People are in Type-Moon, but they practice science

It was this power from Poseidon that he wanted to concentrate on summoning.

Did the descent of the spirit... fail? When the female figure was seen, the answer was obvious. But what about the divine aura that overflowed from that huge figure?

After sorting out the words in her mind, Kirshtalia asked: "My name is Kirshtalia Vodym. If the Master's authority is correct, are you Rider Katniss?"

"Tsk, yes, yes," after hearing the polite greeting, a rather irritable female voice responded to him, "I'm Katniss. Real name Katniss, and I'm a deity. By the way, I have the god core of that bastard Sea Shit in my body... or it's more like that guy's spirit base is shrunken in my body - it feels pretty disgusting to say that, ugh."

Under the night sky, Katniss was walking towards him on the sea. With the power of the sea god, she walked on the water as if it were flat ground. Although the language style of Katniss was full of dirty words that Kirshtalia could not accept, he still carefully observed that Katniss was wearing a set of excellent golden armor, which should be the one in the legend.

"——By the way, the facts are the facts, but you are not allowed to call me by that name! Otherwise I will kill you!"

When Kirshtalia noticed that Katniss's servant ability contained the "Poseidon's core", Katniss said in an extremely disgusted tone.

"That's no problem. Then, let's sign the contract."

Katniss naturally had no questions, but when the contract came to a critical moment, Katniss suddenly asked: "Hey, Kirshtalia, why are you pursuing the Holy Grail?"

"Me?" Kirshtalia came here because she had received a commission, but this was obviously not what Katniss meant. If she had any wish...

"To be honest, it's not clear yet. Maybe I need to clarify my wish during this Holy Grail journey."

"Oh, is that so?" Katniss said strongly, "Then I'll tell you first, my wish is to kill all those damn gods. If other gods appear in this Holy Grail War, I will kill them too. If you get in my way, I will kill you too!"

Kirshtalia nodded, "Well, I told you there's no problem, so I won't hinder you."

In fact, in this Holy Grail ceremony, the only teammate Flatt used a special lens as a catalyst, and the probability of summoning gods from ancient times was very low. As for the others, it was okay to regard them as enemies for the time being.

Katniss looked at Kirshtalia, who was not panicking at all and turned around to busy herself with cleaning up the ceremony site, "Tsk, you're just pretending."

A small doubt arose in Katniss's heart: she wasn't the kind of person who asked about wishes on the first meeting, which was too superficial, or was this guy someone she once knew?

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That night, in a motel in Xueyuan City.

As one of the first people to know about the opening of the Holy Grail War, Flat casually asked for a double room and used it as a magic workshop/base.

As for why it is a double room?

Because there is more than one person here. Flatt's roommate is not Weber, but Ergo, the last person the association sent over.

"Hello, professor, Ergo is asleep, secret communication, start!" Flatt whispered.

"Hmm," a tired voice of scratching his head came from the communicator. It was probably due to the time difference that Waver was having a headache. "Are you sure he's asleep? Wait, why do we have to switch to the speaking mode? Can't we communicate directly with the Void Terminal?"

"Haha, in order to make it easier for Ergo to adapt, I didn't use anything too complicated. I forgot to adjust it."

Before setting off, Qin Xuan selectively told the master and apprentice about Ergo: the experiment conducted by three magicians from different associations two thousand years ago, and his true identity, Alexander IV. Because the god in Ergo's body was tampered with by Qin Xuan, he judged that if Ergo was allowed to wake up and move, it would not only attract the attention of the Wandering Sea and the Mountain Court, but also Ergo's normal functions would gradually be lost, and he would become an advanced experimental subject under the impulse of some kind of god-eating.

Now, Ergo is probably an ancient man who has slept for two thousand years, has memory problems, and has some strange abilities. He has no common sense, so Flat has to teach him.

"Speaking of which, Alexander IV, I never thought I would be able to see a living ancient person," Flatt rubbed his hands, "I don't know what I will summon, will it be Alexander the Great?"

"Impossible," Waver got angry when he thought of the "holy relic" chosen by Flatt. He heard that the Holy Grail might contain a god this time, but Flatt's choice was too willful. It was too unreliable to say that the lens for observing the future could summon future servants.

"—— Let's think carefully about what Ergo's intention is in joining us." Weber on the other side of the communicator frowned, trying to "guess the intentions". "Since a god has appeared this time, Ergo's joining is likely to play a role in this regard..."

While listening to the teacher's chatter, Flatt fiddled with the TV in the room. He kept adjusting the wavelength and frequency, and then various signals were connected to the TV screen: a large number of natural disaster warnings in the western United States, including [super typhoon without warning], [sudden eruption of ancient volcanic craters], [abnormal ocean currents on the west coast, the possibility of tsunamis cannot be ruled out]...

Chapter 412 "The Right Hand of the Saint"

"Game start."

Flatt used his unique magic field technique to invade various signal bands. At the same time, the TV screen continued to show radio information from different types of platforms in the United States. Among them, he found abnormal natural disaster reports, in addition to some deliberately downplayed military intelligence. It seemed that they wanted to prevent the public from knowing too much.

"Flat, are you listening!?" Weber's roar came from the other side of the communicator.

"Sorry, sorry, professor. I'm just scouting the situation," Flatt manipulated the complex magic field spell with ease. "I feel like there's a lot of valuable information here. Professor, come and listen!"

"You'd better be careful," Waver was very familiar with the techniques his student was good at. "Although your technique of wantonly detecting the opponent's magic wavelength is convenient, it is easy for the opponent to attack you if they find out."

"Haha, don't worry, professor. Before I came here, I asked the association's artificial intelligence teacher to give me some serious special training. Even if I have to complete 200 layers of firewall encryption in a short period of time, it only takes 10... no, 5 seconds is enough."

"What artificial intelligence teacher?" Weber's brain circuit turned a corner before he reacted, "Have you been using the defense program of the association's barrier for confrontation training?"

"Yeah, hehe."

Hiss. Fortunately, Qin Xuan had stated in advance that he didn't care about this, otherwise Weber would have felt bad for his disciple's reckless behavior.

After that, Waver skipped over this topic and began to analyze the intelligence. "From the information we have obtained in advance, this Holy Grail War should be different from the original one. Since the president has told us that there is a possibility of the arrival of gods, the occurrence of these natural disasters cannot be taken lightly."

The so-called gods were originally the personifications of natural phenomena. Excluding the creator gods of the First Age of Gods, the Second Age of Gods was more or less influenced by human civilization, which was still in its infancy, and thus there were gods as numerous as the stars.

Similarly, if we follow the scenario where a god has descended, then previous speculations about human principles can be explained. Human principles, which have been operating the world for more than two thousand years, should not allow the appearance of gods. However, if there is a problem with human principles themselves, then everything is uncertain.

"Secondly, it's about the war. Although America is deliberately downplaying military reports - that is, Flatt, you probably can't receive any signals in this regard, but you can still find relevant reports in Central America and other places."

Weber shared several reports on the other end. "After the United States declared war, the Japanese government took a negative attitude and immediately asked Academy City to avoid war and negotiate, but was strongly rejected by Academy City." "Egypt's airborne weapons and rapidly advancing construction projects have made EU countries highly nervous." "Raid! Columbia Academy City's garrison quickly advanced towards North America, claiming that this move was to protect the personal safety of Academy City's cooperative agencies in other countries."......

Then, Waver also briefly explained the situation in Academy City. "The war has developed to this point, and many things have become clear. Academy City's approach is to directly drop building materials, resources, and a kind of efficient combat armor called Drive Armor over other countries through suborbital transportation... It is much more advanced than the exoskeleton in the work, and the American tank troops cannot defend against it. But the point I want to make is that the closest 'Academy City Cooperation Agency' to us in the United States is called 'ET Studio', and it is in Las Vegas."

"Eh? Wait," Flatt also reacted, "Las Vegas? Isn't it just...south of Xueyuan City?"

Although Snowfield is named so, it has nothing to do with its geographical environment. To the north is a large valley reminiscent of a canyon, to the west is a black forest, to the east is a lake area, and to the south is a vast desert.

"To be exact, it is southeast of Snowfield City and Las Vegas, the capital of Nevada. The only thing between the two is a desert of about 2600 square kilometers. In short, it is too close. It seems far to an individual, but it is not worth mentioning to a modern army."

Waver took a deep breath. "Think about the time when the US declared war. It happened to be during the day, right? It was too close to the night of the Holy Grail War. Moreover, the host of the Holy Grail this time can be said to be the official United States. The probability of no conflict next time... is probably zero."

"Wait? Professor, you mean that the Americans will use the gods summoned during the Holy Grail War to deal with us - doesn't this completely break the rules!?"

"That's what I said, but, Flatt," Weber rubbed his brows, "Rules are made by people, they are inanimate objects, but people are alive. Think about it, the ones who were originally responsible for protecting these rules were the Association and the Church, but the one in the east has an unclear attitude. He didn't even send out the headquarters staff, but hired you instead. The Clock Tower didn't show any signs of stopping it this time. As for the Church, it's basically an assistor of America."

"——So the ones who actively trample on the rules are the original guardians of the rules. As for the fact that the Holy Church has been able to continue to fight against all non-human beings in the world for two thousand years, it is not just relying on faith and financial resources. There must be some unknown background. From this perspective, the Holy Church is very likely to participate in the Holy Grail War—no longer as an overseer, but as a participant."

Having said that, Weber asked Flatt to try to use the magic field to sense the direction of the city's Holy Grail system.

"Oh, let's use this!" Flatt took out a certain model of the Holy Grail that he carried with him. This was one of the trial versions that Qin Xuan had given him. It looked no different from the traditional Holy Grail, but its nature was more like an electronic Holy Grail in a leptonized form. According to Flatt's understanding, it was the main server of the Holy Grail game, with a large amount of backup data for reference.

"Pay attention to the flow of the Holy Grail's energy in the earth veins. If nothing goes wrong, there should be six other than you. That is the magic power that the Holy Grail provides for the Servants to manifest into the world," Weber warned.

"1, 2, 3 - found it!" Flatt seemed to be just moving a few fingers continuously, as if he was playing the piano. "First, it leads to a private estate. Second, it's in the suburbs. Third, it's underground. Fourth, it looks like a crater? Fifth, huh? In the far west? Sixth... a church."

Weber felt that a certain conjecture was about to be verified, and his heart tightened. "In the direction of the church - is there anything unusual?"

"Uh, the flow of magic power is underground, it seems to be a buried right hand?"

Chapter 413 Archangel "Godlike"

“Michael is the prince over the seventh heaven, the highest heaven, which is in the Arappah.”​—Enoch 17:3

Late at night, the Xueyuan City Church was not peaceful.

On the contrary, this place, which usually gathers a large number of believers for prayer, is now under strict blockade, like a military base, and there are continuous vibrations coming from inside. The personnel responsible for external guards include not only US troops, but also some agents who look like priests and nuns.

At this time, an old man in luxurious clothes appeared at the blocked road. He chatted with the patrol agent for a few words and was allowed to enter. This meant that the old man was of extraordinary status.

To be more precise, he was Euripides, the master of the Spiritual Summoning Division of the Clock Tower. He was a master of spiritual summoning who came to represent the Clock Tower.

After entering the church, Ulysses turned into a long tunnel from the back door. He walked down the steps naturally, and as the depth changed, the vibration became stronger and stronger. When he reached the end, he passed through a narrow door.

What appeared before my eyes was a vast underground space. Unlike the spaciousness of the Great Holy Grail System and the prosperity of the Assam Underground Base City, the space here took on the form of a large manufacturing factory. Various stones and pillars were cut into beautiful geometric shapes, and steel cables were constantly built around them. For the convenience of transportation, tracks and trains leading to every corner were also laid here.

But in Yuriphis's opinion, this is not an industrial park, but a large ceremonial site.

It is known that the Holy Church has very advanced technology. For example, Hansa received a sanctified prosthetic transformation, and the Seventh Holy Scripture of Hierer can have various forms such as humanoid, pile driver, giant sword, city-breaking crossbow, armor, etc.

Therefore, the technical components of the Holy Church are probably the technology of fighting monsters, the secret arts related to the Crusades, the body training of the agents, and some magic used secretly, etc. It can only be said that the components are quite complicated, which is completely different from the direction of the Academy City.

The ritual site before us undoubtedly used magic, and Euripides was the assistant sent by the Clock Tower.

He walked to a church-like building and spoke to a boy who looked like a young boy: "What should I call you? ... Cardinal Laurentius? Mario, the priest?"

"Oh, I don't understand what you're talking about," the blond boy waved his hand. "I'm Mario's brother, call me Piageo. Compared to this, the enemy of Academy City, its abuse of mystery is the reason why we need to join forces. The 'unknown angel' that descended that day and the advanced technology that was displayed that was not in line with common sense are not pure science in any way. For this reason, we need more powerful violence."

From this point of view, the Clock Tower's participation is not high, but it still sent a monarch to assist in magic, which also shows its attitude.

"Hmph." Euripides seemed to have accepted this statement reluctantly. "Have you prepared for the summoning?"

"Of course, of course. The large ritual field with the entire city as one. The six servants who are summoned one after another will complete the system through the pre-set city underground veins, the Holy Grail system, and this place. In other words, as long as six servants are summoned, this place, as the true center of the ritual field, will descend the only true servant in this Holy Grail War and the strongest 'Saber'."

Piageo's smile contained some unknown malice. "To put it simply, it is a kind of circuit. The six servants are switches that are activated in sequence. After all the servants are summoned, a strong 'current' will flow here, the place where the true servants descend."

Ulysses was unmoved as he listened to Piageo's nagging. He was an expert in necromancy. "That doesn't constitute a reason for deliberately setting up this place... You must have another use for this place."

"Oh?"

"It seems to be different from what I know. You have buried another system here, right?" Ulysses whispered, but he did not ask further. "Okay... take me to the location of the summoning circle."

Piageo knew that this was some kind of secret warning from Ulysses. He might have guessed what he had done without telling other high-ranking officials of the Holy Church. But since they were not an organization, Ulysses had no need to break up with them.

And... once the summoning is completed, everything will proceed naturally and unstoppably.

"Please, the remains of a certain saint are buried here," Piageo introduced after leading Ulysses to the summoning circle. "It can be said that it is a holy relic. With this as a catalyst, plus the 'drive' of the six servant switches, the effect of the summoning can be said to be amplified to the limit."

There is nothing much to say about the time after that. After the sixth Servant (Flat) descended, a huge flow of magic flowed along the existing veins of the city. It seemed that at this moment, the puzzle of the entire Holy Grail system began to be complete. Piagio, or Laurentius, chanted here as the Master, and Ulyphis optimized the descending site and assisted with the unique spirit summoning technique.

The reason for doing this was that Ulysses had to help complete the designated summons, and the summoning spell that Piageo sang was not the usual type - he held a book and recited the scriptures:

"In the name of the pure and holy Holy Spirit, in the name of the merciful and loving Father, in the name of the Son who is the sacrificial offering of both, I call upon your name."

"You are fire, you are the sword of just judgment, you are the mighty prince, the eternal archangel, the great spirit. When you slay the dragons, the love of God will crush the obstacles when they entangle people. You will protect the kings of the earth, because you appear at the dawn, and no darkness can survive after you."

"Here, I call upon your name, and I will kill all the injustice, disease, and evil that are blocking the light from falling, and that are plaguing mortals!"

"——When the sun is high, everything is divided equally. Come quickly, Archangel of the Sun, Michael!"

A luminous object appeared.

The outline of the letter "Jehovah" flashed vaguely. On its head was a golden ring of burning flames, and its body was covered with a layer of slippery cloth instead of skin. The facial features were all expressed by the bumps of the cloth. The face was long and thin, but beautiful. The surface of the white cloth was distributed with golden lines like leaf veins, and warm flames burned all over its body.

The fire did not burn people, but it penetrated everything. This great spirit even greatly enhanced the spiritual perception of the two people who were watching. They penetrated the earth and saw that the stars outside were becoming chaotic and the night was disappearing rapidly. It was clearly late at night, but the day suddenly arrived.

In the sky directly above, a sun is burning brightly.

Chapter 414 Who is the enemy of God?

Watching the rising sun and the daylight that instantly dispelled the darkness, Piageo and Ulysses felt unspeakably insignificant. It was as if they were in the Age of Gods, when humans seemed to be forever prostrating themselves under the majesty of the gods, in panic and confusion.

No, perhaps Ulysses' feelings have another meaning than Piageo's. As a magician, he, as a member of an ancient family with the mission of the Grand Order, recalled the content: to point out the difference between the beginning (Alphamega) and the end (Nogeuse), specifically, the instruction given by the Lord to "point out the difference between the first and last spirits of mankind." For this purpose, Ulysses must continue his bloodline until the last dead of mankind appear while possessing excellent magic circuits.

"The great spirit before us is the original human... No, is it the original human spirit before that?"

Ulysses couldn't help but think, although Michael, the vice-king of heaven, had no direct connection with his family's GO. Moreover, the archangel in front of him was far from the impression recorded in the Bible. Not only did the bumps of the whole body fabric replace the facial features and appearance, but the whole body emitted a faint orange-red light. In addition, there was a sense of disobedience, just like a projection screen, giving people a completely different impression of real people.

It's like...it doesn't belong to the earth, but is a product of another dimension.

"Is he really--?" Ulysses thought about this and became a little doubtful.

Instead, Piageo chuckled.

"Ulyphis, don't confuse your outdated experience in the Clock Tower with the source of our church's faith," Piageo's words seemed to have other meanings, "The God of our church is not an existence comparable to polytheistic pagan beliefs."

At the same time, wings began to grow on Michael's back.

Compared to the generally recorded characteristics of birds, they are closer to the elemental state, and coupled with Michael's symbol of fire, these wings all become solidified flames.

"Let me put it this way," Piageo had information that Ulysses had never heard of. It was unknown whether he had obtained it as the Master of Michael or because Piageo (Laurentius) had the authority of the 'Angel Library'. "The great vice-lord of heaven, the archangel of the sun, is the sword of God. He leads the legion to fight against the dragon and the devil. This dragon and this devil are Satan, the enemy of God, so Michael is the messenger of war -"

Piageo finally said, "When he is successfully brought to the earth, he will take up arms and kill the devil who deceives the world with his evil words. This is a necessary mission."

The word "mission" was deliberately emphasized.

Ulysses understood. The subtext was this: Angels, God's creations, were just tools to accomplish God's purpose? They were completely different from the gods on Earth who were formed by accepting human beliefs?

He then looked at the silent Michael. Was he really just a tool? No, his lips seemed to be opening and closing, but he didn't make any sound that a human could hear...?

However, Piageo did not give any further explanation. The archangel's flaming wings continued to form, some were ten meters long, some were dozens of meters long, and they continued to take shape in the underground space.

Piagio pressed a mechanism somewhere at the right time.

Kalong.

It seemed like a symphony of countless gear mechanisms, and the place where the summoning circle was located suddenly cracked... No, the entire underground space cracked.

Ulysses then understood that the extra complicated construction added to this large ceremony site was to split the church building on the ground in two, and then allow this ceremony site to float up and be exposed to the sun.

The archangel's wings formed faster and faster, and the crystalline substance formed by solidified flames stood up towards the sky like a blade. Completely free from the constraints of the underground space, the wings formed a gorgeous and dangerous mountain of swords.

Piageo said with a smile, "Attack, Archangel Godlike! Wipe out all the enemies of God!"