Fate/Apocrypha.
Also known as the Great Holy Grail War.
It took place in Trifas, Romania, an unprecedented seven-versus-seven large-scale Holy Grail War.
Although it couldn't be completely confirmed yet, combining the current situation and various clues given by Ruby, in Naoki's knowledge, he could only conclude this.
Otherwise, there was really no way to explain why the Greater Grail that should have been in the large cave had disappeared without a trace.
'But if only subtype Holy Grail Wars have been held until now... has the main drama of FA not started yet? If I remember correctly, the timeline is in the nineties of the 20th century. In different worldlines, the start time of the Great Holy Grail War is also different?'
The only reason he could think of was that the Yggdmillennia Family wasn't ready to go to war all-out with the Mage Association.
Originally, the reason the Great Holy Grail War was held was because the head of the Yggdmillennia Family, Darnic, after obtaining the Greater Grail, wanted to establish a new Mage Association to achieve his ambitions, and held a ceremony to demonstrate his power. Before that, he spent decades continuously gathering strength.
Accepting various fallen Magus families, secretly developing power, reaching the rank of Grand through words and intrigue... until the time was right, he officially raised the banner of rebellion. The reason why it hadn't started yet was probably because he hadn't gathered enough strength? This was an acceptable change.
Putting away the Logos React and standing up, Naoki let out a small sigh: "Haaa, there really are many unexpected events. It seems I'll have to find time to go to Romania later."
[Romania? Why?]
"Secret."
Although the need for the Greater Grail wasn't very urgent, even without it, Naoki would still make the puppet, at most it was just a matter of the completion level. If he could get the Greater Grail, he would take it, if not, it wouldn't matter.
Even compared to the Greater Grail, he was actually more interested in the Servants he would encounter in the Great Holy Grail War.
The village that kept running on the map didn't need to be discussed. The first five-star Servant he got while playing FGO, besides Mash Kyrielight, the Servant who had accompanied him the longest, now there was a chance to meet her directly. How could he not make good use of it?
Besides, there was also Mordred.
Naoki could also be considered half King Arthur now. If he met Mordred...
Come on, Mordred, call me Father—if he greeted her like that, he would probably be immediately hit by Clarent Blood Arthur!
'Later, I'll ask Rin and Luvia to help me pay attention to the affairs of Romania, or should I just move to Romania? No... that doesn't seem possible. In Fuyuki, I can get a free house. If I go there, I'll have to find my own way. It's not worth it.'
Shaking his head, Naoki said: "Well, let's put other matters aside for now. Let's first finish the main purpose of coming here. Let me think about how many traps I should set up here?"
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By the time Naoki finished setting up the traps, it was already dusk.
Because he considered that the Ainsworth Family possessed almost invincible Displacement Magecraft, ordinary Magecraft might not be effective. So Naoki specifically used Arcueid's power, transforming the entire large underground cave into a place where the spatial coordinates were completely chaotic semi-permanently.
If the Ainsworth Family dared to use Displacement Magecraft inside, they would only be taken by the chaotic space to an unknown place—simply put, like scrambling all the keys on a keyboard.
Of course, Naoki wasn't sure that this would be able to defeat the Ainsworth Family. After all, on their side there was still Darius Ainsworth. As the head of the first generation of the Ainsworth Family, if he could escape the chaotic space, Naoki wouldn't be too surprised either.
So, in addition to the chaotic space, he also planted many bombs inside the large underground cave. The only trigger condition was detecting a change in space. It would definitely make the Ainsworth Family explode with satisfaction!
In addition, in the passage leading out, Naoki set up even more Rune traps.
He was a disciple of Aozaki Touko. Although what he mainly learned was puppetry, he also learned a lot about Runes. When building the Rune traps, Naoki also carefully performed double concealment at the physical and magical levels.
"Big Brother, I think... isn't the number of traps you set up a bit too much?"
While walking home, Gray unconsciously asked.
Those were traps set up throughout the entire afternoon! The sheer number was already enough. The traps themselves were also the result of Naoki's maximum thought and effort, traps that were as gloomy as possible, and there were even advanced traps set up assuming "already caught in a previous trap." It could be said to be an infinite trap hell!
It was the first time Gray knew her brother was actually so... dark.
And hearing Gray's question, Naoki unconsciously laughed: "Gray, you must know one thing. Defeating someone is easy. If we fight directly, I basically won't lose. But as the wise men of old said, psychological warfare is primary, physical warfare is secondary. Destroying the opponent's mentality is more important than defeating their body."
Naoki himself was a living example.
In terms of actual fighting strength, without Arthur's power, he was weaker than Manaka. But strangely, every time he fought her, Manaka would lose her sanity because of Arthur.
This was a classic example of psychological tactics.
The young Gray didn't realize the flaw in Naoki's seemingly reasonable words at all.
"So that's how it is... meaning before defeating the enemy, we must conquer them first?"
"No, more precisely, destroy the enemy's mentality until it collapses, make them doubt why they are alive, completely shatter their minds, and thus fall into madness, becoming single-celled creatures controlled only by anger and only repeating simple movements. Of course, this process cannot be rushed, it must be done little by little, and in the middle, it's best to give the opponent a little false hope—"
[Brat, have you ever experienced psychological trauma?]
Add unconsciously interrupted Naoki.
[What grudge does the Ainsworth Family have against you that you treat them like this?]
"It's not that I have psychological trauma, I'm just reapplying what others used to use on me. I myself am a very honest and open good person."
[Go back and look at the various terrifying traps you set up and say that again. Gray, you must never imitate him!]
"You don't even need to tell me, I won't let Gray imitate him," Naoki stroked Gray's head, "Instead of that, I'm a bit hungry. It seems we haven't even had lunch, right? What's good for dinner?"
"It's all because Big Brother was completely immersed in the traps..."
"Sorry, sorry."