Skill extraction starting from Dragon Clan

A few years later, England.

Clock Tower, in a dark and empty room.

The space inside the room had a strange feeling, and the distance inside was distorted to a strange degree. It seemed incredibly wide, but at the same time it seemed extremely small and oppressive.

The candle standing in the middle dimly illuminated the faces of the people in the room. No object could be seen clearly. This room with blurred boundaries was filled with an atmosphere of indescribable depression.

"The whole army was wiped out..." This was a hoarse voice.

There were three people gathered here, and the one speaking at this time was an old man.

Although he is short in stature, his back is straight, and the wrinkles on his face exude the luster of wood carvings. The most conspicuous thing is probably the twenty rings he carries on his hands and the jewelry he carries on his chest, which exude Eye-catching fluctuations in magic power.

He is the monarch of the third branch of the Clock Tower, the Spiritual Science: Colupfereus Nazele Euliphis. Kenneth's mentor and the father of Kenneth's fiancée, Thora Nazele Sofiali.

A young man next to him nodded in response: "I observed the last battle through the familiar... The scene was really scary. Existences of that level should not exist in the human world at all."

This is a red-haired boy with a handsome face. From his pair of eyes with strong and arrogant will and extraordinary temperament, it can be seen at a glance that he must be from the upper class. Even his words have a strong sense of humor. A sense of purpose.

His name is Bram Nazele Sofiali. He is the successor of the monarch of the Spiritual Branch. He also serves as the first-level lecturer of the Clock Tower. He is also the son of the old man Colufeleus who spoke before.

The old man nodded in agreement, and then looked at the last person who had remained silent. The man had long hair casually and was frowning displeased at the moment.

"Then what do you think, Lord El-Melloi?"

The man whom the old man called El-Melloi used the flame of the candle to light the cigarette between his fingers, took a deep breath and slowly shook his head:

"I am the second generation. Although I am very grateful to the older generation for caring about me, please also add the title of second generation. Otherwise, the name El-Melloi will make me feel uncomfortable."

"I'm sorry, El-Melloi II, what do you think?"

"Well, we have to change our policy anyway. After all, we have already suffered huge losses... and the Clock Tower has not yet recovered from the huge damage it suffered. These thirty magicians are basically the ones that the Clock Tower can send If we continue to send people there, even if they finally come back alive, the interests of the Clock Tower will be greatly damaged while they are away from their posts."

A team of thirty magicians with the lowest rank and sacrificial rank, led by two magicians of color, and who also formulated a detailed and meticulous battle plan, were completely destroyed by a "familiar" Subverted.

The final result was that all thirty people were wiped out. If it weren't for the extra familiars sent back to report the information, the Clock Tower might have returned empty-handed this time.

El-Melloi II frowned unconsciously when he thought of the rampant appearance of the servant in the picture sent back.

The opponent's powerful power reminded him of the Holy Grail War he participated in 10 years ago, although compared to a certain transcendent being in that Holy Grail War, the power of this servant was slightly smaller. Not enough, but still enough to cause crushing damage to a team of thirty magicians.

"'The Holy Grail War has been completely chaotic, and a new Master will be chosen.' Thanks to this information, we have a chance to fight back."

"Then who should be sent there? The other party has been killing all the magicians who dare to show up. The team sent there for the first time was well hidden, but they were all removed one by one. I suspect that the other party knows the inside of the clock tower. We know the intelligence very well, otherwise we wouldn’t be able to snipe so accurately. The most important thing is... we don’t even know who the enemy is now.”

El-Melloi II spoke the obvious truth in a calm tone, which also caused the entire room to be silent for a moment.

"If I have to say, I think we should hire other magicians from the outside. After all, this Holy Grail War has now seen an unprecedented situation. Coupled with the targeting of the people behind the scenes, the Clock Tower is already at an extreme disadvantage. Of course. , we still have to find a way to pick out one or two people from the clock tower."

The other two people agreed with El-Melloi II's words.

The matter is now imminent. If we still have to select from the famous families in the clock tower, it will be a big project. Due to various reasons including inheritance, safekeeping of magic seals, and other reasons, it will definitely take a long time until the manpower is determined. A lot of time.

Then it is definitely more efficient to choose free magicians who can be easily hired, and it can also make up for the current shortage of manpower in the Clock Tower.

"Then let me and El-Melloi II look for candidates together, and at least ask the Holy Church to send one person. After all, this is also to declare our legitimacy, so they need to participate in the war no matter what."

"How many people are we going to specifically look for?"

"Judging from previous tests on the Holy Grail, the Little Holy Grail's carrying limit is sixteen Servants. However, according to the information previously transmitted, when our candidate Master was killed, the Little Holy Grail was also rapidly We are looking for new Master candidates, and there are probably less than ten places left. Based on this rate, if it is about a week later, there may only be five to seven people left."

The Lord of the Soul Conqueror talked eloquently. Although he had only learned about the Holy Grail War for a few years, he had already learned almost everything about the Holy Grail.

"In this case, the faster we go, the better."

"Then I will be responsible for selecting the holy relics. Although the situation is urgent and the holy relics carried by the magician team have been completely lost, I will try my best to collect enough media to become a fighting force." Seeing his father The work had been arranged, and Bram immediately picked up the call.

Hearing what he said, Colopheleus tapped the floor with the tip of his cane as a sign of the end of the meeting:

"In that case, let's take action. This is far from the situation of the Holy Grail War reported in previous reports. Please be careful, both of you, and make the other party completely regret it for doing something that will disgrace our Clock Tower!"

After the discussion, the three of them did not exchange glances, but left in their respective directions.

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Fuyuki City, Japan.

"What?"

Zheng Shu was sitting in the living room of Matou's house, looking at Matou Kariya in front of him in confusion: "What does it mean that the pattern of the Holy Grail War has changed?"

Matou Kariya, who seems to have matured a lot, is sitting in front of Zheng Shu. His appearance is much older than ten years ago, but because he started practicing magic, he has also begun to carry a good momentum. It seems that Finally got some attitude from a superior person.

However, when facing Zheng Shu, Matou Kariya still calmed down his momentum and behaved as calmly as possible.

Regarding Zheng Shu's question, he sighed helplessly and explained the changes in recent years to Zheng Shu in detail.

The main change in things started a few years ago when Zheng Shu single-handedly picked out the entire clock tower.

Although Kenneth's death made Clock Tower notice this small city in the Far East, it didn't pay too much attention to it.

After all, Kenneth was killed while returning to the Clock Tower after leaving Fuyuki City. People who knew the situation could only laugh at Kenneth for losing in such a remote ceremony.

However, after Zheng Shu and the entire Clock Tower dueled and killed half of the Clock Tower's power, Fuyuki City, a small city in the Far East, was finally taken seriously by the Clock Tower and even the Magicians Association.

Correspondingly, for a monarch to return to the Clock Tower in despair, and to have such a fierce person like Zheng Shu appear, the most important "remote" ceremony in Fuyuki City was naturally noticed again. .

At first, just a few lecturers came with their students, wanting to use the Holy Grail War as their students' graduation research topic.

It happened that Tokiomi Tosaka and Ahad, the acting patriarch of the Einzbern family, were worrying about how to repair the completely damaged Little Holy Grail at that time. Facing the group of people coming from the clock tower, although they were reluctant, they could only Under the threat of the opponent's background, they agreed to join the restoration team.

Originally, both Tohsaka Tokiomi and Ahad were angry at the sudden interference of the people in the Clock Tower, but they were not too worried. After all, the construction of the Great Holy Grail and the Small Holy Grail were completely on the same level, and they were not Worried that the other party will see through the nature of the Holy Grail War.

But I didn't expect it to overturn.

In other words, Tokiomi Tohsaka and the others simply underestimated the knowledge level of the magician in the clock tower.

Although there was no one who was too powerful among the group of people who came here, there was a lecturer who was a student of a monarch in the Clock Tower.

When he encounters a problem that he cannot handle, he will naturally contact his teacher for help through magic.

So through a series of coincidences like this, the secret of the Holy Grail was revealed to a monarch.

Fortunately, he also obtained the information indirectly through observation, so he did not obtain too detailed information. He only inferred that there was a deeper ritual behind the Small Holy Grail in the Holy Grail War.

Out of curiosity, the monarch personally went to Fuyuki City to observe, and then discovered the Great Holy Grail hidden underground.

Of course, due to various obstacles, he still could not understand the specific operation principle of the Great Holy Grail. He did not know that the main function of the Great Holy Grail was to open the passage to the source.

It seems that the Magician Association's control over the small Eastern country is not so strict, so that the Holy Grail War was not discovered until the fourth time. The universal wishing machine actually appeared in a rural town in such a small Far Eastern country. What a joke. There must be a limit - this is the Magic Association's understanding, or this is the most information they can get.

But the massive amount of magic power stored inside the Great Holy Grail cannot be concealed no matter what.

Of course, with the knowledge and wisdom of this monarch, it is natural to see that the magic power inside the Great Holy Grail has been completely contaminated. If you want to use it to fulfill your wishes after completing the rituals of the Holy Grail War, you will only follow the worst path. The situation is "realized".

But for a magician, even if his wish cannot come true, such a large amount of magic crystals is enough to tempt him.

You must know that the magic power contained in the Saint Crystal created by Zheng Shu is only one-third of the Great Holy Grail, but Zheng Shu's use of two Saint Crystals as reward is enough for Aozaki Orange to teach Zheng Shu himself completely. doll manufacturing technology.

Aozaki Orange relied on his puppet-making skills to accumulate wealth equivalent to that of an established magician family accumulated over hundreds of years in just over ten years.

The value of this level of technology in the magic world is simply inestimable. Unless a war is launched, there is almost no possibility of obtaining it.

This shows how valuable the magic power accumulated in the Great Holy Grail is to a magician.

It is no exaggeration to say that even if the magic power has been contaminated, its value far exceeds the combined property of two or three magician families with monarchs.

What's more, for magicians, these contaminated magic powers are just troublesome, time-consuming and labor-intensive to deal with, but that doesn't mean they can't handle them. The difficulty of handling them is actually not very high.

The characteristics of magicians that have been passed down by families for hundreds of years. Even if there is such a large amount of magic accumulated inside the Great Holy Grail, after enough time, they can completely purify it. By then, this mass of magic crystals will be The value will still increase.

Therefore, after discovering the magic power accumulated inside the Great Holy Grail, the monarch who came to investigate was overjoyed.

Unfortunately, this group of students who came to intern was not the only one from his school, so the news was quickly obtained by the entire Clock Tower, and the degree of contamination of the magic power inside the Great Holy Grail made it impossible for him to remove it in a short time. It was owned by everyone, so the monarch had to hold his nose and discuss with the entire Clock Tower forces about the ownership of the magic power inside the Great Holy Grail.

As for the original owner of the Great Holy Grail, the Gosan Family of Fuyuki City?

Facing the "nuclearly amiable" faces of the eleven monarchs in the Clock Tower, the Yusan Family could only retreat.

But no matter what, the Great Holy Grail belongs to the Yusan Family, and the Clock Tower also has to keep face. If they just take it by force, their reputation will probably be ruined in the entire magic world - although their current reputation is not that good. Whatever happens.

Therefore, in order to reasonably obtain these magic powers, the Clock Tower decided to send people to participate in the Holy Grail War.

After all, the rule of the Holy Grail War is that the winner can gain control of these magic powers, and the participation quota for this ceremony is open to everyone. In the previous Holy Grail War, there were even cases where ordinary people were pulled from the job due to insufficient number of magicians. In the case of the Master, the Clock Tower means that sending people to participate in the Holy Grail War is naturally allowed within the rules.

Of course, in order to appease and show their fairness, the Clock Tower finally left a place for Yu Sanjia to participate.

In fact, for a big force like Clock Tower, it is indeed quite "generous" for them to be willing to leave a place for Yu Sanjia as a sign of honor.

In addition, the Clock Tower also provided the Yusanjia with a large number of benefits and resources as "remuneration".

Including but not limited to, in the future, each generation of the Yusan family can select a family member to study "for free" in the Clock Tower, a large number of resources, and some channels that only established families can have.

Although these resources combined are not as valuable as the magic power inside the Great Holy Grail, for most small families, it is enough to make them soar into the sky.

It's just that anyone with a discerning eye can see that these things are more like compensation than rewards. Once the Holy Grail War begins, the masters of the Clock Tower will first jointly eliminate the masters of the three families.

In response to this, both the Tosaka family and the Einzbern family were very angry, but the Matou family itself had completely given up on the idea of ​​the Holy Grail War, so even though they were angry, Tokiomi Tokiomi and Ahad could only swallow it. Download this result.

"It does sound quite miserable, but this won't change the pattern of the Holy Grail War, right?"

Zheng Shu was a little curious. Although it was indeed confirmed that the masters of the Yusan family would be kicked out in advance in this case, because there were quite a lot of conflicts within the clock tower itself, the remaining six masters would not be reunited. Instead of working together sincerely as an alliance, they will still continue the correct way of operating in the Holy Grail War.

Theoretically speaking, such changes are not enough to cause changes in the Holy Grail War model.

"It was true that nothing would change, but something unexpected happened just a few weeks ago." Matou Kariya sighed helplessly.

Although theoretically, the Master chosen by the Little Holy Grail during the Holy Grail War is random, but for magicians, "cheating" is their best ability.

Just like the three Yu families, no matter how they decline, they can ensure that a master will appear within their family.

After the Clock Tower clarified the operation mode of the Little Holy Grail, it naturally removed most of the backdoors left by the Yusan family, and then used such backdoors to confirm the candidates for the six masters in advance.

It was normal to be here. For the rest of the time, they only needed to go to Fuyuki City to build their own temporary workshop, and then quietly wait for the ceremony to start.

But just then, something unexpected happened.

The only remaining spot that was supposed to belong to the Gosan family has not yet appeared. After carefully observing the context of the ceremony, Tokiomi Tokiomi and Ahad came to the conclusion that their last spot had been taken by someone.

Yes, someone secretly stole that last spot without them knowing.

The two angry patriarchs naturally looked for the Clock Tower for a confrontation, but the attitude of the Clock Tower was also very tough. They made it clear that they had only taken up six quotas, and the last quota was not moved at all, and they believed that the reason for these two This attitude is to get more rewards.

Under mutual accusations, the two parties finally broke up.

When things get to this point, if the Yusan family were all normal magicians, although they would be angry, there wouldn't be any big mistakes.

But the problem is that the Einzberns are not human beings.

The entire Einzbern family, from the patriarch to the most basic servants, are all made of artificial humans, and the only goal recorded in their brains after their birth is to win the Holy Grail War and complete the final ritual.

Therefore, despite being artificial humans who are not good at fighting and seemingly harmless to humans and animals, they have been the ones causing the most trouble in all the Holy Grail Wars of the past.

Not to mention the first two Holy Grail Wars that were not completely successful. The reason why the Great Holy Grail was contaminated during the third Holy Grail War was entirely because of the inner obsession after the Einzbern family was eliminated early. It was caused by illegal summoning.

In the Fourth Holy Grail War, the Einzbern family directly hired Emiya Kiritsugu, a magician killer, as a plug-in, and turned the Little Holy Grail into a human form.

It can be said that these paranoid androids will do anything to win the Holy Grail War.

Although what the Clock Tower did before was excessive, it was not impossible for the Einzbern family to win. After all, in the Fourth Holy Grail War, Zheng Shu had already told them what a powerful enough servant could do. Overwhelm everything.

Theoretically, as long as a strong enough servant is summoned, even if the opponent's six people work together, they can definitely win.

For this reason, Ahad, the acting patriarch of the Einzbern family, was even willing to give up his family's share of interests and transfer them to the Tohsaka family, thereby obtaining the final spot in the Holy Grail War.

"But all this disappeared due to sudden changes. After the last spot was taken, Ahad revealed his overly paranoid nature." Matou Kariya said this with some emotion, recalling at all the original time. Ahad's twisted expression.

He never thought that the acting patriarch of the Einzbern family, who always seemed calm and arrogant, would look so out of sorts.

Zheng Shu raised his eyebrows when he heard this. He felt like he had imagined the next result.

"It just so happened that when the Small Holy Grail was being repaired, in order to balance the internal forces, the Clock Tower did not choose to let one person hold the Small Holy Grail. Instead, they chose to hide the Small Holy Grail on the edge of the Large Holy Grail through modification. Only after the Holy Grail War reaches a certain stage, the Lesser Holy Grail will appear.

Therefore, Ahad secretly changed the pattern of the Holy Grail War one night through his backhand left in the Little Holy Grail. "

"So what kind of battle mode is it now?" Zheng Shu was a little curious.

"The carrying limit of a single Small Holy Grail is sixteen servants. Ahad has completely lifted the previous restrictions, so the current Holy Grail War should be a big melee between sixteen people."

Matou Kariya was a little surprised when he said this. He had experienced a Holy Grail War, so he naturally knew how intense the Holy Grail War would be.

And that was just a battle between seven people, but this time it was a full sixteen people, Matou Kariya. I feel like the only thing I can do is to pray that these people don't go too far and don't destroy the entire Fuyuki City.

(PS: I was tired of watching the ordinary Holy Grail War, so I decided to do something new, a battle between fourteen people? No, sixteen people!)