"Well..." Kobake seemed a little hesitant, but finally said in a self-deprecating tone, "Xiao Xiang said that she suddenly wanted to find her mother. You know, for her, the so-called mother is the one who almost destroyed the world."
"I--"
Bao Shi Weng was about to say something but stopped himself, remembering the time when he was severely injured by Qi Huang holding the Holy Scripture. So now he was flipping through the pages of the book he had been reading at an even faster speed than before.
The Hibiki that Kobek mentioned is Hibiki Hibiki who appeared in the work "The Magician's Box", and is the human incarnation of Saint Tridin.
For Cobbek, after the fall of the Western Roman Church in the fifth century, he and Bezer assisted Augustine and Jerome of the Eastern Roman Empire to rebuild the church with great difficulty. He then returned to the labyrinth with Saint Tridentine. In order to avoid causing similar consequences as in the labyrinth, he planned to never come out again.
So, for a thousand years, Koback has basically become a NEET, so when he recently learned that Saint Tridin was actually acting as a human, he fell into a panic. It was like logging into an unhealthy website and having a personal computer contaminated by a virus.
As a disciple of Solomon, he was almost unable to move, but he managed to come back to his senses thanks to his innate strong will and imagination.
"But then again, that guy should be a normal savior now."
"If there are adults around, they should be able to do so."
The pages in Bao Shi Weng's hand flipped at high speed, and the countless "faces" depicted on them gradually changed smoothly.
At the same time, he watched with great interest the dial of the phone rotating and returning to its original position, as if he were appreciating a photo of an event from the past.
Soon after, the sound of turning pages gradually weakened.
Finally, a black-haired girl with a sad face was reflected in the ward.
176: Devout and sincere pilgrims and the challenging goddess (4k)
At that moment, in the ward in Xueyuan City.
Kisshoin Kiara, who was waiting for Tsubaki Uchika, showed surprise, as did the Pale Knight, who was supposed to be the embodiment of the system without any emotions.
"........."
For Kihara Kisshoin, she might actually be the same as Francesca, and still be a little scared.
Her heart was beating loudly, and when she thought of Novia, she felt as if every cell in her body had turned into foam and exploded.
In Jixiangyuan's opinion, although she is now making amends and asking for atonement, after all, she has committed the crime, and it will not change in the slightest because of the subsequent retrial and changes. She has taken too much from others, and even her death cannot make up for it much. Wrong behavior is simply irreparable.
Originally, Kihara Jixiang's plan for her life was to study normally and enter university smoothly, and not care about these things in the magic world. But she felt that even so, she should still do something to make up for it as much as possible. Because of this, she knew that her actions to eradicate the cult would definitely be discovered by the church and she would be controlled, but she still did it.
How should I put it? Kisshoin Kiara felt that it was actually quite normal for the church to behave like this. After all, she essentially had a special identity that was superior to everyone else. It was precisely because of this innate ability that she naturally became the Pope back then.
In the year 200 AD, she grew up in an orphanage, was cured of her congenital disease, joined the church, and received the Holy Scriptures.
And speaking of it, even now, the congenital disease still exists in her, but after all, it is just a minor illness that she cured herself a long time ago.
"Ugh."
After sighing, the black-haired girl jumped down from the chair. Her straight long black hair was shiny. She walked anxiously, and the air around her seemed different.
"Go if you want to. Just leave some strength behind. I'll watch over this place. No problem."
Hearing this, the 'darkness' in the corner of the ward suddenly stood up and stared at the black-haired girl, as if to confirm her reliability, but after a few seconds, the Pale Knight slipped out of the window gap and jumped out of the hospital to look for the person it, as a 'system', wanted to see.
This action was not only to help the sleeping girl get rid of her fear, but also to show that there was no intention of offending anyone.
However, among the servants, it is probably not the only one who shares the same idea as the Pale Knight.
.......
On the roof of the tallest building in the heart of Snowfield City, it seems like being in a completely different world from the noisy surroundings.
Perhaps it was because of the solid barrier, or perhaps it was because the man standing in it was able to do so.
Normally, in the eyes of ordinary people, the abilities of heroes are often beyond the scope of human beings.
However, even taking this into account, the thunder here still seems a bit abnormal.
It could be the basic ability of being a Heroic Spirit, an inherent power.
A concept that can be achieved by applying magical amplification.
And the lightning that was created by what could only be described as a certain 'protection' bestowed by the Throne of Heroes, and related to the anecdotes of the Servant within it.
In short, the sky was filled with terrifying thunderclouds that made people tremble with fear. The few small shadows immediately turned into dust and fragments wandering in the strong wind. Even the heroic spirits could not remain unscathed by the thunder.
The lightning seemed to stop time, and the roar of thunder disrupted the boundary between reality and fantasy. It was just a half-baked existence, and it was impossible to even get close to here.
Because of Rune's lightning, it automatically wraps around approaching creatures, tearing them apart and devouring them at the same time.
This was undoubtedly the most direct and open declaration of war to all participants in the Holy Grail War. Anyone who wanted to challenge could come, no matter if it was by conspiracy or uprightness. He was waiting for the arrival of the challenger in the Holy Grail in the thunder storm that contained many divine powers of the two major pantheons of Norway and Greece.
But in fact, if a Servant arrives, he might be a little surprised, because in this place comparable to the last level of the Demon King's Castle, what awaits him is not the Demon King's praise for the challenger, but -
"Well, well, I made this myself. Novia, come and try it."
Looking at Novia, who saw neither Typhon nor Melucen around her, Aika Sajo started cooking for Novia again. The breakfast she made was placed on the carpet on the ground, including white rice, grilled salmon with Saikyo miso, tofu miso soup, and omelette. It was simply a collection of Japanese breakfast... although it was not morning yet.
Moreover, the carpet on the floor was selected by Aiga Satiao herself, and the pattern was full of hearts.
The grilled salmon was not burnt and the fish was soft, the omelette was fluffy and sweet, and overall the taste was very good.
"how is the taste?"
After Novia answered directly, "It's delicious", Sajo Aika smiled shyly, and then leaned obediently on the young man's back. The hands around her abdomen and the warm body temperature on her back gave her a feeling of affection.
It was also thanks to the fact that Melusine had now transformed into a dragon spear and Typhon was now in armor, otherwise, with Sandbar Aigo's ability, she would not be able to enjoy this kind of enjoyment. It was just that Novia's mind was a little noisy. After all, although Melusine was okay, Typhon, although usually taciturn, was really talkative in his telepathy.
By the way, since agreeing to Humanity's request, Novia has become the last Servant of this Holy Grail War...
It cannot be said like that. It can only be said that under the circumstances that the rules are followed, one can use the abilities that he should have perfectly in a time period that is not suitable for human beings.
After all, according to his job description, he just replaced Hippolyta's True Cavalry, and logically he couldn't use anything else, but it was logical after all. The only drawback was that the magic power consumption was too serious. But in fact, with the abilities he should have and the abilities that have not been summoned yet, as well as the fusion of the Original Holy Sword with the Demon Sword and the True World, he basically doesn't worry about this. After all, the Age of Gods reappeared in a designated range, and the magic power support therein can be used at will.
Seriously speaking, it is not a problem to end the Holy Grail War in one night. If it were a normal Holy Grail War, with Novia's strength, he would either be the final and strongest BOSS, or the strongest BOSS who was backstabbed. In any case, he is very strong.
However, Novia also remembered the request made by Ren Li to him, which was to stop Qiu Hai from forgetting his own existence from the planet.
He promised, so of course he had to do it. The simplest way was to destroy it directly...
In fact, in Novia's view, although Alcides, who has become an avenger, has no dignity and honor of a warrior, and is a fallen man who is determined to seek revenge even at the cost of innocent lives, he can be said to be an evil existence. However, he did experience Hera's curse for no reason, and thus witnessed the death of his loved one before his eyes.
Although she finally reconciled with Hera, the pain was real. Moreover, at the moment when she got the power, Novia heard Juno, the Romanized name of Hera, the queen of heaven in Roman mythology. She used the power she had given to make a request to Novia:
If possible, please let me meet the child who gave up all glory just to avenge the gods.
“…Are you here?”
It was soulless and brought death to mankind. For a creature like human, a magical fluctuation filled with instinctive fear surged from the soles of the feet to the heart and spread throughout the body. It approached this side with a strong breath of dark fog that penetrated thousands and tens of thousands of overlapping violent storms.
"Aige, from now on you will be my Master."
"Is that so? No problem. Then Novia, you must protect me well."
Although she didn't know why Novia did this, the girl nodded quickly and immediately forged a Command Spell on her right hand that only had the appearance but no effect.
In the brief moment of conversation, across the thunder, the first servant to come to Novia was the black fog that gathered here.
It was deeper than the night, riding on the wind, riding on the water, riding on the ground, and like the terrifying black fog of the doomsday clock, rushing in from afar, and then, calmly and gently began to spread. As the chilling breath descended, a black shadow with a human figure and carrying the ominous black fog appeared in front of the two.
Novia naturally knew that this was the Pale Knight, who appeared in the last chapter of the New Testament of the Bible, the Book of Revelation. He was the leader of the Four Horsemen who symbolized the end of the world. He represented conquest and victory, and was in charge of the plague. He was a 'system' that had no concept of destruction and therefore did not feel fear.
However, looking at this humanoid black mist, Novia understood something from its reaction——
Please forgive my Master, she means you no harm.
The Master of the Pale Knight is Tsubaki Ueyama, who was experimented on by his parents since childhood. Novia understands this, so there is no need for the Pale Knight to say more. After the Holy Grail ceremony is over, he will go to help with this small favor.
"can."
Novia nodded, and the Pale Knight seemed to be relieved after getting the promise, and then quietly merged the black mist into the violent thunder, as if to show his attitude that he would never attack you and would never offer his strength to you.
The servant who appeared in front of Novia right after the Pale Knight was the one who tried to merge into the old man's shadow in the past, and he was also the one who didn't care about his own death at all.
"You actually condescended to participate in this wish-granting ceremony."
It was a shadow, or more precisely, a mask floating above the shadow. For Novia, it was the illusion of witnessing the old man in the mountain with Altluchi in the past. That was how he knew the identity of this servant.
The true assassin, who possesses EX-level aura blocking ability, is one of the nineteen Hassan Sabbahs, Youyi Hassan.
"Then, what do you think?"
Novya's soft and gentle questions sank into Hassan Youyi's soul.
His voice sounded like a stern rebuke, yet also gentle and tolerant. It felt incredible, and Youyi Hassan felt he couldn't even speak. To be more precise, he was not qualified to answer.
In the distant past, Youyi Hassan set out for the Valley. Because of this, most of Youyi Hassan’s past had already melted into the abyss of nothingness.
"Stupid stuff."
And in the end, he met a supreme being, who was still a human but covered in shadows, the embodiment of death who seemed to have absorbed the entire underworld.
"What can you grasp with your hands that burn into shadows and do not even allow destruction?"
"Do you think that atonement in advance can bring you liberation? Knowing that your enlightenment will not lead to any results, do you still want to wander between the living and the dead for eternity?"
Youyi Hassan, who was transformed by someone, realized that he was the shadow of the old man in front of him.
He did not sob with emotion, nor did he tremble at the strong sense of death before him, he just calmly confirmed it.
There is only peace in his heart, because he who never understood why he was born has finally come to his rightful home.
"Got it—just stick your neck out."
At the same time, Youyi Hassan, whose life was coming to an end, heard a sentence that seemed to have been engraved in the mountain temple from the distant past -
"Old man, everything is light and shadow. No matter where you go, nothing will change. Only the spirit that cannot be shaken by anything is necessary. That is why you do not have to abandon anything."
The voice of Hassan, who was killed by the old man at his deathbed, overlapped with the voice of the man in front of him. It did not contain arrogance or desire, but simply appeared in front of him as a matter of course.
"Please, show me the way home."
At the moment when Youyi Hassan expressed his opinion, a voice with a calm tone came.
"Hehe, is that the World Tree in the Far North? I wonder what would happen if I ate it."
The third challenger, and currently the first one, arrived in front of Novia with provocative intentions.
The white-haired woman was merely walking around, but the thunderbolts that were supposed to punish her appeared quickly while moving back and forth around her at the speed of breaking wind and waves, as if there was a contradiction.
Next to him was a huge metal creature with the sound of gears spinning and metal rubbing, its eyes still shining with bright white light, and a girl with a terrified face.
The True Berserker Team, the Servant Finbaba and the Master Haruli, and the Einzbern android whose body was usurped by the goddess Ishtar, whose name is Filia.
Filia was not worried about the extremely powerful Novia in front of her, nor was she worried that her body might be destroyed at any time.
I was simply thinking about what would happen if the mythical beast I was summoning, the Bull of Heaven, ate the Nordic World Tree.
"I didn't expect that there are still those Western gods... The Greek gods are obviously weird. They often force their love and hatred on humans for no reason. It is normal for humans who are dominated by such gods to suffer because of different values, just like the Avenger we just met."
Then, she seemed to realize something and let out a small exclamation.
"And you can actually contain all the love and hate? It's really not easy for you not to be deeply twisted. Haha, to be honest, I didn't expect that there would be such a valuable person."
177: Goddess Exits (5k)
"How come all of a sudden..."
Some time ago, in the middle of the forest area in the west of Snowfield City, the Master of the True Berserker, Haruli, recovered from the shock of Novia's declaration of war, and looked at the completed temple in front of her with a look of surprise.
The huge temple looks like a mountain, with a huge lapis lazuli-decorated glazed gate in front and a long stone staircase behind it leading to the temple on the stone foundation.
At the top of the stone steps is a building that resembles an ancient Mesopotamian ruin. The gold and silver statues on the left and right sides of the starting point of the stone steps are made in the image of the Kokopelli doll, which is known in the United States for attracting wealth and temperament.
That’s not all. What’s more exaggerated are the statues placed further out. Those statues are set up like guardian gods, and their shapes all look like monsters that jumped out of fairy tales or other stories. Just looking at them makes people feel uneasy.
Originally, in Haruli's idea, if she followed the Goddess's order to create a God Age like God Age Babylon, it would take two or three days to complete even with the help of the Berserkers.
"Haha, it's true. He is really a human being who gets carried away by his success."
A voice from the side interrupted Haruli's confusion, and she immediately turned around and said tremblingly:
"That... that's not—"
"It doesn't matter. Since you are the high priest appointed by me, you will build it like this sooner or later." Ishtar narrowed her eyes for a moment, revealing a charming smile, and then looked up at the city center. "It's the guy who should apologize who is more self-righteous than those two guys..."
The reason why Ishtar was able to appear in the world with the help of Einzbern's androids was that the blessing she once bestowed on the world was activated, that is, her remaining power in the world -
When she was insulted by the Hero King in the past and the entrails of divine beasts were thrown at her, his blessing had already been deeply engraved in the world, and it never stopped until the moment she merged into human nature and dissipated.
That is why, because Enkidu appeared with Gilgamesh, she came with him.
The anger and hatred held by the goddess of beauty are so complete that the ancient rage that has been rekindled in the vessel called Filia is the 'residue' of the passion of the gods who once dominated this planet.
