I must draw my sword immediately!

Chapter 77, Sixth Law

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Suya had always felt that the world was quite strange, and because there were so many strange things about it, he spontaneously formed a fixed stereotype about the world, as if the world was supposed to be this way.

Living humans, and those heroes who exist in history, should possess superhuman strength.

but,

This is actually wrong; it goes against common sense.

Those figures who dominated their respective eras were, in their own timelines and worlds, not much different from ordinary human beings.

They also need to eat and sleep, and from their own perspective, they strive for various benefits for themselves.

They may be born with superhuman strength, capable of lifting a cauldron;

Those who are born wise possess innate knowledge.

However, they cannot defy the laws of physics. Even those who can lift a tripod cannot lift a hundred-ton king. Those who are born with knowledge are merely slightly more intelligent than others.

What distinguishes them from ordinary people is that history has bestowed upon them mystery and legend based on their achievements. These legends manifest as miracles and as treasures that correspond to their deeds in life.

In Suya's view, this is a world similar to Lostbelts and the Type-Moon universe.

When mystery and legend materialize, they can transform into power beyond that of ordinary people—a Servant.

However, this premise is that

You have to be a 'person' who existed in history, or to put it more bluntly...

You must be a dead man.

In such a world, even if you train every day like Saitama from One-Punch Man for decades, when you throw a punch, the steel bars and cement will eventually teach you how to be a humble person.

You want to become stronger? Great, there are three paths—

First, join the church and train according to the methods of the church's agents. If you train to the limit, you might be able to reach the level of Kirei Kotomine, who is at the level of a broken tree.

Second, join the magician community. In modern times, one can rely on family imprints and innate magic circuits to perform magic that can achieve the same results with modern technology, in order to pursue the origin and magic. In the age of gods, there are more methods and they are more complicated, but it is still a viable path, although it depends more on talent and intelligence.

Third, find some strange or unusual thing to bite you, and you'll turn into a vampire, werewolf, or some other kind of alien, instantly gaining a power slightly stronger than a normal person, but not by too much.

In short, if you are an 'ordinary person',
In this worldview, setting aside magical powers and focusing solely on physical training, no matter how well you train, you could never be a match for those combat-type Servants who left their names in history.

Even if you train to the limits of humanity, or even break through the genetic lock and the second limit, at best you will only reach a level roughly equivalent to the current world's E-level.

This was Suya's level before she transmigrated. Perhaps, after her identity was exposed, she would accomplish something great and make a name for herself in history.
In other words, it is possible to achieve this after death.

But for him, who was still alive, there was no road ahead.

Correspondingly—

If those historical figures who have made their mark on history were to come to life and live in their own time, they would also find themselves in the same predicament as Suya.

Humans have limits, but the difference is that the limits of the dead are obviously higher than those of the living, because the dead can boast, while the living, even if they boast to the heavens, are limited by their carbon-based bodies and cannot reach those heights.

but,

but,

Upon hearing Lukan's words, Suya immediately deduced from the underlying logic of his speech—

The world is completely different from what he imagined!
At the very root of the matter, there is a fundamental difference in the most basic logic!
[Attendant, Profession, Master, Hero, Legend, God.]

This world has gained a new path that even ordinary people can hope to climb!

He had assumed it would be like something out of a fantasy novel, where the world naturally possessed something like 'battle qi' or 'spiritual power,' something tangible and real that allowed people to break through their limits and become stronger.

But—what has been categorized into this world is actually [faith]!
Suya initially thought that the 'qi' in this world was something like 'battle qi' or something similar.

But once he actually got his hands on it, he discovered that this strange supernatural power was less a materialized form of energy and more an abstract concept.

What it takes for an ordinary person to become a professional, in essence—

It's about believing in yourself.

Believing in themselves, swordsmen gave birth to 'sword energy', and assassins gave birth to 'chakra'.

From professional to master
According to Meryl, what's needed is money, while Lucan says what's needed is a path of faith; both may ultimately point to the same thing—

That is, the belief of others.

The more trust a person receives, the stronger they become!
And so on.

The so-called "charisma" required of a master;
The deeds required of a hero;
The legend that a legend needs.
They're all talking about the same thing—

The embodiment of faith!
Because there is no God, the path of faith descends to earth, and every human being, or rather, every living being, is granted this qualification, comparable to magic, to distort reality—

No longer needing historical recognition, the balance of restraint...
The convergence of faith alone can transcend the boundaries of life and death.
Real-world recognition allows living people to seize the power of Servants, and even surpass Servants and the limitations of time, directly obtaining the power that corresponds to the legendary Heroic Spirit!

This is undoubtedly magic!

It transcends the limits that magic and human reason can achieve.

It stems from the very source, directly stripping the gods of their power, and is a miracle built upon this godless world, one that does not exist in the present world.

The Sixth Law: The Manifestation of Faith.

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In just a moment, Suya understood from Lucan's words what kind of world this was.

But soon, a sense of unease followed.

If even masters can achieve their status through 'power and position' within the social structure...
So, what about the heroes?

Hector, a semi-hero, was the son of Parmenion, the second-in-command of the Macedonian Empire, and the commander of the Companion Cavalry. There were very few positions in the entire Macedonian Empire that could be held by him.

In other words, even in an empire as vast as Macedonia, there were only a handful of positions where one could become a hero.

In his quest to become a hero, Hector openly abandoned his soldiers fighting on the front lines, searching the world for a knight named Edoardo to perform rituals for him, attempting to achieve his heroic deeds.
This is still a knight with professional ethics.
In a world where everyone has the opportunity to become a hero, a legend, and where becoming a professional only requires self-belief, and becoming a master only requires a little worldly power and money,

Doesn't that mean that professions are worse than dogs, while masters are everywhere?

And what would those professionals who aren't bound by so many chivalrous oaths do in order to become heroes and legends?
Does directly massacring 100, 1,000 or 10,000 people count as an act of merit?
This world, which appears to have some order on the surface, is like a pot of boiling water about to explode. What kind of scene of mountains of corpses and seas of blood will unfold when the lid that's been holding down the chaos is finally lifted?

The key is--

Slaying a dragon definitely counts as an achievement!

When I think of this,

Suya felt a chill run down her spine and couldn't help but shiver a few times.

Seeing Suya's appearance, Lukan couldn't help but feel puzzled:
"My king, what's wrong?"

"nothing!"

Suya gave a stiff smile:

"Let's set off quickly! I can't wait to return to the capital and inherit the throne!"

(End of this chapter)