The demon monk in the second dimension

Chapter 331 The Fourth Holy Grail War

In the world of the dead, when Xia Zhi's Blood God Child finally merged himself with the Earth and took human form, he opened his eyes to see two lolis that he really didn't want to see.

One is named White Silk Gaia, and the other is named Black Silk Alaya.

Gaia smiled and congratulated Xia Zhi.

"Congratulations, fellow Daoist, on finally achieving human form after a century! A cause for celebration! Coca-Cola!"

Alaya, on the other hand, stated it very bluntly.

“We’ve come to ask you to help us resolve the Holy Grail and the evil of this world. In exchange, we’ll allow you to take the Holy Grail and the evil of this world with you.”

The evils of this world are a major pollution to Gaia and Alaya, a product of clogged sewer drains.

But for Xia Zhi, this is a super SSR-level cultivation gift pack!

This was a mutually beneficial deal, and Xia Zhi had no reason to refuse.

Besides, starting today, he'll be living next to two people with inhibitory powers. It's the first time they've asked for help, and it's a mutually beneficial arrangement, so it's not easy to refuse.

Xia Zhi nodded slightly to the two suppressive forces and spoke.

"can."

Seeing that Xia Zhi agreed, a black spatial passage appeared behind Alaya.

At the same time, she gently waved her hand. A human body with the same face and figure as Xia Zhi, but without a soul, appeared before Xia Zhi.

Gaia said from the side.

"Then it's settled! You'll use this body to fight in the Fourth Holy Grail War! We don't need you to win, just successfully summon the Holy Grail and survive to the end! At that time, Alaya and I will use this body as a connection to send the evil of this world to you."

Alaya added.

"I will give you the information about the Fourth Holy Grail War in a parallel world later. You will replace the human named Ryunosuke Uryu and appear in Fuyuki City as his Master. The Servant assigned to you is Caster."

Xia Zhi's body appears to be human, but in reality, it is the planet beneath her feet.

The human form is merely a convenient manifestation, just like Alaya and Gaia.

They can transform into male bodies, and Xia Zhi can also transform into a female body.

He closed his eyes, and his figure transformed into a golden light, drifting into the body created by Alaya and Gaia.

Soon, Xia Zhi, who had gained a physical body, opened her eyes and got up from the ground.

He discovered that all the body's stats were at the top level for humans, no worse than Goblin Slayer, and it was also very easy to control.

Seeing Xia Zhi enter his body, Alaya reached out and sent out a beam of spiritual light, which slowly floated to Xia Zhi's front.

The light split in two, one imprinted on Xia Zhi's hand, transforming into three crescent-shaped red command spells attached together in small, medium, and large sizes.

Another flash of inspiration entered Xia Zhi's mind, turning into a large number of memories about the Fourth Holy Grail War, as well as memories about the person he was currently replacing, Ryunosuke Uryu.

Having processed these memories, Xia Zhi stepped into the dark spatial passage and arrived in Fuyuki City.

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"Xia Jun? Xia Jun? Are you alright?"

The convenience store owner, who used to work for Ryunosuke Amusei but now works for Natsumi, looked at Natsumi leaning against the wall with her eyes closed and said with some concern.

"Are you having trouble adjusting to night shifts? Why don't you go home and rest?"

Xia Zhi shook her head and gave the middle-aged shop manager a hearty smile.

"Sorry, manager. I didn't get a good night's sleep because there were a few stray cats meowing near the apartment last night."

In a typical convenience store, the manager wouldn't speak to the employees so kindly.

Unless there are ulterior motives.

However, because of Ryunosuke Uryu's outstanding appearance, many young women, and even housewives, were willing to come to this small convenience store to buy things just to catch a glimpse of him.

The shopkeeper sees Natsume, who replaced Ryunosuke Amusei, as a lucky cat.

Your lucky cat that makes money is tired, shouldn't you hurry up and check on it?

Following the convenience store manager's suggestion, Xia Zhi went back to rest.

When he left, the shop manager gave him a box of the cheapest rice balls, which cost 300 yen for two.

Walking back to her apartment, Xia Zhi rubbed her temples to relieve the pain from absorbing a large number of memories in a short period of time.

"Is it a kind of twisted pleasure for two Counter Forces to replace Ryunosuke Uryu, this perverted killer, with me, a demonic cultivator? Not giving me a Holy Relic is clearly a way to make me summon a Heroic Spirit using my affinity."

"It seems that this time, the restraint force will not only help me resolve the evil of this world, but also allow me to have some fun along the way."

"I'll tolerate it for the sake of the evil in this world."

Although the summer solstice is now considered a restraining force on Earth, it is no match for Gaia in the Type-Moon universe.

Even if we disregard the fact that his Earth is in the Dharma-ending Age, mysteriously disappeared, and spiritual energy was cut off, we can say that his Earth is currently a desolate place, and humanity has already become extinct.

The malice of six billion humans is an excellent complement to Xia Zhi, who has just successfully become the Earth's restraining force.

Since his Earth is already in this terrible state, let it be evil.

It's fine to stick to one path to the end.

Fuyuki City is not a luxurious metropolis like Osaka or Tokyo, but an inconspicuous small town.

Its nightlife is extremely limited.

Xia Zhi walked down the street, with almost no one around, only the sound of his own footsteps.

Back at her apartment, Xia Zhi took out all her current funds and bought a few chickens and rabbits.

Arriving at a sparsely populated construction site, Xia Zhi used chicken blood and rabbit blood to inscribe a magic circle, then stretched out her left hand and chanted an incantation.

"Declaration: You shall obey my command, my life shall be with your sword. Respond to the call of the Holy Grail, if you are willing to follow this will and this righteousness! I swear here that I will accomplish all good deeds in the world! I will proclaim all evil deeds in the world! You will be bound by the three great incantations for seven days, from the Wheel of Restraint, the guardian of the scales!"

When the incantation was finished, the Holy Grail began to respond to the summer solstice.

The magic circle in front of him also began to glow.

In the slightly dazzling light, a figure quickly appeared.

It was a tall figure dressed in a wide robe like that of an "evil sorcerer," with two large, round eyes, a sallow complexion, and an appearance like that of an oil painting.

"Call me, seek me, and let me descend to the mortal world through the Caster's Throne... I inquire of your name. Who are you?"

Looking at the familiar heroic spirit, Xia Zhi didn't show any surprise.

"It's Jill."

He was originally there to replace Ryunosuke Uryu in Fuyuki City, so it's normal that he summoned a marshal.

But that's all.

Xia Zhi raised her left hand and gave the order without hesitation.

"By Command Spell—Caster, activate your Noble Phantasm!"

"By the Command Spell—Caster, erase your spirit!"

"By Command Spell—Caster, become one with me!"

Gildre had just been summoned and hadn't even had time to react before he began to act under Summer Solstice's Command Spell.

Numerous tentacles emerged from the Snail Annihilation City Bible in his hand, engulfing him and Xia Zhi together.

Chapter 332 Pseudo-Servants and Resummoning

The scriptures of Luoyan City contain forbidden knowledge about the ancient evil gods that existed before the emergence of humankind.

If it were anyone else, after Marshal Gil activated the teachings of the Annihilation City and merged with it, they would immediately be corrupted by the chaotic consciousness of the Primordial Evil God, becoming a lump of flesh that could only wreak havoc.

But the spirit of the summer solstice is sufficient to bear these taboos.

Moreover, the Lair City Bible is merely an Italian translation, not the original Book of R'lyeh.

A large number of disordered and chaotic sentences are incorporated into the spirit of the summer solstice, just like someone is singing a black funeral song in your ear with suona and gongs, making your spirit want to go astray involuntarily.

And yet you yourself find it quite interesting.

For Xia Zhi, this is very similar to the methods of inner demon invasion.

Which qualified demonic cultivator hasn't experienced five, six, seven, or eight invasions of inner demons?

After some sorting and training, Xia Zhi quickly mastered Gildre's spirit origin.

A simple, jet-black robe covered his body, and his face was covered with a large number of spiral-shaped, unidentified characters, like tattoos.

At the same time, in order to obtain even greater power, Xia Zhi had the Luoyan City teachings replace the role of the spirit origin.

This treasure not only provides Xia Zhi with magical power, but also sustains his existence.

Summer Solstice's current state is similar to that of Mash Kyrielight and Galahad, or El-Melloi II and Zhuge Liang; they are pseudo-Servants.

That is, humans who use the power of Servants.

With her eyes closed, Xia Zhi controlled the magic power within her body.

Soon, the spiral characters on his face shrank back to his heart area, transforming into a spiral circle on his chest that perfectly surrounded his heart.

Xia Zhi's magic robe has also changed back to her previous casual clothes.

Once the magic is concealed, unless one possesses a special skill, neither other Masters nor Heroic Spirits can recognize Xia Zhi's true identity.

“Commanding Servants as a Master is nothing compared to having the power of a Servant yourself. It’s worth it even if it costs you three Command Seals.”

Marshal Gilles' obsession with Joan of Arc ran too deep, and coincidentally, Artoria and Joan of Arc shared the same face.

The two characters share very similar traits; both are saintly maidens who bravely step forward to save their countries but ultimately meet a tragic end.

This will greatly affect the operation of Xia Zhi.

Summer Solstice came to Fuyuki City not just for the evils of this world.

Because of the many worlds that separate them, Xia Zhi in this world doesn't know that he is just a Blood God Child. Instead, he thinks that his original body has died, which is why his backup plan was activated.

Leaving aside the matter of revenge—after becoming the restraining force of the Earth in the Dharma-ending Age, Xia Zhi alone would not be able to travel long distances.

Have you ever seen a planet with legs that can run around everywhere?

But it's never wrong to try to become stronger.

Acquiring the evil of this world is merely the foundation. In the Type-Moon universe, Xia Zhi also plans to take advantage of the Holy Grail War to reap even more benefits and bring them back.

For example, in this instance of forcibly suppressing Gildre and turning him into a pseudo-Servant, he acquired a great deal of knowledge about the ancient evil gods through the scriptures of the City of Desolation.

With two restraining forces watching over it, the Heroic Spirit Xia Zhi definitely can't take it away, and forget about the Holy Grail.

But there's no problem in acquiring more knowledge, right?

Speaking of knowledge, Xia Zhi immediately thinks of the three starter families of Fuyuki City.

Einzbern is far away in Germany, so let's leave him aside for now.

Both the Matou and Tohsaka families reside in Fuyuki City.

As a magic family with a history spanning hundreds of years, they must have a large collection of magic books.

Besides the three starter families, the participants in the Fourth Holy Grail War included the half-baked, third-rate magician Waver Velvet, the still-unawakened Kirei Kotomine, and Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald, the Lord of Minerals from the Clock Tower.

This aristocratic magician monarch completely failed to comprehend how despicable and shameless the righteous messenger Kiritsugu Emiya could be for the sake of the Holy Grail War, to be manipulated to the point of having no dignity whatsoever, and to die a truly tragic death.

He gave his own life to teach his student, Weber Velvet, an extremely important lesson.

Xia Zhi thought that since Director Ken was going to die anyway, he might as well benefit himself by offering up his soul and the magical knowledge hidden within it.

"Speaking of which, as a Caster, I'm also a magician as a pseudo-Servant. So I should be able to summon a Heroic Spirit, right?"

Facing the chicken blood and rabbit blood magic circle used to summon heroic spirits, Xia Zhi chanted the incantation to summon heroic spirits once again.

"Declaration——"

In the dazzling light, three Command Seals reappeared on Xia Zhi's left hand.

At the same time, the Heroic Spirit Summoning Circle started running again as expected.

Soon, a very girlish voice came from the brilliant, multicolored light.