[Bai Luo]
Magic Reserve: 400 / 1000
Replenishment Rate: 10 / hour
Recovering 10 points of magic per hour, this is the magic that young Sakura can currently replenish for Bai Luo~.
Of course, this doesn't mean Sakura's magic is immense.
In fact, most of the magic for Servant summoning comes from the Holy Grail System.
The Master's role in this is more akin to a faucet.
The higher the Master's aptitude, the greater the water flow, and the more magic the Holy Grail can provide to the Servant.
Sakura's aptitude is unquestionable.
Looking at the Fourth and Fifth Holy Grail Wars, besides Ilya, The Tohsaka Family sisters had the highest magic aptitude.
"10 points of magic recovery per hour means 240 per day."
Currently, there are about 5 days until the Holy Grail War begins, plus 7 days for the war itself, totaling 12 days.
"In 12 days, Sakura can provide me with a total of 2880 points of magic, plus what's left, that's 3280 points."
"Snow Empress and Egui Peng, equivalent to EX-ranked Treasures, require a total of 2000 points of magic to summon them."
"Zhu Cai, Shion, and Cang Ying are a bit less powerful than Ice Empress, only requiring 250 each."
"5000 C-ranked Servants require 5000 points of magic."
"400 B-ranked Servants require 4000 points of magic."
"200 A-ranked Servants require 10,000 points of magic."
"3 A+-ranked Servants require 750 points of magic."
"1 A++-ranked Servant requires 500 points of magic."
If only considering peak combat power, Bai Luo actually only needed to create A-ranked Servants or higher.
But even so, Bai Luo still needed to consume 13,000 points of magic.
Clearly, the magic Sakura could provide alone was not enough.
"Zhu Cai."
Once his magic was sufficiently replenished, Bai Luo directly summoned Zhu Cai.
[Zhu Cai]
Type: Anti-Fortress Treasure
Overall Rating: A+
Summoning Cost: 250
"Bai Luo."
"Go to that mountain over there; there's a temple on it."
Lord Bai Luo pointed in a certain direction and instructed: "Occupy that place and then set up a magic circle to draw spiritual energy."
Ryudoji Temple!
One of the ley line locations in Fuyuki City.
Through the ley lines, Bai Luo could quickly obtain magic, thereby allowing the Treasure, [Demon Country of Another World], to exert its inherent power.
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"Three nights ago, the Matou residence was attacked by an unknown force; the entire Western-style house vanished, leaving only a pile of ice shards."
At The Tohsaka Family, Tokiomi Tohsaka listened to his disciple Kirei Kotomine's report, his heart filled with unease.
The Matou Family, one of Fuyuki City's two major local powers, on par with The Tohsaka Family.
Their strength was definitely not inferior to The Tohsaka Family.
Especially Matou Zouken.
That old man, even Tokiomi Tohsaka couldn't see through him.
However, such a Matou Family vanished overnight as if evaporated from the earth.
The thought of this made Tokiomi Tohsaka incredibly alarmed.
"Sakura..."
Additionally, Tokiomi Tohsaka felt a tremendous headache, completely unsure how to explain it to his wife.
He had personally handed Sakura over to the Matou Family.
Now, such a thing had happened.
For the first time, Tokiomi Tohsaka regretted his decision.
"Is there still no news of Sakura?"
Although hope was slim, Tokiomi Tohsaka still hoped Sakura could survive.
If so, Sakura could inherit the Matou Family's magic circuits early.
This would actually be a good thing for Sakura's magecraft path.
"Can you determine what kind of magecraft caused this?"
"The people sent by the Church conducted tests, but they haven't been able to find similar cases yet."
Kirei Kotomine recalled the magic fluctuations left at the Matou residence.
That chilling cold, which still pierced one's bones even after several days, could it truly be achieved by magecraft?
"Furthermore, just last night."
Kirei Kotomine: "Matou Kariya, the current head of the Matou Family, sold off their assets at the fastest speed and then took his only son abroad."
This incident happened too suddenly, even too absurd.
Which force could have transformed the Matou residence into that state before anyone could react?
"Are they worried about the enemy, so they fled early?"
Other than that, Tokiomi Tohsaka couldn't think of any other possibilities.
Now, he could only prepare for the worst and await the Matou Family's next move.
Who attacked the Matou Family, and why did they act?
Could it be that mages from the Clock Tower discovered some taboo of the Matou Family and placed a Sealing Designation on them?
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Due to his complex thoughts, Tokiomi Tohsaka found it difficult to make a judgment.
"Also, Kirei, you should already know about that matter, right?"
"Ah."
Kirei Kotomine raised his hand, revealing the back of his hand, on which was clearly the symbol of a Holy Grail War Master—a Command Seal!
"The Matou Family incident might also be related to the early start of the Holy Grail War."
"Teacher, do you mean a Servant?"
"That possibility cannot be ruled out."
Tokiomi Tohsaka was only speculating.
But the idea of an early-summoned Servant destroying the Matou Family was simply too absurd.
You see, the Matou Family was one of the Three Families that originally constructed the Holy Grail System.
No one knows more about the Holy Grail War than them.
.....
To be eliminated by something they designed themselves would be too ridiculous.
"The Holy Grail War is starting early, and the Holy Relic my teacher prepared for it..."
"No need to worry, Kirei."
More than the safety of his biological daughter Sakura, Tokiomi Tohsaka cared more about a magus's ambition, which was the pursuit of the Root.
As long as one could reach the Root, any sacrifice, no matter how great, was worth it.
What's more, the bodies of Sakura and Matou Zouken had not yet been found, so the matter could not be concluded.
Perhaps they were still alive, just hiding.
"The item has already been acquired."
The reason Tokiomi had been agitated these past few days was mainly because the Holy Grail War was about to begin, but the Holy Relic to summon that most ancient king had not yet arrived.
However, just recently, that item very smoothly fell into Tokiomi Tohsaka's hands.
"As long as that King can be summoned, the victory of this Holy Grail War will be ours!"
Tokiomi Tohsaka was incredibly confident about this; The Tohsaka Family had awaited this day for who knows how long.
Finally, that moment was about to arrive!
At the same time, at the former Matou residence, a black-haired young man stood outside the cordon, looking at the ruins before him with a grave expression.
Upon learning that Sakura had been adopted by Tokiomi Tohsaka to the Matou Family, Kariya Matou's hatred for Tokiomi reached its peak.
Knowing full well what kind of place the Matou Family was, he understood how despair-inducing it was for Sakura to fall into the Old Bug's hands.
And Tokiomi Tohsaka, who personally pushed his daughter into the fire pit.
This guy doesn't deserve to be a father! Part 4.