"Codex: Hextech Revolution
The Hextech Revolution started shortly after the Apocalypse by the discovery of the Hex Crystals deep inside the Himalayan Mountains, which was the first place where the Hex Crystals were discovered.
Interestingly enough, it was the No-Majs who started creating the first basis of the Hextech, a combination of the Magic and Technology, before it was overtaken by the World Government and The Congregation.
Hextech is a magical technology that fuses Pure Ethernano Particles with various properties and other elements to create exquisite artifacts that can be wielded by anyone, not just the few people out there with a natural aptitude for the Arcane. It harnesses the Magical Power contained within rare Hex Crystals to function properly.
The Hex Crystals are natural conductors for the Ethernano and could store tremendous amounts of Ethernano in themselves.
The Hextech was developed over time and gradually replaced all other pieces of technology, because in the first place, electricity stopped working due to a much higher concentration of the Ethernano Particles in the air due to the Apocalypse and subsequent World Merges, which were only increased the density of the Ethernano in the environment.
Ethernano dwells inside all living organisms, throughout the atmosphere and the whole planet; Terra as well as in other known alternate worlds and dimensions. Nobody knows how Ethernano originated, but this energy naturally exists, flowing through the environment, permeating the whole world.
All the races utilized Ethernano in some combination and sequence. Be it Magic Power for the Wizardkin, Psychic Energy for the Psykers, Aura for Aura Masters, Cursed Energy for the Jujutsu Sorcerers and Vampires...
The list goes that way.
With the addition of the Hextech and the legacy of human technology, the World Government invested tremendous resources into the creation and spreading of the Hextech because the creation of the Hextech proved to be pivotal for maintaining the order and supreme authority of the World Government and the Congregation.
The major development of the Hextech happened when the God-Devil Gates opened and Terra came into contact with the other planets and civilizations. The usage of the Hextech was crucial in the war against the Mech Empire, because the Mech Emperor and the Mech Lords couldn't hijack the magical Hextech like they could with the standard technology that was working on electricity.
Currently, after more than a decade of research and development, due to the constantly increasing density of the Ethernano in the environment of Terra, the Hex Crystals are becoming more and more common across the planet.
At the same time, the Hextech has become widespread across the entire planet, from the heart of the World Government in Holy Land Mary Geoise or three Great Bastions to even some rural areas of the terra that appeared after the World Merge in the continents of Westeros or Essos.
The World Government uses Hextech for everything.
Ranging from the personal weapons like incorporating the elements of Hextech into the cold weapons and creating Relics, to the Hextech machinery, like Hextanks, Hexmechs, or Hexairships... straight to the Hexgates, a realm-warping device able to transport airships across Terra in an instant."
- Technology of the God and Devil Age: Chapter - Hextech by Professor Heimerdinger
***
Great Britain, England, Wiltshire, Malfoy Manor
There wasn't a lot of publicly known knowledge about the Death Easters, in fact. Some, especially those with access to not publicly known foreign areas they were initially formed as Knights of Walpurgis, which was a rather fitting name.
What the public knew was that they were the main followers of Lord Voldemort. Many of the members were witches and wizards who strongly believed in the notion of pure-blood supremacy. However, there were also those who joined out of fear or ambition, without necessarily sharing that view or even being pure-blooded themselves, or who were simply blackmailed into joining.
Though...
The investigation conducted by the Unspeakables of the British Ministry of Magic, when coupled with the information extracted from Fenrir Greyback, told a somewhat different side of the story.
The origin of the Death Eaters, then still known as the Knights of Walpurgus, could be attracted to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Apparently established as a secret club by Slytherin student, Tom Marvolo Riddle, who recruited students of Hogwarts into the original Knights of Walpurgis.
Obviously, Tom Marvolo Riddle was Voldemort...
Something that Dumbledore knew very well, but was hiding it from the rest of the people.
For whatever reason.
Shirou knew that the old goat was scheming something with this move.
Nevertheless, because of Voldemort, who is a very powerful Special-Class being, he offered them power and protection, as well as fed their views on wizarding and pure-blood supremacy, and suddenly, he had countless followers and people who wanted to join him.
Members of the organisation Voldemort deemed to be valuable and faithful would be branded with the Dark Mark. This symbol, a skull with a snake protruding from the mouth, was used to summon his followers at will.
The Mark was considered the greatest honour among the Death Eaters. Out of respect for their master, they referred to him as the "Dark Lord".
Shirou had the honor to examine the Dark Mark, and he had to admit that it was one of the really nasty pieces of Magic. It combined various types of Runes together with the Cursed Energy, which basically made it countless times harder to destroy.
It was technically impossible for anyone who wasn't a Special-Class being and didn't have some knowledge about Runecrafting and other disciplines that the Dark Lord used when creating the Dark Mark.
"Be ready to kill anything that moves or anyone that attempts to flee... most of the goons don't have a particularly strong sense of loyalty toward their Lord."
Shirou said to Selene and Bellatrix as they were entering through the gates of the Malfoy Manor after he had destroyed the Bounded Fields and Wards around the estate, and the people inside were panicking about the incoming attack.
He knew that most of Voldemort's followers were just an opportunistic bunch that went to serve him because they wanted to ride on his wave of success, and partially because they feared his power.
Overall, there was little to no loyalty from the majority of them.
Which wasn't really that surprising.
According to what he gathered about Voldemort, he wasn't the most charismatic person around, and his biggest lure was the promise of power and pure-blooded supremacy for the Wizardkin, which was a vision that many of the Wizards looked on rather keenly.
Nevertheless, follower was follower...
Shirou wasn't that much interested in the Death Eaters as they were because most of them were pitifully weak and not really capable of anything useful. However, what he was wary of, albeit only slightly, was the small group of the original Knights of Walpurgis.
Those ones were more dangerous and also more powerful. The so-called Inner Circle were the ones who were even personally taught by Voldemort to a certain degree, and Voldemort invested no small resources to cultivate a core, strong, and loyal fighting force for his cause.
Even someone like him realized that there was a strong need for powerful underlings, and a few of the Inner Circle were indeed very powerful. And apparently, according to the information gathered, the Malfoys were one of the highest-ranked followers of Lord Voldemort.
Again, this wasn't really that surprising from a certain angle because the Malfoys were an immensely opportunistic bunch of people. They would go with the flow and try to capitalize on almost anything that was happening. If Shirou had to guess, they wanted to profit from the Dark Lord Voldemort's rise in power in Great Britain.
It would be pretty hard, but the gains that they could obtain would be immense.
Anyone with half a brain could tell that Voldemort was a power-hungry madman who didn't care about his followers, and the sole thing that he cared about was more and more power for his own gain.
"Look for the high-ranking Death Eaters and focus on them... let the rest of the Strike Team handle the small fries or leave them to Bellatrix's Undeads. There is no reason to waste precious time on them."
Shirou commanded the troops as everyone sprang into action and started advancing toward the Malfoy Manor from all directions, completely cutting out the escape routes of the Death Eaters.
Crouch was rather vocal about the problem.
He didn't want any survivors, and they were only to capture the high-ranking members of the Death Eaters. The rest could be killed, something that he didn't care about much, which, internally or not, led to conflict with Dumbledore, who was vehemently against such an approach against the Death Eaters.
Shirou obviously supported Crouch in the strong approach, but this was the way of the Jujutsu Association. Execution among the Jujutsu Sorcerers happened very often, because if Curse Users emerged among the Jujutsu Sorcerers, Execution was the only outcome.
When the Jujutsu Association was established many centuries ago by Amakusa Shirou Tokisada, he instilled very strict rules, especially the rules pertaining to handling criminals.
The Enforcers of the Association were very quick in their judgment, and if they caught a Curse User causing trouble, they would execute them on the spot. Only in rare cases were the Curse Users taken for further interrogation in the Headquarters of the Jujutsu Association.
***
Death Eaters were fighting...
Terribly for most of the time, because they were just randomly shooting spells here and there, though, due to their higher numbers, even the members of the Strike Team Alpha had some problems advancing further.
It seemed that they were commanded by someone who could actually use his head for something, and after discovering that they couldn't Apparate, use Portkeys, or teleport away, they barricaded themselves in the Malfoy Manor, and thus the siege of the Malfoy Manor started right away.
Unfortunately for the defenders, the Malfoy Manor was...
Well...
Luxurious mansion and not some castle or fortress.
It couldn't be defended very well, and there were many, many blind spots from which one could attack them. In the end, after the attacks had regrouped, Shirou ordered to start the wave tactics as Bellatrix would release all of her Undeads that she could control and send them at the mansion.
Meanwhile, anyone who could attack from a distance would do so, and the Vampires and Jujujtus Sorcerers would mingle among the Undeads and use the window of opportunity to attack, not suspecting Death Eaters, who would be busy dealing with the Undeads.
And the strategy worked rather splendidly because the Death Eaters started getting overwhelmed by the number of the Undeads. Even though Bellatrix was just a 2nd-Grade Magus, she could flawlessly control several hundred Undead.
Not to mention, like any proper member of the House Black, her Undeads were strengthened by the Family Magics of the House Black and their Family's Craft, Heaven's Feel. Soon enough, several entrances to the mansion that were barricaded were being breached as corpses of Death Eaters and also those of the Undead started piling up.
Unfortunately for the Death Eaters, the Undead that were being used by Bellatrix were primarily reanimated skeletons and their variation. Like Skeleton Knight, which were basically strengthened skeletons with more durable bones, wearing armors, and other variants of Skeletons.
This made them more problematic to deal with, because Spells that worked on Undead in general were not working. It also didn't help that most of the Wizards could maximally deal with Inferi, and that was it.
An Inferius was a dead body reanimated by a Dark wizard's curse. They were similar to, but intrinsically distinct from, a zombie. An Inferius was a grisly puppet. The Inferi were gaunt, skeletal beings that closely resembled zombies. Being human corpses, they had individual appearances based on the humans from whom they had been created. For example, one Inferius might have had dull teeth, while another might have had sharp teeth.
"This is too slow..."
Shirou muttered as he observed the progress of how his troops were breaching the defenses of the manor. Even though they were making some steady progress, something was bothering Shirou as he looked at the fighting Death Eaters and members of his Strike Team Alpha.
"You are worried about the lack of presence of strong ones?"
Selene suddenly appeared next to him, as he didn't even register her presence because he was too lost in his own thoughts.
"Yes... I can sense some powerful Wizards in the manor, but none of them are fighting. I would have expected at least Abraxas Malfoy to appear as we are attacking his manor... but it seems that they are doing something in there."
It seemed... like they were plotting something, and then as he was pondering over the things that they could be doing, he came to the realization that it was highly possible that the Malfoy Manor had some underground pathways.
They knew that the manor had dungeons, so it wouldn't be really weird if it had some underground pathways from the dungeons that were leading outside of the manor.
"Tell everyone to withdraw. Bella, stop the Undead and withdraw them too from the vicinity of the manor..."
Everyone looked at him for a second before they carried out his orders, as he was still the commander of the entire Strike Group. Even though the Death Eaters inside the Malfoy Manor looked rather surprised when the attackers suddenly stopped attacking.
But the ones that were actually in command of the Death Eater forces suddenly sensed that something was wrong.
And...
They were right.
"Innate Technique: The Last Judgment: Extension Technique - Divine Sword of God!"
Suddenly, everyone on the battlefield could feel tremendous levels of Cursed Energy, especially some of the older Vampires, who were feeling very uncomfortable at that moment, because some of them remembered the oppressive presence of the Legendary-Class beings in the past.
The aura that came from the Director of the Jujutsu Association was very similar to that. One could say that Amakusa Shirou Tokisada was the one person who was closest to reaching the Legendary-Class in the modern age.
After he did a few hand seals, his Cursed Energy congregated into the form of a huge sword, which then fell like a sword of Damocles that fell directly into the main entrance of the Malfoy Manor, as several tens of Death Eaters raised their wands and collectively cast many defensive charms.
Mainly the Protego Spell.
But...
"BOOOOOOOOM!!!"
Suddenly, an enormous explosion shook the entire area, as windows in the whole manor cracked apart, and even large parts of the mansion were destroyed from using the Extension Technique.
Extension Techniques are original abilities derived from innate techniques. Innate techniques cannot be changed or altered, but they can be trained and expanded on through creativity to maximize their applications in extension techniques.
In the case of inherited techniques, Jujutsu Sorcerers pass down the original moves that they create, such as Blue and Red of the Limitless. That was also one of the reasons why the Jujutsu Sorcery Clans and their Clansmen were far stronger and superior to the Sorcerers of the common background.
The ones of the Clans had, over time, developed their Inherent Techniques tremendously and their Inherent Technique resembled that of the trunk of the tree. With countless Extension Techniques and other abilities were sprouting from it, like branches of the tree.
This was the testament of the hard work of the ancestors of the Jujutsu Clans.
So each next generation could and would be stronger than the previous one.
Each generation added something toward the development of their Inherent Techniques, to the point where, after some time, their Inherent Techniques were many times stronger and had a plethora of different abilities.
"Advance, spare no one."
Once the main entrance to the Malfoy Manor was totally obliterated from existence, together with a few tens of Death Eaters that were standing close to the explosion or were unlucky enough to be in the center of it, the true fight had started.
This time, Shirou sprang into action personally as he rushed ahead of everyone else and directly headed toward the place from where he was sensing the largest amount of Magic Power, together with Selene.
Once Shirou started advancing through the disorganized ranks of the Death Eaters that were now panicking as the manor had been breached, most of the Death Eaters couldn't even realize how they had died when the Murasame pierced through their bodies.
He didn't even bother to use his Jujutsu, as he just used his physical strength and his weapon to dispose of them. If some of the Death Eaters were rather lucky in this regard and managed to shoot a spell toward him, Murasame could cut through Magic Spells like a hot knife through soft butter.
With Shirou's very accurate senses and swordsmanship that was perfected over the course of fourteen centuries, he was also a perfect definition of the Anti-Mage and could effectively fight against the Wizards and Magi who knew nothing aside from casting spells.
Selene was not much slower than Shirou was, because the female Death Dealers gripped on her two daggers as she was slitting the throats of one Death Eater after another, or if she had the opportunity, she would be using her Blood Manipulation Abilities to conjure a series of Blood Daggers and shoot them toward the Death Eaters.
For the two of them who were effectively standing at the pinnacle of the Moonlit World, this bunch of 4th-Class and 3rd-Class Wizards that barely saw any combat was not a challenge.
This wouldn't even classify as a light warm-up.
Though this onslaught didn't last long, before long enough, the other troops from the Strike Group Alpha started catching up with Shirou and Selene, while Bellatrix's Undead and Soul Servants were taking care of everything that left the manor and was a friendly unit.
Meanwhile, Shirou and Selene headed directly to the dungeons of the Malfoy Manor, where most of the strongest Magical signatures were located, and it seemed that they were indeed attempting to escape through the underground pathways in the Dungeons.
Shirou knew that neither the Curtains, Bounded Fields, nor Anti-Apparation Wards could reach the depths of the ground. If he had to guess, if the escapees wanted to escape deep enough and far enough, from where they would be able to teleport out.
It was rather a good strategy as they were exploiting only the clear weaknesses of the Anti-Apparation Wards, as they had limited reach when they were placed. Though there were Bounded Fields placed around the Malfoy Manor, and those ones were more extensive and were even going a bit deep.
However, Shirou didn't dare to underestimate the size of the underground pathways under the Malfoy Manor and in the vicinity. Thus, Shirous and Selene were rather in a hurry as they were pursuing the escaping Death Eaters, and both of them were sure that the ones who were escaping must be the big fish in the Death Eater circle.
If they could catch Lord Malfoy, it would be an unprecedented achievement, because all points to the fact that Abraxas Malfoy was one of the first or even one of the founding members of the Knights of the Walpurgis.
Long before they were reorganized into the Death Eaters.
Not to mention, they were sure that other prominent Death Eaters were also present at the Malfoy Manor, because according to the intelligence obtained through various channels and also the ones from Greyback's Memories, the Death Eaters themselves had several 1st-Class Wizards and also a few Special 1st-Class Wizards.
Many speculated that these 1st-Class Wizards and Special 1st-Class Wizards were producing of various forbidden rituals and other things that. Because many Wizards had a hard time reaching the higher Classes due to the innate restrictions of their very own nature, they chose ritual as a way to bypass these restrictions.
Even though the Wizardcraft Magic was immensely versatile, it lacked the sheer power to break through the higher Classes, so the smarter Wizards and Magi came up with a partial solution to this predicament.
Conducting rituals on their bodies and Magic, which would strengthen them and basically push them into the higher Classes. Shirou had to admit that it was rather a good idea, because he himself underwent a good number of rituals, especially the ones that were aimed at increasing his physical strength, vitality, and other physical dimensions.
Even for Jujutsu Sorcerers, strengthening physical dimensions was a very hard thing without additional help. Yet, the rituals were also pretty dangerous, because one mishap could send the entire thing to fuck.
Many people who were conducting rituals on themselves would either go crazy or be killed during the botched ritual. The rituals were very dangerous, many died when they were undergoing them, and even with a sufficient amount of preparation, that was nothing ôlike 100%.
The drawing room was a widely proportioned room. Probably the grandest room of the house, it had ceilings 9 meters tall, two chandeliers, and a pipe organ at one end. It had a long, ornate table, which was most probably used as the meeting place for the high-ranking Death Eaters, because Shirou could see some really nasty Dark Artifacts and something that looked like maps of important places in Britain.
It seemed that the Death Eaters were in the middle of planning which place to attack when they were disrupted.
"Why are we in the Drawing Room?"
Selene asked as they arrived in the empty drawing room, though... it was only partially empty as there were around fifteen corpses belonging to the Death Eaters that the two of them swiftly killed when they entered the room.
"They entered the dungeons from here... there must be some hidden mechanism or hidden entrance to the dungeons from here."
The Jujutsu Marshall stated as he looked around the drawing room of the Malfoy Manor. The room had dark purple walls with more portraits, and a large crystal chandelier that was hanging from the roof.
He noticed a handsome, ornate marble mantelpiece with a gilded mirror that had an intricately scrolled frame on top. Because apparently, many important activities of the Death Eaters took place in the drawing room, there must be some hidden entrance to the fastest way out of the mansion in case something like this happens.
Even though he didn't have much respect for the Death Eaters and generally for the Pure-Bloods that knew them, especially those of the Noble Families, there were still some people who had something in their skulls.
And Malfoy's, albeit rather weakened, in the spectre in the combat prowess; they were masters in survival and shrewdness. Shirou looked around the drawing room, but for the moment, he was unable to find the secret passage, so he chose another approach.
Shirou performed a few hand seals, and a Magic Circle, akin to those found in traditional European Magic Circles, appeared on the ground. However, unlike the traditional European Magic Circles, this one was filled with Kanji Symbols, as it was a Summoning Circle for the Shikigami.
Shikigami are a type of familiar used by practitioners of Onmyōdo. The term 'Shikigami' refers to servants that Onmyōji manipulated, 'shiki' meaning 'servitude', and shikigami being 'spirits who serve their practitioner'. They are the partners and guards of the practitioner, and to put it roughly, they were servants or slaves, even 'tools'.
Because a lot of the Jujutsu Sorcery was built on the Onmyōdo that Shirou systematically assimilated into the Jujutsu Sorcery, most Sorcerers could contract a Shikigami with some effort.
The more skilled a practitioner is, the more precision and control they can exert over their Shikigami. A high-level practitioner can even synchronize with their Familiar to the point where they can feel what they do. In addition, the master's Magic can't harm the Shikigami.
Shikigamis are very similar to the Familiars used by the Wizardkin or Vampires, with the clear distinction being that it was easier to contract a Shikigami.
The most famous Shikigamis in the world were the Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General Mahoraga of the Ten Shadows Technique of the Zen'in Clan, or Tschuchigumo, which was contracted by Jujutsu Marshall.
Though this time, he wasn't summoning Tsuchigumo, because that creature was humongous, but instead, he was summoning one of his other Shikigamis, Raijū...
Raijūs were beasts in Japanese folklore and were commonly translated as Thunder Beasts. They had the appearance of the wolf-dog hybrid with horns and long, leathery, almost draconic tails.
They were innately connected to the elements of Thunder and Lightning and were very powerful, even among the Jujutsu Sorcerers or Wizardkin; they were extremely rare, and only a few people in history managed to contract them as their Shikigami.
Shirou was obviously one of them.
The Raijū Shikigami immediately ran to its master when it was summoned, as it started licking its hands and even stood on two of its back legs and started licking Shirou's face in happiness.
"Yes, yes, you're the good boy... now search for the remnants of Magic and hidden entrances."
The Jujutsu Marshall patted his Shikigami as he gave orders to Rai the Raijū.
Rai the Raijū immediately went to work and started sniffing around the entire room and looking for the hidden entrances while Selene looked at the summoned Shikigami with certain wariness, because the Shikigami was rather powerful.
It was a 1st-Class Shikigami, though its thunder powers were even more frightening because this beast could tear through most of the Death Eaters like nothing. Not to mention, it's lighting capabilities were even more dangerous en masse.
All of the Shikigamis that Shirou had contracted were very powerful, and he had several of them... though neither of them was on the level of the Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General Mahoraga, he was still very satisfied with their growth.
Not to mention, even though Tsuchigumo was far from the frightening adaptability abilities of the Mahoraga, but it was still one of the most powerful Shikigamis at the Special-Class and Shirou invested a lot of resources into it.
Though it didn't take long for Rai the Raijū to sniff out the entrance to the underground dungeons as Shirou used Muramasa to cut the path open for them. Shirou and Selene immediately followed when the Shikigami was the first one that sprang into action nd jumped into the dark corridor.
***
Little Hangleton, England, Great Britain, Around the Same Time
Little Hangleton was a small village in England, within which the most prominent family was formerly the Riddles. The village was six miles away from the larger community of Great Hangleton and was about 100 kilometers away from Little Whinging.
The Little Hangleton graveyard was a fine resting place for the citizens of Little Hangleton. However, by 1994, the graveyard had become overgrown. Many of the graves had become covered by ivy and moss. Many of the names written on them had become faded.
Several grave stones had become tilted and sunken into the ground. A number of stone steps had also recessed into the ground and were partly hidden. The Riddle House could be seen in the distance.
As well as having normal graves, the graveyard also had above-ground mausoleums and a series of below-ground vaults and catacombs. While most of those buried had simple headstones to mark their graves, there were several other monuments that were grander. Several were marked by stone obelisks and angels.
Near the mausoleum and vaults were a number of stone sarcophagi. Several of these were placed on top of each other. The most opulent of the graves belonged to the Riddle family. The Riddle grave was marked by a large marble headstone that bore the names of Thomas Riddle, Mary Riddle, and Tom Riddle Snr.
The most striking feature of the grave was the large stone statue of the Angel of Death. The angel bore a raised scythe in its right hand and featured a skull face and skeletal hands.
Right now, the entire graveyard of the Little Hangleton was swarming with the combination of Wizardkin, Aurors, Vampires, Jujutsu Sorcerers, and who knows what else, as the troops of the Strike Team Delta were surrounding the entire village.
The leadership of the Strike Team Delta was given to Leonhard Fraga McRemitz of the McRemitz Fraga Clan, who also brought a good number of his own personal troops that were soldiers of the McRemitz Fraga Clan.
Leonhard Fraga McRemitz brought even the Relic of the Fraga McRemitz Clan, the sword Fragarach, to the fight, because according to the predictions, there was a good chance that Voldemort would be personally present within Little Hangleton.
Leonhard Fraga McRemitz was clad in the battle armor of his ancestors, as he wasn't wearing his usual unfirm of Warden in the Azkaban or suit, but rather something that was reminiscent of the robes of a Mage, but there were many metal parts that were protecting the vital parts.
In his right hand, he was holding a sword that was engraved with Elder Runes and radiated a rather mysterious feeling and a lot of power. He looked around the graveyard of the Little Hangleton and cursed, because this entire place was being swarmed by the Inferi and other Dark Creatures.
Not to mention, his accurate senses allowed him to sense several hundred Death Eaters in the entire town. Most probably, the entire town of Little Hangleton was inhabited solely by the Death Eaters, as they have turned this place into their main headquarters.
From the possible locations that were deemed to be suitable as the headquarters of the Death Eaters, were only Malfoy Manor or Little Hangleton. The manors of the other Wizengamot Lords were not really viable to become the headquarters of the Death Eater movement.
It seems that Leonhard Fraga McRemitz was the unlikely one to be conforting Voldemort, which wasn't something that he wanted to do. Everyone hoped that Voldemort would be in the Malfoy Manor, because that was the palace where the Jujutsu Marshall was going.
And if Amakusa Shirou Tokisada and Voldemort fought, then the chances of Voldemort surviving were very low.
"Lord Khan, what do you say? Can we deal with this, including that of Voldmeort? I can say with 99% certainty that the man is here."
Leonhard Fraga McRemitz looked at the man who was standing next to him. Previously, Regentess Selene and Supreme Commander of the Death Dealers of the Old World Coven sent Khan with Strike Team Delta, because they were going to Little Hangleton.
Based on what Shirou told her, it was possible that Voldemort would be present either there or in the Malfoy Manor, as everything depended on chance. Apparently, Vodlemrot didn't have one singular place where he was staying, as the man seemed to be moving across the properties of his followers very often.
Mainly because nobody could really track him to anywhere.
"I already sent in a request for the reinforcements to Strike Team Epsilon. They have the most members out of all the Strike Teams, and all other Strike Teams have been notified that we most probably found Voldemort, so that they will arrive at their fastest disposition."
Khan was the second strongest person in their group, as he was a very powerful 1st-Class Vampire that was over five centuries old. Thus, he had more battle experience and power than the overwhelming majority of Wizardkin and Jujutsu Sorcerers.
Not to mention, within the Old World Coven's Death Dealers, he was essentially the Number 2 and often acted as the chief administrator, among other things. The moment their Strike Team confirmed that they had most probably found Voldemort, he didn't waste a second and notified the rest of the leaders of the Strike Teams.
Whenever they would be freed, they would immediately head toward the Little Hangleton.
"That's good... but it seems that our enemies won't be giving us more time as it seems."
Lord of the Fraga McRemitz Clan stated as he pointed his sword at the incoming horde of several thousand Inferi that were rising from the ground, and behind them, one could even see the rows of the Death Eaters.
Several hundred of them, and every single one of them was ready for the combat.
It seemed that Voldemort was really here, because he was the only person who would command such respect and authority from the Death Eaters, who were usually a very disorganized and rowdy bunch.
Even though the forces of Strike Team Delta were severely outnumbered, they didn't fear the confrontation with the Death Eaters, as they were individually much stronger.
Not to mention, they had Special-Class Magus Leonhard Fraga McRemitz on their side, who was wielding Fragarach, a Relic of immense power. The Special-Class Magus in question looked over at the advancing Inferi that Voldmeotrt seemed to be personally controlling, as he knew that he must destroy these creatures.
Voldemort's strategy was good.
He planned to use the Inferi as the shields for the Death Eaters, who would conduct surprise attacks, as their opponents would be swarmed by the hordes of Inferi.
"Fragarach: Release Aonbharr! Sweep through the Light of War God."
With a single chant, the sword in Leonhard Fraga McRemitz's right hand started shining in bright golden color as its beams of light burned the Inferi to the ashes that were unlucky to approach the light of the weapon or were directly hit by it.
"Rempaging Sword of God!"
Leonhard Fraga McRemitz performed an imaginary slash of his sword in front of him, which created a slash of War God's Light that swept through the Inferi and bolted several hundred of them in one move.
But it didn't stop there, as Lord Fraga McRemitz performed several additional slashes with the Fragarach, which resulted in almost complete destruction and annihilation of the Inferi.
Seeing this degree of destruction made Voldemort on the other end of the battlefield, because he didn't anticipate that someone would be able to exterminate all of the Inferi in a few moves.
And rather effortlessly at that, which was making the entire situation even worse.
Voldemort was tall and extremely handsome, with pale skin, jet black hair, and dark eyes. He was wearing typical Wizarding robes, which were rather impractical for the combat, though it was clear that the man was wearing them out of tradition because he needed to maintain an air of the Pure-Blooded Supremacy Ideology.
Wearing anything other than Wizarding Robes would be rather unacceptable for the staunch supporters of the Pure-Blooded Supremacy Ideology. Contrary to the Lord of the McRemitz Fraga Clan, who was wearing a Battle Outfit that was tailored for combat.
Yet, that wasn't much of a problem for Voldemort, because he wasn't content in the first place, as he preferred fighting from a distance and bombarding his opponents with Magic and killing them in long-range combat.
Standing in front of a powerful opponent like Lord of the Fraga McRemitz Clan, Voldemort knew that this would be a very tough fight, and at the same time, this would also be the first time that he would be fitting one of the Special-Classes of Great Britain.
Not to mention, fighting a powerful Special-Class Magus of the Fraga McRemitz Clan.
Despite his power, Voldemort wasn't born as Magus, but he became Magus through many, many rituals. Many of the rituals were developed by Salazar Slytherin himself, although these rituals were not perfect and were flawed in many cases.
The basis of these rituals was transplacement of the Magic Circuits from the body of the Magus into the body of the Wizard. This process was extremely arduous, and most importantly, it was painful like any other.
Voldemort conducted many rituals on himself to become a Magus, as he was born an ordinary Wizard, but if there was something that Voldemort carved, it was power.
Power above everything else.
And certainly, he was successful at that, because he indeed became Magus, and even the quality of his Magic Circuits was rather outstanding compared to the standards of Magic in general.
Through his own nature, Lord Voldemort was the ultimate epitome of pure evil, a man who constantly craved horror, contention, and bloodshed, and spread nothing but darkness and suffering anywhere he went, considered by many to be 'the most evil wizard in hundreds and hundreds of years'.
His malevolence far exceeded that of any common evildoer, and that was also the reason why he managed to complete the perfect Transmutation of the Magic Circuits, to which he sacrificed several hundred people.
He was highly intelligent, as evidenced by his research into the mysteries of Magic and his tremendous magical achievements. he was able to create a method that would create perfect Transmutation of the Magic Circuits.
Even though one could transplant Magic Circuits from the body of Magus to the body of Wizard, effectively becoming Magus, there was one tremendous flaw in the ritual. Even though the person obtained Magic Circuits through the rituals, they wouldn't feel like he was born with the Magic Circuits.
On the contrary, the body of a person would be constantly rejecting them as something foreign, and the person who became a Magus through the ritual would never be really a geniue Magus like the ones who were already born with the Magic Circuits.
Voldemort devised a ritual that would allow him to refine and accommodate the Magic Circuits to the point where his body was accepting them as its own and not treating them as a foreign object.
However, the problematic thing about the procedure was that it required a living sacrifice.
A lot of living sacrifices, and he personally sacrificed several tens of people from all sorts of races and beings.
Both Leonhard Fraga McRemitz and Lord Voldemort were staring at each other, while their troops were not doing anything for the time being, because everyone was waiting what their leaders would do.
Just then, in the split second, Lord of Fraga McRemitz appeared in front of the Dark Lord and slashed with his sword at his neck, to which Voldemort instantly conjured a powerful Shield, which managed to stop the Fragarach for a few moments, which gave the Dark Lord time to create distance between them.
At the same time, Voldemort levitated several huge rocks around him and shot them toward Leonhard Fraga McRemitz at lightning speed, which the Magus Lord cut through with the Fragarach.
As the two Special-Classes started fighting, the fight also erupted between the troops of the Strike Team Delta and Death Eaters in full. The entire Strike Team Delta, was led by Khan, a very powerful 1st-Class Vampire that was on the border of Special 1st-Class.
The entire Striek Team Delta was divided by Khan into two groups. The Vanguard, which consisted of the Vampires and Jujutsu Sorcerers, would cut through the lines of the Death Eaters, acting as a spear tip.
And the second group, that consisted of the Wizardkin, Magi, and a few Yokai or Jujutsu Sorcerers and Vampires that were not suitable for close combat. This group was significantly bigger, it was tailing directly after the first group and utilizing the opportunity created b the first group to case as big losses to the Death Eaters as possible.
Because the Death Eaters were outnumbering them severely, the troops of the Strike Team Delta were not holding back and were attacking as heavily as possible right from the start, with their leader, Khan, directly targeting the strongest Death Eaters on the battlefield.
Right now, as the Leonhard Fraga McRemitz and Voldemort were fighting, the leadership of the Death Eaters and the command on the battlefield fell on the members of Voldemort's Inner Circle.
And there were several members of the Inner Circle present on the battlefield.
Though there were only two most notable ones that were making even Leonhard Fraga McRemitz and Khan being wary of them.
Augustus Rockwood and Antonin Dolohov.
Rockwood was a 1st-Class Wizard who previously worked for the Department of the Mysteries in the British Ministry of Magic as an Unspeakable. Among Voldemort's Death Eaters, he was probably the second most magically powerful person around, and he was also closest to being classified as a Special 1st-Class Wizard.
Rockwood, being a Death Eater, was something that was rather a touchy subject for the British Ministry of Magic, especially for the Unspeakables, that one of them was acting as a spy for Voldemort.
And Dolohov was no less problematic than Rockwood. Antonin Dolohov was an extremely skilful duellist and was one of the most dangerous and feared Death Eaters. According to the intel, among the Death Eaters, he served as the combat instructor for the rest of the Death Eaters.
Not to mention, Dolohov was rather infamous throughout Europe, as one of the most infamous and skilled Dark Wizards out there. Apparently, even before he became Dark Wizard, he was one of the premier Duelists out there, one who defeated several Magi at that.
"Two 1st-Class Wizards... both very powerful and skilled in combat, probably have access to higher mysteries and more advanced Magic. Well, we still have a few hours until the work time is over."
Khan wasn't obviously alone in the combat against the powerful members of Voldemort's Inner Circle, as he had reinforcements in the form of a Jujutsu Sorcerer, one who was at the 1st-Class at that.
It was a tall, well-built man with blonde hair styled with a neat part. He had very thin eyebrows as well as small hazel-colored eyes that were usually covered by his signature sunglasses, which don't have arms that wrap around the ears.
Befitting a former office worker, Nanami is usually fully dressed in a formal business suit. His usual suit consists of a blue dress shirt underneath a tan blazer with matching slacks and light shoes.
Attached to his dress shirt, there is a holster that sheaths his blunt sword, hidden by the back of his blazer. He also sports a necktie that shares the same dotted pattern as the bandages around his blunt swords.
His blunt swords were wrapped in a cloth with a splattered black dot design. The sword itself is short with a wooden handle. The same dotted design is also on his tie, which he will sometimes wrap around his fists. He uses both to activate his innate technique and strike his target's weak point.
Nanami Kento was one of the students of the Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu High School and was in the final year. He was also one of the most promising students this year, as he was someone who reached 1st-Class Jujutus Sorcerer.
Obviously, not everyone was like Gojo Saturo, who was born with the Six Eyes and Infinity, but even the Director Amakusa remarked that this generation of Jujutsu Sorcerers is stronger than any previous one.
Just in this generation, at least 6 Special-Class Jujutsu Sorcerers were born, which was an unprecedented achievement. They alone were able to raise the strength of the Jujutsu Association by several degrees.
Tsukumo Yuki, Zen'in Toji, Geto Suguru, Gojo Satoru, Ohtomo Jin and Dairenji Shidou.
The majority of the Jujutsu Sorcerers who reached the Special-Class that currently lived were born in the same generation.
Which was...
Disturbing to a certain degree.
It meant that something bad was coming.
Nevertheless, on the battlefield, both Kento Nanami and Khan looked at the Dolohov and Rockwood as they divided their targets. Aside from defeating their opponents, Kento Nanami had a different mission that was assigned to him by the Headmaster Yaga.
If they were to encounter some special on the battlefield, he was to capture them alive. He didn't know what it meant, but how could it be more special than the former Unspeakable?
Unspeakables were the Wizardkin or Magi who worked in something called the Department of Mysteries, which fell directly under the authority of the International Confederation of Magic.
Their Departments were built across the various Ministries of Magic in the various countries, or in the places where they found something that was worthy of studying. Because Great Britain belonged to one of the countries with the longest Magic heritage, their Department of Mysteries was one of the largest.
Rockwood was one of the few Unspeakables that managed to bypass the very strict Oaths and Vows that the Unspeakables were forced to undertake when they started working in the Department of Mysteries.
Thus, the Jujutsu Association wanted to get its hands on him because it wanted to extract the memories of the things that were stored there. The Relics and Artifacts of a great power or forbidden lore would be of tremendous help to the Jujutsu Association.
"Let's start, so this won't overstretch..."
The young Jujutsu Sorcerer muttered as he raised his two blunt swords and disppdaed from his current position and appeared in front of Rockwood in blink.
His Innate Technique was named Ratio Technique. It divided the target into ten lines and forcibly created a weak spot at the ratio point of seven to three. The target's lines don't have to match their length or wingspan.
He can choose which part to divide, including the target's head, torso, arms, and legs. This technique is also applicable to non-living objects. He was also someone with a very powerful Bindidiwn Vow called Overtime, which was the reason why he was constantly checking the time.
It was his signature Binding Vow with himself. Nanami limits the amount of Cursed Energy he can utilize during the time he's officially on the clock working for Jujutsu High or on a mission issued by the Jujutsu Association.
Once he goes beyond his normal shift and overtime hours begin, Kento Nanami's Cursed Energy swells to a great degree and grants him a boost in fighting power. While working his normal hours, Nanami suppresses his Cursed Energy to about 80-90%. By invoking Overtime, Nanami exerts 110-120% of his maximum power.
Just as he was about to cut Rockwood apart, the Wizard instantly waved his wand and swarmed the Jujutsu Sorcerer with countless rocks, while also sending some sort of unidentified spells at him.
But that didn't deter Kento Nanami even a bit, as he just used his twin blunt swords to cut through the stones expertly and also through the spells that were hurled at him. The swords that he was using were powerful Cursed Tools, and they were able to cut through Magic like nothing.
This was also something Rockwood knew very well because he had the honor of dealing with a good number of Curse Users in Great Britain, and no small number of Curse Users were also working for Voldemort.
Rockwood knew that the Jujutsu Sorcerers were best at direct confrontation, and most of them were "engineered" for battle and combat. Even though Rockwood knew that he was rather a powerful Wizard, he wasn't delusional enough to not realize that, from the viewpoint of pure combat, he was at a severe disadvantage.
He knew that he needed to create distance between them and then bind the Jujutsu Sorcerer in one place and kill him from a distance. Swiftly, Rockwood conjured several plants, namely the thorn vines that shot toward the Jujutsu Sorcerers and enveloped his legs and arms in very fast speed.
At the same time, Kento Nanami looked at the thorn vines that were binding him in one place, as he looked at the Rockwood, who was already a good few tens of meters away from him, and it seemed that the former Unspeakable turned Death Eater already started spamming one spell after another at him.
But compared to the most complicated and completed Cursed Techniques of the Jujutsu Sorcerers, Crafts of Magi, or obscure abilities of Vampires... Wizardcraft Magic was... rather simple.
And Rockwood severely underestimated the physical capabilities of the 1st-Class Jujutsu Sorcerer with the Cursed Energy Reincarnate.
In a split of a second, just as he was about to be hit by one of the Rockwood's spells, which he identified as Bombarda Spell, a powerful Spell that mimicked the concept of explosion, Nanami controlled the Cursed Energy in his body as he hacked forward.
He used all of his physical strength as he tore out the thorn vines and threw them at the incoming Bombarda Spell, which exploded something around three meters from him. Not wasting any time, he mobilized his Cursed Energy, creating several flashes as he struck the cinomming spells.
Black Flash.
The Black Flash is a distortion in space that occurs when cursed energy is applied within 0.000001 seconds of a physical hit. When a sorcerer is able to achieve this, their cursed energy flashes black, and the destructive power of their strike is equal to a normal hit to the power of 2.5.
Unleashing Black Flash requires incredible concentration, and no jujutsu sorcerer is capable of using it at will; not even most of the Special-Class Jujutsu Sorcerers could do it. It does not occur randomly and requires immense skill and combat potential to pull off.
Rockwood, seemingly recognizing the Black Flash, one that was cast consecutively several times in a row, needed to escape, because he knew that if he was hit by it, he would be dead on the spot, as he Transfigured the ground below him into the huge rock wall.
Unfortunately for him, the rock wall that was several meters thick was destroyed in one hit after it was hit by Kento Nanami's Black Flash, as the Jujutsu Sorcerer appeared in front of Rockwood and knocked him out with a casual punch as the Death Eater was running away.
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The Family Craft of the Fraga McRemitz Clan was centered around the usage of the Runes.
According to the legends, the Runes originated in Scandinavia during the Age of Gods, and are symbols that, once inscribed, automatically realize Mysteries accordingly to the meaning that they represent.
Composed of only straight lines and possessing mechanics similar to the Magic Crests, the usage of Modern Runes is unpopular among the Magi and Wizardkin in general. There are three types of Runes: Primordial Runes created by Odin himself and used by many legendary figures in the past, Ancient Runes referenced by Scáthach, and Modern Runes that are mere imitations of the above.
What was currently being widely taught in the Wizaring Schools were merely the Modern Runes, whose powers were just mere imitations of the Ancient Runes, which were created based on observations of Primordial Runes.
The Fraga McRemitz Clan was a Magus Family whose Family Craft centered around the usage of the Runes. More specifically, the Ancient Runes, because according to the legends, they obtained their heritage directly from Scáthach in the ancient past.
Even though Voldemort's Magic was immensely powerful, even when Leonhard Fraga McRemitz compared it to other Special-Class Magi, with the knowledge of the Runes, McRemitz Craft and Fragarach, the Special-Class of the Fraga McRemitz Clan was able to fight the Dark Lord to a standstill.
Still, even he had to admit that Voldemort was indeed a genius in the ways of the Wizardcraft Magic, because all of his Spells were far more powerful than those of the ordinary Wizards, showing that his own understanding of Magic had reached an unprecedented degree.
This was something that he had last seen with Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald, because only the two of them in the recent past managed to reach such a high understanding and mastery over the Wizarding Magic.
Mostly because their Craft was more... versatile in this area.
Voldemort's Craft was something related to the Cursed Energy, because Lord of Fraga McRemitz Clan noticed that the Dark Lord was using the Negative Emotions, or perhaps even the Cursed Energy, to boost up the strength of his Spells to an unnatural degree.
Leonhard Fraga McRemitz didn't know what Voldemort's Craft was as Magus, but that was information that wasn't known to anyone. Not even Voldemort's closest followers were aware of the Craft that their Dark Lord was using.
Though...
It seemed that the more deaths happened, the stronger the Dark Lord was getting, which was rather dangerous. Even defending some of his more advanced Magic was proving to be more and more problematic, despite the presence of the Fragarach.
As the fight between two Special-Class Magi was progressing, Voldemort started using the Killing Curse more and more, which was rather troublesome for the bearer of the Fragarach to defend against properly.
The Killing Curse was a tool of the Dark Arts and was one of the three Unforgivable Curses. When cast successfully on a living person or creature, the curse caused instantaneous and painless death, without causing any injury to the body, and without any trace of violence.
The Killing Curse was accompanied by a blinding flash or jet of green light and a distinctive rushing sound when being cast. The entire battlefield was filled with the flashes of green light, as Voldemort was spamming one Killing Curse after another, like it was entirely natural for him.
It seemed that it was somehow related to Voldemort's Craft.
That much Leonhard Fraga McRemitz could conclude from the short match between the two of them.
'Using Fragarach to block the Killing Curses is not an option for the long term... one of them would sooner or later hit me... And he certainly isn't stupid enoíugh to let me cast the Ath nGabla.'
Head Warden of Azkaban thought, even though, despite his power, he couldn't land a decisive hit on Voldemort, the Dark Lord was giving him the opportunity to cast the Ath nGabla Runes.
Ath nGabla was a spell for death-matches; a curse of one-on-one combat amongst the Knights of the Red Branch. Once it is cast by inscribing Algiz, Nauthiz, Ansuz, and Inguz in successive order, the caster becomes forbidden from retreating, and the target cannot refuse combat.
The Knights of the Red Branch were the knightly order who defended Ulster during the time of the Ulster Cycle, between 100 BC and 100 AD. Compared to other legendary knightly orders, such as the Round Table, Cú Chulainn describes the Red Branch as lacking in chivalry, since its members were held to no code other than loyalty to Ulster.
Ancestors of the Fraga McRemitz Clan were the core Knights of the Order of the Knights of the Red Branch, and from there, they inherited a lot of knowledge about the Ruens to the point that the Fraga McRemitz Clan developed their Runic Craft.
Dodging another Killing Curse, Leonhard Fraga McRemitz made a choice as he wielded his sword in front of him, as several crimson cracks appeared around him.
"Gandr Fin Shot!"
Suddenly, several tens of Gandrs appeared and shot toward Voldemort, with each Gandr Curse being powerful enough to instantly breach the Magic Shields of a 1st-Class Magus or severely injure a 1st-Class Werewolf.
Voldemort, benefiting from being a magical prodigy, instantly transfigured the entire area into huge rocks, as all Gandrs hit the levitating rocks, instead of their targets. While Voldemort was fighting against the Lord of the Fraga McRemitz Clan, he was also keeping an eye on the battlefield.
And what he saw wasn't pleasing him at all because his troops were falling one after another, and what was worse, on the edges of the Little Hangleton, he suddenly felt an overwhelming presence of Cursed Energy appear.
If he were to compare it to his own Magicla Reserves, it was outclassing him by several levels, which meant that someone ridiculously powerful had appeared. What was worse for the Dark Lord was that this wasn't going according to plan.
He knew that Greyback was to blame for this mess.
His agents at the Ministry of Magic had already informed him that Greyback had been captured by Augustus Barthomeloi and Arcus Black and transported to Azkaban. What enraged Voldemort was the fact that the stupid, rabid dog was meddling in the war between the Lycan Rebellion Army and the Old World Coven.
And by some chance, his capture attracted the attention of the Acting Regent of the Old World Coven and, even worse, the Director of the Jujutsu Association, who was at that time at the Old World Coven.
Obviously, the bad situation could only get worse, as both of them headed to Great Britain and participated in the interrogation of Greyback. Through Dumbledore's meddling, they agreed to stay and participate in the strike against Greyback.
Which was somehow extended to the entire Death Eater Movement, because Greyback somehow knew a lot about them.
Now Voldemort was cursing himself for even having dealings with the mad Werewolf, because it led to the culling of the Death Eaters.
Thogu...
He didn't care about the pawns.
They could be easily replaced.
Their loss was not really that significant to him, because he could easily create new followers and raise a new army.
But the loss was in the loss of time and resources that were used to create the current ones.
Thus, albeit rather reluctantly, Voldemort made a decisive choice, as he used his Craft and started absorbing all Negative Energy in the vicinity into his body, as he instantly cast a Spell.
Suddenly, all Anti-Apparation Wards, Bounded Fields, and Curtains that were covering the entire Little Hangleton were broken apart as Voldemort used the opportunity of the chaos and Magical Wave, to apparate away.
As soon as the Dark Lord escaped the battlefield, the Death Eaters started apparating away one after another.
Not even the Lord of Fraga McRemitz Clan expected the Dark Lord to act so decisively and escape at the very first opportunity that he had, but he couldn't fault the man. Leonhard Fraga McRemitz also felt the powerful energy signature that most probably belonged to the Director Amakusa arriving at the outskirts of Little Hangleton.
Fighting against two Special-Class opponents was outside Voldemort's scope, so he chose to escape. It wasn't anything surprising, because everyone in the leadership and command of the raid knew that for Voldemort, the Death Eaters were nothing more than just disposable pawns.
Ones that could be discarded when the situation became too dire.
Though...
What was worse was that many of the Death Eaters used this opportunity to escape, among them several high-profile members of his Inner Circle.
"I take it that he managed to escape?"
Turning around, the bearer of the Fragarach saw there Lord Amakusa, as he gave the Jujutsu Sorcerer an affirmative nod of his head.
"That's rather unfortunate, but something that was out of the expectations. It was clear that Voldemort would escape from the start, and the primary goal of this operation was still to clean out the Death Eater forces and their allies."
Amakusa Shirou Tokisada stated that Lord Leonhard Fraga McRemitz agreed with this. All of them who were organizing this raid, knew that the chances of killing or capturing Voldemort were rather low.
From the memories of the Greyback and their own information, they knew that Voldemort wouldn't hesitate to abandon the Death Eaters at the very first opportunity, if the situation really went to shit.
Like now.
Though it seemed that they still underestimated Voldemort's power, because the Dark Lord was able to break through several Anti-Apparation Wards, five Bounded Fields, and three Curtains that were covering Little Hangleton.
"At least I got a glimpse at his Craft... rather nasty thing I had to add..."
Shirou stated that because he was able to see Voldemort's Craft, and from what he had seen, he was able to realize what his Craft was centered on.
Contrary to the theories, Voldemort's Craft wasn't giving him access to some kind of Magic or Abilities, but instead, it allowed the Dark Lord to perfectly assimilate the Negative Energy from the environment and use it to boost the power of his Spells.
In the areas where there was an abundance of Negative Energy, Voldemor's power skyrocketed. Shirou also noticed that the Spells boosted by the Negative Energy also contained the properties of the Cursed Energy, and due to the Craft, Voldemort had something akin to a Mana Furnace in his body.
Attempting to drain him of Magic Power was...
Close to zero unless he was besieged by whole armies for many hours straight.
Only now did Shirou realize that he was a very slippery opponent, and it seemed that this was Craft that he had created from scratch. Most probably due to his constant fear of death, he created Craft, which made him an unkillable cockroach.