Magician in Type-Moon

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"First of all, the Tohsaka family mansion and the Holy Church are not options at the moment. That leaves Shinto and Ryudouji Temple."

"Both locations have relatively high foot traffic, but the new Metropolitan Plaza has more foot traffic than Ryudongsa Temple. However, Ryudongsa Temple has permanent residents."

Matou Ike lowered her hand and looked at Caster, seeking her opinion.

"The two are very different. One is located on a mountain, and the other is located in the center of the city. So it is clear which one to choose as the base."

Caster looked at the map that Matou Pond had drawn in the air, thought for a moment, and then made his choice.

"But since we've chosen to avoid combat in the early stages, these four locations are all under surveillance and are important monitoring points."

Matouike's words were like a bucket of cold water, extinguishing Caster's budding idea.

"And what about you? What are your preferred features?"

Caster gazed calmly at Matou Ike, indicating that he was also fully willing to follow his Master's opinions.

However, in principle, the strategic planning for the Holy Grail War should indeed be done by the Master, which is the only role the Master can play in this battle.

Masters who can tear apart Heroic Spirits are all accidents within accidents.

"I still prefer Ryudouji Temple on Mt. Sonozo. After all, as the location of the Greater Grail, it has a considerable advantage there, but..."

Seeing Matou Ike's hesitant expression, Caster knew he wanted to overturn the strategic approach she desired.

"But what is it? Please explain directly."

"I hope that as soon as we occupy Ryudoji Temple, we will proactively leak the news."

According to Matou Ike's idea, he still advocates taking a more benevolent route, demonstrating his own strength, deterring others, and then achieving his own goals.

After all, he had already started doing that before.

"You mean to expose yourself directly? To pin yourself to the battlefield and wait for the other Master's attack?"

Caster thinks Matou Ike's move was a bit crazy, deliberately revealing his location, isn't that just making him a target on the battlefield?

"No, quite the opposite. I think if you fully open your magic workshop within these three months, it will be perfectly capable of withstanding some conventional attacks."

"As long as we stop the first wave of attacks, they'll have to think carefully about how much they'd have to sacrifice to take us down if they want to try again next time."

Looking at Matou Ike talking eloquently, Caster seemed to understand his thoughts.

"Do you want to turn Ryudouji Temple into a tortoise shell? Then when the enemy Master attacks, even if they can take us down, it will take them a long time. At that time, they will also have to consider other Masters and Servants."

"That's it."

Caster immediately retorted:

"What if other Masters form an alliance to attack?"

"We can also find our own allies."

Matou Ike gave his answer, which was indeed unexpected by Caster, since in her eyes, allies are the least trustworthy party.

"Then let's act immediately."

......

It was the height of summer, and the sun hung high in the sky, making everything bright and scorching.

As the shadows of the ancient trees fall onto the ground, the mountain gate of Liudong Temple appears both ancient and solemn.

Jian Tongchi crossed the mountain gate and entered the courtyard.

Sunlight fell to the ground, and under the scorching heat, the scene in sight appeared distorted, as if seen through a layer of autumn water.

During the journey from the foot of Mount Enzo to Ryudo-ji Temple, Matouike used suggestive magic to make the visiting pilgrims leave.

My gaze swept across the highest point of the temple, the top of the stupa, where Caster, in his spiritual state, stood.

Continuing deeper into the monastery, I cast a suggestive spell on every monk I encountered along the way, since I would be living here for another three months.

"This location is alright, but the range of my base can only frame the entire temple, not cover the whole mountain."

A cluster of shimmering points of light drifted down from the sky, gradually coalescing into a human shape.

But those around them seemed oblivious to this strange sight.

"That's enough. Covering the entire Mount Enzo is unrealistic to begin with. Even if we succeed, it would be bad if other Masters mistakenly thought we were going to tamper with the Greater Grail and we became the target of everyone's criticism."

Matou Ike narrowed his eyes and commanded the insects he had brought from the Matou family's insect house to envelop the entire Ryudouji Temple.

The insects spread through the air like black ripples, quickly enveloping every corner of Ryudong Temple.

The next step is to settle the insect queen, since the consumption of insects is also a concern, and we need to have the ability to replenish them in a timely manner.

If I remember correctly, there should be a lake in the backyard of Ryudong Temple, which should be a relatively stable place to house insect nests underwater.

After a while, he finally arrived at the lake area. After observing the surrounding environment for a bit, he sent the demonic worm he was carrying to wrap around the mother worm and go deep into the lake to build a nest.

Hopefully, there's enough food here for them.

Matou Ike thought to himself.

"Caster, are you all ready on your end?" Matou Ike asked in his mind.

The words have not yet been fully transmitted through the channels established by the magic.

A massive surge of magical energy erupted from the center of Ryudou Temple, and a colossal tree of spiritual light bloomed in the sky, stealing three-tenths of the world's brilliance even under the blazing sun.

The deafening roar, accompanied by the release of magic, made the surrounding air seem to tremble.

This magical energy spread from the center to every corner of Ryudouji Temple, even shaking down the flying insects of Matouchi.

"How ostentatious, Caster." Matou Ike shook his head as he felt the magical barrier forming until he was enveloped within it.

Although it was his own decision that led Caster to take such action.

However, this situation is still too exaggerated. It's beyond what magicians would notice. The Church is probably already dealing with the aftermath.

Chapter 16 "Conversation" (Please add to your favorites! Please continue reading!)

The Tohsaka family residence stands atop a hill in Fukayama-cho, Fuyuki City.

Tokiomi Tohsaka's workshop is located in the basement of the mansion, and it is a fairly standard type of workshop for magicians.

On the solid wood table under the bright candlelight is a drawing device with a structure quite similar to the 'Y-levitation' pendulum of Blake's invention.

This device is slightly different from ordinary scientific and physical props; the weight suspended on the pendulum is a magical gem made by the Tohsaka family.

Ink will drip down the string attached to the pendulum, thus soaking the magical gem.

Tokiomi gave another gem with the same magical pattern as this magic gem to his spy.

The staff member who was thousands of miles away and was stealing information for the Tohsaka family only needed to embed the gem into the front of the pen shaft to write.

The main stone located in the Tohsaka family will resonate with it magically, and the ink dripping from it will accurately depict the words on the paper scroll below the device.

This is the pride unique to Tokiomi, a legitimate magician. One of his bottom lines is to avoid any connection between his magic and the machinery of the secular world.

Now that he possessed the secret method for long-distance communication, Tokiomi Tohsaka thought that he no longer needed to deal with the machines in the mundane world.

Kirei, who had just entered Tokiomi Workshop, stared at the device for a few seconds.

"No matter how many times I see it, I still find this thing very eerie."

Kirei walked to Tokiomi's side and looked at him, and couldn't help but speak out his inner thoughts.

"Ah, Kirei, you've arrived. Do you prefer modern equipment like fax machines?"

Kirei Kotomine nodded honestly.

"But this device doesn't require electricity, won't malfunction, and you don't even have to worry about information leaks. It's an excellent product that appeared hundreds of years ago, surpassing the technology of the ordinary world."

However, in Kirei's view, compared to a product like a fax machine that can be widely adopted, this prop that belongs exclusively to magicians is much less necessary.

But Tokiomi was, after all, a traditional magician who upheld aristocratic values; old-fashioned and outdated ideas were what they truly pursued.

"Kiri, has that matter been resolved?"

Tokiomi Tohsaka had just returned from Europe. When he sent his wife and daughter to Edelfelt, although his family did not suffer any obvious humiliation, he himself felt quite aggrieved—he was scolded severely by his aunt.

But today, having just returned to Fuyuki, another incident has occurred that clearly violates the rules of the Magicians' Association, revealing the mystery to Muggles.

Recalling the moment he was about to disembark, he was astonished to see a giant magic tree appear in the sky, as if an ancient legend had leaped out of his imagination.

This scene almost made him think he had traveled back to Fuyuki in the Age of Gods.

A tremendous surge of magic rushed towards him, and he almost stumbled and fell off the airplane escalator as he walked up it.

"The Holy Church has already resolved the issue, and they've publicly stated that they were testing a new type of fireworks."

When the incident occurred, the experienced Kotomine Risashi immediately used the means reserved within the government to quickly suppress the incident.

He then instructed members of the church to use suggestion to change the witnesses' perceptions. Ultimately, he characterized the incident as a test firing of a new type of fireworks.

Faced with such a sudden incident, Kotomine Risei's skillful methods and solutions make it easy to imagine how common such things are in Fuyuki.

After listening to Kirei Kotomine's report on the aftermath of the incident, Tokiomi Tohsaka couldn't help but rub his forehead, let out a long sigh, and then said:

"Who did this? There shouldn't be any outside magicians doing this, right?"

"According to the investigation, it was done by Matou Ike, the Master of the Matou family. It seems that the Servant was setting up his workshop. Now Ryudou Temple is completely covered by the barrier."

Upon hearing the name spoken by Kirei Kotomine, Tokiomi Tohsaka suddenly caught his breath. He had originally planned to deal directly with the magician who caused this incident, but he never expected that the culprit would be a participant in this Holy Grail War.

Then the Tohsaka family will really have to clean up their mess.

"Building a base? It seems the Matou family's Servant must be Caster."

Since last night, when Kirei Kotomine reported to Tokiomi Tohsaka, who was far away in Finland, the news he received from the Church of Christ was that the first Heroic Spirit had appeared in the world, and judging from the location of the magical energy fluctuations, it was the Matou family that took this step first.

Tokiomi Tohsaka immediately booked a flight from Finland to Fuyuki. The long-haul flight, lasting thirteen hours, made the already anxious Tokiomi feel dizzy.

"We must teach this newcomer to the demonic path a lesson. He's forgotten the first ironclad rule of the demonic family, so blatantly displaying his mystery to Muggles."

......

Garden hidden mountain.

The Great Holy Grail is located in the large hollow beneath Ryudong-ji Temple.

While Caster was still making adjustments to the magic workshop at Ryudouji Temple, Matouike quietly sneaked in alone.

However, this cannot be considered a secret operation, because Caster can also sense her Master's actions by controlling the battlefield.