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

Chapter 316 That Year, I Was Like a Minion

“What kind of… is this…?”

Seeing the lightning giant that almost required them to stretch their necks to see the whole picture, the heroic swordsmen were all amazed and horrified.

Takeda Shingen, who originally had a strong leadership style, opened his mouth wide. He never expected that his miscalculation came from his disrespect for outsiders.

Looking at the towering Susanoo Giant, even if one has never witnessed its mighty attack, just from its unparalleled divine power, one can already imagine the huge gap between the enemy and us.

The Shield Armor worn by Takeda Shingen is undoubtedly a top-level defensive artifact that can make any ordinary attack invulnerable to it, and it also allows the wearer of it to exert a defensive power comparable to that of a city with his physical body.

But this thing also depends on the object of comparison! It can barely handle attacks from other artifacts, but using it against a true god is too presumptuous - how many hits can it withstand? Can it even withstand one?
"Now, you have been surrounded by me alone, why don't you surrender quickly!" Emiya shouted with a momentum that overwhelmed thousands of troops.

It was not known if it was the influence of Indra's divine power, but the Thunder Giant's roar was like thunder exploding in their ears. If it were an ordinary person, they would have already been deafened, dizzy and confused by the god's roar, but the Heroic Swordsman was relatively unaffected.

For example, Hijikata Toshizo, whose thinking logic was a bit more human, flew into a rage after hearing this. "How arrogant! The Shinsengumi is here, how dare those rats act so rashly!"

After saying that, he rushed forward very bravely.

He probably thought of Emiya as the White King Herzog. Even if he couldn't defeat him, he would just die. After a few seconds, he would be a brave man again. He would eventually be able to defeat him if he continued to fight.

"Berserker! Now is not the time to engage in a head-on confrontation. We should avoid the enemy's attack and observe carefully before taking any action!"

Takeda Shingen tried his best to dissuade them, and with great effort he managed to pull the noisy Hijikata Toshizo onto his horse. He felt extremely frustrated. The encirclement strategy had been executed perfectly, but in the end, they had surrounded a great god. Now, they were the ones being surrounded.

Judging from the attack Emiya had just launched against Hozoin Inshun, and considering his current form, maintaining his human form and emitting sword flashes was probably just his initial state. Those sword flashes were just casual strikes, and the current one was his full strength...

Takeda Shingen's thoughts were working rapidly. In fact, what they should do now is not to flee in panic or rush in mindlessly, but to deal with Emiya carefully, use their own immortality to consume him desperately, and wait until the opponent is exhausted and reveals a flaw, and then give him a thundering blow.

"Takeda Cavalry Regiment, listen to your orders—"

Just as he was about to issue the order, Susanoo exerted its strength again, and the hundreds-meter-long divine sword danced in the giant's hand, turning into a violent natural disaster that swept away obstacles.

Rumble!
A huge and mighty sword energy swept across, and the continuous flames in the mountains of Yamanashi Prefecture were directly blown out. When the sword tip touched the ground, the Takeda cavalry corps that had cut off the retreat of Mashu and others suffered heavy losses under the sword's killing blow.

The flaming war horses were crushed into pieces, and the fully armored warrior riders were annihilated into nothingness the first moment they touched the light of the magic sword. Countless pieces of earth and rocks rolled, countless slopes were cut off, the ground collapsed, the mountains were destroyed, and the warriors died!

"..."

Takeda Shingen was confused for a moment. He was about to give orders, but in the blink of an eye he found himself left alone.

Fortunately, he recovered quickly and just shouted, "Archer! Go!"

There was no time to mourn the passing of his invincible Takeda Cavalry Regiment. Next, Takeda Shingen and his men needed to move away in time. It would be too disadvantageous to be attacked at such a close distance.

So the heroic swordsmen fled in panic, and now they became the "rats" they called themselves.

However, if you simply think that everything will be fine if you keep your distance, you are underestimating Emiya.

"Those who stand in my way will fall face down! Divine might draws the sword: Heavenly Cloud Sword!"

Like raging waves and mountain torrents, the sword light gathered and flew out, shining brightly!
At this moment, Takeda was still busy summoning war horses, letting Tomoe Gozen and Hozoin Tsujun ride them respectively. After all, running on two legs is far slower than Takeda Shingen's four-legged mount which is "as fast as the wind".

However, at the moment when Emiya swung the divine sword, time seemed to slow down. Takeda Shingen opened his eyes wide in disbelief. He clearly saw Hozoin Inshun grabbing the saddle with a ferocious look on his face, and Tomoe Gozen pulling the reins with full concentration...

However, the sword light behind them was rapidly approaching from a distance, expanding and magnifying. Their slow and futile movements were powerless to resist.

The next moment, the field of vision was filled with the white aurora. The extremely restless and endless energy in the vastness collided with each other, destroying the range of perception and quickly surpassing a certain peak. Even the hearing seemed to be damaged, making the world that should have been full of noise and complexity silent.

In this silent moment of doom, the destructive sword force swept across all things, releasing a terrifying ancient magic impact, crushing everything equally, tearing the horses and heroic swordsmen into pieces. The whole process was like scrubbing a tiny stain on a canvas, gently wiping it off the map of Yamanashi Prefecture along with the continuous mountain peaks!
"..."

When Takeda Shingen was resurrected and regained his vision, he found himself lying in a deep pit where no sunlight could be seen. The surrounding terrain was relatively open. It was more like a huge canyon split by a sword than a pit. The warm inner layer of soil seemed to be rolling with noisy underground heat currents.

Fortunately, this is Yamanashi Prefecture, which was Kai in ancient times. Takeda Shingen was summoned to his homeland, and he naturally knew the situation here very clearly. According to his familiarity and perception of his hometown, this seems to be the magma layer near the volcano?
The gurgling sound of the water became louder and louder.

Takeda Shingen stood up suddenly. It was not a good place to stay for long! The rock formations were probably cracking and the magma was about to erupt!

He summoned his mount, Black Cloud, and after mounting it, he spurred it on at breakneck speed, galloping up the cliff face as if it were flat ground, defying the laws of mechanics. All the while, he nervously watched for the other Heroic Swordsmen. If he didn't react in time and fell into the lava tide, it would be hilarious!

Not long after, Takeda Shingen rode his horse to the top of the canyon, and a super rift valley hundreds of kilometers long appeared before his eyes, shocking the Tiger of Kai who had never seen the world.

He recalled his perception of Emiya and couldn't help but click his tongue.

Why the hell did that guy look like a human at first? How could he unleash the power of a true god with just a few gestures?
If he had such superb combat power when the Holy Grail War began in Tokyo... Takeda Shingen couldn't help but start to imagine:
That day, he put his hands in his pockets and didn't know what an opponent was.

On that day, his competitors stood like minions, bowed their heads and raised their hands in surrender, saying that since Great God Takeda was so strong, why was he still fighting in the Holy Grail War? They might as well just surrender.

Just as Takeda Shingen's confidence was shattered and he began to daydream, a figure suddenly appeared before him. "Rider, did you encounter the outsiders from the observatory? They looked badly beaten."

Takeda Shingen's expression turned ugly. "It's you again, the sorcerer... Abe Haruaki!"

"Hehehe, yes, you... need a little help, just like when you underwent the transformation into 'Heroic Swordsman'." ————

"Are you... a human? Or a god? Or neither?"

Saber…that is, Minamoto no Raikou, asked tentatively.

Emiya, who was watching the Heroic Swordsman go from afar, couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard this.

If he is neither a god nor a human, how could he be a god-man?

Just now, she, Mashu and others witnessed a shocking scene. The mountains and rivers seemed to be crushed by the hand of God, and all the obstacles were swept away.

Now, all you can see around you is the super rift valley echoing with the mountain wind and the underground magma faintly surging out.

Such great power is not a miracle, but is released by humans. This is a bit challenging to Minamoto no Raikou's cognition. Is Emiya a human being?
"Of course I'm human!"

The giant armor of purple lightning finally began to dissipate, and Emiya's figure floated down from mid-air. "I am just a special human who has inhabited the power of the gods."

He refused to admit that he had been "expelled from the community".

However, facing the sword-class Minamoto no Raikou who came to help out of kindness, Emiya had to explain that his armor filled with divine power came from Minamoto no Raikou when she was a girl, that is, the "Dukusha" armor of Uzumaki Gozen, and the source of divinity, Susanoo, naturally also has a connection with Gyuto Deva and Indra, so the divinity can be regarded as a gift from Minamoto no Raikou.

This is the fate that he and Minamoto no Raikou had during the Tokyo Holy Grail War in normal history.

"Hmm, so that's how it is. Another Holy Grail War in a different time and space... There are such wonderful connections in this world!"

As the conversation began, the familiarity faded as they shared their experiences. Minamoto no Raikou approached, his eyes flickering with a smile. That familiar aura couldn't be faked. At least she couldn't mistake the armor and divinity. Even if they possessed these two qualities, not everyone could possess them and develop them to such a high level.

"Who said it wasn't!" When Emiya learned that there was a Heroic Swordsman in the singularity F, he began to speculate about the remaining servants who had not appeared. Minamoto no Raikou in the FGO Shimosa Kunihara plot was one of them.

And judging by the Heroic Swordsmen's plan to ambush and besiege Minamoto no Raikou, it seems obvious that Raikou before them will be the original victor of the Holy Grail War.

Minamoto no Raikou of the Sword Class, as a legendary general of the Heian period, is the strongest form when he leads the Four Heavenly Kings to slay demons!
"Kid, you've made it this far... You look like you've been through some pretty brutal battlefields."

Minamoto no Raikou's tone was gentle, and she didn't sound like she had the morbid temperament of a Berserker at all. When she was a Saber, the heroic demeanor of a general and the tenderness of a mother seemed to be perfectly blended into one at this moment.

Emiya was about to say something about this, but suddenly he noticed Minamoto no Raikou sighing and stroking his head with his hand.

"!" Mashu, who was blatantly peeking from the side, exclaimed, "There she is! A female Servant with a mature figure who dares to touch the senior in public! Could she be the woman who can become Emiya-senpai's mother?"

God damn mother, it’s not Char!
Emiya felt a little confused by this sudden motherly care and love.

"Ah?" Abbas still looked detached from the situation. "Isn't she Minamoto no Raikou? How could a Servant become Captain Emiya's mother?"

BB put on an amused expression, "Wow, what a compliment! — She's definitely not my real mother, but it wouldn't be wrong to let Senior recognize a mother like her to fill the gap in his lack of maternal love, right?"

"Eh?" Minamoto no Raikou withdrew his hand. The comments from the others finally made her stop being immersed in the atmosphere of mother-son affection. She looked at Emiya with a hint of apology, "For some reason, I subconsciously think of you as my child."

"Perhaps it's fate brought about by another Holy Grail War." Emiya didn't care much. "By the way, we're here as representatives of Chaldea to repair the singularity. Raikou, do you know what happened here before and after the Holy Grail War in Tokyo? Didn't you, the victor, obtain the Holy Grail in the end?"

"Yaori..." Minamoto no Raikou was taken aback when he heard Emiya address him so directly and intimately. This kid is really bold...

"Perhaps this Holy Grail War wasn't normal from the start. And as for the whereabouts of the Holy Grail... I can't explain it here. Go to the Night Food Plain and you'll understand."

Minamoto no Raikou said this as he led everyone in the opposite direction of the Great Rift Valley. The people of Chaldea were shocked to find that after going around in circles, they actually returned to the Yaki Shrine.

"Right here, with the shrine in real space as the reference point—"

Before Minamoto no Raikou could finish, BB immediately took over. "Then, we'll connect the earth veins, complete the connection technique according to the specific magic wavelength and frequency, and open the ancient portal of the Night Food Source. Am I right?"

"……Correct."

Minamoto no Yorimitsu looked surprised. Originally, this task should have been led by her, after all, she was the leader of the Eight Clans of Snake during the Heian Period. Unexpectedly, this... girl with a somewhat peculiar way of being could accomplish all of this so seamlessly.

She looked at the baby twice more. Could this be... the Shikigami raised by that Emiya kid?
"Could it be considered a shikigami?" Emiya struggled to explain the extent of BB's advanced AI technology. It's not wrong to say that AI is a data-based shikigami.

Mashu suddenly raised her head. "The world...has changed."

A desolate and ancient atmosphere hits you in the face.

The sulfurous smell of lava that had been wafting from the Great Rift Valley in Yamanashi Prefecture suddenly vanished, and gloomy water vapor and raindrops fell sparsely.

The rugged mountain roads and canyons were replaced by plain stone roads with green grass growing out of the cracks. A drizzle fell on the dark and gray shiny walls of the ancient Edo, and the copper tiles jingled in the wind and rain.

The shrine where the Chaldeans were staying was still a shrine, but its scale and interiors were hundreds of times more magnificent. The courtyard not only featured miniature landscapes, but also gurgling streams and ponds, and tall bamboo and cherry trees created a garden-like atmosphere. Metal wind chimes adorned the eaves, and within the high walls, one could see brown ornaments, ornate gold leaf paintings, and carvings.
Is this the Night Food Ground? ...It feels more like...Edo Castle?

(End of this chapter)