This is not an MMO game copy

The young man from ancient Greece looked at Xia Yan and the witch in his arms for a moment with a strange look on his face, and said to his master:

"Master, he's trying to stop the people around him from attacking you."

"what?"

Fiore looked bewildered.

"The archer over there is right. One of the highest priorities of the 'artificial intelligence' beside me is combat. It will automatically launch a relentless attack on any target that conflicts with me."

Xia Yan hugged Irena from behind, clamping down on the intelligent teammate NPC who was trying to raise her wand to cast a spell, while shouting to Fiore and the archer:

"Fiore, do you believe what I say now? The archers beside you should be able to tell whether this big guy behind me is a Heroic Spirit or not!"

Hearing this, Fiore looked at the archer beside her again.

"That's not a Heroic Spirit, Master."

The archer shook his head.

"You really... haven't summoned a Servant yet?"

Fiore looked back at Xia Yan with disbelief.

"It's absolutely true, Fiore."

Xia Yan shrugged, continued to suppress Irena, who was still in combat mode, and put on a sincere expression, saying:

"So, I already possess a 'Guardian' with Servant-level combat power, and I can also summon more Servants through Command Seals. Two Servant-level fresh forces are joining me in this Holy Grail War. I think the Thousand Worlds Tree Yugdomrenia should give it some careful consideration, right?!"

"..."

Fiore pursed her lips.

"I need to inform our head of the family before I can give you an accurate answer."

"no problem."

Xia Yan smiled.

"Pleasant to work with."

Second copy: 37. Cheating is a staple of the Holy Grail War (4+k)

It is well known that the Broken Cup War that takes place in the Type-Moon world, no matter which world line it is on, is not fair at all.

Even if the Masters participating in the battle do not use any tricks against each other, the Heroic Spirits summoned to the world are still divided into different levels. Powerful servants will often unilaterally suppress weaker servants. Even powerful servants may end up crushing the other side with absolute advantage due to various reasons.

For example: In the Fuyuki City Holy Grail War in the F/Z world line, Hassan of a Hundred Faces, who had all gone out to attack, was beaten to death by his summoned group of friends after the King of Conquerors deployed his inherent barrier.

But when facing Gilgamesh, the King's Gay Friends, who also had EX-level Noble Phantasms, were unilaterally crushed by the Sword of Separation, and even the King of Conquerors' final desperate charge was completely defeated by the Chain of Heaven.

However, all of the above is based on the premise of knowing the "God's perspective" of the Fate series plot and settings.

A magician without a God's perspective generally would not know the various inside stories and information about the Heroic Spirits in advance.

Even if Danic, the head of the Thousand Worlds Tree, won the Third Holy Grail War in the F/A world line, it was still the same.

Therefore, Xia Yan was completely certain that Danic would not reject his proposal. The joining of two Servant-level combat forces would definitely not be missed for the Thousand World Tree, which initiated the Romanian Holy Grail War but whose core purpose was to break away from the Magic Association and mainly rebel against the Clock Tower.

Things developed just as he thought.

The 'job' application was sent out on the second night of this 'copy'.

A few hours later, the next morning, I received a reply.

"My uncle agreed."

Accompanied by the archers, Fiore personally went to the hotel where Xia Yan was staying. After knocking on the door of the suite he was staying in, she said directly:

"The Thousand Worlds Tree is willing to accept your service. We will also provide you with the necessary preparations to summon heroic spirits, but you must sign a self-compulsory certificate."

The Self-Enforced Certificate is a spell contract used by magicians in the Type-Moon world to conclude an agreement that cannot be violated. The specific effect can be referred to the Devil's Contract in DND. As long as you sign it and meet the oath conditions, the certificate will take effect. Even if the oath-maker is dead, as long as the magic mark is inherited by the next generation, even the soul after death will be bound.

Of course, you can also find loopholes like in DND's Devil's Contract. In the plot of F/Z, Director Ken trusted the self-enforced certificate too much and was killed by Kiritsugu Emiya who took advantage of the loophole.

But in most cases, as long as the terms of the oath are strict and tight enough, the self-enforced certificate is the most trusted "legal" document for Type-Moon magicians, and compared to the Devil's Contract in DND, there will be no devil language disguised as patterns, which is also part of the terms.

"What are the terms?"

"here."

Fiore handed over a piece of parchment.

Xia Yan took it and took a look.

The content of the certificate is as follows:

Binding Spell: Subjects: () and Fiore. By ()/Fiore's soul/mark, swearing that the following conditions are met, the contract will become a commandment, binding the subject without exception.

Vow: During the Romanian Holy Grail War, () will permanently prohibit any intention or action to kill or harm Fiore Fulvige Eugdomrenia, a member of the Thousand Worlds Tree, and will form an offensive and defensive alliance with her during the Holy Grail War.

Condition: During the Romanian Holy Grail War, Fiore Fulvige Eugdomrenia, a member of the Thousand Worlds Tree, is permanently prohibited from any intention or action to kill or harm (), and resources for the Holy Grail War are provided to ().

"Is that all?"

Xia Yan asked in return:

"Also, why is it you, Fiore, who I'm swearing an oath to? I thought your family's head would come here in person."

"I'm sorry, my uncle is busy and can't come. I drafted this self-compulsory certificate overnight, so naturally I will be the one you pledge your vows to."

Fiore smiled politely.

"How cautious!"

Xia Yan shrugged.

This development did not surprise him.

After all, after Danic became the winner of the Third Holy Grail War in the F/A world line, he relied on backstabbing Er Dezi to keep the Holy Grail in the nest of the Thousand Worlds Tree for decades. Not to mention thoroughly studying the structure of the Holy Grail, he can also be said to have figured out the ritual of the Holy Grail War.

If things develop normally, as long as several Servant souls are returned to the Holy Grail, the Holy Grail's wish-granting function can be directly activated. The total number of Heroic Spirits in the Romanian Holy Grail War is 14.

In fact, if it hadn't been attacked by a dragon from a floating city, Danic only needed to stay by the Holy Grail, and the Romanian Holy Grail War wouldn't have needed to decide the final winner. The Thousand Worlds Tree might have won the victory in advance about halfway through.

As for why the self-enforced document only required Fiore to swear an alliance with him...

Xia Yan smiled.

However, he did not reveal this plan, which was the same as Kiritsugu Emiya's plan to kill Kayneth.

Instead, he signed his name, handed the self-compulsory certificate back to Fiore, and extended his right hand to her.

"Pleasant to work with."

"Pleasant to work with."

After putting away the self-compulsory certificate, Fiore glanced at Xia Yan, stretched out her right hand, shook it lightly and symbolically, and said:

"Next, I hope you can assist me in the Holy Grail War."

"No problem, what about summoning heroic spirits?"

"I've already instructed my servants to prepare everything for you, including the summoning venue and ritual, as well as the holy relics... I hope you're not lying to me. You've never summoned a Servant before."

"Well, I'd like to know if you've collected any relics related to Colchis and Aeaea from ancient Greece during all these years of preparation for this Holy Grail War."

"Why are you asking that? Wait, could it be..."

Fiore was stunned for a moment, and then immediately associated something with the two keywords Colchis and Aeaea.

"...You want to summon a Servant related to the Hero of Agol!?"

"I don't know how many Heroic Spirits the other Masters on the Red side have summoned, and how many classes they have left."

Xia Yan opened his eyes and lied:

"Considering the worst-case scenario, the three Knights' classes have probably already been summoned. The remaining Cavalry, Berserker, and Assassin are all capable of immediate use in the Holy Grail War. I may not be able to snatch them up right now, and I already have a Servant-level Guardian. I might as well just summon Caster directly."

"You have a point, but you haven't answered me yet. Why do you want to summon a Servant related to the Hero of Agor?"

Fiore stared at Xia Yan with a wary look on her face.

"Oh, that's easy, because of him."

Xia Yan pointed at the archers beside Fiore.

"Ok?"

Fiore and Teacher Ma immediately became alert.

"Summoning Heroic Spirits in the Holy Grail War should sometimes be based on 'cause and effect' or 'fate', right?!"

Xia Yan said calmly:

"Your archers probably came from ancient Greece. I think that time was still the Age of Gods. If I rely on the venue and ritual you provide to summon Heroic Spirits, there will be a causal connection between you and me. And you and your Servant will surely be monitoring my summoning in real time... So, instead of choosing another Relic and taking a gamble on whether I can summon a powerful Servant, it's better to directly strengthen this connection and choose a Relic from the ancient Greek era."

Xia Yan spread his hands and said sincerely:

"So, this great hero from the ancient Greek era, which epic chapter in ancient Greek mythology do you think gathers the most heroes?"

After a moment of silence, Mr. Ma slowly began to speak: "...the Trojan War that was triggered by the struggle for Helen, and the adventures of the hero Agor."

"That's it."

"I understand. I will inform my uncle about this matter, but in this case you must stay where you are and wait for the holy relic to be delivered."

"It's ok."

Xia Yan nodded.

"I can wait..."

...I can wait until Chiron, Achilles and Atalanta, three servants from ancient Greek mythology, appear in the world, and use this "connection", especially the fate of Tamiao in his lifetime, to gamble on whether I can summon the Wanfu Bingying Breaking Precepts Launcher.

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Summoning heroic spirits is a matter of fate.

If the affinity between the Master and the Servant is high enough, the Heroic Spirit will summon itself with its own food beside the Master without even actively summoning it.

Sometimes this kind of fateful entanglement is not limited to the master.

For example: The reason why the Berserker-class Lancelot in F/Z can be summoned by Matou Kariya without using any relics is not because of his high compatibility with the Master, but because Lancelot's wish as a Heroic Spirit is to atone for his sins and hopes that Lord Ainz will personally execute him, the traitor. If Lord Ainz is not summoned, the Heroic Spirit that responds to Matou Kariya's summons may not be Lancelot.

Of course, this theory, which is even more metaphysical than the various 'concepts' and rigged magic tricks that the Type-Moon world is keen on using, is basically unknown to the magicians participating in the Holy Grail War.

Well, to be precise, this metaphysical theory is not a secret in Chaldea in the FGO worldline, but in the F/A worldline, even Danic, who has held the Holy Grail for decades, is completely unaware of it.

But the magicians of the Type-Moon world can definitely understand and accept this metaphysical theory, which is similar to the magic of "concepts".

Xia Yan was 70% to 80% sure that his proposal would be accepted.

Because this is an open conspiracy.

His suggestion to summon the Caster class was enough to dispel a considerable amount of suspicion and concerns about him from a magus like Danic who had participated in the Third Holy Grail War.

After all, Servants of the Caster class are in a rather awkward position in the Holy Grail War, as most Servants have the [Magic Resistance] class skill, and those without this skill are either cavalry with higher mobility, Berserkers with strong stats and frontal combat power, or Assassins, a class that is naturally nemesis to Magicians under normal circumstances.

In most Holy Grail Wars, the Grand King of Fighters, the Alternate Grand Swordmaster, and the Axe King will not be summoned.

Unfortunately, Caster's job skills [Item Creation] and [Position Construction] are both severely restricted by site factors. The former will be useless without sufficient magic power, and the latter must be built on the spirit veins, which are the tracks of magic power flowing in the earth.

Romania is the territory of the [Thousand Worlds Tree], and the spiritual veins with better quality are either occupied by the [Thousand Worlds Tree] or monitored and sealed by the [Thousand Worlds Tree].

Deliberately choose the weakest class.

Plus, actively put yourself under surveillance.

No matter how you look at it, it's full of sincerity.

As for the [Thousand Worlds Tree], does it have any holy relics in this regard?

In the F/A world line, due to the emergence of a large number of subspecies Holy Grail Wars, the Holy Relics were purchased and used by a large number of magicians, but the Thousand Worlds Tree would definitely purchase and stockpile them in advance in preparation for the Romanian Holy Grail War.

The original master of Medea, a Caster-class servant in FSN, had intended to bid for the Bodhi leaf stained with dragon blood as a holy relic, but it was bid away by someone else in the Clock Tower. In the end, the Bodhi leaf stained with dragon blood was probably destroyed by a Grand Puppeteer, so he had to settle for the second best and use the holy relic to summon Medea.

But in the F/A world line, the Bodhi leaf stained with dragon blood was taken into the possession of the Thousand Worlds Tree early on, and now it has summoned Sorry.

Then, the holy relic used to summon Medea in FSN cannot be preserved in the F/A world line. Without knowing the information and data of the special treasure [Wan Fu Bi Ying Po Jie], Danic has no reason to refuse a magician of the Age of Gods to be summoned with the weakest class, Caster.

Yes, there is no reason to disagree.

Even if it means summoning a magician from the Age of Gods.