Chapter 15: Angra Mainyu!
Months passed.
Einzbern household.
Rizel sat in the study, looking at the bright red symbol on the back of his hand. It was the command seal required to participate in the Holy Grail War.
Each command seal had three opportunities to forcibly command a servant.
But is Rizel the kind of person to follow rules? No.
Not at all. Rizel directly used (thousand types of magic) to unlock the internal mechanism of the small Holy Grail, linking it to the greater Holy Grail formation.
As he watched the various magical symbols appear before his eyes, Rizel was reminded of the time when he used the programming language codes.
Thinking about this, Rizel hesitated and read. Now, there's no need for 996, no need to stay up late writing code or changing signs.
Utilizing (thousand types of magic), Rizel continued to study and understand the Holy Grail magic formation, then searched for the key relating to the command seal's magical text, much like changing signs, looking for connections and entering related objects.
Next, he found the symbol related to his own command seal. He modified it, adjusting the number of times the seal could be used.
Rizel smiled knowingly.
Ah, this is so simple. Just directly write an infinite loop that never runs out.
I really am a little genius.
Then Rizel looked at something else and discovered that the system used to create the Holy Grail actually had some bugs, specifically the summoning restrictions that couldn't be bypassed. Damn it.
Just as Rizel was thinking about something, focused on the spells in his hands, a small figure quietly approached from behind.
A hand reached out and covered Rizel's eyes.
"Guess who I am?" a childish voice rang out.
"Stop making a fuss, Illya. Big brother still has work to do." Rizel said helplessly.
Illya removed her hand, then directly jumped into Rizel's arms and sat on his lap.
"Ah, onii-chan, after you're done, you have to play with Illya and Iris." Illya pouted, looking like an unhappy little child.
At this moment, Illya had already been given the small Holy Grail by Rizel, and together with Irisviel, they created a heart.
Escape from the Holy Grail, the vessel of fate.
"Good, good, good, I'll be right there." Rizel affectionately patted Illya's head.
He closed the Holy Grail magic formation, taking Illya to find Irisviel.
However, he didn't realize that because Illya had covered his eyes, he had written a few spells wrong.
... ... . . .
Fuyuki, Ryuudou Temple.
This is the location of the entire Fuyuki leyline. The Einzbern family, the Tohsaka family, and the Makiri family had hidden the Greater Holy Grail here.
But back during the third Holy Grail War, the Einzbern family summoned the eighth-class 'Avenger' Servant, Angra Mainyu, who was then defeated. Its soul was sucked into the Holy Grail according to the rules, which led to the creation of the polluted Holy Grail.
Because it was polluted, although one could still make a wish to the Holy Grail, the process was filled with endless "Malice."
Suddenly, a beam of light appeared in the quiet Ryuudou Temple, startling the monks there.
"What is that?" The monks looked at the beam of light, all murmuring in fear and awe.
"Such an evil presence." The monks felt a wave of malice spreading.
Gradually, the light faded, revealing a figure.
"Who is that?" The monks swallowed nervously.
They saw a young man with black hair, wearing a red headband, a red cloth bag, and revealing his upper body, all wrapped in bright red that made him seem chilling and ominous.
The young man opened his eyes, moved his limbs slightly, and grinned, revealing an evil smile.
"Although I don't know what happened to bring me back, let me spread (evil) in this world."
He then turned to look at the monks, grinning even wider.
"Become my subordinates, Angra Mainyu's followers. Hahaha." Angra Mainyu laughed maniacally. Evil aura poured out around him, and the surrounding atmosphere turned black with negative emotions.
This was the embodiment of the world's evil, sticking to those near it, corroding them, causing madness, and turning them dark. After all, this was the gathering of all the malice in the world.
The monks watched in horror as the black sludge oozed around them, panic-stricken as they fled, but they couldn't escape the spreading sludge.
In the end, they were all consumed by the black sludge.
All were polluted by the world's evil, their expressions transitioning from fear to joy, as if seeing the desires in their hearts fulfilled. Then, their faces completely changed, becoming expressions of terror, as if witnessing the most horrific thing in the world. Finally, they all died with a crazed look in their eyes.
Angra Mainyu looked at the scene, seeing all of them dead, not a single soul remaining, and quietly sneered.
"Tch, humans are truly weak. They just died like this."
"It seems I can only summon a Servant for now." Angra Mainyu looked at the command seal on his hand.
"Although I don't know why I was resurrected, I still don't understand the command seal."
He then began to draw the magic circle, preparing to summon a Servant.
"Declaration"
"Your body under my control, my fate upon your sword."
"Obey the Holy Grail summoning, if you agree with this command and the will of Heaven, you will respond now."
... ...
With the summoning completed, a beam of light erupted from the magic circle, and a figure appeared.
"Servant, Berserker, Vlad III, summoned as commanded."
A man with white hair appeared, his face pale as if he were a bloodsucking demon.
Vlad III was a Romanian king and hero, famously known for impaling his enemies. But as a Berserker summoned, he showed no mercy, wielding the power of a bloodsucking demon. He could be said to be the most ruthless and catastrophic incarnation.
Angra Mainyu smirked. "Looks like I pulled a good card for myself."
"Wait and see, Berserker, I'll summon a few more." Angra Mainyu was not satisfied with just one Servant.
With that, Angra Mainyu began the summoning ritual anew.
... . . . .
Meanwhile, outside the territory of the Einzbern estate in Germany.
A black-haired man in a coat and a short-haired, green-haired woman looked at the Einzbern estate.
Emiya Kiritsugu and Hisau Maiya had arrived at the Einzbern estate.
At first, Emiya Kiritsugu had planned to use the Einzbern family to gain entry into the Holy Grail War. But it seemed that the Einzbern family wasn't accepting outsiders for recruitment at the moment. His trip was in vain.
Could he really just give up? His ideal could be achieved just by obtaining the Holy Grail.
Emiya Kiritsugu thought to himself, unwilling to accept it, but suddenly, his hand trembled as he noticed the command seal.
This... Did the Holy Grail choose us? Emiya Kiritsugu thought, and sure enough, his ideal could still be realized.
Having obtained the command seal, he could now begin preparing for the summoning. No need to seek out the Einzbern family.
After smoking a cigarette, Emiya Kiritsugu took Hisau Maiya and left, glancing back one last time at the Einzbern estate.
Suddenly, he saw a handsome young man holding a cute young girl and a beautiful, long-haired silver-haired girl walking out of the forest. All three were wearing happy smiles.
Seeing this warm scene, Emiya Kiritsugu felt an emptiness in his heart. It was as if he had lost something important.
But he didn't know what it was, only able to think that he wanted a family of his own. He then looked at Hisau Maiya. At least, after achieving his ideal, he could think about it later, Emiya Kiritsugu thought.
He then stopped thinking about it and left.
However, what he didn't know was that Rizel had already noticed him. After all, superhuman vision wasn't a joke.
Rizel thought to himself and sighed, shaking his head. "Foolish ideals."
... ... .
In a deep research room at Clock Tower.
A man with white hair looked at the command seal on the back of his hand.
He was the first of the Twelve Lords of Clock Tower, the Animusphere Lord, full name Marisbury Animusphere, the head of the Celestial Department at Clock Tower.
Today, he had obtained the command seal, but he didn't fully understand it. He knew it was related to entry into the Holy Grail War.
He thought about how another Lord, El-Melloi's Lord Kayneth, was also participating in the Holy Grail War and chuckled.
It seemed quite interesting. He was curious to see how Kayneth would react when they faced off on the battlefield.
So he decided to have some fun.
He then began preparing to summon a Servant's relic.