A Servant Attacks

Mephistopheles also saw this point; he was merely offering this possibility. He didn't know if it would actually happen. He wasn't familiar with the world of FGO, but he knew Kinoko Nasu, and given Kinoko Nasu's vulgar tastes, it was very likely that he would design it this way.

After all, this is a human being with vulgar tastes, just like Gen Urobuchi.

If that's really the case, then his words are a way of giving Olga Marie a heads-up so she won't suddenly collapse in the future. If that's not the case, then of course that's the best outcome. He was just making a guess; he didn't do anything wrong.

As for how Chaldea observed future events on Earth, Mephistopheles understood it immediately.

If we create a small sphere and conceptually give it the name "Earth," then by accelerating the time of this sphere itself, we can observe the future. Within the same world, this sphere is equivalent to the larger Earth. Although it cannot completely interfere with the outside world, it can still simulate and predict it.

If more tests are conducted on it, it might be possible to directly make Chaldeas itself replace Earth and become the new planet.

In some respects, Chaldeas is the most powerful Magecraft masterpiece, even surpassing the Magecraft of the Age of Gods. Mephistopheles believes that in terms of its structure, it might be comparable to, or even surpass, the Five Magics.

However, this kind of thing is also extremely dangerous; if used improperly, it could potentially destroy the entire history of humankind.

"Mephistopheles, I have something I want to talk to you about." At this moment, Romani called out to Mephistopheles.

Mephistopheles looked over and saw Romani saying to the others, "This is a private conversation; you don't have to listen."

"I wasn't planning on listening either," Olga Marie said, walking towards a spot not far away. Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash Kyrielight immediately followed, as this place wasn't truly safe, just in case.

"Mephistopheles, actually, the director was originally going to become the Master of Chaldea, but three years ago her father passed away, and she inherited Chaldea while she was still in school. Since then, she has had a hard time every day, and she has been supporting the Animusphere family all by herself."

"Marie was already overwhelmed just maintaining Chaldea's normal operations, and then, Chaldea experienced another anomaly."

The future, which had been guaranteed until now, suddenly vanished, and a barrage of accusations from the association and sponsors came crashing down on her. 'Clean things up as soon as possible' was the order given to her.

"Even more unfortunately, it was later discovered that she actually did not have the qualifications to Master. The Animusphere family, one of the most prestigious families among the Twelve Kings, and the family in charge of the astronomical science of the Mage 'Mage's Association, had its head unable to become Master. It was a huge scandal, wasn't it?"

"It's not hard to imagine how much gossip was said about her behind her back; Marie herself must have heard about it. So, for someone who has talent but doesn't cherish it, she..."

Romani sighed as he finished speaking.

"Against this backdrop, she did her best as director to keep everything running smoothly for the past six months. In fact, she was already working overtime. I had been hoping she would come for psychological treatment soon, but she could never find the time."

"Therefore, she was constantly under pressure, both mentally and physically. Now you should understand why she harbored such malice, right? This harshness wasn't out of dislike..."

"Don't worry, I just thought it was fun to tease her. If she were really a bad person, I wouldn't save her. Besides, since she's the director, she should take responsibility. How could she possibly have time for psychological counseling? She still has to keep working when she gets back!"

Mephistopheles's words stunned Romani. It took him a while to say, "Go back to work?!"

"That's right. If you want to rest, you have to clean up the mess first. She's a ghost now, so the physical stress isn't a problem, since I'm providing the magic. As for her mental state, you can give her some counseling when you have time." Mephistopheles said, a slight smile appearing on his face. "After all, if that kind of thing were true, it would be like a bomb exploding in her heart."

Mephistopheles tapped the top of the scepter lightly with his finger, a hint of determination in his voice. "If you can't do it, then let me modify her memories. It's not impossible. I can delete those memories directly, or seal them away."

"Phew... you really are..." Romani laughed as well. "I'll do my best and won't let you have that chance."

Mephistopheles nodded slightly.

"By the way, there's something I need to tell you. Since Lev is one of the Demon Pillar, there's something we absolutely must be careful about..." Romani suddenly said.

"You mean to say that Lev also contributed a lot to the construction of Chaldea, and that some of the core structures are even related to him?"

"You guessed it." Romani smiled, then his expression turned serious. "The observation device Sheba, which probes the future, was built under the leadership of Lev. It can be said that Lev's familiarity with Chaldea far surpasses that of many people, even the director!"

"Is this why you sent her away?"

"Yes, I don't want these things to put psychological pressure on her right now. It's enough that you've brought up some possibilities. Let her gradually guess these things later." Romani said, then turned and said, "Now let's go back to Lev. If Lev's goal is really to destroy humanity, then he doesn't need to help humanity create Chaldea to save itself. So there's only one possibility: Chaldea must exist in the process of destroying humanity!"

"Brilliant, that's what I was thinking too." Mephistopheles snapped his fingers. "He wanted to destroy Chaldea to prevent humanity from going back to stop him, but he also created Chaldea. In other words, his plan needs Chaldea to unfold, and once it unfolds, the destruction of Chaldea itself doesn't matter!"

As he spoke, Mephistopheles spread his hands. "After all, Chaldea possesses the ability to protect the past and prevent future destruction, so naturally it also possesses the ability to change the past and destroy the future. These are relative and different ways of utilizing it."

"You are very intelligent, no wonder you left your name in the Age of Gods. Although I am curious as to why you existed in the Age of Gods and became the adopted son of the House McRemitz, I will not ask too much. If humanity can be saved this time, I hope we can become friends."

"Since we're friends, I'd like to receive some gifts."

Mephistopheles's bluntness stunned Romani again, but he then laughed, "What gift do you want?"

"Your blood."

"Huh?!" Romani's mind went blank for a moment; he felt he couldn't understand Mephistopheles anymore.

"My blood? What are you going to do? Cast a curse?"

"No, no, it's not about casting a curse. Actually, I just intend to use it as raw material to forge a ring."

What ring?

Hearing Romani's question, Mephistopheles smiled slightly, "Ring of King Solomon."

It's not that the King Solomon of this world needs to possess the powers of the King Solomon in the mysticism; he simply needs someone with the concept of "King Solomon," an identity bestowed upon him by something within him.

Just as Mephistopheles successfully transferred to Gabriel, the embodiment of his mystical studies, by relying on the concept of the moon goddess.

It's just a more suitable transit point.

However, Romani, or rather the reincarnation of King Solomon, was stunned. He stared blankly at Mephistopheles for a long time before he managed to force a smile.

"Are you kidding me?"

"No, I'm not joking, but let's talk about this when I get back, Dr. Roman."

The communication was cut off, Mephistopheles walked towards the group. Meanwhile, inside Chaldea, Romani, having ended the communication, fell into deep thought.

"Who exactly is he? A being I've never heard of. Even though I was once hailed as Omniscience, I've never seen this person. It's like a history that has been deliberately erased, or rather, this erasure has been carried out at its Root..."

"Moreover, he knows my secret, knows that I am King Solomon, and most importantly, he seems to genuinely want to forge Ring of King Solomon. Doesn't he know that this ring is a gift from God, and that he cannot create it?"

Romani tried to guess, but couldn't figure out what was going on. In the end, he had no choice but to give up and shift his attention to the present situation.

"Let's deal with the immediate problem first. If he doesn't have any malicious intent, then this adopted son of the McRemitz family will undoubtedly be the key player in saving humanity's future!"

Chapter 130 The Servant Attack

"What on earth is going on with this place? Even the Fuyuki City of 2004, according to historical records, wasn't like this!" Olga Marie said as she followed the group forward. "This is definitely a case of historical inconsistency."

Along the way, the group encountered many monsters, but these monsters were naturally powerless against Mash Kyrielight, a subhuman-level Demi-Servant, and were all sent back to the underworld by Mash Kyrielight.

Even though Mephistopheles himself was powerful enough, he still had to commend the humans of this world for their ability to create Demi-Servant, acknowledging that they understood the importance of technological advancement.

In response to Olga Marie's complaint, Mephistopheles simply said, "So, when you mention Fuyuki City in 2004, you mean the Holy Grail War that took place there?"

Olga Marie looked at Mephistopheles with some surprise and said, "This is a secret, how did you know?"

"Yes, I know. I'm just curious if there's any difference between what you know and what I know."

"That's perfect. I'll explain Chaldeas to you then, in the context of the Holy Grail War. I'll only say it once, so listen carefully."

Olga Marie cleared her throat as she spoke, a hint of arrogance in her voice.

"Chaldea uses the Earth model of Chaldeas to observe the future. In addition, there is a familiar named Laplace who compiles past records. If we draw an analogy, Laplace's job is to search for unpublished history and dig out hidden intelligence."

"According to Laplace's observations, this city waged a special war in 2004, known as the Holy Grail War."

"The Holy Grail War?" Mash Kyrielight looked surprised. "The Holy Grail you're talking about, is it the legendary Holy Grail? The one with the omnipotent power to grant the holder's wishes, the True Magic cauldron considered the foundation of all Magecraft?"

Olga Marie nodded. "It's the Holy Grail. The Magecraft of Fuyuki City completed the Holy Grail, and in order to activate it, they summoned seven Heroic Spirit. This is the origin of the Holy Grail War. The Servants were summoned to this city without anyone knowing."

"The Holy Grail War system of Dongmu is actually very simple: seven Master fight against each other, and the one who is left last gets the Holy Grail."

Mephistopheles naturally remembered this incident. He had been following the Holy Grail War ever since he learned that this was the world of Fate. However, it wasn't until the Holy Grail War began that he realized this was the world of FGO, not the world of the Fourth Holy Grail War or Fifth Holy Grail War.

Why does Olga Marie speak of it as something so mysterious, when it's something that could be easily noticed with a little attention?

"Chaldea learned of this fact in 2010. Father... no, the former director used this data as the basis for creating the summoning system, which is Chaldea's Heroic Spirit Summoning System: Destiny. It is the third invention after Laplace and Chaldeas."

Mash Kyrielight looked puzzled. "The third one? Isn't the Near Future Observation Lens - Sheba the same?"

"Um..." Olga Marie's expression changed. She took a deep breath and slowly said, "That was Lev's invention...but I also participated in its development."

Clearly, Lev's conviction made his invention Sheba, a thorn in Olga Marie's side, and when she thought about it again, her expression turned grim.

She paused for a moment, calming herself slightly, before continuing, "In short, this is the origin of Servants. Seven Servants once fought here, and the swordsman emerged victorious."

Mephistopheles remained silent as he listened to Olga Marie's words. Olga Marie wasn't entirely wrong, but she was wrong in some parts.

Her father did not discover the Holy Grail War taking place here in 2010 and then use it as a basis for research.

Instead, it was her father, the previous head of the Animusphere family, who personally participated in the Holy Grail War in 2004, summoned King Solomon, won the Holy Grail War, and made a wish upon the Holy Grail, obtaining a huge amount of money.

As for King Solomon, he wished to become a human being, not King Solomon.

From that moment on, the gears of fate began to turn.

However, as Olga Marie said, everyone outside who knew about this Holy Grail War thought that the swordsmen had won, which was just a smokescreen created by the previous head of the Animusphere family.

Thinking about this, Mephistopheles fell into deep thought.

"Strange, why would the previous head of the Animusphere family keep it a secret from everyone? He won the Holy Grail War and then used it to develop his own family—no, you could say he was developing Chaldea. Although the Animusphere Family is the biggest investor in Chaldea, it is, after all, a multinational joint project, and this is something he has been pushing forward."

Mephistopheles stroked his chin. "I have a feeling there's some secret hidden here. I don't believe Olga Marie's father is really some innocent white lotus, without his own little schemes. Or rather, how many of Mushroom's men aren't lunatics?"

Mephistopheles thought to himself, then looked at Olga Marie.

At this point, she finally said her final words, "The city was not destroyed, and our activities should have ended quietly."

"... However, it has turned out this way now, which must be due to the appearance of the Singularity."

"The anomaly in 2004 affected the entire history of humankind, resulting in the inability to see the future a hundred years from now."

"So our task is to repair the anomaly; there must be some factor in this area that has disrupted history."

Just then, another group of monsters appeared around them. Mephistopheles shook his head inwardly, thinking, "Can't we just let people walk this path in peace?"

Fortunately, Mash Kyrielight is there, so he doesn't need to take action; he can just watch the show.

We arrived at the site of the church, which was now just ruins.

The ruins along the way made Olga Marie anxious. "No matter which way we go, there's only burning wasteland all around, and no signs of human habitation. What happened...?"

"Speaking of which, what kind of anomaly turned Chaldeas gray...? The inability to observe the future is tantamount to the extinction of humanity... Could it be... that the Counter Force is ineffective in the Singularity? Indeed, this place is like a crucial screw, like the most important node in the story..."

"Scattered throughout Human History are numerous fatal choices that could have led to extinction... If wrong, the consequences would be..."

"Bang! Complete annihilation. Humanity has no future, right?" Mephistopheles said from the side, urging, "Alright, stop thinking so much. The simplest way is to find the enemy, defeat the enemy, torture the enemy, and make them tell us what really happened here!"

"You make it sound so easy. Besides, the opponents here are all idiots. How are we supposed to question them?"

Just then, Dr. Roman suddenly appeared.

"Sorry, we'll talk later. You guys better get out of there right now!"

"What's wrong?!" Olga Marie asked immediately.

"There are other lingering reactions nearby, and these are... Servants!"

A Servant, completely shrouded in darkness, appeared nearby. Romani quickly shouted, "Don't fight them! It's too early for you to fight Servants at your current level!"

Olga Marie was both helpless and nervous in the face of Romani's words. "Even if you say that, we still can't outrun him!"

"Mash Kyrielight, fight! You're a Servant too, you must have a way!"

"I'll do my best!" Mash Kyrielight said, stepping in front of the group without hesitation. Mephistopheles glanced at Romani, somewhat surprised.

This guy isn't letting me make a move. Does he think I can't beat a Servant, or does he think there's no need for me to make a move right now?

In the arena, the servant hidden in the darkness finally revealed her true form—it was Medusa!

However, at this moment, Medusa seemed to be controlled by something. Although she still seemed to have intelligence, she had more of a berserker-like madness, preferring to use her hands rather than her brain.

A barrage of terrifying attacks rained down on Mash Kyrielight struggled to parry. Had her shield not been strong enough, those attacks alone might have killed her.

"This... this is the power of a Servant?!" Mash Kyrielight gritted her teeth, trying to hold on, while behind her stood Ritsuka Fujimaru, her Master.

Although Ritsuka Fujimaru was just an ordinary person, she showed remarkable composure at this moment, showing no fear in the face of a powerful enemy. Instead, she constantly observed the scene and issued orders based on the information she had gathered to deal with Medusa's attacks.

Despite being Demi-Servant overall strength might not be comparable to that of a true Servant, Mash Kyrielight managed to withstand Medusa's series of attacks.

They've even started to reverse the situation and suppress the other side!

If only a little longer, Mash Kyrielight might be able to win!

That's how it was supposed to go, but then Romani issued another warning. "Wait, there's another one reacting the same way heading your way! It's a Servant!"

"Wait a minute, one is fine, but two..." Olga Marie couldn't help but shout, and Mash Kyrielight and Ritsuka Fujimaru both showed anxious expressions.

If we can't deal with Medusa in front of us quickly, we'll be facing a two-on-one situation, which we definitely can't win!

Romani then looked at Mephistopheles and called out, "Mephistopheles, can you do it?"

With Romani's words, everyone suddenly understood.

Right, wasn't it said that Mephistopheles even cooperated with the gods and fought against terrifying monsters from Greece mythology? Shouldn't he be able to deal with that attacking Servant now?

A dark servant, an assassin, appeared here at this moment.