Chapter 688: Insects
Su Xiao looked around. As soon as he appeared in this basement, someone's evil gaze immediately fell on him. After seeing the owner of that gaze, Su Xiao roughly understood what was going on here.
He took the seats of Lancelot, a Berserker-class heroic soul».
Su Xiao didn't receive any reward for killing Lancelot. It was a challenge. If he had killed Lancelot, he would have replaced him. If he couldn't kill him, he would have stayed in that barrier forever.
The derivative world that Su Xiao had entered this time wasn't small, but it wasn't big either.
Basically, everything in this world happened in one city, and the history of this world was very clear.
Two hundred years ago, in order to reach the "Source", which was the dream of all magicians, the three largest families joined forces to achieve what they wanted.
They wanted to summon the "Source", a force that was at the center of all dimensions and was a limitless source of magical energy that could fulfill any magician's dream.
To achieve this goal, three families joined forces, but the Source could only grant the wish of one person, and there were three families.
Because of this, the conflicts of the three families gradually began to flare up with renewed vigor.
After a series of battles, the three families reached an agreement and decided to determine the owner of the "Holy Grail" through an official war.
And so the first Holy Grail War began. The rules at that time weren't perfect, and although the three families fought extremely fiercely, all their endless attempts to summon the Holy Grail ended up failing.
Sixty years later, attempts at summoning have still failed, and the rules since the Second Holy Grail War have become more elaborate and have less impact on the structure of the world..
But the three large families were not particularly eager to follow the rules and still tried to get their hands on the Holy Grail.
Wars for the Great Holy Grail occurred every sixty years, and each time the rules of war became more perfect.
And now the Fourth Great Holy Grail War was about to begin.
At the moment, the rules were as follows::
«1. Use alchemy to create and prepare a vessel for the Grail.
2. Selection of applicants (they will be able to call a "Servant" to help, each applicant can have one Servant, there are 7 applicants in total). The Holy Grail itself will select mages who are suitable for the role of applicants, called "Masters", and reward them with enough energy to summon its Servant. Applicants will need to quickly start preparing for the summoning of their Servant after receiving confirmation..
3. Summoning a Servant requires a complex magical ritual, and the Master must have a "summoning catalyst", this is an item that has a direct connection with the true identity of the servant. Summon a servant without this item or receiving confirmation from the Holy Grail is impossible.
4. Successfully summon a Servant and confirm their connection to the Holy Grail.
5. Confirm your Master's identity.
6. Get acquainted with the summoned spirit.
7. Sign the Master and Servant Contract.
8. Join a new war for the Holy Grail.
9. Bring back the souls of the Servants who died in battle.
10. Open the path to the Source».
Simply put, seven mages were chosen by the Holy Grail, and then they summoned their "Servants" to fight.
The winner will eventually have to receive the Holy Grail.
As for the seven Servants, they had to die, because to activate the Holy Grail, it had to be filled with the energy of the seven heroic souls.
Although Su Xiao seemed like a heroic soul, he didn't have most of the characteristics of these creatures. Other than being strong enough, he had nothing to do with the Holy Grail and his life and death had nothing to do with the appearance of the Holy Grail.
Compared to the capabilities of Paradise, the Holy Grail's abilities were nothing.
Su Xiao had his own body, so he could exist in this world without being nourished by magic energy. However, if Matou Kariya died, Su Xiao's time in this world would be greatly reduced.
After his death, he will only be able to stay in this world for 2 days, after which he will be forcibly returned to Paradise.
So far, he didn't know what his main mission was, as well as the mission to awaken the talent, but one thing he knew for sure-if he was returned to Paradise prematurely, he would lose a lot because of it.
Su Xiao had now replaced Berserker, and considering that he was the strongest contractor in this world, he wouldn't meet any other contractors like him.
After thinking about it, Su Xiao roughly understood his current situation. Although he had become a pseudo-Servant, Matou Kariya couldn't exert any influence on him.
As for the three marks on his arm, they should have been used to control the already deceased Lancelot...
If Su Xiao didn't like Matou Kariya, he could kill him, but before that, he would need to find a new magic power supplier, but considering that there weren't many magicians in this world, Su Xiao was willing to save his life first.
As Su Xiao thought about this, he looked away from Matou Kariya, who immediately relaxed and began to breathe heavily.
Being under Su Xiao's gaze was definitely not very pleasant.
— Then I'll deal with you first, " Su Xiao said and raised his left hand. In it, he held a strange insect whose shell was made of metal.
This creature wanted to enter his body as soon as he stepped out of the barrier.
With a bit of force, a fat worm with a mouth full of sharp blades was crushed.
Su Xiao looked at the old man who was gradually retreating from the basement. He knew a lot about this old man. He is Mato Zoken, the patriarch of one of the strongest families, the Mato family, and an old man who has lived for over 500 years.
Although mages in this world could master some supernatural abilities, having him live for more than 500 years was still something amazing.
The reason why Matou Zouken was able to live for so many years was because he gave up his original body and used magic insects to form a new body.
He was basically one big insect right now.
Mato Zouken, standing in this basement not far from him, looked like an old man, but that was just a cover. Its skin is already all rotten, and it will soon be destroyed by insects.
His method for achieving immortality was somewhat similar to Orochimaru's, except that the method used by Orochimaru was much more advanced.
Orochimaru was putting his soul into a new "physical container". If the container broke, it replaced it with a new one.
Mato Zouken turned his body into insects. These insects also needed to be placed in the human body, but his method led to the gradual withering of the soul.
In the past, Mato Zouken only needed to change his body every few decades, but now he needed to change his body every few months.
Mato Zouken craved the Holy Grail for a simple reason. He wanted eternal life.
Su Xiao walked over to Mato Kary and wiped the insect porridge on him.
The corners of Matou Kariya's mouth twitched, but he didn't dare move.
— Who are you? Although it looks like there was a mistake in the ritual, our Matou family will help you win the battle for the Holy Grail, " Matou Zouken, who realized that something was wrong, stopped retreating and decided to start negotiations with Su Xiao.
— It's an insect... It's yours, right? A smile appeared on Su Xiao's face, and Mato Zouken also smiled.
— It was summoned by the Mato family's magic circle. Kariya's talent isn't very good, so he is...
*Boom!*
Just as Mato Zouken was about to put all the blame on Mato Kariya, there was a loud bang.
*A clang*
Along with a bright light blue flash, the old man's head shot up.
With a thud, the head fell to the ground, and Mato Zouken's headless body fell to the ground.
— This... Mato Kariya looked on in disbelief from the sidelines.
The old man, in his opinion, died too easily.
— The speed is good, and the sword skill is quite sharp. Even compared to the Sabers, you're good enough, " Mato Zouken's head suddenly said. — But don't think that mages can't fight summoned Servants. Whether it's the Holy Grail or the Servants, ultimately all of you are summoned or created by us magicians, " Mato Zouken's head grinned, and cracks began to appear on his withered face.
With a buzzing sound, a large number of winged insects flew out of Mato Zouken's body and head.
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