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Although he didn't know why Saber was behaving this way, it didn't hinder Lin Yi's subsequent plans in the slightest.

【scan】

"code: scan (scan)"

Accompanied by Eve's almost inaudible whisper, an invisible wave spread outwards from the girl in a ring across the entire area, rapidly constructing a complete terrain framework based on the information fed back by the electromagnetic waves. Of course, the figures hidden in the shadows were also present...

[Three... Heroic Spirits cannot be detected because their form of existence is still uncertain. In other words, there are three humans in this vicinity.]

Based on the heroic spirits appearing here, the answer isn't hard to deduce: two from the Einzbern family—the mastermind behind it all, plus the assistant named Maiya—and the remaining one…

【radial】

At the same moment the command arrived, the girl raised her hand without hesitation, and a small triangular circuit of blue electricity appeared at the tip of her slender fingertips—

“code”

Faced with "Caster's" sudden action, the two Heroic Spirits engaged in fierce battle reacted very differently. Lancer's expression changed drastically, and he jumped back without hesitation, blocking Eve's fingertips and the path to the rooftop that was the target. Saber, on the other hand, hesitated and gave up the pursuit of Lancer. However, two seconds later, she could no longer remain silent either.

"Wait, Caster, that's over there—"

"Particle ray"

The compressed electrons generate high temperature and thrust through high-frequency collisions. After completely dissolving the air within a 0.5cm radius that served as the propagation medium, the first thing they collided with was the yellow pistol that Lancer was holding in front of him.

The stalemate lasted for nearly two seconds. After Lancer's Master successfully moved to a different position, Diarmuid dodged the blazing white ray immediately. Even so, the yellow short spear in his hand was melted in two by the nearly 3,500-degree heat, just as Lin Yi had expected.

This is not the end—

Following Lin Yi's idea, Eve, who was squeezing out the little energy left of Rosa Mystica, silently turned the fingertips of her right hand slightly. The blazing white ray left a deep red, scorching mark on the buildings along the way before focusing on another building. This time, it was Saber, as an "ally," who reacted. Saber, who did not expect Eve to target her Master, had no time to defend herself and could only swing the invisible blade in her hand upwards in desperation.

The gale swirling around the blade erupted instantly, sweeping away the objects melting and falling in mid-air while also successfully disrupting the trajectory of the blazing white ray. Although it only lasted for less than half a second, it was enough for the two who were constantly watching the battlefield to avoid it.

"laugh--------"

With a focusing time of three seconds, a ray with a diameter of half a centimeter shone on the top of the iron tower, leaving a series of deep red melting marks. The tower, with most of its main body melted and broken by the high temperature, tilted to the side little by little with twisting and creaking sounds, and finally crashed down, burying everything on the battlefield in the dust it kicked up.

After the dust settled, apart from the two silent Heroic Spirits, Lancer, the "enemy," had long since vanished at his Master's command...

I think I need an explanation.

The swordsman gently tightened his grip on the Victory Sword, which had revealed its true form, and spoke after avoiding the gaze of "caster": "He is the Master of Einzbern in this Holy Grail War... my Master."

The Mysteries of Magic: Chapter 172 A Crazy Idea (Part 1)

The plan has likely succeeded.

On one hand, it destroyed Lancer's Noble Phantasm—the yellow short spear that destroyed most of Eve's energy circuits and rendered her unable to repair them. On the other hand, it also prevented Lancer's Master from leaving the stage prematurely: if nothing unexpected happened, Saber's Master was probably planning to take down Lancer's Master from behind.

If it were still a superficial alliance, Lin Yi would have been happy with this arrangement, as it would mean he could acquire even more magical knowledge. However, now that the other party had broken the contract, Lin Yi couldn't just let such an important pawn leave the stage. He had to at least keep it around to play a small role...

However, the most crucial part of the entire plan was still to expose the true mastermind behind the Einzbern War, Kiritsugu Emiya, known as the "Magician Killer."

In that situation, the only way to avoid conflict between the two sides was to reveal Kiritsugu Emiya's identity. It might have been hard to say if it were someone else, but for some reason, this female knight king in the magical world seemed to have a special... guilt towards Eve? In addition, her personality was inclined towards open and honest cooperation rather than mutual concealment and backstabbing, so a consensus was easily reached.

After obtaining Kiritsugu Emiya's identity from Saber, Lin Yi immediately began collecting relevant information about him. However, due to the limited means of interfering with World Ten, he could not obtain too many detailed records, and only found a simple existence called "Magician Killer".

"A heretical magician who uses modern firearms to fight against traditional magic... Hmm, I can tell."

Judging from the various weapons left at the scene, this "magician" used more scientific firearms than magic from the mystical side. After all, since the purpose was the same—killing people—there was no difference between a bullet hitting someone's head and a magic trick being thrown at someone's face.

From the perspective of compatibility in terms of combat style alone, Eve is more suitable to cooperate with this magician killer than Saber. After all, Eve's code can simulate all conventional weapons of this era to the maximum extent, and there are even many codes that can pose a threat to Heroic Spirits, such as the "particle ray" before. However, all of this came to an end with the other party's "betrayal".

In conclusion, Eve's battle with Lancer was entirely a calculated scheme. The opponent had anticipated that Saber would be thwarted by Berserker on her way, while Lancer's high agility allowed him to tightly entangle Eve, who was merely a "caster." As a result, even if Eve did not wish to engage in battle upon arrival at the destination, she had no choice but to—during the Holy Grail War, it is self-evident what a strange Heroic Spirit would want to do if he appeared near one's magic workshop.

"In other words, the main purpose was to test me or Eve... or simply to use someone else to do their dirty work."

As for whether it's Lancer's sword used to kill Caster or Caster's sword used to kill Lancer, it doesn't matter. From Kiritsugu Emiya's perspective, it's a good thing no matter who is killed, or even better—when the two are exhausted and both are severely wounded, he can use a Command Spell to send Saber to the battlefield and get a double kill, thus winning half of the Holy Grail War.

Even if things don't go well, they can forcefully kill Lancer's Master at the last moment, allowing Saber to recover from her injuries and continue using her Noble Phantasm. This not only eliminates the opponent but also boosts their own combat power, so they can't possibly lose out.

If it weren't for the existence of the "Main God Space" behind Eve, this scheme would probably have truly gone according to the Magician Killer's plan.

The script has finished playing...

After figuring out the truth behind this series of conspiracies and schemes, Lin Yi now faces two questions: First, should he continue to maintain this superficial alliance with Einzbern?

"Why not? Their trump cards and methods have been almost completely exposed, while we, apart from some of Eve's code data, have not leaked any intelligence at all."

The balance of intelligence between the two sides has been shattered by the other side's proactive attack, and now it has become a situation where the enemy is in the open while we are in the dark. Only by continuing to cooperate can we maximize our interests. Following this understanding, Lin Yi sent Eve back to the Einzbern castle as if nothing had happened after the battle.

However, Eve also exposed a problem in this battle, which is the second problem that Lin Yi needs to face.

"The energy provided by Our Lady of the Rose alone is simply not enough to support the consumption of Level 2 code, let alone Level 3 'Spirit Heart Cannon'."

Even if the later battles don't require the use of these powerful codes whose consumption is proportional to their power, Eve's energy expenditure in this battle is still quite bad. If it weren't for the characteristics of a life form transformed from metal machinery, she would probably have already revealed her weakened state.

"What methods are there to replenish energy...?"

As he pondered this, a girl from another world suddenly called out, "Father."

"how?"

"A way to replenish mana... has been found."

Lin Yi was taken aback upon hearing this. Just as he was about to ask, Eve had already transmitted this data through the channel established by the main god. Upon closer inspection—

"...Replenish mana?"

"Yes, this is the most effective way to replenish magical energy when Heroic Spirits are severely lacking in magical energy during the Holy Grail War. If Father—"

"I think you've overlooked two issues."

A premonition led Lin Yi to interrupt the girl directly. Rubbing his temples, he explained, "First, energy is not the same as magic. I don't deny that they can be used interchangeably in some situations, but obviously there are no relevant records in this regard... To put it another way, I only have a virus on me, not any magic circuits you want."

—Of course, without magic circuits, there can be no "magic power" generated, let alone any excess magic power to provide Eve with.

"The second question is, how do you think we should make contact under these circumstances?"

The distance between worlds isn't that far, but that's based on the premise that the world's will doesn't exist or that there's no hostility. In the current context, where entering would mean facing a global siege, rashly getting involved with anything would only lead to the worst possible outcome.

"and many more!"

A memory suddenly flashed through his mind, but before he could think about it carefully, he asked, "God, have you finished analyzing the basic operating mechanism and manufacturing process of the magical artifact?"

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What is the concept of "Heroic Spirits summoned in the Holy Grail War"?

[Heroic spirits are the beings who have become objects of worship, their great deeds leaving legends in history.]

"In other words—"

The smile on his face grew uncontrollably larger.

"Are the so-called 'heroic spirits' and 'heroes' never limited to humans?"

The Mysteries of Magic: Chapter 173 A Crazy Idea (Part 2)

As a world where magic exists, the Heroic Spirit summoning mechanism in World Ten's Holy Grail War has three strict limitations—

First, the concept of "magic" must exist.

Ultimately, the Holy Grail is a manifestation of magic. If it were a battle fought by a bunch of people wielding common firearms and cannons, what would be the point? They might as well just go home and sleep. Eve succeeded in this level by forcibly replacing the energy circuits and magic circuits with a few simple, dispensable magic codes from the mechanical world, relying on the similarity between them.

Second, the concept of "mystery" must be present.

So-called "heroes" and "spirits" often do not appear in their true historical form. Rather, the more ancient, exaggerated, and rare the records of a spirit, the more powerful it is, because it is "mysterious" enough.

Following this principle, Lin Yi was able to force Eve to enter this world as a "fictional heroic spirit." After all, the "perfect existence" is indeed mysterious enough for this world. This is why Eve's strength in other aspects did not increase much after entering this world, but her ability to retain the "perfect concept" became so exaggerated—purely because of the "mystery."

The third is that it must leave a legend in history.

In this regard, Lin Yi's approach was to add a virtual future setting to his creation. However, this only managed to deceive the world's will and did not bring any enhancement to Eve. Other Heroic Spirits, on the other hand, were different. They gained different abilities based on the legends they left behind in this world, such as Archer's Gate of Babylon, Lancer's Rose of Destruction, and Saber's Excalibur. It can be said that compared to their actual existence in history, as Heroic Spirits, those who were summoned and fused with "legends" appeared more "visual and concrete."

Considering these three limitations, if a "Heroic Spirit" is to be summoned to this Holy Grail War, it must possess magical power, be unknown to others (mysterious), yet be known to the world (legendary). It can be said that the conditions are quite harsh, especially for beings from another world.

Often, even if one meets the requirement of possessing magical power, one cannot leave a legend in this world. Even if one does leave a legend, one will be eliminated due to a lack of mystery. Only someone like Eve, who exploits loopholes in the rules, can barely qualify—to forcibly replace a Caster. Even so, in this world, Eve still has to follow certain restrictions like a Heroic Spirit, such as not being able to leave Fuyuki City, not being able to spread magic, and not being able to let ordinary people access information about the Holy Grail War...

Lin Yi originally thought that having Eve replace Caster to intervene in the Holy Grail War and observe World 10 was the maximum extent of intervention, until he came into contact with the existence of the magical device.

"Magical devices... we still need more time to explore their specifics, but it's undeniable that they are a product of the fusion of technology and magic."

Therefore, it meets the first condition: it possesses magic.

"Its mystery is beyond doubt. I was also unaware of its existence before I came into contact with it. For a world where magic and technology are completely separated, and ordinary people have no chance to come into contact with it, it is definitely mysterious enough."

Therefore, it meets the second condition: it possesses a degree of mystery.

Then came the third option, which eliminated all of Lin Yi's previous possible choices...

"It's known to the world... What was I thinking before?"

First, let's look at the timeline and history of this parallel magical world.

The Fourth Holy Grail War took place in 1990 in Fuyuki City, Japan.

The First World War and the Second World War were fought in the same way in history, and the identities of the victors and the vanquished remained unchanged. The war ended in 1945—although there were some things related to magic and magic, it was almost no different from an ordinary parallel world.

In this evolution, what is the most well-known yet mysterious thing?

At the end of World War II, the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, at 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945. The explosion killed hundreds of thousands of residents of Hiroshima and dealt a devastating blow.

三天后的1945年8月9日日本长崎市遭受核打击，日本于广岛市原子弹爆炸的9天后8月15日宣布无条件投降。

What does it mean for everyone to know? This is what it means for everyone to know.

No one can give a definitive answer as to who the most powerful human in history is, but if we're talking about the most powerful weapon ever developed by humankind, anyone with common sense can answer: nuclear weapons.

However, in stark contrast to its global recognition, how many people in the world truly master the manufacture and principles of nuclear weapons?

This is a relatively simple question for the 21st century: nuclear fission. The question is, is nuclear fission all that's needed?

Ultimately, how many people really know what nuclear fission is, and even if they do, can they actually create such a weapon?

Not to mention, "now" is the end of the 20th century, the Internet is still in a slow development stage, and the personal computer, which is the symbol of its explosion, has not even been invented yet. In this situation where there is no information explosion and intelligence networks of various countries block each other, how many people in the world can know that so-called nuclear weapons are actually the result of nuclear fission?

Thus, it fulfilled the second and third conditions, but lacked only magic, the element that would allow it to move from the realm of "technology" to the realm of "magic".

This element was ultimately fulfilled by the "magical device".

In World Six, the Blacklight virus and the appearance of Alex led the US government to consider using nuclear weapons to destroy Manhattan to stop the virus's spread. However, Lin Yi, who had opened the forbidden zone, forcibly stopped the fission process and threw it into the God Space, where it has remained unused until now...

"The so-called 'Heroic Spirits' and 'Heroes' are never limited to humans. As long as they truly meet these three conditions, even non-human beings can be summoned... In the previous three Holy Grail Wars, non-human fantasy species appeared more than once. So, following the same principle, can a 'magical nuclear bomb' that possesses magic power, mystery, and legend be summoned?"

Lin Yi admitted it was a crazy idea, but madness has its advantages, after all, if it succeeds—

"In just a moment, this boring war can be ended forever."

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The Mysteries of Magic: Chapter 174 The Magic Cannonball Experiment (Part 1)

World No. 10, Fuyuki City.

Einzbern Castle.

"How is Saber?"

"Because Caster destroyed Lancer's Noble Phantasm, Saber can now use it, but our existence has also been made known to Caster's Master."

"...What about Caster's actions?"

"They seem to have no intention of ending their contract with us; they returned to the castle half an hour ago—"

A low thud sounded from Maiya's body as she spoke, and she paused, meeting Kiritsugu Emiya's questioning gaze, before replying, "I just left."

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Before actually carrying out the "Nuclear Bomb Heroes" plan, Lin Yi had to test its reliability and success rate by using carriers whose failure consequences were relatively less severe.

"First, we modify ordinary firearms into magical devices and put them in. Although they are far less mysterious and legendary than the originals, they still meet the three conditions."

Because research on magical artifacts is still in its early stages, Lin Yi can't just add attributes like "enchantment" or "element" to them. At most, he can only add a harmless "magic" program to their existing power to make them fit the magical worldview of World Number Ten.

It must be said that the initial "transfer" process went quite smoothly.

After leaving Einzbern Castle, Eve carved a Heroic Spirit Summoning Circle in a remote and desolate area. Through the passage of the main god, she successfully "summoned" a total of 100 different "magical projectiles" as "Heroic Spirits" to World Ten. Fortunately, Eve replaced the Caster class, which inherently has a bonus effect on various "magic" and indirectly increases the success rate of "summoning Heroic Spirits". However, there was one unexpected thing.

Perhaps it's because all seven regular classes are already full, or perhaps these "magical devices" that are disposable are far less powerful than regular Servants, so they don't even have a single class after being successfully summoned.