They won the Holy Grail War, but this turned out to be the Virtual Tree Universe.

Chapter 113 The Heroes' Faction Strikes

Two months have passed since Danlei moved into the mountains near Juwang Town.

Komao Town has returned to its former tranquility after the initial bustle of visits from various factions.

During this time, Rias, by some twist of fate, still managed to recruit Hyoudou Issei and Asia Argento as her companions.

However, the former only spent one piece after losing the Crimson Dragon Emperor's gauntlet, losing all the original benefits and becoming a gift from Asia.

Yes, in this world influenced by Dan Lei, Hyoudou Issei still encountered Asia, but the process was unrelated to the original story.

Since Kuoh Town is now Danlei's territory, the Fallen Angels no longer dare to cause trouble here, so they have temporarily withdrawn all their forces.

This led to Asia arriving to find the church completely empty, leaving her exhausted and hungry, with no choice but to wander the streets, where she encountered Issei Hyoudou.

Since Issei Hyoudou was routinely being watched by Rias's familiars as a candidate for familiar, he naturally discovered Asia. After confirming her potential, Rias took both of them as familiars.

Similarly, just like in the original story, Sona also took in Shirou Shimoto as a familiar during this period.

However, Danlei was not interested in the two of them adding more family members.

Aside from Hyoudou Issei being slightly reprimanded for his abnormal behavior when he first arrived, Dan Lei didn't target him after he toned it down.

Hyoudou Issei is quite afraid of Dan Lei. Although Dan Lei once saved him, he trembles at the thought of Dan Lei killing Amano Yuuma.

Moreover, he still doesn't know that Draig was freed from his own artifact.

The peaceful days passed quickly. For the past two months, Danlei's daily routine has been simple: studying and training.

Scáthach filled Danlei's schedule with Rune's studies and martial arts training.

However, the lack of concrete action for two months, and the fact that they stayed quietly in their own territory, gave some ambitious people an opportunity to stir up trouble.

In their view, Danlei's side was a perfect "powder keg," with both celestial dragons and pure-blooded demons, and could easily cause chaos with just a little provocation.

So, these troublemakers started to take action.

One morning, two more visitors came to Danlei's house.

Ren Danlei also recognized them; they were Genovya and Irina, who were still under the Church's control.

Danlei did not turn away the two women from their visit, because their arrival meant that the Holy Sword incident had indeed come to pass.

Although Danlei was a little curious about where the ten-winged fallen angel Kokabil got the audacity to cause trouble here, he could use this incident to extort money from the fallen angel governor Azazel and force him to hand over the artificial artifact manufacturing technology.

Therefore, Danlei would deliberately cooperate with that guy's actions in the early stages to lure out his true form and catch him in the act.

After a brief self-introduction, Danlei led the two church members into the room, and one of them faced them and asked...

"Alright, messengers of the church, there are no outsiders here now. What brings you two here with two defective holy swords?"

The broken holy sword that Dan Lei mentioned here is the weapon that the two of them currently possess openly. It is made from fragments of the already shattered King's Sword (ExCalibur) of this world, namely the [Destroyed Holy Sword] and the [Mimetic Holy Sword].

Since they were made from fragments using alchemy, although they still retain the Holy Sword's special attack against demons, Dan Lei's assessment of them as defective was not unjust, considering both the strength of the sword itself and the power it contained.

Genovya and Irina were somewhat dissatisfied with Dan Lei's assessment of his weapon.

But knowing Dan Lei's strength, the two dared not show it, so Irina Zifang said...

"Lord Danlei, we have come to Kuoh Town to retrieve the three holy swords that were stolen by the fallen angels."

We have received word that the three holy swords have been taken to Kuoh Town by the minions of the fallen angels.

However, Kuoh Town is your territory, so we would like to request your permission to search and fight.

Danlei nodded in agreement to the request.

"Want to come in here and catch rats? Sure, but I don't want to see the scenery in front of my house turn into ruins. You need to control the scope of the battle."

Otherwise, I might personally deal with the rats, the indiscriminate kind. Are you okay with that?

When Dan Lei said this, he probably used the power of Drag to unleash a burst of dragon might, which rendered Genovia and Irina Zifang speechless.

After intimidating him enough, Dan Lei gave him a little something extra, then withdrew his pressure and said again.

"However, since you've been cleaning up the rats for me, I'll give you a little reward."

After saying that, two runes appeared out of thin air and were directly imprinted on Genovya and Irina's hands, forming a seal similar to a Command Seal.

This is a rune spell that Danlei created by imitating Command Seals after learning runes. Using the technique of the Heavenly Talisman, Danlei's runes can be released directly without being inscribed on a medium.

Once the incantation was complete, Dan Lei said directly...

"This cursed seal allows me to locate your position at any time, and it also serves as a safety net, containing my magic."

In critical moments, you can activate the power of the curse seal to save your lives, which is also equivalent to sending me a distress signal.

However, don't use this thing recklessly. If I arrive on the scene and find the enemy unusually boring, you'll have to pay the price for toying with me.

After Danlei said that, Genovya and Irina looked at the cursed seals on their hands, knowing that refusing was useless, so they simply said goodbye and left.

However, when Genovia and Irina Shito left, Dan Lei saw Yuto Kiba secretly follow them, and he showed an amused expression.

Back in his room, Danlei found Scáthach and asked...

“Master, my training has been interrupted for a few days because some reckless guys have come here to cause trouble.”

Also, Kiba Yuto's test has begun. Anyone interested in going to watch?

Scáthach possesses the ability of "clairvoyance," allowing her to foresee Kiba Yuuto's short-term future with a single glance, hence her nonchalant reply.

"It's okay to take a break for a few days. After all, the knowledge and skills you've learned need to be truly memorized by your body through real-world practice."

As for witnessing others' battles, Kiba Yuuto is not yet qualified.

Since Scáthach had said so, Danlei thought about it and agreed. He knew the plot and wanted to investigate in person to see if the people who came to Kuoh Town this time were the same ones from the story. After all, strategically, one should despise the enemy, but tactically, one should take them seriously.

Dan Lei felt that Kocabil was one of the six fallen angel executives who had survived the last war. Even if he wanted to start another three-way war, he shouldn't be so stupid as to think that he alone could fight against Draig and himself, who had never actually fought.

After all, if this guy actually did that, what's the difference between him and those idiots who cut their own carotid artery and then ask others if they were ruthless?

So, after nightfall, Danlei used his newly learned invisibility rune to stand on his flying sword and arrive above the city, where he began scanning and surveying the entire town.

Soon, Danlei spotted several people who appeared in the story.

The lone exorcist Fried Selzer is too weak to be considered; let's leave him for Kiba Yuto and Genovya to use as training material.

Balpa Galileo, the archbishop who was killed, the person in charge of the Church's Holy Sword Project, is a complete waste, but the plot needs him, so we'll keep him for now.

Both of these are characters from the original work, and their combat power is below that of a high-level demon. Danlei truly has the right to ignore them.

However, Danlei soon discovered a person in the suburbs who shouldn't have been there.

To be precise, this character didn't even appear at this point in the original work; he was Siegfried from the hero faction. However, his original name should be Sieg, and his title is "Demon Emperor Sword."

To be honest, Dan Lei still misses the name Siegfried quite a bit. After all, without Siegfried's power in his previous life, he wouldn't have been able to win the Holy Grail War, travel beyond the world, and then be picked up by [Mutual] and brought to the Star Iron Universe.

Moreover, the Holy Grail has now become one of his greatest secrets, and is also his own memory.

So, when Dan Lei saw this guy who was using the name Siegfried but whose real name was Sieg, he was immediately annoyed.

After all, Sieg from Fate/Apocrypha is not popular with most Fate fans, and Danlei is one of them.

So, Dan Lei used a magic jump array to teleport directly behind him and said...
"Hey kid, what are you sneaking around here for? My turf doesn't welcome imposters like you."

Danlei's sudden appearance clearly caught Siegfried off guard, but he remained calm and turned to answer.
"I can only say that it is indeed a dragon species with the strength of a second-level Heavenly Dragon as speculated by the outside world. I have only been here for less than ten minutes and I have already been discovered."

Here, all we can say is that this guy successfully inherited Siegfried's bad luck (E), and Dan Lei's discovery of him was purely a pleasant surprise.

However, Dan Lei still managed to bluff his way out of it.
"Let me see your origins, heroes, Cao Cao, Joan of Arc, Hercules, George, Leonardo..."

Ha, your organization has quite a few descendants of real heroes and imposters, and there are even small cliques within it.

However, a bunch of guys who lack even the perseverance to make a name for themselves and only think about inheriting the fame of their predecessors are truly boring.

Seeing that Dan Lei had suddenly revealed his secrets, his face immediately turned ugly, and he said...

"This is troublesome. It even has the ability to see a thousand miles. No wonder I was discovered so quickly."

However, as he spoke, Siegfried pulled out the Demon Emperor Sword Grammer from his coat and assumed a fighting stance, clearly not intending to run away.

Seeing this, Dan Lei smiled disdainfully and said directly.
"Kid, don't say I didn't give you a chance. Use your subspecies forbidden technique, or you won't even be able to warm up for the upcoming battle."

After saying that, Dan Lei directly possessed Draig's spirit, emitting energy fluctuations that were enough to shake the world.

At the same time, runes appeared in his hands, creating a barrier to prevent the city from being destroyed by the aftershocks of the battle, and also to prevent Siegfried from escaping.

Seeing Danlei activate the barrier, Siegfried revealed the smile unique to battle maniacs and said...

"I was really underestimated. But if I kill you, I'll have replicated Siegfried's legend, right? No, if you really are at the level of a second-generation dragon, then I've surpassed him."

As he spoke, he activated his subspecies forbidden technique, [Asura and Dragon Feast].

Suddenly, four silver arms sprouted from Siegfried's back. He then held Gram in his right hand and pulled five swords from his coat with his other five hands.

Dan Lei smiled when he saw this scene; this was the reason why he had asked Siegfried to unleash his forbidden technique.

This guy's strength is only at the level of a mid-game mini-boss in the story, but he has a lot of demonic swords.

The Demon Emperor Sword Gram, Balmonk who is now entirely a demon sword in this world, along with Noton, Tyrfon, Dinthray, and a sword of light designed to target demons.

These five formidable demonic swords are Dan Lei's target this time.

As for Siegfried's forbidden hand, it's a bootleg version of the Three-Headed Six-Armed technique with only one head—that's Dan Lei's assessment of it.

At this moment, Siegfried may have really wanted to recreate the legend. Seeing that Dan Lei did not move, he activated the forbidden technique and charged at Dan Lei with six swords in hand.

As the five demonic swords charged forward, they also unleashed five destructive bursts of energy.

Aura is a fluctuation of life force that can be activated by any living organism.

However, as the original Church's top warrior, Siegfried's combat power had reached the level of a supreme demon, thanks to the basic amplification of his body and strength after the Dragon Hands were forbidden. In addition, the four Dragon Hands amplified his strength eightfold (the Dragon Hands can only amplify strength twice, so four hands amplify it two times fourfold).

In the Kyoto arc of the original work, he used this strength to defeat Kiba Yuuto and Xenovia, whose combat power, including their weapons and forbidden techniques, was only that of a high-level demon.

Unfortunately, the highest-ranking demon was only Danlei's normal level of magic power.

So, in the face of Siegfried's charge, Danlei used the power of Draeg to amplify his own magic, and directly drew a primordial rune in the void to represent the impact.

Then, a shockwave that was only slightly distorted to the naked eye was shot out, instantly shattering the five bursts of energy that Siegfried had unleashed.

It even knocked Siegfried, who was charging forward, flying away and creating a huge crater seven or eight meters deep when he landed.

Since Siegfried had already taken out his magic sword, Dan Lei lost interest in playing house with him.

As he continued to draw runes in his hands, a large number of ball lightning and fireballs instantly appeared above the pit.

The next second, all the attacks fell into the pit, and the collision of the lightning and fire elements created a pillar of fire that shot straight into the sky.

If Danlei hadn't activated the barrier, the situation in Kuoh Town would probably have looked like a gas pipeline explosion.

After the flames subsided, Siegfried lay charred black in the pit, his demon sword lying on the ground, while the other light swords, which were just there to make up the numbers, were directly destroyed by Dan Lei.

However, Siegfried was quite resilient; he was still alive despite all that.

So Danlei thought about it and decided to take him back and sell him as intelligence to the three major powers of the Bible Society, hoping to get some special metals like mithril from them.

(End of this chapter)