They've already fought their way through the Holy Grail War, and you still call them dragons?

"I'll go and take a look! Chu Zihang, you must issue an emergency notice in my name immediately! Let them be on alert and don't go near the control room!" From Chu Zihang's reaction, Emiya knew that the appearance of this biological signal seemed to be getting more frequent, and he subconsciously felt that something was wrong.

After hearing Emiya's order, Chu Zihang hesitated for a moment. Chaldeas was related to his father's whereabouts, and if he left now, he would miss it.

However, the last time he heard Chaldeas' voice, Chu Zihang had also investigated. Since he didn't know much about the celestial sphere device, he couldn't do anything on his own. Perhaps Master Emiya was more capable and could handle it better and obtain more useful information... In the overall situation, acting separately was undoubtedly a better choice.

"it is good."

Chu Zihang responded neatly and passed by Emiya in the opposite direction.

----

Mash Kyrielight had just escaped from Da Vinci's workshop a few minutes ago.

"Little Mashu, you really don't have the time to come over and help me out as a workshop assistant? You just need to come over to look after the shop during your off-duty hours. As an assistant to the head of the technical development department, you'll receive generous compensation and extra medical benefits~"

"Thank you, Da Vinci, for your hospitality."

Mashu looked troubled. "But taking private jobs isn't a good idea, is it?"

"Hey, how can this be considered private work? I'm also the head of the technical development department for Captain Emiya's important projects, but Emiya hasn't assigned many people to me. Now, there are only a few people in such a large department. The manpower shortage is a serious problem!"

"Thank you for your hard work, Da Vinci. I'll tell you about it next time I see Mr. Emiya... Besides, I'm a bit busy right now. Mr. Abbas sent a message saying that they urgently need to purchase some parts to repair the celestial sphere device. I'm just stopping by to help run errands. I have to go to the control room now. Mr. Abbas might be waiting impatiently..."

As she spoke, she had already trotted off towards the corridor. There was no other way. Based on her experience of dealing with this great inventor of the Renaissance, if she didn't leave early, Leonardo da Vinci would definitely offer her various temptations continuously. Although simple but occasionally sharp, little Mashu would never be fooled!

"Alright, alright, welcome back next time, little Mashu~! I'm really short on staff! —Assistant Orluun, let's begin the 755th Imaginary Domain Deep Dive Test!"

"Okay~" A weak response came from deep inside the workshop.

Mashu sighed inwardly, and with a hint of pity for Miss Orluen, she ran towards the control room at a faster pace.

He almost bumped into Emiya who was coming around the corner!

"Mr. Emiya! I'm sorry, uh…"

"Matthew?"

Emiya saw Mashu's astonished look and immediately understood the other party's reaction. The large divine light arm armor and gauntlet transformed from one of his hands was tightly grasping Odin. Although most of the body was covered by the armor, Mashu could still recognize that this was a man wearing an iron mask who was almost dead!

"This is...an enemy. Don't worry about it. I've already asked Chu Zihang to sound the alarm... But Mashu, why are you here?"

"Oh! Mr. Abbas said he wanted to inspect the celestial sphere device and asked me to bring it over..."

The two of them rushed to the control room. Emiya was puzzled. "Maintenance? Does maintenance need to be so noisy? Is this sound the accelerator in the wall? What does it have to do with the celestial sphere device?"

Mashu, who was holding a box of spare parts, was also stunned for a moment. She adjusted her glasses and said, "Maybe it's only needed for some exceptional maintenance?"

Because Abbas had a good image, Mash didn't immediately suspect him. Instead, she speculated, "I don't often come into contact with the Spirit Transfer Team. Perhaps Mr. Abbas is very familiar with them and knows that some inspections require testing the accelerator..."

Emiya pursed his lips slightly, not believing it easily. As far as he knew, accelerators consumed a lot of energy and were generally not used. The only time they were absolutely necessary was for spirit particle transfer. As for other situations where accelerators were used...

He planned to ask Finkel or Charlotte later if this was true. He also planned to investigate Abbas, a man whom Emiya had previously neglected to notice, a man of unknown identity brought to Chaldea by Pompey.

The two arrived at the door of the control room, and after opening the sliding door, they saw Abbas lying in a pool of blood!

"Mr. Abbas!"

Mashu's expression changed drastically. At first glance, she could roughly judge that Abbas's injuries were very serious. Although the physical fitness of mixed-bloods is beyond ordinary people, it is best to send him to the hospital for treatment in time.

"Don't rush over there."

Emiya quickly pulled Mashu behind him, then slowly walked into the control room, "Calm down, there are enemies."

"Eh?"

Mashu, who was pulled behind, glanced sideways and finally understood why Emiya's tone suddenly became serious.

In the corner of the control room, a huge monster appeared!

The monster was a deep red all over, with many pairs of crimson spherical eyes like chess pieces on a chessboard. The eyes were clearly granular and arranged vertically in rows on the towering columnar monster. It was simply the embodiment of nightmares.

"Demon Pillar!"

Mashu heard Emiya immediately call out the name of that thing.

A demon pillar? Not just any monster, but a pillar-shaped demon?

The shrill alarm echoed throughout the Chaldea Building.

Emiya knew that Chu Zihang had already informed everyone in his name, so he and Mashu approached carefully. Mashu went to the side to check Abbas's injuries, while Emiya raised the sword and pointed it at the Demon Pillar.

"Godslayer... Chaldea... the enemy that stands in the way of our destiny and our new greatness!"

Unexpectedly, the demon pillar on the opposite side spoke first. No, the other party did not have a "mouth". The voice came from inside its thick and huge body, and it was quite loud, as if some muffled thunder exploded inside.

"You are not only obstacles, but also powerful enemies that oppose our path. Unfortunately, you are too late. I have already hacked into and activated the system, confirming the special abnormal time and space point."

"From this, I will travel to that origin, analyze and destroy the treasure you rely on to save the world - Chaldeas!"

"I won't let you succeed..." Emiya stopped talking midway.

Ok?

Is there such a good thing? The Demon Pillar took the initiative to help interrupt the incubation of the alien god. This is wrong. Why would I have such a dream?

[…System·Spirit particle transfer, entering the final stage.]

[Coordinates: 2004 AD, Japan, Tokyo]

The mechanical tone of the broadcast voice echoed in the control room.

[Anti-summoning system has been set up. Master, please make final adjustments.]

"What happened...?" Mashu raised her head. She tried to move the unconscious Abbas, but Mashu, who had not awakened the power of a servant, was a little weak and had no idea how to deal with such a heavyweight man.

"The Demon Pillar has analyzed the transfer of spirit particles. It wants to escape—"

Emiya was too busy to take care of Abbas, so he immediately swung the sword, and the dazzling golden light radiated with brilliant power!

The densely packed giant eyes of the Demon Pillar flashed red light, but were torn apart by the brilliant sword light, and the body of the Demon Pillar disintegrated like fragile cheese.

"Superficial! Superficial! The essence of your soul particle transfer is a sorcery of exchanging resources. It is the culprit that subverts this planet!"

Emiya's strike was successful, but the opponent's residual sound still echoed, and then the remaining shapeless column continued to wriggle, gradually disappearing like a phantom. ——What remained was an illusion, the real body escaped!

"These evil ways should be kept by our king, creating a more solid foundation for our grand blueprint...!"

The Demon Pillar's reaction completely disappeared.

"It ran away?"

"No, it moved away."

Emiya frowned, and his mind quickly recalled all the details of what had just happened.

Firstly, they couldn't allow the Demon Pillar to destroy Chaldeas. Otherwise, according to FGO's setting, the real planet would likely be destroyed. Even if the current reality was different, Emiya didn't dare to gamble on this possibility.

Secondly, no one knows how this Demon Pillar has been lurking in Chaldea for so long, but it seems to know about singularities - that is, abnormal locations in time and space, which contain some secrets.

It's very likely related to Chaldeas, who intends to go to the singularity to steal hidden objects and return them to Goetia. This will undoubtedly lead to the further strengthening of the Humanity Burning faction...

This situation cannot be allowed to happen!

[Anti-summoning system, activated. Beginning spirit particle conversion.]

"Mashu! Take Abbas away, I will go to the singularity alone to investigate and stop that guy's actions!" Emiya knew that the spirit particle transfer was starting, and it was just the right time for him to take advantage of this Demon Pillar.

"But--"

Emiya turned around and realized Mashu's dilemma. He reluctantly helped to carefully lift up Abbas, the seriously injured patient.

Mashu had just quickly completed a simple hemostatic bandage, and at least Abbas stopped bleeding. However, if she had moved a little too hard, the wound would have been severely torn.

【All projects completed, spirit particle transfer begins.】

At this time, he raised his head again and saw Chaldeas, which was black and red. The soul transfer had entered the final stage. No, it was too late.

The light instantly enveloped the entire control room.

The world changed, and a burning city appeared before our eyes.

Chapter 311: White King Herzog? Are you worthy?

"here it is……"

Mashu felt dizzy, and at the same time, she heard the voice of an unknown person beside her, and time and space were distorted and transformed. Fortunately, as a member of Group A, her adaptability to quantum transfer was quite good, and the feeling of discomfort disappeared in just a moment.

When he opened his eyes again, the control room scene was gone. All he could see around him was the sky-high flames formed by massive burning, and the countless city ruins that had become its victims for no reason.

"It's Tokyo. We're actually here."

She heard Emiya talking beside her - the voice was familiar, different from the strange voice during the Reimu transfer period.

Mashu blinked and saw Emiya walking forward on the somewhat hot ground and approaching a cliff. The canyon below was like a dark abyss corridor, which seemed to swallow the eyes of passers-by at a glance.

"Even the river courses were burned dry. It was truly a disaster in human history."

Hearing Emiya's words, Mashu also walked over curiously, intending to look at the city fire in the distance, but as soon as she took a step forward, she found something wrong.

My body is so light...

Mashu felt that her whole body was filled with strength. It was not a sudden increase in strength, but more like she was born with such enormous power.

When he looked down again, he found that his Chaldea work uniform had been replaced with metal armor, which had a cold color against the fiery red background light.

Emiya turned and noticed Mashu's strange expression. His brows suddenly relaxed, understanding Mashu's thoughts. He drew a longsword, the tip of which drooped, and faced Mashu with it sideways. Mashu, using the surrounding firelight, could clearly see his own attire from the smooth blade in Emiya's hand.

It was undoubtedly a close-fitting full-body armor with black and purple as the main colors. The shield in her hand was even larger, completely exceeding her height. It was hard to imagine how such a bulky thing could be wielded as a weapon besides being used for defense... Maybe this was the miracle of great strength.

“…Why did I become like this? What on earth is…?”

Mashu, still perplexed, explained the situation to Emiya, mentioning that she had vaguely heard someone talking to her earlier. Even so, the girl, reflecting on the "results" of her own experiments as a sub-Servant, had a rough idea in her mind.

"Yes, you should have successfully become a sub-servant."

Emiya nodded. "The Sub-Servant Experiment was originally implemented when the system for protecting Heroic Spirits was still incomplete. The intention was to fuse the power of Heroic Spirits into human form. Judging purely from the results, the experiment was successful. The Heroic Spirits summoned by Chaldea have lent their power to you."

It is no coincidence that such a plan was proposed in this world.

During the Holy Grail War in Tokyo in the real world, Charlotte had witnessed the fusion of her summoned Servants and the unleashing of the power of Pseudo-Servants. Even those who had not witnessed it firsthand would spare no effort to gather intelligence on the Holy Grail War afterwards.

But Sima Yi, summoned by Charlotte, eventually left the stage. This result will certainly attract people's attention.

If so, can we make the summoned Heroic Spirits permanently exert their power for our own benefit? If successful, mass-producing Servant-level combat power would be a piece of cake!

This is obviously one of the purposes of Chaldea Director Pompey's sub-servant experiments.

At this level, Guardian of Heroic Spirit Summoning System: Destiny might even have a lower priority.

Because in Pompeii's view, the servants summoned by the Destiny System are not necessarily obedient, and are much more difficult to tame than the sub-servants who have been cultivated as experimental subjects.

Moreover, having lost the superior Greater Holy Grail like the White King, the Command Spell system he developed himself was not strong enough to control his servants, and was used more as a magical resource - in other words, it could only provide more energy for his servants to do something, rather than forcing them to do something.

That's why Pompey never gave up on Mashu and even arranged for her to stay in the first-line Group A.

Of course, Mashu herself was completely kept in the dark about all the secrets involved.

Emiya's choice was to tell Mashu directly. In Emiya's view, although she was not a naturally born human being but a cultivated experimental subject, she also had the right to know.

"So... is that how it is? Is this what the director... I mean, the former director, considered?"

Mashu listened to Emiya's story with a somewhat naive look on her face. Lacking life experience, she didn't quite understand how "sad" it was to be born as a designed life in the eyes of normal people.

In contrast, Mashu was more worried about their current situation. Becoming a Sub-Servant, and even being transported to an unfamiliar place by spirit particles... This was her first experience, and she still felt a lingering sense of uncertainty.

"Yes, I originally wanted to disclose these details to the relevant people the next day after the secret interrogation...especially you, but I didn't expect such an accident to happen in the control room."

"Let's investigate the situation here as quickly as possible. We also have wounded people who need care. We need to prioritize finding a safe base and work hard to restore contact with Chaldea."

Emiya carefully lifted the unconscious Abbas from the hot and dirty ground. The "half Odin" that he had conjured up and grasped in his armor disappeared when he came over here. This made him a little confused. Was it because of the dispersion caused by the transfer of the spirit particles themselves?

But if that's the case, why is Odin the only one missing while everyone else is there?

"Well, if you don't mind, can I come?"

Before, Mashu was weak and could not handle heavy work. According to the actual situation, before becoming a sub-servant, Mashu, as a member of Group A, was even an ordinary researcher with poor combat ability and weak strength. Every time she participated in Group A's combat training, she had to fall behind and stay behind for tutoring.

But now it's different! Mashu, who has transformed into a sub-servant, is not very confident in fighting, but she is very confident in her work.

A few minutes later, the two were running on the burning street, Emiya in front and Mashu behind.

Mashu was seen holding up the oversized shield, allowing Abbas to lie safely on it, avoiding the severe bumps that would aggravate his injuries, while also not affecting the team's high-speed movement.

"Mashu, be careful not to shake when you hold it horizontally!"

"I understand, Mr. Emiya. I will hold my shield like water and never let it shake!"