When Baiyi saw the sign, he searched through his memories of his time on Earth to make sure that there was no such place as the Fuyuki Tree in the Eleventh District. Baiyi said to the Archmage in the Void, "Looks like I'm really going home. But I'm not going back to my home. I'm going back to your home. That's good. You don't have to think about drawing cards and playing with paper dolls anymore. We can even play for real."
"What are you talking about, my student?" The Archmage asked, confused. "Also, I won't let you go back to my home. You burned my card, so I'll never let you step into my house again!"
'Tsk, tsk. This old man is really stingy. Or is there something else in his house that I'll burn?' The thought flashed across Baiyi's mind, but he quickly retracted it. Now was not the time to be thinking about such things.
But if he didn't think about these things, what could he do now? To be honest, returning to such an environment after thousands of years made him feel a little bewildered. It was as if he had come to a strange place. Just when he was a little confused, a certain swindler, who had been pretending to be dead for a long time, suddenly poked him and handed him three brocade sachets. Oh, no, three pieces of memory.
Baiyi quickly opened each of them. The first fragment went like this: During his battle with the Grandruler, he was struck by the Grandruler's ultimate technique and was teleported to the farthest reaches of the Origin Land. The Grandruler did not know that Baiyi was originally from Earth, so he used this technique to send Baiyi back to the Void. Due to a freak combination of factors, Baiyi was lucky enough to escape.
However, the Earth that Baiyi came from did not have any supernatural forces. That was the Earth's Law. Therefore, a person like Baiyi, who wielded both magic and combat chi, was not tolerated by the Earth's Law. Thus, he was ejected into the unknown crevice between worlds.
At that time, the War God's Sword, in order to protect Baiyi, sent him to a world that also had supernatural forces. However, the Laws of this world did not welcome an alien like Baiyi, either. The War God's Sword's Laws clashed violently with the Laws of this world, exhausting all of the sword's energy. Because of this clash, the laws of this world changed time and space, and the future and history of this world were altered.
In short, Baiyi had arrived at a place that was somewhat familiar, yet completely different from what he remembered.
'So, this unreliable War God still has a trick up his sleeve …' Baiyi sighed inwardly as he began to browse through the second memory. This one was a little more melodic. 'I need to hurry up and find a way back.'
It turned out that the power of the War God's Sword alone was not enough to keep him in this place for too long. Although there were supernatural forces in this place and the laws were not as harsh as those on Earth, they were still constantly rejecting his existence. Even with the War God's Sword's full power, it could only keep him in this place for seven days. He had to find a solution within these seven days. Otherwise, he would be bounced back into the rift between the worlds. That place might be even scarier than the Void.
"Do you need to leave as soon as possible? I don't plan to stay here for long anyway. There are still so many things waiting for me at home. I need to think about how to charge up the War God's Sword … Baiyi pondered for a while before he sighed in a low voice, This damn quack is quite reliable, huh? It was the first time she had heard him speak so much. But how does this guy know all this? "
As he spoke, he began to browse through the third memory.
"You're the one who's a quack! Your whole family are quacks! Since when am I unreliable? I'm just not as talkative as you idiots! All my energy is spent on observing the future, not commenting on which girl is cuter, or what clothes are prettier! That's why I can answer all these questions that you can't answer no matter how hard you try! "
'It's just weird and awkward to argue with this guy!' Baiyi shook his head and suppressed his urge to complain. He did not want to argue with this quack.
"But charging this thing is going to be quite a hassle," Baiyi muttered to himself as he fiddled with the Black and Hard Sword in his hand as he walked along the mountainside road.
"What's so hard about that? Don't tell me you've forgotten what the Fuyuki Tree has? With that thing, charging it is a piece of cake! "The Archmage reminded him from the Void.
"But didn't that quack say that time and space have changed? It's no longer the plot we're familiar with. Who knows if there's a War of Xinhai here? Maybe there's a Godzilla or a Pocket Brute. Even if there's a Holy Grail, it's already tainted. Do you really think you can charge it? "Baiyi retorted.
"As long as there's a Holy Grail, there's nothing you can't do. What else could be more tainted than the Void? That's the purest darkness! You can even control the Void, so why would you be afraid of something like that? " The Archmage said confidently. He had complete faith in his apprentice, and he was not the least bit worried that his apprentice would turn into Hope Alter.
"Let's gather some information first, and we need to move fast. The others are already looking for me," Baiyi said. Baiyi casually reached into the darkness and pulled out a familiar, but before he could study it, it disappeared on its own.
At the same time, in a mansion far away in Fuyuki City, a middle-aged man with a mustache and a red suit walked away from the formation he had drawn. He looked so elegant that anyone who saw him would want to stab him in the back. He said to a priest, "Hmph! I didn't expect to be discovered so quickly. This new Magician is not to be underestimated. I wonder where he came from? Is he a top student from the Tower of London? "
The priest, who looked like he was about to stab him in the back, replied politely and humbly, "The Monarch of the Tower of London arrived two days ago, along with the Magician of the Color Plane. There's also an apprentice. That's two of them."
"You're saying that they won't send a third person, right? But that doesn't matter. As long as I can summon this Hero Spirit, I will be the victor of this war! " The middle-aged man nodded and said, "Have your Assassin scout for us. Thank you for your hard work, Kiri."
"It's my duty," the priest said, nodding. The priest nodded and was about to leave when he was stopped by the middle-aged man. "Also, help me look after Rin. Don't let that brat from the Emiya family get his hands on him when we're too busy. That will be very troublesome. Sakura is the same. That brat is too despicable! How dare he try to take advantage of both sisters! "
The priest nodded and left. At the same time, Baiyi had just finished scanning the area with his psychic energy. He was in the Void discussing with the Archmage. "The energy fluctuations are very weak, so there's nothing worth paying attention to. However, I didn't find any huge mana source. Shouldn't it be buried in a mountain somewhere? Could it be that we're too late? Could it be that the Great Holy Grail has already been destroyed by some overworked maniac? "
"That's terrible. If that's the case, you might have to make a trip to Romania or climb a snowy mountain," the Archmage replied. There was no trace of worry in his voice. Instead, there was a strong sense of regret.
"Anyway, let's take a stroll around the city. It's rare for us to be here, so we might as well take a stroll around," the Archmage said.
Baiyi cast an illusion spell and created a fake human skin for himself. With that, he transformed into an average-looking commoner's face. Then, he soared into the sky and flew into the city. After flying for a while, he arrived at a familiar dojo.
Using the Assassin Walker's concealment techniques, Baiyi descended from the sky and observed the dojo carefully. What he saw next surprised him.
A middle-aged man, whose face was filled with bitterness, and a high school student, who looked like a friend of justice, were chatting in the hallway. Beside them were a beautiful, white-haired woman and a cute little girl. The family seemed to be living in harmony.
In the meantime, the bitter father even asked his son how his practice of magic was going. What did he learn?
His son looked like he had learned a lot, and he said, "When people are killed, they die."
'Did you get the wrong script? What the hell is going on?! ' Baiyi cursed. Even the Archmage, who was in the Void, said, "Uh … Something's not right. Could this be the change that the Prophet was talking about? "
Just as Baiyi was about to leave and explore other places to see how much had changed in this world, he heard his bitter father say, "Sigh. I wonder how long these peaceful days will last. The cruel Holy Grail War is about to begin again, and this time, it's so sudden …"
The beautiful young woman quickly replied: "My dear, don't worry, Shiro and Ilya are both excellent magicians. Our Emiya family's strength is not inferior to the Gogami family. As long as everyone works hard, even if we can't win the final battle, we can at least protect ourselves." After saying that, the family hugged each other, looking very warm.
Baiyi, who was watching from the side, did not know what to say. 'Isn't the plot too exaggerated?'
The good news was, from their conversation, that the Holy Grail War would continue. Although he did not know why it had been delayed, as long as the Holy Grail was still around, Baiyi could accept it.
'But isn't the change and influence that the Prophet was talking about a little too much?'
After that, Baiyi searched through a few other familiar places, but the whole story had become completely foreign to him.
The old man who played with bugs had died a few years ago, and the one who had inherited his position was a single uncle who had a hard life. For some reason, he did not become twisted. Instead, he lived a comfortable life, and the mana in his body was not bad at all. He was not as useless as Baiyi remembered him to be, and he had three blood-red command spells on his hand. Baiyi could not find the pitiful purple-haired girl who was being played with by bugs, nor the annoying Leader Seahawk. He could not do anything but shake his head and leave.
On the other hand, even though the man in the red suit still looked like he would be stabbed in the back, he was still living a peaceful life. His two young and beautiful daughters had grown up to be beautiful young girls, and his family was happy and harmonious.
As for the family in the castle, they had changed quite a bit. They still had high hopes for the war, and they had completed the Berserker Class Summoning ahead of schedule. However, their Master had been replaced by a dark-skinned loli, and the tall and mighty Basaka in Baiyi's memory had been replaced by a strange girl who wore a wedding gown and had a single horn on her head. When Baiyi walked over, the two of them were playing in the garden, and the one-horned girl had plucked a bright wildflower and handed it to the dark-skinned loli.
Baiyi continued to look around. The luxurious hotel in the city center had received its usual British guests, who had booked an entire tower. A couple was busy with their procreation, and they seemed to be in a good relationship. No Servant had jumped out of nowhere to cheat on them.
In a commoner's house, the handsome young man in Baiyi's memory had become a specimen of a sociopath, with heavy bags under his eyes. It seemed like he had been working overtime a lot.
Baiyi spent a lot of effort before he finally found a middle-aged man with the aura of an artist. He was tying up a child with a rope. Baiyi breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, he had met someone who had not deviated too much from his original path of development. He walked up to the man from behind, crushed his head, and cut off his hand.
Baiyi cleaned up the body and the bloodstains. He used Hypnosis to seal the victims' memories and told them to call the police. Then, he held the severed hand in his hand, sat on the classic bridge, and began to think about the current situation.
Obviously, this was not the script that he was familiar with. Aside from the fact that the Holy Grail War was going to happen again, the fate of the characters had changed drastically. This was a whole new story.
"So, what identity should I use to participate in this war?" Baiyi said as he transferred the three command spells from the severed hand to his gauntlet. Then, he ignited a black flame in his palm and burned the severed hand to ashes.
"You can still use Void Energy, so this so-called war is just a little game to you. The only problem is that you have to participate as a Master in order to obtain the Holy Grail. Otherwise, it would be much easier to just snatch it. But, this is good. Hurry up and set up a summoning formation to summon a heroic spirit!" The Archmage urged. "Of course, it would be best if you let me out so I can summon it myself."
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