024: The Holy Grail Truth
It's not easy to finally speak.
Medea and Liu Jian use the self-coercive testimony signed by Liu Jian and Alice Phil to persuade Alice Phil to lure Artoria into the trap. Then, just like when he dealt with Berserker's master, he used his own unique magic artifact, the Ten Thousand Laws, to break the ring, and snatched the contract and spell that could control Artoria from the hands of Emiya Kiritsugu. Then he used the spell to control Artoria and Alice Phil, plus Liu Jian used the Assassin's Treasure Phantasm Delusional Illusion to split a doppelganger to build a double trap and capture the magician killer Emiya Kiritsugu in his hands.
Until now, this is the first time that Artoria has spoken to Liu Jian with a normal attitude.
Before that, Artoria had blurted out only cursed words like 'evil ways', 'despicable', and 'villainous'. Of course, perhaps because the lovely Knight King has received an orthodox aristocratic knight education since she was a child, coupled with her special status, it seems that she has not learned to swear at all for so many years. The words that are being scolded over and over are those monotonous words that are not lethal.
But that's different now.
Although it is just a very simple sentence, I am not afraid of less communication, but I am afraid of refusing to communicate. Just like a river embankment, as long as a hole is opened and not blocked in time, it is only a matter of time before the embankment collapses under the impact of the river. The embankment of a thousand miles, collapsed in the anthill, but it is not just talk.
However, there is no rush now.
Next, Liu Jian asked Medea to examine Alice Phil's body while she was sleeping. It mainly analyzes the magic spells and magic circles that exist in Alice Fair's body that make up the Little Holy Grail. to make a body that can be successfully transplanted. Although the plan has been made, the realization of the plan still requires detailed operations.
As a witch of the gods. Far ahead of the magicians of her time, Medea the witch knew very well how difficult magic could be.
It is known as the 'Cup of Heaven', known as the third magic. It is one of the only five laws that exist in today's big explosion of science and technology, and its complexity is that even Medea, the witch of the god generation, needs to study it carefully to come up with a feasible strategy. I want to make a shell that can take on the magic circuit of the Little Grail, transplant the entire magic circuit from Alice Phil's body, and ensure the safety of Alice Phil herself.
Even for Medea, this is not an easy job.
While Medea examined Alice Fill, Artoria was staring nervously.
Apparently worried that Medea would act unfavorably towards Alice Phil.
"Artoria." Raising his hand, he motioned to the Knight King not to worry too much, and then said, "As far as I know. It seems that you are participating in this Holy Grail War to save your homeland, the Celtic Britain, from destruction. ”
"So what?" Artoria's eyes moved from Alice Phil and Medea to Liu Jian's.
"Nothing, it's quite a legitimate, quite noble desire." Liu Jian smiled lightly: "It's just that you have seriously thought about it, can the Holy Grail really fulfill your wish?" Is it really possible to put your wish on the Holy Grail? ”
"What do you want to say, Jian Liu?" The Knight King, who had arrived at this era from a long time ago, clenched his fists lightly, and his beautiful green eyes stared at Liu Jian's face tightly: "Holy Grail." It has the power to realize any kind of wish immediately, so of course ......"
"So, who told you that the Holy Grail can grant whatever wish it takes?" Liu Jian waved his hand lightly, stopping the Knight King from a long time ago from continuing: "It seems that you don't know exactly what the Holy Grail is? ”
It's a question that Artoria can't answer. She really didn't know what the Holy Grail itself was. But does that matter? For the Knight King, as long as the Holy Grail can fulfill his wish to revive Britain, why is its essence not worth caring.
But now. The attitude of the person in front of him seems to say, "Do you know it?" Mrs? ”
"Unfortunately, I just happened to know." Liu Jian smiled lightly and organized the language: "The so-called Holy Grail." In essence, it is known as the third magic, and no matter how much energy, wealth, resources, and time is expended in this world, it is impossible to achieve a miracle in the true sense of the word. But there are all kinds of miracles in this world, such as the resurrection of the dead is a miracle, and the construction of a great city overnight is enough to call it a miracle. How can you be sure that the miracle that the Holy Grail can do is the one you need? ”
"The essence of the Great Holy Grail is the third magic: the Grail of Heaven, and the miracle that can be achieved is the materialization of the soul, the spirit interfering with reality. It may be a little hard to understand what to say. But let's put it another way...... Do you know the so-called inherent enchantment? ”
"Intrinsic enchantment?" Artoria frowned slightly, she didn't know much about magic and magicians, but she still knew something about inherent enchantments. The so-called inherent enchantment is the user's own mental landscape, and once activated, the surrounding space will change into a completely different landscape. The embodiment of the mental landscape, that is to say, the inherent enchantment is to replace oneself and the world without changing the realm. At this time, the size of oneself and the world will be replaced, and the world will be completely locked in a small container.
Of all the magic tricks, the Intrinsic Enchantment is the closest thing to magic.
"Looks like you know something about the inherent enchantments." Liu Jian paused and said, "For the Third Magic Heavenly Cup, you only need to treat it as an inherent enchantment that has been raised to the extreme, it is no longer a temporary replacement but a permanent change. In other words, you can completely and forever replace yourself with the world, and change the world to the way you want it to be. That's right, all wishes come true, and this is the true face of the third law. Theoretically, the third method can indeed fulfill all the wishes of the user, if you want two suns in the sky, there will be two suns in the sky. If you want all people to die, then all people will die. But at the end of the day. The mind-like landscape is always the mind-like landscape. The only changes you can make are those you can think of...... King arthur. If you want to save your homeland from destruction...... Do you know what it takes to save your country? ”
"I~~~," Artoria thought silently
"Artoria, if you think that killing Mordred will save Britain. The Holy Grail will kill Mordred for you. If you think that killing Gnavel and Lancelot will avoid the split of the Knights of the Round Table, then the Holy Grail will kill Gnavier and Lancelot, but will that really save Britain? Won't a new war be kindled? Will the Knights of the Round Table be spared from division? Do you know how to save your destroyed country? ”
"It is precisely because I don't know what to do to save Britain that I pray for the Holy Grail." Artoria stood up suddenly, gritted her teeth, and said, "I can't do it, but if it's a miracle of the Holy Grail......"
"The wish that the Holy Grail can fulfill, only you know what to do but can't do." Once again, without hesitation, he interrupted Artoria's words, and Liu Jian said coldly: "If Artoria's original strength is one, she can't fulfill her wishes. Then the role of the Holy Grail is to increase Artoria's power to ten thousand times. Let Artoria have enough strength to fulfill her wishes. But if you don't know how your wish will be fulfilled, if you don't know what to do to save Britain, then the Holy Grail won't know the answer. Even if you make a wish to save Britain from the Holy Grail, all the Holy Grail can do is to solicit Britain according to your ideas and practices, using Artoria, using the only method that King Arthur was good at. ”
"That's right, it's war."
There are many words that "I ......" want to refute, but every time I open my mouth, the scene I once witnessed in Cam Ranh Bay comes to mind. Corpses littered the field. Rivers of blood. There lay her courtiers, her friends, and her relatives. She had learned of the prophecy the moment she drew her sword from the rock. She knew it meant ruin, and she had already come to her senses.
But, why......
When she saw it with her own eyes, she would have been so surprised. She felt powerless than pray. The magician had predicted her end a long time ago, and it was impossible to subvert it, but she still wanted to. If a miracle ever happens......
"I'm ......" Artoria stood in a panic, helpless.
The Holy Grail could not grant her wish. Because she herself didn't know how to make her wish come true.
A dangerous thought came to Artoria's mind - if she hadn't drawn her sword in stone, if Artoria's name hadn't ascended to the throne as King Arthur.
Would things have been different?
No...... There is no king to rule over Britain. Troubled times will become even more chaotic due to the competition of nobles and the invasion of foreign enemies.
But if he did do that, which would be more tragic than the Battle of the Sword Fence......
"Hehe~~~~" Inadvertently, Artoria heard a mocking chuckle in her ears, which would bring Artoria back to reality from her thoughts.
It was Medea's laughter.
From the moment Artoria fell into a flustered mind because of Liu Jian's explanation, Medea's eyes had been looking at him carefully, until this time, she couldn't help but chuckle.
Medea didn't speak, and Artoria couldn't see any intentions in her eyes alone, but there was a **** smell in her eyes, like a snake crawling on her body, which made people feel humiliated and unhappy.
"Caster, why are you looking at me?"
“…… Ah, I'm just appreciating your distressed expression. Medea chuckled, her eyes looking up and down Artoria's body, "I didn't expect that the atrium that I had spent so long and so much effort could not open was actually cracked because of a few words from the Master." Sure enough, you're still in charge of dealing with women, Master. ”
"Caster, you guy......" It was an unforgivable humiliation and foolery for Artoria, she stood up without hesitation, her face full of uncontrollable anger, but the next moment Medea gently raised her right hand, and the spell that was enough to restrain Artoria was shining.
"Okay, don't make a fuss about Medea, so is Artoria, don't be so nervous and murderous, Medea is just joking." He waved his hand slightly, motioning for both of them to stop. To be honest, Liu Jian also had a headache for Medea's deliberate provocation several times, and I don't know if it was because of the eight-character rush between Artoria and Medea. Ever since Artoria fell into Medea's hands, it seems that as long as she doesn't provoke or flirt with Artoria for a second, Medea will feel uncomfortable.
Fortunately, provocation and molestation have always remained only to the level of provocation and molestation, and the emotional hostility has not elevated to the level of 'with her without me, with me without her', and it seems unlikely to reach that point. However, in order to avoid the continuation of this hostility, Liu Jian still chose to divert the topic: "Medea, you have also checked Alice Phil's body. How, is there a problem? ”
Although she was a little unwilling, Liu Jian's stern eyes still made Medea temporarily choose to let Artoria go, and instead answered Liu Jian's question: "Yes, Master, Alice Phil's condition is very troublesome. ”
Hearing Medea's answer, Liu Jian frowned slightly: "Can't the little chalice be transplanted?" ”
"It should be said that it is worthy of the third magic, the whole magic circuit is too complicated. If I were to rebuild a little chalice, I could, of course, but we didn't have that much time. And just making a new little chalice won't solve Alice Phile's current predicament. In order to save this woman, it is necessary to transplant the Little Grail System from her body intact, and at the same time fill the void left in her body due to the transplantation of the Little Grail System. Medea explained to Liu Jian her methods and what she had to do, and then said, "If the Holy Grail War hadn't started yet, it wouldn't be such a difficult job. ”
"How?"
"Now that the Holy Grail War has begun, and the Assassins, Berserker, and Archer have died and exited, their souls summoned by the Holy Grail system have been contained in the body of the Little Grail. Stimulated by this, the little chalice system in Alice Phil's body has been activated and is about to start working. Glancing down at Alice Fielder who was in a coma, Medea said lightly: "Under the block that the Little Chalice has been activated, she has not yet begun to transform into the Little Grail." This is thanks to the protection of Avalon in her body. If it were normal, she would be in an unconscious state most of the day now. Avalon protected her, but now the problem is also with Avalon. Avalon's existence is a protection for Alice Phil and a constraint on me. (To be continued.) )