Type-Moon: Shinji Matou Also Wants to Be the Protagonist

Fortunately, everyone present had their own unique skills.

Iskandar and Lancelot, with their strong wills, quickly succumbed to temptation.

He stared in horror at the cube in Shen's hand.

Weber was still staring at the cube with a dazed expression, and had even reached out to snatch it.

But he was too weak, and before he could succeed, he was ruthlessly suppressed by Iskandar.

As for Shinji, the Blue King's ability stabilizes his mind, allowing him to maintain his rationality for the time being.

"Rider, you guys go save them first!"

Shinji casually hung Iskandar's magic supply on the Three Magic Furnaces.

An even more surging magical power instantly filled Iskandar's nearly dried-up body.

Without saying a word, Iskandar quickly lifted Webber, who was struggling more and more violently, into the air.

That bizarre cube's ability to tear apart the mind is even greater than that of the [Snail Annihilation City Text].

If he stayed any longer, even he couldn't guarantee he could maintain his composure.

After Iskandar left with the others.

Shinji stared at the cube in his hand with a conflicted expression, struggling to voice his wish:

"Repair the earth's ley lines!"

Chapter 96: Self-Healing

The wish-granting mechanism of the Three-Based Magic Furnace is similar to that of the Holy Grail; both require the person making the wish to have a feasible direction of their own.

Otherwise, the final outcome might be completely different from what you wanted, something that doesn't match your expectations at all.

With Shinji's current specialized knowledge base, he is not yet knowledgeable enough to even understand large-scale projects like spiritual vein repair.

However, at least Shinji knew that these ley lines, just like people, have the ability to heal themselves after being injured.

The difference is that the earth's veins recover much, much slower than the human body's self-repair.

To compress the long self-recovery time into an extremely short time, one must rely on the miracle of making a wish.

After expressing its wish, the cube temporarily suppressed its bewitching and enchanting power.

Golden magic transformed into particle light effects and fell into the Weiyuan River below.

This river runs through the entire city of Fuyuki and is an important part of the city's geomantic network.

As the golden particles merged into the river water, the Miwon River, which had become murky due to the earthquake, became clear at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the flowing water even took on a faint golden hue.

At the same time, following the magical perception of the Three-Based Magic Furnace, Shinji discovered that the magic he had just acquired had been activated.

The magic of the Three-Based Magic Furnace seeped into the underground veins along the Weiyuan River.

It did not recklessly pour all its power into the wound caused by the collapse of the earth's veins.

Instead, it guides the magic of adjacent intact ley lines, connecting them with the broken ley lines to form a unified whole.

He then used the magic power of the ley lines themselves to activate the grand magic [Time Control].

A layer of inherent barrier enveloped the ley lines themselves, and then time within the barrier began to accelerate wildly.

Since the restoration of ley lines takes a long time, we might as well just speed up the flow of time.

The earth's ley lines have a much stronger capacity to withstand stress than humans, so the acceleration factor they could achieve was off the charts from the very beginning, reaching a level that the Emiya family had never been able to comprehend.

Shinji's consciousness participated in the entire process along with the Three-Based Magic Furnace.

Every detail of the magic, from its construction to its execution, was presented in Shinji's perception with exquisite clarity.

The newly acquired [Time Control] has become the magic that Shinji understands most deeply at the moment.

There are even a large number of parts that were not included in the magic crests given by Kiritsugu Emiya, which spontaneously generated during the automatic operation of the ley lines.

Shinji couldn't understand this part at all, but that didn't stop him from writing it down.

Once Shinji is able to understand them, he can try to study his own [Inherent Time Control 2.0].

As the grand magic took effect, the breaches in the earth's veins began to heal at a visible rate.

The outward manifestation of this is that the waters of the Weiyuan River are no longer surging violently.

As if gently combed by a hand, it began to flow slowly in accordance with some invisible rhythm.

The ground tremors weakened rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The tremors that spread further away seemed to lose their power and were quickly diluted and absorbed by the vast earth.

The surging waves on the sea, after initially crashing fiercely against the embankment, eventually lost their momentum.

The area affected by the terrifying earthquake was quickly contained back to Fuyuki City.

Even the tremors in the city center gradually became confined to the Xindu area.

Tiny points of light began to flicker along the edges of the rift valleys that stretched across the city like a spider web.

It was as if countless tiny lives were active within it, trying to reconnect the fractured earth.

Although the city remains in ruins.

But that chilling, destructive aura that seemed to devour everything was rapidly fading away.

The clouds in the sky, which had been distorted by the chaos of magic, gradually calmed down, revealing a corner of the sky that had been obscured by dark clouds for a long time.

Shinji gripped the Three-Based Magic Furnace tightly, and the golden light on the cube's surface gradually dimmed.

It transformed back into that seemingly ordinary metal cube.

He could sense that the magic inside the cube was still being generated, but at a much slower rate than before.

Clearly, the desire to "repair the ley lines," even if it's just to accelerate their natural healing, places a tremendous burden on them.

Even its bewitching and seductive power has diminished considerably.

The Three-Based Magic Furnace has fulfilled its function as a wish-granting machine, and the wounds of the earth's veins have begun to heal themselves.

But the matter is not over yet.

[Inherent Time Control] The most dangerous part is not the activation process, but the end of its use.

The time flow correction from the world itself descended abruptly as the massive [Inherent Time Control] within the ley lines was released.

The city beneath his feet trembled violently once more, causing Shinji's heart, which had just begun to settle, to race again.

Fortunately, the tremor was short-lived and did not escalate further.

Even after that shudder, the shaking of the entire city completely subsided.

The survivors in the city waited anxiously for a long time, and only when the earthquake really stopped did they let out shouts of relief.

Only a magician with keen senses like Shinji could perceive it.

The entire network of ley lines in Winterwood suffered a severe blow, with the magical energy flowing within it dropping by more than 70%.

If all the timeline corrections are done at once, the entire repair will be wasted.

Therefore, the earth's ley lines automatically adjusted the pressure-bearing range, pulling the entire Fuyuki City into the throes.

If it weren't for the fact that the earth veins could still be sensed as if they were recovering, the entire spiritual veins of Dongmu would have been completely destroyed today.

However, even if it can be restored, it will not be completed in a short time.

At least for a very long time to come, except for a very few spiritual vein nodes, Dongmu will remain undeveloped.

No other place is suitable for a magician's daily research and living.

"Is this... okay?"

Shinji muttered to himself, gazing down at the city that was gradually returning to calm.

There was little joy in my heart, but rather a deep sense of exhaustion and lingering fear.

Regardless of the alluring magic emanating from the Three-Based Magic Furnace;

The feeling of placing all hope in an unknown miracle when making a wish still haunts him.

When he made the decision, he didn't know to what extent his wish would ultimately be fulfilled.

What if the power of the Three-Based Magic Furnace isn't strong enough to do it?

What if improper handling worsens the damage to the earth's veins?

Or what if it kills even more innocent people?

......

Various possible scenarios weighed heavily on Shinji's mind, and the immense pressure made him so nervous that he could hardly breathe.

Fortunately, the final outcome was good.

He looked down at the now-cold cube in his hand, then looked up in the direction Iskandar and the others had gone.

Hopefully they can save more people.

The disaster triggered by the Holy Grail War has already caused too much irreparable damage.

Next, the issue of the Holy Grail needs to be resolved.

If evil were to descend upon the world at this moment, even repairing the ley lines would be futile.

Chapter 97: Hole

Kiritsugu Emiya was in an extremely bad mood at this moment.

After being swallowed by the black mud of the Holy Grail, he entered the interior of the Holy Grail.

Irisviel, who had vanished into thin air before his eyes, reappeared before him once more.

"Kiritsugu, you will surely obtain the Holy Grail."

Her appearance remained unchanged, and a gentle smile still graced her lips.

"who are you?"

But faced with this familiar greeting, Kiritsugu Emiya immediately drew his gun and pointed it at 'Irisviel'.

As the one who personally detached Irisviel from her "ideal paradise far removed from the world," severing her last vestige of life.

Kiritsugu Emiya was certain she was dead; the person before him was definitely not his Alice.

Irisviel smiled helplessly, then explained to Kiritsugu Emiya:

"Truly astute; this is indeed the shell I chose."

After all, without a concrete image, I can't communicate with others.

But the personality of Irisviel that I recorded is indeed genuine.

So I also inherited Irisviel's wish—to help you achieve your wish.

Are you the consciousness of the Holy Grail?

Emiya Kiritsugu unconsciously tightened his grip on the gun.

He had already sensed something was wrong; according to Haideon's description, the Holy Grail should not possess self-awareness.

Even if there were a consciousness within it, it should be Justessa von Einzbern, who was sacrificed for the Greater Grail.

Moreover, the Holy Grail War is not over yet, so it is even less appropriate to fast forward to the final step.

Upon hearing Kiritsugu Emiya's question, Irisviel nodded and smiled in acknowledgment.

"Yes."

A sense of foreboding grew stronger, and Kiritsugu Emiya tensed, asking the question that concerned him most:

"So, how will the Holy Grail grant my wish?"

"This is a problem... Kiritsugu, aren't you the one who knows the answer best?"

Upon hearing Kiritsugu Emiya's question, Irisviel asked back with a puzzled look.

But seeing Kiritsugu Emiya's unchanging poker face, she ignored the gun in his hand, walked up to him, placed her hand on his chest, and said:

"Didn't you already know how to save the world?"

Therefore, I will follow your established methods and principles to fulfill your wishes.