People are in Type-Moon, but they practice science

Later, Academy City began to fully expose this advanced technology from inside to outside. Whether it was Columbia or Egypt, even tourists could easily see the construction efficiency and advanced technology of Academy City. Coupled with the continuous delivery of materials from suborbital to the ground, he could even reasonably speculate that Academy City could directly establish positions from the enemy's territory with this alone, and then crush the enemy with its comprehensive advantages in equipment and logistics production.

Faldius couldn't figure out how this kind of comprehensive transcendence of the outside world was achieved. If it was a breakthrough in one or two technologies, it was still within the scope of understanding, but how did this kind of direct improvement in overall productivity and social living standards suddenly appear?

No, maybe it wasn't 'suddenly', but just suddenly exposed.

Although he was affiliated with the American Special Department, whether Academy City would have a conflict with a major power was not his responsibility in theory, except for that angel. However, his boss called him today and mentioned the proposal of "militarization of the Holy Grail War", which forced him to start a comprehensive analysis of all aspects of Academy City.

"Holy Grail War...Servants..."

Faldius knew that his ancestors had participated in the Holy Grail War, however, he did not think that this proposal was feasible. Not to mention that although Servants were theoretically classified as familiars by some academic schools, in reality the number and effectiveness of their Command Spells were very limited, and their positioning did not meet the characteristics of a "soldier".

As for the 'God'... Humph, those people (from the City on the Hill) said they would send professional magicians to improve the Holy Grail system. Faldius thought that making a knockoff Holy Grail was the best he could do. If he could really make and improve it into the Holy Grail of God-making, then he -

Forget it, let’s wait until people arrive and then take a look. Seeing is believing.

Thinking of this, Faldius began to dial. He had to confirm that another 'Holy Grail War expert' was present at the same time.

The phone rang a few times and was connected.

"Hey, old man, has the scheduled time of the Holy Grail War changed? Don't tell me it's moved forward again."

After the call was connected, Faldius did not ask about the possibility of system modification, but instead asked about the recent situation.

"Hehe, what's wrong, little brother Faldius?" The somewhat neurotic loli voice pierced, "Are you so scared of failure because of the unpunctuality of the Holy Grail War and your own lack of preparation that your legs are shaking? Or are those militarist old men and women above you annoying enough that you want me to help you get rid of them?"

"..."

If it were any other young man, he would definitely be provoked by Prelati's words and then be mercilessly mocked by her. However, Faldius was not that kind of person. He simply ignored Prelati's nonsense and asked directly:

"I have been asking you about the reason for the sudden change in the time of the Holy Grail War. Do you have any results now? If you haven't observed it yet, I will doubt your qualifications as a consultant for the special department."

"Oh my, you are so impatient. It is precisely because you are from the New Generation (referring to the history of American magic families) that you cannot understand the effect of this Holy Grail system, a system that originated before the Common Era, when combined with the land of human rule."

Without waiting for Faldius to respond, Prelati continued, "The so-called three elements of the Holy Grail War are the Holy Grail system, the land system (spiritual veins), and the Command System (contracts and command spells) of the Masters and Servant. However, the land is the direct factor that affects the start time of the Holy Grail War. Although the box we used was said to be a god before, in the final analysis... it is also a kind of residue of God."

Well, in order to obtain a more interesting result, Prelati shamelessly concealed the fact that the residue in the black box was of a vicious type. It was clearly an unpleasant mixture of countless curses from the gods.

But who is Prelati? Of course, she happily put this bad thing into the Holy Grail system. In order to prevent people from noticing, she also deliberately added a permanent illusion. Not only can it cover up the curse, but if the Holy Grail War fails, she can pack up the Holy Grail system and run away at any time.

The American Department? Just a wallet.

"But do you know? Hehehe, the world has undergone tremendous changes (humanity shock) some time ago, and the changes in the land (spiritual land) are particularly obvious. Ah, your department must lack the foundation and therefore have no observation capabilities. It doesn't matter, I can tell you clearly - the land of humanity, haha, is shaking violently."

Prelati seemed to be suppressing his smile. "It feels like they are asking us for help. The quality of the land is improving every minute. If this happens, it would be strange if the Holy Grail War is not held earlier."

It's okay to do some unnecessary work.

Chapter 403 Declaration of War

Time soon came to the day when the Holy Grail War was about to begin.

During this period, Academy City seemed to have completely removed its disguise and began to use near-space transportation technology to unscrupulously fly over other countries and drop large amounts of construction, military, and civilian materials and personnel into its controlled areas.

On the other hand, the launch site in Luzon, which is under the most thorough control of Academy City, began to frequently launch satellites and spacecraft, which put great pressure on the United States and other major powers. Moreover, the end of the bipolar structure was at the end of the last century, and the Cold War mentality in the decision-making of various countries is still prevalent. Therefore, several major powers began to quietly study various confrontation strategies and invest resources in possible plans.

If we talk about conflicts with Academy City, there are indeed some. Apart from anything else, the fact that every time Academy City occupies a controlled area, it wipes out local businesses and then uses its own industrial chain to take over social production makes all multinational capitals unhappy.

As for whether or not they really want to openly oppose Academy City, the countries are not fools.

Except America.

Now the United States is the only country that has lost a direct attack, and is the most proactive in countering Academy City's arrogant behavior. Most importantly, the failure of the Seventh Fleet has become a recognized fact and has been reported in international news. The loss of satellite contact can be explained by outer space phenomena, but the Seventh Fleet's affairs cannot be covered up.

So while America was preparing for military confrontation, it ordered special departments to step up research on the practical application of the Holy Grail War.

However, what was unexpected was that the Cathedral Church took the initiative to express its full support for the United States in launching the war.

Speaking of the mystical forces in America, even if the magic families that have formed special departments unite, they are not as powerful as the Holy Church. This is certainly due to the lack of foundation of American magicians, but it is also an external organization of the Holy Church. The followers of the Cross are widely distributed in this country, and there are many upper-class Cross members, so they have more industries and resources, which is something that magicians who started late cannot match.

But to talk about why the Cathedral Church supports America, we have to start from a few days ago.

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"...You know about my negotiations with Academy City. Was it a nun who told you?"

In a church facility in Japan, Mario Jalo Bestino, the acting priest and the highest leader of the Japanese Holy Church, frowned and asked. In front of him were the Hanseatic priests and the quartet of acting priests belonging to the Spanish branch.

"Yes."

Hansa said carefully that although he and Mario were not in the same system, Mario himself had a high position and was the illegitimate son of a cardinal. Regardless of his ability, he could not compare with him in terms of internal relationships. Didn't you see it? Mario looked like a child.

Hansa didn't dare to speak loudly at all.

"Oh, then you go back." I thought Mario would be angry, but nothing happened. Mario just acted like he knew something trivial.

"In comparison, Academy City summoned angels... No, that is definitely not the angel we know. There is no doubt that Academy City is conducting blasphemous research that violates the teachings of the Christian Church. I will report this matter directly to the Cardinal. You can leave first."

After Hansa and his group left as if relieved, Mario's face darkened. Even though it was revealed that his father Laurentius would become the next Pope and seek the secret of immortality, Mario did not waver. This matter was not top secret, and some people knew about it.

What he was worried about was the exposure of a deeper secret, which Academy City just didn't specifically point out.

In fact, he is not the son of Laurentius. Laurentius has many illegitimate children. These illegitimate children, like Mario, look very similar to Laurentius himself. Although he claimed to the outside world that it was due to his lust, in fact, none of them were Laurentius's sons.

And it was Laurentius himself.

Laurentius had wanted to learn the secret of rejuvenation from Roya from a long time ago. That was the research topic of a certain generation of Roya. The result was that he kept growing backwards and now he looks like a child.

Laurentius really needs this longevity technology, because although he is the next generation of Pope, the current Pope, that annoying old man, has been occupying the position and has not stepped down. As a result, he is also very old, and his desire for power has made him start to cross the line.

"Academy City... Damn, with that level of biotechnology, I don't believe there is no technical reserve for prolonging life."

Mario began to contact the United States. Whether it was superpower research or angel research, it would be impossible to achieve such achievements without a large number of human experiments. Then it can be determined that it is all blasphemous and heretical research and must be sanctioned.

More importantly, how much instability will Academy City bring to human civilization by promoting and abusing technological achievements? Technology must be properly stored and used correctly.

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【Global warming events, environmental damage caused by rising sea levels, and shortages of oil and other fossil fuels have occurred around the world. The culprit of all these events is the science and technology of Academy City. If they are not stopped from continuing to abuse science and technology in an unorderly manner, all kinds of life on this planet will become extinct...】

[For the future of all of us humans, and even all life forms, we must quickly freeze all of Academy City's ongoing projects in various places. Furthermore, in order to analyze and solve the problems in various places, we must request that the most advanced science and technology that is the culprit be fully disclosed to us...]

[However, we, who always care about world peace, were ruthlessly rejected by Academy City...]

On November 2003, 11, America, which had received additional support from some forces, issued a formal declaration of war and demanded that Academy City reveal its most advanced science and technology to them.

This move shocked other international forces.

Only the great powers would know about the mysterious forces. But because of this, they were confused for a moment by the open support of the Holy Church and the breaking of the rules of secrecy.

Will the mysterious side also invest in the battle?

It’s unimaginable what the world will become.

Those who knew part of the truth soon found out, because on that day, several beings comparable to natural disasters were summoned from the American mainland.

p.s. It is reasonable for the Holy Church to use the Roman Orthodox script)

Chapter 404: Gilgamesh did not come, but Humbaba did.

Xueyuan City, Summoning Night.

In layman's terms, it means that the position of stars, the flow of spiritual veins, and all things in the world have reached a certain special state, the magic activity index has been greatly improved, and the magic wavelength is most consistent with the practitioner himself, making the summoning success rate the highest and the summoning result reach the best moment.

"Tsk, according to the original plan, we need to first use the 'Pseudo Holy Grail' plan to use the attracted magicians to summon six fakers to form a 'Pseudo Servants' camp, and then we can summon the seventh true servant, which is the strongest Saber——"

In front of the summoning circle, Faldius had a stern face, because his boss's eager intervention had completely changed the plan, and he had to start the servant summoning program before the game began.

"Well, well, there's nothing we can do about it," said Prelati, who was not a contestant. Although she was a consultant for the special department, she was not trusted enough due to her identity, so the master qualification was given to Faldius.

"After all, it is different from the Holy Grail of Japan. Fundamentally speaking, it is an incomplete imitation system. Therefore, it is limited by the system function and can only summon six servants. The strongest Saber must cooperate with the six servants to complete the summoning by reacting to the land system, and then summon the real servants (camps) one by one to complete the system."

This was the original plan. Whether it was the fake Holy Grail in Snowfield City or the sub-species Holy Grail in other world lines, they all had various defects compared to the genuine Fuyuki Holy Grail. The first characteristic was that the number of servants was incomplete, and it definitely did not reach seven. The six servants summoned by Snowfield City were the result of efforts in all aspects. The second characteristic was that the Holy Grail was not powerful enough. The sub-species Holy Grail was completely a large-scale magic polymer, and was not as good as the genuine one in terms of wishing function or other functions (such as the third method of the Fuyuki Holy Grail).

Therefore, Prelati's proposal is to summon some servants first, and use the servant system to feed back the Holy Grail and the land. The "Holy Grail War Test Field" in Snowfield City is the product of their decades of operation, and it is absolutely possible to achieve successful operation.

But now things have changed.

A force called Academy City suddenly rose up and clashed with America. The most important thing was that America, which should have the strongest military force, was defeated head-on. As a result, based on the Cold War mentality, war confrontation research was stepped up to eliminate the threat. The special department was no exception.

Originally, it should have been too late, but almost simultaneously with the Academy City series of events, the land changed. Although from a scientific analysis, there were no abnormal changes in the soil texture and elemental composition, from a mysterious perspective, this environment made it easier to summon heroic spirits and other means of utilizing the Great Source.

Faldius could easily think of whether this was related to Academy City. He was originally worried about breaking the secret rules, but after thinking about it, he knew that the angel and supernatural power research in Academy City should have been the ones that broke the rules before.

"So (after the situation changed), what is the current result?"

"Ah, the camps of real and fake servants have started to get confused," Prelati explained in a 'no big deal' tone. "In short, the summoning procedure hasn't changed, but there will only be space for seven servants. This is the system automatically completing the task due to changes in the nature of the land. There's nothing we can do about it. Isn't it a good thing to complete a project ahead of time? Hehehe——"

"Hmph, I always feel that it's the extra hands and feet of Dr. Hatres..." Faldius remembered that before the summoning procedure began, Dr. Hatres came once and added an additional spirit base reappearance mechanism to the Holy Grail system on the grounds of being an assistant to the leader of the special department.

The unprecedented function made Faldius extremely alert. After some investigation, he concluded that Dr. Hatres was the Minister of Modern Magic Science of the Clock Tower in his early years. He was knowledgeable and talented. Although he was employed in the Modern Magic Department, he had a very good grasp of magic of various systems. After that, he voluntarily resigned from the position of Minister and disappeared. There was no record of him afterwards.

Having said that, even though Faldius was extremely wary of Dr. Hatreth, he was sent by his superior, so he had no choice but to allow Dr. Hatreth to supplement the Holy Grail system. However, the two people present did not know that Dr. Hatreth had actually sneaked into the Mountaintop City and controlled the strategic direction, leading to the militarization of this Holy Grail War.

"——Ah, that person is indeed very interesting." Prelati smelled the sweetness of hatred that is unique to humans from Dr. Hatreth. "The spiritual base transformation ritual he created also greatly improved the function of the Holy Grail."

"In other words, summoning a god - maybe it's really possible."

"The divine system..." Various common sense about magic that it is impossible for gods to appear in modern times flashed through Faldius' mind, but could it really be broken tonight?

"Don't worry, with this 'Royal Law Key', the most ancient king will surely come to the modern world in the form of a corresponding god."

Following Prelati's words, Faldius focused his attention on the catalyst - a "key" that was exquisitely crafted and priceless at first glance, a key item connecting to a certain treasure house.

"But based on the legend about him," Faldius said calmly, "I'm worried that the brutality of his youth will be summoned, which would go against the original intention of war."

"Then add a berserk spell," Prelati said without blinking, "I'll do the chanting, and you'll be in charge of summoning the spirits and making the contract. Don't worry, hehe, this isn't just an ordinary berserk curse, it's a secret I adopted from the 'Luo Yan City Textbook'!"

A moment later, Prelati began to chant the summons, but it didn't sound right.

She took the biscuits from her pocket and began to throw them around, then sang:

"Silver and iron~, a small piece of each~"

"The chief constable who is boiling till it is rotten~The wonderful recipe of Goddess Ate~"

"Close it (fill it up), close it..."

"Close it (fill it up), close it, open it (overflow it), open it (fall it)~"

"There are five wounds that have healed~"

Prelati was singing, and the man next to her was completely unaware. In other words, with her level of illusion, Faldius couldn't detect anything unusual.

He also had no doubt that the golden Wang Lujian had been replaced with a Mazda light bulb at some point.

"My body is attached to you, my soul... never mind, the rest is omitted!"

At the same time, a huge light began to emanate from the summoning circle.

There was a loud mechanical clicking sound. It was an extremely large mechanical puppet that almost broke through the ceiling of the entire underground space.

An absolute monster.

Chapter 405: The First Emperor did not come, but the Monkey King came

"Strange... the noise was too loud."

Faldius opened his eyes. He had to do so because the strong airflow from the summoning circle almost blew him away.

What came into view again was something beyond his cognition—a huge mechanical creation, like a foreign monster that suddenly appeared in the city, this iron forest ecosystem. This servant was shaking, and with just a slight move, it would make a creaking sound that echoed all around in the underground space.

Honestly speaking, it was fortunate that additional expansion work had been done underground at the Cozman Special Correction Center before, otherwise, just the first step of summoning the Heroic Spirit would have destroyed the underground workshop due to its huge body, leading to the joke that the Master would have been buried first.

Because Faldius clearly saw that even though the height of the underground space was deliberately raised, this mechanical monster was still crawling on the ground with all four legs.

"No matter what... this is definitely not Gilgamesh. Let's complete the contract first."

Faldius thought to himself that this must be Prelati's doing. He had been in the special department for so many years that he had developed the habit of blaming Prelati for any accidents. After all, this old man liked to see unexpected developments.

Although this time the blame really lies with Prelati.

"Buzzing—"

Before Faldius could react, the Mechanical Servant began a new response - it moved its giant feet as if to begin trampling the reality of the world, and in an instant, huge destruction and rumbling sounds were caused. At the same time, a shrill alarm was heard from the Cozman Special Correction Center.

"No! Berserker has gone mad. We must complete the contract quickly!" Faldius made a prompt decision and temporarily ignored Prelati's tricks. "Hey, hey! Old dog, can't you let it be quiet for a while?"

"Hahaha, this is a monster from the Age of Gods. I don't know why it looks like a machine, but my illusion can't deal with it."