I am the savior, do you have any objection?

At that moment, on the Nautilus, Fujimaru Ritsuka was also watching the scene in the sky through the monitor.

The people standing beside him, including Senjimura Masanori, the Chaldea cafeteria chef Archer, and a series of Sakura-type and Rin-type Servants, all looked troubled.

Fortunately, these worldview introductions were just the opening act. After all, although it was a global "live broadcast," the target audience was only one person, and the main event was yet to come.

"Now that I've introduced the world we live in, I'm going to talk about some... some not-so-good guys in our lives, namely the magicians I just mentioned. I'll give a few examples of how these magicians treat ordinary people."

These people have lived among us since the death of King Solomon around 960 BC.

But these people never treated us as one of their own, instead keeping us aloof and hidden away.

The Gigumar family, all members of the family go to the Clock Tower to study sorcery, and some family members have even served as monarchs of the sorcery department. Because sorcery magic usually requires the pain of intelligent beings as raw materials, the family has extensively purchased slaves from the surface world around the world, and even used magic to intervene in wars in certain regions, ensuring a continuous source of experimental materials..."

As long as a petition is submitted and it is ensured that it will not cause widespread panic, magical rituals that could kill thousands of people can be carried out at will in the city.

With just a nod from the local family in charge, they can brazenly make some of the "materials" they've set their sights on disappear without a trace, dying in an accident.

As Fujimaru Ritsuka's pupils swayed, a magic association, different from what she knew, slowly unfolded—not an organization that created an institution to protect all of humanity, but one that used it to protect the world it controlled.

Chapter 478 A Crushing Blow to the Defenses

But magicians do far more than that.

Just giving examples took Shirou Emiya half an hour to finish, translating and talking at the same time.

From Kirei Kotomine to Einzbern, and then there's the Golden Tree family and the Middle Eastern oil tycoons.

Everyone here has one special skill – connecting ordinary people to the power grid.

It is evident that this skill may have varying conversion rates, but this is a common occurrence in the magic world.

Those with more advanced techniques clone themselves by placing the human in a petri dish.

A cruder method involves placing a person in a warm bed to keep their body eroded by magic but not killed, continuously providing them with magical power.

Moreover, it could even be said that the ones you buy are all "good".

People like Kirei Kotomine, who are considered part of the local authorities, can cause trouble locally without anyone interfering. He directly arrested the victims of the Fuyuki fire, brought them back to the church, and connected them to the power grid.

Besides these functional types, experimental types are even more diverse, creating a new kind of magic trick where you need to find someone to test its effects, randomly luring someone over from the street and then ending the trick.

If you create a curse that causes painful death and want to see the effect, you can just have someone drop it on a record and observe.

Some magicians who need human materials to stimulate the deeper world don't think about robbing cadavers in hospitals; instead, they randomly capture children.

Even Shirou Emiya, who had prepared to read from a prepared script, trembled as he looked at the notes written by his father, Kiritsugu Emiya.

The subject's experience is deliberately altered through unexpected means to achieve their own goals.

For example, someone like Asagami Fujino, make her lose all feeling, let her be gang-raped, let her see hope, and then extinguish that hope in the end.

It's become commonplace for a group of people to die in a magic experiment by accident. For example, Kiritsugu Emiya's father de-life-destroyed an entire island's inhabitants in one go, but no one heard about it, and it wasn't even considered a big deal in the magic world.

It's common to see situations like the Holy Grail War, where children who don't go home at night are randomly chosen to die.

Ordinary people living in the city need to be extra careful. They might be found out on the street because they don't look like a magician. The next time a magician needs material, they might be the first one to come to them. In more extreme cases, they might even be hit with a spell.

Magicians are a group that completely transcends humanity. Apart from the rules of their own world, nothing—nothing—can bind them, no ordinary people's regulations, laws, or morals. If caught by them, you're doomed. The methods of magicians are more perverse than any torture known to humankind.

Some people were treated like servants when they went to the Clock Tower to register, and were looked down upon by the noble students, but once they returned to their hometown, they became local tyrants.

They would demand gentlemanly and ladylike manners from each other, incorporating various ancient and elegant customs and traditions, but these were things that had nothing to do with ordinary people. It was like pigs in a sty who just happened to be able to talk.

Hearing about those bloody crimes, Fujimaru Ritsuka shook her head slightly, looking at the people around her in disbelief.

They are all magicians, and more accurately, she, whose magic circuits have been modified, is also a fifth-tier Clock Tower personally sealed magician.

Faced with Fujimaru Ritsuka's gaze, everyone saw wavering and a sense of helplessness.

She wanted to hear something, and everyone knew what she wanted to hear.

Fujimaru Ritsuka encountered many magicians along the way, but they were all outliers among magicians. Some of them were gentle, and some had lofty ambitions, but none of them were normal. It is reasonable for a normal magician not to treat normal people as normal people.

No one, including Leonardo da Vinci, spoke when faced with Fujimaru Ritsuka's gaze.

However, Fujimaru Ritsuka clearly found it difficult to accept this and ultimately chose to take the initiative to ask.

Is our world like this too?

Yes, that's what she wanted to hear—a rebuttal; she wanted to hear a strong rejection from everyone.

Deny it, and then tell her that this is an anomaly in the world, and that it is not the case.

Fujimaru Ritsuka is someone who can accept anti-heroes, and she can get along with many historically infamous murderers in Chaldea.

However, human nature is not so simple; there is always a barrier between the villains in history and the truth.

She herself denied and killed many Singularities and Lostbelt residents, but she could also use her desire to live and for her own world, as well as other worlds related to humanity, to cover up the wounds from her heart.

But what I'm hearing now seems to be about the world I've lived in for over a decade, and the feeling is completely different.

She is also a gentle and sentimental person. Even if she knows that all the Lostbelt civilians will die after she leaves, she will still try to save them. Even if she knows that the lives in the Singularity will eventually disappear, she is still willing to laugh with everyone in Uruk.

This has nothing to do with whether she is hypocritical or not; she is simply that kind of person, and it is because of this personality that she is able to firmly attract powerful beings from various timelines, past and future.

But precisely because everyone knew about her personality, they intentionally avoided mentioning anything related to her.

Moreover, it wasn't just Fujimaru Ritsuka who was experiencing this strange feeling; many other Heroic Spirits who had little contact with magicians in their previous lives were also feeling it.

Some perfectly upright heroes on the shore were now frowning deeply.

"Well... some guys do act like that... but there's nothing we can do about it..." Under Fujimaru Ritsuka's gaze, the chubby director finally turned his face away somewhat guiltily, nervously touching his neck with his white glove.

"Magicians, aren't they just a bunch of guys like that?" Red A, who had been called from the kitchen to the control room because the name he filled in for the Heroic Spirit was exactly the same as the name of the person who spoke above, shrugged.

“As the Master of Chaldea, you should at least be mentally prepared for this. It is for this reason that we have always disliked associating with magi from the outside world,” Sion said.

As a non-human being by nature, she has not harmed anyone much, and the alchemy she learned is not the kind that involves transmuting humans, so she really has the right to say that.

“Ritsuka… don’t be so sad. Every era has good people and bad people. Not every magician is like that. Just like ordinary people, some will live a good life, while others will choose to hurt others.” Da Vinci took a few steps forward and patted Fujimaru Ritsuka a few times.

However, because everyone's attention was focused on what had just been said and on Fujimaru Ritsuka, it wasn't until tears fell to the ground and the sound of staggering came out that everyone realized there was someone even more devastated here.

"Mash!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka anxiously held up her junior, whose tears were streaming down her tactical goggles.

"That's so unfair..."

Chapter 479 If I apologize, will you feel better?

"No...it's nothing."

Mashu took a few breaths to recover.

If Fujimaru Ritsuka's previous reaction could be considered as discomfort after learning the truth, then Mashu, who had a certain level of goodwill towards the magician community, was somewhat devastated.

Even though she suffered a lot of pain in the years before she was created, to the point that even Rafe, who already knew what a magician was, decided to tear her apart after seeing it.

But she never hated the magicians who experimented on her in an attempt to fuse with her spirit origin.

Because Mashu is pure white, and she has been in Chaldea since the beginning of creation.

But now Matthew finds it hard to accept that the magician she used to see often before Chaldea exploded, which she considered like home, might actually be the same person the sky projection described.

And it seemed as if he had predicted what Leonardo da Vinci would say to comfort Fujimaru Ritsuka.

Emiya Shirou put down his manuscript and looked at the screen intently.

"Of course, we do not rule out the existence of good people among magicians, but as I learned in another world, the existence of good people in a group does not negate the original sin of that group."

Once they inherit the magic tradition, they will naturally be well-off and live a life above ordinary people.

We cannot place our hopes on a group of people who are not bound by the rules governing us ordinary people, who will act out of kindness to protect us.

Not to mention, from what I understand, 9 out of 10 magicians are like that; those who respect ordinary people are the odd ones out.

Because the initial goal was not to convince ordinary people, but to incite infighting among the opposing side.

Following Krie's instructions, Shirou Emiya did not use other methods to prove the existence of magic to ordinary people, but instead pressed something.

The next moment, an old man appeared on the screen.

The old man seemed to have been looking at the screen in the sky before. He was a little confused when he suddenly saw himself on it, but he quickly found the direction of the "lens" based on his image on the screen and felt a power different from magic there.

The old man was none other than the Jewel Elder, who was currently tinkering with some magical artifact in the shadow of a rock.

Gemstone looked over there and sighed after confirming that his image was indeed being broadcast.

Instead of trying to hide himself, he stood facing that direction.

If there's an opportunity to speak directly with the other party, then we should strive for it and try to find a way to resolve the problem without resorting to violence.

After all, he wasn't sure if his Parallel World Cannon could withstand a single punch from the man in the first level, given the power of their initial attack.

"I see. Is that why you want to change the principles of humanity?"

And his words began to resonate throughout the world.

"That's right. So, as the Marshal of the Demonic Path, and with the title of savior hero, you clearly have the ability to change all of this, yet you neither interfere in the internal affairs of the Dead Apostles nor discipline the magicians. Do you want to deny what I just said?"

Emiya Shirou's voice rang out off-screen again, this time with a hint of resentment and anger.

After learning about the life of the Jewel Elder, he felt that this was exactly how a former champion of justice had fallen into depravity.

Faced with the boy's angry voice, the Gem Elder, who had long since come into contact with the boy and his partner in many parallel worlds, sighed slightly.

"It's not a denial, but it's true, just as you said, that after reaching this century, the magic world in every world has inevitably declined, doing cruel things, distinguishing themselves from ordinary people, having no bottom line, no shame, and forgetting the original intention of Teacher Solomon to use the wisdom of revelation to create the magic path so that mankind could have the ability to protect itself."

If you want to destroy humanity because of the Magicians' Association, then it is indeed all my fault for not disciplining you properly.

I have witnessed the decline of magicians' thinking, their gradual pursuit of the magical path at all costs, but I do not want to stifle their right to seek the origin, so I have accepted it.

I apologize to you.

As he spoke, the old man slightly bent over in that direction.

The elderly man, standing 1.9 meters tall with an upright posture, a renowned figure in the magic world and a disciple of the King of Magic, actually apologized to a brat who spoke up for someone else.

This made many magicians find it utterly absurd.

The Jewel Elder wasn't entirely indifferent; at least in his own initial world, he would occasionally visit the Mage's Association, but only to a limited extent. If a magician proposed an outrageous plan, he would violently suppress it.

But he really didn't care what magicians did in their daily lives.

It gives off a feeling of a reclusive master, except that being a reclusive master also means being completely irresponsible and having the ability to stand by and watch someone die.

However, he didn't say that those things had nothing to do with him. Instead, he took the initiative to take responsibility for his lax discipline, which left Shirou somewhat unsure how to proceed with the subsequent questioning.

However, the old man's admission inadvertently exacerbated some of the conflicts.

Among the army of heroic spirits that were summoned anew on the shore, many heroes turned to look at the group of mages from this world next door.

The Magicians' team, on the other hand, looked up at the sky with displeasure, completely bewildered.

"If you are willing to stop, I will strictly discipline the magicians' associations of various worlds in the future to prevent them from doing anything extreme, and to provide them with peace of mind as a guarantee."

I will not tolerate magicians who have already erred, and I will personally unearth their magic circuits and erase any magic traditions that have been imprinted with harmful and evil spells.

The Jewel Elder's words were already quite harsh, and many of the magicians who were observing changed their expressions.

However, whether that's really what he thought remains questionable.

Many people suspect that this is a delaying tactic by the Gemstone Elder, a way to make the other side stop first.

Only the Jewel King himself knows the truth, but the good thing is that Shirou Emiya and Kree behind him don't need to know the truth at all, and they also know how to respond after hearing it.

"No, it's too late, or rather, even if you had done it earlier, it wouldn't have stopped."

Moreover, the compromises made out of helplessness are not because you know you are wrong, but simply because you are afraid.

The problems to be solved are never just about you magicians, but also about the Dead Apostles, the oppressors within humanity, and the Counterforce! That's why the Lord came to this world!

Even if you say you had no choice, we can understand.

Because of the quantum record fixed tape, you are the one who proved the parallel world. You must know that the possibility of a world where magicians conduct large-scale experiments is far greater than a world where magicians do not exist. It is also because of this that the restraining force keeps the magicians and the Dead Apostles side always having the upper hand, no matter which side is better. However, both sides exist in the same way!

However, it is no longer necessary. The Overlord will bring this world's timeline back to the beginning of time and erase all magical heritage, Dead Apostles, Oppressors, gods, and the Counterforce from this world, thereby affecting all parallel worlds.

All subsequent world events will change by 2005; the world will be recreated.

All traces of magicians, gods, and dead apostles will cease to exist, becoming stories in books and paintings. Earth's history will be rewritten by people, who will arrange a logically coherent past based on the data we fill in. After humans discovered extraterrestrial visitors in the Americas, they discovered the existence of aliens early on and united to study this bizarre universe.

There will be no more magician's accidents, no more worlds being eliminated due to a lack of possibilities, and no new parallel worlds will be born. People will start researching how to leave Earth, whose resources will eventually run out, and live in the outside world under different rules.