With those words as the ending, the summoning ritual drew to a close.
Lightning flashed and thunder roared as the winds whipped up.
The summoning circle blazed with brilliant light. The powerful gale forced the Masters to shut their eyes.
At last, the circuits in the magic circle connected with a place beyond the mortal world. Amid the dazzling light pouring forth without end, the Heroic Spirits appeared, standing before them.
They came from the far side to this one, legendary phantoms wrapped in whirlwinds and lightning.
They had left the realm of humanity, elevated to the ranks of spirits by their inhuman divine power.
From the Throne of Heroes, where supernatural beings gathered and divine power lay suppressed, the Heroic Spirits woven from the dreams of countless people descended upon the earth together.
Several Masters were so awed by the majesty of the heroes they had summoned that they could only mutter in a daze.
"We've won, Kirei. This battle is ours."
"This is amazing! So this is a Servant!"
"Ah... Ah... Ah... It finally worked."
"A girl... How could that be?"
Then, in the towering, shadowy church, in the forest at night, on the stone bench surrounded by darkness, and in the insect-infested basement, voices rang out, each asking in a steely tone:
"Are you my Master?" N
Next, the view shifted from far away to close up, ending on a close-up of the summoning circle. Then the title appeared—Fate/Zero.
The Fourth Holy Grail War had begun.
Afterword
It's time for yet another one of my books to go on sale.
Actually, it was supposed to go on sale last week, but Miyachan thought the numbers were a little shaky, so she put it off for a week.
As it turned out, this week's numbers were even