Chapter 725

Emiya Kiritsugu: "No, even crazier than that; I fear he wants to create a god."

Everyone: "What! Create a god!"

【Gray: "Master, what is going on?"】

【The little student's call finally wakes Waver from his own world.】

【"If my current speculation is correct..."】

【Waver cautiously chooses his words and mutters: "Heartless is attempting to use Albion to refresh the existence of all modern magi."】

【Gray: "Huh?"】

【She doesn't understand; she can't understand what Waver is talking about at all.】

【Waver: "For us modern magi, the goal is mostly to reach the Root. But what if that is no longer necessary?"】

【Gray: "Uh... Master, what are you talking about?"】

【Waver also knows he is being too vague, so he immediately explains: "First, magi of the Age of Gods did not take reaching the Root as their goal, because there was no need. To them, the Root was a very close existence."】

【"Our magic is always just driving a magical formula to briefly deceive the world, but their magic was to draw magic directly from the gods who were connected to the Root itself—no, at that time, it was directly from the gods."】

【"Undoubtedly, Heartless is attempting to create 'a god that exists for magi'."】

Caules: "He really is trying to create a god!"

Fiore: "No, this is just Waver's speculation in the video..."

Gordes: "Creating a god or whatever, that's too ridiculous."

Ishtar: "Hmph, ignorant mortals, to actually look down on gods like this."

Tohsaka Rin: "But what does this have to do with the King of Conquerors?"

Waver: "... I fear Heartless wants to turn the King into a god."

Everyone: "!!!"

Iskandar: "Ah? Make me a god?"

Waver: "Various signs indicate this is the most likely possibility."

Gilgamesh: "Hahaha! Then I'd like to see if he can succeed."

Things like gods are what he fears the least.

【Gray: "Create a god! Is such a thing possible?"】

【Waver: "Nothing is impossible; Iskandar originally had the legend of having Zeus's bloodline. Moreover, historically, there was even a movement to include Iskandar among the Twelve Olympians."】

【"In mythology, there are quite a few heroes who were elevated to new deities or constellations; it is impossible for the great Iskandar not to be qualified. As I said before, there is also a rumor in Egypt that he is the reincarnation of the god Amun."】

【"By the way, furthermore, the type of magic that draws mystery from high-level existences is still used in several regions like the Far East. Next, all that needs to be done is to adjust the formula to suit this purpose."】

【Gray: "However, turning a Heroic Spirit into a god, what is that method..."】

【Waver: "My lady, you told me that Albion is a labyrinth."】

【Mentioning the labyrinth, Gray suddenly realizes and remembers the matter of the King of Skeletons, saying: "The initiation ritual of death and rebirth..."】

【Waver: "That's it."】

【"Faker is Iskandar's substitute; using her and the labyrinth as magic, applying the initiation ritual of death and rebirth to a Heroic Spirit—this result will of course directly connect to the real Iskandar in the Throne of Heroes."】

【"Then, in the process of expanding Faker to the real Iskandar, there is a Spirit Origin that extracts the essence even more; that can be called Spirit Origin Ascension, right?"】

【Gray: "Spirit Origin Ascension?"】

【Waver: "Of course, under normal circumstances, it would still remain within the scope of a Heroic Spirit. Even if one approaches the original power as a Heroic Spirit, one cannot reach the realm of a god. No matter how many times one repeats the ascension, one will only approach the upper limit as a Heroic Spirit. Servants restrained in frameworks like Faker or Saber were originally just one side of the Heroic Spirit as a whole. Therefore, even if I thought he wanted to summon Iskandar, I had never thought until now that he was attempting to deify Iskandar."】

Kayneth: "Heartless, what a madman..."

Tohsaka Rin: "Is it really possible to deify a Heroic Spirit?"

Feng Xi: "Of course it's possible; isn't there one in the group right now?"

Tohsaka Rin: "Hmm? Who?"

Zhang Jiao: "Hehe, of course it's Lord Fuxi."

Fuxi: "Hmm, as for me, it is indeed very similar to this situation."

Feng Xi: "Ancestor Fuxi was just a mortal during his lifetime, but after becoming a Heroic Spirit, he was sublimated into a god because of the praise of later generations. However, this process took thousands of years, and the people who praised him recognized him as a god from the bottom of their hearts."

Waver: "So it's what's called becoming a god through faith."

Waver: "Although it takes a long time, this also shows from the side that Heartless's plan is possible."

Feng Xi: "Of course it might succeed; Rome already has a precedent."

Waver: "Yes, the Grand Lancer who appeared before, Romulus-Quirinus."

Kayneth: "The God-Ancestor Romulus, who merged with the identity of Quirinus, the supreme god in the Roman mythological system, under the blessing of faith."

Kayneth: "However, just as Feng Xi said, this process requires a long time, probably thousands of years."

Kayneth: "Heartless, what exactly does he want to do?"

【Waver: "Creating a god requires several things; Ad, you should know, right?"】

【Ad: "Ihihihi! It's rare for you to ask me something!"】

【Waver: "Because you are a suitable candidate, your seal is also about that, right?"】

【Ad: "Hehe! Yes, the Spear of the Vanguard is not a simple Noble Phantasm, because it is too close to the source of the stars. If you don't seal such a thing properly and use it for a long time, the user will become close to a god."】

【"However, even King Arthur could not achieve that change, because human lifespan simply cannot reach it; at most, it would only cause the mental structure to lean toward a god, but it stops there."】

Feng Xi thinks to himself: "But in another world, a certain Lion King succeeded."

【Waver: "Exactly. There isn't enough time."】

【"To adjust to a god, one needs enough time to accept faith or the essence of heaven and earth. Just as faith needs time to spread among people, adjusting a Spirit Origin into that form requires a vast amount of time no matter what."】

【"Time..."】

【At the mention of this word, that name immediately flashes in Gray's mind.】

【"Ah! That Emiya's..."】

【Waver: "Exactly, the magic of Emiya, who is under a Sealing Designation."】

【That magic creates a flow of time isolated from the outside world—a top-level magic that affects the rules of the world.】

Emiya Kiritsugu: "..."

Can his family's ancestral magic actually do this much?

【Waver lights a cigar and says: "Using Emiya's sealing formula to solve the problem of time, plus the fact that Heroic Spirits don't age, one can continuously apply an almost infinite time load until reaching the realm of a god."】

【"There is another thing: the Grand Resolution is held in a special location every time, and that is the center of Albion. And during the Grand Resolution, the normally sealed dikes will also be opened."】

【"Because the Grand Resolution itself was originally a magical ritual held in the heart of the dead dragon, which will cause the ancient heart to be immersed in unparalleled magical energy."】

【"Heartless most likely intends to summon Iskandar again in Albion at the same time the magical dikes are opened for the Grand Resolution. Once he becomes a god, he has prepared the previous currency, and through the economy operated by currency, which is one of the most powerful faiths."】

【"Using gold coins as a catalyst, one can construct a very simple form of faith. It is truly a scam deeply characteristic of modern magic. Especially if you use coins that existed since Iskandar was alive and are related to him, it is also simple to connect the path to Iskandar, who has become a god. Moreover, the practitioner is that Heartless."】