[fatestaynight] King of fire

Grail war beginnings

Y/n in the form of an old Buddhist sat inside the front room of the temple. Opposite to him was the Buddha. Summoned by breaking the grail system to summon a saver class servant. By doing this and destroying the evil spirit within the grail Y/n has made the war safe. "Hello saver, it's quite the pleasure to meet a man of your calibre." Y/n starts the conversation smiling and pouring Shakyamuni a glass of water. "It's disappointing your not truly a Buddhist. You would have been a great one, surely you would have also obtained enlightenment during your lifetime." The Buddha could see through Y/ns false form. So he dropped it returning to a more comfortable form.

"That's still not your true form." The Buddha may not be able to see his true form but he could tell this wasn't it. "The idea of a true form is completely relative. My true form is whatever I wish it to be. Is it not you who created the idea of no-self?" Y/n chuckled and set a bounded field, he couldn't have anyone spying in after all. "So you saw it didn't you? The black moon that hides and watches in silence." Y/n suddenly became serious, his previously carefree nature fading away. "Yes I did, I can still see it now. Its dark sinister nature surpasses even the demon Mara." The Buddha in his near-endless lifetime has never seen something as evil.

"Indeed, that is the black moon. I do not know of its origins, such knowledge surpasses my authority. But I do know it came from outside the outer realms. I let it in by accident, it spends its time trying to destroy the barrier I placed around it, even now I am unable to use my full power as I need a significant amount of my concentration to keep it going.

We only have about two years till it breaks the barrier dooming all of reality." The Buddha was shocked, such a thing was happening and everyone was completely unaware. "Is there anything we can do to stop it?" The Buddha asked seemingly desperate to stop this event. "I'm learning the magic of the elder gods as we speak. I've split my conscience 3 separate times. To perform this task. If that doesn't work then I will have to try more... risky methods."

The Buddha calmed down at this, he may not condone the use of the elder gods as they really can't be trusted. But in cases like this, there's not much you can do. "So why did you summon me to this grail war? In fact, why does a being like you need to join this grail war in the first place?" Despite not being his actual master it was blatant that Y/n was the one with control here.

"It's quite simple actually, I need you to function as the protector of the grail war. I chose you not for some grandiose reason. Rather your strong, really strong. What I need is for you to destroy as many servants as you can, without massive master casualties. I do have a few people I care about in the war. I trust you to make an acceptable wish if you win the war." Y/n handed his objectives to the Buddha allowing him to operate without the need for Y/ns assistance. "I've also connected you to my mana source, you won't need to worry about that ever again." Buddha smiled and nodded.

"What will you be doing as this happens?" The Buddha was curious about what this mysterious mage would be doing while he fought. "I will be focusing on learning and mastering Eldritch magic. So I can combat the black moon. Hopefully, if I can perfectly meditate it will take less than a year for me to complete. Half a year if I hibernate, the issue is with that I will be vulnerable to outwards attacks." Y/n was worried, if he was hibernating all it would take was a true ancestor willing to do some research, then he'd be gone. It wouldn't take long for them to discover a conceptual weapon capable of hurting him. Despite his information-based form.