Trash Talk / The Plan

"It's alright, after all, we are indeed natural enemies in some ways." Mephistopheles smiled, indicating that he didn't mind, and then said, "Alright, let's set off. The most important thing is to stabilize the signal transmission as soon as possible and establish a stable connection with Chaldea."

"Let's go!" Ritsuka Fujimaru immediately chimed in.

The group headed towards their destination. Although they walked along the main road, the dilapidated houses and burning flames around them made Mash Kyrielight and the others frown.

Mash Kyrielight said in a low voice, " In Fuyuki City in 2004, a huge fire was burning, but there's no record of any of these events..."

Just then, a scream suddenly came from afar.

"Oh no!! What on earth is going on?!"

Hearing that familiar voice, Mephistopheles knew he had found the person in question.

Mash Kyrielight immediately said, "It sounds like a woman's scream, Senpai! Let's go quickly!"

They would call him "senpai" directly, usually Ritsuka Fujimaru. At this moment, the group quickened their pace toward the direction from which the screams came and soon found the person.

Olga Marie's hair was disheveled as she ran, dodging the undead monsters charging at her—the same kind of monsters Mash Kyrielight and Ritsuka Fujimaru had fought earlier.

"What's going on? What's wrong with these guys?! Why am I the only one who's so unlucky?!" Olga Marie was extremely nervous, scared, and angry.

How could such a huge accident have happened so suddenly, and we ended up in a place like this?

"I've had enough, come save me, Lev! Isn't it always you who helps me?!"

"You're hurting me by saying that, Ms. Animusphere. I did help you, and one of my reasons for coming here was to save you."

The sudden, slightly sad voice made Olga Marie look at the person who had come, and then she saw three people rushing towards her.

Mash Kyrielight and Ritsuka Fujimaru arrived in a hurry, along with a man who walked slowly but appeared quite composed; he was someone I vaguely remembered.

"You... you few?! Ugh, I can't take it anymore, what's going on?!" Olga Marie wailed. These few people didn't seem like the kind of people who could solve the problems here!

Then, she saw Mash Kyrielight, under Ritsuka Fujimaru's instructions, begin her attack on the monsters. Mash Kyrielight displayed tremendous fighting power, which surprised Olga Marie.

At this moment, Mephistopheles finally walked slowly to Olga Marie's side and said with a smile, "I'm very happy to see that you are in good health, Ms. Animusphere."

"Aren't you going to help?" Olga Marie asked, then shook her head. "No, it's better not to go. It will affect Mash Kyrielight, Demi-Servant, and only make her a burden."

Then she turned to look at Mephistopheles and said, "Didn't you skip the experiment? Why are you here?"

"You'll have to ask that person you were so hung up on earlier, ask him why I couldn't come." Mephistopheles shrugged. "What a pity. I was planning to give him a good beating first, but I ended up getting tricked."

Olga Marie was taken aback at first, then frowned and asked in a cold voice, "The person you're talking about is... Lev?!"

"Of course it's Mr. Lev. After all, Ms. Animusphere just said that he's the only one who usually helps me, which really hurt my feelings."

Olga Marie couldn't understand a word the other person was saying, but judging from the way they talked about Lev, it seemed like they knew each other. But given how well Olga Marie and Lev knew each other, why would Lev deliberately prevent this guy from coming to the experiment?

And this is a hostility that should have been exposed before even arriving at the lab?

"Lev is my man, and I trust him!" Olga Marie said, then turned to look at the other side. "What's going on here? Why did an ordinary person who was late for my speech become Master?! Only top-tier Magecraft can form contracts with Servants!"

"That statement is incorrect, Ms. Animusphere. In fact, contracts can be formed regardless of Magecraft's qualifications. Even an ordinary human can form a contract with a Servant. Furthermore, if necessary, one person can form contracts with multiple Servants, allowing Servants to form contracts with each other."

Mephistopheles smiled and said something that made Olga Marie blush, turning her face red with anger.

"Are you saying you understand the contract between Servant and Master better?!"

"I know a little bit, but that's not important right now. I think what's important right now is to get that person out."

Mephistopheles raised his head as he finished speaking.

"You stay here, Lev, come out here!"

Olga Marie always believed that Lev would help her, but if Lev was still there, why didn't the other person come out?

"What did you say?! Lev is here too?"

"Of course, oh, here he comes..." Mephistopheles said, glancing at the squinty-eyed man wearing a hat who was looking at him from a distance.

He took off his hat, bowed slightly to the group, and then revealed a subtle, enigmatic smile.

"I really didn't expect you to be able to get out of a place like that. I originally thought you were his descendant, after all, you're just an adopted son of the McRemitz family, but now I'm sure of it, you're not that person's descendant, you are that guy himself!"

Mephistopheles paused for a moment, then laughed, "Have we met before?"

"I have seen you, mysterious and powerful Magecraft who calls himself Veritas000. I watched with my own eyes as you, together with the Greece moon goddess, killed Typhon, making it impossible for Typhon to ever return."

"Then, continuing upwards, I saw you fighting alongside the gods against the White Giant. Although you suddenly disappeared afterward, leaving only a few records, making it difficult to even identify you, I saw it with my own eyes."

Lev's words made everyone present look at Mephistopheles. They suddenly realized that this person who had finally joined Chaldea seemed to have a very high status.

Chapter 127 Verbal Battle

At this moment, everyone present fell silent, not because they didn't want to say anything, but because their brains were temporarily unable to comprehend what Lev was saying.

At this moment, the one who shattered the peace was Gudako Ritsuka Fujimaru, the strongest human who would one day rule all of Chaldea.

"Wait a minute, you killed Typhon alongside the moon goddess, and then fought against the White Giant alongside the gods?!" Ritsuka Fujimaru's eyes were full of doubt. She looked at Mephistopheles, who was about the same age as her, and asked in bewilderment, "Is this still the history I know? When have I ever experienced anything like this, like something out of a myth?!"

As someone who can't go out most of the time and has to stay in Chaldea as experimental material every day, Mash Kyrielight reads quite a lot of books. She said softly:

"According to records, Typhon was the father of monsters who could defeat even Zeus, Dragon Kind, and many legendary monsters are related to him. However, this monster was killed. According to records, it was killed by the immortal witch Medea and the moon goddess Artemis together. There is no record of any Magecraft named Veritas000."

"I'm not very good at history, but isn't Veritas000 an English name? It's from the time of Artemis and Medea, when the language spoken in Greece was Ancient Greece, right?"

"It's like this... so I don't know what's wrong with Mr. Lev right now, whether he's lost his mind..." Mash Kyrielight continued to explain in a low voice.

"Is there something wrong with your brain?"

"With such a huge explosion, it's possible that their brains were damaged," Mash Kyrielight said, nodding as if she agreed with her own guess.

Ritsuka Fujimaru suddenly realized that Mash Kyrielight was actually a very cunning and sharp-tongued person.

"Lev, what are you talking about? What Veritas000? He's just a younger member of a Magecraft family, an adopted son at that. How could he possibly be related to the Greece moon goddess?!" Olga Marie shouted, but then paused, "Wait a minute, you just said you saw it with your own eyes?"

"Of course, Director, I did see him with my own eyes. At that time, I was not yet human. I was acting on the King's orders, observing numerous timelines, and then I saw him, a powerful human, walking on the earth alongside the gods, displaying power comparable to that of the gods!"

Lev's eyes were full of admiration, but beneath that admiration lay undisguised vigilance and murderous intent.

"Such a powerful human; I became wary the moment I saw him. I must be prepared for anything to prevent any unforeseen circumstances from arising."

"So, that's why you came to pick me up personally and prepared a room especially for me, right?" Mephistopheles finally understood what was going on at this moment.

"You are, after all, a special Magic God, and your grasp of time and space is indeed unique. You wander along the timeline, observing the past, but you do not change it, because you cannot change it, and you are powerless to change it."

Mephistopheles glanced at Olga Marie, who was still stunned by his conversation with Lev, and continued, "Unfortunately, even though you know me and have made preparations, you still know too little about me, which has caused your plan to falter."

"No, there won't be any problems. Even if your strength is truly as great as the gods, it's useless at this point. The plan has begun, and you are powerless to stop it. Even if all the gods appeared, you still wouldn't be able to stop it!"

Lev burst into laughter as he finished speaking, and Olga Marie, having already realized something—the so-called explosion was all Lev's doing—couldn't help but shout, "Why?! Why did you do that, Lev?!"

"Why? I have despaired of humanity since the past. You inferior creatures should not have a future of your own. Humanity should be exterminated and then ruled by a great being in the future. This is my conclusion, this is our conclusion, this is the King's conclusion!"

Lev burst into laughter again, laughing like a madman. Then, he glared at Olga Marie, a smirk playing on his lips. "As for you, so, my dear Director, do you even consider yourself alive? How can you possibly think you're still alive?"

Mephistopheles thought Lev was talking too much nonsense, but he didn't interrupt. After all, it was Lev's turn to confront Olga Marie, so he didn't want to waste his breath explaining.

"You're long dead. I planted explosives right where you're standing. Boom! Your body would be destroyed. You're still standing here because of Chaldeas. The core preserved your soul and attracted you here. It's here that you can maintain your existence."

"What did you say?!" Olga Marie's face turned deathly pale. She felt her heart turn to ice. The person she trusted most, the person she thought was least likely to betray her, was actually the one who had been the most ruthless to her!

"That's just how people who aren't capable of working on artificial intelligence are, don't mind them." Mephistopheles walked over and gently patted Olga Marie on the shoulder. "There are other people who like to do this kind of thing and they end up in pretty bad shape too, it's okay."

Ritsuka Fujimaru couldn't help but facepalm. She thought Mephistopheles was incredibly eloquent; was that really how he said it?!

"Wow, that's so touching! Are you trying to comfort the director? But unfortunately, the director hates people like you the most. As the adopted son of the McRemitz family, you had the opportunity to become Magecraft, had considerable talent, and were even sent by your family to study at the Clock Tower, but you ended up going to a human school. It's hilarious!"

Lev burst into laughter again, even slapping his thigh.

"The funniest thing is that she has no idea about your abilities, and then she thinks you're just a good-for-nothing who doesn't do anything productive, hahaha! Thinking about it that way makes it even funnier!"

Olga Marie's face was now completely dark. She never expected that when she was talking about Mephistopheles, Lev was actually laughing at her.

"Oh, no, no, I didn't find it that funny at the time. After all, who knows, maybe he's a descendant of that person? The ancestors' efforts don't guarantee the descendants' efforts. So I only started to find it funny after I blew you up. That's when I realized this guy was the real person not long ago."

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a violent flame erupted from the side and slammed into Lev, burning his body to ashes!

Everyone was stunned by the sudden appearance of flames. Ritsuka Fujimaru looked at Mephistopheles beside her and saw that he was holding a scepter with flames swirling around it.

It's obvious that the flames were caused by Mephistopheles.

But the next moment, Lev reappeared from another place.

"No need to rush, I haven't finished speaking yet. I'll leave after I'm done, after all, I know you all hate me." Lev said with a grin, seemingly unaffected. He looked at Olga Marie, "Director, as I said, you're dead, but it's too pitiful for you to stay like this forever, so I think it's better to send you to eternal slumber!"

As he spoke, he snapped his fingers.

But nothing happened.

Lev paused for a moment, then snapped his fingers again, but nothing happened.

Lev snapped his fingers twice more, but there was no reaction. He sensed that Olga Marie's body was indeed a spirit, but there was no sign that he had destroyed it!

"Alright, stop wasting your energy. The moment her body was destroyed, I successfully protected her soul with a spell. Do you think Chaldeas protecting her?" Mephistopheles slowly walked up, placed his palms on the top of the scepter, and then gently slammed the scepter onto the ground, making a crisp sound.

"When your power is enough to annihilate an entire planet, then try to destroy her soul."

The next instant, raging flames erupted from where Lev stood, transforming into a violent fire tornado that completely engulfed Lev's body.

However, this did not bring any relief to the people present. Olga Marie collapsed to her knees, her body limp. Those words had struck her heart like a hammer blow.

She was already dead, and killed by her closest friend Lev!

"Director..." Mash Kyrielight carefully walked up to him, wanting to comfort him, but found herself at a loss for words.

Ritsuka Fujimaru also hesitated, unsure how to persuade her initially assertive female boss.

"I really didn't expect that someone as the head and administrator of Chaldea would have such poor resilience. Or you could draft a document right now, saying that you're handing over the position of Chaldea's director to someone else, and then go somewhere else to recuperate for a few years. What do you think?"

These infuriating words just came out of Mephistopheles's mouth, Mash Kyrielight immediately glared at Mephistopheles. Even though she knew she was definitely no match for him in terms of strength, what he said was still really infuriating.

However, she was stopped by Ritsuka Fujimaru. As someone who had struggled in the mundane world, she understood the purpose of such words. Sometimes, drastic measures are needed to cure an illness.

"Director... I am the director of Chaldea..." Olga Marie reacted immediately upon hearing this, but then sank back down, "I'm already dead, just a dead person..."

"It's alright. I have experience resurrecting the dead. I just resurrected a woman who had been dead for over ten years a few days ago. As for you, your soul was protected by my own hands. Just find a body and put it back in. It's very simple!"

"Ha!" Olga Marie shook her head. "I don't know what school of Magecraft you belong to, after all, what you've learned seems different from that of the House McRemitz, but resurrection is a very difficult thing even in mythology..."

Life and death are themes in mythology, the most difficult things to break. Even if resurrection were possible, there would be numerous limitations or prerequisites. If resurrection were so simple, how could humanity be the way it is now?!

"The restrictions are indeed significant, but as the director of Chaldea, don't you even have the courage to try? Then I'm not just sad, I'm disappointed, madam." Mephistopheles said, shaking his head. "After all, saving your soul was a piece of cake, but to specifically mention resurrecting you is only because you're the director of Chaldea. Please be mindful of your position and the responsibilities that come with it."

The scene was eerily calm. Mash Kyrielight was still somewhat hesitant. If Ritsuka Fujimaru hadn't held her back, she definitely would have stood in front of Olga Marie. But now it seemed that Mephistopheles's words had indeed had an effect.

Olga Marie stood up; she stood on the burning earth.

"Can you really bring me back to life?"

"Please don't doubt my professionalism!" Mephistopheles straightened his bow tie. "While it won't be quick, it will definitely bring you back to life, and there must be a blood sample of yours inside Chaldea, right?"

"Have..."

Chaldea utilizes a combination of technology and Magecraft; they don't reject technology, so blood sample extraction and preservation are also part of the process.

Of course, many Magecraft use blood, but the blood Magus is generally fresh.

"That's fine then, it'll make things much easier. But now that you're here, let's just treat it as a frontline inspection; it's part of a superior's job." Mephistopheles said, glancing at the other woman's long legs and smiling. "Thorned stockings look quite nice, ma'am."

Olga Marie glared at Mephistopheles, then sheepishly covered her long legs, but unfortunately, it was no use, as the length of her clothes was limited.

In the end, she gave up struggling and stood there openly, without trying to hide herself.

Anyway, no matter how much skin is exposed, it's not as revealing as a swimsuit.

Olga Marie took a deep breath to calm herself, then her mind raced as she looked at Mephistopheles: "By the way, Lev, you said he's Magic God? What Magic God?"

"Solomon had seventy-two artificial intelligences under his command, known as the Seventy-Two Demon Gods of Solomon. He was one of them, known as the Magic God of Loritz. Ever since Solomon chose to commit suicide, they've gone mad. You know, like a child lacking love, they feel that a world without a father shouldn't exist."

Mephistopheles realized there were still some problems with what he had said, but in the end he shook his head and decided not to change it.

"Never mind, it's about the same anyway, even if it's not this reason, it's a similar one."

Chapter 128 The Plan

"Seventy-Two Demon Gods... The people I always thought I could rely on the most weren't even human?"

In the past, Olga Marie would never have believed these words, but now that Lev has exposed everything to her, refusing to believe them would be nothing more than burying her head in the sand.

"Let me calm down..." Olga Marie said, falling silent once again.