Or, why don’t you find another savior?

"Come to see you." Jian said with ease.

"Now that things have come to this, what do you want to do?"

"End this."

“I cannot agree with this. I am the ‘direction’ of the king who once existed, her remains, her afterimage, and also the ‘sequence’ preserved for the future!” The masked girl’s voice began to rise, and her tone alone sounded very much like Altria’s. “Even you are not allowed to end this without permission, Morgan!”

The girl's voice passed through the skeleton soldiers who were scattered and then revived again, and fell into Gray's ears.

She held Yade, who had turned into a sickle, in astonishment and was speechless.

Morgan.

Morgan Le Fay.

The witch of Britain, the enchantress Morgan.

It's actually true...

"The Black Madonna will come to us and unravel the fate she originally set."

Yesterday, when the mother came back from Gray and found that Jian had left, she said this.

At the time, Gray thought it was just another prophecy circulating in the village. She had become troubled and numb to the villagers' beliefs and didn't think much about it.

"Do you really think so?" Jian suddenly asked softly.

The masked girl's attack suddenly became much weaker.

"Altria has returned to Avalon with the scabbard in her hand." Ash repeated a fact again, "No matter how well you prepare your mind and body, you will never be able to wait for that guy's soul."

Along with the tail sound, Morgan suddenly emphasized his tone, swung the magic spear with force, and the masked girl flew backwards.

The wind pressure created by the magic spear's slash swept away everything around the hand.

This time, it was Shiomi's turn. He held Ash's cloak in one hand and lifted Second in the other, and jumped high to avoid being affected by the attack.

Although Gray's fighting power is not as good as the other two, it is far superior to the second generation. She also followed Shiomi's footsteps and jumped up to avoid this wave of attacks.

"Ten years ago, Altria Pendragon responded to the call of the Holy Grail War and appeared in the land of the Far East." Ash wielded the magic spear with one hand as if preaching, forcing the masked girl to keep parrying and unable to fight back. "At that time, along with the arrival of the soul, it was not only the body that awakened here, but also the spirit."

She stated the established facts, and the masked girl could not make any rebuttal.

"However, when the faith that has been passed down for thousands of years finally bears fruit, not everyone responds with the same smile." Ash continued coldly, raising his weapon high and smashing it down. The masked girl could only block it with her armored hands. "At that time, there was a person who could not accept this and interfered with the ceremony."

Ash's words surprised both Gray and the Second.

How could someone interfere with a ritual that has been passed down for thousands of years? How many secrets are there in the village?

"So, do you really think you are the spirit prepared for Altria's resurrection?" Ash's tone was full of ridicule, "The entire ceremony has deviated from its original track since the very beginning. Even if Altria Pendragon appears here at this moment, she cannot use the originally prepared body and spirit to complete her own resurrection."

Like a herald of the end, Ash ruthlessly explains the shocking facts.

The masked girl's defense gradually showed signs of fatigue. Gray didn't know whether she was shocked by Ash's words and could not understand her own existence normally, or she simply succumbed to Ash's overwhelming power.

"It's almost time to show your true colors."

With a decisive blow, the black Longominiard was thrown away, and an unknown spell appeared on the masked girl and then disappeared. The girl knelt on the ground weakly, and the skeleton soldiers around her collapsed and turned into pure remains.

Shiomi and the other two walked step by step to Ash's side and watched her reach out and pinch the golden mask.

The mask was slowly taken off.

Gray instinctively thought that a face exactly like hers would appear under the mask, but when she saw that face, she covered her mouth in shock.

"……Mother?"

The face under the mask was neither Altria nor Gray, but Magdalena.

"This is the answer." Ash looked at the lifeless masked girl. "Nine years ago, when Altria's appearance caused you to begin to change, she found a way to interfere with the ceremony. Relying on the harmony of blood and living habits, she synchronized the spirit here with herself."

This is what Magdalena revealed to Ash.

To that mother, Ash was the Black Madonna if she could grant her wishes.

No, it has to be the Black Madonna.

She was lucky enough to meet Jian before she took the last step.

Tell him everything you have done and let Jian decide whether to agree.

If even the Black Madonna is unwilling to show mercy, Magdalena can only choose to end it all with her own life.

"Your mother originally possessed genes similar to those of Altria. She is not only your mother, but also one of the many results of cultivation in the process of village inheritance. The method of intervention is actually very simple, because you are the most compatible with the village's rituals and the first successful individual. We just need to start with you." Ash said to Gray.

Gray also remembered.

After my father passed away, my mother became more and more keen on managing everything about her, not only her bedtime and prayer time, but also her eating order and dressing. People around her were naturally influenced by her mother and regarded this as a ritual.

And now, Gray finally realized that it was just her mother's disguise.

Disguised as the most fanatical believer, he was secretly preparing a way to prevent his beloved daughter from becoming a vessel.

“…That’s great, that’s great…”

Gray burst into tears and knelt before the "spirit" with her mother's face.

It turned out that her mother still loved her as much as before, even more than before.

Without enough love and determination, it would be impossible to keep doing the same thing day after day for nine years.

The face and body of the 'spirit' began to blur.

It seemed like it was going to disappear just like that.

However, the big hole and the temple began to shake.

Chapter 18 Rampage

"Is this really okay?"

Inside the windmill hut, Tsibia Eltnam Atlassia muttered to himself, his fingers moving rapidly, operating the crystal ball floating in the room as if it were a keyboard, collecting and then carefully adjusting countless parameters.

What he meant by "it doesn't matter" was whether this would violate the contract with Atlas Academy.

After all, until it is confirmed that King Arthur cannot be resurrected, the Atlas Academy must continue to lend out the "Logosreact".

But the "everyone" who answered him, who was thinking in parallel, thought that there was no problem with this. Even the always strict "No. 6" only warned that it might cause serious damage to the "rational reaction".

Zibia did nothing but watched, talked about the village, and then acquiesced to everything happening.

The witch of Britain, the sage of the kingdom of shadows.

“It’s really wonderful, really wonderful!”

Words flowed from his mouth like a song.

There is no combination more delightful than this.

Then he looked deeply at everything that had not yet happened but was about to happen.

"I sincerely thank you for your foolish yet noble behavior."

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Before Xijian and his group could react.

A strange voice echoed in everyone's mind.

——Code: Logic reaction. Abnormal start.

——Distorted fixed value: B.

——Extraction time: ■■■■■■■■.

——The anti-rational system starts. The object conversion begins.

——All projects are completed (Clear). Atlas's ■th ■■■■ experiment begins.

Clear words mixed with unintelligible noises.

The masked girl with the face of Gray's mother suddenly stood up, and Morgan subconsciously swung his magic spear to kill her.

But the body was like water. After being easily pierced by the weapon, it reunited without any damage and flew above the temple.

"This is purging, this is disappearing, this is... 'death'."

The girl spoke mechanically, and then her blurry body suddenly collapsed, turning into extremely dazzling bright red sand in the blink of an eye.

Not only that, the surrounding skeleton soldiers also turned into red sand in an instant. The amount of sand expanded wildly, and it was so large that it would bury the entire temple in a short while.

"How is this possible? The Philosopher's Stone of Atlas Academy has undergone a qualitative change of red?" The Second saw the current situation at a glance, "Why is there a 'Principle and Law Reaction', one of the seven weapons of Atlas Academy?"

"Oh, sorry, I think I forgot to tell you." Xi Jian finally scratched his head, "The dean wanted me to keep it a secret as much as possible, so I didn't tell you."

The second generation's expression changed, and finally he uttered a vulgar word, "shit!"

The Philosopher's Stone is one of the research results of the Atlas Academy. It is an extremely ideal memory medium that can record information almost infinitely and can be called the supreme book.

The "Principle Reaction" is a weapon made from the Philosopher's Stone in a specific form.

Red sand, endless red world.

"It seems that when Ash was about to eliminate Altria's spirit, 'Reasoning of Principle and Law' understood the meaning of death." Shiomi put Ash's cloak on himself, and then patted the shoulders of the Second and Gray. "If you are exposed to this sand for a long time, both of you will be decomposed by the pool of information accumulated over thousands of years."

Then, the two of them slowly floated up and flew towards the roof of the temple.

The art of flying.

If you stay there, you can probably avoid it for a while.

"You can just take them and move away first, and leave this to me." Jian said, "It's not difficult."

Shiomi stood beside Ash and summoned a scarlet gun. "Even if the probability of failure is negligible, I don't want you to face an unknown enemy alone."

"The Black Holy Grail has left a shadow on you." Ash couldn't help but laugh.

At the last moment nine years ago, Ash was almost swallowed by the Black Holy Grail.

Even if Shiomi can solve the problem with Altria and the others after that, losing Ash will surely leave Shiomi with endless regrets.

From then on, Shiomi decided not to separate from Ash to face the battle again.

As the two of them talked, a huge shadow flew out from the red sand. It was a new form of "Reaction of Principle and Law".

It was originally a tool used by the village to extract and replicate the spirit of King Arthur.

Now, it has formed a new body, spread its huge wings, and overlooked Shiomi and Ash from the air.

"That is——" Jian couldn't help but sigh.

"It's not running away, it's the bird of Hermes." Shiomi said.

Hermes is the name of the messenger god who protects merchants and travelers in Greek mythology.

This name was later combined with Thoth in Egyptian mythology and the alchemist Mercury to become a symbol of alchemy.

It is both a man and a bird named Hermes, and has appeared in various forms.

This is quite consistent with the situation now.

He understood the "rational reaction" of death and transformed into the bird of Hermes. That is also the image of a guide to the underworld.

"You are my 'death', Fairy Princess Morgan."

The red sacred bird Hermes poured the sound directly into the minds of those present.

"So I'm going to kill you. In order to avoid death, my actions are right. I define my actions as right."

The sacred bird spread its huge red wings.

Red sand feathers fell from the sky, and each feather contained powerful magical power that was enough to cause an explosion more violent than dynamite.

After a round of bombing, the land covered by red sand became bumpy - there were impact craters everywhere on the ground, and all the protruding stone pillars were destroyed without exception.

Only that part of the temple remained intact. Gray raised her hand to block the impact, and then she and the Second lowered their arms and looked down.

Shiomi stood in front of Ash and held out his hand to block the attack.

The water that appeared out of nowhere prevented the attack from spreading further.

Thirteenth of the original runes, the rune of protection.

"It seems that there is no way to launch continuous attacks without interruption. Even weapons need to cool down." Jian slowly lowered his body. "Since my husband (you) has taken the defense, then the attack will be left to my wife (me)."

Her feet accumulated magic power, and thirteen magic spears composed of magic power appeared above the two of them.