Exit, What Was Truly Left Behind

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"Contamination?"

For a moment, Noah and Rin Tohsaka nearly failed to react to Archer's words.

Rin Tohsaka in particular stood there in utter confusion.

Noah had at least received knowledge about the Holy Grail War from Gaia and Alaya, and knew its true nature and purpose. Rin Tohsaka, however, knew nothing at all about what the Holy Grail War truly was or what it was for.

The Greater Grail in Fuyuki City accumulated enough magical energy from the ley lines to activate the ritual every sixty years.

By now, the Holy Grail War had been held more than five times.

In other words, this Holy Grail War was precisely the fifth one.

Before this, each of the first four Holy Grail Wars had ended in failure due to various issues, and no one had ultimately obtained the Grail.

The Fourth Holy Grail War had taken place ten years ago.

Normally, after one Holy Grail War ritual had ended, another sixty years or so were required to accumulate enough magical energy before it could be held again.

However, because the Fourth Holy Grail War had not progressed far enough to expend all the magical energy accumulated within the Greater Grail, only ten years of accumulation had been needed this time for sufficient magical energy to gather, causing the Holy Grail War to begin early.

Ten years ago, the previous head of the Tohsaka Family—Rin Tohsaka's father—had participated in that Holy Grail War, only to die abruptly. As a result, Rin Tohsaka had never gained a proper understanding of the Holy Grail War.

Rin Tohsaka had merely learned the basic facts about the Holy Grail War from the Church's overseer.

As for