Chapter 305

(Goetia)

"This guy!!!"

With Goetia's descent, all the Servants present felt a terrifying pressure, and the scene suddenly fell into silence.

"Is this the other party's true strength..."

Shakespeare's face turned pale. In the story world earlier, Goetia only had a wisp of consciousness descend, so it was still within an acceptable range. But now, Goetia's true body had descended, and that pressure truly made him feel the gap in strength.

"Caster, what exactly is going on?"

Amakusa Emiya Emiya Shirou noticed Shakespeare's expression and asked in a low voice.

Shakespeare smiled bitterly: "No time to explain in detail now. Simply put, my Noble Phantasm messed up and summoned a terrifying existence."

"Indeed..."

Looking at the undisguised malice of 'Solomon,' Amakusa Emiya Emiya Shirou frowned.

Although he knew the other party was 'Solomon,' his True Name Revelation couldn't see the other party's data at all. It seemed to have been blocked by some kind of magecraft.

"You are the legendary King of Magecraft, Solomon, right?"

Amakusa Emiya Emiya Shirou forced himself to stay calm and asked: "Why have you appeared here?"

"Amakusa Emiya Emiya Shirou Tokisada, the saint of the Far East, right?"

Goetia sneered: "The so-called saint, in the end, cannot escape the shackles of human nature and joins this meaningless struggle."

Amakusa Emiya Emiya Shirou: "You say meaningless..."

Goetia: "You Servants who sit in human history fight and kill each other here to compete for the Holy Grail, but do you really understand the meaning of your existence and the origin of the Holy Grail War?"

This question immediately stumped all the Heroic Spirits present.

This kind of question, it should be said, few people would study or think about it.

Amakusa Emiya Emiya Shirou: "Isn't the Holy Grail War a huge ritual system constructed by the Three Families to reach the Root and compete for the omnipotent wish-granting machine?"

"Omnipotent wish-granting machine? Hahaha, it's hilarious!"

Goetia mocked and waved his hand, and a Holy Grail appeared in his hand just like that.

"This kind of thing, I have as many as I want."

As he said that, he threw the Holy Grail in his hand to the ground, as if he were throwing away trash.

"!!!"

Everyone present saw this scene and was dumbfounded.

Especially Darnic and Gordes, who were observing from afar, felt their worldviews collapse.

Only they were on the Hanging Gardens for the Black faction at this time; Fiore had gone with Chiron to intercept Feng Xi, and Celenike stayed behind at the base with Astolfo, Caules, and Roche, the two Masters who had lost their Servants.

Amakusa Emiya Emiya Shirou picked up the Holy Grail somewhat numbly. After checking, he could be sure that it was indeed genuine, the kind that could be used to grant wishes.

With this, Amakusa Emiya Emiya Shirou felt even more numb.

The Holy Grail they had been searching for so hard was a wholesale product for him.

Instantly, the Heroic Spirits present felt like clowns.

Goetia: "The Holy Grail War is indeed a struggle created by humans for their own selfish desires, but the seven Heroic Spirits are not. They are guardian powers created by the collective consciousness of humanity, 'Alaya,' and the Earth's will, 'Gaia,' to protect humanity and the Earth."

"That's right, the seven Heroic Spirits are messengers sent by the heavens to protect human history and destroy certain evils. The so-called Spirit Descent Ritual and Heroic Spirit Summoning were originally decisive battle magecraft to save the primate world. And humans modified and downgraded it for their own selfish desires—that is the summoning system you use: the Holy Grail War!"

"What!!!"

Hearing Goetia reveal the truth about the Holy Grail War, all the Servants present were surprised.

They didn't expect that the Spirit Descent Ritual for summoning Heroic Spirits had such a big background.

"I never thought that's what our existence was..."

Amakusa Emiya Emiya Shirou smiled bitterly: "We should thank you, Solomon, for letting us know the meaning of our existence. However, your purpose for coming here shouldn't just be to say these things, right?"

Goetia: "I just wanted to clear up some doubts. Of course, I don't mind destroying a world on a whim."

Amakusa Emiya Emiya Shirou: "You say destroy!"

"Why, do you think I can't do it?"

Goetia sneered, and the pressure on his body suddenly surged several times, making everyone unable to breathe.

Just how strong is this guy!

Goetia: "Arrogance, jealousy, wrath, sloth, greed—humans are such inferior and unrepentant existences. Such humans are not worthy of ruling this world."

Amakusa Emiya Emiya Shirou: "Stop talking nonsense! Even if humans have many bad habits, they still have a good Reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Side! You actually want to destroy a world for such a reason!"

Goetia: "Is that so? Unfortunately, this sentence coming from your mouth has no persuasiveness at all."

Amakusa Emiya Emiya Shirou: "..."

Goetia: "Amakusa Emiya Emiya Shirou Tokisada, do you think I don't know your plan? If you really believe in humanity, why choose to use the Third Magic to assimilate all of humanity? Doesn't your behavior prove your distrust of human nature? It's just that you chose to keep humans in captivity, while I chose to eliminate them all."

"I, I..."

Goetia's words struck Amakusa Emiya Emiya Shirou's heart, leaving him unable to refute for a moment; it took a long time for him to come back to his senses.

"No! I am doing this to continue the future of humanity and let humanity walk on the path of true peace! It's different from you!"

"Future."

Goetia smiled disdainfully and said: "The future of humanity is already doomed; it will end in 2017."

Amakusa Emiya Emiya Shirou: "What!"

"Alright, the small talk ends here. So now..."

Goetia looked at Gilgamesh and said: "Hand over the human you have to me."

"What!"

Hearing that Goetia's target was Feng Xi, Artoria, the First Emperor, Iskandar, Diarmuid, and Hundred-Faced Hassan immediately blocked in front of Gilgamesh.

"Ha, I don't have the habit of handing over my property."

Gilgamesh said faintly: "Although I don't like this mongrel, he is my Master now after all. If I give him to you like this, where would I put my face?"

"Is that so."

Goetia sneered, then used a teleportation spell to transfer Feng Xi into his own hands.

"Let him go!!!"

Seeing this, Artoria and the others attacked one after another.

Excalibur fell, Gae Dearg was thrown, and the Universe Blade flew; three Noble Phantasms struck Goetia simultaneously.

But it was as if there was an invisible wall in front of Goetia, directly blocking and deflecting all their attacks.

"You guy!"

Gilgamesh also opened the Gate of Babylon, throwing a series of Noble Phantasms, but like the attacks of Artoria and the others, they couldn't hurt Goetia in the slightest.

"Hmm?"

Goetia raised his hand to probe Feng Xi's soul and memories, but didn't expect a white light to erupt from Feng Xi's soul, causing Goetia to subconsciously throw Feng Xi away.

What kind of power was that, that even Goetia felt a trace of threat?

Although he didn't know what happened, Hundred-Faced Hassan caught Feng Xi with quick eyes and hands and fled to the distance with him, while Artoria and the others surrounded Goetia.

"Interesting, is it the power of that Exchange Group?"

Goetia scanned the crowd and said: "Is it everyone, or just that exception in human history?"

"Since that's the case, let's verify it. Let's try nine first."

"Boom!!!"

The Hanging Gardens shook again.

Shakespeare: "Hey, hey! What now?"

Semiramis: "Something is about to be summoned!"

"Bang!!!"

With a loud noise, the ground of the Hanging Gardens cracked, and one giant tentacle after another with white relief-patterned skin rose from the ground.

Looking at those dense diamond-shaped eyes, those with trypophobia couldn't stand it.

These tentacles appeared in a total of nine, surrounding Goetia like guards.

"The 34th Pillar 'Furfur,' the 35th Pillar 'Marchosias,' the 36th Pillar 'Stolas,' the 37th Pillar 'Phenex,' the 38th Pillar 'Halphas,' the 39th Pillar 'Malphas,' the 40th Pillar 'Raum,' the 41st Pillar 'Forcalor,' the 42nd Pillar 'Vepar,' summoned by my master, descend!"

What Goetia summoned were the nine pillars of the Armory; they pity the flames of war and respect damage, and are considered some of the most destructive of the Demon God Pillars.

"This is the legendary Seventy-Two Demon God Pillars under Solomon!"

Amakusa Emiya Emiya Shirou's expression was solemn; he could feel that each of these Demon God Pillars was not simple.

"Damn it!"

Semiramis's expression became very ugly.

Although the amplification effect hadn't changed, her Hanging Gardens were no longer under her control.

Needless to say, this must be Goetia's doing.

"Come on, Servants of human history, with this world as a bet, can you stop me?"

Goetia floated in mid-air and said: "Beg for help! Utter cowardly sounds! It's time to drown in the sea of misery! Hahaha..."

"Hmm!"

At this moment, whether it was the Red faction, the Black faction, or Feng Xi's team, all the Servants looked at each other and nodded.

Now is no longer the time to fight each other; for the sake of the lives in this world, he must be stopped.

(I was too busy yesterday, no time to type, sorry).