Chapter 206

"Although the magic 'Mana' here is quite agitated, the changes now..." Kirshtalia suddenly stopped in the wilderness filled with thunder and rain, and turned her head to look in a certain direction, "Something has appeared. Even if there is no guidance from the stars here, I can sense--"

"The wind is coming."

"Let's go, Tetrot." Kirshtalia withdrew her gaze from the horizon and led the newly summoned Tetrot to a place that seemed to be an open-air mine. "Let's first confirm the changes that have occurred there - the changes in magic power 'Mana' will be reflected quite intuitively in the minerals born from the earth."

"Because Miss Tetrot is a fairy from the Earth, I'd like you to confirm this."

Unable to contact Chaldea, and not planning to contact the Rock King right now, Kirshtalia left the area she had previously used to try to contact Chaldea, and summoned the Earth-attributed Tetrot that had been recorded into their Throne of Heroes through Lancermello's memories to cooperate with her actions.

——The spirit base atlas shared with them by New Chaldea was the textile elves belonging to Scotland in the pan-human history, while the fairy knight Tetrot, who actually belonged to the fairy kingdom, was forcibly brought from the fairy kingdom to their world by Lansemello in place of the textile elves in the Animusphia anomaly belt where they were.

Now it seems that at least the summoning system has not been disturbed by this world. Although the landing coordinates of the four people who transferred their spirit particles at the same time were set at Sumi, not to mention that the four people appeared together now, just looking at his own current situation, Kirshtalia could guess that the coordinates on Sumi's side were artificially covered by a barrier, which caused them to appear in different areas of Teyvat.

The normal operation of the summoning system at least ensures that if additional servants need to be summoned in the future, the servants will definitely appear beside the summoner.

"Okay! Leave the packing to me!" Tetrot was walking in front with great energy, and answered Kirshtalia loudly, "Wait... there seems to be a strange guy ahead!"

"Okay, I understand." Kirshtalia stopped along with Tetrot and used magic to enhance her vision to look in the direction Tetrot pointed. "This clothing... is it the Fatui? How strange! Although I have collected quite a lot of clues about the Fatui's activities in Inazuma over the past period of time, this is the first time I have encountered this group of guys..."

"No... the mineral veins here should have stopped being mined on a large scale for a long time."

"What should we do?" The fairy knight from the Wing Clan asked the master he was now loyal to.

"I'm a little concerned about what they're doing here." Kirshtalia, who was already soaked by the rain, lifted the strengthening magic and walked towards the direction of the Fatui. "Well, considering that some of Teyvat's culture can also be found in our history... I think I need to confirm something."

"What is it?"

"Ah... Do you remember the big hole where Cornunnos's body was?" Kirshtalia's hand lit up with a lush green line, indicating that the magic circuit had begun to activate. "The corpse of a god carries a powerful curse - and in our eyes, the magic system of the country that can be regarded as the model of Inazuma..."

"To be specific, the magicians there directly inherited the fragment of God, the 'God's Divine Cast' - to put it more directly, they preserved a part of the God's corpse, and then directly mobilized that level of mystery to perform..." Kirshtalia stood high enough to see the Fools from a distance and clenched his cane, "In other words, I now suspect that Inazuma also has the habit of using the remains of God."

"Let me think about which name would be better... Oh, yes! Speaking of 'flower'——"

"Dream of the Inner Sea "Ricus". 』

Verdant grass and branches appeared near this group of fools, dragging them into a long sleep. Then Kirshtalia descended from a great height, confirmed their specific situation, and conducted a preliminary exploration of the cave leading deep into the mountain.

"Has he temporarily replaced the Lord of Plants? I roughly know why the Lord was left behind, but I don't know why it turned out like this." After confirming that this group of fools were dragged into sleep by the power of God, Kirshtalia followed Tetrot into the cave and noticed the bowl-shaped barrier in the center. "Well, for safety reasons, let's not explore the barrier and confirm other situations."

Kirshtalia and Tetrot went out more often during this period of time in the incessant thunderstorms. In addition to using magic to resist sudden lightning strikes, they often chose to rely on prediction to avoid areas affected by lightning strikes in advance. Under such circumstances, they completed a preliminary exploration of this open-pit mine.

"Ah... It seems that in terms of the utilization rate of divine bodies, no matter which world, other countries can't compare to this place." Kirshtalia looked at the mineral crystal in his hand that was glowing with a strange purple light, and took Tetrot back to the deserted house that they temporarily used as a base. "This is Inazuma's mine, so this kind of ore is probably used in the forging process."

"…We should ask a Saber-class Servant to come and experience the forging techniques here."

"Well, this ore only brings me the same unpleasant feeling as if I were close to Morse..." Tetrot looked at the purple ore in Kirshtalia's hand and took the initiative to move away. "Does this have anything to do with what you said before about using the divine body?"

"You said it gave you the same feeling as when you were near Morse? That's basically right." Kirshtalia entered the report about this ore into her communicator, waiting to hand it over directly when she returned to Chaldea, while explaining to Tetrot, "Didn't I say that? Just like the god Cornunnos who died in the British news belt--"

"The bodies left behind by gods after their death will produce powerful curses. This ore itself is the crystallized form of a high-concentration curse." After finishing the report, Kirshtalia opened the window a little and quickly threw the ore out of the house. "I don't know how Inazuma used this ore specifically, but I can confirm that-"

"Just like you fairies cannot come into contact with Morse, humans will also be cursed and contaminated if they come into contact with this kind of thing for a long time."

"And I don't think the Inazuma people will master... or find a way to resist the curse."

"But if Inazuma has stopped large-scale mining of this mineral... why are the Fatui showing up there?" Tetrot asked Kirshtalia.

"The higher-ups of the Fatui can be considered similar to magicians - they will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals." Kirshtalia speculated based on the only data in Chaldea that was based on Merlin's prophecy. "So, either they need to study the artifacts left behind by the dead gods in order to achieve a greater purpose... or they have a way to use the power of this curse for their own benefit."

"Is it really possible to do something like that?!"

"Since His Majesty Morgan has not solved the problem of Cornunus, you should know that there is no good solution to this problem even for those guys!" Kirshtalia subconsciously gave Tetrot an example, paused, and added some additional explanations, "Although His Majesty Morgan dragged the issue of Cornunus just to suppress the insect."

"Then, when there is no good solution - even the power left by the dead god needs to be paid a sufficient price to be mastered, and that price should be quite huge."

"That……"

"Ah, so it's probably what Eugledomilenia did to the androids during the Holy Grail War - although it's a common method for magicians." Kirshtalia turned her head away from Tetrot's curious gaze. "If I'm not mistaken, it's probably using some kind of device to turn the power of the curse into something that ordinary people can use at will - as for the side effects?"

"No one cares about that."

"When the user chose it for the sake of power, he should have foreseen such a future. As for the fools, as long as the one who died was not one of their own, it would be fine. Isn't it a simple conclusion?"

"Not to mention that Inazuma is still mired in a civil war... As long as the fools choose to be the weaker side and mix these things into the aid weapons in the name of providing assistance--" Kirshtalia blinked at Tetrot and made a firm conclusion, "The natural experimental subject of this device has appeared."

"Just like magicians don't care about the lives of ordinary people - neither do Fools."

"Two wise men from the theory of life and the theory of cause, what do you want to talk to me about? If you want to look up classics or original materials, you should go to the chief secretary."

The current clerk of the House of Decrees, who was usually quite free all day, was rarely blocked during working hours. After seeing the unusual expressions of Nafis and Iskander, even Alhaisen, who believed in never getting involved in trouble before the situation was clear, had to take time out to listen to the two wise men state their requests.

"But organizing the backup data is part of the job scope of the clerk." Nafis gently explained to Elhaisen the purpose of their visit here, "At this time, it would be more troublesome to go to the Palace of Wisdom to find the chief secretary to apply for borrowing the original copy-"

Thinking of the changes in the research topics of the Grand Sage and the other three Sages, as well as the complete disappearance of the quarrels in the Grand Sage's office in the Ministry of Education in recent times, Elhaisen still managed to grasp the most critical points from the confusing information and came up with the correct answer.

"So you are here to look for backup data." After confirming the reason for their visit, Elhaisen stood up and walked towards the database whose key the clerk held. "I will go in with you - after confirming what you need to know, leave here as soon as possible."

After entering the backup database, Nafis and Iskander went straight to the data area from 500 years ago, and found the record of the conversation between the Dreamless Tree King and the Six Sages in the past.

"Wisdom is not omniscience, and omniscience is ignorance."

When he first arrived in Sumi Castle five hundred years ago, Lansemello declared this to the six wise men of the Decree House.