NOVEL NEXT Chapter 122: Rin's Bounded Field
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"Do you mind if I try my hand?"
Snow Empress looked Artoria up and down, her fighting spirit faintly stirring. "It should be fine, right?"
She didn't have many hobbies, but one of them was her desire to cross blades with powerful opponents.
Not the brute force types like Iskandar or Gilgamesh, but those skilled in swordsmanship, spear techniques, and martial arts.
Undoubtedly, Artoria and Lancer were exactly the kind of opponents Snow Empress wished to face.
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Ogerpon, on the other hand, was completely at a loss.
She had only come out to support Snow Empress.
Why had it suddenly turned into a fight?
More importantly, what should she do now? Was she supposed to join in and help Snow Empress fight them together?
"...."
Rin gave Snow Empress a wry smile. "If you do this, it looks like I'm the one taking on the entire Holy Grail War by myself."
He had already eliminated Caster, subdued Berserker, and defeated the King of Conquerors.
Next, he still had to challenge Gilgamesh.
And if Snow Empress fought Saber and Lancer at the same time, Rin could truly claim that he had single-handedly conquered the Holy Grail War.
"So, is it okay?"
"As you wish."
Rin waved his hand indifferently, then reached out and lightly patted Ogerpon's head, bringing the dazed girl back to her senses.
He was very confident in Snow Empress.
Her seven hundred thousand years of refinement were not for nothing. And this was only her initial form.
After becoming Rin's dependent, she had awakened a Unique Skill: Sword Saint.
Sword Saint was not merely mastery of the blade.
It embodied the pinnacle of combat itself — the highest expression of technique, instinct, and discipline.
At this level, even Diarmuid and Artoria, famed for their peerless swordplay, would struggle against her.
Meanwhile, Rin returned to Ryuudou Temple with Ogerpon.
"Rin~"
As soon as he stepped inside, Sakura anxiously rushed over. "Are you okay? Are you hurt?"
"Don't worry, Sakura. I'm fine."
Rin had left twenty Ogres stationed at the temple. With Gilgamesh and other Heroic Spirits still present, he wasn't concerned about Assassin attempting a sneak attack.
A mere Hassan of the Hundred Faces could never breach the Ogres' defenses to harm Sakura.
"You saw it too, didn't you?"
Rin had projected his battle with Iskandar so that Sakura and the Ogres could witness everything.
"Mm!"
Rin scooped Sakura into his arms and walked straight to his room.
He didn't set her down. Instead, he let the girl play in his embrace while he closed his eyes and began focusing on the new power he had gained from Iskandar.
Bounded Field.
Rin's anticipation swelled. Let's see how big of a surprise you can bring me.
"Violet."
"I am here."
"Have you finished analyzing the essence of the Bounded Field?"
"Fully analyzed."
Violet's calm voice echoed in his mind. "I have integrated this power into your Spirit Space, Rin, and connected it to the Void Gate."
"And the result?"
"Successful. It has broken through the rule barrier between the Cardinal World and other worlds."
Violet's words instantly solved one of Rin's greatest concerns.
Until now, he had been unable to bring life from other worlds into the Cardinal World except through a Dependent Contract.
Likewise, non-dependent entities from the Cardinal World could not enter other worlds.
But now things were different.
The Bounded Field Rin had acquired from Iskandar acted as a privileged passage, existing outside of those restrictions.
If different worlds were like isolated islands, then Rin's Bounded Field was a black ship that could slip past any watchful eyes.
Take Sakura, for example.
As long as Rin placed her inside the Bounded Field before crossing, he could bring her safely into the Cardinal World.
"Then, can I bring Sakura out?"
"You can," Violet replied. "Theoretically, the purity of the Cardinal World is extremely high. With Sakura's current physical constitution, simply stepping into it would crush her under the world's gravity."
"Theoretically?"
"Yes."
A trace of pride crept into Violet's tone. "There are many loopholes I can exploit."
Violet was not yet the sole will of the Cardinal World.
But just as she had once opened a back door for Rin during the naming process, she could now obtain identity verification for outsiders like Sakura.
"What kind of verification?"
"Otherworlder."
Rin chuckled. "You really know how to play the system, Violet."
Being recognized as an Otherworlder by the Cardinal World carried clear implications.
The Voice of the World would grant Sakura corresponding magicules based on the quality of her soul.
If she was lucky, she might even be blessed with a Unique Skill.
"But if that's the case, wouldn't I just be able to bring in a whole group of people and hand out Unique Skills like candy?"
"It is not that simple."
Violet's response was blunt. "Magicule modification is not something everyone can endure. If one's soul aptitude is insufficient, they will not only fail to gain a Unique Skill, they may not even survive the process."
Which meant that if Rin wanted to bring people back, he had to choose carefully, individuals with true aptitude.
"Aptitude?"
"You can think of it as the weight a person carries within their own world."
"Weight… as in, protagonists, supporting characters, villains, extras, passersby?"
Rin frowned. The concept reminded him of Children of Fortune often mentioned in novels.
"Correct."
Violet confirmed. "The Cardinal World will bestow gifts on Sakura based on her authority as a character of the Type-Moon World."
In other words, it was like diplomatic relations between two nations.
Type-Moon was sending Sakura to the Cardinal World as an envoy, and the Cardinal World, in turn, would show equivalent hospitality.
This determined how many benefits someone Rin brought over could expect to receive.
The more important the character, the more favor they would receive from the Voice of the World.
Because in a sense, absorbing talent from other worlds was a form of rule-plunder for the Cardinal World.
Violet had simply reframed it in a way the Cardinal World could accept.
After all, when someone was offering benefits, why would the world refuse?
(To be continued.)
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