Chapter 95: [95] Heroic Spirit Summoning I
If Kayneth had to pick the most painful thing he'd experienced after reading [Fate/Zero], it wouldn't be getting betrayed.
What truly broke his heart was the destruction of everything he'd set up in the Hyatt Hotel.
Just by looking at the instructions, Kayneth knew how much effort he'd put into it!
Especially the Magical Energy Reactors, which was the core that supplied energy for evil spirits and apparitions, as well as the very heart of the barrier he'd constructed! It supported the entire barrier's magical operations. It was also the most valuable item mentioned in the instructions, worth several times more than the entire Hyatt Hotel combined.
And then all three... they were blown up together!
Plus, the materials he'd spent on setting up the barrier...
All that money, gone in an instant—
It was heart-wrenching!
This time, it wouldn't happen like that again.
Perhaps it wasn't as comfortable as the hotel, but he didn't want to live in a place that could be bombed so easily anymore!
He found an abandoned factory and, having learned his lesson, installed a lot of magic and modern equipment in the underground sewers—
Like surveillance cameras!
He also arranged for people brought in from the Mage's Association to monitor around the clock.
With this setup, there was no way that person named Emiya Kiritsugu could bomb him again.
Even modern weapons like RPGs would be blocked by this powerful, otherworldly barrier.
Magical Energy Reactors—five of them!
Hundreds of evil spirits and apparitions had completely sealed off this place, creating a ghost town-like area.
He set up a repellent barrier nearby, with half of the evil spirits and apparitions on the outside and the other half inside the repellent barrier. Anyone who dared to approach would definitely encounter these apparitions.
Without his authorization, those evil spirits and apparitions would attack anyone indiscriminately.
If there was anything reassuring about the manga, it was... his own death.
Sora had seen the manga too... but without facing that Heroic Spirit, she, like Kayneth, believed that she was merely bewitched by the Heroic Spirit's curse, confused by his tear mole.
And for the way she had treated him back then, even if he had given up on the Holy Grail War, it had moved her...
It could be said that their emotions had become even stronger, which relieved him.
The Sophia-Ri family also had a high opinion of him... outsiders didn't understand, but as magus, they knew just how valuable the things destroyed by Emiya Kiritsugu were.
And even so, he still maintained a certain level of dignity and challenged the Einsberns head-on.
In his view, what had originally not happened to him had instead provided him with a lot of convenience and prestige.
For those who didn't understand, all he could say was, "The way magus think is different from regular people." So be it...
"Professor Kayneth, I'm back..." Waver walked in, organizing his thoughts.
"How is it? Did you find any suitable places for combat?"
"Yes, although there are many people on this side of Fuyuki City, there are still places suitable for combat."
"That's good. Although Leyline may disappear, there are still ways to continue it. In any case, magic hasn't truly been exposed yet."
Starting in 1970, the world took a different path.
In 1970, a certain ritual took place in England, and from that point on, the world went in a different direction.
If it was completely stopped, Leyline would continue to deteriorate, just as it did in the Age of Gods, slowly diminishing, perhaps disappearing completely after hundreds or thousands of years.
If it wasn't stopped, the world would move in another direction. By 1970, Leyline would have completely depleted, and it was predicted that by 2000, the Earth's population would be reduced by two-thirds.
Stopping a part of it...
That's where we are now.
The mana within Leyline would still deplete, but this time was significantly shortened, and it finally didn't disappear immediately, giving magus the opportunity to develop, transform, and continue.
And at this time, the Holy Grail caught the attention of the Mage's Association's higher-ups.
The Mage's Association would find a way to gather mana.
In other words, even if this Holy Grail War failed, it didn't matter.
Even if all the evil in this world was gathered in this Holy Grail War.
All Kayneth needed to do was determine if the Holy Grail had this possibility.
If it did, then for the continuation of Leyline, in some place with rich leyline, sparsely populated, the Mage's Association would once again hold a Holy Grail War, and then use the Holy Grail formed at the end to extend Leyline's existence... delaying the decline of mana.
"What is that?" Waver suddenly stared at what was in front of Kayneth.
"Hmph, these new relics. They aren't Alexander's or Diarmuid's, but entirely new relics... from the fifth century AD, a lock of hair belonging to the man known as the Scourge of God."
"Huh? Has that hair been preserved until now?" Waver said with surprise.
"That's right, and..." Kayneth opened the box. "It looks like it was just cut recently, doesn't it?"
Waver took a look, and indeed, when Kayneth mentioned white hair, Waver initially thought it was the hair of that man in his old age.
But now it seemed otherwise. Looking at it, he realized it wasn't the white hair of an elderly person, nor did it look like it had been preserved for over a thousand years...
It was incomprehensible, with a smooth, youthful feeling to it, emitting an unusual magical power.
"Who is that person, after all? Even with just a lock of hair, it feels like this, and it might be eternal. His body..."
"I don't know. These were preserved after he cut them." Kayneth closed the box. "I also don't know where his body ended up. But... judging by the look of this hair, I can guess. It probably still retains its appearance from when he was alive. Should I say it's fitting for 'The Scourge of God,' the man called Attila?"
Waver took a deep breath.
In that case, once successful, they would have two kings here.
Alexander Iskandar, The King of Conqueror.
And... Kayneth's attempt to summon The King of The Huns, Attila, who had established a vast kingdom. Moreover, these two kings had one thing in common...
Both of their kingdoms were founded during their lifetimes and perished after their deaths.
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