After Sovell was summoned, the Yggdmillennia family immediately summoned their second Servant-
Black Caster, Avicebron, also known as Solomon ibn Gabirol. He was an eleventh-century philosopher and poet, the founder of the foundation of Kabbalah Magecraft, and a master of highly sophisticated Automatons.
Indeed, with the Yggdmillennia family monopolizing the Greater Grail and boasting so many members, the Holy Grail System had no trouble identifying seven mages qualified to be Masters.
However, the Greater Grail also detected that all seven Masters belonged to the same faction, so it activated its internal backup system as a countermeasure.
The Greater Grail would identify another seven Masters from among mages outside the Yggdmillennia family.
There would be fourteen Masters in total and, correspondingly, fourteen Servants, divided into the opposing Black and Red factions.
The victors would then compete among themselves, with only one person ultimately claiming the Greater Grail.
In other words, this was now a seven-against-seven Great Holy Grail War.
"Thanks to the modern knowledge supplied by the Greater Grail, I have a basic understanding of you and your people. However, I still have one question."
In the audience hall, after everyone else had withdrawn, Sovell sat upon the throne at its far end and questioned the man bound to him by contract:
"While I can confidently say that, if I cut loose, there probably aren't even five people in this Great Holy Grail War who could last three exchanges against me.
"The question, however, is whether you have the ability to let me 'cut loose,' Darnic."
Meeting the gaze directed at him from the throne, Darnic felt cold sweat spring up along his back. Naturally, he understood that Sovell was asking whether his supply of magic power was reliable.
Darnic collected his thoughts and answered calmly:
"My king, you need