Building a Monster Nation From Zero in Another World

[Itoshi Rin]

[Magical Energy Reserve: 400 / 1000]

[Replenishment Rate: 10 / hour]

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Recovering 10 points of magical energy per hour, this is the magical energy that young Sakura can currently replenish for Rin.

Of course, this doesn't mean Sakura's magical energy is immense.

In fact, most of the magical energy for Servant summoning comes from the Holy Grail System.

The Master's role in this is more akin to a faucet.

The higher the Master's aptitude, the greater the water flow, and the more magical energy the Holy Grail can provide to the Servant.

Sakura's aptitude is unquestionable.

Looking at the Fourth and Fifth Holy Grail Wars, besides Ilya, the Tohsaka sisters had the highest magical energy aptitude.

"10 points of magical energy recovery per hour means 240 per day."

Currently, there are about 5 days until the Holy Grail War begins, plus 7 days for the war itself, totaling 12 days.

"In 12 days, Sakura can provide me with a total of 2880 points of magical energy, plus what's left, that's 3280 points."

"Snow Empress and Ogerpon, equivalent to EX-ranked Noble Phantasms, require a total of 2000 points of magical energy to summon them."

"Shuna, Shion, and Souei are a bit less powerful than Ice Empress, only requiring 250 each."

"5000 C-ranked Servants require 5000 points of magical energy."

"400 B-ranked Servants require 4000 points of magical energy."

"200 A-ranked Servants require 10,000 points of magical energy."

"3 A+-ranked Servants require 750 points of magical energy."

"1 A++-ranked Servant requires 500 points of magical energy."

If only considering peak combat power, Rin actually only needed to create A-ranked Servants or higher.

But even so, Rin still needed to consume 13,000 points of magical energy.

Clearly, the magical energy Sakura could provide alone was not enough.

"Shuna."

Once his magical energy was sufficiently replenished, Rin directly summoned Shuna.

[Shuna]

[Type: Anti-Fortress Noble Phantasm]

[Overall Rating: A+]

[Summoning Cost: 250]

"Rin."

"Go to that mountain over there, there's a temple on it."

Rin pointed in a certain direction and instructed: "Occupy that place and then set up a magical energy circle to draw spiritual energy."

Ryuudou Temple.

One of the ley line locations in Fuyuki City.

Through the ley lines, Rin could quickly obtain magical energy, thereby allowing the Noble Phantasm, "Monster Nation of Another World," to exert its intrinsic power.

...

"Three nights ago, the Matou residence was attacked by an unknown force, the entire Western-style house vanished, leaving only a pile of ice shards."

At the Tohsaka Family, Tohsaka Tokiomi listened to his disciple Kirei Kotomine's report, his heart filled with unease.

The Matou Family, one of Fuyuki City's two major local powers, on par with the Tohsaka Family.

Their strength was definitely not inferior to the Tohsaka Family.

Especially Matou Zouken.

That old man, even Tokiomi couldn't see through him.

However, such a Matou Family vanished overnight as if evaporated from the earth.

The thought of this made Tokiomi incredibly alarmed.

"Sakura..."

Additionally, Tokiomi felt a tremendous headache, completely unsure how to explain it to his wife.

He had personally handed Sakura over to the Matou Family.

Now, such a thing had happened.

For the first time, Tokiomi regretted his decision.

"Is there still no news of Sakura?"

Although hope was slim, Tokiomi still hoped Sakura could survive.

If so, Sakura could inherit the Matou Family's magical energy circuits early.

This would actually be a good thing for Sakura's magecraft path.

"Can you determine what kind of magecraft caused this?"

"The people sent by the Church conducted tests, but they haven't been able to find similar cases yet."

Kotomine Kirei recalled the magical energy fluctuations left at the Matou residence.

That chilling cold, which still pierced one's bones even after several days, could it truly be achieved by magecraft?

"Furthermore, just last night."

Kotomine Kirei: "Matou Byakuya, the current head of the Matou Family, sold off their assets at the fastest speed and then took his only son abroad."

This incident happened too suddenly, even too absurd.

Which force could have transformed the Matou residence into that state before anyone could react?

"Are they worried about the enemy, so they fled early?"

Other than that, Tokiomi couldn't think of any other possibilities.

Now, he could only prepare for the worst and await the Matou Family's next move.

Who attacked the Matou Family, and why did they act?

Could it be that mages from the Clock Tower discovered some taboo of the Matou Family and placed a Sealing Designation on them?

Due to his complex thoughts, Tokiomi found it difficult to make a judgment.

"Also, Kirei, you should already know about that matter, right?"

"Ah."

Kirei raised his hand, revealing the back of his hand, on which was clearly the symbol of a Holy Grail War Master, a Command Seal.

"The Matou Family incident might also be related to the early start of the Holy Grail War."

"Teacher, do you mean a Servant?"

"That possibility cannot be ruled out."

Tokiomi was only speculating.

But the idea of an early-summoned Servant destroying the Matou Family was simply too absurd.

You see, the Matou Family was one of the Three Families that originally constructed the Holy Grail System.

No one knows more about the Holy Grail War than them.

To be eliminated by something they designed themselves would be too ridiculous.

"The Holy Grail War is starting early, and the Holy Relic my teacher prepared for it..."

"No need to worry, Kirei."

More than the safety of his biological daughter Sakura, Tokiomi cared more about a magus's ambition, which was the pursuit of the Root.

As long as one could reach the Root, any sacrifice, no matter how great, was worth it.

What's more, the bodies of Sakura and Matou Zouken had not yet been found, so the matter could not be concluded.

Perhaps they were still alive, just hiding.

"The item has already been acquired."

The reason Tokiomi had been agitated these past few days was mainly because the Holy Grail War was about to begin, but the Holy Relic to summon that most ancient king had not yet arrived.

However, just recently, that item very smoothly fell into Tokiomi's hands.

"As long as that King can be summoned, the victory of this Holy Grail War will be ours!"

Tokiomi was incredibly confident about this, the Tohsaka Family had awaited this day for who knows how long.

Finally, that moment was about to arrive.

At the same time, at the former Matou residence, a black-haired young man stood outside the cordon, looking at the ruins before him with a grave expression.

Upon learning that Sakura had been given by Tokiomi to the Matou family, Matou Kariya's hatred for Tokiomi reached its peak.

Knowing full well what kind of place the Matou Family was, he understood how despair-inducing it was for Sakura to fall into the Zouken's hands.

And Tokiomi, who personally pushed his daughter into the fire pit. He really doesn't deserve to be a father.

(To be continued.)

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