The first changed everything.
The second that followed acknowledged more.
The third that carried on revealed the future.
The fourth that sustained concealed itself.
The fifth that ended had lost its meaning.
In the Type-Moon Universe, anything achievable in the Age of Man was thaumaturgy, while anything unachievable in the Age of Man was magecraft.
In ancient times, even during the Age of Gods, there had been no obvious distinction between thaumaturgy and magecraft.
But as human technology advanced, only the Five Great Magics remained.
The oldest was the First Magic: Denial of Nothingness.
It signified the transition from "nothing" to "something," displaying the power to create all things and animate inanimate objects.
The Second Magic: interference with parallel worlds, proving the existence of parallel worlds.
It allowed one to observe, travel through, guide, and even extract magical energy from parallel worlds.
The Third Magic: materialization of the soul, achieving true immortality and thereby gaining an inexhaustible source of magical energy.
The very existence of Heroic Spirits conformed to its principles.
The Fourth Magic was unknown, but all Magicians still existing in the Type-Moon Universe acknowledged its existence.
Yet judging by its three characteristics—its genuine existence, its unobservability, and its necessity in sustaining the world—it was not difficult to make a guess.
But as for what it truly was, Imu would have to confirm it himself.
The Fifth Magic: Ao, representing all endings, and connected to time and destruction.
At this moment, under the control of Gaia and Alaya in the State Religion World—
They each manifested their dazzling radiance before Imu.
The green light of the First Magic, the multicolored light of the Second Magic, the white light of the Third Magic, the ink-black light of the Fourth Magic, and the cyan light of the Fifth Magic—which was actually