I'm really not a top magician

"So...how do we find the mouse?"

8pm, 6 hours until the final battle

In the cave of Yuanzang Mountain,

The huge space in the cave exudes a terrifying atmosphere.

The surrounding animals try to stay away from the cave as much as possible.

Because in their opinion, there is a monster living in the cave.

"coax!"

Suddenly, a roar came from the entrance of the cave.

The animals all knew that the monster inside was hungry.

"No need to mess around, kid."

Inside the cave, the female knight in black armor comforted the monster in front of her.

Before her stood a gigantic monster. Calling it a monster wasn't quite the right word; it looked more like a massive mass of flesh composed of unknown entities. However, from a distance, one could make out some limbs around the edges of the mass. From time to time, one could even hear it muttering in an incomprehensible voice, "Mom! Mom!"

Although the black-armored female knight knew what the monster was thinking, she couldn't wake it up now.

"I still have a ritual to perform, child,"

"You can't wake up yet."

As soon as the words fell, a golden light shone from the hands of the black-armored female knight, and then a huge golden cup appeared in her hand. At her command, the golden cup instantly bloomed with a dazzling golden light.

The black-armored female knight muttered something into the golden cup in her hand, and the cup immediately blazed with a dazzling golden light. Sensing the immense magical power contained within this golden light, the monster was startled for a moment, then roared at the golden cup, the source of the light. A fierce stream of magic burst from its mouth, colliding with the magic of the golden cup.

moment,

The two invisible magical powers began to stir each other, and the huge wind force generated even scratched several deep scars on the stone wall inside the cave, like the claw marks of a wild beast.

However, this magical collision did not last too long. In less than a few seconds, the power of the golden cup suppressed the monster's power, and the golden light enveloped it.

Then, the monster fell into a deep sleep again, just as the black-armored female knight said.

After the monster fell into a deep sleep, a magician in a blue robe hurried out of the cave entrance and said to the black-armored knight:

"Lady Saint, this monster seems to be becoming more and more active recently."

"After all, most of the power of the Holy Grail is used to suppress it." The knight known as the Saint replied.

"Then how about we..."

Before Jill could finish, the Saint interrupted, "It's alright, Jill. As long as we win this Holy Grail War, we will naturally have the magic power to suppress it."

The Saint put away the golden cup in her hand and said, "And, Jill, how are the preparations for the summoning ceremony going?"

"Everything is ready, except..."

"But it's okay."

"I'm afraid of using the power of the Holy Grail again. This monster might..."

"The magical power of a mere Servant will not have much impact on the Holy Grail. The plan proceeds as usual."

"As you command, Saint Lady."

The two walked in the ever-changing cave, the Holy Knight walked in front, and the magician Jill followed closely behind.

Soon they came to a wider place.

In the center of this area, there is a huge cave, and inside the cave stands an even larger golden cup.

This cup is the Great Holy Grail of the Fuyuki Holy Grail War.

The Saint Black-Armored Knight came to the stone throne in front of the Holy Grail.

Chanting:

“This is hereby declared.”

"Your body is under my command, and my fate rests on your sword."

"Answer the call of the Holy Grail. If you will obey my will, then answer my call."

"I swear this."

"I am the one who spreads all the evil in the world, but you should serve me with your eyes blinded by chaos."

"You are the one held captive in the cage of madness. I am the master who holds its chains—"

"You are the three great word spirits that haunt the seven heavens, coming from the Wheel of Restraint! Guardian of the Scales!"

Accompanied by the last word chant,

Lightning and thunder, wind and clouds rolling,

Amidst the strong wind pressure, the summoning pattern shone with brilliant light.

In a flash,

Six figures appeared in the magic circle.

After receiving the order from the contract, they all knelt down towards the black-armored female knight.

"You are finally here, my friends."

"I am your master."

"I have only one order."

"Let's put an end to the Holy Grail War and put an end to this era!"

Chapter 288 The battle begins! [Update ]

At 10 pm, there are still 4 hours until the final battle.

Sajo Aika led everyone to the Civic Hall.

Originally they could have arrived here earlier, but in order to be wary of the surveillance of other servants and familiars, Sajo Aika and the others advanced very slowly under the protection of C Dai's illusion.

This is why the large force arrived here at this time.

Because of the curfew in Fuyuki City at night, there were not many people passing by the street leading to the Civic Hall.

This is also thanks to the curfew measures proposed by the Fuyuki City Government, which created such a quiet fighting environment for everyone.

"Hey, where is Miss Lisa?" asked Gudako.

In fact, she had wanted to ask for a long time. Although Lisa was supposed to be responsible for supporting and supervising the battle perimeter, everyone should act together after finding the person. However, she had not seen Miss Lisa on the way. This made Gudako feel a little worried about her.

"Don't worry Lisa."

Sajo Aika seemed to have seen through Gudako's thoughts long ago, so she answered directly, "She is carrying out her mission."

After answering Gudako's question, Sajo Aika immediately began preparing for battle.

She first arranged for C to stay.

"Altria, set up a barrier around the battle area right now. Tell everyone in this area to leave immediately. Also, remember to set up a sensor barrier outside the battlefield. The people from Yuanzang Mountain should be careful."

"understood."

C Dai gave a simple answer, then immediately transformed into a spirit and disappeared in front of everyone. After a while, C Dai appeared on the top of the largest building around.

She held a wooden staff with a huge gem inlaid on the tip. This gem was a tool used to amplify magic power. As the Staff of Choice, its level of treasure was the same as that of the Sword in the Stone.

C Dai held the staff in front of him, closed his eyes, and began to chant magic spells.

"It's about to begin."

Sajo Aika muttered.

At the same time, she felt a powerful force pulling her.

The powerful magic power in the body was also quickly consumed under this huge force, and then began to provide magic power to C Dai at an astonishing speed.

The speed at which magic power was consumed surprised Sajo Aika. In fact, she knew that the amount of magic power required to perform such a large-scale magic was definitely not a small amount.

But even after making such mental preparations, Aika Sajo still felt that the speed was too fast, which almost caught her off guard.

"As expected, you don't usually dare to use my magic too hard, Artoria?"

Aika Sajo roughly guessed the reason for this illusion.

Because his own qualifications as a magician were too poor, the amount of magic he could provide to Artoria might not be enough to cover her consumption. Therefore, in order to ensure her own safety, Artoria rarely drew magic from her body on a daily basis, but instead obtained magic inefficiently by eating a lot.

It was also at this moment that Aika Sajo finally saw clearly that this was Caster Altria, who had a different job from Saber, but was indeed the same person. This top servant among the Heroic Spirits only began to show her strength at this moment.

"I'm fine, Altria, just go ahead and perform your magic!"

Shatiao Aige conveyed the message to Artoria, and at the same time, Shatiao Aige quickly used her unique method of absorbing the source of magic power and began to continuously absorb magic power from the air.

After hearing Altria's reply, Aika Sajo clearly felt that the speed at which her magic power was being consumed was even faster!

"You really didn't use your full strength?"

Sweat appeared on Aika Sajo's forehead because she was absorbing magic power with all her strength.

As expected, without Shadow's help, it was too difficult for me to provide magic power to Altria by my own strength.

But now is not the time to use shadows.

I can only rely on myself.

The top of the building,

As a large amount of magic power gathered around Artoria, the powerful magic flow even formed a gust of wind that swirled upwards around her.

The huge wind pressure disrupted the night wind at high altitude and even directly dominated the wind direction in this small area.

"Thank you for your hard work, Master," Altria said with a smile, "Since you want to see it, I will let you see my true strength."

Suddenly, Artoria opened her eyes and thrust the Staff of Selection forward.

Like the ripples formed when a stone is thrown into the water,

The powerful magic, through the Rod of Selection, formed ripples in the air, which continued to spread outwards, forming beautiful pink light bands in the night sky.

Those light bands gradually began to spread outward with the building where Artoria was located as the center, passing through every object, person, and animal in the way as quickly and powerfully as water waves, until they reached the end of the reach of this magic, and then repeated the cycle.

Immediately afterwards, influenced by this magic, all the people who were originally staying in the room walked out of their homes.

The color of everyone's pupils changed and were covered with a magical pink color. It was Altria's magic.

As if they had received some kind of guidance, they all headed towards the outside of the Civic Hall area under the guidance of Altria's pink light band.

Even Sajo Aika and the others, who had already known the outcome, were surprised by this scene. It was easy to deceive someone through magic. The technical difficulty involved was merely the most basic aspect of the Clock Tower.

But if you want to deceive everyone in a large area of a city at the same time, it is very difficult because you have to create an illusion that everyone will believe.

And the Artoria in front of him obviously did it.

"Well done!"

Sajo Aika couldn't help but cheer.

The people around him also felt incredible.

It took nearly an hour for such a large crowd of people to gradually withdraw from the battle area of the Civic Hall and head towards other corners of Fuyuki City.

But Altria's work is not over yet.

After all the citizens had left, she tapped the ground with the staff in her hand again. Suddenly, the originally pink light band turned transparent in an instant. However, everyone could still feel from the flow of air that a powerful magical power began to gradually gather outside the Civic Hall, forming a transparent barrier that was invisible to ordinary people.

This barrier not only blocks ordinary people from entering, but also senses everyone who passes through it.

When these tasks were completed, Artoria stopped wielding the staff in her hand.

She disappeared into the sky and returned to the ground.

It was hard for people to see the sweat on her forehead.

Now, Altria not only needs to establish a barrier, but also needs to maintain the magic output of her sister.

However, the magic in this regard mainly comes from Aika Satiao.

"Thank you for your hard work, Altria." Saijo Aika praised, and then launched the flare in her hand, which represented the location of the decisive battle, into the air.

In an instant, the fireworks spread out.

"Then, the decisive battle begins! Everyone!"