Heroic Spirit Summoning / Archer

"Seriously, they keep me from relaxing for even a moment!" In a villa, Aozaki Touko sighed deeply. She rubbed her head and said helplessly, "I've only been out for a few days, and those two employees are already giving me a lot to do."

"After all, they're young people, so it's understandable."

Sitting across from Aozaki Touko was an old acquaintance, the Celestial Department Lord, Marisbury Animsphere.

"By the way, why did you accept this job so readily? To be honest, I booked three companies to make Nameless Spirit Core, and the other two were about to argue, but you agreed very quickly?"

Aozaki Touko looked at Marisbury Animsphere with some confusion. She couldn't say she knew him well, but they had only exchanged nods of acquaintance at the Clock Tower.

In her plan, the other party was also a capable person who also had a strong interest in Heroic Spirit.

However... he agreed a little too generously, even offering to create Nameless Spirit Core for free and give it to the 'person who needs it'.

"Well, what do you think?" Marisbury simply smiled and didn't reveal much, even though the person sitting opposite him was the one Sealing Designation by the Clock Tower.

In the world of Magecraft, there is no such thing as a true Sealing Designation; there is only 'interest'.

"I'm too lazy to guess. Since you've agreed and signed the agreement, I'm not afraid of you causing trouble." Aozaki Touko stood up, giving Marisbury a deep look. "However, I hope you can understand that if you use me to transfer my clients to..."

"Don't worry, I don't want to be targeted by someone with the title of 'Grand'." Marisbury raised his hands, seemingly to indicate his surrender, and chuckled, "Besides, I think the person you're helping and the person I'm assisting... seem to be the same person."

"Oh?" Aozaki Touko narrowed her eyes.

"Servant with a physical body, right?" Marisbury smiled.

Aozaki Touko stared at Marisbury, and finally seemed to realize something, saying calmly, "Be careful not to play with fire and get burned."

"No, all of this is for the future of humanity." Marisbury maintained his gentle smile.

"Ha, the future of humanity." Aozaki Touko scoffed as she walked out of the villa, preparing to board a plane to Romania.

Now that things have been settled here, I should go and check on my employees to see if they'll actually fight that Servant with a physical body.

If a fight really breaks out, then if I go there, I can probably collect the bodies.

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PS: "Okay~ This is the fifth update. As for Kiritsugu, well! That chapter was written on a whim. If you want the author to revise it, just give a brief overview. After all, revising two chapters is quite quick."

P. S.: "Anyway, I don't plan to participate in any writing activities anymore. I'm saving my drafts for the Lunar New Year. I've just been playing games lately and giving myself a little break."

Chapter 159 Heroic Spirit Summoning

As night fell, Mikaela and Emiya Kiritsugu tacitly arrived at different summoning locations.

This is a very serious issue, since most Servant descend to earth have a wish to entrust the Holy Grail to.

If two summons are performed at the same time, and the Servant is very eager for the Holy Grail, but suddenly discovers that their Master is a traitor who has no desire for the Holy Grail, then the Servant may temporarily submit because of the Command Seal, but then suddenly betray them at the crucial moment!

This is highly likely, after all Master, the legendary King Arthur did the same thing, and both men and women did it, suddenly stabbing their own Master and killing them.

"Phew." Upon arriving at the pre-prepared summoning location, Mikaela adjusted his breathing. He was in excellent spirits, having taken a nap at noon and slept until around eight o'clock in the evening.

"Everything is ready."

Mikaela has already drawn the True Magic circle for summoning.

He also put on the wristband that Waver had given him; it was the most important item tonight, and whether he could summon the 'weak Servant's depended entirely on it.

Everyone else wants their Servant to be as strong as possible, but for Mikaela, it's the opposite. He only has so much magic power, even though the Lesser Holy Grail in his heart has accumulated magic power for three years.

But all this magic is for my own use. If I accidentally summon someone of Gilgamesh's caliber, I'll probably have to use Command Seal to make him kill himself immediately!

The reason is simple: Mikaela can't provide that much magic power. Look at Irisviel; the newly created device has twice the magic power of an average Magecraft! She was once connected to the Greater Holy Grail, which had accumulated 60 years of magic power, as the vessel for the Holy Grail. At this moment, her own magic power has reached an extremely terrifying level.

Even so, Emiya Kiritsugu did not dare to summon the legendary King of Knights, Artoria, but instead planned to summon her using his own affinity, just like Mikaela.

Firstly, they can cooperate with each other, and secondly, they can respond to guys like him. Their magic consumption is definitely much lower than that of the legendary King of Knights.

To put it bluntly, neither of them has any money! If they did, wouldn't it be great to buy Mana Furnace? Wouldn't it be even better to just buy Holy Relic and summon a target with low mana cost?!

"Then... let's begin."

At 11:59 p. m., Mikaela extended the hand engraved with the Command Seal and calmly proclaimed, "Declare."

"Your body is entrusted to my command, and my fate is tied to your sword."

After Mikaela chanted the incantation to summon Servant, he could clearly feel that a trace of his magical power seemed to leak out.

"..."

In a lifeless valley, a skeleton swordsman slowly opened his eyes, and Azure Flame erupted from them.

"!!!!!!!!!" In reality, Mikaela's heart tightened. What the hell was going on?! He could clearly feel that the wristband that Kayneth had made was now emitting a very dazzling light.

Under Mikaela's magical perception, he found himself enveloped in a blue light from the bracers!

Just how much magic power must be being consumed to cause this phenomenon?! Is it Ozymandias? That pharaoh who just laughs all day and is obsessed with Arash??

Could it be the Karna or Gilgamesh? Never mind!! I don't want either of them!!!

Thinking of this, Mikaela immediately stopped chanting the incantation, forcibly interrupting the Servant summoning ritual.

"Isn't fate enough?" The skeleton swordsman slowly closed his eyes. He could clearly feel the presence that had summoned him abruptly end the summoning ritual.

However, since he was able to summon him directly, it means that he has a deep connection with that summoner.

"Phew! That was terrifying." Mikaela wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. To be honest, he had never been so nervous before.

The blue light on the bracers had disappeared, indicating that I had forcibly interrupted the Servant summoning and broken the connection with the other party.

Simply put, the network connection was interrupted.

Thirty seconds later, it was already past midnight, and Mikaela continued her summoning.

"I declare that you are under my command, and my destiny is tied to your sword."

"..."

"..." A medieval knight in silver armor slowly opened her eyes on the Throne of Heroes. She felt the call, gripped her silver conical lance, and prepared to respond to her Master.

However, the summoning soon stopped, which revealed a puzzled expression beneath the mask of the medieval knight who was already gripping his lance.

"What the hell? What the hell???" Mikaela was almost driven mad with frustration. Two summons! Why did she keep encountering Servant with high resource consumption??

Although the blue light that had just emerged was not as intense as before, it still enveloped him, which meant that... he absolutely could not afford the opponent's magic consumption.

"Sigh... let's continue the summoning." Mikaela sighed helplessly. He hoped the Servant summoning ritual would end soon, otherwise he would probably be depressed to death.

At this moment, on the Throne of Heroes.

A white-haired man wielding a long spear and clad in golden armor sensed the summons... and then... the summons vanished.

"?" A hint of doubt flashed in the white-haired man's eyes.

On the other side, a man with ten rings on his hand, wearing a loose white robe, and with white hair and dark skin, opened his eyes, which were devoid of any emotion, and used his Clairvoyance to look at the location of his summoner.

Then... the summoner stopped summoning.

"..." The man silently closed his eyes, showing no emotional reaction to the situation.

"Huh?" The blonde girl, clutching her doll, looked around the passageway beside her, somewhat bewildered. She'd actually been summoned?! Someone even needs someone like her?!

Just as the blonde girl hesitated about whether she should enter the summoning portal, the portal disappeared...

"So I'm still unwanted after all..." The blonde loli fell into a state of depression.

"Oh~ Summon me? This is really interesting." A slender, purple-haired girl with feet like sharp blades showed a rather pleasant expression. She could clearly feel that the being that summoned her must have a very high compatibility with her.

After all, how could someone with poor compatibility summon such a perfect woman?

Then, the summoning portal disappeared.

"!!!!!" The purple-haired girl was stunned. She had only hesitated for a moment, and the contractor had already given up? Why didn't he wait a little longer?!

"What the hell?!"

On the other side, Mikaela was getting increasingly frustrated. She'd been summoning for an hour already, and the guy responding to her was consuming ridiculously high amounts of magic power!

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PS: "One more chapter to make up for the consequences of writing 'poison' =A=, sigh~ as an author, I really can't be affected by events."

Chapter 160 Archer

"Ha... ha... ha... I can't take it anymore, I can't take it anymore."

It was already six in the morning. Mikaela was panting heavily. He could clearly feel that through a night of summoning and forcibly interrupting his own summoning, a portion of his magic power had been depleted. And before he had even truly fought, a portion of his magic power had inexplicably disappeared!

When he connects to the Throne of Heroes through the Holy Grail and links with Heroic Spirit, he will consume a portion of his magical energy to the Heroic Spirit as a sign that he wants to form a contract with him.

Simply put, there's a door on the Throne of Heroes, and the magic power that Mikaela consumes is the 'knock knock knock' sound to get the other party's attention.

As a result, the magic power consumed just from knocking on the door made Mikaela feel an urge to give up the Holy Grail War!

There's nothing I can do!!! God the hell, all the Servants who responded to me throughout the night were high-level Servant. Although the mana consumption gradually decreased after seven hours of Servant, it still seemed like far too much to Mikaela.

"Let's rest for a bit first." Mikaela was on the verge of tears. If he were the Master during the Fourth Holy Grail War, he would definitely have burst out laughing at the sight of such a huge drain on his mana.

After all, back then, the Greater Holy Grail provided Servant with mana in the present world. As long as the Greater Holy Grail provided Servants with mana Servant the present world, the mana I had accumulated over the past three years was enough to allow the opponent to have one or two normal duels.

Such a huge consumption of magic power must be from a top-tier Heroic Spirit; few beings could withstand such a full-force attack.

But things are different now!!! This Lesser Holy Grail doesn't have much magic power at all. It's a problem whether it can even summon six Servant. Even the Servant the real world has to be supplied by the Master himself.

If this were actually summoned, I'd probably only be able to watch, not fight at full strength. If I did fight at full strength, I'd be the one who gets completely drained.

Back at the hotel, Mikaela went to a nearby breakfast spot, her face beaming with happiness.

"How is the situation?" At this moment, Emiya Kiritsugu also came down from the hotel. He looked at Mikaela with some surprise. Why did she have such an expression?

"..." Mikaela ate breakfast with his head covered. Through his magical perception, he could sense that Emiya Kiritsugu a normal mood and even seemed a little happy. It seemed that he had summoned the Heroic Spirit he had always dreamed of.

"It seems things aren't going well. Can you tell me more about it?" Emiya Kiritsugu sat opposite Mikaela. He also ordered breakfast. He had just woken up and was in excellent spirits.

"Is this what an ally is? Hmm... younger than I expected."

At that moment, a tall, white-haired young man suddenly appeared beside Emiya Kiritsugu. He was wearing a tight-fitting red and black outfit and a coat, and his skin was dark. His eyes were fixed on Mikaela like those of an eagle.

His intuition told him that the other party was not simple, but he still expressed his 'disdain'.

"Don't underestimate him, he's very strong." Emiya Kiritsugu looked at the white-haired youth beside him and said calmly, "Archer, you should know what we said last night."

"Yes, I know that." The white-haired youth named Archer shrugged and smiled. "I myself have no expectations for the Holy Grail. Besides, my 'wish' has already been fulfilled. So all I need to do is assist you in getting the so-called Holy Grail core."

"??" Mikaela looked up at Archer next to Emiya Kiritsugu. A look of confusion appeared on his face, as if he didn't quite understand why the other party could be summoned.

"Hmm? Why are you making that face?" Emiya Kiritsugu seemed puzzled by Mikaela's confused expression. What was wrong with her?

"... That's wonderful."

Mikaela said sourly, "You can directly summon the Servant you want. I spent a whole night summoning and couldn't summon anything."

Yes, Mikaela was jealous. He had almost recognized who Archer was next to Emiya Kiritsugu. Although he couldn't see him, his magical perception replaced his eyes and revealed Archer's appearance.

The other party's features are quite distinctive, so you can basically recognize their true identity at a glance.

If it's him, then Emiya Kiritsugu really doesn't need to worry about his Servant betraying him, because... the other party is his number one die-hard fan!!!

That's right, Archer is Red A, also known as Emiya Shirou, someone valued by Alaya.

"?????????"

Emiya Kiritsugu and Red A were shocked. They both stared at Mikaela in astonishment. What was she saying? She hadn't summoned anything all night??

Are you serious?! Or is your compatibility with other heroes so bad that not a Heroic Spirit one is willing to answer your call?

"Don't say anymore, I'll try it tomorrow night." Mikaela sighed, not wanting to reveal the details, since not many people would believe him anyway.

All he received during the night's summoning were high-cost Servant. He clearly only wanted low-cost Servant could come and slack off; he could handle the battles himself.

"..." Red A had a very subtle expression on his face, unsure of what to say.

"By the way, do you know our goal in participating in the Holy Grail War?" Mikaela looked at Red A. If he wasn't mistaken, Archer's wish seemed to be permanent world peace.

However, that wish is almost impossible to fulfill, and even if it were to come true, it would not last long.

After all, wherever there are people, there is conflict, and wherever there is conflict, there is strife. So, in Mikaela's view, other people don't care about her affairs at all; she just needs to protect her own little corner of the world.

"Of course, tsk... cough cough, my Master told me that his goal is to save his daughter, Illya, so he must obtain the core of this Holy Grail." A hint of emotion flashed in Red A's eyes, and then he continued, "Since it is my Master's wish, then as his Servant, I will naturally help him to fulfill it."

Red A Archer spoke with great righteousness, but Emiya Kiritsugu didn't trust her much; instead, he focused his attention on Mikaela.