Hogwarts and the Holy Grail War

"If the Caster they summoned really has that ability, then why don't they just make a new Holy Grail that can grant wishes directly? The original Holy Grail also needs the magic power from the earth veins to grant wishes anyway, wouldn't it be more convenient to just connect the newly created wishing machine to the earth veins and activate it?"

Ethan shrugged and asked again: "Let me ask you again, Alanna. What is the nature of the Holy Grail War?"

"Seven pairs of masters and servants will fight for their lives, and the final winner will obtain ownership of the Holy Grail and realize his wish." Alana blinked. Although she didn't know why Ethan asked this, she still answered honestly.

"Right," Ethan clapped his hands suddenly, then spread them out to both sides. "If it's really the situation I said, and they made a wish for the Holy Grail in advance, then wouldn't it be better for them to let all the Servants in their hands commit suicide? In this way, there will only be one group of contestants left, the Holy Grail War will end immediately, and their wishes will be realized directly. Since they didn't do this, they must be worried about something."

"Oh, yes..." Alana nodded thoughtfully, with hope shining in her eyes again.

"In fact, I have said so much just to hope that you can pay special attention to what I am going to tell you next: our main goal right now is to reduce the number of Servants. Regardless of whether there is a problem with the Holy Grail, if there are not enough Servants left, the Holy Grail cannot be activated. Neither they nor we can realize the wish."

"And this mechanism is also the key to our comeback. Under this premise, we have to pay attention to the number of servants that remain. At present, we don't know whether your servant shadows are counted as servants, Alanna, so we should at least let the opponent retain one or two servants. If we can capture them, it would be even better - of course, this is an ideal situation, just think about it."

"Then, while the Holy Grail War is still going on, we will sneak into their homeland, see what the problem is with the Holy Grail, and solve it accordingly. After that, we will kill the remaining Servants together, and the Holy Grail will be ours."

Ethan poured out all his thoughts to the two people in front of him in one go, then leaned back in the armchair to take a short rest, waiting for them to digest all the complicated information.

After all, I said so much in one breath, and it was unrealistic to expect them to react in an instant.

"Hearing what Master said, it seems like a simple matter," Xiao Mo scratched his head, "But don't you have a more detailed plan? It feels like there will be all kinds of accidents with such a rough plan."

"It's enough to have a general idea. Why does the plan have to be so detailed? A plan that is too detailed is more likely to lead to accidents, Your Majesty." Ethan glanced at Xiao Mo and smiled softly.

In real combat, everything changes rapidly. Considering the on-the-spot changes and various possible accidents, it is impossible to be foolproof just by planning in advance. So no matter what the plan is, it needs flexibility and fault tolerance. The more detailed the plan is, the faster it will collapse when an accident occurs.

Ethan was very clear about this. After all, he didn't know who the opposing Servants were. It was impossible for him to make a comprehensive plan when he had no information. So he just gave a rough idea, and the rest depended on his improvisation and adaptability.

"...Okay, since Master said so, I will trust your judgment!" Xiao Mo nodded vigorously towards Ethan, looking serious, "If Master, you really misjudged, then I will have no choice but to accept my fate."

"I also believe in your judgment, Ethan." Alanna said firmly, holding Ethan's hand.

"Well, since you two are willing to do me the honor of having such trust in me, I will be honored to receive your gift." Ethan nodded solemnly to the two of them, as if he had taken on the burden of their trust.

In fact, he had concealed one thing from them. How could the tampered Holy Grail be something that could be easily solved by just a few spells as he said?

But they must be reassured, and we cannot hide the past from them completely. If we keep hiding the problem, their morale will be even lower than it is now when the problem is exposed. Only by exposing the problem first and then telling them the solution can we put their minds at ease and not worry about it.

As for how to solve this problem, he could only rely on his own unique ancient magic. In this regard, Alanna and the others could not even help him at all. The only one who could possibly solve this problem was himself.

But it's okay this way, I'm the only one who's worried. As a man, you have to take on the responsibility of the family, right?

"Then Master, what should we do next?" Xiao Mo asked expectantly, with an expression that said "I can't wait to kill two unlucky servants and have some fun."

"Let's go fishing first. Since they are hiding at home and refusing to show up, let's lure them out." Ethan made a fishing rod gesture. "And this way, they probably won't send out all their manpower directly. They will only send out a part of them to test and prevent us from being caught in one fell swoop. Then we don't have to worry about being surrounded and beaten."

"Then how do we catch it? This fish is very cunning." Xiao Mo's eyes rolled around, and it was obvious that he was on the same page as Ethan.

"No matter how cunning they are, we don't have to worry about them not taking the bait as long as the bait is matched." Ethan took out a ball of black stuff from behind him and shook it off. "Don't we just happen to have such a useful bait here?"

"this is?"

What Ethan held in his hand was the Fire Snake Party robe that Ci Ai had stolen earlier. Ci Ai had also said during the interrogation that the snake pattern on the robe had a hidden purpose, so Ethan planned to use this to send a false signal to lure them out and take them down.

You thought you were reinforcements, and that you had a huge advantage of four against one, but in fact you were just four people with low health left.

"hiahiahia~" Ethan made another heartless sound, beckoning the two to bring their heads closer, and whispered to each other:

"Tonight we're going to perform a scene of climbing up the wall and pulling the ladder out. When the time comes, I'll be in the open, and you guys will just..."

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That night, Ethan came alone to the seaside construction site where he had been the night before.

He took out the black windbreaker he had taken from Ci Ai before, unfolded the clothes and turned over to reveal the snake pattern on the sleeves.

According to Ci Ai, as long as magic power is used to trigger this snake pattern, it is equivalent to sending out a distress signal and marking the location of the person in need of help, and soon accomplices will come to rescue.

Moreover, depending on the frequency of the signal, the situation encountered by the person calling for help is also different. This is also to allow the people providing support to understand the approximate strength of the enemy, so as to avoid giving up their lives in waves like the Calabash Brothers saving their grandfather.

Ethan poked his finger on the snake pattern and continued to transfer magic power into it, so that the signal could be sent out at a frequency of three long and one short. This signal means that the situation is urgent and the enemy cannot be easily dealt with by a few people, so as to provide support with as much combat power as possible.

The reason why Ethan used this medium-intensity distress signal was mainly because he was worried that if the signal strength was too high, they would simply give up the rescue. After all, the person who sent the distress signal was just a low-level person, and it would not be worthwhile for the dark wizards to fight against a strong enemy just for a cannon fodder.

However, this deceptive trick can only be used once, and they will definitely be prepared next time.

Ethan found two steel bars and inserted them into the ground to form a cross. He put his windbreaker on it and sat down at a distance, waiting quietly for the enemy to arrive.

I wonder how big a fish I can catch tonight?

Chapter 208 You've Been Cheated

Soon, several black smoke appeared in the sky, flying straight towards the construction site and landing around the steel cross. From each smoke, several black wizards in black snake-patterned robes walked out, looking around vigilantly.

A melodious song came into their ears. They all looked in the direction of the song. They saw Ethan sitting on a pile of cement pipes more than one meter high not far away, holding a guitar in his hand, playing and singing:

“??Never gonna give you up~??”

“??Never gonna let you down~??”

“??Never gonna run around and desert you~??”

“??Never gonna make you cry~??”

“??Never gonna say goodbye~??”

“??Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you~??”

Several dark wizards looked at each other, and a bunch of question marks flashed above their heads at the same time.

What is this person doing?

"Wow, I didn't expect it to come so quickly. I thought I would have to wait for a while."

Seeing a fish taking the bait, Ethan stopped playing and singing, casually stuffed the pick in his hand into the sound hole of the guitar, and then threw the guitar aside casually. He stood up and looked at the lonely black wizards gathered in a circle in front of him, applauding their reaction speed.

"But you guys are underestimating the enemy. You only have so few people here? This is not even enough to fill my teeth."

The answer he got was a black spell that flew over like a rain of light.

"Return everything."

Ethan calmly snapped his fingers, and the translucent mirror ripples quickly expanded in front of him like a scroll. In the case of a huge difference in strength between him and his opponent, this ripple can return the curse that touches it to the caster intact, no matter how strong the curse is.

(Author's note: Dark spells are divided into evil spells, poison spells, and curses according to their negative impact from small to large. The three unforgivable curses are also a type of curse.)

The flying black magic returned along the same path after colliding with the ripples, and flew towards the user intact.

In this sudden exchange of attack and defense, most dark wizards didn't even have time to react before they were hit by their own dark spells. Some fell to the ground without getting up, some were cut into several pieces, or some were blown into pieces.

Only five people reacted in time and used various means to successfully block the rebounding black curse. Presumably, these people's status in the Fire Snake Party must not be too low, at least not the level of bottom-level cannon fodder.

"Didn't I tell you? This isn't enough to fill my stomach."

Ethan jumped down from the top of the concrete pipe, walked towards the dark wizards who were still standing, and spread his hands with a satisfied look on his face.

"I guess you guys are not unfamiliar with me, right? Then I won't introduce myself. I'm just curious. You should know my strength to some extent, so why are there only a bunch of losers here?"

Facing Ethan's unhurried pace, the dark wizards took two steps back reflexively, their bodies tensed, as if the person standing in front of them was not a fifteen-year-old Hogwarts student, but a team of fully armed Aurors.

Ethan secretly found their behavior funny, so he stopped about ten meters away from them and said calmly:

"Why, you're not scared already? Don't you have servants? Why don't you bring them here?"

After these words were spoken, several dark wizards exchanged glances with each other, and a hint of embarrassment appeared on their faces at the same time.

They also wanted to summon a Servant to be a Master, but although they still had some status in the organization, it was not high enough, so such a good thing would not be their turn. Today, they were just scouts who came here first to gather intelligence, and they were chess pieces that would not be sad even if they were thrown away.

The real Masters were still inside the base camp, observing every move through the Peeping Spells set on them. They waited for these cannon fodders...scouts to attract Ethan's attention, and then when he was careless and underestimated the enemy, the Masters and their servants would enter the field to reap the harvest.

Yes, they actually knew that the distress signal was sent by Ethan.

Although the signal frequency was disguised very similar, it was imitated in a hurry, so there would always be some differences in the details. Not to mention that in the Red Tomb City full of Muggles, only Ethan, who had appeared before, could be considered a threat to the existence of wizards like them.

So as soon as they received the signal, they quickly formulated the above strategy based on the premise that the enemy was Ethan.

As for the unlucky guy caught by Ethan, no one cared about his life or death. He was just a low-level cannon fodder anyway.

"We are all enemies now. I don't think we need to answer all your questions. Just use whatever tricks you have. We will treat you well. I hope you won't let us down."

A middle-aged man who seemed to be their leader took two steps forward and answered in a very steady and calm tone.

This man was called Connor Dooku, and he was the most senior member of the Salamanders among the people present. He had participated in dozens of persecutions against Muggles and had injured several Aurors who were chasing him. The Ministry of Magic offered a high reward for his capture, dead or alive.

The words of such a heavyweight fugitive were naturally not gentle. As long as his legs were trembling unconsciously, his harsh words still had weight.

He couldn't help but feel afraid. After all, they learned about the fight between old Rozier and Ethan last night from various channels afterwards. The strength of this inhuman thing in front of them was really too unfathomable and unpredictable.

That beast could arm wrestle Hercules! Even without using any spells, it could beat everyone present to death with one punch.

Moreover, under the pressure of Hercules, he even found the time to remove one of Rozier's arms. Do they really need to test an opponent of this level first?

Shouldn't they just send out all their servants to carry out an all-round fire suppression without blind spots?

"Well, I hope you can treat me well too - I won't ask for more, just enough for me to warm up."

Ethan shrugged indifferently and took a step forward. He seemed to have stepped into a one-way transparent portal and disappeared in an instant. Only a wisp of green smoke with a faint white glow slowly dissipated where he had stood.

"Everyone gather together and guard the perimeter!"

Dooku was indeed an old hand who had escaped from the Aurors several times. He instantly assessed the situation and issued effective orders.

Including him, the only five remaining dark wizards instantly huddled together back to back, their hands holding their wands trembling slightly, and their breathing becoming heavier.

"I say, why are you guys so close to each other? I can hardly breathe because of you guys."

Ethan's voice came from behind the few people, and one of the dark wizards suddenly felt his forehead and chin being grasped by a pair of strong hands, and then twisted violently.

Snap!

His neck was twisted 180 degrees in an instant, and the unfortunate guy died before he could even let out a howl.

The sound of the cervical vertebrae breaking also attracted the attention of the remaining four people. They shuddered in unison and turned their stiff necks to look behind them.

"Yo~"

Ethan was standing in the middle of the small circle formed by their backs, greeting them with an extremely sunny smile, and the unlucky man's limp body was slowly sliding from his hands to the ground. But in their eyes, the smile on Ethan's face was a mockery, a devil's sneer, and the crazy smile of a perverted murderer.

The large amount of adrenaline produced by the body in critical moments stimulated their body functions, allowing them to instantly retreat away from Ethan at a speed that they could not normally achieve, and surrounded Ethan from all sides.

After seeing Ethan's method of rebounding the spell, they did not dare to release the spell to attack rashly. They could only continue to be in a stalemate, while praying in their hearts that the servants could arrive here as soon as possible to provide support.

"Uh, aren't you going to fight back? If you're being so polite, then I won't be polite."

The next second, Ethan, who was pointed at by four magic wands, disappeared again under the gaze of four pairs of eyes.

"Here~yo~"

The dark wizard standing on Dooku's left felt something pressing on his right shoulder. He turned his eyes to his shoulder with trepidation. Ethan was resting his chin on his shoulder and grinning at him.

"Shattered to pieces!"

"Thunderbolt explosion!"

Except for Dooku who was still able to keep calm, the remaining two young dark wizards had already panicked and did not care about the possibility that Ethan might use the rebound spell. They started with two powerful curses flying directly towards Ethan.

Then the black spell hit their companions accurately, and the bodies hit by the fireball exploded into pieces, and the burning body fragments were scattered everywhere.

But Ethan, who was originally behind him, had long disappeared.

"Oh my god, are all of you Fire Snakes so cruel? You actually killed your own companions. Wouldn't this cause a rift in the relationship between you?"

Although they could not see him, Ethan's weird voice echoed in their ears like the whisper of a devil. The voice, which they could not tell where it came from, aroused their inner panic to the greatest extent.

"Evanesco disappeared."

The devil's whispers sounded again, and the body of the dark wizard Dooku was facing suddenly fell down, as if swallowed by the earth, and disappeared from their sight in an instant.

"Uhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

The only remaining young dark wizard could no longer hold back and used his wand to randomly cast spells in all directions, launching indiscriminate attacks without distinguishing between friend or foe.

"Victor, calm down!"

Dooku used the Shield Charm to deflect an explosive spell that was fired at him, and hurriedly stopped his accomplices from their reckless behavior, while sighing in his heart.

So, the young people nowadays, although their abilities are acceptable, their psychological qualities are not good! I really don’t know how the management above recruit people, they are so confused now.

I remember that time when I was chased all over England by a dozen Aurors... No, even when I was fighting with the Aurors using the whole of England as a battlefield, I was never as miserable as he is.

Oh, forget it. A hero never brags about his past achievements.

"All fly away."

The relaxed and pleasant voice of the devil sounded again. Victor, who was just casting spells randomly, felt a strong wind blowing past him, and his body was lifted up by a strong force and flew to a pile of steel bars hanging in the air not far away. The sharp steel bars directly pierced his body into a hornet's nest, and dark red blood gushed out of his body and dripped onto the ground along the end of the steel bars.