The Holy Grail War Blessed by the Gods

But given the vast distance, all he could do was draw back the bowstring of Gandhiba and shoot an arrow imbued with the power of the fire god Agni.

Even though the distance wasn't close, Arjuna's power wouldn't diminish too much.

Even though he was in the spiritual land where he was summoned, he was still able to exert some of his power.

When the arrows fired from the Vulcan Bow are unleashed with their true name released, each strike can unleash a terrifying power equivalent to an A-rank Noble Phantasm.

If this guy really put in his full effort, it wouldn't be difficult for him to raze the entire Edo region to the ground in a short time.

Fiery arrows, imbued with Agni's power, streaked across the sky, transforming into fiery meteors that struck the palace. (Nine)

This power was indeed sufficient to penetrate the outer defenses, causing slight ripples and cracks to appear on the brickwork. ④

"Why the rush? You are a divinely ordained hero. It's not your time to burn brightly yet. Let's postpone this performance a little longer." (Lin)

Arjuna, who could only fire a few arrows from afar, could be stopped by Manjushri with just a little magic.

“I praise the great Maya of Varuna, so powerful that no one can surpass him.”③

Manjushri uttered only a soft sound, summoning the power of Varuna to block the arrow imbued with Agni's power, which Arjuna had shot from his hand.

Varuna was also one of the Aryan gods, a very early deity, but his status gradually declined over time, to the point that his divine authority was shared by other gods.

Before the Aryans entered India, he reigned for a time as the supreme deity, the creator of the universe and the maintainer of order. (iv)

After entering India, during the Vedic period, although his status declined, he was still the deity paired with Mithra, whose status was only comparable to Indra's, and he was the holder of truth (Rta).

In the later Vedic period, Varuna's status declined further, and Indra replaced him. At that time, Varuna was known as the Protector of the World and was one of the gods who ruled the four directions along with Indra, Yama, and Kubera. He himself was in charge of the west.

As the Triads rose to prominence, Varou completely lost his luster and became merely the god of the sea in the land.

Varuna's rule encompassed only all aquatic creatures, dragons, and asuras.

However, it was enough to stop Arjuna's arrows, so Manjushri transformed this power into a lasso, which took the form of Varuna's magic weapon.

This magical artifact is made of snakeskin and is called the snake rope or dragon rope in Buddhist scriptures. It is also a symbolic artifact of Varuna.

In the Mahabharata, Arjuna used this magical artifact to defend against the Narayana artifact used by the horse neighing.

Furthermore, the Varuna artifact is also capable of defending against and neutralizing the Agni artifact, as this artifact possesses the ability to control water and cause rain.

(9) Manju threw this magical artifact from his hand, and the rockets launched from the outside were caught and extinguished by the falling water.

"It's not interesting at all. Your performance isn't even an appetizer. At most, it can only relieve my drowsiness a little, but how can that be enough?"

4. As the last Servant also withdrew from here, Manju sighed and conveyed his voice to the Servants in Ueno.

8 “I told you to make all the preparations you could and to use all the strength you could muster, but you didn’t take it seriously at all. How careless and negligent you are.”

The sacrifices that fall are offerings to your arrogance, and if you intend to repeat the same mistake next time, then the sacrifice will be the lives of all of you.

Secondly, I will give you one last day to prepare. At that time, I will also use the Moon Cup in my hand to allow the unclaimed Servants to leave the sacred land and exert their power.

"If Qiu continues to be so incompetent, then you may celebrate as you please; this city will die with you."

After issuing the final announcement, Manjushri waved his hand to seal off the entire scene.

5. Manjushri directly used the hidden power of Amona to obscure all the scenery in the sky, so that when people looked up at the sky, they could only see an ordinary, empty sky.

It might still seem a little strange, because they can't even see the sun in the sky when they look up, but no one would have any questions.

Of course, he hadn't forgotten about the visitors who would arrive later, so he left a hidden door, which Circe, as a magician of the Age of Gods and the Great Witch, would surely be able to find.

After doing all this, Manju had to close his eyes and reach out to touch his heart.

It was a real caress; he dug his hand into his skin and probed into his chest.

But there was still nothing there. I could only feel something slightly fibrous flowing by, but when I reached out, I still couldn't grab anything.

Just like Manjus's empty eye socket, even if the one who took that eye has been defeated, the eyeball that was offered up should rightfully be returned.

But nothing changed; the eyeball remained empty and could only be filled by Sekhmet.

Although magic could be used to cover it up, so that others would still see normal eyes, it was still meaningless.

"And what do you intend to do, Tescatlipoca?"

……

"After nine days, it seems we should thank him for being able to release a generous amount." (The rest of the text appears to be a fragmented collection of characters and symbols, possibly from different sources.)

Tsuchimikado Yasuhiro looked up at the sky with a grim expression, but he couldn't see anything at the moment. He could only lower his head again and continue setting up the ceremony.

"Arrogant ancient heroes, you will pay the price."

"After taking Yingyue, they actually chose to hand it over to someone else. What a reckless move."

As the architect of this ritual, Tsuchimikado Yasuhiro used the ritual he had laid down to find the direction of the moon after learning that it had been stolen.

It was based on this that he initially concluded that Manshu had not returned to Ueno, which is why he was able to send Onmyoji to Ueno to search for some information.

However, when he searched again today, he found that the Moon Cup was still not in Ueno.

"It was given to the unclaimed Caster because the Moon Cup was found to be ineffective in granting wishes, so he sought help from an ancient magician."

It's a pity that such actions should have been taken only after everything had settled down. Your arrogance has ruined you, Rider.

Tsuchimikado Yasuhiro's face was filled with barely suppressed joy. As long as he could take the Moon Cup back into his hands, all the gloom before him would be swept away, and he would be the sole victor of this ceremony.

Hedgehog...

4. "It seems there is a certified rest period. A day is not a long time, but it is enough to recover enough strength for a battle."

"Time is of the essence, so I must first return to our base to restore our strength and prepare for a truly decisive battle."

Dedorodia left without lingering. As the only orthodox magician here, she certainly had a lot to prepare.

"Yes, I also need to go back and rest first. Archer has almost exhausted his magic power and needs to rely on the Spirit Land to recover it."

"I also need to gather all the resources I can utilize. We can communicate via my Mystic Code later."

9 Zheng Chenggong did not linger. The disastrous scene only made him more convinced that the ceremony might actually grant him a real wish-granting machine.

After all, it's not easy to believe in something like a wishing machine, but Zheng Chenggong didn't have many other options. Even if he didn't believe in it, he had no choice but to try and get one.

Even if it's not a wish-granting machine, it must still have some use. He needs to seize every force that can help him accomplish his anti-Qing cause.

2. Since this power seems sufficient, we must do our utmost to strive for it.

Unfortunately, because he failed to seek support from the shogunate, most of the forces he brought from the frontier were sent back to the mainland to continue fighting against the Qing army, leaving only a small number of forces here to participate in the ceremony.

Otherwise, there are still quite a few forces that can be relied upon, even if they are weak, they are enough to set up some rituals or enhance magic.

"It seems we'll have to head back now. It's a bit of a shame we couldn't be of help."

Miyamoto Iori watched as everyone quickly left, and could only shake her head as she spoke to Wuzun.

"I'll also go back and report to the doctor, and also recover my magic power. This is the first time I've stretched my muscles like this here, and I almost got beaten to a pulp. Iori, don't take any risks. You're still human, and your body is too fragile; you could easily die."

Before leaving, Musashi gave him some advice. He could see that Miyamoto Iori had a look of eagerness in his eyes, but this was too risky, even too risky.

Even if it's just the overflowing magic power from that temple, it's enough to kill someone. The human body is at least completely vulnerable in the battle between Servants.

"Iori, leave the fighting to me. I'll definitely beat this guy next time and he won't be able to keep hiding like this."

The Martial Venerable sheathed his sword, returned it to its original sheath, and shook his head as he spoke.

……

"This piglet has really caused quite a mess, Um, although some people say they hope to stir things up and make things more interesting."

But what does this have to do with me? With a piglet as powerful as him, I should be able to fulfill my request to him as well, which is a good thing.

Hmph, that utterly unlovable piglet just left without a care in the world, and wouldn't even drink the Shocker.

This time, I'm determined to make him drink the Shock Poison and turn him into my beloved pig in the pigsty.

The witch Circe could also see this scene, and after agreeing to Manjusaki's request, she naturally sent her familiar to keep an eye on this place.

Therefore, all the images were transmitted to Kassadin's eyes by the familiar through the connection. Fortunately, most of the battles took place inside the palace, so not much magic power leaked out and affected the outside world.

At most, when the sacred serpent attacked Zhou Yu, many of his familiars were destroyed by the serpent's actions.

But some parts are still preserved, so you can see the end.

Circe has no intention of delaying this request, at least for the time being. As a Servant, she possesses such power that even the goddess Hecate would probably find it difficult to compare.

That would probably require a powerful god like Apollo to punish this guy, and if we're talking about heroes, then perhaps only Hercules could do it.

Unfortunately, it's impossible to summon such a powerful hero here. Even if one were to summon one, it would cost a great deal of magic and effort, since this place is far from the Mediterranean, and no Greek legends circulate in this era.

Fortunately, I didn't slack off and completed most of the procedures.

Doing these things isn't too difficult if you rely on the core of the ritual.

The reason these unowned Servants cannot leave the sacred land is because they have no Master and no source of magical power.

The restraints them are not the spiritual land itself, but the magic that the spiritual land can provide.

This ceremony utilizes the spiritual energy of the entire Edo region, and through the Moon Cup, it can easily influence all the sacred sites in Edo.

Even Tsuchimikado Yasuhiro could do this, and Yui Masayuki could use the Full Moon Cup to make the sacred land of Edo her own, let alone Circe, the witch of the Age of Gods.

"Yingyue isn't in Ueno?"

The surprised voice came from Ii Masayuki, who is currently a righteous man of the Shogunate Union and therefore has connections with Tsuchimikado.

Ushigozen told Yui Masayuki that she was going to prepare her own Noble Phantasm to deal with the battle, and Yui Masayuki agreed. She went to Kaneiji Temple to discuss it with Tsuchimikado.

Unexpectedly, Tsuchimikado Yasuhiro suddenly told her something so important, which left her somewhat incredulous.

"Yes, it may sound unbelievable, but it's true."

The existence of the full moon is something that cannot be ignored. If you, Lord Jing Zhengxue, do not believe it, you are welcome to investigate yourself, but there is no need for that.

We both serve the shogunate today; even if we have disagreements, why fight and deceive each other before victory is even clear? Our enemies now are the other participants.”

"I believe what you, Lord Taiguang, have to say. The Tsuchimikado surname still carries weight. The fact that you informed me of this matter is enough to demonstrate your sincerity."

"I will take Rider to reclaim the Cup of the Full Moon, restore the ceremony to its proper order, and vanquish the evil god who is harming the people."

After the two finished speaking, they exchanged only a few pleasantries before You Jingzhengxue immediately took her leave.

Before leaving, Tai Guang ordered several Onmyoji to accompany Yui Masayuki to help him fight against the unclaimed Caster.

After Yui Masayuki politely declined, Tai Hiroshi didn't say anything more and watched her leave.

Without stopping, Izumi Yuki summoned Rider Ushi-Gozen, mounted her demonic horse, and headed towards Circe's location.