Chapter 2: The Old Bug
Su Xiao surveyed the situation in the basement. Just as he entered this derivative world, a gaze filled with malice had been fixed on him. After seeing the owner of that gaze, Su Xiao roughly understood what was going on.
He had replaced the Berserker class this time, which was the Lancelot he had fought earlier.
Killing Lancelot yielded no rewards for Su Xiao. It was a test: kill Lancelot to take his class, or be trapped forever within the barrier if he failed.
The derivative world Su Xiao entered this time was not small, but the battlefield was limited to just a city, and the main storyline was simple.
Two hundred years ago, the three great mage families, in order to reach the "Root"—the dream of all mages—joined forces to summon the Holy Grail, a "wish-granting machine" capable of fulfilling any dream.
Three mage families were involved in this matter, but there was only one Holy Grail, which intensified the conflict among them.
After a series of struggles, the three families agreed to decide the ownership of the Holy Grail through small-scale competition.
The first Holy Grail War officially began. At that time, the rules were not yet perfected, and the three mage families fought fiercely, but in the end, all failed.
Just as the first Holy Grail War came to a close, sixty years passed, and a new Greater Grail was about to appear.
By the second war, the rules of the Holy Grail War had become more refined, having even less impact on the world's structure.
Yet the three families still refused to follow the rules. Although the "Command Seal System" had been completed, this Holy Grail War also ended in failure.
Thus, every sixty years, a Great Holy Grail War occurred, and the rules became increasingly refined.
Time moved to the present, the Fourth Holy Grail War.
By now, the Holy Grail War had detailed rules, which were as follows.