"Ms. Francesca is joking."
"Oh, what a boring reaction."
As if she didn't see the reaction she expected, the girl waved her hand lightly in disappointment and continued:
"In the world of magic, it is said that there is a great labyrinth that was created to hide oneself and the supreme treasure. It is powerful enough to affect the dimensional distortion labyrinth. Um, the Great Labyrinth Alkatella."
"......What?"
Fadius knew about this maze. According to him, it was owned by a patriarch of the Dead Apostles who had a very deep relationship with the church. It was said to be a strange place that was impossible to enter or exit.
But why did this old monster suddenly bring this up?
The next moment, the atmosphere of Francesca's smile suddenly changed.
“A supreme treasure, whether it’s a record of everything in the world, or something that proves the love of the Lord of the Church, or even a replica of the universe—in short, it’s something very, very powerful.”
Even though her smile was still innocent, her eyes changed into the cruel color of a person who was tortured and wanted revenge.
"Well, I really want a treasure like that. Although it should be opened to humans, a maze that cannot be opened should at least be a place that can be challenged and opened by a ritual created by the world. Think about it, whether human principles bloom or perish in the universe, it is caused by humans themselves."
Francesca then spoke to Fadius, whose face was expressionless, in a sweet voice that seemed to be whispering words of love to the world itself.
"This way, the lock of the Great Labyrinth will be released, and then we can abuse everything to our heart's content!"
When she finished speaking, her expression turned cold again, and she said in a calm tone:
"This must be an incredibly wonderful thing."
........
A villa located in the lake area in the eastern part of Xueyuan City.
"Is it coming again......?"
The summoned assassin murmured as he sensed a group of ominous auras gradually approaching from the door.
She was surrounded by the corpses of magicians. As Hassan, she did not approve of such heretical behavior, so she killed all the magicians who summoned her.
"Are you the Servant of this Holy Grail War?"
Originally, the assassin should have ignored the comer and ruthlessly killed him, after all, he was a Dead Apostle.
She is extremely fanatical about the Hassan Cult and is hostile to people who believe in other gods and magicians and will not hesitate to wipe them out. She regards the existence of Dead Apostles as a stain on the doctrine and therefore hates them extremely.
And through the knowledge granted by the Holy Grail, the assassin immediately knows his fate.
But her expectation for the Holy Grail is to personally destroy those beings who are proof of heresy and return them to nothingness.
She also knew that there were several leaders throughout the ages who were also seeking the Holy Grail.
She simply felt sad about this, and did not hate the leaders, nor did she intend to despise them.
The object of their hatred is the existence of the Holy Grail War that has deceived them, and the participants.
However, the black-haired girl in front of him, although she was a Dead Apostle, the assassin felt 'that' from her.
Her memories, her soul, her tempered body, her faith now tainted by heretical rituals, all knew exactly what 'that' was.
The assassin felt tears welling up from his eyes uncontrollably.
This is what the great sage recognized, and it is reaching the holy temple that he has never set foot on in his entire life...
Although he is a dead apostle, he is full of dazzling glory.
"I--"
Just as the assassin was about to say something, Altluchi waved his hand to indicate that he didn't need to say anything yet. Then he stared at the corpse of a magician at the assassin's feet and said slowly:
"Jestha, no, your name when you were a human was Dorothea, right? You were a human with great power but was driven out of the Magic Association. Eventually, you were taken in by Van Phimm and became a Dead Apostle. As expected, you are too ugly."
"You are, Master Jijun, I——"
At this moment, the assassin discovered that the body of the magician he had killed was moving. It was obvious that he was just pretending to be dead, but now he turned into smoke and ashes with just a glance from Ji Jun.
As the ruler of blood and contract, he is also the recognized leader of the Dead Apostles. Even though he has not appeared in public for many years due to serious injuries, he can completely destroy the Dead Apostles of lower status than him with just a thought.
"Well, the contract between this guy and you has completely disappeared. It's up to you to do whatever you want from now on."
Indeed, at this moment, the assassin felt that there was no more magic power flowing into his body. The master who was originally a dead apostle was really dead.
Originally, Artluci didn't want to care about these things, she was not interested in the Holy Grail.
After all, her purpose of coming to Snowfield City was to see if she could meet the person who looked exactly like Avia that Brad mentioned, but Zesta was too arrogant and kept wanting to use the Holy Grail to destroy the world, which made her very unhappy, so this happened.
"please wait for a moment."
"Oh? Do you have anything to say to me?"
Just as Heiji turned around, the assassin called her.
"Please, sir, show me the way home."
171: The Unexpected Swordsman
Dusk had already fallen. While resting in the hotel, Novia looked out the window at the city that was about to usher in the Holy Grail War.
However, from one perspective, this was the destiny of this city. Snowfield City was built to prepare for the Holy Grail War, and it began to flourish sixty years ago and has become a city with a population of 800,000 today.
In fact, when he stepped into this place, Novia was going to try to summon a servant, but for some reason, no magic power flowed to him...
To be precise, it seemed that too much magic power was required, so it failed the first time.
At this moment, Novia understood that it was impossible for him to summon any character other than himself. If he performed the Holy Grail Summoning himself, it would only allow him to recover his strength a little faster in accordance with the current rules.
As for why the Subspecies Holy Grail War in the Seventh Labyrinth of Elcatras was successful, it was mainly because Novia at that time occupied the magic power that was supposed to be supplied to the four Servants by himself, so he was barely successful.
After all, before the Human Incineration Incident occurred, the probability of summoning an overly powerful being was still not very high for this world.
After all, the age of gods has passed, and the age of humans has arrived. Therefore, from now on, the human world will no longer need the tremendous power of the age of gods, except when it poses a threat to the stability and tranquility of humans and the planet.
Like in fsf, in order to prevent Qiu Hai from really wanting revenge on the Greek gods and erasing his own traces of 'Hercules' from the world, it would be a world-class hazard. For this reason, human reason would choose to let the Amazon Queen Hippolyta appear in the world.
In other words, Hippolyta was destined to stop the sea of hatred.
However, Novia actually understood why Hercules fell into madness.
That's because the difference in perspective between humans and God gave rise to the seeds of madness.
From the plot of Ninja Adventure 7, we can know that God's vision is like the difference between three-dimensional and two-dimensional compared to humans. God's perspective can see various timelines of the past and the future. In other words, when a person meets God in the Age of Gods, God is like being able to choose a route in a game with countless routes to cooperate with that person, so as to proceed to the next step.
It was precisely because of this difference between gods and humans that Hercules fell into madness, and thus, contaminated by the black mud, he became "Typhon" who wanted to take revenge on the Greek gods.
Based on this, even though Alcides has become an avenger, the image of the noble and pure Hercules still exists in his heart, and he is still determined to take revenge on the Greek gods who toyed with him, even though he knows that as an avenger his body was forcibly distorted in this Holy Grail War, he is determined to do so.
Novia was well aware of Alcides's point, and he was also aware of what the Greek gods had done. From his point of view, it was actually quite normal for Hercules to seek revenge on the Greek gods.
The emotion of revenge is quite normal, but you just don't be too obsessed with it, otherwise even the original desire will be distorted.
As for the fact that he had obtained the authority of the Roman gods in the guise of Greek gods, Novia felt that since he had obtained their help, he should also solve the troubles they had caused in the past. Moreover, he had also obtained the authority of Hercules at that time.
In Novia's view, whether it is Hercules, the powerful god praised by the world, or Alcides who chooses to take revenge at all costs, they are merely the embodiment of light and shadow.
"The familiar's surveillance?"
The silhouette of the bird gliding was reflected on the glass from the silver-haired young man's perspective. Novia knew about this. In the next few days, whenever he set foot in Snowfield City, he would be monitored by Fadius, one of the masterminds behind the FSF Holy Grail War, using various familiars and surveillance that mixed magic and science. In order to avoid this, he used Rune magic to shield several people, thus avoiding this.
At this moment, Milushin stuck to Novia without caring about her image, ignoring the murderous expression of Sajo Aika beside her.
As for Typhon, he was sitting on the bed, looking like he wanted to say something but was too embarrassed to open his mouth.
Overall, it's quite harmonious.
"Novia, there's really no need to summon anything. You have the strongest man in me anyway."
What Milushin said was true. Even in today's world where mystery is extremely rare, with her strength, she is definitely not someone that ordinary servants and magicians can contend with.
However, the main reason why she said this was because Novia planned to summon Nero. How should I put it? The strongest dragon was 120% wary of the Roman emperor. In her opinion, Nero was much more troublesome than Typhon, Shajo, and Aige, who were inferior challengers.
If it really comes, maybe I won't be able to sleep with Novia every day. After all, that girl seems to have the biggest breasts among us.
"Me too! I'm also very strong! There's absolutely no problem!"
Typhon raised her hand, indicating that she felt the same way and that her body could be summoned at any time.
"I, I'm pretty much the same, um, very strong..."
Because her own strength is quite different from those of the two original dragon species, Shatiao Aika feels a little lacking in confidence.
Novia couldn't help laughing at the three people's answers, and then said:
"It's okay, let's wait until night, it will be ready soon."
If nothing unexpected happens, the Holy Grail War has actually begun now, and all six servants of the false Holy Grail War have appeared.
And because of the runes, even the first battle between Gilgamesh and Enkidu could not have any impact here.
But even if they knew, with Melusine and Typhon's abilities, they probably wouldn't care too much.
Novia understood that when it was night, and the blonde Ayaka officially came into contact with the only swordsman in this Holy Grail War, Richard the Lionheart, the real Holy Grail War would begin. Then he would see if he could try to successfully summon Nero.
However, as time passed, Novia, who was silently waiting for Richard the Lionheart to appear on TV in the evening because he accidentally destroyed the opera house, met an unexpected person.
A local cable TV reporter from Xueyuan City was broadcasting live in front of the opera house, which was perfectly intact and radiated colorful lights out of thin air.
Especially the man standing next to the reporter, with black hair dyed white and wearing something that looked like a cosplay decoration.
"It's so lively here! It reminds me of the big camp before. It's really nice. But I'm like this... Could it be because of my sister and brother-in-law?"
Presumably, no matter what kind of magician he is, when he sees the person reflected on the screen, he will first wonder whether he has fallen into an illusion cast by an unknown magician.
Perhaps the more familiar a magus with the Holy Grail War is, the more likely he or she will have the same doubts.
Regardless, although it was a cable TV station that was limited to broadcasting within the city, the live broadcast on TV showed a genuine 'Heroic Spirit'.
"Ouch! Sorry, sorry, it looks like an emergency! Everyone, I will let you see the legendary... no, a true hero!"
The man's voice was like shaking the head directly, and the meaning of his words effortlessly penetrated the listener's mind.
Who is this man?
Which servant will it be?
I believe countless people and magicians will have doubts about this.
But for Novia, he naturally knew the identity of this man who was not Richard the Lionheart—
The ancestor of Western Europe, Charles the Great, or Charlemagne.
.......
At the same time, in a house somewhere in Tokyo, Japan.
The red-haired girl was browsing a short video that was quickly recommended on the video website. Looking at Charlemagne in the video, she, who was in the second semester of her senior year in high school, felt a little confused. She always felt that if this person had a different gender, he might look a bit like her.
But she soon stopped watching it. After all, she was about to graduate and hadn’t decided whether to go straight to work or go to college…
The red-haired girl has not yet made up her mind about this matter that concerns her life's destiny.
172: Supreme gift that provides unlimited magic power (4k)
It was earlier, before Charlemagne was summoned, after Enkidu and Gilgamesh went to war.
The two great 'Epics of Creation' intertwined and imprinted the evidence on the world. The impact of the battle between the two in the desert area of Xueyuan City not only left a fear of the power of the Heroic Spirits in the hearts of many magicians who observed, but also substantially changed the weather in Xueyuan City.
The sky over there flickered from time to time, and then, a faint sound like the earth was tearing apart was heard.
"sorry Sorry......"
In a ward of Xueyuan City Central Hospital, a child who had clearly fallen into a vegetative state opened his mouth and murmured words of apology to the sudden "thunder".
Her name is Tsubaki Uzumaki, and she is a poor girl who replaced her parents and became the Master.
Because he was transformed by his parents using 'bacteria' obtained from South America when he was young, although he has a large number of magic circuits, he has become a vegetable.
