Being among Void, Ian felt relieved that the operation went smoothly. He stared at the world in front of him and fell into deep thought. Akashic Records had warned him not to enter this world directly, warned him to be careful, and expected that he might be ostracized.
Ian was preparing to anchor Floating City before sending it to project, when Morgana suddenly appeared, "Emergency--"
"What happened? Are we under attack?" Ian asked quickly; he knew very well how dangerous Void was.
"You didn't let me finish my sentence," Morgana replied. "What I want to say is that I received an urgent message."
"Oh, is it from my hometown?"
"No, it's from the spy lurking in the Samsara Hall."
Ian's eyes lit up immediately. During his journey in the Naruto universe, he trained several spies to infiltrate a Main God Space, hoping to steal that person's weapons.
"What did they say?"
"The first step of infiltration has been successful." Hearing this news, Ian smiled. No matter which version of the earth these people originated from, he needed to obtain an identity on that earth and lure that Purple-Robed Daoist to choose him into its space.
He speculated that the bastard should be monitoring the entire planet, but his attention should be mainly focused on his hometown-China, and his country's so-called number one enemy-United States. Therefore, he took this into consideration when creating the clone.
Born South Africa, he displayed an extremely high IQ at an early age, which allowed him to enter Oxford University and earn multiple degrees. However, he soon became a laughing stock in the academic world for proposing an unproven idea that supernatural forces were possible in the universe.
After years of ostracism, scorn, bullying and ridicule, he became an alcoholic, disappeared from the public eye and became a hacker-for-hire in the underworld. This obsession with the supernatural should land on Purple-Robed Daoist's radar, and an invitation.
"Hopefully everything goes smoothly," Ian muttered to himself. He provided the spy team with all the means to fake his identity, including written records, people's memories, relationships, published papers, and even countless videos taken from public cameras. He even gave the spies a few bottles of Felix Felicis, just to be sure.
"Okay, let's get down to business." Ian sent his projection to that world.
"Akasha This place is both reasonable and unreasonable," Ian complained when he appeared in the center of a magic circle. He looked at the young girl with twin ponytails in front of him:
"Are you Rin Tohsaka?"
"Yes, it's me," Rin Tohsaka replied, "Are you Caster?"
"Sorry, I'm Archer."
"Then why are you holding a wand?"
"I am a mage, but my class is Archer."
"I understand. So, who were you before your death? Is it someone I knew?"
"Probably not," Ian replied. "Give me some time to adapt to this body." Although this request was a bit strange, Rin Tohsaka nodded. Through projection, Ian convinced Akasha - a metaphysical space that contains the sum of all events, possibilities and knowledge in Multiverse.
However, the condition for the latter is that he must become a servant and participate in Holy Grail War. His true body cannot come to this world, so he needs to create an avatar.
Regardless of the limitations, he is excited to join the game because he has two main targets: Noble Phantasm of Gilgamesh and Enkidu, which is [Ea, the Sword of Rupture].
Gilgamesh's ability is manifested as a strange-shaped sword, but its core is the ability to restore things to their state of creation or birth - this weapon is the embodiment of pure destruction, and it can distort the world to the extent that it is considered to be manipulating Truth. If it can be obtained, Ian is confident that it can create a powerful Eleventh Tier weapon to deal with Time Custodians.
At the same time, Noble Phantasm of Enkidu appears as a chain that can bind the gods. The essence of this power is the [maintenance] rule, and its purpose is to prevent the world from falling apart. What Ian is most interested in is that it was created by the gods specifically to bind them, so it is the perfect weapon to use against Time Custodians.
Of course, these two things are not the only things he is interested in. Primordial Runes exists in this world, and Ian wants to get them in order to start his project of synthesizing Void Runes by analyzing and combining Primordial Runes from many different worlds.
"Your panel attributes," Rin Tohsaka said without concealing her shock. Considering that the latter's class was Archer, she was initially disappointed when she saw that the attack power, defense power, Luck value and even agility were only rated C (average).
Then, she saw the EX (exception level, beyond human limits) evaluation of magic power. But that was not the end yet. She saw his skills: Combat Expert (A+, extremely excellent), Ultimate Senses (A-), Magic Mastery (EX), Rune Magecraft (EX) and Noble Phantasm (EX).
"Are you the mage from Age of Gods?" Rin Tohsaka asked.
"So be it," Ian replied. In this world, this is an indisputable fact: the older and older the magic, the more powerful it is. Most modern magicians are pursuing the power of ancient times, but unfortunately, magic is gradually declining.
"So, can you use magic?"
"Yes, and no."
"Is this why your magic power is only B- (above average)?"
"That's right," Ian nodded and finished organizing his thoughts. "We have a lot of work to do." In the process of shaping this Servant, he successfully learned the magic, or magic, of this world.
The magicians in this world use magic to change the world around them, but they are limited by Magic Circuits, which is similar to Magic Circuits in the Empire. However, Magic Circuits does not penetrate the body, but exists in the soul.
Ancient mages were much more powerful because they didn't need to use Magic Circuits to interact with the world. The magic of that era was extremely plentiful and easier to harness.
"Work? What work?" Rin Tohsaka asked.
"We don't have much time for me to train you in the ancient ways of magic, so I need to modify your Magic Circuits: I will improve it if I can."
"What? Are you crazy?" If something happened to her circuitry, she would never be able to use magic again; she would rather die than accept this fact.
"Little girl, although my magic power capacity is very high, I am still limited by your magic power reserve. If you want me to use all my abilities, you must improve yourself."
"However, other than finding a suitable person to marry and hoping that the offspring will inherit more circuits, I have never heard of any other way to increase Magic Circuits."
"Of course you haven't heard of it, because it involves soul manipulation?"
"Manipulating souls? This kind of magic should be very close to magic, and may even be a kind of magic itself."
"Are you right?"
"Can you use this magic?" Rin Tohsaka asked.
"It will take some effort in my current condition, but it should be fine."
"Why are you willing to go to this extent to help me?" Rin Tohsaka asked, making no secret of her suspicion. "Do you have any wishes to pray to Holy Grail?"
"I'm not interested in this thing because it's a fake. But if used correctly, I can get a real body and return to the world."
"What does fake mean?"
"Don't worry about this for now."
"No, tell me now, or I will use a Command Spells," Rin Tohsaka replied, showing the stigmata on the back of her right hand. The corner of Ian's mouth twitched. All masters have three absolute Command Spellss that they can use on their servants, and his Servant incarnation is not immune to this rule.
"Calm down, girl." He didn't want to experience the feeling of being controlled.
"Okay. Since the fourth Holy Grail War, Holy Grail has been tainted by negative emotions. The wishes of anyone who uses it will be twisted into malicious results."