"System, I've been drifting around here for ages. Have you still not found a match?"
[Ding, match complete. World locked for the host...] [Fate/Zero.]
As he traveled between worlds, Ye Chen understood.
In the world of Fate/Zero, there was a group of mages who would do all manner of insane things to reach the Root. Among their creations, the Holy Grail was considered close to the Root, one of the greatest works of magecraft ever produced by human mages.
Rumor had it that the Holy Grail could grant any wish... provided that its foundation was filled with enough magical energy to grant it.
To that end, the mages had developed a project that would allow the Holy Grail to function... or rather, a ritual.
The Holy Grail War involved seven different mages [Masters], each summoning a Heroic Spirit [Servant] of a different Class to fight. No means were forbidden, and life and death were of no concern. The final victor would gain ownership of the Holy Grail and make a wish, while the six defeated Heroic Spirits would supply the magical energy needed to grant it.
In fact, with the magical energy of six Heroic Spirits, the Holy Grail really could grant most wishes... but during the Third Holy Grail War, certain factors had corrupted it, turning it from an omnipotent wish-granting machine into a swirling spring that held the evils of the world.
Yet the people of this world still knew nothing of this.
[Ding, issuing the host's mission...] [Ding, assigning the host an identity...]
The Holy Grail War had originated as an enormous ritual system painstakingly constructed by three mage families seeking to reach the Root.
One of them was the Matou family, but by now, the Matou family had long since fallen