Being an otaku in the world of American comics

#922 - Einzbern Family

Matters like this, involving visitors from beyond the realm and the descent of high-level unknown individuals from different worlds, were naturally beyond the control of Illya, who was still just a child, and the two maids by her side.

Although Illya also bore the Einzbern name, she was, in essence, just a tool created by their family for the Holy Grail War, someone who could be sacrificed at any time.

The family's storage room held many similar alchemical homunculi.

Therefore, when certain individuals, observing through surveillance equipment in the corners of the castle, discovered that Liang Yue, this unplanned summoner, was surprisingly reasonable and willing to negotiate with them calmly,

it took only a few minutes for a phone call to reach the castle, surrounded by vast forests on the outskirts of Fuyuki City, from the distant Einzbern family headquarters in Europe.

After some polite exchanges, the two sides began a brief and direct round of tentative negotiations.

The specific process of the exchange is not worth mentioning; it was mostly meaningless chatter. Since the negotiating parties were essentially strangers to each other, they lacked understanding.

Any show of enthusiasm or courtesy would have been fake, and saying too much would only make them seem hypocritical.

Liang Yue had no objection to this request and readily accepted the deal.

It seemed that Liang Yue's deliberate display under the surveillance cameras earlier had been quite effective.

After reaching the agreement, the person on the other end of the line politely hung up the phone.

They didn't even offer to personally come and entertain him, indicating that they still harbored considerable vigilance towards Liang Yue's existence, fearing that they might be taken down if they weren't careful.

However, Liang Yue didn't really care about this.

Having completed this small transaction, he naturally didn't forget his mission for this trip.

So, with a thought, he took out a small Martial Clone and the Panoramic Sand Table from the inner world of the Summoning Grimoire.

Under the watchful eyes of Illya and the two maids, Xiao Wu easily invaded the Earth's network.

At the same time, the unfolded Panoramic Sand Table directly covered the area within a hundred kilometers of the castle.

In fact, given Liang Yue's current state, although he had descended with only a wisp of divine consciousness and had been re-endowed with a new body, his own divine soul and divine consciousness had been greatly weakened, with strength less than one ten-thousandth of his true self,

he could still easily cover the entire battlefield of the Holy Grail War from the original storyline, which was Fuyuki City in Japan.

However, out of caution, he wasn't doing so now.

After all, among cultivators, using divine consciousness for such a large-scale, sweeping search would be seen as a provocation by those of the same level. Liang Yue currently didn't know what kind of characters the other participants in the selection were.

He figured that even if they were a little lower than him in terms of realm and cultivation, they wouldn't be too far off.

Using technological means, in this modern society filled with surveillance equipment, satellites in the sky, and various radio waves everywhere, would be relatively more concealed.

"Hmm? The other four swords haven't been taken yet..."

After carefully recalling the previous trajectories of the five swords and roughly determining their landing points, Liang Yue quickly locked onto the exact coordinates of the other four.

Unfortunately, at this time, these four swords were not being held by anyone but were fixed and suspended in four different rooms, as quiet as chickens.

Through Illya's identification, the locations of these four properties seemed to belong to the bases of other magus families stationed in Fuyuki City.

Clearly, judging by this situation, the other four participants in the selection should also claim the four classes in the Holy Grail War, just like him.

"Putting them there so openly, aren't they taking me too lightly?"

Liang Yue slightly raised his eyebrows as he glanced at a golden, shimmering sword floating in the corner of the sand table, emitting a bright light.

With a thought, accompanied by the stirring of magic circuits, a spatial gate directly appeared beside him.

Without any hesitation, he reached out and grabbed!

Liang Yue's slender and powerful hand immediately passed through the sword.

The sword, seemingly simply suspended there, was like a flower in a mirror or the moon in the water, making it impossible for him to grasp it solidly.

At the same time, Liang Yue also received an accompanying message, roughly meaning that the participant had not yet arrived, and the spiritual sword token was temporarily not involved in the competition.

He figured that the other three swords were in the same situation.

This directly cut off Liang Yue's plan to exploit loopholes.

"...That's right, according to the arrangements in the original storyline, Illya's situation seems to be quite special, allowing her to summon her heroic spirit servant two months before the start of the Holy Grail War.

My appearance, although it replaced the original Berserker, didn't affect the other summoners. In other words, I probably have to wait another two months before I encounter the other participants."

Thinking of this, Liang Yue subconsciously clicked his tongue and looked at Illya, who was still sitting properly in her seat not far away, but whose eyes couldn't help but wander to the Panoramic Sand Table.

"Tsk... It just so happens to leave me some free time to wander around this world, understanding some necessary information.

I still need to go to China, but I don't know what the situation is like in the country in this world dominated by magi. And then, I'll take the opportunity to study the magic crests on my body."

As for why not set up some measures targeting the storyline of this world in advance...

The Holy Grail War has a storyline, my ass...

Throughout this session, apart from the daily interactions and small ambiguities between a few high school students, there was basically nothing left but fighting and killing.

It was the previous Holy Grail War, ten years ago, when Saber accidentally broke the Lesser Grail with her Excalibur, causing the originally accumulated power to surge out.

It thoroughly drenched the heroic spirit Gilgamesh below, but at the same time, it gave him a real physical body, qualifying him to continue staying on Earth even after the Holy Grail War ended.

For the past ten years, Gilgamesh had been living in disguise, wandering around the Earth, waiting for the Holy Grail War to start again.

His goal was to seize the true secret hidden beneath the Holy Grail, the so-called fruit of the Third Magic.

This has little to do with Liang Yue.

However, according to his deduction, if this ancient king, who was active in the Asian and Middle Eastern regions of Mesopotamia, full of arrogance, learned about this Human King Selection, he might also choose to get involved.

If possible, finding a way to replace one of them and break free from the shackles to roam the heavens, is probably what the other party, or rather, all the natives in this world, want.

......