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Chapter 840: The Holy Grail War, Different from Memories!
Chapter 840: The Holy Grail War, Different from Memories!
In order to provide Medea with more Mana Crystals, allowing her to construct magical formations and use item enhancements to create "Dragon Fang Soldiers," Aratram began a reckless search for children, even resorting to capturing vagrants and prostitutes when the numbers fell short.
It is common knowledge that such typical villainous behavior by Aratram would not last long in a typical hot-blooded anime.
So, very soon, he was targeted by a team of two men and two women, a group of justice.
Among the four, one man and one woman were Heroic Spirits, while the other man and woman were students. The student duo consisted of a wealthy family's daughter with a sharp tongue, now bankrupt, and a hot-blooded boy who aspired to be a hero despite his mediocre magical abilities.
A few days ago, Shirou Emiya, the boy, had witnessed a battle between Heroic Spirits in an empty school while helping a classmate.
Just as Lancer Cu Chulainn was about to silence him, he inexplicably summoned the Heroic Spirit Saber.
When the female knight with a tuft of hair on her head, golden hair shining like the sun, and a graceful and valiant figure appeared before him, asking if he was her Master, Shirou Emiya was utterly bewildered.
Upon arriving, his classmate Haruka Faruzuki, seeing Saber and the dumbfounded Shirou Emiya, realized that the Archer she had summoned was so weak. She knew that the odds of winning the Holy Grail War were almost non-existent.
As Saber, the strongest class, possessed the most balanced abilities among all classes, and her Master was a clueless greenhorn, Haruka Faruzuki proposed an alliance.
The other party was not only her savior but also someone who knew nothing about the so-called "Holy Grail War." So, naturally, Shirou Emiya agreed without much hesitation to the girl's request for an alliance.
To increase their mutual trust, Haruka Faruzuki suggested they share some information about their Heroic Spirits to facilitate future cooperative combat.
The novice Shirou Emiya readily agreed and revealed Saber's supposed ability parameters.
Upon hearing Saber's ability parameters, Haruka Faruzuki, the "senior," instantly felt discouraged.
As a magician, Shirou Emiya's magical power was undoubtedly weak, but even so, the Saber he summoned had ability parameters that far surpassed his Archer.
If Saber's Master were Shirou Emiya, she would be unstoppable. Could there be someone even weaker than Archer in this Holy Grail War? He had thought he was guiding a novice, but it turned out that the other party was a veteran.
Of course, the stronger their allies, the more powerful they would be.
For this reason, Haruka Faruzuki and Shirou Emiya had been sticking together these past few days.
They had intended to target the Lancer who appeared that night, but after several days of investigation, he had not shown up again.
Instead, during their investigation of Lancer, they stumbled upon a recent series of child disappearances.
As a similar incident had occurred ten years ago, Haruka Faruzuki was instantly reminded of certain unpleasant memories. She boldly predicted that this child disappearance case was connected to some Masters in the Holy Grail War!
Shirou Emiya, who had always wanted to be a hero, agreed without hesitation when he heard that there were such unscrupulous Masters in the Holy Grail War. He was ready to take action and eradicate evil!
Based on the investigations by the Heroic Spirit Emiya, they successfully located Aratram's mansion. At this moment, the four of them were outside the mansion, formulating their battle plan.
From the outer layers of Athram's mansion, it was evident that this was the enemy's magic workshop.
Moreover, almost as soon as they arrived nearby, Saber and Archer confirmed the presence of a Heroic Spirit within the mansion.
However, when formulating their battle plan, Shirou Emiya and Rin Tohsaka, who had formed an alliance, faced their first disagreement.
Shirou, having been saved by Kiritsugu Emiya in his youth, was eager to be a just partner, so he believed that since they had found the captured person, they needed to rescue them quickly to prevent any harm to the children.
On the other hand, Rin advocated caution, as they were currently facing a two-on-one situation, but they had no knowledge of the enemy's circumstances, not even their Class, and rushing into the enemy camp would be too risky.
"The enemy should be a Caster..."
Rin and Shirou, who were initially arguing, were both startled when Archer suddenly spoke up.
Realizing that he might have said too much, Archer tried to cover up, "Using a child's vitality to transform it into Mana Crystals is something only Casters would do, and this magical barrier here isn't something a modern magician can construct."
Of course, what Archer said wasn't the reason he was certain this was a Caster's lair. He made this judgment because he knew all the Heroic Spirits and Masters participating in this Holy Grail War! The reason was simple; Archer was a Heroic Spirit from the future, and he was one of the participants in this Holy Grail War, not as a Heroic Spirit but as a Master.
He was right; the foolish Shirou Emiya standing by Rin's side was Archer's past self! Because of his obsession with being a "just partner," the future Shirou did indeed become a hero, but after the war ended, he was sent to the gallows, which was why he became a Heroic Spirit.
Despite giving his all, he ended up in such a pitiful state, so Archer, as a Heroic Spirit, only wanted to kill his naive past self!
However, just as Archer secretly planned to kill his past self to change that ridiculous future, he discovered that this Holy Grail War had undergone some subtle changes compared to the one he remembered!
In his memory, Kiritsugu Emiya, his father, had saved him, but he had no "mother."
Yet, in this world, Kiritsugu was not alone; Alice, who should have died in the Fourth Holy Grail War, was still alive.
Furthermore, in his memory, Medea was summoned long before him, and his Master was supposed to be a highly skilled teacher.
Although the enemy was a formidable opponent and had chosen to ally with Medea, they shouldn't have resorted to using a child's vitality to create Mana Crystals.
After much debate, Rin and Shirou finalized their battle plan. Archer would infiltrate the enemy's headquarters but refrain from taking action, instead attempting to lure the enemy out.
The reason Archer was chosen over Saber was his superior mobility and stealth capabilities.
(End of Chapter)
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