Magician in Type-Moon

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"There's nothing inherently wrong with this idea and design, but you've overlooked two crucial things."

Matouchi was taken aback. One point was fine, but if two points were overlooked, it would be a major mistake.

"What is it?" he asked, puzzled.

The "arbitrator" stretched out his hand and drew runes in the air, one after another. The runes flickered in the void, each pointing to a certain concept.

"First of all, there is his identity. You should know this. Beelzebub has titles such as King of Hell, Prime Minister of Hell, Primordial Demon, and the Original Sin of Gluttony. These are all his identities, but the most important one is that he is a god, a god with multiple identities."

As soon as the words were spoken, all the runes in the void began to overlap, and the lines on them began to twist and intertwine, eventually forming a stable structure.

Matou Ike stared blankly at the faintly glowing runes in front of him, his gaze shifting without him noticing.

"You must have felt it, right?"

"Unobservable? Unrecordable..."

A single tear rolled down Matouchi's cheek.

"No, I don't need to explain the concept of God, do I? They are the tendrils of the root. But Beelzebub, as a symbol of multiple identities, can be said to be a small root with several tendrils of the root intertwined. Such a person will produce a concept that 'man cannot look directly at God'."

The "arbitrator" slowly lowered his finger, and the runes in the void dissipated. He continued:

"Although there are not many beings with such a status, there are definitely not a few. The one worshipped by the Holy Church and the enlightened beings in Buddhism both have such abilities."

Matou Ike frowned. He really hadn't expected this. If that was the case, then his eyes would never have been able to see the future related to Him.

But the problem was, he still saw something, so he spoke up:

“But I still saw some of His actions, such as those monsters like vampires and tree spirits on that train.”

The "arbitrator" nodded and smiled, saying:

"That's true, but what you've seen is only a part, the part that belongs to the Twenty-Seven Ancestors of the Dead Apostles. Although that part is also outside the scope of the law, it is still included within the scope of what people can see."

"Do you mean that what I see is only 'Fuhailin Beelzebub', but as a collection of concepts, it is something I cannot see?"

Amidst her flurry of thoughts, Matouchi recalled the scene she had foreseen. Indeed, only the "Fuhailin" ability was manifested in those images; she didn't even see that unique feeling of hunger.

Matou Ike immediately turned her gaze to the "Judge" in front of her, looking at him with a thirst for knowledge.

"So you saw His methods and were convinced I would be left there, which is why you took action to bring me here? Can you tell me about His abilities that I don't know about?"

"No, you've asked the wrong person. Actually, I don't know either. This involves the second issue you've overlooked: that person's mental state."

The "arbitrator" shook his head, indicating that Matouchi was thinking in the wrong direction.

"Um, you mean He's gone mad? Because His thinking is confused, we don't know what He'll do?"

The "arbitrator" smiled, but then frowned and said:

"This time you're only half right. It's not that He's gone mad, but rather that I don't know what His mental state is like right now, so I can't predict what He might do."

“If He really went mad, I would be much more at ease.”

Matou Ike nodded slightly, then asked:

"You should know why I rushed back from Guanbuzi City. I want to ask how many Heroic Spirits appeared in the last Holy Grail War."

Although Matou Ike wasn't sure, because the conditions were too harsh, he even thought the church had given him a forged piece of information when he saw that scene.

However, after analyzing the principles of that scroll using the Deconstruction Magic Eye, it was concluded that the scroll was able to imprint such magnificent illusionary bubbles because its basic spell formula should be the Past Vision Magic Eye held by the Church's agent, Calleber.

—To make the shadows in the gaps of history appear in this moment like bubbles.

This structure made Matou Ike suspect that the Mage Association's methods had achieved their desired goal—to take the Boundary Record Belt as a familiar.

After a moment's thought, the "arbitrator" said:

"Leaving aside Chaldea and the two pseudo-Heroic Spirits summoned by the Counter Force, the exact number is nine."

Is that really the case? Apart from the Servants summoned by the seven Masters who participated in the Holy Grail War, there are actually two Servants wandering outside the battlefield.

"How did they do that?"

The phenomenon of directly summoning a Heroic Spirit with a personality from their previous life is impossible except in the Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City.

Assuming the spell exists, without the Greater Grail here, such a spell cannot be contained.

No, setting aside the spell itself, the summoning itself might be possible even outside of Fuyuki.

However, this is a privilege reserved for the three starter families, or for those directly chosen by the Holy Grail.

For example, Kenneth, who was granted Command Seals before the Holy Grail War even began.

"Hmm...didn't you see it all? Their actions were right in front of you, weren't they?" the adjudicator said calmly.

Yes, I did see it, but it's a little hard to believe.

After all, this is a world turned upside down in the mystical realm.

If what he saw at the time was correct, the magic practiced by Marisbury Animusfiah, the monarch of the Celestial Sciences, consisted of three parts.

The first is the Spirit Summoning Technique, a magic used to summon Fu Hailin from that secluded, inherent barrier into the mortal world.

Secondly, there is the unique magic of the centrally controlled spiritual vein in the celestial sciences, which uses the pull of celestial phenomena to summon the star projection in the sky above Fuyuki to that place.

Earth veins are distributed according to the way celestial bodies move.

As the manager of the spiritual land, he has the authority to temporarily distort the distribution of spiritual veins, replace the concept of winter wood with this place, and guide the direction of the spiritual veins through the movement of celestial bodies.

This allowed a fake Fuyuki to appear during the duration of that magic spell.

The last part is the simplest reinforcement diffusion magic, which can further solidify the concept rules, similar to suggestion magic targeting the world.

Although it is not as powerful as the "Book of False Gods" in terms of its effects, it is still sufficient.

The target of this part is Hansa... the chainsaw on his body that has been blessed by the gods, a unique concept costume of the church.

A brilliant idea.

The twenty-seventh level of dead apostles and church relics—if these two are placed on the same spiritual lineage, distortion will inevitably occur.

It's like drawing a dot at each end of a piece of paper and bringing the two dots close together. The paper will bend under pressure, forming two bulges, while the middle part will bend and deform, creating a depression of the same depth.

It's shaped like a cup.

Such a violent distortion would occur at the location where two powerful magical forces clash.

In this situation, the more equal the quality and quantity of the opposing forces, the better.

One side consists of the Dead Apostles, and the other side is the Church.

Of course, even if this constitutes a cup or a cauldron, it does not constitute the Holy Grail in the Holy Grail War.

While it is possible to adapt to grand magic with a certain level of skill in manipulation, one or two more tasks are needed to complete a subspecies of the Holy Grail that can at least summon a servant.

For example, embedding a Mystic Code as a Minor Grail to induce a distorted form, or connecting it to the Major Grail in Fuyuki, etc.

This is something that Matouchi still cannot understand.

Even if the monarch of the Celestial Department or the dean of the Modern Magic Department were wealthy enough to buy land near Fuyuki, the spiritual veins themselves would still extend to Fuyuki, as they pass through various parts of the earth.

However, with the presence of the Greater Grail authority administrator, even if an extremely long spiritual vein were constructed from Fuyuki to London, it would be impossible to connect it to the Greater Grail.

Furthermore, the Holy Grail War reduces the difficulty of summoning Servants by limiting them to specific levels.

Just as Saber, the swordswoman, drew out the side of the Heroic Spirit that wielded the holy sword or the demonic sword, Caster, the magician, drew out the side of the Heroic Spirit that controlled magic.

With all seven ranks already filled, aside from the three starter classes, it's impossible for anyone to exploit a loophole to summon a non-class Servant during this Holy Grail War.

Even if it is forcibly summoned, it will not have a Command Seal, which can guarantee the contractual relationship between the two.

Even if we try to mimic certain functions by connecting to the Greater Grail, since we cannot summon Servants using the same framework, we have to add Extra to create a new class.

unless......

As if seeing through Matou Ike's thoughts, the "Judge" sighed and said:

"The true name of the first Heroic Spirit they summoned was Beelzebub. That's right, I also granted them the authority over the Holy Grail."

As expected? This solves the class issue. He hasn't forgotten which evil god the temple in his dream belonged to.

Was it all planned from that time that they devoured the core of the Outer God and then used the Foreigner class to summon the spirit?

"Why?" Matou Ike asked.

"It's a deal. After all, when I wanted to determine the fate of this world, I needed to achieve the concept of ending the singularity, and that requires Chaldea to do, and I don't have a second Holy Grail."

"The adjudicator" replied.

"So He used the Holy Grail as a condition to exchange for the right to descend to earth?" Matou Ike immediately had some associations and guesses.

"Not only that, this deal covers a much wider scope, but due to the contract, even I cannot disclose it, however..."

He paused for a moment, as if he was thinking about something.

"However, I can tell you His current goal, since it is related to you. Do you want to hear it?"

“I won’t listen. Instead of telling me this, teach me how to kill Him.” Matou Ike said warily, looking at the “Judgmentalist” in front of him with a half-smile on his lips.

"Really not going to listen? You'll regret it." The 'arbitrator' put away his smile, as if he had missed something amusing, and then said in a serious tone:

"He cannot be killed, no, it should be said that you cannot kill Him now."

"As a fly-like biological god, to kill Him, the concept of 'fly' must be erased from this world. Only in this way can His immortality be destroyed, just like Tiamat under your command back then."

"But flies are a species that has survived for two hundred million years, so you can imagine how difficult it is. Unless you can find the pinnacle of the concept of 'fly' that can be compared to Beelzebub, and you have to get that being to willingly die, you can't do it."

At this point, the "arbitrator" paused for a moment, as if he had thought of something.

"Given your situation, there should be another way. That is, have the girl in your team who has the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception fight to the point of being obliterated. Perhaps that would be enough to attach the concept of 'death' to Him. What do you think?"

"Not very good." Matou Ike waved his hand, rejecting the suggestion.

"One last question, I want to know your—no, what exactly is your purpose?"

"Didn't I say it before? It's merely to prolong this world..."

For a king, no, for someone with talent, not to contribute to the world is an unforgivable sin.

Chapter 304 Purpose (Two Chapters Combined)

After wasting a day at Ryudou-ji Temple, Matou Ike gave Angra Mainyu an important task and then returned to the Matou family mansion alone.

Pushing open the heavy gate of the mansion, a familiar scent wafted towards me.