To the world, souls were eternal and indestructible.
But all living creatures met death equally.
That was because souls could not function as independent entities in the material world.
Whether it was a Spirit Body or a physical body, a soul could only engage in life activities by attaching itself to some form of existence.
Yet physical bodies decayed, and even Spirit Bodies perished. As a result, souls deteriorated and corrupted along with them, eventually meeting death.
But the Third Magic was a power capable of overturning all that.
If such power could be made widespread, allowing all humanity to become ageless, immortal lifeforms existing solely as souls, then humanity could indeed be saved.
"But the Holy Grail doesn't have that kind of power!"
Jeanne raised an objection.
Just as Jeanne had said, the Holy Grail did not possess the power to grant the Third Magic to all humanity.
Even if the Holy Grail War reached its conclusion and reproduced the Third Magic, it would only apply to an individual, never to all humanity.
Putting everything else aside, the magical energy required to activate the Third Magic alone was an astronomical figure.
Even with the magical energy stored within the Greater Holy Grail, no matter how vast it was, sixty years' worth of magical energy simply could not save all humanity.
"That is why it must be modified!"
Shakespeare let out a voice of instruction, like a sigh.
"If the magical energy in Tuliphas's Earth Vein is insufficient, then draw magical energy from Earth Veins across the entire world!"
"If the Holy Grail itself lacks such a function, then modify it from the very foundation!"
"What my Master is doing is precisely such a great achievement!"
"At the cost of sacrificing the Earth Veins of the entire world, he will