Skill extraction starting from Dragon Clan

The magical power contained within the Great Holy Grail is indeed terrifying, and even for an individual, it can be called "infinite" in a short period of time, because no matter how much you squander, you cannot consume that amount of magic power in a short period of time. clean.

After all, before each Holy Grail War begins, the Great Holy Grail needs to be supported by three spiritual veins and draw a full sixty years of power to accumulate enough magic power.

You know, an ordinary spiritual vein is enough for a magician family to prosper and develop. For example, a large part of the reason why the Ise Tribe declined was because their spiritual veins dried up for some reason. .

Without the nourishment of magic power in the spiritual veins, the probability that a newborn in a magician family can be born with a magic circuit will become less and less, and even if a magic circuit is obtained, it will be completely blocked.

And this is just an ordinary spiritual vein. The three spiritual veins under Fuyuki City are all top-notch advanced spiritual veins, and the Great Holy Grail created by the Einzbern family is far more efficient in absorbing magic power than an ordinary magic furnace. Comparable.

In addition, the Tosaka family members continued to sort out their spiritual veins before the Holy Grail War began, assisting the Great Holy Grail in absorbing magic power.

The magic power that can be accumulated in these sixty years far exceeds the limit that can be calculated by conventional measurement units.

For example, after the Holy Grail War begins, not only must the main power support the appearance of the servants, but also the magic power consumed by them when releasing the Noble Phantasm.

For example, Ramesses II: Osmandis, who was summoned in this Holy Grail War, although the energy needed to float the Radiant Composite Temple he summoned used a nuclear fission power furnace, his other Noble Phantasm: When D'Andra's big electric ball is used, all it consumes is the power provided by the Holy Grail.

The kind of power that can destroy the entire naval fleet with one shot, Dendera's big electric ball was launched three times in this Holy Grail War. From this, it is enough to see how vast the magic power contained in the Holy Grail is.

Under normal circumstances, things like jumping to another space level or automatically traveling around the world to absorb the power of spiritual veins can be easily accomplished by the transformed Cup of Heaven.

But, no matter what, the magic power of the Great Holy Grail is still limited.

After all, in essence, no matter how vast the magic power inside the Great Holy Grail is, it is only the power that has been absorbed for sixty years under the support of three spiritual veins.

It can't even reach "finite infinity", so theoretically speaking, no matter how astronomical the magic power is, it will eventually be exhausted one day.

However, under normal circumstances, the Holy Grail War can only last for seven days. During this period, the seven servants are supported to release the Noble Phantasm. No matter how indiscriminate the bombing is, the Great Holy Grail can easily supply it.

However, this time there was a "little" surprise in the Holy Grail War.

Osmandis' Sphinx and Noble Phantasm, Karna's Magic Emission and Noble Phantasm, Semiramis's Sky Courtyard, Medea's Floating City, and even the Noble Phantasms of Alcides and Arash Such a big energy consumer.

Because Amakusa Shiro Tokisada's team has always held the Small Holy Grail, they were able to connect to the Great Holy Grail and steal the magic power inside it long ago. Medea relied on her thousands of years of research and superb magic technology, so she was also able to Steal the magic power in the Great Holy Grail directly across various restrictions.

Even with the assistance of magic, the amount of magic required to levitate a castle or a mountain into the air is enough to make people jaw-dropping, not to mention the extremely fierce battle that followed.

In fact, even these battles did not completely consume the Great Holy Grail in the end. The last straw that broke the Great Holy Grail was the almost black hole-like magic that Amakusa Shirou Tokisada used in the end.

"Actually, you took control of the Great Holy Grail before and transformed it into the Heavenly Grail. Then you immediately cut off the energy source of the floating city. This should be the most thrilling moment in this plan."

Zheng Shu walked to the side of the Great Holy Grail and carefully inspected its damage and energy consumption.

"You...did you anticipate what I was going to do a long time ago?"

Amakusa Shirou Tokisada sat paralyzed on the ground, his eyes blank, and he finally figured out the key.

After thinking about it, it seems that from the very beginning, when Caster used the floating city, his plan had already failed.

"To be precise, Caster has anticipated such a thing a long time ago. Of course, we don't know what you want to do, but Caster is right. No matter what you want to do, the magic power inside the Great Holy Grail is necessary, so As long as the magic power is completely consumed, no matter what, at least the situation will not be the worst."

Zheng Shu smiled: "The reason why I came to infiltrate is actually not only to seduce you to consume magic power, but also as insurance. If the magic power inside the Great Holy Grail is still not completely consumed at the final moment, I will Choose to destroy the Great Grail, just like I did before."

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada was silent. If it hadn't been for the last round of power confrontation, the remaining magic power inside the Sky Cup would have been enough to start the plan.

But if he had not used his "right hand, zero-time cluster" to confront the black sun launched by Zheng Shu, the Great Holy Grail would have been destroyed and his plan would still have failed.

It can be said that from the beginning, I had no choice.

"That's it...it turns out that the gods were not on my side from the beginning..."

Zheng Shu shook his head and said nothing. He just scattered the protection around the Great Holy Grail, and then carried the light ball composed of the Great Holy Grail with a diameter of more than five meters on his shoulders.

This process is not particularly smooth. The Great Holy Grail is still ringing continuously. Although 80% of it has been damaged, it still operates with the goal of redeeming mankind, gathering the power of spiritual veins to absorb magic power every moment.

However, Zheng Shu easily crushed the outer physical protection of the Great Holy Grail, and directly connected his hand to the Great Holy Grail, stealing the magic power inside and ensuring that it was always running at the lowest power.

After using the cloak of the God's Arms to fix the Great Holy Grail on his shoulders, Zheng Shu turned his head and looked at Amakusa Shiro Tokisada's position.

"Run away? Forget it."

The original location where Amakusa Shirou Tokisada and Semiramis were was empty, and they must have been teleported away, but Zheng Shu didn't care.

In his perception, Amakusa Shirou Tokisada and Semiramis were already "dead". The reason why the two of them can still support the present world is entirely dependent on obsession and will.

That's why Zheng Shu was willing to stop talking to Amakusa Shiro Tokisada. After all, beating a "dead person" is a very immoral act.

If the plan succeeds, Amakusa Shiro Tokisada might be able to rely on his mental energy to struggle for a while longer, but since the plan has failed, and it is definitely irreversible, once his mental energy is gone, it basically won't last long.

Boom!

While thinking, the whole space suddenly shook. Looking up towards the ceiling, gravel and stone fragments fell from the sky like rain.

Without much hesitation, he reached out and punched through the outer wall. Zheng Shu ran towards the light coming from outside.

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Semiramis looked at the wound on Amakusa Shiro Tokisada's body, and she knew that it was a fatal injury. Just as the spiritual core of her heart had been destroyed, Amakusa Shiro Tokisada's heart had also been completely melted.

In terms of the severity of his injuries, he should be more serious.

Judging from the current situation, his side has been completely defeated, and there is basically no possibility of a comeback. As a result, it is impossible to fulfill the promise Shiro made.

In other words, he deceived himself, which was an unforgivable felony. Even if he was angry and mad, it would not be an exaggeration to tear him into pieces. However, what he was doing now was the same prank he arranged to entertain him in the past.

"Ah...Assassin?"

Feeling that his face was being teased by his hair, Amakusa Shiro Tokisada woke up from a deep coma, as if he had just fallen asleep, and slowly opened his eyes.

"Are you awake? But I advise you not to get up. To put it bluntly, if you move in your current state, you will die."

Semiramis smiled and reached out to touch his chest, which still had black burn marks.

"No pain."

"I gave you a toxin that numbed the pain nerves. You should have rolled around on the ground until you died of pain."

"here it is……"

"It will probably take some time for the outside of the courtyard to completely collapse."

When he came back to his senses, he discovered the stars in the sky.

Amakusa Shirou Tokisada was lying on the ground looking at the starry sky, and suddenly asked his servant with some guilt: "Aren't you angry?"

"Angry that you lost? Or angry that you lied to me?"

"Both."

She felt that his confession without hesitation was particularly ridiculous. It turned out that this man had no intention of becoming the queen from the beginning.

"Well... I can indeed get angry, and I can even use the most powerful poison in the world to make you die with pain."

Semiramis touched her forehead to Amakusa Shiro Tokisada's, and her smooth hair fell on his face.

"Ah... But, it's all over anyway. I'm tired. I'm tired enough to smile and forgive you for deceiving me. And I've also failed. The defeat is so miserable that I can't criticize you."

Semiramis struggled to sit up on her knees and raised her head to look at the night sky. She felt that these things were going wrong again and again. If she had thought more carefully at that time, maybe she would not have been defeated.

"Well...if possible, I really want to see a world where humans are redeemed."

Amakusa Shirou Tokisada's smile could even be said to be hearty, feeling that he was quite satisfied even if he did not achieve his goal, but Semiramis was a little unwilling to see him like this.

"Who will die first, me or you?"

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada touched Semiramis's injury. Although she had repaired her appearance so that she would not look miserable, even so, Amakusa Shiro Tokisada could understand that her body had completely disintegrated.

"It should feel about the same... By the way, you let me rest on your lap again."

Amakusa Shirou Tokisada laughed with a troubled expression on his face, while Semiramis pretended to be unaware, her eyes a little wandering.

"Don't worry, you should feel honored."

Amakusa Shirou Tokisada looked at her expression and sighed, and let her go. Neither of their bodies felt much pain, but that was just because the toxins dulled their perception.

The sound of collapse was still very far away, as if it was happening on the other side.

After that, all he had to do was close his eyes and wait for the fall. However, this was the rest time that he finally got. Semiramis felt that it was a waste to just sleep like this. He looked blankly into the distance and asked:

"...can I ask something?"

"What?"

Semiramis suddenly became a little trembling. She felt that she had no future if she looked away.

"If this thing succeeds, what will you do to me?"

The previous agreement to make himself the queen of the world had obvious flaws. His wish would be exposed soon. Could it be that he planned to kill himself before then?

Semiramis was a little afraid of this answer. The empress who once poisoned her husband suddenly became worried about gain and loss.

"Ah, well... I think you will forgive me if I tell you honestly and apologize."

The young man said such carefree words, which made the empress dumbfounded.

"...Do you think I'll accept it?"

"I will try my best to persuade you. If you still can't accept it, then that's the end of it. After all, it was me who deceived you in the first place. So if you don't accept it, it doesn't matter even if you kill me or turn you into a puppet. .”

"I see, that was your plan from the beginning."

A sneer appeared on Semiramis's face, and she reached out to touch Amakusa Shirou Tokisada's face. Shiro continued to apologize with a really sorry look.

"I'm very sorry, but to get to that point, I need your strength no matter what."

"...Forget it, no matter who makes me a follower, there is nothing you can do about it."

"How forgiving."

"Now tell me if it will help, and you have already been punished."

"punish?"

Semiramis smiled softly, lowered her head, and let her hair fall into Amakusa Shiro Tokisada's face again.

"Yes, is this sufficient punishment for your failure?"

Hearing this, Amakusa Shiro Tokisada nodded sadly: "Well...yeah, it's quite a serious punishment."

Touching his cheek, feeling his distress and annoyance, Semiramis smiled softly.

"Hmm, that's true. In that case, let me give you a reward as a consolation."

"award?"

Amakusa Shirou Tokisada tilted his head as if hearing this word for the first time, because he has never regarded rewards as his goal in his life, because he dedicated everything to others, so he ignored the consequences of degradation. slow.

But Semiramis already knew the life this young man had gone through. If he didn't reward him, then who else would?

"Isn't it necessary?"

"Take it, even though I don't have any decent reward now."

Semiramis kissed him without any explanation.

The contact only lasted a moment, and she giggled as she looked at the dazed Amakusa Shirou Tokisada.

"Is this the reward?"

"If you dare to say otherwise, I will really make you take poison."

Hearing what the empress said, the young man laughed out loud.

"No, this reward is very sufficient, Semiramis, thank you, it's great to meet you."

After saying this, he closed his eyes, and Semiramis immediately knew that he was dead.

"Oh, really, why am I always in this position of a mourner?"

Even though I couldn't understand the value of what he was pursuing until the very end, even so, just being with him was enough.

"What a pity..."

It was a pity to die here, and to have him die here too, but it was human nature to sleep with regrets. At least they had a faint hope of being able to embark on the journey again in the distant future.

Looking blankly at the stars in the sky, Semiramis smiled and disappeared.

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Rumble.

The sound of collapse came from behind, and along with the sky courtyard falling to the ground, Zheng Shu also came to the castle above the rock giant.

Perhaps it should no longer be called a rock giant at this time, because the limbs have been completely destroyed, and after losing the energy supply of the Great Holy Grail, in order to reduce the consumption of magic power, Medea simply abandoned the extra body completely. Now the entire rock giant All that's left is a head and the castle on top of it, returning to the theme of "Floating City" again.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Medea had been waiting at the gate of the castle early. When she saw Zheng Shu coming back carrying the huge Holy Grail, her eyes narrowed with laughter.

"Hmm...can you take care of this thing? It is still absorbing magic power. If the Great Holy Grail is allowed to restore the magic value to a certain level, it will probably form the Cup of Heaven again."

"No problem. I have already thoroughly studied the various data of the Holy Grail. Although the basic logic of this Great Holy Grail has been tampered with, it is very simple to prevent it from continuing to absorb magic power. It only takes a little time."

Medea snapped her fingers, and several huge magic circles surrounded the Great Holy Grail, replacing Zheng Shu's cloak and suspending it in mid-air. While absorbing the newly restored magic power of the Great Holy Grail, she floated the light group towards The interior of the castle.

"That's good...Also, please treat this guy. The resuscitation divinity in my body has not been fully restored, so I cannot treat him for the time being."

Zheng Shu put down Cu Chulainn who was carrying on his other shoulder. At any rate, he tried his best to destroy Semiramis's spiritual core, which saved Zheng Shu a lot of trouble in the subsequent battle, so Zheng Shu also brought him back smoothly.

"This guy..."

Medea used detection magic to scan Cu Chulainn's body and frowned.

"It's not easy to deal with. The toxins in his body are quite troublesome even for me to deal with. The best way is to maintain his life first. After I complete the transformation of the Great Holy Grail, I can directly use the Holy Grail to create a body for him. Save it."

Zheng Shu nodded and said nothing more.

He was also a little tired. In addition to the deadly battle with Alcides, using the Word Spirit: Black Sun was quite draining for him. In terms of magic power, it was okay, but it was mainly due to the high mental drain.

After all, this is using the power of another system to forcibly bypass the carrying capacity of the spiritual base and exert a power beyond that of the servant. Excessive consumption of pure mental power is already a small price to pay.

"Go to the living room and take a rest first. I have asked the android to prepare food."

Medea noticed Zheng Shu's fatigue and smiled softly.

"The transformation of the Great Holy Grail will take a few more hours. It just so happens that the flying speed of the floating city dropped a lot after losing the magic power supply of the Holy Grail, so you should take a rest first. After I finish transforming the Holy Grail, we will deal with other things. . Ah! By the way, that Archer is here too. It’s really useless. He was obviously asked to provide remote support, but it had no effect at all and was defeated by the enemy.”

Zheng Shu nodded silently and agreed, carrying Cu Chulainn again and walking towards the living room of the castle.

When he came to the living room, Zheng Shu saw Hong A who had returned to the floating city first. At this time, he was covered in bandages and slumped on a sofa. Seeing Zheng Shu's arrival, he just nodded weakly.

Zheng Shu also nodded in response. It seemed that Alcides' few arrows had hurt him quite badly. He casually pushed Cu Chulainn to the sofa, and Zheng Shu himself collapsed on the sofa on the other side.

For a while, a group of people fell silent, all thinking about their own things silently.

On the other side, after moving the Great Holy Grail to her laboratory, Medea looked at the huge light group and excitedly clenched her fists in celebration.

Her plan was not complete until this moment.

Medea had her own goals in all the strategies she set up from the beginning, such as consuming all the magic power inside the Great Holy Grail, which was only part of the plan.

Now, with a Great Holy Grail in front of her that had no resistance and whose basic logic protection had been broken through once, Medea felt that her plan was about to succeed.

Medea's final plan actually has only one purpose, which is to enable herself and Zheng Shu to live in this era forever.

Zheng Shu will meet her after returning to the Age of Gods, and then leave forever. This has already happened and cannot be changed.

In this case, if you want to make up for your regrets, you can only find a way in the "future".

Now that the past has been locked, let yourself change your destiny when you meet Zheng Shu again in the future!

This is Medea's ultimate goal and the method she has been looking for since learning the concept of the "Holy Grail War".

To achieve this goal, the most important thing that must be solved first is the problem that followers cannot exist in the world for a long time.

Generally speaking, if a Servant wants to continue living in the world after being summoned, he usually has to make a wish toward the Holy Grail to regain his body.

But then only one person can live in the world again.

Another way to obtain a physical body is to be directly immersed in the black mud, but this will cause mental problems, and it will be assimilated by the black mud accidentally, which is too dangerous.

Moreover, the black mud inside the Holy Grail has been purified in this Holy Grail War, so this method cannot be used.

The last method is to extend the duration of the Holy Grail War as much as possible.

An ordinary Holy Grail War can only last for seven days. If the ritual is not completed, the Holy Grail War itself will be forcibly closed, and the summoned servants will also be recalled.

The scale of this Holy Grail War was far larger than usual, but it could only last less than half a month.

What Medea has to do is to transform the Great Holy Grail into a state that can continue to absorb magic power and continue this Holy Grail War.