Chapter 64: Lost People Are Gamblers
Xia Ran didn't really want to take the risk, after all, he also knew that it was better to directly destroy the "hole" itself than to destroy the Holy Grail.
However, the problem is that Xia Ran originally wanted to let Artoria liberate the Holy Sword and try to destroy the "hole" directly based on his mastery of plot information.
After all, if you don't succeed, it's just a waste of a spell, and then you can use another one-
Anyway, he hadn't used the Spell much, and he was about to leave this mission world now, and it was useless to keep these things, so he couldn't expect to wait until the next time he returned to this world to participate in the Holy Grail War, the number of Spells could be stacked according to the record.
However, even with such thoughts, he was unable to discover the existence of the "hole", and it was only after the liberation of the holy sword that he destroyed the Holy Grail that stabilized the magic channel with a single blow, and the "perforation" phenomenon of the world was truly exposed......
The black vortex, like a pitch-black sun, is unfathomably dark inside, and the density seems to be able to crush everything.
So, this is really a cheat.
Maybe some people can't understand this, but to put it another way, it means that the Holy Grail, as a stabilizing device, is like a nail that pierces the world and creates a hole...... Because the world has a self-healing function, as a stabilizing device, the nail has to be driven there all the time.
The hole can only be seen if the nail is removed first, and the hole itself will not be exposed if the nail is not removed, although it does exist, and because the nail is a stabilizer that has been nailed, it cannot be repaired automatically......
But if you think about it, in the original plot, neither Artoria nor Gilgamesh fought in front of the stage of the music auditorium, and neither they could find anything strange about the Holy Grail, nor did they see any "holes".
In terms of Heroic Spirit-level eyesight, this is a very unreasonable thing, even if there is no conventional skill of "clairvoyance", you can see the entire town just by looking from a high place, and search for enemies, and accurately snipe at high-speed moving targets within thousands of meters.
But it doesn't mean that without this skill, the Heroic Spirit can't even reach the level of ordinary people's perception and sensing ability, and everything in the same hall will ignore the past, even if the straight-line distance is only a hundred meters.
The only explanation could be that the "hole" was not exposed until the Holy Grail, which was used as a stabilizing device, was not destroyed.
And if you think about it carefully, Emiya Kiritsugu himself ordered Saber to release the Holy Sword and destroy the Holy Grail with one blow, only to see a pitch-black sun appear above the entire split Minkaikan, and then began to regret that he had made the wrong decision-
He felt that Saber should not be allowed to destroy the Holy Grail, but that the "hole" should be destroyed...... However, before ordering Saber to free the Holy Sword, he didn't even notice the "piercing" in the real world.
Now it seems that these plot information doesn't have much meaning at all, or it only has the effect of misleading, which makes Xia Ran can't help but smile bitterly after reacting.
It's inexplicable, if you can see the phenomenon of "piercing" before destroying the Holy Grail, you won't be able to turn a living person and two Heroic Spirits into a little deaf and blind at the same time, the fact is that if you want to solve the "piercing" problem before destroying the Holy Grail, you can't do it at all.
The most important thing is that only the stable device of the Holy Grail itself is a tangible thing in the material phenomena world, and the "perforation" of the world is a conceptual phenomenon created by it, not even a spatial fault or something like that, and it is not so easy to take one step or half a step closer to the root.
Otherwise, the three royal families would not have been able to successfully reach their goal for hundreds of years-
After the liberation of the Holy Sword, the full force of the blow, whether it can directly destroy the "hole" itself is also a question, Xia Ran and Mr. Emiya Kiritsugu, who is a half-hung magician, have a completely different judgment, and he has more knowledge of the Demon Dao, he feels that this is a very high probability that he can't do it.
In fact, in the original plot, Emiya Kiritsugu's choice was not wrong, although the Holy Grail was destroyed, resulting in the "hole" being completely exposed, and the black mud was frantically vented, almost destroying most of the new capital of Fuyuki City.
But without the maintenance of the Holy Grail, that "hole" will eventually be closed over time, under the corrective power of the world; And if the Holy Grail is maintained all the time, even if the flow of black mud is restricted, it can still seep into this world for a long time......
However, Xia Ran's current situation is different, it seems that the black mud has flowed down like a waterfall from the beginning, and I don't know if it is because of Gilgamesh...... Think about it, maybe it's possible? After all, it is said that the soul quality of that product is comparable to that of hundreds of thousands of people......
Anyway, since it was such a bad situation in the first place, then he didn't mind destroying the Holy Grail directly, after all, there was no other better option.
As for his own decisions and actions, he hopes that the magic knife itself is a legendary weapon, an extension of the power of the demon god and the symbolic law, and may be able to take effect on conceptual phenomena, as long as there is a specific goal.
No matter how bad it is, there is also the effect of "energy absorption" - the description of the equipment attribute is mainly a general description, and will not tell the lost in detail what targets are absolutely effective and what are absolutely ineffective.
Even attributes such as attack power, durability, and effect probability are not strictly data-based, and it is stipulated that the amount of damage is how much damage is in one sword, and there is so much to use all your strength, and it is so much to touch it lightly......
Therefore, the concept of the victim targeted by the energy-absorbing effect of the Ebony Blade is not limited to having to be flesh-and-blood creatures, as long as it is the target of the magic knife, it is naturally a victim.
And the most important point is that the black mud itself is not only a pure energy, it is a cursed magic, and it can also be seen as a specific target for Angola Manuel, because Angola Manuel itself is nothing, it is the black mud inside the Great Holy Grail.
When he bewitched Emiya Kiritsugu, he used Alice Field's form, and he also said that he could not communicate with others without borrowing a "shell" that already had a personality, and called himself "someone who is not anyone".
Therefore, based on these reasons, Xia Ran judged that the overall concept of black mud could be judged to be the victim of the magic knife, and the nature of its existence itself was pure cursed magic, and it was also the essence of this unique victim......
I just don't know how much energy I can draw from it, maybe I can get an extra 5 or 10 free attribute points, right? Well, maybe this expectation is a little too low, even if it can't be as cruel as the ruthless man of the one-step demigod in the previous world, it shouldn't be set so low......
Considering Angola's Manuel Angola's attempt to trick Emiya Kiritsugu into making him wish for a distorted world peace, it is believed that this is a great source of magic that can kill all the humans of the current era on this planet......
Even if it just leaked some energy, it would probably be enough for Xia Ran to make a lot of money.
It's a bit risky, but what lost person isn't a natural gambler? This method of card time for greater benefit is a method used by all lost people, and there are almost no exceptions.
Xia Ran also felt that he was about to return anyway, even if it was really dangerous, it wouldn't be fatal-
Gilgamesh was not digested by the black mud, and even if he himself was swept into it, he couldn't do such a thing, at least he would be able to hold on for a while, right? As long as you don't take fatal damage before you return, you'll have no problem at all.
And he is still relatively sure of this matter.
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There were no obstacles, no specific enemies, just a silent puncture, and the ebony blade pierced the dark magic vortex in an instant.
The next moment, the pitch-black sun in the sky turned into a terrifying whirlpool.
The black mud that flowed down from the Fuyuki Civic Hall like a waterfall engulfed not only the music hall on the first floor, the auditorium, and the entire hall, but also roared out through the exit of the building, such as the window sill at the entrance, turning into a turbulent countercurrent.
From a distance, the sight was shocking, probably as the cursed waterfall falling from the sky did not stop, and the black mud poured out of the buildings through the entrance of the guild hall, spreading over the desolate streets that had been reduced to ruins, and spreading to the surrounding neighborhoods.
Although Yan Feng Qili used the power of the church in advance to evacuate the residents around the people's hall, he smelled the black mud of people's breath of life, but he would not stop because of this short distance.
The surging black countercurrent turned into a scorching curse, triggering a raging inferno flame everywhere it passed, burning violently the moment it touched it, both organic and inorganic.
It had waited for sixty years inside the Great Grail, as if celebrating this brief release, ready to mercilessly deprive it of all the life it could touch, and even the snowy night seemed to be rendered red by the grand red lotus fire.
However, it seems that time suddenly stopped for a moment.
The next moment, the surging black mud flow seemed to be dragged back by some invisible force, and the black vortex in the sky seemed to be suddenly endowed with great pulling force, and the scene was like going back in time.
Saber couldn't figure out what was going on, and she tried to see what was happening in the sky, only to find that the pitch-black sun seemed to have turned into a black hole, and the light could not escape within the suction range.
She could barely "contrast" a pure black and lightless void through the edge of the silhouette, and she couldn't perceive what was happening there.
The only thing that is certain is that the dark curse is no longer flowing from the sky, and even along the way, it is being devoured by some terrible force that is frantically devouring-
Even the demonic power that had fallen to the ground that had flowed out and turned into a raging mud flow could not escape devouring, but was forcibly dragged back along the connection......
Saber was so frightened at this scene that he couldn't imagine what the magician had done, and would this method really work?