Chapter 11: New Invocations, Part 2
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Not wanting to delay the next summons, I immediately ask the summoning system to make the next summons, hoping that I will come across a more unusual character.
The summoning is done...
The victim's soul is evaluated.
A search is made for a suitable summoner...
The summoner is found.
The summoning is successful.
Summoned Emiya Kiritsugu from the anime Fate/Beginning.
Power level: 10
What will you do with him?
Summon/Absorb/Store him
Wow, this is a jackpot. An assassin of mages who has spent his entire life dedicated to exterminating them in every way possible. Oh, and on top of that he knows magic himself, albeit at a rather weak level. The most interesting thing to me about him, though, is his time acceleration, albeit very limited.
He definitely needs to be absorbed!
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The young mage lost his mother when he was very young and since then has wandered the world in the company of his father, who was pursued by mages. Their life was far from good, but it only got worse from there.
When they got away from their pursuers and settled on a small island, the boy was able to meet a girl not much older than him and become her friend. However, it didn't end well.
His father explored too dangerous things, and the girl helped him, but not realising all their danger. And this led to her death, due to the fault of the boy's father.
The boy took this incident very tragically, which led to a serious quarrel with his father. During the quarrel, the father revealed to the boy that his research had never been good and was only conducted because of his own selfishness, which broke something inside the still somewhat naive magician.The boy in response to these words of his father simply took a gun and with his own hands killed his own father. What is interesting is that at the same moment, the mages arrived on the island where they were hiding and were looking for his father.
One of the mages decided to shelter the boy and train him. With her help, the boy was able to receive part of his family's magical mark, enhancing his magical abilities, and began to be trained in the art of assassination.
After this incident, he realised how cruel the world and especially the people who inhabit it can be.
However, along with this, a dream of becoming a hero of justice and ending all suffering in the world settled in his soul, for the sake of which he was ready to put everything he could on the line.
Together with the mage, who became his teacher and practically his mother, he learnt everything he needed. The basics of combat, shooting, magic. He learnt it all rather quickly, though he didn't immerse himself much in magic, due to his limited abilities and his teacher's little knowledge.
He eventually became his teacher's assistant on all missions, before growing into her full time partner. However, with each year of his life, he became more and more disappointed in his dream, because he realised that it is impossible to save everyone.
For the sake of saving the many, you have to sacrifice something else. This thought he took from all his experience, and the death of the teacher only confirmed it.
But he still did not want to lose his dream and all the sacrifices he had made for it. He also took on an apprentice and continued what he was doing. He killed various mages who threatened ordinary people. Destroying bloodthirsty monsters, and even dealt with common terrorists.
And so his life went on until he learnt about the "Holy Grail War", a battle that could be won to fulfil any wish. And then hope was kindled in his chest that his dream could still come true.
He was hired by one of the great magical families to fight a war on their behalf, but the mage himself only wanted to use them to achieve his goals.
In this family, he met a girl he fell in love with, even though he was obliged to sacrifice her during the Holy Grail War. They even had a daughter, for whom the man felt no less love.
Soon it was time for the war itself, during which the mages had to fight each other, summoning the strongest servants, heroes of the past and the future.
However, the man had his own plans for this war. Using his servant as a cover, he plotted his plans and incapacitated all his opponents until he became the victor in this war.
He sacrificed his beloved, spilled a lot of blood, but still achieved victory and made a wish for the Grail. But the Grail was not so simple, because the man learnt that for the sake of fulfilment of his wish he would have to make many sacrifices.
Having rejected this way and believing that the Grail was desecrated, the man ordered his servant to destroy it, which was not the best decision, because it also resulted in tragedy.
Many innocent people died because of the Grail's destruction. The man took the blame for all their deaths upon himself, for there was no one more guilty than he. He threw himself directly into the fire created by the destroyed Grail, trying to save anyone, but it was all in vain.
However, fate was not so cruel to him, for the mage managed to find one half-dead boy, whom he saved by placing the Great Artefact in his body. The mage then sheltered the boy, who had lost his family and his memory, and began to live out his last days.
After all, the destruction of the Grail could not go without a trace for him and he received many curses that slowly killed him. The man tried to reach his daughter, but due to his weakening he was unable to do so, weakening him to nothing but regret.
Just before he died, the man decided to pass on his dream to his adopted son, whom he had raised and trained in magic, and died peacefully, looking up at the night sky...
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I woke up feeling pain in my back and throughout my body. Something inside me made me realise it was magic. And I should have the magic seal of Kiritsugu Emiya on my back.
Now I clearly knew more about magic and its principles. And actually following the logic, I shouldn't be able to use it in another world, because the magic of that world was based on wizarding theories that simply didn't exist here. But the system somehow managed to get around that, because the magic in my hands worked just fine.
And it worked even better than Kiritsugu's own, most likely because of my stronger body. I could withstand the acceleration of my body much longer than Kiritsugu himself, even with the use of Avalon. I was clearly much stronger now, and I also had a few trump cards that could unpleasantly surprise my opponents. But I still have one more summon left, which is also very good.
System, make the final call!
The summoning is in progress.
The victim's soul is evaluated.
A suitable summon is searched for...
Appeal found.
The summoning was successful.
Summoned Avatar Aang from the anime Avatar: The Legend of Aang.Power level: 9.
What will you do with him?
Summon/Consume/Store it in the warehouse.
- What?!" I burst out at the sight of that. I was even luckier than the last summoning. It's a ninth level strength character, which is much better, while also being very useful. Having free control over the four basic elements is very useful. It's exactly what I've been missing. Now I'll have long-range attacks even if I'm stripped of my weapon.
Immediately I absorb it, feeling my consciousness sink into a familiar darkness. I'm already starting to get used to it...
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The little airbender was born in a temple, like all monks. He grew up in restraint and obedience from childhood, learning air magic and enjoying his childhood.
However, all of that was cut short the day the elder monks revealed a terrible truth to him. He was an avatar, a powerful mage capable of controlling all four elements, and he had the burden of preserving the world.
After that, he stopped spending time with his friends, who began to shun him. Even his mentor and friend was forbidden to see him, so as not to distract him from his mastery of the elements.
But the boy was still young and naive, so all this frightened him and made him run away from the temple. He travelled on his flying buffalo towards the sea, and got caught in a storm that buried them for decades.
Only after many years did the boy awaken from his sleep and learn the shocking truth. Hundreds of years had passed since he had escaped from the temple. The Fire Nation had started a war and wiped out most of his people.
At first he didn't want to believe it, but when he returned to the temple and was met with only piles of cold bones, he fell into despair and entered the mysterious state of the Avatar, letting the world know of his return.
Only his new friends were able to bring the boy back to calm. After that, however, there was nothing left for him to do but try to learn all four elements so that he could use them to stop the war.
Thus began his adventures, during which he learnt to control the new elements and made friends. Many times he got into dangerous situations, and a few times he was even on the verge of death, but he still managed to win the war, stopping the bloodshed forever.
With the war over, it was finally possible to rest and live a little for himself. But things were not so simple. Every year there were more new threats in the world that could lead to many deaths.
And the Avatar had to deal with them year after year by controlling the world. For many years of his life he and his friends managed to build peace in the world, which he never stopped supporting.
However, death awaits every man, no matter how strong he is. So it came to him. However, he died without regrets, surrounded by his children and family ...
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Aang's story was probably the most enjoyable of all the characters I devoured. He achieved his goals and did what he wanted to do, dying peacefully surrounded by loved ones. I'm even a little envious of it.
But the main point is different. I can now control the four elements: fire, air, water, and earth. And with all this, I have the vast experience of the Avatar himself, a master at controlling these elements. Now I don't have to fear for my life so much. I've got some pretty good skills after all.
But there are still too many creatures in this world that can kill me with a single sneeze, so I have to keep striving for more power.....
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