The Holy Grail War Blessed by the Gods

Based on the information he had received, Faldius frowned and said in disbelief.

Based on the information they obtained about the Holy Grail War, the gods should not and could not be summoned.

"Is he just as reckless as that bastard? There's more than one bastard who killed a completely useless guy who was trying to cheat."

Faldius said somewhat angrily, referring to the fact that he had previously killed a magician who was planning to summon a god.

"While the result is impossible from the system's perspective, is it really because the Holy Grail War is rife with irregularities that the summoning of the gods has become a reality?"

Faldius had some expectations about the Holy Grail War he was leading. He harbored the idea that someone would summon something extraordinary from somewhere unknown to him, but actually seeing it was still unsettling.

"It might not be the Aztec chief god Thescatlipoca. If it were the real Thescatlipoca, the Holy Grail War should have already ended."

Faldius's deputy, after a moment's thought, spoke up.

"But even something like a fragment of a god's spirit is enough to give us a headache. Most importantly, we still have no information about the other party's master."

If you can find out who the opponent's Master is, the Assassin they summon is specifically designed to deal with that situation.

As a Servant who has a home field and a wealth of information sources, Assassin is an excellent Servant.

However, this Holy Grail War was so unusual that a large number of overpowered Servants were summoned.

This ironically prevents Assassin from being fully utilized; at least Enkidu's Master can probably only be defeated by Yggdrasil using his Noble Phantasm.

And there are probably very few other Hassans who can do this.

"In Aztec culture, priests sometimes impersonated Tescatlipoca or other gods."

Furthermore, in the most important priesthood of Tescatlipoca, Toxcatal, the priest would select a young man a year in advance to play the role of Tescatlipoca.

The young man, known as Teixiptla or the substitute of the gods, would play the role of a deity for the Aztecs during the ceremony. For a year, Teixiptla would be dressed like a god and live like one.

Furthermore, he will marry four young priestesses, who will all be given the name of a goddess, and people will worship him as an incarnation of a deity.

Perhaps what was summoned was not Tescatlipoca, but Tesiptra, who was impersonating Tescatlipoca.

The deputy shared what she knew about the Aztecs to offer Faldius a path for thought.

"Indeed, no matter how much of a violation it is, summoning a main god is an absolute violation, but if it's just a person playing the role of a god, there's a lot of room for maneuver."

Faldius also thought the idea was reasonable, but even knowing that the target was not the main god, but just the person playing the role of the god, still could not alleviate the situation.

After all, the opponent's appearance directly defeated two people, making him arguably the strongest Servant in the Holy Grail War.

Such a performance is no different from that of a god; this is something that only a higher-ranking god could do.

"But if it's just a person, you should always be able to find some loopholes and weaknesses."

"According to the sacrificial rituals of Toscati, Tesiptra would only revert to a warrior in the last twenty days leading up to the sacrifice, and would only truly become a god during the final week of revelry."

After the revelry ended, Thasiptra would complete the sacrifice; her heart would be dug out from the temple's stone slabs and then eaten by the people.

"So, is there a possible time limit? But given the current situation, is it really possible to delay it until seven days later, or even twenty days later?"

2. Faldius certainly had his answer: seven days might still be possible, but there was no hope whatsoever in twenty days.

9. "We should still try our best to gather intelligence on the other side, but for now, we should focus on the possibility that the other side is Tethys and develop targeted plans and strategies accordingly."

Faldius could only tap the table in frustration and issue the order.

0 “Yes!”

4 His men immediately sprang into action, beginning to peruse the stories of the Aztec civilization buried not far from this land.

3...

5 "Tescatlipoca? Could that guy be an even more powerful illusionist than us? Even Merlin... even he couldn't have done that."

6. In the workshop high in the sky, Francesca rolled back and forth on her large bed in her room, saying in utter bewilderment.

4. "His divinity is real, but it is clearly Egyptian. How could it be related to Tescatlipoca? The connection to Greece is more explainable."

Francesca was summoned as a Servant, though at this time he was still called François Prellati.

"But no matter what, he's a terrifying guy. What should we do? With someone like that around, the game we're imagining is going to be very difficult to play."

Francesca said with a worried look on her face, even though she was really looking forward to this farce and the fun games that would be played out in it.

"We don't need to pay attention to him, we can just avoid him. The only problem is that he shuts out all the exciting parts so that no one can see them. It's beyond just being 'abominable'."

"If it weren't for that, the bastard would be pretty great, though there's a hint of cheating, but he's definitely a real source of fun."

Francesca tidied the bed up before sitting up and complaining.

"Aren't there other things too? The chaotic scene will eventually engulf this city, so let's endure it for the sake of this happiness for now."

François offered words of comfort with his arms outstretched, though he also felt some regret, he could at least put on a good show.

Chapter Thirty-One: Calming Down

After leaving the police station, Richard and his Master Ayaka Sajou first encountered a mohawk-haired man, who was the first person Ayaka Sajou met upon arriving in the city.

Richard enjoyed the rock music there, and also took a brief respite from the surveillance and the magician's incident.

It's not difficult to detect the presence of surveillance; any perceptive person should be able to tell that almost every part of the city is under surveillance.

After a brief stop, Richard headed towards the forest beside the eight cities.

After they entered the forest, they met Enkidu. Richard, quite naturally friendly, went straight up to him and began chatting casually.

Enkidu wasn't too opposed to it, but he asked Richard with some doubt about his purpose in coming here.

"Oh dear, I got advice from a friend I made here. He told me that there is a Servant here who would be very suitable to form an alliance with me."

Richard didn't hide anything and spoke directly, while Ayaka Sajou looked at Richard with a slight doubt.

Are you friends?

"A friend is one who can pull me from the brink of death, allow me to experience miracles that even saints in stories rarely witness, and then entrust me with a mission. The promises made form a bond between us."

Richard turned to his Master quite naturally and said with certainty.

"I see……"

Ayaka Sajou could only let out a soft sigh and decided to approach the silver beast to the side.

She gently stroked the backs of the wild animals, playing with them to escape reality.

After all, she immediately heard Richard speak directly to Enkidu.

"Would you be willing to form an alliance with us?"

……

This Holy Grail War, full of surprises, has seen more than just a few unexpected events.

A young man who works as a mercenary is ordered by his employer, Francesca, to participate in this Holy Grail War.

The youth had no name, only a mark used as a form of address: Sigma.

The name does not reflect the namer's wishes; it was simply assigned as one of the Greek letters to identify twenty-four similar individuals.

However, it seems that the employer who brought him to participate in the Holy Grail War only used him as a filler.

His orders were simply to summon Servants and participate in the war; he was not required to support others or kill enemies.

"After summoning the heroic spirits, you can do whatever you want with them. You can run away wherever you want, or come and kill me if you like—it's all fun! Call it a revolution, isn't it? Just like what happened in your country!"

Therefore, the young man was also clear about his position, knowing that he was just a role that had been filled in, so he didn't bother to do anything extra.

After all, it's a catalyst that can be used to summon Servants, and his employer never prepared one for him, so the meaning behind it is all too clear.

Therefore, Sigma harbored indifferent thoughts. Without desire or perseverance, he mechanically completed the ritual of summoning a Servant.

What he summoned was also an anomaly in this Holy Grail War, a Watcher-class being projected as a shadow clone of a certain Heroic Spirit.

The true form of that heroic spirit is named Moby Dick, the same name as the white whale depicted in Vermeer's famous novel, Moby-Dick.

In the world of Type-Moon, he is the highest-ranking mythical beast, and in Nasu's interviews, he was even mentioned as an example alongside Typhon.

It is a supreme divine beast that can interfere with reality even in modern times.

Of course, the summoned white whale is currently observing this Holy Grail War, and the character appearing before Sigma as a projection is also from the Moby-Dick story: Captain Ahab, who hunts the white whale.

Of course, there is more than one shadow: Icarus with wings on his back, Emilia in pilot's attire, Miyamoto Musashi in Japanese samurai attire, the young Asclepius with a snake and a staff, Frederick, and Hylas, the adopted son of Heracles in Greek attire.

However, for Sigma VIII at present, all of this is meaningless. The White Whale cannot allow its physical body to directly interfere, and Sigma VIII is still just an ordinary person.

……

"Being constantly shrouded in darkness makes it difficult to recall the gazes constantly descending from the sky, but the level of concealment is quite light, making it easy to make contact and discover them."

It's not too difficult to notice that the white whale is observing the realization of this Holy Grail War.

Enkidu naturally sensed the appearance of the white whale when he summoned it, and Alexandre Dumas could also feel the disharmony in the space.

However, this was not a big deal, so no one paid any attention to it.

In such a Holy Grail War, sights are practically everywhere, and one might become desensitized by the time they realize it.

The streets are filled with surveillance cameras, and with so many magicians stationed here, their summoned familiars are everywhere.

The slightest rustle or the slightest movement of magical energy will draw a swarm of eyes.

However, for Manshu, holding the obsidian mirror and wielding the power of the smoke mirror, there was no need to worry about any incidents.

Most of those eyes couldn't even see the reflection emanating from the smoky mirror, and those slightly better could probably only see that it was a mirror reflecting everything in the world.

5 It was only when Manshu came out of his workshop that he vaguely recalled the feeling of being spied on.

Qi said, "Forget it, dealing with this matter has already exhausted me. There's no need to go any further. It seems that the guy will run into Richard, so it doesn't matter."

(vi) Therefore, Manshu thought of Sigma's existence and pondered for a moment whether he should go and find Sigma.

Lu thought that finding it wouldn't be of much use to him, but it would be of great help to his Master.

It wouldn't be difficult for Manshu to survey the entire town, but Manshu couldn't possibly keep observing it all the time, and Orlando most likely wouldn't choose to entrust such a task to someone else.

4. It's probably not a situation that's too out of control, so Orlando probably won't make a special call.

He could solve the problem by himself and his subordinates, but he still preferred to rely on human strength.

(2) Of course, all of this is on the premise that it will not have too much impact on the town, otherwise all his actions will be meaningless.

So Manju went straight back to his workshop and turned his gaze to Enkidu's forest to see how Richard was doing.

That fanatic was rather unlucky; after being teleported away by her Master using a Command Spell, she fell into a state of distress and doubt.