Marvel's Magic Master

The next day, George did not follow Shirou Emiya anymore, but devoted himself to the magic book.

As he quickly finished reading one magic book after another, he gained a more comprehensive understanding of the magic in this world and the so-called Holy Grail War.

First of all, the races in this world are not just humans, there are also vampires, fantasy species and androids.

Vampires are relatively rare, fantasy species have basically migrated to the inner side of the world, and androids are the product of alchemy created by ancient magicians.

The main active people in this world now are humans and human magicians.

There are two types of human magicians: one is called a magician and the other is called a sorcerer.

The difference is that magic can be achieved with modern technology, while sorcery cannot be achieved with modern technology.

In the past, when technology was not well developed, most magicians were called wizards. With the development of technology, they basically became magicians.

There are very few people who can be called magicians.

But whether they are magicians or wizards, they need to have natural magic circuits in their bodies.

Because only by having magic circuits in the body can one transform vitality into magic power to promote magic rituals and use various kinds of magic.

These magics are mainly divided into seven elements: earth, water, fire, wind, air, void and nothingness.

Although it is different from the previous classification of world elements, it is also very different and not particularly strange.

Interestingly, magicians in this world add "characteristics" to magic, that is, they attach meaning to the seven elements of magic and expand its versatility.

For example, when the enhanced property is given to the fire element, the fire will burn more strongly.

When the enhanced property is given to the water element, the water will increase in volume and flow faster.

And according to the magic book, a truly powerful magician fights with concepts and concepts.

The books in the two collections did not record any powerful magic; most of them talked about basic principles.

However, George did not need any powerful magic. He himself had no shortage of powerful magic. His main task was to learn new magic concepts and improve his own magic system.

As for the Holy Grail War, the book also explains it very clearly.

The story begins in the Age of Gods.

The Age of the Gods refers to the era when the gods flourished, and is divided into the First Age of the Gods and the Second Age of the Gods.

The first Age of the Gods was the Jurassic-Cretaceous period.

The Second Age of the Gods was from 12000 BC to BC.

At that time, the world was ruled by gods, who had nothing to do with the will of the planets or human beings. They were the embodiment of natural concepts.

Later, the gods withered away, but the two books did not provide detailed records of how they withered away.

Anyway, since then, human magicians have regarded reaching the "root" as their ultimate goal.

What is the “root cause”?
In the magician's concept, the root is the vortex of origin, the cause of everything in the world, the source of everything.

As long as you reach the "root", you can achieve eternal life, master all the laws of the world, and even create a new world and become a creator god.

As a result, countless magicians made various attempts, and the Holy Grail War was one of them.

The Holy Grail War was founded by three mage families, also known as the "Three Great Families".

They are the Tosaka family that provided the land, the Matou family that created the magic of summoning heroic spirits, and the Einzbern family that created the Holy Grail.

The reason why the magic books he got had such detailed records was because these magic books came from two of the two families that created the Holy Grail War.

However, the three great families have now fallen into decline. The only one left in the Tousaka family is a high school magical girl, Tousaka Rin. The Matou family has no one left except the old patriarch Matou Zouken and Matou Shinji, who has no magical talent.

Sakura Matou is the adopted heir of the former Tousaka family and also the younger sister of Tousaka Rin, but today he saw that she was not having a good time in the Matou family.

As for the Einzbern family, it is a special family.

It was created during the Age of Gods by the disciples of the Third Magician using their advanced alchemy skills.

It was also by chance that they created the artificial human Justisa, known as the "Holy Maiden of Winter".

But because it was an accident, no matter how hard they tried, they could not create an artificial human of the same level again.

Hundreds of years later, the magicians succumbed to the limitations of their own abilities. Some left the castle, and some ended their lives.

Although the remaining androids of Einzbern were abandoned by their creators, they inherited the magicians' ideas and continued their research.

Then, Justisa sacrificed herself and transformed herself into a magic circuit that could connect to the earth veins to absorb magic power, which is the so-called Holy Grail.

With sufficient magic power provided by the Greater Holy Grail, the servant summoning magic circle created by the Matou family can connect to the Seat of Heroes and start the true Holy Grail War.

In a normal Holy Grail War, seven magicians will be selected to summon swordsmen, cavalrymen, spearmen, archers, magicians, assassins, and berserkers respectively.

The seven selected people fight under the supervision of the church and the Magic Association. The final winner can obtain the Holy Grail and use this ritual to realize any wish.

Of course, according to records, the first four attempts all failed, and this is the fifth time.

The First Holy Grail War took place around 1800. At that time, the Masters did not have Command Seals, and not all summoned Servants were willing to obey orders.

The final ritual failed before it was even completed.

The Second Holy Grail War took place around 1860, and although the Command Seals were completed, it failed due to other reasons.

The Third Holy Grail War took place around 1930. Due to the involvement of human troops in World War II, the Lesser Holy Grail was destroyed, and the Greater Holy Grail also had problems and also failed.

The Fourth Holy Grail War took place around 1990. There is no recorded reason, but it ended in failure anyway.

It is the year 2000, the Fifth Holy Grail War.

"So, it is not certain whether all wishes can be fulfilled after victory in the Holy Grail War, whether it is possible to reach the Root Vortex, gain immortality and control the laws of the entire world."

George was originally quite interested in the Holy Grail that could fulfill any wish, but after reading the records of the first four Holy Grail Wars, he couldn't help but laugh.

After talking for so long, everything turned out to be just guesses made by the three previous masters, and nothing has really come true until now.

"You might as well give it a try."

Although he felt that the ritual of the so-called Holy Grail War would not achieve that effect, George still felt that he could participate.

First of all, this entire ceremony is still very worthy of research.

Secondly, if it is really possible, if he can use the ritual to enter the root vortex of this world and master all the laws of this world.

Then his small world should be able to be directly perfected and reach the level of a single universe.

Even if it doesn't work out in the end, there's no loss anyway.

Because he had realized that in this age without gods, there should be nothing that could pose a threat to him.

Even if someone summons a true god-level heroic spirit, there is nothing to be afraid of.

(End of this chapter)