Chapter 724: Chapter 2: First Slay Makoto, Then Destroy Tohsaka!
Fuyuki City.
This is an inconspicuous coastal town located in the Far East of Japan, named for its perceived long winters.
A charter flight from Germany slowly landed on the runway. Ilya, sitting in her seat, stared blankly outside, then retracted her gaze and looked at the young man sitting next to her. The other party was still in the same white clothes with black hair, looking through the magic book in his hands with interest.
That was Einzbern Castle’s collection, but he was flipping through it quickly, as if he was skimming through a book.
"What’s wrong, is there a problem?"
Gu Mo, sensing the gaze of the silver-haired loli, asked lightly without raising his head.
"Nothing..."
Ilya’s expression was somewhat stiff as she whispered.
This series of events happened too quickly, leaving her overwhelmed. Last night she summoned this Berserker, directly destroying the Einzbern family’s base, and today she was already on the soil of Fuyuki City. She still felt as if she were dreaming.
And this guy who called himself Berserker also showed an amazing adaptability to the modern world, all of which were his arrangements.
Including taking over the management and connections of the Einzbern family...
Taking the charter flight from Germany directly to Fuyuki City in Japan...
The proficiency was as if there was a prior plan...
Ilya felt very conflicted but could only follow his arrangements. This person was too proactive, and she instinctively relied on him, unconsciously surrendering the initiative.
This silver-haired loli, who on the surface appeared to be around ten years old, but was actually eighteen, avoided turning her eyes back, staring blankly at the scenery outside, observing the airport and the distant city skyline, a trace of nostalgic remembrance flickered in her beautiful red eyes...
Along with a mixture of love and hatred she couldn’t even understand herself.
——Ten years ago, her father and mother left her and set foot on this land.
——And then never returned again...
Because her mother ultimately died here, her father betrayed her mother and the family, abandoned her as a daughter, and eventually adopted another child outside, never returning again... Ilya’s hatred towards him began at that time, as did her hatred towards a life without self.
Now, she finally stepped on this land as expected, her emotions inevitably turbulent...
But the only certain point was the urgent desire to kill Emiya Kiritsugu.
The young man sitting next to her, Gu Mo, calmly flipping through the magic book in his hands, also sensed the intense psychological activity of the legal loli beside him. Even if he didn’t deliberately try to read minds, it was hard not to notice. The emotional fluctuations were too intense, hiding huge waves beneath a calm surface.
As a result, the related information became very clear within the spread of spiritual wavelengths...
A simple analogy would be like the mood bubbles appearing above characters in a game, similar to dialogue boxes that appear even without clicking them. Just by entering this interface, you inevitably see some.
He was no exception. Even though he restrained his spiritual power, being so close, with the silver-haired loli’s emotional fluctuations being so intense, he received the naturally dispersing parts of the spiritual wavelengths without actively perceiving them.
But he didn’t say anything, as this extreme mindset wasn’t formed overnight.
It was the result of the Einzbern family’s deliberate misguidance over a decade. Emiya Kiritsugu was actually unable to return to Einzbern Castle because, having failed to achieve the Holy Grail and personally destroying it, he was seen as a traitor by the Einzbern family, and the barrier was forever closed to him.
Until he died, Emiya Kiritsugu was never able to step foot into Einzbern Castle again, nor did he see his daughter...
And under such circumstances, the information that reached Ilya’s ears was clearly filtered, as the Einzbern family needed her to participate in the next Holy Grail War, she naturally needed to have her own motivation, and the desire for revenge against her father was a very good reason.
"Berserker..."
Feeling the plane slowly moving on the runway and finally coming to a complete stop, knowing they would soon set foot on the soil of Fuyuki City, the silver-haired loli finally turned back, hesitated for a moment, and seriously looked at the young man beside her preparing to stand up, calling out to him.
It was probably the first time she had actively called him since the completion of the summoning yesterday.
"Hmm?"
Gu Mo turned his head in response, calmly acknowledging.
——Can you help me claim victory?
The silver-haired loli’s eyes fixed on him tightly, with an unavoidable hint of nervousness and apprehension. She opened her mouth, but seemed not to know what to say. Contrary to her youth, she hated showing weakness to others and always desperately covered up her frailty.
It was a survival rule she gradually realized after her father’s betrayal, being left alone in the Einzbern family.
The atmosphere was slightly silent.
"..."
"..."
"You... are you really Berserker?" Finally, Ilya opened her mouth, but still didn’t ask the question that made her feel weak, temporarily changing her wording. However, this was also one of her deep doubts.
"Of course I am, you summoned me. Isn’t that clear enough..."
Gu Mo’s answer was unfazed.
Although he had seized the opportunity to get on board first and returned with Hercules’ chariot, during the summoning, the other party intended to summon a Berserker, so when he materialized, his class was fixed in that tendency.
——Mad Enhancement (E-): A skill that enhances ability values through rampaging. It’s obvious this is just a symbolic display; he is not affected at all, retaining full rationality, and of course doesn’t receive any benefits. It’s only because the Frenzy Spell was used during the summoning to interfere and obtain this class.
It’s basically like this.
Of course, this is just the template on the surface; only he himself knows what it’s really like.
"But you don’t show any signs of frenzy..." the silver-haired loli murmured. This person was too rational, like this scene of quietly reading a book, which made it hard to associate him with the Berserker class. How could she not be suspicious?
Moreover, once you become the Master of a contracted Heroic Spirit, you are automatically granted the ability to see the Servant’s ability values.
But ever since she summoned this young man in front of her, Ilya had never seen his stats... if it weren’t for the clear sense of the contract’s connection, she would even doubt whether the person in front of her was a Servant.
"That’s because my frenzy skill is EX-level," Gu Mo answered earnestly.
"EX-level?"
"EX-level means exceptional, not simply high or low level; it means my frenzy is a special case..." Facing the silver-haired loli’s puzzled expression, Gu Mo calmly explained, "I can maintain relative rationality, but the frenzy also gives me a huge boost."
"Alright, we have arrived... let’s get off."
Saying this, he stood up from his seat, subtly changing the topic.
The two maids, Serra and Liliet, were already ready, each holding a suitcase and standing quietly in the aisle.
Ilya bit her lip and could only stand up, not wanting to show weakness, and unwilling to easily trust this extremely suspicious guy. Despite the current situation, she indeed had no choice but to rely on this Servant, as there was nothing else she could depend on.
——But the other party is still her Servant, right...?
——She is still the Master, and that should be enough...
She glanced at Serra and Liliet standing quietly in the aisle, pursed her lips and lowered her head, following the young man towards the cabin door, not knowing what she was thinking, but subconsciously touching the back of her left hand, the three tattoo-like engravings gave Ilya a bit of reassurance.
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To the west of the deep mountain area of Fuyuki City, a long national road stretches away from the city lights, extending towards the west.
In the undeveloped land and deep forest, the illusions and barriers that were supposed to open every sixty years to welcome the masters entering the castle for the war, at this moment, opened up a path, reopening today in just ten years’ time.
Because the Fifth Holy Grail War is about to begin again, the Einzbern Family had long been ready, having already dispatched servants to clear the site while allowing Ilya to summon her Servant in advance.
So everything in the castle was pristine and spotless——
The floor was smooth enough to be used as a mirror, and the potted plants in the vases were vibrant and fresh, showing no signs of their ten-year hiatus, not a hint of oldness.
"Get some rest, I’ll reset the barrier and build the base."
Gu Mo was quite interested in this castle, circling around it before returning to the group waiting outside the gate, waving towards Ilya.
"Build...a base?"
Ilya paused, somewhat dumbfounded as she looked at him.
"As a Berserker, it’s entirely reasonable for me to know a bit about building a base..." Gu Mo blinked as he explained.
"..."
"..."
The atmosphere was a bit stagnant with no response.
"Alright, Master, go rest, no need to wait for me... once I finish up here, I’ll go end the Holy Grail War." Gu Mo waved grandly, turned, and walked into the forest, stepping out a hundred meters away, disappearing in a few steps.
The silver-haired loli finally reacted like waking from a dream, truly shocked by this person’s words and actions.
By the time she wanted to call out to him, she couldn’t even see his shadow, leaving her already uneasy heart with a sense of powerlessness...
Ilya bit her lower lip tightly, her face involuntarily growing darker. She knew that although he called her Master, he had no sense of the Master-Servant relationship at all, acting completely on his own accord, and she was just by the way...
What should be done...
As for what he said about directly ending the Holy Grail War, she wasn’t serious, as the Holy Grail War wouldn’t really begin until two months later, and they had already jumped the gun as early as possible... the others hadn’t even decided on a Master yet, so there were no opponents to face.
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Time gradually passed.
By near dusk, Gu Mo had already rearranged the base and left the outskirts of the forest, entering the city.
"First, let’s deal with Shiny Jin; jumping the gun 10 years early and getting ready, how could that be allowed, it doesn’t align with the principles of fair competition... then go to Emiya Shirou to take Avalon, leaving only two of the three families."
He held a plan in his hand, walking along the road bathed in the setting sun, marking down a list of actions with a pen on the plan.
"Then first take down Makoto, obliterate Tohsaka, and unify Fuyuki!"
"Hm, the Makoto Family, such a disgusting opposing camp, can be swept away directly, as for the Tohsaka Family... should I suppress them economically, let them bear a huge foreign debt, after all, we are cultured people, no need for fighting and killing..."
Thinking about the Tohsaka Family’s information, he suddenly felt that malicious takeover was a better tactic against them.
