Summoning

"That's right. These guys will turn a part of the area into a special area, and then turn those areas into the same areas described in the magic book, thereby summoning Ghoul. Most importantly, this behavior may summon another special Phase creature, the Hound of Tindalos."

"If that really happens, everyone in that area might die, or even turn into Ghoul. So our task is simple: resolve this before things get out of control."

"Leave no one alive?"

A glint of murderous intent flashed in Leivinia's eyes. "Leave no one alive!"

"Okay, I understand." Mephistopheles clapped his hands. "So, who issued this mission?"

"Who else could it be? It's the Anglican Church, of course."

"What a nuisance. Don't they have a saint? Why not just send one?" Mephistopheles yawned, waved his hand, and said, "I'm off then. If I die, remember to sprinkle some wine on me."

Leivinia laughed, "The mission isn't difficult, you won't die."

The task itself wasn't difficult, but it was rather irritating.

When Mephistopheles arrived at that place, which was originally a small village, it had been taken over by those evil True Magic, who had begun a True Magic ritual. The passages on the ground had been opened, as if connecting to another world, and strange creatures were emerging from them.

Those creatures didn't look alive, or even human. They possessed greater speed, strength, and a terrifying appearance than humans. The only certainty was that they had a human-like appearance, or rather, an ape-like appearance.

Moreover, they can even speak human language and communicate with people, but even so, it is difficult to hide their impulse to devour people and turn them into Ghoul!

Ghoul, zombies, or whatever you call them, these are the monsters that humans transformed into after gaining immortality through the power of the Mysterious Lord's Seven Chapters —the so-called Immortal Body.

Furthermore, one can even rely on special elixirs to allow one's soul to leave the body and begin wandering through time and space, which is also recorded in the Mysterious Lord's Seven Chapters.

But as Leivinia said, this behavior would attract an even more dangerous being, not Ghoul, a relatively weak Phase creature, or a mythical creature, but something far more terrifying: the Hound of Tindalos, a monster that can hunt its prey across the timeline!

"That's why I said I hate those Cthulhu Mythos True Magic guys the most!" Mephistopheles sensed the monster appearing behind him. The monster's attack hit him, but because of his defenses, he suffered a counterattack and let out a scream.

It was a monster with a tongue that stuck out like a suction cup. It had a bizarre appearance and was called a dog, but that was only because of its voice. It didn't look like a dog at all.

Especially with the appearance of this guy, a feeling of nausea and dizziness arose.

That was the impact of the strange True Magic knowledge they carried. These Cthulhu Mythos creatures possessed True Magic knowledge and also spread the poison brought by their knowledge, which was a great disturbance to those who saw their appearance.

For Mephistopheles, this was not a difficult task. The True Magic Spirit Dress representing the power of the Lord protected his body and his soul, preventing him from suffering too much impact. Then, he gently raised his hand.

A scepter appeared in his hand; the red scepter represented the power of fire.

Then, a raging flame erupted from the ground, engulfing the monster!

The power of this flame was so great that even Phase creatures could not withstand it. Under this impact, the Hound of Tindalos burrowed into a rift in spacetime and hid itself.

Mephistopheles didn't linger; he simply shifted his attack target from the dog to the surrounding Ghoul.

So what if they are Phase creatures? There's no need to fear these weak creatures. Although angels are also Phase creatures, compared to the power of angels, these Ghouls are far too weak.

Even a novice who has only been learning True Magic for a few months can easily take down a number of Ghoul in a head-on fight against multiple opponents.

Therefore, Mephistopheles felt no pressure facing these hundreds of Ghouls. He simply summoned the power of the wind, which transformed into wind blades, instantly separating the heads and bodies of these Ghouls!

These creatures began to dissipate, returning to their Phase, and will surely reappear, crawling out of the cave in the ground.

But Mephistopheles was no longer going to give them that chance.

"Get out here!"

As Mephistopheles spoke, several wind blades blasted towards the distance, and a house was directly blasted down by Mephistopheles's attack, turning into a pile of debris.

Among the debris, several figures emerged.

These men were dressed in black cloaks, giving them an air of mystery, and the leader was holding a book—a book that was clearly made of human skin!

The leader looked at Mephistopheles and sneered, "I never expected that the second-in-command of Dawnlight would personally come to deal with us. Should we feel honored?"

"Honored? Do as you please. This is all the people in your group?" Mephistopheles glanced at the number of people. There were seven in total, and there was True Magic circle beneath the ruins, clearly the core structure of the True Magic array in this area.

Having confirmed this, Mephistopheles walked forward.

"Your actions have harmed countless ordinary people, and the consequences of your True Magic are extremely severe, turning this area into a Ghoul territory. At the request of the Anglican Church, I have come here to annihilate you!"

The leader's eyes were filled with disdain. "In the pursuit of immortality, in the pursuit of the demonic path, the death of a few people is nothing. Don't you understand?!"

"Sorry, I really don't understand." Mephistopheles scoffed, and in addition to his scepter, daggers, the Holy Grail, and a star chart appeared around him, flying around him.

Anger finally appeared in Mephistopheles's eyes.

"We don't need to understand each other; we only need to know that we cannot live in peace with each other and that one side must annihilate the other!"

"Here I state my True Magic name: Veritas000, meaning 'the seeker of truth'!"

"Boom!"

As Mephistopheles shouted, terrifying Angelic Power descended from the sky, surrounding Mephistopheles. Seeing this, the faces of several True Magic turned pale. To be able to directly summon Angelic Power was no ordinary True Magic.

At this moment, raging flames began to appear around Mephistopheles. Under Michael's power, these flames became scorching hot, like the sun!

Those were merely arrows formed from converging flames!

The raging power washed over everything here, from the True Magic to the Ghoul that burst forth from the caves once more, and even the Hound of Tindalos that peeked out from the rifts in space and time. No monster could survive such a ferocious attack.

The True Magic circle was destroyed at that moment, and the True Magic ritual, which was already halfway through, finally began to dissipate and end, and everything returned to its original state.

Aside from the True Magic's ashes burned to ash in the flames, there were also the pitiful houses blasted to smithereens by Mephistopheles.

"That's a wrap, time to go back and rest. Then I need to think about how to continue improving myself. Maybe I should go to Academy City to talk to Aleister sometime? Hmm, no thanks, I'm afraid he'll kill me if I go..."

The boy muttered to himself as he left the scene, and just as he had come, he walked back.

This is Britain in the 21st century.

"This is... a dream?" Olga Marie opened her eyes. She clearly remembered having a dream, and it was a dream about Mephistopheles, a rather strange dream.

She was already dead, a ghost, a being similar to a Servant. She didn't actually need to sleep, but thinking that she had worked for so long, she still wanted to sleep for a while, so she had a good sleep, and then she had a dream.

She had a dream that was somewhat difficult for her to understand.

She knew perfectly well that those were Mephistopheles's past experiences, but these experiences were completely unrelated to the Mephistopheles she knew.

That wasn't Mephistopheles McRemitz, but Mephistopheles, a Mephistopheles whose last name was unknown!

That was Britain, that was Earth, but it was definitely not this Earth, not the London I knew!

Clock Tower? No!

The Vatican? Yes, it exists, but it's completely different from the Vatican she knows!

"The Anglican Church, the Necessary Evil Church... the Golden Dawn, the Dawnlight... using special True Magic to gain the ability to live forever, and these people are even close to succeeding... If it were really that simple, what would be the point of the Holy Grail?"

"Besides, I can understand things like the Hound of Tindalos and Ghoul —no, I can understand Ghoul to some extent, but what are the Hound of Tindalos? How can there be such bizarre creatures?"

"Phase? What is Phase? Phase beings? According to Mephistopheles's idea in the dream, angels are Phase beings, and the Hound of Tindalos are Phase beings... So can I understand that Phase is actually a kind of place similar to a divine realm, and Phase beings are the inhabitants of that divine realm?"

Olga Marie's mind raced as she tried to uncover the secrets hidden within the dream.

She had always known that Mephistopheles had many secrets, but this was the first time she had discovered that Mephistopheles's secrets were so peculiar, so terrifying, and so alluring.

"That... that's a completely different world! The people there don't practice Magecraft at all, they practice True Magic..."

The more Olga Marie thought about it, the more surprised she became, and the more surprised she became, the more excited she felt.

The greater the variables and the more unique characteristics Mephistopheles possesses, the stronger Chaldea's ability to cope with crises will naturally be!

What are you thinking about?

Upon hearing the sudden voice, Olga Marie didn't think much of it and simply said, "Nothing, I was just wondering what your strange world is all about, I'm a little curious."

After she finished speaking, she realized that she was talking to Mephistopheles!

And this guy actually ran straight into his own lounge!

"How... how did you get in?!" Olga Marie stared at the other person, watching as they sat down casually to the side, and stammered as she asked.

"Oh, actually, for me, a door is no different from nothing. Whether it's the power of Hermes or Raphael, it can render a person useless."

"That's no reason for you to just come in!"

"I was just worried about you. I suddenly felt a strong fluctuation coming from your side, so I thought something might have happened and came to check on you. But judging from what you just said," Mephistopheles laughed, "You've discovered my secret?"

Olga Marie took a step back. "W-what do you want to do?! This-this isn't my fault, it's because you made a pact with me!"

Chapter 165 Summoning

After a "friendly" exchange with Mephistopheles, Olga Marie finally gained some understanding of Mephistopheles's current situation.

She was amazed by the wonder of this world, that such a miraculous thing could actually happen. But soon she became puzzled and asked, "So, do you mean you're an evil spirit possessing the body of the adopted son of the McRemitz family?"

"I understand what you mean, but that's not it. In reality, I had a normal birth. In other words, I am who I am, and there's no such thing as me occupying someone else's body." Mephistopheles shook his head.

Olga Marie frowned. "But this is too strange, it's almost like the concept of reincarnation in some Magecraft systems."

"You can understand it that way, or you can understand it from another perspective." Mephistopheles pointed to his head. "I am a person of this world, but I don't know why someone implanted the memories of someone from another world into me right after I was born."

"That's one possibility, but wouldn't that mean you've had a memory and life copied and pasted onto you that isn't your own? How come you don't seem sad at all?" Olga Marie looked at Mephistopheles incredulously, feeling that Mephistopheles's attitude was far too carefree.

Mephistopheles chuckled, "Isn't it better to be happy in life? No matter what, I am who I am. I'm walking my own ideal path, seeking the mysteries of True Magic, and I feel perfectly content."

Seeing Mephistopheles's relaxed and nonchalant expression, Olga Marie even felt that even if the world were to be destroyed, she couldn't let him be sad or afraid.

"Oh, the world is going to end? I'll definitely enjoy myself before the world ends. After all, it's going to be destroyed anyway, so the most important thing is to do some fun and happy things quickly."

Olga Marie confirmed that she was not mistaken; Mephistopheles was indeed that kind of person.

However, Olga Marie also had some doubts. "Such a big secret, aren't you going to blackmail me? For example, by signing some agreement with me to prevent me from telling anyone?"

"If you want to tell, then tell. It's no big deal. I didn't intend to keep this a secret forever; there's no need." Mephistopheles shook his head. "If I really didn't want this secret to be discovered, then I wouldn't have signed the contract with you. And now that you know about my experiences, you should be a little more confident, right?"

Olga Marie had to admit that Mephistopheles made a lot of sense; if he was really worried about this being found out, then there was no need to sign a contract with her and provide magic in the first place.

Not to mention, after learning how wondrous Mephistopheles's world was, Olga Marie felt even more hopeful about the future of humanity.

Putting aside the power of True Magic itself, the very idea that True Magic wouldn't weaken even if it spread too widely was already incredibly exciting for me.

This solves the biggest problem in the Magecraft world in an instant, and it's also great for expanding the circle of Magecraft!

"Ahem, so, you really meant it when you said you wanted to spread this True Magic knowledge?"

"Of course, I'm already teaching Gudako... Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash Kyrielight, aren't I? Romani and Leonardo da Vinci seem interested too, and they've been coming more often lately, but they're still in the research phase and don't seem very interested in learning directly."

As she said these words, Olga Marie finally calmed down and relaxed somewhat. However, as she relaxed, something came to mind.

"Speaking of which, you're quite intimate with many women," Olga Marie said with a half-smile.

"Don't slander me!" Mephistopheles immediately protested, "I haven't had many close women yet, have I? You can count them on one hand, right?"

"Medea, Atalanta, Artemis," Olga Marie said with a smile.

Mephistopheles immediately said, "Look, three."

Olga Marie then said, "So how come I heard that you also had a close relationship with someone when you participated in the Holy Grail War in another world?"

"That's only two!" Mephistopheles immediately exclaimed. "See? You can count them on one hand!"

When Olga Marie heard this, she realized there were exactly five, which was indeed countable on one hand.

But seeing the other person's shameless behavior, Olga Marie felt a surge of anger.

"He's already lived two lives, making him middle-aged by now, yet he's still deceiving young girls. Shameless!"

"What?! I was young in both my lives, okay? How could I have grown mentally or physically? I'm a solid high school student!"

Seeing Mephistopheles's shameless behavior, Olga Marie was at a loss for words.

When a person is so shameless that they feel no shame whatsoever, then so-called moral condemnation is utterly useless.

While it's true that having multiple partners can only be morally condemned, Mephistopheles doesn't buy into that at all.

So, poor Olga Marie could only cough twice. "Alright, be more careful next time. Don't make a move just because other girls are pretty. That's so irresponsible!"

"I didn't either..." Mephistopheles said, then suddenly looked at Olga Marie, "Strange, why are you interfering? You're not my girlfriend."

"I'm your boss!"

"You're still my contractual possession!"

"Well, I'm your boss too, and a boss needs to be mindful of his subordinates' conduct!" Olga Marie said, but then, seemingly realizing that her words weren't convincing enough, she added, "I'm just worried about your life. You have to be responsible for those girls!"

"Of course I'll take responsibility."

"How do you plan to take responsibility?"

"Find a way to summon them!" Mephistopheles said matter-of-factly. "Many can be summoned through Servant Summoning. Although it's not the original body, it can solve the problem of them not being together. Later, when we have enough experience, we can bring the original body down."