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Chapter 223 The Encounter of Three Demons

【Travel completed】

[Current world: Fate/Zero]

The light and shadow in front of Ke Ling's eyes changed, and a new world unfolded before his eyes.

"Full, full, full, full, full, four times in a row, er... or five times?"

Before Ke Ling had time to look around, the sweet smell of blood rushed into his nostrils, and the voice of a sunny boy rang out.

"That is, it is discarded when it is full, right?"

The sunny boy chanted strange spells in his voice, but he read them haltingly and it seemed that he was not very familiar with the use of these spells.

"The following is a follow-up report on the series of bizarre murders in Fuyuki City. At the scenes of the three murders that have occurred so far, there are patterns that look like magic circles carved with the blood of the victims."

The news was playing on TV, and Ke Ling could hear it clearly. This was Fuyuki City, and the world was called "Fate/Zero". He had come to the time when the Fourth Holy Grail War took place.

Ke Ling was now in a dark room, and the source of the sound was in another room. He pushed open the door and came to the corridor. There was light outside and it was daytime.

The door of the living room was closed and the curtains were drawn. The TV inside was on and playing the news. Ke Ling controlled his shadow to enter, and then his figure flashed and he was already in the corner of the room.

"Hello! Uryu Ryunosuke is a demon!"

The voice full of sunny youthfulness was still chattering on, without noticing the existence of Ke Ling in the corner. Ke Ling restrained his breath, turned on optical camouflage, and hid in the darkness. Naturally, he could not be discovered by Ryunosuke Uesugi.

Ke Ling's eyes fell on the man, a young man with orange hair and wearing a purple shirt and jacket.

At the feet of the young man, a little boy was tied up. He was talking to the little boy, and on the ground, a magic circle carved with blood was glowing.

"What is this?"

Ryunosuke Uryu raised his hand, and he felt a sharp pain on the back of his right hand. A strange scarlet symbol slowly appeared.

"Buzz!"

A violent magical wave rose up, and the magic circle emitted a dazzling light. A figure appeared in the smoke.

With a smooth face like that of a marine creature and a pair of large eyes that move flexibly, the creature in the magic circle has a rather creepy appearance. It looks like a black wizard who studies black magic and has been infected by it.

This strange man wore a loose robe on his slender body, which was decorated with a large number of luxurious precious metal jewelry. The collar of the robe looked like an octopus with bared fangs and claws.

"I ask you, who are you, the summoner who called me, pursued me, and made me descend into the world as a Caster?"

The dark wizard asked, his voice low and hoarse, quite authoritative.

This kind of scene naturally shocked Ryunosuke Uryu. He obviously didn't expect that he could actually summon a demon using the magic book he found in his home warehouse!

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, we met the Caster duo who are so compatible with each other right away. It seems that this journey will not be boring."

Ke Ling witnessed everything from the side with excitement in his eyes. The Holy Grail War, summoning heroic spirits, summoning the strongest men in history to fight, this is simply... an infinite monster spawner!
If there were no restrictions and they could be summoned all the time, then there would be no need to worry about not being able to find strong people to fight, as there are so many heroic spirits in history.

Of course, the Heroic Spirits are powerful and have various abilities, which is the setting of this world. They may not work well in other worlds, but it still does not affect Ke Ling's interest in this technology. It is not impossible to summon Heroic Spirits to level up in this world.

However, one thing to note is that this way of playing may attract the attention of some special beings. Ke Ling knows that this world has two very special beings, Alaya and Gaia.

These are two collective subconsciousnesses. Gaia represents the will of the planet itself, while Alaya represents the will of the primates living on this planet. The fundamental demand of both is "survival."

Gaia represents the planet's desire to survive, while Alaya represents the primates' desire to survive. As humans continue to develop, the two are becoming increasingly conflicting.

The Heroic Spirits, the Heroic Spirits atop the Throne of Heroes, and the spirits with great powers, are the thugs of the two, also known as the restraining force.

Elves, true ancestors, demon species, mixed-blood families, Gaia's monsters, and heroic spirits with higher divinity, those who do not care about the survival of humans and even feed on humans belong to Gaia's forces. Psychics, demon-exorcising families, and heroic spirits with lower divinity, those who protect humans and kill monsters belong to Alaya's forces.

Of course, Gaia and Alaya are a bit like God’s will. These groups may not know that they are affected by the suppressive force, and what they do is only for their own survival.

Ke Ling pondered that his identity here might be classified as Gaia's. After all, he was a non-human creature, and humans were an important part of his diet.

However, Ke Ling himself will not destroy humanity, and may even save humanity, which seems to be standing on the side of Alaya.

"Who cares? If the enemy comes, I will fight him. If the suppression force thugs come, I don't have to find anyone to fight."

Ke Ling is very open-minded. He opens up a new world just to become stronger. Having someone come to fight is just what he wants. For example, he could have killed Ryunosuke Uesugi before the summoning ceremony was completed, but why did he do that?

Ryunosuke Uesugi is just an ordinary guy with a little bit of magician blood, and he may not be able to provide any experience points.

But Caster Gil de Ray might be able to give a lot of experience. After all, although this guy has a bad compatibility with Caster, the "Rayan Castle Textbook" in his hand provides him with powerful combat power. This is a summoning Caster.

Magic is the power system of this world, which is actually magic, but it has different names in this world. "Magic" is the level that modern technology can reach, while "magic" is the level that modern technology cannot reach.

For example, the magic of making fire was considered magic before fire appeared, but it was downgraded to magic after humans learned to make fire. A large amount of magic became magic with the development of the times.

"My name is Ryunosuke Uesugi, I'm a freelancer, my hobby is killing people in various ways, and I like children and young women."

In the living room, Ryunosuke Uesugi introduced himself to Gilles de Rais. He said that he liked children and young women, but it was not the kind of "like". He liked to hunt children and young women. There was a reason why this guy could summon Gilles de Rais. The two of them were really compatible. Gilles de Rais was a French nobleman in the 15th century. He once fought with Joan of Arc. He was a French marshal and a national hero. After Joan of Arc was executed, he fell into a black wizard and kidnapped young boys in the territory, cruelly humiliated and killed them. He was the main prototype of the fairy tale villain "Bluebeard".

Gilles de Rey also likes children, and Ryunosuke Uehara also likes children. The two have common interests and can naturally chat with each other.

"Very well, the contract is signed, let us fight for the Holy Grail we seek."

As a heroic spirit summoned by the Holy Grail, Gilles de Rais naturally has wishes to fulfill. The Holy Grail War is all about competing for the opportunity to make a wish to the Holy Grail.

"The Holy Grail? Forget it, let's exchange some feelings first. Now, do you want to eat?"

Ryunosuke Uryu is just a sunny boy who loves art. He is not a magician and knows nothing about the Holy Grail.

Ryunosuke Uryu pointed at the little boy who was tied up on the side and asked Gilles de Rey in a very familiar manner, saying that it was a small gift he prepared for the summoned demon.

Gilles de Rey looked at Ryunosuke Uryu, then at the little boy. He was a little confused about the word "eat", but he understood the meaning of Ryunosuke Uryu's gift to him very well.

Gilles de Rey has an A-level inherent skill "Mind Pollution", which can block mind-interference magic with a high probability. However, if others do not have the same level of mind pollution, they cannot communicate with him.

This is also one of the reasons why Ryunosuke Uryu and Gilles de Rais have a good relationship with each other. The sunny boy Ryunosuke Uryu is not mentally normal. This guy is also the kind of person who is born evil. He kills people for no reason, he just likes it. He regards human death as the most beautiful and magnificent art in the world.

The little boy struggled in fear. This experience was obviously too much of a blow to his young mind.

"You two, what's the big deal about bullying a kid? How about we fight each other? It's just a coincidence that I'm also a demon."

Ke Ling appeared and stepped out from the shadows. His sudden appearance obviously surprised Caster Gil de Rey and Uryu Ryunosuke, and caught them off guard. The master and servant were not aware of Ke Ling's presence at all.

"Who are you?"

Gil de Ray picked up the human skin book "Rayan Castle Textbook" in his hand, which is the core of all his abilities as a Caster.

Looking at Ke Ling who suddenly appeared in front of him, Gilles de Rey's eyes turned. Judging from the way Ke Ling suddenly appeared, he seemed like a heroic servant summoned by the Holy Grail.

Servant, Heroic Spirit, Servant, Realm Record Belt, refers to special summoned creatures like Gilles de Ray, who are the top-level familiars. Normally, the Heroic Spirits summoned by humans are just clones of the Heroic Spirit itself, without any personality. After completing the mission, they will disappear and return to the Throne of Heroes.

However, the Heroic Servants in the Holy Grail War are different. The Master chosen by the Holy Grail War holds a summoning ceremony and uses "holy relics" or their own compatibility to locate the target. The Holy Grail locates and connects to the Heroic Spirit's main body at the Throne of Heroes, copies the corresponding Heroic Spirit's personality and power from the Throne of Heroes, and finally infuses it into the "class" framework to create a Heroic Spirit clone. What is finally obtained is a real Heroic Spirit with self-awareness like Gilles de Ray.

As clones created by the magic of the Holy Grail, the heroic spirits can enter the spirit state, which can save magic power and avoid being discovered by ordinary people.

Obviously, the way Ke Ling appeared caused Gil de Ray to have some misunderstandings. He thought that Ke Ling was also a Heroic Servant. As a lousy magician, who could not even be considered a magician at all, Gil de Ray did not realize that there was actually no magical fluctuation on Ke Ling's body.

As for the Master Ryunosuke Uryu, he is even more of a heavyweight. He has no understanding of the mysterious side world at all, and he doesn't even know that the Master has the ability to see the basic attributes of other Servants. He has no awareness of being a Master, so he naturally cannot provide any help to Caster Gilles de Ray and can only watch the show from the side.

In the absence of special treasures or hidden special abilities, Masters can see the panel attributes of other servants.

Of course, these are only attributes like strength, magic power, luck, and spiritual foundation. As for abilities such as Noble Phantasms and inherent skills that may have identity-related abilities, the Masters cannot see them. After all, hiding the true name of the servant is also part of the tactics, and exposing the true name sometimes means exposing a fatal weakness.

"Caster, let me see what you are capable of."

Ke Ling did not answer Gilles de Ray's question, but directly drew his weapon from the shadows, and the flaming sword glowed in the dim room.

"Flame knife?"

Seeing Ke Ling's weapon, Gil de Rey frowned. In fact, Noble Phantasm weapons are also a major factor that makes it easy for Heroic Spirit Servants to reveal their identities. After all, some Heroic Spirits' weapons are too famous, to the point where you can tell who they belong to at a glance.

But it was actually hard to guess who had this flaming sword. It looked like a local hero. After all, the style of the sword was very obvious. This made Gilles de Ray cautious, because local heroes generally had geographical advantages.

The strength of the heroic spirit's clone will itself be affected by a variety of factors, and popularity and region are both important factors.

Some Heroic Spirits with powerful fame bonuses may be weak themselves, but have powerful Noble Phantasms because of their high fame. Some Heroic Spirits may gain all-round improvements when fighting on their home turf, unlocking more Noble Phantasms and gaining more powers.

This is Fuyuki City, the island country of Neon. When you see a heroic spirit wielding a samurai sword, you naturally have to respect the local advantage first.

Caster Gilles de Rey waved his hand, and the "Luoyan City Textbook" in his hand kept flipping, and powerful magical fluctuations burst out.

The so-called magic relies on the "magic circuit". As long as there is a "magic circuit", there is the basis for performing magic.

The "magic circuit" is like a converter that can convert the pure magic power formed by life force into external power.

Magic is like bricks, magic circuits are workers, and users are designers. Designers give the design drawings to magic circuits, and magic circuits use magic to finally build them. If the magic power of the bricks is not enough, the final construction will naturally not be completed.

The treasure "Rayan Castle Textbook" in Caster Gilles de Ray's hand is a powerful magic furnace that can ignore the caster's own magic power and perform magic of the Grand Magic and Ceremonial Spell level. To put it bluntly, this thing is like a plug-in with infinite magic power.

It's not just infinite magic power. Even people who don't know magic can use this thing to perform many magic tricks from the "Luoyan City Textbook", such as summoning sea monsters. This thing has another name, called the "R'lyeh Text".

Yes, it is that R'lyeh. This book records things about the Deep Ones, the Father God Dagon and the Mother Goddess Hydra, Cthulhu's Star Clan, the "Sons of Cthulhu" Zos-Omog and Ghatanothoa, and the great Cthulhu himself.

It also records the sinking of Mu and R'lyeh, and suggests that R'lyeh will one day rise again from the sea. In addition, it also mentions Se'eg, "the one who waits in the darkness."

Of course, the "Loyan City Textbook" in Gilles de Rais's hand is not the original one. It is a handwritten copy, an Italian translation, translated by Gilles de Rais's good friend, the magician François Pleurati, whom they once studied together.

(End of this chapter)