Eating, Drinking, and Having Fun / Roman's Discussion

"Yes, that's possible, and highly likely. The other party's goal is very likely to return to the beginning of the planet's birth. In that case, as the only being with consciousness at that time, they would naturally be able to obtain the concept of a planetary god!"

Leonardo da Vinci and Olga Marie were stunned by this analysis. After a long while, Leonardo da Vinci shook his head and said, "This is a bit too crazy."

To travel back in time at the cost of all human history and become the sole god of the planet—that goal is truly insane!

Chapter 162 Eating, Drinking, and Having Fun

No one expected that what was initially thought to be a major battle would end up with both sides sitting down to discuss matters.

Jason, in particular, was extremely embarrassed; he had no idea he had been tricked.

"A guy whose dream is to burn all of human history and then use that power to go back in time—guess how powerful the Ark of the Covenant he's talking about, with the goddess as a sacrifice, really is?"

Jason immediately replied, "It must be very strong."

"So where will this power be displayed?"

Jason fell silent; at this moment, he dared not utter anything such as "the Ark of the Covenant of the Covenant, offered as a sacrifice to the goddess, can bring happiness to mankind."

He was certain that if he actually said that, the people present would beat him up.

Moreover, he wasn't brainless, so after thinking for a moment, he came up with the answer.

"The Ark of the Ark of the Covenant's power is to instantly kill anyone who touches it, even Heracles' Twelve Labors, which killed them all at once. So if the goddess is used as a sacrifice to enhance the Ark of the Covenant's power... could the Ark of the Covenant kill all of humanity in an instant?!"

"At least you have some brains," Mephistopheles said.

Jason was somewhat dissatisfied with this assessment, but he did not refute it.

It's much better than being called "you brainless person".

However, this was a good thing, Jason immediately cheered up again.

"We've missed you terribly since you defeated the Mother of Monsters and then disappeared. Unfortunately, we also received a divine oracle that told us not to worry about you and to continue our journey..." Jason said, a nostalgic look on his face.

He then asked, "So where did you go after that? How come you just vanished completely? I haven't found any news about you for the next few decades."

At this point, Jason added in a low voice, "And you know what? Atalanta says she doesn't want to get married, but we can all tell she really misses you."

As he spoke, he glanced cautiously at Atalanta, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she was ignoring him.

"I thought she would hear me."

Atalanta's voice came through.

"I heard it."

Jason immediately jumped up. "I... I didn't say anything!"

Atalanta Jason a strange look. "I didn't intend to do anything either."

"Huh?!" Jason was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Mephistopheles, then at Atalanta, before realizing what he meant. "So, you're together?"

"Yes, that's right." Mephistopheles nodded.

Jason leaned closer and patted Mephistopheles on the shoulder. "Impressive, you managed to take this down."

Then, he looked at Medea and Artemis, and suddenly didn't know what to say.

Wow, that's really impressive! What kind of women did they manage to win over?!

How many figures in all of Greece could compare to Mephistopheles? Perhaps only Zeus.

Moreover, Zeus was doing it secretly, and might even be captured by Hera. Look at Mephistopheles, surrounded by such harmony; Zeus would probably be green with envy.

Jason looked on with envy, but still took out the Holy Grail and asked, "So, all I have to do is hand over the Holy Grail to you, and then we can return to the Throne of Heroes, and this place will return to normal history?"

Seeing that the other party had brought the matter to the point, Mephistopheles nodded and said, "Yes, that's exactly it."

"That's not difficult at all, I trust you with this. But perhaps we can wait a little while?" Jason smiled. "We haven't seen each other in so long, we should definitely enjoy ourselves!"

As he spoke, he activated the power of the Holy Grail, and instantly a vast amount of delicious food began to emerge from Holy Grail, quickly transforming the entire deck of the ship into a banquet venue.

Here you can find delicious roasted whole lamb, lamb and Mushroom soup, lettuce, abundant fruit, and of course, fine wine.

Jason laughed heartily, "We haven't been able to have a proper meal together in the past, so we must make up for it this time!"

Mephistopheles looked at the other person, then suddenly smiled and nodded.

Although the adventure was essentially for fun, the days on the ship were quite memorable. Seeing old friends again, having a good meal, and celebrating were all perfectly reasonable.

At the banquet, Mephistopheles chatted with Jason and Heracles.

Jason and his companions were curious about Mephistopheles's experiences, and Mephistopheles, without hiding anything, recounted what had happened to him.

"So you traveled to another world, a world with a completely different history from ours?"

"Oh right, I also went to that world, although it was me as an adult," Medea laughed. "The Holy Grail War has already happened several times there, and unlike here, there aren't as many troublesome things there. The world is moving in a normal direction."

"But isn't it still amazing?" Jason took a sip of his wine and said, "The things you gave Atalanta actually ended up in that world. We all know that Atalanta cherished what you gave her, and it was buried with her in the end. It's impossible for them to appear in other worlds..."

Atalanta blushed slightly at those words, but said nothing.

"It could be due to the thing itself, or it could be interfered with by other beings," Mephistopheles murmured. "For example, my future self, or perhaps an Outer Gods."

"Outer Gods?"

"I'm not sure. It could be the Lord of Time and Space, or it could be God. Either way is possible. Like I said, it could be me from the future... After all, a key part of my story was that my future self appeared at a past point in that world's timeline."

Jason asked, "You mean, you might also comprehend the Fifth Magic in the future?"

Mephistopheles shook his head. "It might not be the Fifth Magic. My current spacetime-related spells are related to the Lord of Time and Space in some way. Maybe we're connected to Him?"

"Outer Gods?"

"Hmm, Outer Gods."

Things that are hard to explain are a waste of time to think about, so in the end everyone decided to put these questions aside for now and focus on eating and drinking.

"They seem to get along quite well, senpai," Mash Kyrielight said to Ritsuka Fujimaru, who was eating with Drake and the others.

"That's normal, after all, we haven't seen each other for so many years, but we were also adventure partners in the past." Ritsuka Fujimaru said, picking up a chicken leg and taking a big bite.

She then remarked, "But I really didn't expect this adventure to be even easier than the previous ones. There wasn't even any need to fight; we just ate, drank, and chatted together."

Ritsuka Fujimaru glanced at Euryale beside her. This sickly goddess was also enjoying the food to the fullest, showing no signs of what a goddess should be like.

However, after glancing at Artemis over there, she suddenly realized that this phenomenon might be quite normal.

As for Asterius, he was happily eating mutton and drinking barrel after barrel of wine.

Although he has bovine lineage, he is omnivorous and consumes a very large amount of meat.

It's clear that these delicious foods make him very happy.

Inside the command center, Romani and the others were watching a group of people eating and drinking heartily.

After a while, Romani looked at Leonardo da Vinci.

I feel hungry.

Leonardo da Vinci sighed. "I'm starting to wonder if there's something wrong with us being so tense about saving the world. I don't see anything tense about these adventures at all; look at them now, how relaxed they are!"

"They're actually eating with their opponent this time?!" Olga Marie was also somewhat speechless. This time, they didn't even have to fight. Their opponent surrendered right away, then ate and drank, and was about to hand over the Holy Grail?!

Is this still the great journey to save human history? No one would doubt that this is just a picnic in their own backyard!

Unfortunately, no matter how much Olga Marie wanted to deny it, she knew that this was indeed saving Human History and saving humanity's future.

It's just that this great journey now seems far too easy, because of certain people.

After persisting for a while, Romani stood up from his seat and walked outside.

"I'm going to get something to eat, I'm hungry!"

Leonardo da Vinci hesitated for a moment, then followed.

Olga Marie watched this scene, sighed, and finally said, "Bring me some food."

Romani and Leonardo da Vinci looked at Olga Marie with eyes that seemed to say, "You're a ghost, why do you need to eat?"

The director immediately protested. "Ghosts can eat too!"

Servants can eat, so why can't demons?!

Of course you can eat it!

And you can eat like a normal person!

As she wished, Olga Marie was served a plate of spaghetti.

The combination of tomatoes and meat sauce, intertwined with the noodles, looks incredibly appetizing.

Although it couldn't compare to the lavish feasts of those currently in the Singularity, it still offered Olga Marie a small measure of comfort.

At least, it's still edible food!

Inside the cafeteria, Romani and Leonardo da Vinci each took some of their favorite foods and then sat down together.

"So, how confident are you about that guess?" Leonardo da Vinci asked.

They came not only to eat, but also to have discussions.

"I'm very confident, at least 90% confident," Romani said, his expression somewhat serious. "This means the Demon God King is considering sending himself to the past, to the planet's earliest stages, and then becoming the sole god to control everything in the future."

"You know how to stop it?"

"I know..." Romani took a deep breath, "Even if they all fail, I still have a trump card. If necessary, I will use it in advance to give them a chance to win."

Leonardo da Vinci sighed, "You gave up everything to gain human identity, and now you're planning to give up human identity for these same things?"

"A choice has to be made eventually, but I'm not particularly worried right now." Romani suddenly laughed. "Mephistopheles's power is peculiar. I feel that he might be able to save Human Order without my help."

"Indeed, someone who can get Lev to pay special attention to is definitely a huge trump card."

"And now I have another doubt," Romani said.

Leonardo da Vinci looked at Romani, waiting for him to continue.

"With the power of the Durandal in Mephistopheles's hands, I suspect that even the Demon God King cannot defeat him. Once that sword unleashes its full power, it might be able to easily cut the entire planet in two. If necessary, it could directly sever those halos, thereby interrupting the Demon God King's Magecraft."

"After all, without enough magical power, this Magecraft naturally cannot be activated."

Romani laughed as he said this.

"Once the world returns to normal, we can consider having Mephistopheles promote his True Magic. It seems much better than the Magecraft we have now."

Leonardo da Vinci shook his head. "The people at the Clock Tower might not agree."

"They probably won't have time to deal with this kind of thing by then. Besides, I don't know how profound Mephistopheles's True Magic system is, but it's obviously very simple to get started with. Most importantly, it requires almost no talent and doesn't need any Magic Circuits."

Romani narrowed his eyes after saying this.

"As long as someone passes on the knowledge, others will naturally learn it, and these people will grow—I mean, their strength will improve very quickly. By then, the Clock Tower will probably be unable to manage it."

"After all, they might not care about ten True Magic of similar strength, and they could probably suppress them easily. But what if that number increased to a hundred, or even a thousand or ten thousand?!"

Leonardo da Vinci remained silent, while Romani said, "With the mystery gone, Magecraft today are merely clinging to life. They are constantly searching for ways to survive, and Mephistopheles's True Magic is actually the most suitable way for Magecraft to live."

"If they want to survive, they have no choice but to abandon the past, abandon what they consider to be their noble bloodline, and embrace this new technique; otherwise, they will soon be eliminated."

"You're really confident."

"Of course I'm confident. Although Marie and the others didn't notice, I saw it clearly. Mephistopheles, when he was still a high school student, had already accomplished the incredible feat of creating Temple and wearing it himself."

"Most importantly, the protective power of his Temple is terrifying. With this True Magic knowledge, he alone can easily defeat all the Magecraft in the entire Time-Space Tower."

Chapter 163 Romani's Discussion

After a satisfying meal, Jason finally finished catching up with Mephistopheles. After handing the Holy Grail to Mephistopheles, Jason suddenly said, "By the way, since the person who summoned me is the mastermind behind this, I still need to remind you of something."

Mephistopheles nodded. "Go ahead."

"I know you are powerful, your strength is comparable to that of the gods," Jason said, glancing at Artemis. Relieved that she didn't deny it, he continued, "But that fellow is no simple man either. I can't see through him. His power is absolutely immense, perhaps similar to that of the gods, or even..."

He hesitated for a moment, but still said those words.

"That guy might be even stronger than the gods from our time."

"Are you saying that his power has surpassed that of the gods?"

"I can't explain it clearly, but I do have this feeling. He might be unable to make a direct move right now for some reason, but if he does, even the combined might not be able to contend with him."