The infinite sword system has been mastered, and you say this is the dragon clan?

Chapter 243 Odin: Things are changing, and I have the advantage! (Two in one)

ah--?
This was the only complex feeling that Emiya and his companions had after listening to Ibuki Douji's brief speech.

Although it was just one word, "Ah?", it contained confusion, shock, bewilderment, bewilderment...all kinds of emotions intertwined with each other.

My mood is like a roller coaster.

However, the reactions of the others were more inclined to be confused by the words in Ibuki's words. Only Emiya was the most thoughtful, with countless thoughts popping up in his mind in a short period of time:

After hearing Xia Mi's information, Emiya had already prepared this world line. The truth was an unknown Type-Moon Scissor Phenomenon, or another world unrelated to the Type-Moon Universe.

As a result, Ibuki Douji's words on the spot instantly made Emiya dream and return to the FGO world line.

No way, sister, are there also Lao Gai and alien gods in this world?

And judging from Ibuki's tone, these two mysterious beings are also involved in the 04 Holy Grail War, just like the FGO plot that Emiya knows?

There’s nothing I can do, there’s really nothing I can do now… Emiya thought.

There is only one Holy Grail War in the FGO world line, which also took place in 2004. Although they did fight, Emiya would rather not fight this time.

Because this means a future world full of disasters... Even if Emiya really doesn't want to be a partner of justice this time, once faced with a crisis that is big enough to affect the entire world, he has to stand up and take positive action.

Although he had previously declared, "Even if it means making enemies with the whole world, he must protect those around him," but when the nest is overturned, how can the eggs remain intact? If the world really does end, if he doesn't do something, he will be the one who suffers in the end.

Emiya knew too well the meaning of the phrase "the world is a huge makeshift team". The future of mankind must never be pinned on the big figures in those aristocratic families.

Tiao Tiao thought a lot, but the most important thing at the moment was not these future developments, but to find ways to deal with Ibuki Douji's actions.

"Ibuki-dono, you want to correct the mistakes of the Holy Grail War...right? How exactly do you want to correct them?"

"Oh..."

Ibuki Douji gazed at Emiya at ease, his gleaming pupils sweeping across the crowd. His eyes reflected the scarred city and streets, even the distant Tokyo Bay, where the flames of war raged on and engulfed the waves of shrines.

"Are you trying to extract information and buy time? Even if you ask me as eloquently as you can, I still don't know who will cause the disaster in the future."

"Eh? You don't know?"

"Oh, right! It's really a headache."

Ibuki Douji's fingertips gently stroked the blade pattern of the Ame Murakumo sword, and a snake-scale-like halo flowed on the sword.

"Simply out of their survival instinct, they arbitrarily assigned me this scavenging mission without informing me of the culprit's identity. This naive and crude judgment of this Holy Grail War was a mistake... So, there's nothing I can do."

The blue-haired deity suddenly clasped his other two hands together and uttered a startling statement:

"Simply destroy all of you—everyone involved in the Holy Grail War, and this human city—all at once!"

Ibuki's tone was relaxed, but the intention of her actions was terrifying - as the planet's agent, she was willing to bring great disasters to human civilization in order to protect the survival of the planet!

To put it more bluntly, it was a literal "one-size-fits-all" approach. By striking without hesitation, no hidden dangers would be left untouched. While she didn't know how to solve the problem, she could eliminate anyone who might cause it!

"destroy……"

Everyone was in a trance again.

Especially the little sister Charlotte, her face has turned pale and she is about to be unable to bear it. The legendary gods have come to reality again, destroying the whole city and killing the wrong people rather than letting them go... The promised wish reward has not appeared, but the death crises are emerging one after another!
Emiya wasn't surprised by this at all. Even if it was Alaya, not to mention Gaia, the planet's restraining force, he would still send out Guardians to carry out the annihilation mission...

As for whether to avoid killing the wrong person when completing the task, it depends on the moral integrity of the executor.

Generally speaking, even a guardian like Red A would choose to sacrifice the minority to save the majority. As for Black A, he is a ruthless character who can kill in order to complete the task.

Beside her, Nono's temples throbbed uncontrollably. She thought of Izanami, the false god who had previously disregarded human life in pursuit of divine enlightenment. So, were all true gods like this? They truly weren't human at all!

By the way, they are not human beings.

"what happened?"

Ibuki Douji looked at the despair on everyone's faces before noticing the unusual behavior of several Servants present. He ruthlessly revealed the current situation:
"Hmm, is that so? The Greater Holy Grail system has collapsed, and the spiritual bases of you Heroic Elves have become unstable. It looks like you'll be out of action in just a moment."

"Then you should have realized that even if you delay, it will only lead to a slow death."

"What a shame! If that happens, you will no longer be able to hinder me. I will become a disaster to all things in the world, and also a disaster to you."

"Allow you to revere. Allow you to be in awe."

Ibuki Douji raised the blade of the Ame-no-Kuroku sword, "Allow you to sacrifice yourself, or - struggle."

"and many more!"

"Oh?"

Ibuki Douji looked at the woman who was speaking with a hint of interest.

The raised sword tip was casually tilted, and the green sword light flew past the side of the crowd, turning into a dazzling stream of light that flew high into the sky, chopping the two crows flying in the distance into ashes.

To be honest, she felt very bored about the mission assigned by the planet. Gods are different from humans and do not see any point in managing this human world. However, humans' struggle for survival and the things that shine in the struggle can still temporarily attract her.

Nuonuo wiped the sweat from his forehead and announced loudly, "Who said the Holy Grail system has collapsed? The Holy Grail is still here!"

"Nono, what are you talking about—"

Emiya wanted to ask back subconsciously, but was surprised to see Nono pointing at him without hesitation.

"I can also get the Holy Grail, right? I've almost figured it out by now. The reason I gained divinity is because I'm a replica of that guy, right?"

Nono rarely mentioned her cloned origins, but now, for some reason, she mustered up the courage to speak out:
"That false god transformed the Holy Grail War into a ritual to ascend to godhood, but somehow I was granted divinity. So I should be considered one with him. Emiya, you said that false god was the Greater Holy Grail's core. So, wouldn't it be the same if I took over now?"

"Oh... a self-sacrifice plot?" Ibuki smiled and put down his sword involuntarily, watching the performance.

"The Greater Holy Grail? Are you crazy!?"

Emiya firmly denied it, raising his voice, "Providing the magic power for one Servant is completely different from providing the magic power required for multiple Servants! Even if you become a demigod, it won't work."

The amount of magic power consumed by Melyusina alone is already exaggerated enough, not to mention taking on the responsibility of serving as the Greater Holy Grail and bearing the magic power required for all the servants present to manifest into the world... If she only has to pay the magic power consumption of one more Hercules, it will be enough for Nono to drink a pot!
"..."

Nono, whose idea was rejected at once, trembled his lips and wanted to say something.

At this time, Emiya is still outputting:

"And do you know what it means to become the Greater Holy Grail? The treatment that the White King suffered when he was sealed was not something a mere human could fully endure. When that happened, your body—"

"That's nothing! As long as..."

Nono pursed her lips tightly, she just stared at Emiya, as if trying to force out words from between her lips.

"...What?" Emiya looked at Nono in surprise, who was acting out of character and speaking hesitantly and inarticulately.

"'As long as you are useful and demonstrate your value, you don't have to worry about being abandoned in the end.'"

Nuonuo turned his head away and suddenly said these words in a low voice.

This sentence sounded familiar to Emiya. The familiarity was that it was in line with the style of a certain cold and aloof character... Was it the Princess Zero from the trio?
Nono looked at him and nodded.

She had come into contact with those people when she was in Shenzhou. Although they had not communicated in depth, she was able to know the appearance of each member of the trio through profiles.

Then Nono took two steps closer, came over and took Emiya's hand, tightly wrapping her hands around his fingertips.

This pair of hands, which are not very big, already has quite a few scars and feels a bit rough.

"Please..." Nuonuo almost bit her lower lip, wrapping her hand around his palm and kneading it.

Emiya suddenly realized that these were all left behind in less than a year.

Emiya asked her to practice kendo, and she did. When the Holy Grail War became serious, she also offered to help.

But seeing Emiya falling into deeper and deeper danger of battle again and again, and herself doing nothing but supplying magic power, she felt an unprecedented panic in her heart.

It was like the silly monkey who was waiting in the Water Curtain Cave to be led away to the outside world by Tang Monk, but was shocked to see that Tang Monk had walked away alone with the white dragon horse without him knowing when.

"I'm willing to do anything to help..." She grasped Emiya's hand, her tone almost unprecedentedly lacking in strength and the decisiveness of the past.

What kind of awareness did you have when you said that? I already emphasized it, didn't I? Does a mere half-baked demigod have the qualifications to bear the Greater Grail? Emiya wanted to say that, but Natsumi's voice suddenly came from behind him:

"Hey, hey, hey, please stop acting so romantic and dreary in public, and don't dwell on this kind of thing. I've brought you the real Holy Grail expert. Your words don't count, so you all have to obey his orders now!"

"What?"

Xia Mi just hummed twice and clapped her hands. The earth suddenly overturned and a giant dragon with a broad back broke out of the ground!

It's Fenrir and Norton sitting on its back!
Just before, Xia Mi, who discovered the seriousness of the matter, quickly explained the situation through the blood alliance contract and called Master Norton.

In this way, the real behind-the-scenes operation team of the Holy Grail War has officially arrived.

Fenrir roared loudly in front of everyone's astonished eyes. When everyone was extremely alert to the monstrous breath that was about to erupt, he just shouted like a child, a very contrasting cry:
"Sister! I'm coming!"

Xia Mi couldn't help but hold her forehead with her hand. Was she going to start a public chat with Fenrir about family matters? She really couldn't afford to lose face.

"The adults are talking, go play somewhere else, little kid."

"Oh..." Fenrir was utterly disappointed, as dejected as a child thirty or forty meters tall. It turned out that he wasn't the destined protagonist, the one who would turn the tide and shine, but merely a disposable tool for carrying people...

Emiya looked at the man who got off the dragon's back and said, "Are you Old Tang—!?"

No, this "Old Tang" doesn't laugh or act funny at all. He has a cold and businesslike demeanor, it's like he has completely changed his personality.

"You've got the wrong person. I'm not the person you know. My name is Norton."

Emiya was still not familiar with the name Norton. He had only heard of it recently from Xia Mi's statement. He was the alchemist master who was mainly responsible for the Greater Holy Grail system... However, thinking of Old Tang's various strange talents in the past, and seeing that he looked exactly like Old Tang -

Could it be that he is Lao Tang's other personality?
"Now is not the time for small talk, is it?"

Norton looked up and saw Ibuki Douji who was watching the group's "performance" with great interest.

Perhaps for the gods, the tasks of extermination and cleaning are too boring, and only the struggles and brilliance of creatures in the world are the sweet fruits that can attract their attention and break away from the rut?
Ibuki-douji's joyful smile seemed to be saying:

My patience is limited. If you don't put on a more interesting performance, my sword will strike you down without mercy!

"What a coincidence! Something I thought was impossible has actually happened."

Norton went to the scene in person and finally realized that the presence of the gods was very different from that of ordinary servants. No wonder the servants did not dare to act rashly. It was like leaving the regular track and taking a shortcut in an almost illegal way to achieve a complete overtaking.

"That's because, Norton, although you have excellent skills, your thinking is too rigid," Xia Mi complained, "Look at Bai Wang. She dared to think and act. Although she didn't succeed in the end, she did have a successful case, proving her correctness..."

"Of all the people here, you are the only one who has no right to say this to me!" Norton's blunt words made Xia Mi shut up immediately.

Emiya didn't have time to dwell on the relationship between Norton and Old Tang, so he brought the conversation back to the point: "Let's talk about what we can do about the compatibility of Nono and the Greater Holy Grail..."

After listening to this, Norton glanced at Nono, who had a hopeful expression on his face, and clearly came to a very straightforward conclusion:
"No! The divinity within you was originally sublimated from the fragments of that White King. Your own nature has not changed in essence. No matter what, you cannot serve as the complete Holy Grail."

Norton looked at everyone present, taking in their expressions. "Besides, simply maintaining a Servant isn't a reasonable approach. If they can't reach the level of a God, they'll ultimately be the chopping block of a God's eye, at her mercy."

"Therefore, we need to concentrate the power of our servants and create a new god-level combat force."

Norton looked around at several servants, most of whom were in a state of battle damage or even about to retire.

However, the divinity of Hercules, the power of the Minotaur King in front of Ugly Gozen, Sima Yi and the Holy Grail can speed up the operation of the earth veins... these are enough.

Since the opponent is the branch spirit of the Yamata no Orochi, we must create a hostile spirit that can defeat her, one of the three noble sons, Susanoo!
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The pitch-black crows flapped their wings, and the occasional inky feathers that fell fluttered in the air for a while before being washed away by the broad current of the Iron Dome Temple in Tokyo's sewer system.

This type of bird is not usually found in sewers.

However, these crows were quite clever and flew through the long, endless Iron Dome Temple, and finally arrived at a place at a corner where the water flow was strangely forming a vortex.

The raven landed on Odin's shoulder.

Obviously, this crow is Odin's "scout" or "eye".

"So that's how it is. The Holy Grail War eventually got out of control, and the White King transformed it into a ritual to reach the World Tree and ascend to godhood. But then, it was ultimately interrupted, and the plan fell through... What she wanted to achieve was Izanami, the Japanese Goddess of Creation?"

Odin shook his head. The White Emperor certainly had ambitions, but his vision was a bit narrow and his vision was not long-term enough.

If one could really become a god, then how could one be satisfied with just being the chief god of a region?

He lowered his head to look at the crystal coffin in front of him. This crystal coffin was clearly the same style as the one that sealed the White King's soul container, Frigga Zero.

However, the contents inside were completely different - the woman lying bound in the coffin was Saint Regisleph.

This crystal coffin was embedded in the ground, with obvious rune engravings and grooves filled with mercury, with crystal clear liquid flowing in them.

Like the Holy Grail, the Regis Reeves is deeply embedded in the ground and connected to the earth veins.

"Helvil, Orluun."

At this time, Odin called out to the dark corner.

In an instant, two girls in skirts with pale skin and long boots appeared, each holding a bright red Command Seal in their hands.

"Is the summoning complete?"

"Yes, my God!" Helver and Orluen responded excitedly.

Behind them appeared a slender woman wearing a pure white cloak, holding a round shield and a spear forged from divine iron. Her crimson eyes were as unfocused as a machine's, lacking the vitality and energy of an ordinary Heroic Spirit.

That posture was undoubtedly Lancer, the Valkyrie. Daughter of the Great God.

"It seems that the quality is acceptable, but there are still many shortcomings."

During this time, Odin embedded Regisleif into the earth veins as the core of the "imaginary Holy Grail". At the cost of disrupting the flow of the earth veins, he borrowed this land to perform the spirit-sentence ceremony.

—Some time ago, when Charlotte used mercury to survey the earth's veins for the second time, she discovered some abnormal flow patterns, but Xia Mi fooled her into believing it was Odin who was actually making these preparations.

Or rather, it should be said that thanks to the White King's actions that diverted attention, Odin was able to complete such a complicated task without being disturbed at all.

"Compared to Norton's Heroic Spirit model, it possesses combat instincts but lacks awareness," Odin said, comparing the battlefield information brought by the raven with his own research results. "How effective is the Noble Phantasm? Without actual combat scenarios and test subjects, it's impossible to judge."

"The divinity was granted quite easily, reaching the 'demigod' level. This was probably facilitated by the Nibelung-like spiritual realm created by the White King."

"The duration of the battle is not expected to be long. As a pseudo-holy grail vessel, Regisleve is a stark contrast to the White King."

Alas, there was too little time allowed for him to try.

After Odin looked at the crystal coffin, he saw a whole row of quaint old metal coffins, which were filled with the Valkyrie bodies that he had carefully selected. He had already succeeded in one case, so the rest could be left for the future. He could confidently follow the process to make the Valkyrie spirits.

He pushed aside the water surface, and in an instant, the backflow of water calmed down, like a smooth round mirror, reflecting the scene of his Nibelungen "Avalon", allowing the remaining metal coffins to sink from the water surface, and finally like drifting boats, they fell into the water and automatically drifted towards Apple Island.

There are still so many coffins, it's really not easy...

Odin looked at the scarce coffin reserves in Avalon and felt a little angry. In fact, there were originally huge reserves, but they were later stolen by Norton or Jörmungandr!

Odin had been observing the heroic spirits fighting fiercely in the Holy Grail War, and the more he watched, the more jealous he became.

Those heroic spirits that were supposed to be mine are mine!
But now, he only had a few big and small cats left in his hands, which could fight and could be considered as combat power, and a few Valkyries.

Helvir and Orluun looked at Odin, who remained silent and with low pressure swirling around him. They exchanged glances with a somewhat bewildered look on their faces.

Helweil shrugged. She always felt that although they joined the mysterious Medical Association and followed the legendary Odin, they did not have the slightest style of the citizens of the Kingdom of God. Instead, they were sneaky and cautious all day long... Were they originally joined some sewer organization?
Orluen raised an eyebrow. "Look around here again. What else could we be but a sewer organization?" "It feels like the sewer stench has marinated my clothes these past few days."

Regis Love was fine. After being knocked unconscious, she lay down in the sealed coffin. She didn't have to smell anything, and it was clean and hygienic.

Odin still had no idea how the two girls were plotting against him. He looked at the white-robed Valkyrie and began to analyze the current state of the Holy Grail War:

Now that we have a demigod Servant, we won't be completely powerless against Norton's Servant...

No, Norton should use the White King as the core of the Holy Grail, but if the White King's soul is defeated and the core collapses, the Servants will inevitably be eliminated.

In other words, the tide has turned! The advantage is mine!

Now it's his turn to come on stage and reap the benefits!

(End of this chapter)