Hogwarts and the Holy Grail War

As long as he can get through this final hurdle and get away with it, it won’t be long before he gets a promotion and a raise, becomes a CEO, marries a beautiful and rich woman, and reaches the peak of his life.

"You're welcome, sir." Ethan also showed a kind smile, and then -

"Stupefy (Kinetic)!"

Ethan suddenly knocked Ci Ai down with a punch, and then kicked him in the back of the head:

"Obliquity (Physical)!"

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(The following are all free words)

I saw something good on Bilibili today, and I thought I must share it with you.

How should I put it... Fan works can be adapted but not made up, and the CP you support can be unpopular but not weird. If you make this kind of video, you will really be poked in the chest by old slugs... ahem, Professor Snape with small green fireworks.

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Another thing is that when an author writes a book, it is like driving a bus, and the readers are the passengers. Since it is a bus, it can only run along a pre-planned route and cannot change the route according to the wishes of individual passengers.

So you don't have to sit all the way from the starting station to the terminal. If you think the bus can't take you to where you want to go, just get off. There's no need to say "This bus doesn't follow the route you want, no!", right?

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Chapter 206: Say no, but your body is honest

Still in the same open space as before, after Alanna and Xiao Mo made sure that there was no one around, one of them set up a simple barrier to repel Muggles, and the other used telepathy to send a safety signal to Ethan.

crackle~

Almost at the same time as the signal was sent, Ethan teleported here with the unconscious Ci'ai.

"Master, do you really want to leave him here? Wouldn't it be better to just kill him?" Xiao Mo made a throat-slitting gesture.

"There's no need. We can just leave him here to fend for himself and wait for passers-by to find him. If they have some kind of soul lamp-like method that can detect whether this guy is dead or alive, killing him now will be detrimental to the secrecy of our next action." Ethan threw Ci Ai to the ground, clapped his hands and said.

"What if he recovers his memory..." Xiao Mo hesitated.

"Don't worry about that. I've almost messed up his brain just now. No matter how much treatment he receives, he will be a fool for the rest of his life. Not to mention recovering his memory, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to walk upright." Ethan kicked the quasi-idiot lying on the ground and said confidently.

"Woo wow, you might as well just kill him. This would be more torturous than death." Xiao Mo shuddered.

"After all, I'm a kind-hearted person. Killing someone is too difficult for me." Ethan spread his hands with an innocent look.

"Yeah, I have a kind heart..." Xiao Mo rolled her eyes, with an expression that said "I believed your lies".

Yes, Ethan had no intention of letting Mr. Ci Ai go from the beginning. He had already decided to get rid of Ci Ai after getting the information. Even if he didn't kill him directly, he would make him a brain-dead useless person. It's not that he is too cruel and inhumane, but because Ci Ai is a member of the Fire Snake Party, so he will not have any mercy.

Admittedly, Ci Ai was just a marginal figure at the bottom of the Fire Snake Gang and had hardly participated in those brutal acts of robbery, but this was not a reason for Ethan to let him off the hook.

Everyone is an independent individual, so you can never use the stereotype of a certain camp to confine someone in this group. Gryffindor has Albus Dumbledore and Peter Pettigrew, and Slytherin has Voldemort and a group of Death Eaters, as well as Severus Snape and Regulus Black.

But no matter what your position is or what beliefs you hold, the moment you actively choose your own camp, your camp becomes your business card.

Just like the two sides in a war, the invaders are all invaders in the invaders' team, no matter you are a senior officer sitting in the command center, a front-line soldier fighting on the battlefield, or a cleaner who has never been to the battlefield in the rear of the army, when you stand in the invaders' team, you are an invader. No matter how upright you are in your conduct and how you disdain to play dirty tricks, it cannot change the fact that you are an invader.

Maybe you joined the Fire Snakes because you were coerced and not voluntarily, or because your family was in a difficult situation and you just wanted to have a full meal. But even if you were in the same environment, or even a much crueler one, most people in this world would never choose to do evil.

Life is what I desire, but there are things I desire more than life, so I will not do anything to get it. Death is what I hate, but there are things I hate more than death, so I will not avoid any trouble.

There are many ways to make a living. Since you can't bear to do evil, why do you want to join such a dark wizard group?

Therefore, Ethan had no mercy on this so-called low-level employee. To put it bluntly, it was not that Ci Ai could not bear to do evil so he became a security guard and warehouse manager, but because he was a low-level employee, he did not have the opportunity to do evil.

Moreover, he is not afraid of some saintly bitches pointing fingers at him from a moral high ground. Not to mention that he will not fall into depression because of a few comments from others, he is not a person with a good temper who can be manipulated by others.

If someone pushes him too hard, he will directly give the foul-mouthed guy the ultimate insult.

Ethan pulled out a magic wand from his arms, which he had seized from Ci Ai before. He waved the magic wand a few times, and Ci Ai, who was lying on the ground, got on all fours with his buttocks facing the sky. Then Ethan showed a conscienceless smile and skillfully thrust the magic wand deep into Ci Ai's buttocks.

"Okay, that's it." Ethan wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead with satisfaction, turned around and gestured to the two girls to retreat, "Let's leave here first, otherwise we won't be able to explain it to the police later."

"Yeah, I agree." Alana nodded with a red face.

"Me too." Xiao Mo grinned.

"Yoshi, give it to Luda~"

So Ethan took the hands of the two girls, made a ripple sound from his mouth, and ran away with a cheerful step.

"Master, what are we having for dinner?"

Xiao Mo's face was full of anticipation. He asked Ethan while trotting, "Didn't you say you would cook for me? I want to eat your food."

In her lifetime, she had never eaten anything delicious except Gawain's special mashed potatoes and Yingguo's dark cuisine. In addition, she inherited half of the king's stomach and was a natural foodie, so she was full of expectations for modern food since she appeared in the world. And the Master was a man from that land of gourmet food, so he must be a good cook, right?

Thinking about it this way, I really made a fortune by responding to this Holy Grail War. Not only did I find a Master who I could trust my life to... ahem, trust my back to, but I could also satisfy my appetite. Is there anything more wonderful in the world than this?

"I'm a bit tired today, so let's just make do with what we have for dinner. The fast food restaurant up front is good, let's go there." Ethan pointed to a KFC on the side of the road.

"Eh? Master, you are too stingy. You think you can get rid of me with just a fast food? The idiot I met in the game hall wanted to take me to eat French food."

"Stingy?" Ethan sneered, "You're a picky eater who can't even cook and just wants to eat. Just tell me whether you're going or not."

"Go, go, of course. As long as you're the Master, I'm happy to go anywhere." Xiao Mo quickly nodded and agreed, but couldn't help muttering in his heart.

If I can't do it, can't you just teach me? Stupid Master...

Having said that, Ethan finally took them to a French restaurant and booked a small private room in a secluded area. Because they needed to have an in-depth discussion on some of the questions they had just asked, the noisy atmosphere of a fast food restaurant was really not suitable.

Well, that’s why, not because I can’t bear to let them just eat fast food.

"Oh, it turns out that proper food is more comfortable to eat, but fast food is still too casual."

Xiao Mo used the knife and fork to slice the steak on the plate in a very professional manner. If you ignore her hamster-like cheeks and engine-like chewing speed, she looks like a well-educated lady.

"Don't give me that. Weren't you enjoying eating a bag of expired potato chips yesterday?" Ethan curled the corners of his mouth and ruthlessly exposed Xiao Mo's true face.

"That's a snack, just a snack! It's better to eat this kind of food as a main meal." Xiao Mo said stubbornly with his neck stiff.

"Yes, yes, whatever the future king says is right." Ethan nodded and responded sarcastically, casually finishing the pasta on the plate.

"Master, that's enough. You want to pick a fight again?" Veins bulged slightly on Xiao Mo's forehead.

"Okay, stop arguing between you two." Alana started to play the role of peacemaker again. "Little Mo, don't bother with Ethan. He just said something immoral, but he didn't mean any harm. And Ethan, you too, stop teasing Little Mo all the time."

"Alanna, I don't want to hear what you said. What do you mean I'm speaking immorally?" Ethan was speechless. He thought to himself, Alanna, you have changed. You are no longer the gentle, well-educated and cute girl who couldn't utter a word for a long time.

I really don't know who you learned this sharp tongue from. Are you naturally black?

"What's wrong? Wasn't what I said wrong?" Alanna said innocently, "Aren't you the best at using vicious words to stir up the enemy's emotions?"

"Ahem, that's what happened, but it's not what you said." Ethan coughed twice, guiltily changed the subject, and put up a Muggle shield in the box.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. You all heard what Ci Ai said just now. Apart from us, the remaining Servants are with them. In other words, we can't add any more combat power or seek cooperation. We can only fight with a small number of people. It would be great if we can defeat them one by one, but we must also be prepared to be beaten up."

"I understand what you said, but in this situation, if their entire army is deployed against us, can we really win?"

Hearing Ethan's words, Alanna's face suddenly fell, and she analyzed the current situation with a frown:

"There are a total of six Servants on the opposite side, but we only have Xiao Mo as a real Servant. The Servant Shadows in my book are indeed numerous, and they can summon multiple Servants to fight at the same time, but if they are facing real Servants, the spiritual power of multiple Servant Shadows is not strong enough. If we want to compete with them, we can only concentrate the spiritual power on one Servant. In this case, we can only send out two combat forces at the same time, and there is no way we can win with two against six."

"Hey, Alanna, have you forgotten about me?" Ethan pointed at himself with his thumb and smiled softly, "I can arm wrestle with Hercules head-on. As long as I work hard, it won't be a problem for me to kill one or two servants by myself."

"But I'm worried that something might happen to you," Alanna complained in a low voice. "I know you can fight against Servants head-on without losing, but that's just a matter of appearance. Servants have Noble Phantasms. If the Servants they have have curses like Cu Chulainn's Noble Phantasm, you won't be able to handle it."

"Aren't you still here?" Ethan pointed at Alanna again.

"Me?" Alanna tilted her head, looking confused.

"Yes, that's you." Ethan nodded and explained, "You may not know the strategic significance of you as an out-of-spec contestant in the Holy Grail War. Sometimes the key to victory is not the strength of the Servants, but their special abilities. And you, who can use different Servants to deal with different battle situations, are the key."

“If I’m not mistaken, the Rider they summoned should be Saint Martha, the one who served the Savior and tamed the evil dragon Tarasque. If a Rider manifests, he should bring Tarasque with him as his mount, which is considered an exceptional Rider.”

"Ah, a dragon species that is more powerful than a fire dragon? Doesn't this make our chances of winning even smaller?" Alanna had a frustrated look on her face, as if she could cry at any moment.

"Don't be so dejected yet. Let me ask you, which Saber is the one you summoned?"

"Siegfried, what's wrong?" Alanna asked in confusion.

"What did Siegfried do?"

"Defeating the evil dragon Fafnir...what do you mean?" Alanna's glasses flashed a light like Conan's, and she confirmed her thoughts to Ethan with some surprise.

"Hmm~" Ethan nodded heavily, "Because of this deed, Siegfried has a special attack against dragons, and Tarasque solved it."

"Without her mount, Martha will lose most of her strength. Besides, as a saint, she doesn't have any strong inherent skills to support frontal combat. She is more of a supporting servant. Maybe I won't even need to go, Xiao Mo can suppress her."

"Master, what do you mean by that?" Xiao Mo slammed the table and stood up, looking indignant, "It makes you sound like I'm weak."

"Can you beat me in hand-to-hand combat?" Ethan glanced at Xiao Mo.

“…I can’t win.” Xiao Mo’s momentum weakened instantly, and he slumped back in his chair listlessly.

Damn it, how could someone with such extraordinary abilities be a Master? This way, I have no room to show off!

It's a pity that I wanted to show off my strength in front of the Master. Isn't this not good enough...

"As for Berserker, I think it should be Asterios, the Minotaur in Greek mythology. As a Servant, he doesn't have any special qualities, but his Noble Phantasm is very special. They will probably use it to deploy defenses around their bases, so we won't encounter him on the front battlefield."

"Of course, these are just my assumptions. Whether they are true or not is still unknown. We still need to remain vigilant and make bold assumptions and verify them carefully. However, as long as we follow this idea and respond flexibly, it won't be difficult to defeat them by simply dividing the battlefield."

Ethan drank some lemon water to moisten his dry throat, thought for a moment, and said to the two of them:

"Actually, Servants aren't what I'm most worried about. After all, they always have weaknesses, and we can find ways to deal with them. What really makes me feel a little tricky is the Holy Grail."

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Chapter 207 A fishing guy will never be in the air force!

"What really troubles me is the Holy Grail."

As soon as Ethan said this, the originally cheerful atmosphere in the box suddenly became solemn. The two girls who prayed for the Holy Grail looked unhappy. They lowered their heads and scratched the empty plates with the cutlery in their hands without saying a word.

They had heard before that the Holy Grail had been tampered with. They had to prepare for the worst: even if they could win the Holy Grail War, it would be difficult for them to make a wish for the Holy Grail and realize it in the way they wanted.

Their worries are not unfounded. The tampered Holy Grail may not be able to fulfill their wishes. At best, they may say "Sorry, I can't do that" after making a wish; at worst, the tampered Holy Grail may fulfill their wishes in a distorted way.

For example, Xiao Mo's wish is to challenge the Sword of Choice. Generally speaking, the normal way for the Holy Grail to fulfill this wish is to send Xiao Mo back to that day and let her try to draw the sword directly.

But the way the contaminated Holy Grail fulfills this wish is very vicious. For example, Mordred is sent back to the past to replace Altria in history; or she is killed in the cradle before she grows up. In short, various methods will be used to erase Altria Pendragon's existence, so that Mordred will definitely have the opportunity to challenge the Sword of the Chosen.

(Author: Both of these methods are too troublesome, so let's make a slight modification. I named Altria Mordred, and then let Altria named Mordred challenge to draw the Sword of Selection, so that everyone will be happy.)

However, that kind of thing is definitely unacceptable to Xiao Mo, who is a die-hard father-con, so her face looks so ugly.

Not to mention Alanna, she wanted to remove the curse from her sister only if she wanted her sister to live well. The way the contaminated Holy Grail could remove the curse was likely to remove the curse and her sister as well.

Don’t worry about your sister for now, just tell me, is the curse still there?

"Why are you all so sad? It's just a little tricky, it's not like we are helpless."

Ethan looked at the two worried girls and smiled and comforted them:

"Don't be so nervous. I understand your worries. But you can rest assured. Since they summoned so many Servants at once, it means that they definitely want to win this Holy Grail War. Since they are praying to the Holy Grail, they will definitely not do anything that would harm others and contaminate the Holy Grail."

"Master, you are such a fool. Can't you just finish what you want to say at once next time?" Xiao Mo breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that. His tense nerves relaxed, and he patted his chest gently. "You almost scared me to death."

"But this doesn't mean we can let our guard down. There are many things they can do to the Holy Grail."

Ethan tapped the table with his fingers and reminded:

"For example, use some means to bypass the system and make a wish to the Holy Grail in advance. In this way, as soon as the Holy Grail War is over, their wish will be directly fulfilled, regardless of whether they are the winner or not."

"This is too sensational. How could there be such a cheating method? Master, you must be scaring us, right?"

Perhaps because Ethan's words were too outrageous, Xiao Mo subconsciously thought that Ethan was teasing them, so she laughed it off.

Ethan didn't answer, just looked at her quietly.

"Master, are you trying to scare us?" Xiao Mo's smile gradually disappeared and he said in a trembling voice.

Ethan's words were not alarmist. In another world line, a certain Holy Grail fanatic had done this very thing. He bypassed the Holy Grail War system and directly activated the Greater Holy Grail to make his wish by using his own Noble Phantasm that could use all magic bases.

In this way, no matter who wins the Holy Grail War, the Greater Holy Grail will directly fulfill his wish. Even if he dies in the middle of the war, as long as the Holy Grail can still function, his wish will not stop.

"Cheating is not impossible. Isn't the person next to you a cheating contestant?" Ethan pointed at Alana who had been looking at him secretly with evasive eyes. She hadn't said a word from the beginning, but her expression changed again and again with Ethan's words, and her emotions were almost written on her face.

"Then what should we do, Master? After you said that, I'm completely lost." Xiao Mo grabbed his head hard, put his fingers between his hair and scratched his scalp constantly, with a dejected look on his face.

"Give them a taste of their own medicine. No matter what they did, we can just change it back, right?" Ethan said confidently, picking up a pork meatball and chewing it in two or three bites. "We have two young and promising wizards here. We can solve it with some restoration spells. It's a piece of cake."

"Can it really be that smooth?" Alanna said with a worried look on her face, "What if Caster is a very powerful magician of the Age of Gods? Ethan, can we really handle it?"