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

As a product of the same lineage, the Imperial Arms is no different from the Imperial Arms in this respect.

This means that in addition to converting life force, Shinji's physical energy can also be converted into a certain proportion of magical energy.

With a two-pronged approach, the conversion efficiency this tool can achieve far exceeds the limits of a single magic circuit.

It's almost twice as strong, one is stronger than two.

Furthermore, some special Imperial Arms can be used as energy sources, in addition to physical strength.

Shinji seems to have found a way to convert the Blue King's supernatural power into magic.

Chapter 11: Luoyan City Textbook

"Declare: Be full, be full, be full, be full; be full, be full!"

The cycle repeats itself, and then it becomes five;

However, the moment of fullness is also the moment of abandonment;

Declaration: You shall obey my commands; my life shall be one with your sword.

Respond to the call of the Holy Grail if you are willing to follow its will and its principles;

I hereby swear that I will accomplish all good deeds in the world and eradicate all evil deeds in the world.

You are the guardian of the scales, one of the seven days bound by the three great incantations, originating from the Wheel of Restraint.

In the basement, the still-breathing Ryunosuke Uryu was placed in the altar's position, and the magic circle formed by the blood flowing from his feet was emitting a faint red light as the incantation was chanted.

As the final incantation ended, the light from the magic circle reached its peak.

A figure emerged from the center of the magic circle. It was a tall man wearing a strange robe, holding a book made of human skin, with bulging eyes.

This classic image relieved Shinji; Ryunosuke Uryu's sinful blood was indeed quite effective.

The one who emerged from the summoning circle was none other than the famous Bluebeard, Gilles de Rais.

"By the Command Spell, Caster, commit suicide!"

Blood splattered as magic ripped a large hole into Bluebeard's heart.

After confirming that the person summoned was correct, Shinji decisively used up one Command Seal.

Gilles was betrayed by his Master the moment he appeared in the world, without even a chance to speak.

On his deathbed, Gilles de Rais reached out his sharp claws at Shinji in a frenzy. At that moment, he saw the true face of his Master, which was a young child, so similar to the hundreds of children he had harmed in his lifetime.

"God, have you fooled me again?"

What is this, retribution? Then why didn't it come before he was alive?

Was it a mockery of him, a murderer who harmed children, yet was himself manipulated by young children?

"By Command Spell, Caster, transfer the Noble Phantasm to me!"

Before Gilles de Rai could leave the scene, Shinji used up his second Command Spell.

"Here you go, all of it, hahaha..."

Upon hearing Shinji's command, Gilles de Rais, whose consciousness was already blurred, burst into maniacal laughter and obeyed Shinji's order without hesitation. Even fearing that Shinji would refuse, he mustered his last bit of strength and threw the [Snail Annihilation City Text] over.

Listen to the gospel of the Lord!

As Gilles de Rais's devout and frenzied blessings echoed, the spirit of the fallen hero was about to dissipate.

But at this moment, a thick black mist suddenly appeared above Shen's hands, with a faint green fluorescence occasionally emanating from it.

With a series of ghostly howls, Shinji grabbed Gilles de Rais, who was about to collapse.

The black mist enveloped him in the blink of an eye, then quickly shrank, and finally Shinji put him into an exquisite lantern.

Through the glass shade of the lantern, one can see Gilles de Rais's soul floating aimlessly within it.

The lantern was a byproduct of Shinji's research into several magical techniques; its only function was to imprison and store souls.

Noble Phantasms are items possessed by Heroic Spirits during their lifetime, or vessels for the sublimation of legends; they are crystallized magical power bound to the Heroic Spirits themselves.

After a Heroic Spirit leaves the stage, unless the Master possesses an authentic copy, the Noble Phantasm will naturally dissipate.

However, Shinji exploited a bug: the judgment for a Servant leaving the field was actually for returning to the Lesser Grail.

Shinji intervened and imprisoned Gilles de Rais's soul.

This leaves the Heroic Spirit Bluebeard in a half-dead state, unable to resist Shinji, yet still able to use his Noble Phantasm.

Moreover, after imprisoning Gilles' soul, he could also bewitch the Einzbern's warriors.

The souls of Heroic Spirits return to the Lesser Grail, and people can sense it.

Shinji frowned as he picked up the [Snail Annihilation City Text] that Gilles de Rais had thrown at him.

Upon touching the book in human skin, eerie whispers sounded in Shinji's ear, tempting him to read its contents.

Taking a deep breath, Shinji didn't dare to look closely and sealed it away without hesitation.

The background of this book is truly terrifying: a handwritten translation of the R'lyeh Text, containing messages and prophecies from the ancient gods and outer gods.

Who would dare to look at this? Some knowledge is poisonous; who knows what will happen after reading it?

Shinji wanted this book entirely because it came with a magic furnace, which would ensure Shinji wouldn't lack magic power for a while.

Moreover, simply by possessing it, one can summon an endless array of sea monster tentacles.

The only problem is that the constant nagging in your ear can be irritating, and using it too much can drive you crazy.

However, since Shinji doesn't plan to hold it for long anyway, he won't use it many times, so the impact won't be significant.

The most urgent task now is to move. The ley line magic fluctuations caused by Shinji summoning heroic spirits here have probably already been discovered.

Before the familiars sent by various parties to investigate arrive, Shinji needs to deal with the initial and later issues.

Fortunately, Shinji had made preparations before summoning the Heroic Spirit, so the transfer proceeded smoothly.

Later, at the Tohsaka residence.

As the local ley line managers, the Tohsaka family was the first to notice the changes in the ley line magic.

Following closely behind is the Holy Church, which oversees the Holy Grail War.

However, given that these two sides had already united three years ago for this Holy Grail War, there is no need to separate them so much.

"What were the results of the investigation, Qi Li?"

At this moment, in the basement of the Tohsaka family, the current head of the Tohsaka family, Tokiomi Tohsaka, was asking a question to Father Kirei Kotomine, a collaborator sent by the Holy Church.

Kirei Kotomine had made preparations before coming, and now calmly revealed all the information he had gathered:

"According to the message from Assassin, the summoning location is now deserted, and all traces have been covered by a tainted magical energy, making it impossible to extract any useful information. However, Assassin judges that the other party summoned a Caster."

Upon hearing the information brought by Kirei Kotomine, Tokiomi Tohsaka rubbed his temples.

I originally thought that he was already very bold to secretly summon the Assassin ahead of time by colluding with the Holy Church.

Unexpectedly, someone was even more valiant than him, openly and legitimately summoning him ahead of time. Whose subordinate was this?

"I didn't expect that someone else would summon it ahead of time, just like us."

Hoping for a stroke of luck, Tokiomi Tohsaka placed his hopes on his allies and asked:

"Is there any news from the Holy Church?"

"The Church has not received any notification from the other party regarding their participation in the Holy Grail War."

Unfortunately, Kirei Kotomine's answer disappointed him, as it was a cold shower for him.

"An unplanned, mysterious magician?"

That's the problem; he's already gathered almost all the information about the participants in this Holy Grail War.

The Caster group, which had been quiet for a long time, was now ready to lower the standards for the Holy Grail and bring in someone to make up the numbers.

He had already planned out his specific strategy, and now you're telling me that a Cheng Yaojin (a legendary figure known for his unexpected intervention) has suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

"Teacher, what action should we take?"

Dwelling on it won't help; the most urgent thing is to react quickly.

Inspired by Kirei Kotomine's calm voice, Tokiomi Tohsaka also calmed down and made a decision.

"No, we can investigate secretly. The most important thing right now is to complete the summoning of the Heroic Spirit."

"And if we give Caster enough time, it will probably cause a lot of trouble in the end."

In Fuyuki, everyone knows that the Tohsaka family is bound to participate in this Holy Grail War.

Now a mysterious person has summoned a heroic spirit, and if he were to behead it prematurely, he would be in serious trouble.

Therefore, the primary issue now is to protect ourselves.

Fortunately, he had planned to summon the Heroic Spirit in the next two days anyway, so summoning it a little earlier wouldn't affect anything.

Chapter 12: Reactions from All Sides

After Tokiomi Tohsaka decided to summon the Heroic Spirit ahead of schedule.

The Church immediately shared the information that Caster had appeared in the world with the other Masters.

Even though the supervisor, Kotomine Risei, had reached a mutual assistance agreement with Tohsaka Tokiomi in private, he still had to maintain a fair relationship with them on the surface.

If they conceal something that is so easily verifiable, then their attempt to hide their alliances is pointless; it's obviously fake.

But in reality, the church no longer needs to remind them afterwards.

Most of those who wanted to participate in the Holy Grail War had already arrived in Fuyuki City.

Everyone understands the principle that an army must prepare its supplies before it can move.

In particular, the participants in this battle include local powerhouses like the Tohsaka and Matou families.

Who would really wait until the Holy Grail War begins before rushing over?

Even if arriving early can't reverse the advantage of playing on the field, it can at least avoid playing away from home with absolutely no clue whatsoever.

Setting up a magic workshop takes time; establishing an intelligence network also takes time.

Even Kiritsugu Emiya, a member of the Einzbern family who was far away in Germany, was among those who participated in the war.

That was because Hisayu Maiya was sent to Fuyuki in advance as part of preparations.

If you need a reminder from the church to find out what happened even after you've made preparations, then you might as well not play at all.

In fact, the house where Shinji had summoned the Heroic Spirits was now surrounded by numerous familiars, three or four times over.

However, before leaving, Shinji released the magic of the [Snail Annihilation Castle Text] to marinate the house.

The traces that belonged to Shinji had long been washed away.

While sending out familiars or mobilizing worldly forces to investigate the mysterious new adversary, everyone unanimously chose to summon their own heroic spirits as soon as possible.

One reason is that a wise person does not stand under a crumbling wall, and another reason is that the one who rushed ahead was a Caster-class Servant.

As is well known, Casters have the lowest physical stats among the seven classes.

However, most Servants with Caster class aptitude possess the unique skill of creating battlefields.

Some excellent casters, if given a day or two to develop, can build you a temple fortress.

If things really develop to that point, what's the point of them playing anymore?

So later that day, magical reactions from the summoning of Heroic Spirits began to rise in both the light and the shadows.

The Holy Grail War has officially begun!

At this moment, the most anxious among the contestants must be Emiya Kiritsugu and his group.

However, they weren't in a hurry to summon heroic spirits; they were busy catching a plane, haha.

Logically, the first thing everyone should do after summoning a Heroic Spirit is to get to know it.

This will allow us to be more targeted in our subsequent actions.

But late that night, the famous scene of Assassin's death still unfolded at the Tohsaka otaku.

Tokiomi Tohsaka hesitated for a long time, but ultimately decided to proceed with the original plan.

After all, it's a plan that's been in the works for several years, so there's no reason to abandon it just because someone unexpectedly interferes.

After all, his opponents are not only Caster, but also four other master-servant pairs.