Multiverse: Starting by Creating Delta of Fate, the Group Goes Wild - Chapter 148
[Mahiro Oyama: "... I don't understand this sentence at all. What does 'a fictional self in reality' mean? I'm getting dizzy."]
[Ryuguuin Seiya: "Understood, continue"]
[Marcille: "The Black Magic I recorded was created by the Labyrinth Lord more than 1,000 years ago. His idea at the time was to continuously iterate his own time, repeatedly summoning his future self to continuously complete the prototype of the Magecraft research he has now established."]
[Hachiman Hikigaya: "Are the True Magic in your world... all this perverted? Aren't there any normal people among those who study True Magic and Magecraft?"]
Misaka Mikoto: "Did it work?"
[Marcille: "Of course it failed. I'll explain how it failed later. I need to explain the principles clearly first so you can understand why I'm saying this."]
[Marcille: "There's a topic that True Magic have debated for a long time: Is the future self we imagine from now truly ourselves? Or even truly our future selves?"]
[Marcille: "It's like when you look in a mirror, don't you subconsciously think that the person in the mirror is yourself?"]
Misaka Mikoto: "That's just a reflection of light."
[Marcille: "That's right. The 'me' in the mirror is just an empty shell that imitates me through the mirror. It's not my consciousness, nor my body. It's just an existence that's very similar to me, and it might not even be human."]
[Marcille: "This is the record of that Labyrinth Lord, who was completely replaced by Subspace Demon Disguised as Self"]
"Hiss..."
Mahiro Oyama saw Marcille's words in the group chat, he got goosebumps all over and felt a chill run down his spine.
Shirou Emiya rubbed his shoulders.
Hachiman Hikigaya he held the coffee. Thinking about it carefully, this was even more terrifying than a typical ghost story.
"It's very dangerous."
After closing his eyes in thought, Ryuguuin Seiya opened them:
"Such a shortcut cannot be taken for the time being."
Shido Itsuka opened his personal panel, looked at the top section, and said:
"As official agents of the Dao Tian Palace, aren't our True Spirit Immortality?"
[Marcille: "I don't quite understand what the True Spirit Immortality in the East means, but its function is to back up the soul for resurrection, right? Then I can think of it similarly as a lich's Soul Casket, or rather, a very high-level Soul Casket."]
[Marcille: "That Black Magic that summoned oneself was used by many True Magic in later history, including liches. They all wanted to bypass the long research process and accelerate their research results."]
[Marcille: "One of them prepared Soul Casket, Soul Lamp, and other items to confirm soul information. He used this True Magic to accelerate 50 years, and after subsequent testing, he believed that he was indeed himself."]
[Mahiro Oyama: "Scared. (Swallows)"]
[Marcille: "A month later, a mage friend came to the Mage Tower looking for him and was almost killed by him. Fortunately, he was still a very strong Magic Swordsman and fought his way out, reporting the incident to the elves."]
[Marcille: "The elves attacked and breached the Mage Tower, and the truth was finally revealed. On the first night after the ritual ended, [he] killed all his relatives and apprentices. There was no living thing left in the entire Mage Tower. He locked himself in his room and tortured himself madly, slashing his face and body. Everything in the entire mage tower that could serve as a mirror was destroyed, including the smooth floor."]
[Ryuguuin Seiya: "Such an attempt must never be made, and no one is allowed to try it."]
Misaka Mikoto: "Hmm"
[Shido Itsuka: "Let's take it one step at a time and level up using our own [Legend]."]
[Marcille: "Body modification True Magic... Magecraft is alright, but things involving self-awareness, soul, and memories must be handled with extreme care. Once something goes wrong with these, it's irreversible."]
[Livestream Room]
Umaru: "?"
[Empty: "The game world is full of pitfalls!"]
[Gokou Ruri: "Magecraft and True Magic... don't seem to be as wonderful as I imagined."]
[Sugou: "Hmph, be careful like this. I remember this person has been in the group chat the whole time but hasn't logged into the game. This dawdling doesn't seem like someone who can accomplish great things."]
Esdeath: "Power is everything. The strong only need to plunder. What's the point of ego? The weak don't even deserve ego."
[Edward Elric: "What strong and weak? What bullshit theory? It's just an equivalent exchange. To gain something, you must lose something. To achieve results across time, the distortion of the self is the equivalent price."]
Aizen: "A flower in a mirror, a moon in the water—her caution is justified. Even if she gains power, it must be solely for my sake. Once I am lost, everything else loses its meaning."
[Makiri: "Leaving aside the philosophical question of my reflection in the mirror, just the act of traveling through time would cause a radical transformation of the self."]
[Zouken Matou: "?"]
Archer: "..."
[Makiri: "She's right. The Record of Boundaries doesn't record memories. Most of the Heroic Spirit logged in are records of the world, but they're just records. Even if they're exactly the same, they're still not who they were in life."]
[Touko Aozaki: "What Magecraft pursues is not the self itself, so what if he loses himself? In this world, who can maintain the purity of their true self forever?"]
Merlin: "Yes, I know at least one."
Morgan: "Only her"
Is this the place?
Carrying the jar, Kazuma Satou followed the map to the newly built "Mysterious Garden" outside the Dao Tian Palace.
"Moshi moshi, is anyone there?"
No one responded.
He went in, stepped onto the Red Earth, and followed the directions on the map, continuing forward, seeing many "animals" along the way.
Finally, we arrived at a tree with small, unripe, green fruits hanging on it.
Kazuma Satou looked puzzled. Was this tree used to help process the materials?
"Hiss..."
A green snake, hidden among the leaves, moved slowly, hanging upside down, its tone elegant:
"Honorable guest, is there anything I can help you with?"
"Oh?"
Kazuma Satou looked at it calmly. He had seen too many storms. It was just a talking snake, not even as good as a flying killer cabbage.
"Could you please help me clean up this blood?"
"Welcome to serve."
The Primal Serpent climbs down from the tree, unlike ordinary snakes, it still retains its limbs.
It first extended its forked tongue and licked the divine blood, its eyes flashing with enjoyment, which gradually turned into greed as it began to suck it in large gulps.
"Hello!"
Kazuma Satou quickly stopped him, "What are you doing?"
"I'm analyzing the composition of this blood."
The Primal Serpent continued to savor it, gradually extending its head inside.
The Bull Demon King's.
Kazuma Satou had an urge to take a knife and chop off the head of the rat snake.
"?!"
[Original Snake] After drinking half of it, it looked up at the flower bed, shrank its neck, looked at Kazuma Satou, and flicked its tongue:
"Hiss, I've already analyzed it."
Kazuma Satou, seeing that only half of his blood remained, hardened his fist.
"Then let's get it done quickly."
It bit the earthenware pot, inserted its fangs inside, and squeezed out a drop of clear venom into the divine blood.
The venom reacts with the bright red divine blood, gradually turning the blood from red to dark purple.
A notification pops up in front of Kazuma Satou.
The Medusa's Divine Blood is being transformed by the venom of the Primal Serpent...
[Medusa's Divine Blood]→ [Gorgon's Demonic Blood]]
[Conversion complete.]
"Welcome to visit again next time."
The Primal Serpent climbed back up the tree and spoke to Kazuma Satou.
Kazuma Satou looked up at the snake, utterly speechless.
The panel clearly shows that there is absolutely no cost to converting [Medusa's Divine Blood] into [Gorgon's Demonic Blood].
So, it consumes half of the divine blood, and you, you dog-snake, are drinking half of it, are you?
Taking 50% cut? That's so greedy!
Kazuma Satou picked up the earthenware pot, glanced back at the fangs of the Primal Serpent, and ran out of the garden.
Next time we need to focus on conversion.
He sneaked over to steal the venom from the rat snake; if he couldn't steal it, he'd rob it!
To deal with birth, we must deal with the way birth happened!
"Hiss..."
The Primal Serpent felt a little itchy in its teeth, so it opened its mouth to stretch. Feeling a bit sleepy from drinking too much, it prepared to go back to sleep.
I took one last look at the boy in green and felt a sense of kinship with him.
Even though we are human, I have a feeling of... being one of them.
It's probably just an illusion.
Chapter 0085: The first [Demi-Servant] player.
"Brothers, I'm back!"
Kazuma Satou jumped out of the silver portal, carrying the processed [Gorgon's Demonic Blood].
Seeing that a crowd had gathered, he immediately went over to them.
"You've come at the perfect time; the professors have just finished their preliminary preparations."
Kohei Imamura and Iori Kitahara made way for Kazuma Satou to squeeze in.
The test subject standing in the middle... is Shirou Emiya.
Kurisu Makise is using the [Person of All Trades] confirmation ceremony while asking the professor questions and learning on the fly.
"Why isn't this Hikigaya?"
Kazuma Satou opened his mouth and spoke his mind directly.
"Um?"
Hachiman Hikigaya stared at him with deadpan eyes. "What do you mean?"
"It's nothing, aren't you the fastest at this kind of thing?"
Hachiman Hikigaya looked at Shirou Emiya in the arena and spoke frankly:
"... I can't beat him."
"You're just going to hand over the title of 'Group Self-Destruct Card' like that?"
"It's not a good title anyway, so I'll just give it up. Besides, I'm not some self-destruct card."
Hachiman Hikigaya and Kazuma Satou chatted to pass the time.
"Alright, we can begin."
After repeatedly confirming, Kurisu Makise finally felt relieved.
Ryuguuin Seiya asked:
"Will there be any side effects?"
"Probably not."
Kurisu Makise hesitated before speaking.
She is very firm and confident in scientific research, but when it comes to Magecraft and human lives, she is not so sure about the potential side effects.
Lin Zhen, leaning on his cane, nodded at the Magic Circle: "This Magic Foundation is no longer a secondary summoning, but a transformation. It only transforms the physical body and will not affect the consciousness and soul level."