873 Holy Grail War
In the days that followed, as Claude said, he took Lindy and Precia across countless planes.
Only Warcraft exists in the R39 world, the dragon-ruled C441 world, and the humanoid race-dominated I63 world......
All kinds of customs and customs not only made the lively Lindy addicted, but even the quiet Precia had a much brighter smile on her face.
Time flies......
By the time the three of them returned to Midcherda, they had already entered the winter season.
After sending Lindy and Precia back to the Academy, Claude returned to the Temporal Authority, where his leave was completely exhausted two weeks ago, but Claude still requested an extra month of leave from his superiors to help Presia.
Counting the days of delay in Gensokyo, Claude's vacation is still more than a week, but in order to find the book that caused the 'Pavatelloka curse', and in order to really awaken his memory, Claude still decides to reinstate as much as possible, he has to go to the Infinity Library to find clues, but before that, he still needs to complete all the tasks accumulated during the vacation.
As the trump card of the Temporal and Space Administration, Claude needs to perform various tasks every day, such as slaying dragons, finding lost treasures, and breaking through mysterious ruins, etc., tasks that used to require a whole brigade or even a fleet to achieve, after Claude joined, he only needed to complete it alone, and it didn't take long, a week at most, or even half a day at least......
The title of hero is not blown out, it is precisely because of these glorious deeds. Claude's name will be spread in Midcherda and the surrounding planes.
This time there aren't many tasks accumulated. Coupled with the further improvement of strength. It only took Claude two days to complete it.
Just as he was about to enter the Infinity Library to look for clues, an urgent order was suddenly issued.
- Go to the 97th Outer World, investigate the situation of the ritual 'Holy Grail War' and the final reward, 'Holy Grail', and if possible, capture 'Holy Grail'.
The 97th Outer World, as its name suggests, is a world that is not under the jurisdiction of the Temporal Authority.
There are actually many such worlds in the starry sky, but most of them are uninhabited worlds. A small part of it is a subordinate world of 'Tree Thunder', and some of it is a three-regardless area where starry sky thieves are rampant.
The only exception is perhaps the 97th Outer World, commonly known as 'Earth'.
The earth is an ordinary world dominated by the development of material technology, and because the scientific and technological civilization has not yet reached the standard, it is not considered to help it for the time being - this is the statement recorded in the official textbooks of Shulei and Midcherda, but in fact, it is not that Shulei and Midcherda do not want to manage the earth, but the 'natives' of the earth...... Very powerful!
I don't know what's going on, but the humans who live on Earth either don't have the potential to become Magisters. Either that, or with incredible magical powers. There are countless B-level and A-level powerhouses, and there are not a few S-level and above.
You must know that the entire Midcherda, including the 'ACEs' pulled by the Space-Time Administration from various planes, is only a hundred people, and most of them are only S-level and SS-class, and only a few people have reached the SSS level.
And on Earth, some powerful hermit families, who have cultivated for a little more years, have SS or even SSS-level strength.
Those who started cultivating halfway or whose family strength was poorer, although slowly, as long as they didn't die, they could also reach A-level step by step.
A-class, in the Time and Space Administration, it can even be the length of a ship, but there, it is just the door to cultivation.
This difference made the upper echelons of the Space-Time Administration almost lose the idea of invasion, and the Tree Thunder, their top strength is indeed more than the Space-Time Administration, but there are almost no cultivators at the middle level, coupled with the fact that the character of the entire race is biased towards peace, for thousands of years, as long as it is not provoked, the fleet of the Tree Thunder people will hardly leave the Tree Thunder Star.
Add to that the aftermath of that rebellion two years ago......
There are many powerful people on the earth, and there are many forces among them, and in order to compete for limited resources, the people living in the inner world have caused one dangerous incident after another, among them, the 'Holy Grail War' can be ranked in the top three!
Unlike the first two events in which the mainland was silent and the inhabitants of an island died, the 'Holy Grail War' has already occurred three times before and after, and each time the ritual is initiated, it will cause a rapid decrease in the population of the ritual site, and the third time it will even affect the surrounding areas and countries!
The Holy Grail War, as the name suggests, is a war in which the almighty wishing machine, the Holy Grail, is used as a bet to kill each other and calculate each other.
Originally, such a battle would have been enough for one time, because as soon as someone could get the Holy Grail, the ritual would have been completed.
But alas......
At the end of the first three Holy Grail Wars, the Holy Grail did not succeed!
It's not that the content and steps of the ceremony went wrong, it's that everyone who participated in the ceremony was red-eyed, and finally died until there were only two people left, but most of the final ending ended up together.
The only time, during the Second Holy Grail War, a girl named Ayaka Satiao defeated everyone, but she didn't perform the ritual in order to be able to stay with her Heroic Spirit, and what happened to the two after that, neither the magicians on Earth nor the records of the Space-Time Authority mentioned it, but according to Claude's guess, the ending of the two would definitely not be too good.
Without the help of the Holy Grail, it is impossible to maintain the existence of the Heroic Spirit with B-rank magic alone, and even if the Maiden Tongguò Secret Method barely meets the requirements, according to the principle of equivalent exchange, her lifespan will be shortened to the limit.
Five years, up to a maximum of ten years......
The Maiden will die, and her Immortal will return to Valhalla in the middle of the mana supply.
Speaking of 'Valhalla', it is actually a place where the souls of heroes on Earth will go after they die, and these strong people are strong enough. Will be chosen as the guardian by the consciousness of the earth 'Gaia'. In times of crisis on Earth. They will come one after another, and when the crisis is resolved, they will return to Valhalla to standby.
Unlike the S-Class and SS-Class mentioned earlier, the Heroic Spirits often appear in front of the Temporal Authority's fleets, and in their words - "You cross the line, either go back yourself, or we will beat you back." ”
The Heroic Spirits have such strength. The weakest S-class, the strongest uncapped, can solve any fleet with a light yì, and if the Space-Time Authority sends a fleet group, their number will increase accordingly.
As a result, for countless years, except for Al-Hazad, who destroyed himself, even Beruka, who considered himself the number one in force, had never had the idea of hitting the earth.
It stands to reason that the Holy Grail War is a ritual that can cause disaster on Earth. Gaia should have been dealt with by the Guardian a long time ago, but for some reason. Since the appearance of the ritual, not only Gaia, but even the human consciousness 'Alayya' has never interfered, and they have even sent many capable generals to help the group of magicians, but unfortunately, after three rituals, the Holy Grail still did not come.
For the Holy Grail War's reward, not only those magicians on Earth, but also the high-level officials of the Time and Space Administration are also very greedy, it is a wishing machine that can fulfill any wish! With the Holy Grail, it is entirely possible to become the only emperor of the starry sky!
In the three Holy Grail Wars before and after, in order to obtain the Holy Grail, the Time and Space Administration secretly sent many elites, but none of these elites, who were the weakest and had A-level strength, could not come back alive in the end.
Originally, the high-level officials of the Time and Space Administration had already lost their minds, but who would have thought that the demon Claude was born out of thin air, and with his strength that even the high-level leaders couldn't see through, perhaps, it was really possible to snatch the Holy Grail into his hands!
As for Claude's possession of the Holy Grail...... In the eyes of ordinary high-level officials, it is not impossible to do so, but those big people who really 'know' Claude understand that with Claude's strength, they don't care about the Holy Grail at all.
You must know that over the years, the treasures that Claude brought back for the Temporal Authority have filled a warehouse, and there are not a few treasures of the same level or even higher than the Holy Grail.
Take 10,000 steps back, even if Claude really uses the Holy Grail, but it is better than using it for the group of natives on the earth, Claude is also 'his own people', and those natives are all enemies in the fight for hegemony in the space-time authority!
"That's it, I'll be away from Midchelda for a while in the near future, Lindy, you take care of yourself." In the café, Claude placed the gift on the table, "Also, Precia, this is a gadget I made recently, it can absorb the curse in your body, although it can't cure the root cause, and there is an upper limit to the amount of absorption, but it's better than nothing." Besides, I'll be back in two weeks at most, and I'll be going to Earth in those two weeks to try my luck and see if the magician over there has a way to lift the curse. ”
"Eh~" Lindy pouted, sucking the drink in her cup dissatisfied, "Earth, I want to go too." ”
"Lindy, Lord Claude is going to work, and you don't want Lord Claude to have an accident because he takes care of you." Precia was still as gentle as ever.
Due to her contact lenses, Precia's popularity in the academy has skyrocketed lately, and several confessional letters appear in her shoe closet every day. In the face of these confessions, Precia refused all of them without exception, and she used high-sounding reasons - she focused on her studies, but in fact, only she knew the little bit of caution in her heart.
I also...... I'd love to go with Lord Claude.
Sneaking a glance at Claude who was drinking coffee, the girl who was just beginning to fall in love lowered her head with a blush.
"Woo woo, Claude, you negative man, that night's agitation. After the love, obviously I have your child, and you still plan to mess with it! ”
Lindy covered her head and lay on the table with teary eyes, looking at her like this, Claude couldn't help but sigh helplessly.
"I promise, I won't just disappear until you've had enough."
The original palm knife turned into a stroke, and seeing that the worry in Lindy's eyes disappeared, Claude sat down again.
"Although the memory has not been restored, but since I already know who I am, I don't plan to play anything anymore and disappear, don't worry, I will often come out to accompany you in the future."
Claude meant that he would fulfill the promise he had made two years ago, but to Lindy's ears, it made the girl's face red.
"Woo......"
Confession! This must be a confession!
Whew! After countless failures, my Lindy has finally achieved the right result!
"And Precia......"
Huh? Why is Precia's name at this time?! You're confessing, aren't you? Since it's a confession, say two more sweet words to me!
Lindy yelled in her heart, and Precia on the side also raised her head in surprise at this time.
"Mr. Claude...... Do you want to ...... Say what? ”
Precia didn't notice it, her expression was full of antiquity at the moment.
And Lindy, who was still sulking with Claude, didn't notice the change in her friend's tone.
As for Claude...... If he could see what a girl thinks, he wouldn't be Claude!
"This is a magic guide that can contact a guy in a household, if your condition worsens, don't hesitate, contact him directly, although it can't be completely cured, but the guy can still do it if you put a break in your condition."
“……”
"What's wrong?"
"No, nothing."
Precia barely pretended to smile, but there was a wave of loss in her heart.
Claude's words of concern turned into countless swords at this moment, constantly stimulating her heart.
She also wants to say out loud like Lindy that I like you, she wants to enjoy all kinds of care from Master Claude like Lindy, and she wants to be coquettish like Lindy......
However, that will not work, Precia is only a friend of Lindy, and although she has known Master Claude, she can only be regarded as a familiar stranger at best.
Even helping her lift the curse was on Lindy's face.
So...... Give it up......
Freeze your heart and seal your love......
The conversation continues, but most of it is the interaction between Lindy and Claude, and Precia just laughs from the sidelines, smiling illusory.
In this case, you won't feel pain, right?
How can it be?! Emotions can't be blocked at all!
The inner voice sounded again, and with uncontrollable contempt, it broke through Presia's defenses.
So what do you want me to do?!
Facing her inner alter self, Precia has long been used to it in the past few days, and she has a short life, even if her personality splits is not a big deal.
Who knows, the voice in my heart didn't think about it after hearing it, and replied quickly as if I had something for breakfast today.
Of course, I snatched my sweetheart! Don't worry, I'll help you! Just like helping previous masters...... (To be continued......)