money that the Chaldeans were built. Solomon's desire was to give up all power and become a true human being. Because there is no freedom as a puppet of human connection with God in life, I really want to experience true freedom. The name Romani Akiman is derived from the word romance.
Ironically, Solomon made this wish, and at the end of his transformation into a human being, clairvoyance was naturally activated and saw the future of human reason. Solomon, who loves humanity from the bottom of his heart, doesn't want such an ending to be born, so he begins to struggle desperately as an incompetent human, which leads to the whole story of FGO.
In the end, Renli is saved, but the hero never comes back (although it was his own pot).
PS2: Mushrooms, return me doctor, it's better if it's a green crutch, dare to dare to krypton, do what you say, doctor doctor doctor!