novelraw Chapter 139 The Gate of Hell
Chapter 139 The Gate of Hell
There is no Holy Grail War in this world.
The place where the magic ceremony of the Holy Grail War actually took place is a completely different world line that has no intersection with this world, and it should not have appeared in this world.
The Holy Grail War that broke out in the game is completely artificial. The people behind the scenes got the information about the Holy Grail War from other worlds, copied and constructed this ceremony.
The real purpose behind it is to control the power that is almost the same as the "Universal Wishing Machine", which can solidify fantasy into reality.
"Ji Jun should have guessed the name of that power. Since ancient times, it has been called the box of sprites."
Just like the key NPC finally appeared at the end of the game to reveal the cruel truth behind the story, the great onmyoji Abe Seimei played this classic role perfectly.In his unhurried voice, the plans and goals of the black hands hidden behind the scenes were announced to everyone in detail.
"Even if I am, I have to praise the person who can think of this way to use the power of the sprite box as a 'genius idea'."
Having said that, the tone of Great Onmyoji is light and loose, and it seems that he has no interest in this conception, let alone appreciation.Sure enough, he changed his voice soon, "But there is a fatal omission in this idea. Ji Jun, do you still remember the first sentence I told you when you started learning Yin Yang?"
Sawada Ya thought for a while, "Everything has animism, do you need to be in awe?"
"That's right." Gently tapping his palm with the handle of the fan, Abe Seimei troubled, "Has the current Onmyoji fallen to this point? Even the foundation of the Onmyoji theory has been ignored."
King Arthur, who was not an onmyoji beside the two of them, did not understand this conversation. Fortunately, he has rich experience in dealing with magicians, so he asked directly,
"So, Your Excellency Abe, what omissions are you referring to?"
"It's the difference between the Holy Grail itself." Abe Seimei took care of laymen who don't understand onmyoji, and explained clearly, "In the world where the Holy Grail War originated, the so-called Holy Grail is the magician's way to the root. Try, it itself is a magical phenomenon, without any consciousness. And the holy grail made up of the sprite box has the concept of 'self'."
"!"
"Speaking of which, as far as I know, there was a serious accident in the world where the Holy Grail originated," the bat fan lightly touched his jaw, and the Great Onmyoji slowly recalled something, "During a certain Holy Grail War, The Holy Grail became self-aware due to the contamination of the 'evil of this world', which is probably the same as the current situation."
"Any wish made to it will be realized in the most distorted form, and after the wish is fulfilled, the Holy Grail, no, it should be the box of sprites, can truly come to this world, and it will be a complete disaster."
Once any power is named, passed on, worshiped and sacrificed by humans, it will give birth to consciousness, and the more powerful will be worshiped as gods, such as the Lord Taishan who is in charge of life and death.However, since there are righteous gods who maintain the order of the world, there are also reckless evil gods who harbor malice towards the world's creatures.
The sprite box that is urgently waiting to be born at this moment is undoubtedly the latter.
Power itself has no bias, but when it uses this Holy Grail War as a sacrifice leading to becoming a god, the originally colorless consciousness has been polluted by blood and fighting, and of course it can only descend as an evil god in the end .
The person who planned this Holy Grail War behind the scenes may not know this, or he may know the details and even promote it on purpose. He may rely on it, thinking that even if the evil god descends into the world, there is a way to control it, so he dismisses the danger Gu.
But for those who already knew the inside story, they would never allow such an evil god to descend on this fragile world.
"So making a wish to the Holy Grail is no longer feasible?"
Shocked by a wave of truth, it's rare that Hiroki can quickly grasp the key points with AI's calmness.
"In that case, the gates of hell..."
If you don't make a wish to the Holy Grail, the gate of hell will fall into reality and cause the world to collapse, and if you make a wish to close the gate of hell, the evil god in the Holy Grail will come, and the world will also usher in a disaster.
An almost unsolvable deadlock.
Not only Hiroki, who was caught in a dead loop of logic, but the expressions of all the people outside the game who heard this froze instantly, as if a pot of cold water had been poured over their heads in the cold winter months, and the cold air seeped from the outside to the bottom of their hearts.
"so,"
In this eternal silence, Abe Seimei sighed and landed in the empty space, "It's because he foresaw this situation in advance that that child is working so hard."
...The child refers to?
Everyone didn't have time to ask this question, because the silver-haired little girl who had been silent during the above conversation suddenly said softly, "I understand."
……I understand.
Sawada looked down at his palm.
Why did she insist on giving up the Holy Grail War even though she was trembling with fear?
Why do you say this is his only value.
"... Qingming, what is Jiang Shou going to do?"
"Has Ji Jun noticed it?"
With an almost positive attitude, Seimei turned sideways, and steadily lifted the bat fan in his hand behind him.The Great Onmyoji looked over with a look of pity, and seemed to be transparent and indifferent after seeing through everything.
"He has already entered the interior of the Holy Grail. He used the formation to seal the Holy Grail on himself, then took the Holy Grail to the gate of hell, and made a wish to the Holy Grail to expel hell from this world together with the Holy Grail on his body-this is what he The only way I can think of is to break this deadlock."
"—!"
"..."
The news of the sudden reversal caused a deathly silence, but Sawataya, who was shocked by everyone's surprise, had a feeling of "that's how it is".
That's why...
She has always been able to discern other people's feelings for her sensitively. The person who stayed by her side as "Jiang Shouhuang" was obviously purely kind when facing her.
Whenever he looks at her, he looks like a dog raised at home, wishing to run over and wag his tail around her in the next second, but he insists on putting himself in the position of the enemy, making them think he is The villain boss behind the scenes.
Obviously not suitable for this role at all, but insists on creating the illusion of being cruel and ruthless.
Because only in this way, when he walked into the darkness alone, they could return to the light without having to bear the burden of sacrificing their companions' lives with a clear conscience.
"... liar, idiot."
"Among my descendants there are children who are so stupid." Abe Seimei sighed lightly, then closed the bat fan thoughtfully, "Ambitionist, whimsical
Villains from the heavens, lunatics who are separated from the abyss by a thin line... There is actually a strange kind born in this group of people. Human souls are really diverse. "
"Your understanding of your descendants is really profound... so profound that everyone in the Tsuchimikado family in the main control room cried."
Hiroki sighed helplessly, wondering if it was because he had the same idea as "Jiang Shouhuang", but he was the first among others to accept this setting and recover.
"Well, I still don't understand. Since that Jiang Shoujun was on Mi's side from the beginning, why did he wake up the gate of hell? If there is only the Holy Grail, the situation should be easier to deal with. ?”
"It's a simple question," Abe Seimei said, "because the event 'Hell's Gate Fall' is inevitable."
"—??"
"Don't you understand what it means? Well, it is indeed difficult for people who don't know much about Yin-Yang theory."
Facing everyone's bewilderment, the Great Onmyoji was very patient, and was so kind that everyone was flattered, "In a word—'This is fate'. To use a metaphor, it's like there is a hole in the middle of the road leading to the front. You can try to get around the pit when you pass there, but you can't change the fact that it's there."
"So the gate of hell will inevitably come. If you deliberately avoid it, it will only cause an uncontrollable situation. Why not include it in the plan in advance, and even use it to solve the problem of the Holy Grail?"
Hiroki suddenly realized when he heard the words, and Abe Seimei nodded approvingly, like a persuasive teacher, "That's right, that's the whole plan of that child."
For now, "Jiang Shouhuang" has really done his best. If he succeeds, the two disasters will cancel each other out, and the crisis facing the world will be resolved.There is only one victim in this perfect plan, and that is "Jiang Shouhuang" himself.
"It's easy if you know what he wants to do," Sawada said blankly, "Okay, I'll pull this idiot out and beat him up, as expected, I should do it when Archer appeared on the river beach. "
"Uh, Mi-chan..."
"Well, so Ji Jun intends to seal the Holy Grail and the gate of hell by himself?"
"Anyway, these two things have already overlapped together, one is also a seal and the other is also a seal, so let's just take it by the way."
How convenient is this?
Hiroki twitched the corner of his mouth, frowned and said worriedly, "Mi-chan, is it really possible? Although I don't know what method you plan to use to seal the gate of hell and the Holy Grail, I think it's not that simple. It's not so easy to do it in terms of the ranks of the two..."
"master."
Sawada Ya was about to explain, when he suddenly heard King Arthur's plain voice, "Can I have a few words with Your Excellency Abe alone?"
Everyone was startled, little Lolita paused, looked up at him and then at Qingming in a daze.
The big onmyoji who was named looked at the calm blond king with a clear expression.
"Of course, Your Royal Highness King Arthur, please come this way."
Since he said he was alone, Hiroki consciously closed the line, and Sawada Ya also obediently stayed where he was, watching Seimei and Arthur walk behind a wall.
But what did Arthur and Seimei have to talk about alone?Didn't they just meet?
don't understand why my
The little loli, who has a tacit understanding between the servant and the owner in a strange place, is full of confusion.When the question mark above her head appeared in the third row, it seemed that the conversation was finally over, and Arthur walked back from behind the wall first.
Little Loli looked at her followers with puzzled eyes.
"What did you say to Seimei, Arthur?"
"A simple exchange of information." Heroic Spirit's expression was as if nothing had happened, and nothing could be seen on his face.
He walked closer and knelt down on one knee, put his hand on her shoulder lightly, and pondered for a moment.
"Can master promise me one thing?"
Sawada Ya did not hesitate, "Okay."
"..." This straightforward answer stunned Heroic Spirit, who had considered his words for a moment before he could speak, and laughed, "I haven't said what it is yet, Master, did you agree so quickly?"
Sawada blinked and looked at him.
The green eyes of the heroic spirit are as clear as water, and the outline is soft and handsome like the portrait of the paladin in the church. The brilliance from the soul shines as brightly as the appearance.
You are so pretty, of course you can agree to anything.
"Well, I'm just praising me as a master."
It was indeed very nice to listen to what she said without paying attention. King Arthur nodded seriously, and the smile in his blue eyes was fleeting.Immediately, his expression became a little calmer, as if he was finally getting to the point, he closed his eyes lightly, and his tone lowered, "Master, you told me before that ordinary people need to pay to seal the gate of hell." Life is the price, right?"
Sawada Ya, who has forgotten about the fg he set up by himself: "..."
...Oops, if I knew it earlier, I wouldn't have told the truth.
Little Lolita's eyes drifted up, and she said with a lack of confidence, "It's just other people, I'm very good, and nothing will happen."
"Well, I believe you."
Surprisingly, after hearing this sentence, which was filled with guilt, Arthur agreed without hesitation.He looked at his master sincerely, his pretty face seemed to be shrouded in a faint soft light under the dark sky, "I understand your thoughts, and I am not going to stop you from doing what you want. It's just that Master, can you promise me one thing?"
"Eh?"
"Please promise me to come back safely through that door, can you?"
"..." Sawada Ya and he looked at each other for a while, and finally nodded obediently, "Oh, okay."
Well, then I'll try harder.
Immediately, she reacted quickly, drawing inferences from one instance,
"In exchange, can Arthur promise me one thing?"
"can."
"..."
Is it really good that you promised so quickly?
The silver-haired little girl looked up at him wordlessly, showing a bit of entanglement with her servant's quick promise, but the blonde heroic spirit just looked at her with a calm smile, as if saying calmly, "Nothing is wrong." I can't promise you."
Little Lolita hesitated for a moment, and finally gave up the entanglement, and said frankly, "If I come back safely from behind the door, Arthur will take a little, um, I mean a little bit, and look forward, okay?"
"..."
As if he did not expect to get such an answer, King Arthur was a little surprised and dumbfounded.He lowered his eyelashes slightly to hide the look in his eyes, but a very shallow smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and he said without hesitation, "Okay."
Sawada Ya stretched out her hand seriously, "Are you ready?"
"Yes, it's agreed."