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Ilya clearly hadn't realized the gravity of the situation; in her eyes, she obviously didn't understand what this war truly meant.
Meanwhile, Rin Tohsaka also noticed something was wrong and asked...
"Lin Ye, what is Ilya trying to do?"
"What for? To participate in the Holy Grail War, of course." Lin Ye replied, looking at Rin Tohsaka in front of him. "The Holy Grail War is a battle in which seven Masters summon seven Servants to fight each other... The final victor can have one wish granted, even if it's to reach the Root."
"What?!" x2!
At this moment, Luvia and Rin Tohsaka watched this scene in shock. They had also heard the story of the Holy Grail War, but in this world, it was just a story.
Upon reaching the source, the two women, being magicians, knew perfectly well what this meant.
“No wonder.” Luvia suddenly realized. To be honest, even she couldn’t resist the temptation to reach the Root. If she knew that she could reach the Root with just one war, she would definitely be eager to go.
In fact, the FSN World Clock Tower never took the Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City seriously because they didn't believe that the Holy Grail had that much power.
That's why Kenneth's participation in the Holy Grail War was considered a "gilding" move. Even when Kenneth died in the Holy Grail War, he was ridiculed by a group of people who said that the dignified Twelve Lords should die in such a low-class place.
It wasn't until Rin Tohsaka and Lord El-Melloi II destroyed the Greater Grail that this group of people realized its power and suddenly regretted it, and then they all looked like they were settling scores.
Indeed, this is the true nature of humanity.
The three fundamental human traits: repeating oneself, being a liar, and finding something truly delicious. Even these self-proclaimed high-ranking magicians cannot escape these three traits.
[In the scene, Ilya finally completes the contract with Berserker; however, no matter how Ilya tries to activate it, Berserker remains unresponsive.]
"What's going on! Move!" Illya strode forward angrily, then, in a rather spoiled manner, began punching and kicking Heracles' massive body with her small fists. "Move! I told you you're the strongest Heroic Spirit! Move!"
Roar! !
Hercules roared in fury, and with a deafening boom, Ilya's body collapsed to her knees in agony from the immense burden.
Hercules, attributes
Strength A+, Endurance A, Agility A, Magic A, Luck B
This attribute is almost the pinnacle of Servants that can be summoned in a regular Holy Grail War. Other classes are fine, but when a class like Berserker goes berserk, it will cause the Master immense pain!
If Illya hadn't been so excellent as a Master, Kariya Matou from the Fourth Shinobi World War could have easily defeated him.
The result was obvious: Ilya failed.
[Ilya, who failed to successfully form a contract, could only continue to receive training from the Einzbern family in order to meet the standards of Hercules.]
In the freezing snow, Ilya ran step by step across the snow, wearing only a thin nightgown.
"Never mind, if all else fails, we can just go back and summon the servant again."
As Ilya spoke, she hadn't taken two steps when seven or eight terrifying snow wolves were staring at her menacingly in front of her!
"what!!"
Ilya ran and ran through the snow, but how could a human possibly outrun a wolf?
The moment Ilya could no longer run, a snow wolf pounced on her, followed by a second, a third… one after another, snow wolves began to tear at Ilya's small body, and all Ilya could do was let out a pitiful scream!
"Ah!!!" Ilya couldn't help but scream outside the screen; the immersion was just too deep.
She was now curled up on the sofa, one small hand gripping Lin Ye's arm tightly as she cried out.
"Brother Lin Ye! This is fake! It's fake, isn't it!"
Ilya couldn't understand why, even though they were both Ilya, her experiences were so different from those of the Ilya in the parallel world.
She was left outside in the freezing cold to be bitten by snow wolves. If she went out in her pajamas in winter, her mother and Sera would pull her back and put on warm pajamas before letting her go out again.
Seeing Ilya like this, Lin Ye couldn't help but stroke her little head to comfort her.
"It's alright, it's alright... I told you not to watch anymore." Lin Ye said, about to cancel the illusion, but Ilya suddenly grabbed Lin Ye's hand and said, "Don't stop, Brother Lin Ye! I... I want to keep watching!"
How could Ilya not keep watching? Although she felt a little scared, she couldn't just watch half of it now that she was here!
Seeing Ilya's expression—clearly terrified but still determined to keep watching—Lin Ye sighed helplessly and continued using illusion magic.
["ah!!"
At this moment, Ilya was covered in wounds! And at that very instant! Suddenly, as if sensing something, all the snow wolves immediately fled!
boom!
A huge black shadow leaped down from the sky! That figure was none other than Hercules, whom Ilya had previously rejected!
“Berserker… how could it be you… I had already abandoned you…”
"Berserker! He's so gentle." Ilya breathed a sigh of relief. She had initially found Hercules's massive size intimidating, but now it seemed that Berserker was surprisingly nice.
[boom!!
The contract is established! With a burst of magical power, only patches of snow wolf blood remained on the snow.
Amidst the bloodstains, Ilya and Hercules stood silently. Ilya's small body appeared like a doll next to Hercules' enormous form, and at that moment, Ilya no longer felt any fear towards Hercules.
"So, you weren't protecting me out of orders, but because of your own will? Berserker... you're very strong."
"Berserker is the strongest!" Illya shouted excitedly!
At this moment, Ilya officially announces! From now on, she is a die-hard Hercules fan!
Chapter 229 Useless Rin Tohsaka
"I've finally made it through... Waaah."
Ilya breathed a sigh of relief as she looked at the contract between "herself" and Hercules. This Hercules looked incredibly strong, even stronger than the Shadow Servants they had defeated before.
Meanwhile, Rin Tohsaka shook her head helplessly. "Illya, don't get too involved. She is you, but she is also you."
"What's the difference?" Ilya didn't seem to feel anything. Wasn't she herself in a parallel world?
"Are you still going to watch? It gets a bit... angsty later on."
“Look!” Ilya nodded immediately.
"Ok."
Lin Ye shook his head helplessly, then played the scene of Red A vs. Hercules for Ilya.
Einzbern Castle
Illya stood on the stairs, with Hercules in front of her, and Rin Tohsaka and Archer opposite her.
"Ah! It's Rin-neechan!" Illya immediately noticed Rin in front of her. "No, it should be Rin-neechan from a parallel world."
Clearly, Rin Tohsaka had noticed her too. She nodded silently and said confidently, "That's normal, isn't it? This is Fuyuki City. How could I not participate in the Holy Grail War being held here? But it seems like a pity for Illya. Your Holy Grail journey ends here!"
Rin Tohsaka was incredibly confident, while Illya, sitting opposite her, watched this scene with displeasure.
[Red A, without turning his head, said to Rin Tohsaka]
"Rin, I need to confirm something with you. If I take down this guy, is that okay?"
"Archer... Alright! No need to hold back!" Rin Tohsaka said, then ran straight out of the castle.
Rin Tohsaka…
Um? ?
Why are you running? It's just Ilya, such an innocent little girl, why are you running away?
"Hahaha! Rin! As expected of you!" Luvia couldn't help but burst into laughter. How could she miss such an opportunity to mock Rin Tohsaka? She even patted Illya on the shoulder encouragingly, saying, "Well done, Illya!"
[brush!
Archer (Red Archer) and Hercules clashed, their battle a thrilling spectacle for everyone to watch. However, when Archer began his incantation, everyone froze.
"That chant! Ilya, isn't that the same move you used yesterday?"
Luvia suddenly realized that she remembered the scene yesterday when Ilya used the Archer class card Dream Summon.
"Mmm." Ilya nodded obediently.
"So, this is the true owner of Illya's class card Spirit Origin?" Rin Tohsaka murmured to herself. She finally knew who that Archer card belonged to.
Luvia knew immediately that Lancer was Cú Chulainn when she got her hands on him, but she was completely unaware of her own Archer.
Unlimited Blade Works!
Within the Reality Marble, Archer (Red) and Hercules clashed.
However, the result was as expected.
With five lives, Archer killed Hercules five times, but still managed to be reduced to magic and disappear into the sky under Hercules' attacks.
Seeing this, Ilya murmured to herself in disbelief.
"Hercules has been killed five times? How could this be?"
"I...lost? I actually lost to that little girl Illya!" Rin Tohsaka looked at the scene in disbelief. Although Archer's five solo kills of Heracles were cool, a loss is a loss.
"Hahaha! Rin, you really are useless!" Luvia also started teasing Rin Tohsaka. If she were participating in this Holy Grail War, she would definitely be stronger than Rin!
"Berserker is indeed the strongest!" Illya shouted happily.
Lin Ye also said that there would be some angst later on, but where is it angst? Oh... it's Rin-neechan who's angst. Maybe Lin Ye wanted to save face for Rin-neechan.