Magician in Type-Moon

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clang!!----

It's like steel clashing against each other, causing an exaggerated and destructive impact on the surrounding space.

"That is?!"

Orange, who was in the spectator stands, narrowed her eyes. She saw several dark blue, filthy tentacles suddenly swell up from Araya Sōren's abdomen, as if a baby had performed a cesarean section on a pregnant woman, tearing open her belly and crawling out.

The tentacles, sticky and filthy, twisted and danced, then quickly spread outwards, expanding in all directions as if breaking free from a cage.

In an instant, tentacles with a hardness completely unlike that of a living organism confronted the high-speed guillotine of gold in mid-air.

The conflict between them quickly escalated to the thirteenth round.

Their weapons did not shatter, nor did their bodies fly apart; the two, displaying an artistic balance, entered into a state of sword-fighting confrontation.

However, a Heroic Spirit is still a Heroic Spirit, even though the mystery that Araya Sōren exuded just now was no less than that.

Araya Sōren was unable to withstand the blow and was sent flying, but instead of falling down in an unsightly manner, he leaped backward in a strange posture.

He didn't kneel, and his expression didn't change.

Orange, however, said with a somewhat unpleasant expression:

"Araya, did you really dedicate your soul to an evil god?"

Faced with questions from his former classmates, Araya Sōren simply shook his head.

"It's more accurate to say that I devoured the evil god..."

When Araya Sōren uttered these words, Tōko gasped with surprise, her mind going blank for a moment as she instantly understood what Araya meant.

"You didn't absorb the divinity of the evil god who once controlled this place, did you?" Orange said in surprise. "That's unbelievable."

The evil god Orange is referring to here is not Beelzebub, the king of hell, but the true ruler of this eerie city.

As soon as Orange stepped into this place, she noticed its strangeness.

She had heard Matou Ike recount that utterly absurd dream.

The Lost City of Snail Annihilation

It is an ominous place, a nightmare body, the ultimate in terror.

However, the true master of this city, the ancient demon god, was cruelly murdered, leaving only a mangled body and a faint trace of divinity.

Araya Sōren did not answer.

Seeing his "that goes without saying" look, Orange said:

"Araya, have you really gone mad? To recklessly absorb the divinity of an ancient demon god with a human body is a true act of suicide. If it were a legitimate god, it would be acceptable, but such distorted divinity will only bring you closer to that thing."

“Aozaki, this is a necessary step. How could someone like you, who has already given up, possibly understand that I have already obtained the path to the Root, and that I can achieve my wish in just a few more steps?”

The black-clad, filthy magician Araya Sōren spoke briefly, his words carrying a mix of emotions.

In contrast, Aozaki Touko simply looked up at the black magician, her hand unconsciously removing the glasses hanging on her head.

Her voice gradually became cold, rational, and extreme.

"What exactly are you hiding? The principle behind your ritual should be to integrate the past, future, and present into one to possess eternal characteristics. But eternal characteristics are unique to a planet. As long as you rely on the planet's attraction to eternal things, you can successfully reach the source."

Her amber eyes seemed to be flickering with doubt.

"Could it be that you're afraid of being threatened by us before the ritual is completed, and that's why you came up with this idea to enhance your combat power?"

As soon as she said that, Orange shook her head in denial.

"No, that doesn't make sense. Because in your current state, you've already been forbidden from entering by the Root of Calamity. So, Araya, what are you expecting?"

......

Matou Ike had already arrived in this other world, and even floated in the sky to watch the entire battle between Aozaki Touko and Araya Souren.

What Orange said was not wrong. Araya Sōren's method of absorbing divinity would indeed cause the Root to shut him out.

Although the soul is pure ether, it is not subject to corruption or anything like that.

But consciousness will.

Araya Sōren's act of absorbing divinity will not only bring about physical changes, but will also cause his consciousness, the record-keeping entity, to absorb the records from that part of divinity.

How could human records possibly compare to those of God?

Even Araya Sōren's target for absorption was a deity of the type that had the greatest negative effect on consciousness.

Ordinary people's consciousness will be distorted and deformed simply by entering this Mind-Image Conch City.

Even if a magician has a certain resistance to this concept, being in this environment still requires constant resistance to this mental intrusion.

Even if Araya Sōren has a way to suppress this change.

But the result of the ceremony he presided over was to bring together the past, present, and future into one.

However, his consciousness records have become entangled with those of the evil god.

Once the ritual is successful, will the result that Araya Souren receives truly be the past and future of the person named Araya Souren?

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the answer is negative.

The only outcome Araya Sōren could achieve was to become a god.

To become an evil god of heresy.

Because they are not native deities, even if they reach eternity, they cannot be drawn by the origin.

Even if you forcefully drill into the hole using your own strength, you will be resisted by the root cause.

Araya Sōren couldn't possibly be unaware of such a thing.

But he did it anyway.

However, this approach aligns with Matouike's previous speculation.

This guy's goal from the very beginning wasn't to reach the root cause...

Although he had figured out Araya Souren's true purpose, Matou Ike did not intend to get involved in the struggle between the two.

It doesn't make sense.

It would be better to let Orange play with her old classmate first.

His primary task now is to find someone in this twisted city.

A person whose name is Huang Lu Meisha Ye but whose pen name is Wutiao Wuhui.

......

Ryougi Shiki is currently running through this twisted city.

She did not fall into the shrine like Aozaki Touko.

Instead, he found a foothold and jumped out midway through his fall.

Matou Ike had asked them for two things in the recording of the doll spider.

The first thing to do is to try to summon a Heroic Spirit.

The second thing is to find someone.

Matou Ike specifically asked her to do this, and gave a reason—

—I foresaw that she would eventually find that person.

This is the most convenient aspect of teaming up with a charlatan.

They can always find a solution quickly for things that are both complicated and simple.

As for why only Ryougi Shiki can go find it, the city has already provided the answer.

As a city once controlled by an ancient evil god, those who roam freely within it must have a way to protect their minds.

Otherwise, the very beginning of the action foreshadows the end.

Although Ryougi Shiki has no way to protect her mind, her Mystic Eyes of Death Perception can see the death lines of these corrupted record entities that invade the human body.

Therefore, she is the freest person in this city.

After running through the distorted city for an unknown amount of time, Ryougi Shiki suddenly stopped, her gaze piercing forward like a sharp blade.

It was an unremarkable clock tower, so understated that it almost blended into the surrounding architecture.

However, it is precisely this unusual "ordinariness" that stands out so glaringly in this urban cluster filled with bizarre, corrupt, and absurd phenomena.

Then there's no need to hesitate, just go in and find the person.

Although she had already made up her mind, after being trained by Touko and Matouike, Ryougi Shiki's "reckless" nature became somewhat restrained.

She paused briefly, then took an insect egg from the backpack that Matouchi had left her, and crushed it with a slight squeeze of her fingers.

A pale yellow, viscous liquid immediately oozed out, and she applied it without hesitation to the entrance of the clock tower.

Matouike had already planted a magical mark in the insect eggs, so that as long as the sap came into contact with the clock tower, it could guide him through this chaotic city.

Even if the external energy fluctuations are chaotic and unclear, the aura of these insect eggs can still penetrate those strange distortions and be directly transmitted to his perception.

After doing all this, Ryougi Shiki let out a soft breath and then stepped into the depths.

......

Before long, Matouchi arrived at the entrance of the clock tower.

I saw the not-yet-completely-dried sap at the entrance of the clock tower, and the crushed shells of insect eggs.

There was also an empty, bare earthen surface, with only footprints remaining.

Matou Ike suddenly felt a headache coming on.

No, sis!

"Couldn't you have waited for me first?"

Is it really necessary to be in such a hurry?

"That's too reckless."