003: Origin Awakening

AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING OF THE SECOND NIGHT AFTER LIU JIAN SUMMONED CASTER MEDEA, THE 'FIRST' BATTLE OF THE HOLY GRAIL WAR BROKE OUT. With the Assassin [Old Man of the Mountain] "Hassan Sabah" as the Heroic Spirit, Yanfeng Qili ordered his Heroic Spirit to raid the Tosaka Mansion at night late that night, and made use of the [Breath Blocking] ability unique to the ASSASSIN job agency to break into the heavily guarded Tosaka Mansion with great ease.

And then there was no then.

The golden heroic spirit, who appeared suddenly, as if he had been waiting for a long time, was actually a golden heroic spirit who had known about it for a long time, and easily performed a brutal and inhumane killing performance on the ASSASSIN who broke into the position with irresistible might.

This scene naturally fell into the eyes of all the magicians who participated in the Holy Grail War. After all, for magicians who are interested in the Holy Grail and intend to win the Holy Grail War, it can be said that it is inevitable to monitor the actions and positions of the so-called 'Imperial Three Families'.

Liu Jian and Medea also witnessed this scene with their own eyes through the magic crystals made by Medea.

"ASSASSIN IS DEAD."

"WELL, IT'S TRUE THAT AS THE MASTER SAID, HE WAS KILLED BY THE GOLDEN ARCHER ALMOST WITHOUT RESISTANCE, THE 'OLDEST KING' GILGAMESH."

"ISN'T IT TRUE THAT THE ASSASSIN'S BODY HASN'T DISAPPEARED?"

"Well, indeed. His body remains in the garden of the Tosaka family. ”

"IN THIS WAY, IT CAN BE DETERMINED THAT THE HEROIC SPIRIT OF YAN FENG QILI IS INDEED THE ASSASSIN WITH THE ABILITY OF CLONE, AND HE SHOULD USE THIS TO GO TO THE TEMPLAR CHURCH SOON. He asked for the protection of the Templar Church on the grounds that he had lost his Soul. In addition, Gilgamesh's combat power, including the combat power of other Heroic Spirits, can be regarded as having a general understanding through this battle. Although it is strong, it has not reached the point where it cannot be coped. Liu Jian scratched his hair: "Then we have to start acting." Make use of your treasure and ten thousand charms will surely break the vows. We can easily disconnect the connection between the MASTER and the Heroic Spirit, and take the opportunity to usurp the Heroic Spirit, increasing the combat power of our side. ”

"So the goal is ......"

"Berserker, no doubt."

"It's a mad dog, but if it can be turned into our mad dog, it will undoubtedly be very useful. The most important thing is that his treasure 'knight does not die with his bare hands' from various aspects to defeat the strongest Gilgamesh of this class, MASTER is Maki Yanya, that is a beginner in magic, presumably it will not be difficult to deal with. I'll attract the attention of that Yangtze River knight head-on, and you take the opportunity to sneak attack. ”

With the unparalleled advantage of the newspaper, Liu Jian and Medea immediately determined their current tactical goals. Even a tactical plan was further set.

"In that case, the MASTER must first be known as a Heroic Spirit. I will use magic to obscure my identity, so that other magicians will not be able to confirm the true identity of the MASTER through the ability granted by the Holy Grail. But in that case...... "Medea's worrisome way" is undoubtedly in danger for the master. ”

"It's not a big deal, I've not faced danger once or twice, and I have more combat experience than you. Besides, I also don't have the habit of letting women charge in front and then hide in a dark corner and command remotely. Liu Jian waved his hand, interrupting Medea's worries: "Moreover, didn't you say it, considering my basic ability and those special materials." You can completely strengthen my frontal combat power to the level where you won't fall into a disadvantage when you fight ordinary Heroic Spirits head-on, so why worry about it? Medea, I have a lot of confidence in your magic abilities, so. I'll give you a little bit of confidence in the MASTER. ”

Medea was a magician of the gods, and many of the great magic tricks she learned from the goddess Hecate could even be called magic in the gods. When facing the magicians of this era, both in terms of the total amount of magic and the knowledge of magic. Medea can easily gain an overwhelming advantage in a duel.

Since Medea has such an advantage, it would be a waste not to make use of it.

After consulting with Medea. Liu Jian and Medea preliminarily set a tactic. That is to make full use of Liu Jian's frontal combat ability, which can be called the best among the magicians in this exhibition, so that Liu Jian can pretend to be the Caster who participated in the Holy Grail War to attract the attention of other heroes. However, the real CASERT Medea is hiding behind the scenes and launching a surprise attack on the Heroic Spirit's Master. After watching the battle in which Gilgamesh killed the ASSASSIN in seconds, Medea and Liu Jian basically determined that Liu Jian's frontal combat ability could be strengthened by magic and could confront ordinary Heroic Spirits head-on, which added a lot of confidence to Liu Jian's plan.

"BUT MASTER, THIS HOLY GRAIL WAR IS NOT JUST AN ORDINARY HEROIC SPIRIT." Medea shook her head slightly: "Not to mention the 'Ancient King' of the ARCHER job, Gilgamesh, although the Noble Phantasm Knight of the berserker does not die with his bare hands, he has a completely targeted restraint on Gilgamesh's fighting style. But for Gilgamesh's true treasure, the EA opened up by heaven and earth may not be able to produce results. KING ARTHUR OF SABER AND DILUMUDO OF LANCHER CAN BE CONSIDERED THE BEST HEROIC SPIRITS IN THEIR CAREERS, NOT TO MENTION ISKANDAR, THE CONQUEROR KING OF RIDER, ACCORDING TO MASTER, ISKANDAR HAS THE ULTIMATE ARMY OF THE KING OF THE ARMY, PLUS BERSERKER...... None of these five Heroic Spirits ......"

"So you need more strength, this fight is different from what I've been through before, I can't get help from that guy, and I'm not even sure if I can win in the end. So Medea ......" Liu Jian looked at the magician from the god generation seriously, and said his request affirmatively: "Help me awaken the origin!" ”

[Origin] is a setting unique to the Moon World.

If the magic attribute determines the direction of the direction in which the magician is good at, then the origin is the fundamental reason why you are the person you are. Origins are not just magician-owned, but the direction that all beings are born with that determines your becoming that being.

If a person really has a so-called past life, then there should be a past life before the previous life.

Something can't come out of nowhere. Therefore, if you keep looking for it, you will definitely find a reason, a beginning

The reason] That reason is the origin. Magicians who strongly exhibit "origins", sometimes deviate from the usual attributes. The origin itself becomes an attribute. There are many such magicians who highlight their strengths and use their talents as experts.

For example, Emiya Kiritsugu, his origin is the dual origin of [severance and connection]. Although he has not awakened to the origin, when making his own dress, Emiya Kiritsugu made the most of the extremely special "origin" he possessed. The left and right first and second ribs of his flank were removed. The ribs taken out were ground into powder, then condensed with soul engineering and sealed into sixty-six rounds as a core.

This bullet will materialize the "origin" of Kiritsugu to the "hit" object. If it hits the creature's body, there is neither wound nor bleeding, but the part of the bullet becomes like an old necrotic wound. The superficial layer looks like it has been healed, but the nerves and capillaries have not regenerated accurately and have lost their original function.

And this bullet with the function of conceptual armament will pose an even more serious threat to the magician. This special ability can cut off all magic circuits used by magicians trying to defend against origin bullets and reconnect them haphazardly, which will have a devastating effect on the magician's magic abilities.

The prestige of Emiya Kiritsugu's 'magician killer'. Half of it depends on this special effect of the Origin Bomb.

Emiya Shirou, whose origin is the concept of [sword], his magical attribute has been transformed into a very special [sword] because of this origin. This unfolds the great magic technique [Intrinsic Enchantment - Infinite Sword System] that is close to magic exclusively for Emiya Shirou, and it is powerful enough to confront Gilgamesh head-on and finally take advantage of Gilgamesh's carelessness to win the battle.

The origin of the awakening of the magician Araya Soren is [Stillness], and the Araya Soren who makes use of this origin can move and be protected in the enchantment with the concept of a stationary object.

The origin of Bai Chun Rio's awakening is [eating], and she has become a man-eating monster because of this, with physical abilities far beyond ordinary people.

No matter what kind of origin it is, as long as it is not an origin called [Worthless] like Routiaoba, as long as the origin is awakened. It will inevitably bring strong abilities to the Awakened.

However, Origin Awakening is not without its dangers and side effects, in essence, the side effects brought by [Origin] are much more serious than the abilities it brings.

When man becomes aware of his origin and awakens it, because origin is a directional conceptual impulse accumulated over countless generations. Relatively speaking, the personal character that has only accumulated in a short life is simply not comparable to the vastness and depth of the origin.

Therefore, the impulses of origin govern one's thinking and behavior.

Bai Chun Rio became an ogre because of the origin of his awakening [eating], and his whole body was dominated by endless appetites, and only occasionally he could retrieve Bai Chun Rio's personality. Because of the awakening of the origin of [Stillness], the Araya Zonglian has become a dull and incomparably large wood that eats and does not melt. If it weren't for the fact that he was a magician who had lived for two hundred years, he would have a very rich personality as an individual. It is enough to resist the impact and domination of the [Stillness] Origin on itself, but I am afraid that the Wild Wild Sect Lotus will directly become breathless. A living still thing without a heartbeat, without a thought.

And in some lines in FATE, Emiya Shirou also experienced the phenomenon of uncontrolled origin, and after a series of battles, he could no longer control his origin, resulting in the infinite sword system getting out of control and stabbing out of his body with a sword that killed himself.

Even if he survived the other routes, Emiya Shirou lived the rest of his life as the Sword of Justice, and being the Sword of Justice became the only purpose of his existence in this world.

From Liu Jian's point of view, living like that is simply sad.

It's better to be dead.

This is all a side effect of the Origin Awakening, after all, compared to the Origin that has existed since the beginning of the world and has accumulated and accumulated over time and reincarnation, the time of life is too short for a few decades. Under the impact of the Origin, it is normal to be unable to resist with one's own personal will and eventually be completely covered by the Origin.

But this is not a problem for Liu Jian.

Although after sending Liu Jian into the Moon World, the Ouroboros was not able to follow Liu Jian to the Moon World and could not provide any help to Liu Jian in this world, but the protection it provided for Liu Jian still existed, and any impact on Liu Jian's own mind would be forcibly blocked, even the protection that God's mind control could block, and it should not be a problem to protect Liu Jian's self-consciousness under the Origin Awakening.

The only question is whether Liu Jian has such a thing as [Origin].

After all, [Origin] is a setting unique to the Moon World, and although [Origin] belongs to something that every existence has in the Moon World, it is still a question whether Liu Jian, as an outsider, can be regarded as every existence in the Moon World.

But it's not a big deal, the Origin Awakening has no other dangers other than the impact of the [Origin] itself on the individual's personality, even if Liu Jian himself doesn't have the [Origin] based on the Xingyue World View, it's not a big deal, at most, the [Origin] Awakening fails.

So, it's worth giving it a try.

Origin Awakening is not such a difficult and difficult technique, at least for Medea, the magician of the Divine Generation. She actually mastered certain techniques that could awaken the origin of others, and when Liu Jian asked Medea to awaken the origin and showed her ability to resist the spiritual pollution of the origin, Medea immediately began to prepare.

Originally, this ritual of origin awakening was best performed in Liudong Temple according to Medea's idea.

As one of the four spiritual veins of Fuyuki City, Yanagidong Temple can be said to be one of the best options for choosing a position for magicians. Performing the Origin Awakening Ritual in Liudong Temple not only allows Medea to control the entire ritual process well, but also as Medea's magic temple, expanding the position of absorbing magic power in Liudong Temple can help Medea collect magic power to the greatest extent, so that she can perform great magic that cannot be cast.

But after careful consideration, Liu Jian vetoed Medea's proposal.

"Since Liudong Temple is such a superior spiritual vein and such a suitable position for magicians, then presumably the other magicians participating in the war should also know about it."

For magicians, the better the position, the faster and more magic can be provided, the better. But in war, it's a different story. The faster you collect, the more mana you collect, of course, but so is concealment. Setting up the magic position at Ryudongji Temple is like tagging your position and letting your opponents watch.

For CASTER, who is seriously lacking in frontal combat effectiveness, if he chooses a place with obvious spiritual veins like Liudong Temple as a magic position, it is like inviting other heroic spirits to attack.

Especially this time, Medea can't hold a séance ceremony as a magician in a trapper job like the last time, summoning the pseudo-ASSASSIN Kojiro Sasaki to guard the door.

There are only seven Heroic Spirits in the Holy Grail War, and even with Medea's magical talents, there is no way to summon new Heroic Spirits when the seven personalities have been consummated.

So in the end, Medea's magic position was still established in the villa, although it was not a superior position from the magician's point of view, but because of this, the possibility of the position being discovered was greatly reduced. (To be continued.) )