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These two monsters were naturally created by the two Casters on the opposing side.
The mechanical soldiers were created by Babbage, and the artificial life forms were created by Paracelsus, a master of alchemy.
"By the way, who was the one you just fought? I was also attacked by Assassin, but that guy was very strange. Every time after the fight, I couldn't remember who I had fought."
"It's Jack the Ripper. She has the skill of [Erasure of Intelligence]. After leaving the battle, she will automatically delete the enemy's known records of her."
"Oh! I see... That's not right, then why didn't you get hit?"
"Yes, but it's a long story..."
"Then don't talk about it for now. Let's talk about it when we get to the base. I don't like to hear this."
"..."
--split line--
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“…Ahh, come on, Saber, did you just tell someone your real name again?”
A formally dressed man wearing glasses looked at Mordred who had brought Lin Qi back with a distressed look.
Obviously, Mordred had brought people back to the base more than once.
The man who spoke first was named Henry Jekyll, the protagonist of the 19th century novel "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", or rather, the character who was the prototype of the protagonist. His existence is a little strange, but there is no need to delve into it.
Anyway, in this singularity, he is just a magician with some skills - a magician who can release the dark personality and enter a frenzy state by drinking the elixir he prepared.
"What does it matter? This isn't the Holy Grail War anyway."
"Besides, hiding my real name doesn't mean anything to me. There is no obvious weakness like Siegfried in my legend."
Hearing Jekyll's words, Mordred said nonchalantly.
"That's right. In a sense, Mordred seems to be invulnerable. Her strength is simple and crude, making it difficult to target her. If you want to deal with her, you probably have to surpass her in hard power."
A familiar uncle's accent suddenly reached everyone's ears.
Everyone turned their heads and looked in the direction where the sound came from.
But I saw a being that was completely incompatible with the voice, sitting on the sofa, browsing a book very comfortably.
He has short blue hair, is less than 1.5 meters tall, and has a petite figure. He looks exactly like a child, but he is wearing mature clothes and a bow tie at his collar.
Although he looked like a child, his mind was still…
Ahem, I'm off topic. Anyway, the person who has the same voice as a certain Dio is Andersen.
That’s right, it’s Andersen who wrote fairy tales.
"Yes, I have to admit that if Sir Mordred's configuration were put into a drama, it would probably be quite boring. Well, it turns out that we have to start with the character to create enough drama!"
An old man in an orange-red coat with hair and beard of the same color nodded repeatedly and said in a rhythmic voice in agreement.
Few people probably don’t know this uncle who is holding a book like Andersen. His name is "Shakespeare", the most famous playwright in the world. He is also an actor, and his name is known throughout the world.
I can only say that with just a small singularity, two writer-type servants were born. It is truly an incredible fate.
Unfortunately, fame does not represent strength. The servants of the two authors are extremely famous, but among all the Heroic Spirits, they are at the bottom in terms of combat power.
I'm afraid they can only show their true strength in specific occasions.
But here we have to talk about "compatibility", which can be said to be the underlying logic that runs through the entire Fgo story.
To put it simply, it is about conquering certain beings. The summoned heroic spirit is not the stronger the better, but it should highlight the confrontation that can solve the problem.
The story in Journey to the West follows the same logic, with restraint being more prominent than intensity in the middle and late stages.
"Huh? Never mind, just think of it as you guys complimenting me."
Listening to the two people's comments, Mordred felt a little unhappy.
But Lin Qi was still standing by, so she couldn't get angry directly, and just waved her hand magnanimously.
"But I didn't return empty-handed this time, Nou. This is a Master from a place called Caleb...the bottom? He knows a lot anyway!"
"If nothing else, it will definitely surprise you two who have been here for quite some time but still have only a vague idea of what's going on here!"
Mordred stepped aside and smiled ostentatiously, revealing Lin Qi behind him.
Lin Qi was a little embarrassed to be introduced like this, but he still politely greeted everyone in the room.
“Master? I didn’t expect that this identity, which was quite common in the Holy Grail War, would become a scarce commodity here. I can’t help but sigh…”
"But I don't agree with you. Even if he came here from the unknown 'outside', he has only just arrived here. He may know some information that we cannot discover from our perspective."
"But if we talk about the overall understanding of London's current situation, how is it possible that we know more than we do after so much exploration?"
"Do not insult our wisdom, Sir Mordred."
Andersen crossed his hands and placed them under his nose, speaking with a serious expression.
Shakespeare next to him nodded repeatedly to show his agreement.
Lin Qi, who was being looked at by everyone present, smiled shyly.
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Chapter 81: So-called intelligence.
"I see. Is this the 'singularity' that appeared because of the Holy Grail? The name is quite fitting, and it can also explain why the Servant summoning mechanism here is different from that in the Holy Grail War..."
"What? Do you know who the Assassin is that's been roaming around London? Jack the Ripper?"
"What? [P]is that Paracelsus? That master of alchemy?"
"No wonder there are so many artificial life forms in the streets of London. They do have traces of alchemy. Why haven't we thought about this before..."
"What? [B] Is that Charles Babbage? You even know this?!"
"Ahem, there are so many mechanical soldiers wandering around in London. Their quality is not something that ordinary magicians can create. If I could see or disassemble a mechanical soldier in person, I think I could guess a little bit..."
"Wait a minute, you don't want to say that you even know who the last [M] is, do you?"
"Maqili? He seems to be related to Paracelsus. I remember his butterfly magic seemed quite amazing..."
"What?! His true identity is actually Barbatos, one of the 72 Demon Gods?!"
Andersen was shocked, completely shocked.
After investigating for so long, they still knew about the three code-named people P, B, and M who were stirring up trouble in this singularity, but they just didn't know who their true identities were.
Therefore, in Andersen's eyes, they were at most some servants who came to this singularity with him. Although they might be a little troublesome, they were not that powerful.
But the 72 Demon Gods are a little different...
"You're not suggesting that there's a shadow of King Solomon behind this, are you?"
Andersen recalled who the boss of the Seventy-two Demon Gods was, and his eyes changed when he looked at Lin Qi.
The other servants are easy to deal with, but it’s a bit rude of you to suddenly show up as a Demon Pillar.
Especially Solomon behind him, the King of Israel, the King of Magic, the pinnacle of summoning, the master of the Ten Commandments bestowed by God, the one who can see through the past and the future, etc. Anyway, the buffs are already stacked up.
This kind of existence cannot be solved by a little cleverness.
"If it was just Solomon, it would be fine, but there are more than that..."
Lin Qi pulled the corners of his mouth bitterly, and then slowly told him all the information he knew about Goetia, as well as his own thoughts.
In the past, he could selectively not reveal this information on the grounds that he would not meet Goetia for a while, but this singularity is different. He might really meet that piss king, so he must make others realize the seriousness of the matter.
And after pouring out all of this like pouring out his grievances, Lin Qi felt a lot better.
Especially when he saw everyone acting as if they were facing a formidable enemy and their originally slightly casual attitude turned serious, he felt a sense of psychological balance.
I can't be the only one who knows about this unfortunate thing.
"Beast of Mercy, Demon King Goetia... Doesn't anyone think that this shouldn't be something we can know about now?"
Andersen repeatedly chewed on Goetia's name, leaning helplessly on the back of the sofa.
He now felt it was outrageous that Lin Qi knew so many things for no reason, and even more outrageous that he, a writer-type heroic spirit, had to go against a human evil.
Especially after listening to Lin Qi's description of Goetia's abilities, there was only one thought left in his mind -
Unbeatable, and numbers mean nothing.
"I admit that there is no one more suitable than him to be a villain among human evil beings, but, you want us to deal with Goetia? Is that true?"
Shakespeare pointed at himself, a little sweaty.
It is really too difficult to ask a playwright to fight against human evil.
"Tsk! Isn't it just some Goetia? We haven't even fought each other, and we haven't even met each other yet. Why are you all so dejected?"
The fearless Mordred looked at the two writer-type heroic spirits whose styles had changed with disdain.
Obviously, even though the servants have the concept of human evil in their own knowledge, for someone like Xiao Mo who has a slightly reckless temperament, he does not have enough understanding of it.
“You can’t say that, Saber…”
Hearing Mordred's words, Jekyll, who had spent the most time with her, looked at her with a helpless look.
Jekyll at least had some understanding of the concept of human evil, but he never expected that this thing really existed, and that he would actually encounter such an existence in his lifetime, which made him feel a little unreal now.
"Alas, being competitive is not a good choice at this time, Sir Mordred, do you know the difference between an ordinary Servant and a Grand Servant?"
Andersen sighed, closed the book on his lap, and looked at Mordred who looked a little impatient.
"Maybe... the Grand Servant will be stronger than the ordinary Servant?"
Mordred frowned, thought for a moment and blurted out.
"You are right to understand it that way."
Hearing this, Andersen burst out laughing.
"Servants have their own strengths and weaknesses. If we exclude inherent skills and Noble Phantasms, the biggest difference is the capacity or size of their spiritual base."
"If we talk about ordinary Servants, like you and me..."
Andersen said as he picked up a glass of water from the table.
"Hey, hey, just compare yourself, why do you have to bring me along?"
Mordred was a little unhappy when he saw this.
"Okay, I won't stand with you. My level is the small cup next to me, okay?"
Andersen said helplessly.
At the same time, he pointed to another smaller cup on the table.
It's just that he is not in the mood now, otherwise he would have fought back no matter what.
Ignoring Mordred's muttering "That's better than enough", Andersen continued:
"The spiritual base of an ordinary Servant is like the water in this cup. No matter how you fill it, it will never exceed this amount."
"And the crown is like... the basin over there, which is several times or even dozens of times larger than this cup."
Andersen looked around and pointed to the basin in the corner.
"People who don't understand may think that we can easily defeat the 'pot' by pulling a few or a dozen 'cups'. In fact, it is not the case. The output of the two is fundamentally different. If the output of an ordinary servant is only one, then the output of a crown servant ranges from two to ten."
"As long as the strength of an ordinary human is more than half of the opponent's, it is an almost overwhelming advantage in terms of strength. In this case, I don't need to explain the gap, right?"
Andersen spread his hands.
"Of course, such a simple analogy is not appropriate. You just need to know that there is a huge gap between the crown rank and the non-crown rank, and the origin and skill combination of the servant who can be selected as the crown rank will not be weak."
"And the one that corresponds to the crown is the beast, which is human evil."
"Many people habitually compare the crown with the beast, but in fact, it is difficult to simply confuse them. In fact, in my opinion, the beast is actually a level higher than the crown."
"After all, that is something that humans themselves are not aware of. It is the evil of humans that was created to destroy humanity. How can you just throw out a crown and deal with it so easily?"
Andersen shook his head and sighed.
The only beast he knew from Lin Qi - Goetia, was a double combination of a crown servant and a beast. Who dares to say that it can be dealt with by sending a crown servant?
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