My Chat Group Is Way Too Strange

It wasn't a big problem anyway. At worst, he could forge another dozen or so later and wholesale them, just like the Xuanyuan Sword—use one, toss one.

Once the smoke cleared, Saber was kneeling on the ground, supporting herself with the Holy Sword in her hand.

She looked completely unscathed, but in truth, she had merely used mana to repair her shattered armor, making it appear pristine on the outside while everything within had already fallen apart.

"Heh. I thought the shield was the thing worth worrying about most. If not that, then that guy over there watching the show. I never expected you to be the biggest variable in this battle."

Saber looked at Mo Wang then, her golden, dragon-like eyes studying him curiously. It was as if, before leaving, she wanted to see exactly what sort of being had defeated her head-on.

"You're about to leave, so let's not talk about that. Say, do you have any Holy Relics on you? When I get back to Chaldea, I'll come find you to play."

Seeing that Black Saber was about to leave, Mo Wang hurried over and shamelessly began asking her for a Holy Relic.

Even Black Saber was stunned when she saw Mo Wang asking for her Holy Relic without a moment's hesitation—and even trying to get her to work at Chaldea.

"You truly are an unusual Master. I do not carry anything like a Holy Relic, but if it is Chaldea, perhaps we will meet again."

After Black Saber finished speaking, her body turned into motes of light and vanished from where she stood.

"Tch! No Holy Relic? Who are you trying to fool? At least give me Avalon. The boys are counting on that thing to save their lives."

Mo Wang grumbled as he rubbed his chin.

"Come to think of it, didn't Black Saber say we'd meet again? Emmmm~ At the very least, that guarantees another Takeuchi Face? That works too."

Mo Wang turned around and discovered that motes of light had begun rising from Doggy's body as well.

"Yo, leaving so soon? Not staying a little longer?" Mo Wang asked Doggy, who was giving off specks of light.

"Forget it. I feel like I was just here to make up the numbers." Cú Chulainn curled his lip. He had had no sense of participation at all in the final battle, and remembering how badly he had been beaten earlier, Cú Chulainn felt that this Holy Grail War had been an absolute trash experience.

"So, you coming to Chaldea to work like a prisoner or not?"

"Of course I'm coming. Why wouldn't I?" Cú Chulainn laughed at Mo Wang's words.

"Being partners with a Master like you is actually pretty interesting." Cú Chulainn smiled as he spoke. "But compared to a mage, I'd rather you summon me a Lancer."

"Hehe, you want a Lancer? Be a Berserker instead. That suits you better." Mo Wang could not help teasing him.

"Berserker? I don't know anything about me going mad. There's no such thing, okay?"

"Maybe there is. If you can't beat them, join them. Nothing shameful about that."

"Fuck off!" Cú Chulainn viciously gave Mo Wang the middle finger before vanishing from the spot.

"So, with Caster and Saber both gone, we've already won?" Mashu stood alongside Olga Marie, blankly staring at their surroundings.

Was this strange trip through the Singularity really about to end just like that?

"Not yet. A final boss on this level can't carry this Singularity instance."

Having read the script, Mo Wang knew there was still one guy who had not come bouncing out yet.

PS: After I finished writing, I suddenly realized something terrifying... I think I forgot to include Abyss again. (sad.jpg)

Professor Rafe, Where Did You Buy Your Bombs?

"Senpai, are you saying there's someone else here?!"

The moment Mashu heard Mo Wang say there was another powerful opponent, she immediately looked around warily.

Yet aside from the black mud, there seemingly was nothing else here.

"I didn't expect you to make it this far." A man with an exceptionally full head of hair now stood where Black Saber had been. "You have exceeded the planned expectations—and exceeded the limits of my tolerance."

The expressions of everyone present became quite something when they saw that person.

"Professor Rafe?!" Mashu stared in shock at the man above them. Lev appearing here was far more shocking to her than Mo Wang punching Saber to death.

For a moment, Mashu's mind nearly froze.

Although Mo Wang had previously said that Lev was still alive, and might even be strolling the streets of Fuyuki City, no one had completely believed him.

After all, even a top-tier mage would have had an extremely low chance of surviving that explosion.

Yet Lev, who had appeared before them now, was not merely uninjured—there was not even a speck of dust on him.

Standing there, Lev seemed utterly abrupt and eerie.

"Professor Rafe?" Roman stared at that familiar figure in astonishment. At that moment, he became even more convinced of his earlier suspicions.

"Lev! Wait... Mo Wang, what are you doing? Let me go!" The instant she saw Lev, Olga Marie instinctively tried to run over.

But Mo Wang wrapped an arm around her waist, leaving her unable to move.

"Well, if it isn't Professor Rafe. It's been a long time. You've been taking good care of yourself, I see." Mo Wang ignored the weak, powerless resistance of the Director in his arms. With her strength, even if she exerted every ounce of it, she could not scratch Mo Wang's skin.

"Well, Mo Wang. I didn't expect you to still be alive. I thought you had long since been blown to pieces in that explosion."

"Haha, thanks to you. I never expected Professor Rafe's bombs to pack such a punch. I wonder where you bought them. Could you spare me a few?"

The moment Mo Wang said that, the Director, Mashu, and even Roman, who had long anticipated it, all exploded into an uproar.

"Mo Wang! What nonsense are you saying?! How could the bombs possibly have been Lev's..." Olga Marie glared furiously at Mo Wang.

Yet Lev smiled. "It seems you rather liked those bombs? If you want, I can give you my supplier's contact information."

"Oh, no need for that. Honestly, Professor Rafe, using bombs is pretty tasteless, isn't it? You're a magical genius, yet you did not even make some kind of timed explosion spell. At least use alchemical explosives, right? What did you mean by buying them outside?"

"Sigh~ It seems you truly are nothing like what I imagined. Had I known, I should have found a way to eliminate you before you came to Chaldea. What a shame. That day had clearly been the best opportunity."

Lev sighed, as though regretting what he had failed to do in the past.

"Well, then thanks for sparing my life." Mo Wang gave Lev a smile that did not reach his eyes.

"Lev, Mo Wang..."

Olga Marie looked at the two people before her, both so unfamiliar now, and felt something stir within her.

And among everyone present, only Olga Marie could understand what their words meant.

Mo Wang's encounter with Olga Marie and Lev had taken place on a rainy night.

Unlike the other Mo Wangs, the Mo Wang who had crossed into this world had none of this world's memories.

No identity, no money, and nowhere he could call home.

And so, he became a proud—homeless man.

A transmigrator, a high school student, and a homeless man—he had claimed all three top-tier identities at once. It was practically a protagonist template.

But the Mo Wang who had just arrived in this world had felt no love or dreams from it.

Even stray dogs by the roadside would bite him, while the slaps from other homeless people made him see reality clearly.

Compared to him, even some Rabbit Squad lived a hundred times more comfortably.

At the time, Mo Wang suddenly felt that this world had no meaning at all.

It had only existed in a game to begin with. It would be better if he did not exist after all.

"You there, do you want to come with me?"

At the time, hunger had made Mo Wang collapse onto a park bench. Even as rain from the sky continuously fell onto his face, he did not want to move in the slightest.

Yet Olga Marie's voice brought clarity back to his mind.

Olga Marie and Lev, who had just gotten off work, happened to see Mo Wang collapsed on the bench while passing through the park.

Perhaps their sympathy had gotten the better of them. Or perhaps there had been another reason.

The two of them took Mo Wang back with them and arranged a place for him to stay.

No one had expected that, afterward, just like in the original story, Mo Wang would test at 100% aptitude and directly join Chaldea as one of the reserve Masters.

And that was one of the reasons why Mo Wang had always listened to Olga Marie...

"Lev! You really did it?! Why? Why would you do this?!"

Olga Marie emotionally broke down as she questioned Lev before her.

Yet Professor Rafe maintained his calm expression as he looked at Olga Marie.

That gaze was more like the way one looked at a stranger.

"I called Roman to come to the Command Room. As for Olga, I clearly planted the bomb directly beneath her feet, yet I did not expect her to survive."

"..." Olga Marie could no longer speak. No one could immediately accept the betrayal of the person they trusted most, especially when Olga Marie's mental resilience had always been worn thin beneath the crushing pressure of Chaldea's affairs.

"Though I suppose you cannot say she survived. Her body has already been torn apart. Only by having her soul remain could she perform the Rayshift she was incapable of during life." Lev's perpetually narrowed eyes suddenly opened, revealing a grotesque expression. His gaping mouth was filled with jagged, shark-like teeth. If this appearance were put in Mo Wang's former world, it would be impossible not to restore it faithfully. Lev looked unquestionably like a villain at this moment; no one would imagine that in other worldlines, he was a genuinely good person. "But once she returns to Chaldea, her consciousness will disappear."

"How could that be... I'll disappear?"

Olga Marie felt as though she had been struck by lightning.

She went limp against Mo Wang, and in that instant, her will seemed to collapse completely.

PS: While writing this chapter, I went back and reviewed Lev's storyline...

It was rather bittersweet. He was supposed to be a good person.

The Gaze Cast into Nihility

"How could that be... I'll disappear?"

After hearing Lev's words, Olga Marie immediately panicked.

She had never imagined that the reason she had come to this world was because her body in Chaldea had long since been shattered beyond repair.

"But that would be far too pitiful. She devoted her entire life to Chaldea, only to end up like this. Come, Olga." Lev raised his hand, and the golden prism that had appeared on the ground at some point flew into his grasp. "Let me show you what Chaldea looks like now."

With a snap of Lev's fingers, the image that appeared was Chaldeas in the Command Room, intertwined in molten gold and crimson like lava.

Or rather, it looked like a sun.

"This is fake, isn't it, Lev..."

"It's real. I went to some trouble to connect two different points in time and space. And right now, if Mo Wang were not holding onto you, you would have already been dragged in and broken down." Lev spoke to Olga with absolute inhumanity.

"Just as I thought, you really are someone who makes no sense at all."

"There's plenty more that makes no sense." Mo Wang tightened his hold around Olga Marie. "I'm taking her away today. Let's see who dares stop me!"

Lev frowned. No matter how slow he was, he had already realized that something was wrong.

"How is this possible? What exactly did you do to her?"

Lev looked at Mo Wang. He had clearly opened the passage, so why was Olga Marie standing in place without moving, as though she had not been affected at all?

Even if Mo Wang was offsetting the pull for her, she should not have remained completely motionless.

"Oh, nothing much. I just gave the Director a buff. It's working now, isn't it?"

Mo Wang grinned at Lev. This was the feeling—watching a villain get shut down was truly satisfying!

"A buff? What are you talking about?" Lev had no idea what Mo Wang was saying.

"So you're just behind the times, old man. You don't even know what a buff is." Mo Wang was about to say something else when Olga Marie elbowed him.

"Enough nonsense. What exactly did you do to me?" Olga Marie urged Mo Wang. She wanted to know what he had done behind her back as well.

"It's simple, Director. I merely used mana to turn your soul into something tangible. Simply put, I turned you into a ghost! You don't need to worry about dying at all~"

Mo Wang finally revealed the buff he had given Olga Marie earlier.

Having read the script, Mo Wang naturally knew that Olga would die after this instance ended because she had no body.

So, he had simply used his mana to transform the Director into a state similar to that of a Servant.

In Type-Moon terms, it was equivalent to Mo Wang using the Third Magic directly to turn the Director's soul into a body. Of course, this could not possibly be like the real Third Magic, capable of granting infinite mana.

Although Mo Wang did not know the so-called Third Magic, Caesar's side had plenty of methods for turning humans into undead.

Mo Wang had barely needed to put in any effort to turn the Director into what she was now.

"Just as I thought. An existence like you is simply an obstacle to my lord."

Lev's expression gradually darkened as he watched what Mo Wang had done.

"So what? Are you planning to kill me for that master of yours, who's as much of a clown as The Clown? Heh. Incineration of Humanity?"

Mo Wang mercilessly mocked Lev before him. To him, Goetia and Lev were nothing more than a bunch of clowns.

"H-How do you know that?" Lev's expression finally changed significantly, and he stared at Mo Wang in disbelief.

"How do I know? There are far too many people who know about your plan. Have you never considered this? With a plan as huge as yours, why have those supposedly mighty gods, as well as the Counter Force's subordinates, not directly acted against you yet? Everyone is merely watching the show."