Villain in Comics

"Speaking of which, why are you still so leisurely?"

"It's already like this anyway, so what else do you have to worry about?"

Long Xiyue drank the juice in his hand calmly, "Instead of thinking about those things that are useless, it is better to take the time to deal with some other problems. I don't care about the Holy Grail War at all." All have been successfully started, and the others are not very attractive to Long Xiyao.

"..."

Seemingly choked by Long Xikey's words, Tohsaka Rin took a long time to let out a sigh of relief, "Really, sometimes I really doubt the structure of your brain, how can you be so calm when faced with such a thing? ?"

"Hey, there's no need for you to be scared like that, right? The Magic Association? Are those guys strong?"

"That's not..." Speaking of strength, what surprised Tohsaka Rin the most was the battle that night. Long Xikey like that can no longer be described only by battle, I believe the word destruction is more suitable for him... More importantly, this guy still didn't change his face after using [-] souls!

That's one hundred thousand souls. Although it was caused by Long Xikey's Servant, how can you say that Long Xikey is also a Marter.

"Oh, by the way, hurry up and finish the last thing today, and then you must come back here tomorrow morning." Speaking of this matter, the careless expression on Long Xikey's face disappeared, and he was talking about this topic very seriously. .

"Ah? Why?" Tohsaka Rin was the first time he saw Long Xikey's serious expression.

"Hey, what's your expression? I'm talking to you very seriously."

"..."

After being silent for a while, Rin Tohsaka sorted out the information of the past few days in his mind, "Don't you really want to get the Holy Grail, Xiyue?"

"All I want is a Servant."

"Is there any difference between the two?" Tohsaka Rin asked inexplicably. If you want to be a Servant, you must become a Master, but the Master is chosen by the Holy Grail.

"The Holy Grail - the wish machine that fulfills all wishes. In order to achieve it, Einzbern, Matou, and Tohsaka work together to perform the ritual of 'Summoning the Holy Grail'. Seven Heroic Spirits are summoned, and they will each other in order to decide the ownership of the Holy Grail. Fighting, this is the beginning of the Holy Grail War."

Long Xikey said what Tohsaka knew, "However, don't you think it's strange? Tohsaka? Regardless of whether the person who gets the Holy Grail is suitable or not, the Servant was called out to become an item that determines his ownership. But the one who was defeated was called out. The Servant did not disappear, but was absorbed by the Holy Grail—if the Servant is just one element that the Holy Grail uses to determine the right Master, why should the useless Servant be absorbed back?”

"In other words, for the Holy Grail War, only the Servant is necessary, and the Master is just to provide the catalyst for the summoned Servant to rely on in this world, right?" Tohsaka Rin quickly understood what Long Xikey meant, wrinkled. He raised his eyebrows, "That is to say, in the ceremony called the Holy Grail War, the Master is only used as the body of the Servant who was summoned to this world. As long as the Servant is summoned, it doesn't matter when the Master dies next."

"The pure 'soul' outside the time axis, the external force that is outside of time and space but can interfere with time and space - this is the essence of heroic spirits. It is also necessary to complete the Holy Grail." Closing his eyes, Long Xikey said to Leaning back on the sofa, "With this power, you can reach the outside world. This is the real purpose of making Fuyuki City the place where the Holy Grail descends. Hehe, that is, the existing one called 'Heavens Feel'. The Golden Cup, the third of the five magics, represents the materialization of spiritual consciousness."

"Wait, wait a minute!"

Tohsaka exclaimed, "The third magic is to materialize the soul!? But isn't the Servant's soul already a materialized existence? Although the basis of the Heroic Spirit Summoning System is indeed a part of the use of the third magic. part, but heroic spirits are still seances, right? What the hell is this?!”

"The Cup of Heaven is to allow the spiritual body to intervene in the material world as an 'individual' and to exist in a higher dimension. It can be said that the soul itself is regarded as a living being and the next step is to develop as a living body."

After a slight pause, Long Xikey gave Tohsaka Rin time to digest, "Generally speaking, there is only one jurisdiction in Japan that can activate magic. Although the spiritual veins in Fuyuki City are proud of their first-class rank, they do not have one. The way to connect with the root."

"Although I destroyed it during the battle, the power of the leylines cannot be underestimated, especially the power that has been gathered."

"..."

Biting his own finger, Rin Tohsaka thought hard for a while and then suddenly realized, "I understand! Because there is no way to reach the root cause. So a hole must be opened - that is, if there is no way to connect, only You can destroy walls on your own, right?"

"That's the origin of the Holy Grail War."

"The so-called Holy Grail War, there are two Holy Grails to pursue. One is a large-scale magic circle built in the underground of Yuanzang Mountain where Ryudong Temple is located, which is the 'Great Holy Grail', and the other is to hold the key, by Ain The 'Little Grail' created by the Zberen family using alchemy."

"The 'Little Grail' this time...Illya?"

"Well, the Great Holy Grail is a system for managing the Holy Grail War, and the Lesser Holy Grail is a power furnace prepared to recover the spirits of the defeated heroes and activate the Great Holy Grail. When the Heroic Spirits who have finished their work return to the Throne of Heroes, they are fixed with the power of the Great Holy Grail. Live in the cave opened by the heroic spirit, and then open the path to the root that can be reached by external force. But even if you open a cave, the road to the root is still quite far away.”

"That is to say... the so-called Holy Grail War leads to the root, is it only the first step?"

"It can be understood that way. But in the end, obtaining the Holy Grail is equivalent to obtaining boundless magic power. Because the outside of the passage is covered with a lot of magic power that has not yet been used. If you are an ordinary magician. , as long as you get these magic powers, you can exercise results that are close to 'miracles'."

Long Xikey looked up at Tohsaka Rin, and found that she was silent in shock, apparently guessing the truth she wanted to express just now, "Yes, it's exactly what you think, the whole Holy Grail War, what is needed is only There are only the souls of heroic spirits. There is a price to pay for summoning heroic spirits. If their wishes cannot be fulfilled, heroic spirits will not respond to the summons - so the original Yusan family prepared a 'little machine' as a replica of the 'wish machine'. The Holy Grail' to make a promise to them." The Little Holy Grail is simply a fool's existence, and although it is the ultimate prize, it is actually a tool to keep the soul of a dead Servant and a necessary device to achieve the third magic.

"Wait! Wait a minute! Wouldn't that mean..."

"That's right, it's deceiving and using these heroic spirits." Long Xikey shrugged helplessly, "The battle of the Holy Grail is a piece of shit, even if you really get the Holy Grail, the last owner will fall into endless pain. In... My goal from the beginning was just a Heroic Spirit, which has nothing to do with the Holy Grail at all."

"Then what about Xi Yue's plan? Are you just letting the members of the Magic Association go?"

"Don't worry, the Holy Grail will disintegrate eventually." Long Xiyue patted her on the shoulder, but he didn't tell her how to end it.After all, Long Xiyao is a bit extreme on this point. His so-called 'end' is to end the whole world, not to destroy humanity, but to use 'Long Niang' to make the world fall into endless stillness, just like a game the same as the archive.

And Long Xiyao's next goal is the world of the Fourth Holy Grail War. There are not only things he wants to start with, but also the best space if he chooses to end the Holy Grail.

Chapter [-]: The Saint of Winter

Germany, the far north.

The fluttering snowflakes cover up the traces left by all the creatures again and again. No matter how deep or big the traces are, the goose feather-like snow will still cover them in no time.

Fierce storms and snow, this is where the Einzbern family has lived for generations and is also isolated from the world.

Above the snow, Long Xikey focused on depicting the magic circle needed for a while.

In order to better integrate into the 'Einzbern' family, Long Xiyao hopes to use the power of 'her' to accomplish all this...

Tightening the fluffy coat on her body, Medea looked at the huge bright red magic circle on the snow with some worry.The huge magic circle covers all the places you can see. If you look down from the sky, you can really know the scale of this magic circle... However, Medea is not worried about this problem, but because of such a large magic circle. Provides the energy needed by the source.

The size of the magic circle is the planned route.The more lines there are, the more stable the magic circle will be, and the better the effect will be, but this will cause a serious consumption of the magic power of the caster, and will even be attacked by the magic circle!

Feeling the worry from Medea, Long Xikey turned back and smiled slightly, "Medea, please don't worry, my blood is mixed in the engraving of the magic circle, you don't have to worry that I will be sucked dry by the things under your feet. '..."

Seeing Long Xikey's confident smile, Medea's worried expression was relieved a lot. However, in order to prevent accidents, Medea still held the golden staff tightly in her hand...

Black Saber did not speak, standing quietly beside Medea, the cold wind blew the heavy snow constantly hitting her fleece, but she still stared at the figure not far away.

"Please be careful." The wind began to pick up violently.

Medea took a deep breath, summoning in such bad weather, the probability of success would be very small.

"Don't worry, this heavy snow is a rare contract." Long Xiyue's voice was accurately transmitted to the ears of the two of them through several layers of heavy snow.

Medea didn't speak, she knew the time to summon was still approaching.

"It's time..." Looking up at the gloomy sky, Long Xikey took out a silver ritual knife and cut his wrist on the outer layer of the second circle of the magic circle...

Blood slowly flowed down from the silver-white blade, one drop, two drops, three drops... When the fifth drop of blood fell on the snow, the huge magic circle under Long Xikey's feet began to emit pure white fluorescence. The blood dripping on the magic circle also seems to have wisdom, and gradually spreads with the engraving of the magic circle...

'My blood is really multi-purpose... However, my favorite is summoning...' Watching the blood flow down, Long Xikey put away the silver knife.

With more and more blood, the brightness of the magic circle on the ground also rose to a certain degree, and seeing that the magic circle began to respond to him, Long Xikey also began to chant:

"A place of revolving, a state of wandering; bluer than the sea, bluer than the sea, bluer than the sky, and reappearing from the bottom of the nine secluded abyss, inheriting the power of darkness; you will know beauty in tranquility, You will know truth in beauty, you will know love in truth, you will know peace in love..."

When the magic was chanted, the crystal jade carving at the center of the magic circle began to burst into a deep red hue, and then the magic circle under Long Xikey's feet began to shrink rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. After the last chant, the tiny magic circle began to shrink. Appeared behind the jade carving girl, mixed with bright red blood and pure white snow.

In the fluorescent light, the jade sculpture instantly transformed into a spotless girl, the snow-white sky dress extended to the girl's feet, and above the silver-white long hair was a ceremonial high hat inlaid with magic gems...

"This, this is the Holy Maiden of Winter... She is extremely beautiful..." Even though the girl closed her eyes tightly, Medea still saw the extraordinaryness of the girl.

"Have you appeared..." Looking at the sleeping girl who was close at hand, Long Xikey softly awakened the girl, "Lizlexi... Lizlexi, Justisa, Feng, Einzbern... "

"Lizlehi, Justisa, Feng, Einzbern..." An ethereal voice came out of the girl's mouth.

Hearing this very familiar name, the girl's white face frowned slightly, and then slowly opened her red eyes, and her eyes converged on Long Xikey at the first moment...

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This scorching summer can only belong to the dull 1980s, not only because of the unbearable heat everywhere.Emiya Kiritsugu already felt the same way. Although he was in West Germany, where the political atmosphere was very tense at the moment, the ever-increasing volume of incoming mail still made him unable to take care of these things that had nothing to do with him.

"Einzbern..."

Lighting a cigarette, Emiya Kiritsugu opened the letterhead, and the family pattern on it prominently indicated the importance of this letterhead.

'Einzbern', the letterhead belongs to a very old and even obscure surname, but Emiya Kiritsugu has long heard of this surname, because the Einzbern family is not only an alchemist in the magic world. The leader of the 'Holy Grail War', and it is one of the 'Three Royal Family' who started the 'Holy Grail War'.

"There should be... ten years before the next Holy Grail War." Emiya Kiritsugu threw away his cigarette butts and walked quickly to a dense forest ahead. This forest was no different from an ordinary forest in appearance, and almost no one knew about it. What secrets are hidden in this forest.

"Battle of the Holy Grail..." While walking, Emiya Kiritsugu recalled the information he had read before, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Huh—" As he walked, the cicada's chirping that had not stopped in Emiya Kiritsugu's ear suddenly turned into a rough wind sound, and it was the unique wind sound of the cold gale in winter; and the thick green shade was still in front of him. In an instant, it turned into a crystal clear world.

Emiya Kiritsugu was not surprised by this, but continued to advance steadily in the wind and snow as expected, because it was a huge and ancient castle that suddenly appeared in the distance to unlock Emiya Kiritsugu. Doubt in mind.

In the church of Einzbern city, the clock rang on time, and the whole castle reverberated with long bells. An old man with long white hair stood solemnly in the center of the church, silently watching the guard who appeared at the door. The figure of Miya Kiritsugu.

"Emiya Kiritsugu." The old man said slowly, "You, you are finally here."

Chapter [-] Liz Lexi

"Then... did you summon me?" The Holy Maiden of Winter raised her hand and once again felt the feeling of having a body.

"Yes, I can search for your soul, but your original body should already be in the center of the Great Holy Grail, as the existence of the Great Holy Grail Hearth." Gently tiptoe, a transparent enchantment immediately took Long Xikey as the symbol The center surrounded everyone, and the severe cold, wind and snow were blocked.

"Really, it seems that my world has changed a lot in the future. Has magic reached such a level?"

"No," Long Xikey shook his head, "it's just that my ability is special. It took me a lot of time to transform your soul, but the reason is that your original body has long since lost your personality."

The Holy Maiden of Winter did not refute Long Xikey's words, in fact, it was exactly what Long Xikey said.For hundreds of years, her personality has been abandoned by herself. The so-called 'Saint of Winter' is nothing more than an extremely rational magician who is willing to break down herself in exchange for the Holy Grail in order to realize her ideals and pursuits.

"Here... I believe you should be familiar with it."

Through the barrier, you can clearly see everything in the distance, the towering huge pine trees, the crystal ice sculptures, the white tree hangings, everything here is the same as it was two hundred years ago.

"Yes, this is the canonized fief of Einzbern, I naturally remember it."

"The Einzbern family has lived here for generations, unless it is to participate in the Holy Grail Battle, but this huge wind and snow barrier should be from your handwriting."

The Holy Maiden of Winter nodded, looked at Medea and Saber, who were beside Long Xikey, and asked softly, "How many times is the Holy Grail Battle now?"

"I believe you are more aware of this." After storing enough magic power to summon seven Servants, the Great Holy Grail will choose a magician who is suitable to become a Master. Even if she has no personality, it does not mean that she has lost her senses.

"I just want to confirm. After all, with the passage of time, my senses have almost assimilated with the Great Holy Grail, and the relative perception ability has been weakened a lot. Only at the moment of the strongest fluctuation can I perceive..."

"Strong fluctuations." Listening to the words of the Holy Maiden of Winter, Long Xikey suddenly thought of the strangeness of the Third Holy Grail War.

"The strongest time should be the second time when you have a weak feeling, tell me what happened that time..."

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Einzbern city,

A week ago, in the Einzbern City conference room, many Einzbern family members dressed in strange clothes were sitting on both sides of the long table, while the old man sat solemnly in the middle.

"Is this really good? Hire the notorious 'magician killer' Emiya Kiritsugu to do this?" A blond man in a white robe asked with a slight dissatisfaction, "I'm going to do this kind of thing. It's better to send someone in the family to deal with it."

"Don't get excited, Louis, the decision to hire him is because the family has a longer-term plan." The old man replied unhurriedly.

"But." The young man named Louis continued to ask: "Wouldn't it be humiliating to the honor of our Einzbern family?"

"This is impossible." The old man sighed: "From the experience of our failures in previous Holy Grail Wars, it is precisely because we are too focused on the study of alchemy and ignore the combat magic that leads to continuous failures. But Emiya Kiritsugu has the strength we need, so as long as we can keep him to serve the family, we can hope to obtain the Holy Grail and complete the third method 'Grail of Heaven'."

"Holy Grail War..." Lewis paused and continued: "Even if he can successfully complete the mission, how can the family be sure to keep him?"