50: Limitless Eternity By: Mizukume (Fate/Stay night)
Fic type:oc/si
Mc is a true magus. Cold, calculating and ruthless. This fic was amazing and I had to read it in one go.
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Limitless Eternity
By: Mizukume
A man who yearned for an impossible dream is reborn into the world of Nasuverse with similar abilities to the Gamer. In this cruel world where the supernatural walk amongst men, he will do anything in order to reach his goal and achieve that ever-distant dream of his. AU/Nasuverse, Angst, Dark/Antagonistic Gamer (COMPLETED)
Rated: Fiction M - English - Fantasy/Adventure - OC - Chapters: 39 - Words: 116,651 - Reviews: 1,438 - Favs: 1,648 - Follows: 1,486 - Updated: Aug 3, 2018 - Published: Jun 9, 2018 - Status: Complete - id: 12963199
Link:https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12963199/1/Limitless-Eternity
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Foreword
Hey, Author here~ I just want to let you know that I always wanted to write a gamer-type story, and the Nasuverse has always been my favorite.
I will try to update frequently. That's all~
Disclaimer: I do not own Type-Moon or any other mentioned fictional works. I only own my original characters.
Word Format
Story
Flashback
'Important'
"Speaking"
'Thinking'
"Telepathic"
System
"Noble Phantasm"
Glossary
History & Timeline
History:
Age of Gods
Age of Fairies
Age of Man
Canon Timeline:
First Holy Grail War 1814
Second Holy Grail War 1874
Third Holy Grail War 1934
Mahoutsukai no Yoru 1989
Fate/Zero 1994
Kara no Kyoukai 1995-1999
Tsukihime 1999
Kagetsu Tohya 2001
Melty Blood 2001-2002
Fate/stay night 2004
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...It's dark.
I can't see anything.
I tried to move, but discovered that I couldn't. I didn't have hands, nor did I have a body. I was merely a formless being, floating in the endless void. All that surrounds me are darkness. Blackness so deep that I could not see any light shining through.
Where am I? How did I get here? Why am I so calm? Why don't I have a physical body? Wait-
I see.
I am dead.
I can't remember anything, but somehow, I knew that I have died. My memories are all fuzzy. No. They are blank. I truly can't recall anything events that has happened in my life.
Then why am I here-
Welcome.
Huh? You are-
Please refer me as System.
System...?
You have been chosen as the lucky winner. The first, the last, and the only being that will ever inherit this power.
Power? What do you mean?
I am Cosmic Entity which came into existence by pure coincidences, and have been traveling in the void for as long as I can remember. Presently, I am no longer alive, and this is the only fragment of me left behind. I have decided to pass this onto a random being, and you were chosen.
I am chosen... for what?
Nothing. As nothing matters to me anymore. You were simply lucky. That's all. This ability will help you calculate your strength, in the form of a Status Screen. And in addition, you will gain certain privileges.
Privileges?
Yes... and this is a farewell. Live a free life, Chosen One.
Wait!
Ping!
Greetings, Host! I am System.
You are granted one of the following perks. It is the privilege of the one who has acquired the System. And as a bonus for the first, last, and only being chosen, you can select an extra perk. Here are the-
-This is... Ugh. I can feel... my emotions returning? Ah, they must have been suppressed by the one who called himself a Cosmic Entity earlier. I... still can't remember my own identity. My name, my family, my parents' faces. I can't remember any of them.
Nevertheless, I do recognize this. System. It's similar to a fictional work called the Gamer I have read about in my previous life. If I know about this, then why can't I remember myself?
Hey, System, are you there?
...
Hello? System?
...
Don't tell me... that he's gone? Is this different from the System of the Gamer? He did mention certain privileges and Status Sheet, but do I have no way to communicate with the System?
Or don't tell me... is the System, and who spoke to me earlier, dead? It's not something like the System from the Gamer, but merely a simple RPG interface that I have access to?
Hah.
Hahaha...
Ha, HAHAHA!
I can feel my emotions going wild. I can feel my blood boiling. I can feel my excitement rising. This is the System! A god-like power which can make an ordinary rise above and triumph over all other beings!
Status Screen!
Name: ?
Level: 0
Strength: ?
Endurance: ?
Agility: ?
Od: ?
Circuit Quality: ?
Circuit Quantity: ?
Circuit Composition: ?
Origin: ?
Elemental Affinity: ?
Sorcery Trait: ?
Innate Talent: ?
Status Points: 10
This is... I am in the Nasuverse? The world where Magi, Dead Apostles, Heroic Spirits, and Phantasmal Beasts live? A place where humans are merely baits waiting to be devoured? I-
-Ugh.
Ah, my memories are returning... So this is who I was. I still don't know my own name, but I was from Earth. An ordinary human who lived a peaceful and boring life, striving for nothing but his own quiet place.
But now... I have received a chance to live in a new world. A second chance a life. A chance to learn to use supernatural powers, going beyond what I can ever be. Yes... This is it. This is my chance at my dream. The one I have always wished for, but can't reach.
I only have one desire.
The wish for eternity. Immortality which I could not be killed, a life that transcends death itself.
So to achieve that, I would do anything. Anything. No matter no heinous the act is, I would complete it with a smile. Because. I want it. I crave for it. I long for, I yearn for...! That, that beautiful, and mesmerizing... Limitless Eternity...
This is my second chance, and one which the possibility for true immortality exist! I will study. I will train. I will lie. I will murder. I will torture. I will assassinate. Anything, and everything that stand before my path to eternity.
So would that make me a villain? Yes. Definitely yes. So then, am I evil? Absolutely not. I can be considered evil if you look at my corrupted thought process, but what defines evil? It's simple, really.
Anything that causes a person who is righteous assume that it is extremely immoral is considered evil.
The difference between justice and injustice, order and chaos, sanity and insanity, are mere imaginations set up by the ones who believe in it. And would that make me crazy? Is chasing after a dream which was impossible wrong? No. It's definitely not.
There is no border between rationality and irrationality.
Back at the old Earth, I might have been a psychopath since I was too rational. Yes. Rational. It is a simple thing that anyone can understand.
For a normal person, rationality is irrationality, and irrationality is rationality.
Why do you eat that double cheeseburger when you knew that junk food like that was not great for your health? Because it's delicious? Was temporary bliss more advantageous than long-term benefits?
When you are rational, you would not choose to consume that food. But when your heart goes against you, you will take that juicy and steaming burger and bite down on it like it was heaven incarnate.
I am not special. I am an ordinary person who has too much time, causing me to delve into my own thoughts more often than others. And what I discovered was that my actions and my thoughts went against each other every single second I am alive.
And honestly, I do not care. I was born as a human being. A race which reigns apex on the planet known as Earth. We, the humans, absolutely dominated every other species on the planet.
We didn't need to worry about our own survival everyday. We have easy access to food, clothing, medications, and hygiene. What was there more to ask for? Why would you be that greedy for more?
Those luxurious things: Branded goods, sports car, giant mansions, beach house, mountain villas, those material goods aren't completely necessary. Yes, they make you happy, but I did not need them. I was already happy.
I was a winner the moment I came into existence. That is something that I will never refute. It was my privilege. It was the most significant thing for me. Being human. Becoming human. And dying as a human.
I lived my life carefreely. I was born into an upper-middle-class family and I lived my childhood greatly. I got into a famous university through connections and graduated with a master's degree.
They might say happiness can't be bought, but I digress. It can be bought, temporary happiness that is. But in reality, permanent happiness does not exist. So what? You met a woman which will accompany you for the rest of your life? That's a few decades of happiness, it's not permanent.
Happiness can be bought, and I sure did that. I lived my life as I pleased, I ruined my health because I knew I won't live pass a hundred years. I rather die young contented than die old unhappy.
Was I satisfied? No, not entirely. I didn't achieve my dream. It was impossible from the start. We live in a world of science, not one that is ruled by magic.
However, at this moment, this moment! A System! An unknown power from a dead yet nigh-omnipotent being that could make me become the same as him! With this, I can reach immortality!
I clenched my imaginary fists and focused on the perks once again.
You are granted one of the following perks. It is the privilege of the one who has acquired the System. And as a bonus for the first, last, and only being chosen, you can select an extra perk. Here are the available perks, please choose two:
[Prodigious Magical Talent]: You are a genius of Magecraft who possesses EX-Rank Magic Circuits in both quality and quantity (3000 units of magical energy in total). You are an Average One who possesses six Elemental Affinity, the Five Great Elements (Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Ether) and a rare Element that is different from the norm. You have a choice to randomly receive a pair of ordinary Mystic Eyes (Below Gold-class).
[Prodigious ESP Talent]: You are born with five random Psychic Powers (Including Mystic Eyes), and will be able to master them with ease.
[Special Mystic Eyes]: You have a type of Mystic Eyes that are considered to be such a rarity that they are thought not to exist at all. Randomly grants a pair of Mystic Eyes at or above Rainbow-class and you will be able to master them with ease.
[Absolute Composure]: You have eidetic memory. You can control your emotions and keep calm under any and every stressful circumstances. It is not a suppression as it is merely the ability to always remain calm. You will be completely immune to all mental interferences.
[Distortion Zero]: You possesses a Reality Marble, but you are not an incarnation nor someone who has a distorted mentality. You will be able to master the Reality Marble quickly and not be disturbed by an unusual reality perception.
[Lineage of Blood]: Arcueid Brunestud isn't the last surviving True Ancestor and she does not know it. You have survived the massacre since you weren't present during the incident. After a long experimentation, you have managed to completely suppress and eliminate your Vampiric Impulses. You have access to the race's incredible strength and the usage of Marble Phantasm. However, be warned that you are not and will be nowhere as strong as the White Princess herself.
[Exalted Half-Blood]: You are an offspring of one of the more illustrious Phantasmal Species. You will be granted access to the abilities of a randomly chosen species (Including the Transcendent Kind), and the natural instincts for their usage.
[Bearer of Myths]: You are somehow related to one of the legendary heroes in history. You carry their legacy, in the form of a Noble Phantasm. Randomly receives two arms-type Noble Phantasms. You will be able to dematerialize and materialize them at will, and they will not lose their Mystery through degradation.
[Divine Miracle]: You have limited usage of a randomly chosen Divine Spirit's Authority. This ability can only be used once per day, and its effects are heavily reduced depending on how powerful and damaging it is, e.g. the Authority of Dead Resurrection can only bring back a single life per day and can't be used on yourself.
[Bane of Magic]: You are granted protection against magical effects and cancel spells that target you. It is equivalent to a Heroic Spirit's EX-Rank Magic Resistance.
[Infinite Potential]: Your Origin is Limitlessness. You have limitless potential and can grow to one who is unequaled. However, the road to become the one above all is riddled with difficulties as you are a normal human and your talent is above average at best.
[Revival of Legends]: You have a choice to either become a Demi-Servant by possessing the Saint Graph of a dying Servant or to become a Pseudo-Servant by letting a Heroic Spirit inhabit your body. You will not experience any personality change.
[Dawn of Madness]: You embrace the love of a higher dimensional life form and become their Apostle, receiving eldritch powers from a randomly chosen Elder God or Great Old One.
[I am, You.]: You become one of the well-known characters of this universe by taking over their mind and body. Your personality will not be changed as the one you have taken over is assimilated and dominated by your soul.
[Gods Among Us]: In this land where gods and monsters walk amongst men, you are merely an ordinary human being who is not talented, nor are you a failure. You are ordinary, at best. You can choose to remove all your memories and live in this world without any special powers. You will be blessed with the fortune that keeps you away from all incidents involving the Moonlit World.
[Prodigious Magical Talent]. 3000 units of Od, Average One and an extra Elemental Affinity, plus a Mystic Eyes below Gold-class? It might sound great. No, it is indeed great. But when compared to all the other known characters of Type-Moon, it is useless.
3000 units of Od? Sure, that's over double of what Artoria Pendragon has, but it's still below of Ciel's 4000. Even if I mastered Magecraft, I would merely be a powerful Archmagus that can barely rival a Servant of the Caster class. It helps me reach for immortality, though not as much in the big picture.
[Prodigious ESP Talent] is the same thing. If I am lucky, I might get Precognition or Mystic Eyes of Distortion. It seemed that I am lucky... but I will never bet my dream on luck alone.
[Special Mystic Eyes], huh? Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, and other that are similarly powerful. Eyes that can kill gods... They are great, and also useless if I get the one that the two Shiki own. So what if I can kill anything? It doesn't matter how lethal I am when I can't hit my target. I also do not know about other Mystic Eyes, so it's a gamble in the end.
[Absolute Composure]. Now this is what I am talking about. A perk similar to Gamer's Mind. No, it's a massive direct upgrade. Eidetic memory, non-suppressed emotions, and absolute immunity to all mental attacks? I need to keep my composure since I value my thoughts the most, and no one will take that away from me.
This first perk is decided.
[Distortion Zero]... Really, these perks are all amazing. A Reality Marble. It's really cool. It has the potential to rival high-ranking Noble Phantasms, and it makes someone look really badass when it's deployed. However, do I have enough Prana to support it? Not changing my mentality is great, so I will keep it in reserves for now.
[Lineage of Blood] is out of the question. I will get great boosts of power with Marble Phantasm and a True Ancestor's physical abilities while removing the race's disadvantage, but I will forever be below Arcueid Brunestud. Immortality of a True Ancestor is not true immorality. I want to be able to live forever. And by forever, I meant even if Earth were to be blown up, I would still be alive and kicking.
[Exalted Half-Blood] is the same. It's a gamble. I might be lucky and receive the blood of the Dragon Kind or of a Divine Spirit. Half-dragon and Demigod, they sound great, though what are the chances of me getting them? And won't I be limit by the bloodline in some way?
[Bearer of Myths], two Noble Phantasms that won't degrade. They will help, massively. If I were to get a sword like Ascalon, I would be able to defend myself against low-ranking Servants even when I am weak. But then, it's a gamble, and one that I would not take when my dream is on the betting table.
[Divine Miracle] is a tough choice. It's very powerful, but I'm worried about the limitations it has. Once per day... what if I were to be attacked after using it up? It's a limited ability, and I do not want to be limited.
[Bane of Magic] is useless. So what if I'm invincible against magical attacks? Would it matter when I get smacked by someone like Heracles? I can resist magic, but I have no defense against physical attack at all. What a joke.
[Infinite Potential]... I think I just found my second perk. It does not matter if I am ordinary. I can grow infinitely, albeit slowly. I will have to see the other perks first before deciding.
[Revival of Legends] is the definition of sudden strength gain. And it is also the definition of zero growth. I will become as powerful as a Servant instantaneously, but I won't be able to grow or develop any new abilities. All I can do is to hone my skills, and that's not what I am interested in.
...I will not be controlled by someone else, absolutely not. [Dawn of Madness] should not even exist as a choice.
[I am, You.] caught my attention. Will I be able to replace... let's say, Type-Mercury? Aozaki Aoko? Zelretch? This is very tempting. If it truly works, I will be able to become a planet-class powerhouse immediately. I will take over and dominate their soul? Will I be able to absorb them? An Ultimate One or a Sorcerer? Is this a trap? ...I will keep this in the reserves.
[Gods Among Us]... Hahaha. Directly going against my dream, isn't it? Is this sarcasm from the System?
Tough choices, aren't they?
Author's Note:
If it were you, what would you have chosen? (Don't worry, it won't impact the story).
All reviews are appreciated :D
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Chapter 2
The year is 1927.
Yes, that's right, I was dropped into the world of Nasuverse long before the canon events of Mahoutsukai no Yoru, Fate/Zero, Kara no Kyoukai, Tsukihime, or Fate/stay night.
I was born in the 13th of May, 1919, half a year after the First World War.
I have to say, the experience of going through childbirth while conscious was not... pleasant, so I'll leave that part out.
My name is Fenric. Fenric von Leiqritus. A healthy male child born into the Leiqritus family. I was lucky. I'll repeat that. I was really, really lucky.
The Leiqritus is a family of Magi. They aren't famous like the Barthomelois, the El-Mellois, or the Einzberns, but they were at least an average noble family of the Mage's Association.
The keyword here is 'were'. You see, their Magic Circuits have started deteriorating in the 1850s. So they decided to withdraw from the public after they discovered the deterioration and have been holed up in Germany since then.
Despite being a declining Magi family, it's still a family with a lineage of about 250 years. Not to mention that they have been improving their Circuit Quality and Quantity for the two-third of a century, and recently rejoined the Association as an active member.
I am truly lucky.
Name: Fenric von Leiqritus, (No Title)
Level: 2
EXP: 53/400
Strength: 0.7
Endurance: 0.8
Agility: 1.1
Od: 194/194 (330)
Circuit Quality: B (1.5)
Circuit Quantity: C (22)
Circuit Composition: Dynamic
Origin: Limitlessness
Elemental Affinity: Fire, Earth, Water
Sorcery Trait: Divine Chant
Innate Talent: [Infinite Potential], [Absolute Composure]
Status Points: 20
This is the stats of an eight-year-old child that has been trying his best to train himself.
Unlike the normal stats you'd find on the Gamer's System, the one here is calculated by an adult male's constitution.
What does that mean? It means that at eight years old, I have 1.1 times the speed of an average adult male. I am below in my Strength and Endurance aspect, but that is quite obvious. It's very impressive considering that I have the body of a child.
My Circuit Quality and Quantity are the definition of barely above average. 22 Magic Circuits and they are capable of producing up to 15 units of magical energy per Circuit. Their maximum capacity is 330 units of magical energy.
It really hurt the first time I activated them. But I didn't even groan. I gritted my teeth and smiled. Because it was my first step to immortality. My Circuits' Mental Trigger is a form of irony in itself as my hand reaches out for a warm light that fades away the instant I come into contact with it.
I am far from monsters like Tohsaka Rin or Luviagelita Edelfelt, who can reach the four digits in units of magical energy. Yes, they do have Magic Crests, but their in born Magic Circuits are still double or triple or even quadruple of mine.
Unfortunately, I am not the heir to my family. I have no access to the Magic Crest, because I was the third baby to be pumped out of my mother's vagina.
It's fine. I am not complaining much.
I was born into a wealthy family of supernatural users. I am not inheriting the Magic Crest, but I am being taught Magecraft at the very least. The lessons helped to broadened my knowledge on the world of Type-Moon massively.
The reason my Circuit Composition is classified as Dynamic is because of my Origin, Limitlessness.
Yes, that's right. Unlike all the other Mages out there in the world... I have a chance to improve my Magic Circuits. Why do I know that? It's because I have simply thought about it and received an answer from the System.
It's the Status Points.
Strength, Endurance, Agility increase by 0.1 per point, meaning that I have can receive 1.7 times the strength of an adult male if I were to invest 10 points into my Strength right now.
For every 100 points, I can raise my Circuit ratings by 1 rank.
If I were to spend 100 points right now, I will have total of 32 Magic Circuits or I will be able to produce 1.75 units of Od per Circuit.
To be frank, even if it's not worth it, it's still a blessing in disguise. Just by the fact that I can increase the Quality and Quantity of my Magic Circuits meant that not just my physical body, but my soul could be improved constantly.
I receive 5 Status Points per level up, so when I am level 20, I can be 10 times stronger than an average adult if I were to invest it all in one single stat.
I do gain stats when I exercise, but I am only improving slowly. Just by seeing For running a long distance you have gained +0.1 Agility once a year would make me a very happy child.
Yes, the reality is harsh. The System I have isn't as much of a cheat like the others. There isn't even as much options as I have believed it to be. Unlike the other RPG systems, there are only three choices here:
[Inventory]
[Status Screen]
[Skills]
Only three, but they are all incredibly helpful.
I also discovered that, as disappointing as it is, Skills are not flexible like the System from the Gamer.
I can't just do an action repeatedly to gain a Skill. The skills here seemed more like Feats from Dungeons & Dragons rather than something you can easily learn. Yes, like a Servant's Passive and Active Skills, I have to achieve something in order to gain it.
Well, what do I expect. My System is technically dead. It only left me the gaming interface and a few pieces of advices. Nothing more, nothing less.
Though... the last present it gave me was nice.
[Analyze]
Rank: -
The skill to learn about an object or person by observing them.
It's the only Skill I have, and most likely the most useful one ever.
It is actually similar to the spell Structural Grasp seeing that it doesn't show me my target's level and history. I also realized that no one other than me has a level. But at the very least, I can still see their physical stats.
This is my eldest brother's status:
Name: Karl von Leiqritus, the Leiqritus heir
Strength: 0.9
Endurance: 0.7
Agility: 0.7
I can't see his total Od output, but I know that it's somewhere around 500-600. He has A-Rank Circuit Quality and B-Rank Circuit Quantity after all.
He's a total waste. He's twenty years old, and his health should have all been above 1.0 considering that he's a Mage. We're not crazy bodybuilders, but he should at least be around 1.0-1.5 since our physical body does matter in some spells or rituals, say, Reinforcement.
Enough talk about him.
On the topic of Elemental Affinity. It seemed that mine worked differently from the normal Magi because of my Origin... or it might also be because of the System's assistance.
I was born with three elements. Incredibly lucky, though not as crazy as those Average Ones. But here's the thing. I can manipulate Fire, Earth, and Water twice as better than the average Magus, and I have affinity with every single other Elements as well.
It's quite simple if I were to put it this way: I start with 100% Affinity with every single Element in existence, but the ones I am born with are at 200%. It's insane, isn't it?
I have also found out that I could add a new Element to my Elemental Affinity if I were to spend 50 points for it. I won't do that for now, since I have my hands full with my Magus training.
Now onto the Sorcery Trait. I am lucky. Hey, did I say that before? Then let me repeat it again. I am lucky.
Not all Mages are born with a Sorcery Trait, and some are just nameless ones since they aren't even that powerful. Nevertheless, seeing that the Leiqritus are a family of noble Magi with 250 years of lineage, they should at least have one, right?
And they do!
Divine Chant, a fancy name. I'd prefer to call it Silent Casting. It's a simple yet extremely useful Trait that can be called borderline cheating.
It makes me able to cast spells silently and without leaking Prana. What does that mean? It means that I won't be able to be detected by other Mages through magical senses. It's the perfect trait to have if I want to stay in the background. Who would suspect 'Harmless Random Mage A', right?
And lastly... Innate Talents.
The perks I have chosen seemed to be classified as talents. I have ended up picking [Absolute Composure] and [Infinite Potential] because they are the ones that will benefit me the most in long-term.
I don't need power with zero growth, I don't need limited miracles, I don't need the prodigious talent when I can surpass them one day, I don't need Mystic Eyes when I can try to create an artificial one in the future, and I can create an alien world-type Bounded Field to replace a Reality Marble when I need to.
Yes, many of them are way superior than what I can do with Magecraft alone, but there are too many gambles with the choices.
Trying to be cool or badass will just get me killed. I will simply stay in the shadows and watch the heroes do their job while reaping the benefits. And to do that, I need to be able to have rational thoughts all the time.
The most important thing I find in Infinite Potential is the unstoppable growth. There won't be any bottleneck. You must understand how amazing it is when a human body can house the strength, speed, and endurance of a god without breaking apart.
"The highest class of Mystery cannot be defeated without another higher class of Mystery." This logic of the Nasuverse is very troublesome. Lugh Beowulf from Mahoutsukai no Yoru is an example. He has been alive for three thousand years and with that, he is a three thousand year class Mystery. That 'thing' is pretty much immune to Magecraft.
I won't be able to accumulate enough Mystery even if I try my hardest because I don't know the way to increase my own Mystery in the first place. I will use physical prowess against the monster with high Mystery. I don't believe that the Phantasmal Beast won't die after getting smacked by tens of times the strength of an average man.
My Status Points will be reserved for my Strength, Endurance, and Agility. Of course, I won't use them now. I can still try and find ways to improve my physical strength through the average magical means.
Though I must say, getting experience points has been quite hard, and the only way I know is through slaughtering. I found that out the first time I practiced my Magecraft on a rat when I received a small amount of EXP after its head blew off.
It was so wonderful that I did not care about the flesh or blood that covered my face. I only cared that I found a way to become stronger. I smiled that day. A genuine smile, I'd say.
There are quite a lot of people in my family, or should I call it a clan? Ignoring all the uncles, aunts, and cousins who live in the same castle I am in, my family is consisted of my father, Reinhard, my eldest brother and the heir to the Leiqritus clan, Karl, my little sister, Charlotte, and me, Fenric.
I was surprised when I found out that their names sound quite normal compared to the other canon Magi I knew of. Barthomeloi Lorelei, Darnic Prestone Yggdmillennia, Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern, May Riddell Archelot, Bram Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri, none of them sound normal, do they?
Oh, did I mention that my mother is dead? Yes, she's dead. Irina von Leiqritus died after giving birth to little Charlotte. I am not sad, and I will never grieve her dead. I do not know her, and I do not care. Though I am thankful that she gave birth to me seeing that I've gained Magic Circuits from that.
I do sound really insane for being so careless about my mother's death- Ah, I'm talking to myself again. I really need to fix this bad habit... Oh well.
As I mentioned earlier, I live in a castle. No, it should be called a fortress. It's a medieval structure located in god knows where that was built hundreds of years ago. All I know is that we are in Germany, and all that surrounded us are the wildlands.
It's literally a land of frost and snow.
My living conditions is quite similar to the Einzberns, and the clan members are all archetypal Mages who don't use modern technology. They do not find convenience in using modern technology, believing that the comparable magical tools they have possessed since long before the technology was invented will never be inferior.
Well, it is the 1920s, so the situation is still better than what will happen decades later.
I have been focusing on refining my Magic Circuits to their highest peak for the past few years. My objective is to achieve its best before the year 1930... That's close to the year which the Third Holy Grail War starts.
I only know that it took place in the 1930s, held on the eve of World War II. And for my dream, I need to win the tournament of death and make a wish to the Cup of Heaven.
Yes, I know that the Holy Grail isn't omnipotent.
It is literally a mix of the Third Magic and the Einzbern's Sorcery Trait, Wishcraft. It can grant many unique wishes, including the resurrection of the death, but it can't... say, make me more powerful than an Ultimate One. I do not know the scope of the wishes, but there is one simple thing it has. The wish and yearning of all Einzberns, the Third Magic-
Heaven's Feel.
With this Sorcery, I will be able to stop the dispersion of my soul when I die. I will transcend to a higher form of existence and age will not affect me ever again. However, that is not the true immortality I desire. I want invulnerability, and eternal life.
Even if my soul does not need an anchor to the world, I will still die if I were to get hit by a Conceptual Weapon that targets the soul. Even if the Third Magic can empower my soul to a certain degree and I survive attacks on the conceptual level, I will still be destroyed after getting hit several times.
It is still a limited form of immortality, nevertheless, it's a start. In addition, The practitioner of Heaven's Feel will acquire an unlimited source of magical energy due to the soul becoming analogous to a perpetual motion machine. This will help immensely in my future endeavors and I cannot allow it to slip away from my hand.
So for now, in order to accomplish all that, little Fenric will have to focus on his studies and please his clan members. And in a few years time, join the Clock Tower and befriend other Magi... Though I do believe that the Third Holy Grail War will start before I can join the Mage's Association.
Author's Note:
I am surprised by how popular a gamer fic is :O I am technically on a break, but I'm going to release this seeing how well the story has done.
This chapter is a bit messy since I've never written a gamer story before, so please comment on what I did wrong and I'll fix it during edit! I'll think about your advice when I process how to better write a RPG-style story during my break!
Guest: Yes, it's gamer-esque, but you can't say no to infinite potential, right? And [I am, You] is random, with you replacing a well-known canon character.
ZenoZen: Thanks!
Fate: Yup~
Cole shiryu: Exactly what I thought about. You might not be able to improve your Magic Circuits normally, but there are alternatives at increasing your maximum Prana.
merendinoemiliano: Thanks for the support, and you probably won't even see much romance. I don't want to write harem as well, it's too troublesome. Just look at my other story, it's a harem yet not a harem since I focus on the plot more.
Flavy02: Not a bad choice!
Stratos263: I see you saw this story, thanks for the long-time support :D
Naruto is Jesus 666: Accumulating Mystery there I see?
LMaltez: I didn't include it, but 3000 units is the maximum as he's pretty much spawned in at max magical potential. I was more keen on the mental interference immunity for [Absolute Composure], and I know that it's quite weak so I added eidetic memory and the calming effect as bonuses.
I was thinking of giving him a Reality Marble in the future. Well, not a Reality Marble but a recreation of something similar. You're absolutely right with [Lineage of Blood] since I recalled Crimson Moon when I wrote it. And I don't want to choose the gambling options, go to an RNG site, and pray to jesus, so yup, those are out.
[Bane of Magic] is the epitome of glass cannon. It's anti-magic, but when you get hit by a Phantasmal Species, you're dead. [Dawn of Madness]'s idea is from the Foreigner-class Servants, and [I am, You.] is random, though it does go for the more well-known characters.
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