It's not surprising that I know her.
"But what brings Minister Rocco to see you, 2.4? I find it hard to imagine that the Clock Tower will ever need outside help." Rin Tohsaka seemed somewhat puzzled.
"This matter has some historical backstory, namely the Holy Grail War." After entering a classic teaching building, Shen Qiu knew that he was almost at his destination.
"Holy Grail War?"
Rin was naturally quite familiar with this term, but just as she was about to ask something, she found that Shen Qiu had already stopped in front of an office, and the nameplate hanging outside the office read: [Minister of Summoning Science - Rocco Belfebon]
"Clang clang clang."
"Greetings, Minister Rocco, from the water magician of the Far East, Mr. Shen."
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Chapter 206: Fragments of the Sacred Relic - The Golden Spear (Please Subscribe!)
“Hello, Mr. Shen, this must be a good time to meet you. I am the Minister of Summoning Science under the Summoning Department of the Clock Tower, as well as the Acting Lord and Professor of the Summoning Department. Although I have many titles, you can just call me by my real name, Rocco.”
What came into view was a short, thin old man with white hair. He was wearing a simple gray suit and his age was estimated to be at least sixty years old, but he looked very healthy.
Shen Qiu didn't speak, but quietly observed the small office.
The room was simply furnished with an ordinary desk, a sofa and a small coffee table for entertaining guests, and two tall cabinets on either side, displaying many specimens.
After a quick search, Shen Qiu found what he was looking for.
A Hydra larva soaking in formalin.
He himself had no particular interest in the Hydra larva; he wasn't skilled in necromancy or poison magic, but this allowed him to roughly determine the timeline.
"So, does that mean I arrived earlier than Shiki-kai-kai-kai...?"
Rocco noticed Shen Qiu's gaze as he looked at the Hydra larvae, and quickly spoke up.
"Hey, hey, hey, I can't give you that thing. Besides, it's just a counterfeit. It's a counterfeit, so don't worry about it too much. As for collecting these things, it's just a small hobby of mine."
"You misunderstand. Even if you gave me this, I wouldn't need it." The two looked at each other and then laughed. In any case, Rocco's personality was quite good, and cooperating with someone like him was reassuring.
but--
This item is certainly not a counterfeit; it's just that it lacks mature larvae. After all, it belongs to a highly respected high-ranking member of the Clock Tower, whose resources and background are quite formidable.
"You must be exhausted from traveling all the way from the far East, right? To be honest, we really had no other choice. You should know something about what happened in Romania."
Once the serious matter was discussed, Rocco's previously gentle expression vanished, replaced by a solemn one. What had happened in Romania was extremely serious, and could even be said to have severely damaged the authority of the Clock Tower.
"I know. Dozens of sealers and hundreds of magicians in the cleaning team died at the hands of the Yggdrasil Yggdrasil clan. I heard that their deaths were extremely gruesome. They were all pierced by sharp iron stakes and drained of their blood."
Rocco stood up, looked out the window, and then let out a long sigh.
"The Holy Grail War, I believe you, coming from the Far East, are very familiar with it. Over the years, sub-species Holy Grail Wars have been constantly occurring in many parts of the world, but—"
At this point, Rocco changed the subject.
"This Holy Grail War in Romania is a genuine Holy Grail War. They possess the Grand Grail, which they plundered from Fuyuki City, and intend to rewrite the current state of world magic through the Holy Grail War. They want to establish their own set of rules for magic."
Rocco sighed. In truth, the one who was truly unkind in all these matters was the Clock Tower. In a sense, this could be considered karma.
Danic, the patriarch of the Yggdrasil clan, was the most outstanding genius in the Clock Tower sixty years ago, and was enthusiastically sought after as soon as he entered the profession.
However, his family, the Yggdrasil, was just a small family in Northern Europe, and the family's magical inscription was becoming increasingly thin under unknown circumstances. Therefore, Darnick could be said to have placed all the family's hopes on him.
However, what was unexpected was that a high-ranking magician said in public: "The bloodline of the Thousand World Tree Clan is a cursed bloodline, and it is impossible for it to be passed down for more than five generations. Anyone who gets involved with the Thousand World Tree Clan is courting their own destruction."
These words caused Danic, who was once adored by thousands, to plummet from the peak to the bottom in an instant. The nobleman who had promised to marry him to his fiancée, and the close friend who had patted him on the shoulder and said that he would overcome difficulties together... all disappeared overnight.
Only Danic, having sheathed his fangs and licked his wounds, finally revealed his weapon, honed to an unparalleled sharpness, to the Clock Tower after seventy years of preparation!
"So my mission this time is to help you conquer this Holy Grail War?"
Shen Qiu picked up the tea that the maid had just brought from the coffee table and took a sip. Hmm, it was Earl Grey tea, a favorite of the British.
"Yes, to be honest, this Holy Grail War is extremely dangerous; it's a matter of life or death, so you know—"
At this point, Rocco couldn't help but give a wry smile.
"With the elite forces established by the seal almost entirely wiped out, we could only try to select magicians from various disciplines who were outstanding in both strategy and combat, but the result was regrettable."
He clapped his hands with a hint of helplessness. More than 80 percent of the magicians in the Clock Tower were only good at research and theory. After all, there was a dedicated force organization called [Sealing System], so they were basically not the ones who had to do combat.
However, all the elite warriors of the seal, who were skilled in combat, died in Romania, and the Clock Tower was suddenly plunged into a talent shortage.
The Holy Grail War tests not only combat skills, but also strategic thinking. It is indeed difficult to find a magician who is skilled in both combat and strategy.
Therefore, they had no choice but to seek help from bounty hunters like Shiki Jieli.
"I can certainly accept this task, but as for Minister Rocco, we all know that the main battle of the Holy Grail War is between Sevent and Sevent. An excellent Servant can often achieve twice the result with half the effort, and summoning an excellent Servant also requires excellent relics."
To be honest, Shen Qiu isn't bragging, but when it comes to fighting the Holy Grail War, "no one knows more about the Holy Grail War than me." During the Fourth Holy Grail War, Shen Qiu was just a half-baked water magician.
However, thanks to his master Scáthach, he managed to survive until the end and even killed Gilgamesh, the King of the Mongol Cult, which shows the importance of a powerful Servant.
"Please rest assured about this. The Clock Tower contains a considerable number of excellent relics, and the ones we have prepared this time are the finest of the finest, selected from the best of the best."
As he spoke, Rocco took out a small wooden box from the drawer and slowly opened it in front of Shen Qiu. At the moment it was opened, Shen Qiu actually felt a faint divine power!
Inside the black wooden box, a golden fragment lay quietly.
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Chapter 207: Karna - Heading to Romania (Please Subscribe!)
"This is..."
Although he already had some guesses in his heart, Shen Qiu still suppressed his temper and asked Luo Ke.
"A famous hero in Hindu mythology, son of the sun god Surya, possessing unparalleled martial arts skills. Even though his life was full of tragedies, it did not diminish his fame in history."
His name is—
"Karna!"
Shen Qiu and Luo Ke said the name almost at the same time, and after saying the name, Shen Qiu could hardly hide his excitement.
This is Karna!
Who hasn't heard of the famous Little Sun Karna?
In FGO, he is known as one of the "Golden Three Targets" along with Gilgamesh and Pharaoh Osmandis. He not only possesses many powerful Noble Phantasms and impressive stats, but also has extremely high divinity.
In addition, Karna has an excellent personality. As long as the Master is even slightly normal, they can get along very well with him. He is practically a perfect Servant.
“Since you’ve heard of it, that makes things easier. This is a fragment of the golden spear that Karna once used and fought for. If we use it as a catalyst, even if we can’t guarantee 100%, there should be more than 90% chance of summoning this great Indian hero.”
Rocco wasn't surprised that Shen Qiu knew the story of Karna; after all, the other party was so famous that it wasn't strange for him to know.
After saying the last word, Rocco pushed the fragment of the golden spear in front of him toward Shen Qiu, who naturally took it without hesitation. Under Rocco's gaze, the box simply vanished into thin air.
"Oh? Is it spatial magic? Then the essential item must be that silver ring on your right ring finger, right? Quite exquisite magic."
Rocco showed a slight surprise after seeing the box disappear, but that was all. As a high-ranking member of the Clock Tower, although spatial magic was very precious, he had some experience with it.
"Just some small tricks, but there are seven of us on this side, right? So where are the other six besides me?"
At this moment, in the Clock Tower, in the Lord's office of the Modern Magic Department.
"Hey, why didn't you tell me about something this big? The Greater Grail is something our ancestors created, isn't it? Is there anything wrong with me, a descendant of the Tohsaka family, taking it back? Hey?"
"But teacher, I think Tohsaka just wants to have fun by herself. If we're going to participate, I think it's better if I do. I'm wholeheartedly thinking about the safety of the Clock Tower. What do you think?"
Upon hearing Rin Tohsaka's words, the flaxen-haired boy who was sitting on the sofa immediately stood up to refute her, so much so that he accidentally spilled the orange juice he was holding.
"Flat Escaldes"
Rin Tohsaka clenched her fists and gritted her teeth as she looked at the quirky and lively boy in front of her, feeling a huge, nameless fire burning fiercely within her.
"Hehehe, I'm going, I'm going!"
The girl in gray standing to the side listened to their conversation with a somewhat blank expression. Although she couldn't understand what they were saying, it shouldn't be considered an argument, right? It shouldn't be...
"Enough! You two, that's enough!"
The difference between a proxy Lord and a full Lord lies here: El-Melloi II's office was quite spacious, over a hundred square meters in a prime location like the Clock Tower, making it an underutilization of space.
But even the biggest office isn't big enough to let him run wild in front of these teenagers, especially since it's his time to prepare lessons and read literature. Being messed around by these guys makes his brain feel like it's trembling.
King El-Melloi II was known for his good temper; he rarely got angry, and when he did, it meant that things were really serious.
For a moment, Rin Tohsaka, Flat, and Gray all felt a chill run through their hearts, and the three of them stood motionless as if they had turned into ice sculptures.
"Feel sorry."
Seeing this, the Second Prince realized he had spoken too harshly and could only helplessly take out a box of cigars from his pocket. Gray, who was next to him, saw this and quickly ran over to light the cigars.
Although it is a parallel world, even here Kenneth could not escape his tragic fate. He participated in the Subspecies Holy Grail War with his fiancée and student Waver Velvet, and was then beautifully defeated by Waver, who summoned the King of Conquerors.
The El-Melloi family suffered the same fate as in World War IV. With everyone turning against them and abandoning them, only Waver managed to clean up the mess and barely keep this once top-tier family afloat.
However, what he didn't know was that the three people present had all participated in the Holy Grail War in different worlds. Rin had participated in the Fifth Holy Grail War, while Flat Escaldes would participate in the Fate/strangeFake Holy Grail War, located in Snowfield City, America, ten years later.
At that time, he will become the Master of Berserker Jack the Ripper.
"Well then, let's say goodbye. It's about time I headed to Romania." Gazing at the sunset that had turned the sky crimson, Shen Qiu stood up and gave Rocco a very polite bow.
"So eager? Won't you stay for a quick meal? The Clock Tower has students from all over the world, so you can find all kinds of cuisines."
"No, since those Masters have already gone to Romania, I can't just stay here forever. There are only a few days left until the Holy Grail War starts, right?"
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