Chapter 200

Yes, Fang Yuan's main purpose in capturing these artificial humans was for this purpose.

Fang Yuan was naturally very interested in this additional third party in the Holy Grail War, not to mention that those behind the scenes could actually come up with sub-server technology, and seven sub-servants appeared at once, so It made him more interested.

After all, according to Xingyue's setting, there was only one Chaldea with the technology to artificially create sub-servers, and it took more than ten years for him to truly succeed. In the end, there was only one surviving individual, commonly known as Marshmallow. Matthew Kyrielet.

But that was already a story from another parallel world. Fang Yuan was very curious, where did the sub-servants in this world come from? "Tsk, don't they even know it themselves..." A few minutes later, Fang Yuan put down his hand, looking a little regretful.

He also wanted to find out the identity and location of the mastermind from the memories of these people, but the result was that even the artificial humans themselves did not know the identity of the person who controlled them behind the scenes.

That, or the vigilance of the group of masterminds behind the scenes is really high. Not only have these artificial humans been confined in a closed space since birth, without contact with the external environment, but they have also been transferred to Tulifas. Bian Shi was transported here in a coma all the way, leaving no clues in his memory... "No, there are still some. The researchers responsible for preparing artificial humans mainly speak German..." Speaking of Germany , Fang Yuan immediately thought of a magician family there - "Is it the Einzbern? Or is it another magician organization that has obtained the Einzbern legacy?" There was too little information, Fang Yuan Can't find a clue yet.

')247'>Chapter 246 Sub-Servant & The "Stolen" Great Holy Grail

"Forget it, we can investigate this aspect later. Let's first see what is going on with the existence of 'sub-servants'..." Fang Yuan's hand once again flashed with the light of alchemy activation, and at the same time, several sub-servants appeared around them. There are also more than a dozen arrays with complex patterns that together form a three-dimensional array - this is a spiritual analysis array that Fang Yuan improved after initially understanding the existence of concepts such as magic, ether, and spirit. Figure can detect and analyze these non-material existences.

"How come this state of a huge foreign spirit body wrapping around one's own spirit body is so similar..." When analyzing these sub-servers from a spiritual perspective, Fang Yuan suddenly discovered that the heroic spirits in their bodies were The relationship between the body and his soul is very similar to what it was like when he was deeply integrated with the artificial intelligence [ether].

The difference is that one is just a "rudimentary" intelligence compiled from countless basic spiritual qualities, and does not have a very distinctive personality, while the other is a huge spiritual body that is very delicately and perfectly woven, like a work of art. , with a distinct self-awareness and strong personality.

Although the spirit base gives the sub-servers various skills and treasures that only heroic spirits can master, [ether] can give Fang Yuan nothing but more powerful thinking speed and additional alchemy casting abilities. There seems to be a huge gap in strength.

But if you think about it carefully, there is actually no essential difference between the two - in the final analysis, they are just the ability to interfere with external matter and energy.

The real difference between the two is actually the difference in the perfection of the personality of the spirit body and the fineness of the weaving of the structure of the spirit body that interferes with external material energy.

In other words, if Fang Yuan has enough Philosopher's Stone on hand, and then copies and engraves the existing Heroic Spirit Spiritual Base, he can directly imitate a Servant Spiritual Base! "This is really... interesting!" Fang Yuan was filled with inspiration, and he even wanted to test the water by making the Philosopher's Stone with a few servants over there.

However, he finally suppressed this impulse and waited until further research was completed.

"Simple copying is still too devoid of technical content. If the various modules and basic weaving rules in the Heroic Spirit Base can be clarified, I will not be able to weave however I want, or transform however I want... then I will Doesn’t it mean that you have come into contact with the third method?" Fang Yuan shook his head, but still did not have such fantasy.

After roughly recording the structure of the spiritual base in the bodies of these three sub-servants, he already understood that studying the rules of spiritual base composition and spiritual body weaving was not something that could be completed in a short time, at least in this case of the Holy Grail. It couldn't be done during the war.

Unless he takes a shortcut - that is, making a wish through the Great Holy Grail, which is itself the crystallization of the third method! "It seems that we can't wait any longer. Get the Great Holy Grail now!" ... In the castle of the Yggdomirenia clan, they just experienced a great battle, and even one of the most important people was killed. Servants, servants and their masters were gathering in the hall, looking at the patriarch, who was almost a complete stranger, with complex expressions.

Danik Vlad Yggdomirenia, as he should be called now, seemed not to see everyone's complicated looks. Like a king who ruled over a country, he sat on the throne of Vlad III. Sitting throne.

"Calculate the losses caused by this attack, arrange for magicians and artificial people to step up the reconstruction of the defense system, and learn from previous lessons. Do not integrate the entire defense system, but divide it into multiple layers of defense, so that it will not be like this time. , was taken away entirely at once."

Danik Vlad immediately issued such an order, and his tone contained both the delicacy and meticulousness of the magician Danik and the decisiveness and resoluteness of the Grand Duke, which made everyone below feel more and more complicated.

"Yes, we have already made arrangements to count the losses. I will arrange the rebuilding of the defense system right away."

Fiore looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar figure on the throne and opened her mouth to ask something, but in the end she said nothing. She just responded to the patriarch's instructions like a qualified heir to the family.

"Very good, Fiore, well done!" Danik nodded with satisfaction when he saw Fiore's performance.

Then he turned to the others in the hall and said, "I know what you want to ask.

That's right, I have completely merged with Archduke Vlad. Now I am both the magician Danik and the servant Vlad Tepesh. We are one! "Hearing what Darnic said, except for Fiore, who had a slightly sad expression on her face, no one else had any reaction.

Several heroic spirits do not care about the life and death of mortals, and the magicians are all outliers with different views from ordinary people. Only Fiore, who is a magician but has a moral concept similar to that of ordinary people, is interested in the Grand Duke. I feel sad that Danik passed away at the same time.

Yes, in her opinion, the one sitting on the throne now is neither the heroic spirit Vlad III nor her uncle Danik, but a brand new individual born from the corpses of the two.

For her, this was equivalent to two people dying, and she naturally felt sad in her heart.

In fact, it’s almost the same. If one considers personality as the human self, Darnik Vlad, who is the fusion of the personalities of the magician Darnik and the heroic spirit Vlad III, cannot indeed be said to be the former two. Any one person, but a brand new individual who has just been born.

However, this kind of philosophical issue is of little significance to the magicians who pursue the origin. As long as they see that the other party still uses Darnic's name and assumes Darnic's responsibilities, they will naturally regard the other party as the real Darnic. Nick looked at.

"Since the magic defense system in the castle has not yet been rebuilt, Caster, you and Berserker will continue to suffer a little and be responsible for continuing to protect the safety of the Great Holy Grail!" "Understood!" The masked puppet master nodded.

"Ah——!" Frankenstein, who could not speak, opened his mouth and let out a cry of unknown meaning, but judging from her expression, he must have agreed.

"Then, that's it for today, you continue..." Boom——! ! ! The sudden loud noise and vibration interrupted Nick Flood's words.

"What's going on?" He stood up, walked quickly to the window on the side of the hall, and saw a sight that made his eyes split open.

The area in the center of the castle was completely hollowed out by an unknown force in just an instant, turning into a huge pit nearly a hundred meters deep. At the bottom of the pit, Yggdomireni was supposed to be stored. The place where the most precious thing of the Ya clan was, was already empty.

——The Great Holy Grail was stolen! ')248'>Chapter 247: Unaccepted Speculations & The Holy Lady’s Unexpected Visit

"Has the damage been calculated?" Standing on the edge of the huge crater, which was as smooth as a sharp blade, Danik Flood asked with a sullen face.

"No magician or artificial man was injured or killed, but the investigation and statistics of material losses will take some time, but the most important thing..." Fiore, who was sitting in a wheelchair, replied, and behind her was Kaolie who was holding a wheelchair. Sri Lanka.

"Ah, I know, the Great Holy Grail... I didn't expect that someone could take it away in this way. I was careless..." At this point, even in the city of Danik Vlad, He couldn't help but hold the cane in his hand tightly, so hard that he almost broke it.

After 60 years of planning and 60 years of waiting, he was about to reap the fruits of success and realize the long-cherished wish of a prosperous clan, but he didn't expect to be intercepted at the last moment... To be honest, he didn't go around throwing things and cursing people to vent his anger at this time. This is a very self-cultivated performance.

"Master Patriarch, the Great Holy Grail was taken away after the castle's magic defense system collapsed. Judging from the traces left here, it looks like some kind of powerful space transfer technique.

So, could it be the person behind the scenes of that special group of servants who did it? "Cores, who had been silent before, said this.

"It is a reasonable guess that if multiple great magicians jointly perform the space transfer spell, this kind of thing can indeed be achieved - provided that they can bypass my control over the local spiritual veins."

Danik Vlad's meaning is obvious. Someone can indeed do this kind of thing, but if it is a magician, when he performs the magic, he will definitely alert Danik himself who controls the local spiritual veins, not like before. That way, after everything was over, he was shocked by the vibration caused by the collapse of the ground.

"But, Mr. Patriarch, you are talking about magic, right? What if... what if the other party is not using magic?" "It is not magic?" Danik Vlad turned and looked at the person standing behind his sister. A young boy.

"For example, magic, or...future technology that surpasses modern technology, or even alien technology?" Corless thought over and over again, and finally spoke out his guess.

"Future technology? Alien technology? What nonsense are you talking about!" Although he has become Danic Vlad, the magician nature of the leader of Yggdmirenia has not changed, and his contempt for modern technology has not changed. In other words, ignoring it can be said to be deep into the bones.

There is some truth to Corless's "magic" guess. In fact, Danik himself has thought in this direction, but everything involving magicians is more troublesome and more terrifying than the last, which even makes him unable to I don't even have the guts to pursue it.

But what are the last two guesses? future technology? Alien technology? Cores, you kid is obsessed with watching those boring anime, right? "Um...for those steel golems that appeared before, didn't our magic detection techniques detect the existence of magic? Even the servants said that they couldn't sense the existence of magic. Does that mean that they actually It's not a golem, but a product of another system that is completely different from the magic system..." Corless opened his mouth to defend, trying to explain his analysis to the patriarch, but when he saw Danik Vlad's increasingly darker eyes His expression turned sour, and he finally closed his mouth.

"Not being able to sense magic power does not mean that there is no magic power. There are many ways to hide magic power fluctuations in this world! Don't mention such unreliable speculations in the future, and you should stop reading random things.

Although you are not required to be a magician who can stand alone like your sister, you must at least look like a magician! "Danik's face was full of displeasure, and he gave Corless a stern lecture.

"...Yes..." After being reprimanded, Cowles had no choice but to lower his head and admit his mistake.

At this moment—— [Lord Danik, the Ruler is approaching quickly and is almost reaching the castle gate.

] In the magic communication, the artificial man reported a somewhat surprising situation.

"Ruler? What is she here for?" Thinking this, Danik Vlad turned back and walked towards the castle gate, followed by Fiore and Cowles.

... "Ruler, I didn't expect you to come unexpectedly, but our Yggdomirenia clan has just suffered a drastic change, and we may not be able to receive you well."

In the meeting hall that was still intact, all the Masters and Servants of Black, headed by Danic Vlad, gathered together again to welcome the sudden visit of this Ruler, Joan of Arc.

Although Danik had not met Joan of Arc in person, Vlad III had met her and even briefly fought side by side once, so he did not know much about the saint holding the holy flag in front of him. Not unfamiliar.

"Are you...Lancer of Black? No, it's a little different...what is this..." Jeanne saw the figure sitting on the throne, with a puzzled expression on her face.

The temperament and magical aura of the other party are very similar to the Black Lancer I have seen before. There is also a presence similar to the heroic spirit spirit in the body, but it is slightly different, and the appearance has also changed greatly. More importantly, Is it...the other party seems to have a physical body? "Ah, strictly speaking, I am no longer Lancer, but I can still be said to be Vlad III. You can call me that."

Danik Vlad did not directly state his special identity, but said it in an unclear way.

“Forget it…anyway, you are indeed the leader of Black.

That being the case, I’ll just say it! The purpose of my coming here is precisely related to the incident that Black has just encountered - the Great Holy Grail has been taken away! "Although it was in a question form, Joan of Arc's tone was very certain. It seemed that she was aware of the previous changes through her class privileges or [Revelation] skills.

"...Yes, now that you have discovered it, we won't hide it from you.

Previously, a group of non-regular Servants started a battle with our servants and destroyed the magic defense system in the castle.

Then, after repelling them, someone took advantage of the gap where our magic defense system had not yet been rebuilt, and used a technique similar to space transfer to transfer the Great Holy Grail and all the surrounding soil and buildings away.

And before all this happened, I didn't notice anything unusual. "

Having roughly guessed Ruler's purpose for coming here, Danik Vlad thought for a while and briefly told what happened before.

')249'>Chapter 248 The Alliance between Red and Black

"Although I don't know if the group of Servants who appeared out of nowhere are the same force that later took away the Great Holy Grail, there is no doubt that there has been an external spoiler in this Holy Grail War.

Ruler, you are here to bring the Holy Grail War back on track and eliminate these outsiders who should not exist in the Holy Grail War, right? "Danik said this.

"…Indeed."

Joan of Arc nodded, indicating that the other party's guess was correct, and then said: "So, I am here to hope that the black side can temporarily stop the hostility with the red side, and the two sides will join forces to retrieve the stolen Great Holy Grail first. Then we will follow the rules of the Holy Grail War and compete fairly to determine the final winner."

"Join forces with the red side?" Danik Vlad frowned.

There is Amakusa Shiro Tokisada in the red side camp. As an old rival who has been preparing for this Holy Grail War for 60 years like him, Darnik instinctively does not want to cooperate with that guy.

"Miss Jeanne, do you know that one of the Red Side's Masters was the Ruler of the last Holy Grail War? Even so, you want me to join forces with the Red Side, instead of first eliminating those who violated the rules. "Well, Darnic directly revealed the identity of Amakusa Shirou Tokisada. He felt that even if he cooperated with the red side, he must kill this guy first! "Unfortunately, according to my investigation results, there are only two Masters on the red side now, and I already know the Ruler Amakusa Shiro Tokisada you mentioned in the last battle. He is indeed the master of the red side, and now He should have become the common master of most of the servants on the red side, and there is no way to eliminate them until the Great Holy Grail is recovered."

Joan of Arc shook her head and said something that surprised Danik.

"...Could it be that the enemy this time is really so powerful that we both need to cooperate to regain the Great Holy Grail?" Darnik wanted to try again, trying to push the guy Amakusa to the joint effort between Black and Ruler. Opposites, eliminate them first.

"Yes, according to the [revelation] I obtained, the force that took away the Great Holy Grail is the same unknown force that fought with you red and black sides. You have experienced that battle, and you should know them best. "...Okay, you convinced me, but even if we are willing to cooperate with the red side, if they still adopt a hostile attitude, there is no way to talk about cooperation, right?" Danik's words are not wrong, cooperation? For this kind of thing, it is useless just for the black side to agree. The attitude of the red side, or Amakusa Shiro Tokisada's attitude is equally important.

"This, I think they will not refuse, my [revelation] tells me so."

Joan of Arc said this, her words full of confidence.

Danik: "..." Is this kind of inexplicable and unfounded self-confidence really okay? However, what happened next told everyone that it was really no problem! [Lord Darnic, the android patrol captured a pigeon familiar carrying a letter, which was sent from the red side! ] Another magic communication was delivered to the ears of Danik Vlad, and the content mentioned in this communication happened to be related to the red camp mentioned in the conversation just now.

Is this a coincidence? ……After a series of magic, curses, toxin tests, and confirmation of safety, the letter, carried by a pigeon, finally arrived in Danik’s hands.

After reading the letter, Danik Vlad was speechless for a long time, but his look at Joan of Arc changed significantly.

"It seems that your revelation is indeed correct. Amakusa Shiro Tokisada from the red camp sent a request for cooperation, claiming to cease war with us before retaking the Great Holy Grail and jointly deal with unknown external enemies..." As for Amakusa Shiro Tokisada? How did they know that the Great Holy Grail was taken away? It became clear when they saw the pigeon familiar captured by the android - after losing the magic defense system, every move on their side was probably closely monitored by the red side. Keep an eye on it! "Really? It seems that the cooperation can be established!" Joan of Arc was not surprised by this - she had no doubt about the [revelation] from God. As long as she had this feeling in her heart, the relevant matters It will definitely happen. This kind of thing has been experienced countless times, so naturally it will not produce any special emotions.

Although it was confirmed that he would cooperate with the red side, or to be precise with Amakusa Shiro Tokisada, Danik still asked the most critical question: "So, where is our enemy?" Jeanne: "In the sky!" ... "Oh? Are the red and black sides planning to join forces to cause trouble for me, the big devil?" In a semi-independent space that was opened up separately, Fang Yuan was using various methods to detect the newly acquired loot - the big devil. Holy Grail.

Suddenly there was a reminder from [Friday] that the participants in the Holy Grail War on the ground seemed to have some special movements.

Fang Yuan was surprised at first that these two parties would actually join forces, and then after thinking about it carefully, he felt that this was a very reasonable development - in the presence of his own fierce dragon crossing the river, if the red and black sides continued to act foolishly, If people kill each other, then they are really stupid.

What's more, he has now taken away the final spoils of the Holy Grail War. How could he not arouse public outrage? "But the premise is that you must be able to find me, and you must be able to cross a distance of 36,000 kilometers and reach my base camp!" ... "In the sky?" Semiramis heard the answer given by Amakusa The answer was a shock.

Could it be that the foreign force that stole the Great Holy Grail had a floating fortress as a base just like her before? "The only result my [revelation] can give is this. No matter how detailed the information is, there is no more."

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada shook his head and sighed in his heart. It seems that among those who are interested in the Great Holy Grail, he is not the only one who has made far-reaching plans and is well prepared! He could think of using the Assyrian Empress's Hanging Garden as a permanent aerial fortress, and had been preparing for this for nearly 60 years. Naturally, other interested people could do the same thing.

Although he didn't know whether the opponent used the power of the heroic spirit, it was certain that he was more prepared than him.

——At least he spent 60 years of savings to purchase and transport wood and stones from the place where Semiramis lived to build the aerial garden. It was completely shot down and destroyed as soon as it took off, and the opponent's base, But even the position is not revealed, this is the gap...')250'>Chapter 249 Re-entering the game & new clues

Fang Yuanzheng, who was sitting in the core control room, was observing the movements of the heroic spirits on the ground with a depressed expression.

He couldn't help but feel depressed. He had already captured the Great Holy Grail, and the third method could be said to be at his fingertips, but he didn't expect to be hindered at the last moment - the will of the Great Holy Grail did not recognize Fang Yuan, and he could not make a wish at all. Even external analysis work has been greatly hindered.

Well, since he is neither a Master nor a Servant in the Holy Grail War, it is natural for him to be treated like this.

In fact, Fang Yuan thought darkly, whether this was another manipulation by the restraint force, in order to prevent him, a "dangerous" outsider, from acquiring the inheritance of the third method.

"In this case, then I will join the game and have a good time with you..." ... On this day, in an open field outside Tulifas City, two groups of extraordinary people gathered here and were on guard against each other. He looked at the opposite side carefully, and the two leaders looked at each other with complicated and unreadable expressions.

Needless to say, this is naturally the red and black parties that have reached an intention to cooperate. Danik Vlad and Amakusa Shiro Tokisada, two old rivals who have not seen each other for 60 years, once again appear face to face in front of each other.

"Danic, I didn't expect that you actually swallowed the soul of the servant... No, it's not so much swallowing, but more like assimilation. How much of your current personality belongs to 'Danic'? "As soon as they met, Amakusa recognized Darnic, whose appearance had changed drastically, and started questioning him so sharply that the atmosphere of the meeting between the two sides turned sinister in an instant, even inspiring the followers of both sides to prepare for battle. state.

"Hmph! The personality and ego of a mere human being are nothing compared to my great wish to revitalize the Yggdmillennia clan. Whether I am Darnic Prestone Yggdmirenia or not, I am Darnic Prestone. No matter Nick Vlad, this is the only thing that will never change!" Obviously, a few indifferent words can't shake Danik's steel-like will.

For this magician who has devoted everything in his obsession to "revitalize his family", the mere dilution of his personality is simply insignificant.

In other words, this kind of deep-seated and twisted obsession is exactly the same as those magicians who are obsessed with pursuing the root. It can be said that in terms of persistence towards the goal, whether it is the past, present, or future, the man named Danik All beings are magicians among magicians.

"Okay, I'm not here to quarrel with you -" Darnik waved his hand to signal the followers behind him to stop tense, and then said: "Since you intend to propose an alliance, then about the thief who took away the Great Holy Grail "You should have some ideas, right?" "Ah, I do have some information here, but I think the real Ruler has already told you that the other party is in the sky."

Amakusa said this, and Darnik nodded clearly, indicating that he indeed knew this.

"However, I think you don't know another thing, that is, the previously unknown group of irregular followers have been completely eliminated by the other force."

"The other force..." "Ah, you should be familiar with it. They are those intelligent steel golems who call themselves the Decepticons."

This is the information Amakusa learned from Semiramis. The empress can directly control pigeons as familiars with her thoughts without resorting to a contract. Her intelligence network can be said to be second only to someone's "air loop". The entire picture Most of the movements that happened around Lifas could not escape her eyes.

"In other words, there is one less spoiler..." Although this sounds like good news, Danik is not happy at all.

A powerful foreign force on one side was kicked out by a more powerful mysterious force on the other side, which shows how powerful the enemy is.

What's more, the other party started to clear out other spoilers, which looked like the finishing move before the end.

——But that’s right, even the Great Holy Grail was taken away by the opponent. What is this if it’s not the end? "Apart from these, is there no other information?" Danik asked.

"Unfortunately, this is all the information I have obtained.

Maybe the genuine Ruler will gain something else? "Amakusa shook his head, saying that he had tried his best.

"By the way, speaking of Miss Joan of Arc, it seems that she did not come to this alliance meeting?" By coincidence, just when Amakusa asked about Joan of Arc, the voice of the French Saint came from the distance: "Sorry, I'm late. ——" Everyone turned to look, only to find that Joan of Arc did not come alone.