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As if possessing its own will, these guns flew towards Scáthach one after another.

“I’ll stop here.” Skadi raised her wand high behind her, and runes emerged from the void, wrapping around the spears.

One second she was as agile as if Shiomi herself was using it, the next second she became sluggish and full of weaknesses that could be exploited.

But even so.

"Can't we just suppress it completely?" Scáthach asked Skadi.

“I’ve done my best.” Skadi looked slightly exhausted. “Now his rank is higher than mine, and he’s achieved the special form of a unified god—”

Not only that, but Morgan's magical skills also played a part.

With Morgan's mastery of magic, combined with Shiomi's power, Chaldea is unmatched in magic battles.

“I’ve always wanted to test the power of this form. It seems fortunate that this test was arranged.” Scáthach raised her chin with satisfaction, looking at Morgan’s face.

Even though tide Jian's figure had temporarily disappeared, she could still see tide Jian's will through those eyes.

At this point, Morgan does not possess the qualities he normally possesses.

Thinking of this, Scáthach immediately joked, "My beloved student, you're like a coward hiding behind your beloved woman right now~"

“A verbal offensive, huh?” Morgan chuckled. “My husband said you can mock us all you want, we just need to finish the test.”

"Ah……"

Scáthach raised her hand, and dozens of clones of crimson spears appeared behind Morgan, aimed at the blind spot behind him.

Then, gunfire rained down.

An explosion and smoke erupted in the combat training room, causing the monitoring instruments to emit alarms and warnings.

With her superhuman vision and perception, Scáthach saw Morgan dodge the red spear with minimal effort, while those she couldn't avoid were knocked down by her raised hand.

Extremely elegant, like a free and unrestrained dance.

However, the combat test was not over yet. The smoke had not yet cleared, and the four guns were held back by Skadi. Scáthach rushed into the smoke and attacked from both sides with Artoria, who had been waiting.

The crimson spear, which swept out with great force, was caught by the hand of the One God Morgan, along with the Star Holy Sword.

Even though I gripped the blade in the way that would most easily cause injury, no blood flowed out; instead, I felt a binding force so heavy that I couldn't pull the weapon out.

"ended."

As Morgan spoke, dark blue shadows spread from the ground and wrapped around Scáthach and Artoria.

Having brought their movements under control, Morgan was finally free to fight for control of the four guns.

"Huh?"

Skadi discovered that the four guns, which had been tug-of-war, suddenly became unaffected by her magic and flew towards her, trapping her inside.

beep--!

"Everyone, thank you for your hard work in testing."

Olga Marie's announcement that the combat test was over came over the loudspeaker.

The three people who had been deprived of their freedom of movement were released.

"Has it come to this?" Scáthach said with a helpless expression. "The fact that the 'Alien God' has been able to fight you for so long shows that he is not to be underestimated."

"The other side has already begun to strengthen their spirit foundation, and has already absorbed a Tree of Imagination. The scale of their spirit foundation is indeed more powerful than it was back in Olympus."

After the union ended, tide Jian answered her master.

"So how are you feeling?" Skadi asked Shiomi with concern. "What side effects did the fusion, which took so long than expected, have?"

Shiomi shook her head: "No. We can still combine normally, but the original danger hasn't disappeared... We still need to be extremely cautious when using this form in battle in the future."

“That’s not all,” Morgan added. “I can feel that the manipulation of magic is much more effective now. Before, this form wouldn’t have had the strength to compete with Skadi for control of the four guns.”

That would give Skadi time to turn the tables and use the gun that had been taken from her control to attack One God Morgan.

The outcome of the combat test is therefore even more unpredictable.

"In the end, you just want to show off your power, which is even stronger than before," Artoria said, rarely making a teasing remark. "Everyone is the same, yet only you can merge with Tianxi."

"Strange? Didn't everyone clearly merge with him?" Morgan put on an innocent expression.

Seeing this, tide Jian exaggeratedly stretched out her hand and made a chopping gesture downwards in the air: "Let's leave this topic here..."

The group began to walk outside; the combat training room was about to undergo repairs and cleaning.

“Ultimately, it’s a matter of adaptability,” Scáthach analyzed. “The fairies of Paradise originally sent the Holy Sword’s base to Earth to reforge it.”

“In other words, it’s the raw stone,” Skadi said. “If not as a holy sword, but as a god.”

“Tianxi is the perfect mold and furnace,” Artoria commented. “Is that why it was able to complete this form?”

tide Jian slumped her shoulders and complained, "You guys are analyzing this so seriously, it really makes me feel guilty..."

He couldn't explain the underlying principles, but it was simply that at that time and in that situation, he acted on his impulse and achieved that state.

As if driven by instinct, without any extra consideration.

Looking back, Shiomi also felt it was an indescribable miracle.

The group chatted and laughed as they walked to the outer corridor, where they met Aozaki Touko, who had come out to wait for them.

"The combat testing was hard work, and you collected a lot of useful data, which will be very helpful for improving the automaton later," Orange said with a smile.

Shiomi tilted her head: "If you can use it, feel free to use it... By the way, where's Mary?"

"The director was just asked to leave by Sion," Orange said. "Because her term is about to expire."

"Expiring?" Skadi asked.

“I was planning to tell you later,” tide Jian shrugged. “The lease agreement provided by Wandering Sea is about to expire.”

Chapter Two: Information about ORT

Originally, the Wandering Sea Hall used to build New Chaldea was a right of use that Sion obtained in exchange for the Atlas Institute Contract.

After Hermes the Trident predicts that Earth will perish in 2018, Sion asks her father Tsbia for help but is refused. She can only retreat alone to the Wandering Sea, where she will not be affected by the white paper.

While Sion was doing these things, based on past favors, Tsbia sent a letter through Aozaki Touko to Shiomi in Chaldea, informing her of Sion's preparations in the Wandering Sea.

However, this loan is not indefinite.

According to the agreement between the Wandering Sea and the Atlas Academy, the period during which one can stay here is only a hypothetical one year.

Therefore, after Storm Border returned to the Wandering Sea, Sion immediately began the work of relocating the necessary facilities to New Chaldea.

We are currently in a state of bustling activity.

Only frontline combat personnel like Shiomi and her colleagues can temporarily escape miscellaneous tasks and focus on things like combat training.

After all, Chaldea has plenty of manpower now and doesn't need them to help as well.

"After moving Chaldea to Storm Border, and after resolving the issues of the South American Lostbelt, all that's left is to go to Antarctica, confront Chaldea there, and uncover the true nature of the 'Alien God,' as well as the reason why Animusphia spent a thousand years finally accomplishing this."

During a brief meeting in the control room, Olga Marie explained her future plans to Shiomi and the others.

It's not that she has complete say in the direction, but if Olga Marie can come up with a more comprehensive blueprint, Shiomi will feel at ease.

She understood this, so she tried her best to clarify what needed to be done and announced it to the key personnel.

"That's a matter for later. Right now, the most important thing is to deal with the South American Lostbelt issue," Morgan said. "Considering that even after recovering the Imaginary Tree, we still can't reliably annihilate them, and given the cross-verification of intelligence from Kirshtalia and Koyanskaya regarding the Imaginary Trees in South America..."

“The South American Lostbelt, where the ORT sleeps.” Olga Marie’s face showed some fear.

It's not surprising that she reacted this way.

The legend of ORT is well-known in the magician's world; it's a ghost story in the magician's world.

But it is something that truly exists.

As one of the twelve monarchs, the Celestial Monarch, Olga Marie naturally had been exposed to this kind of information since childhood and knew that it was not just a legend.

The alien creatures that flew to the South American continent before Christ will kill any creature that gets close in an instant.

No magician has ever survived after getting close to that creature's territory.

After that, I don't know whether it was because I saw it as a danger that couldn't be ignored, or simply as an academic interest.

In the 16th century, a Grand Magician, after making thorough preparations, went to South America with six Color Magicians.

This unprecedented expedition to the Clock Tower ended with only one magician returning from the exploration.

"We cannot yet come into contact with that; none of the current life forms on Earth can compare. Let us wait for the next era, after we are wiped out, and then entrust our hopes to life forms that have undergone new evolution."

The magician, upon his return, left behind these words and, amidst the surrounding gazes of the crowd, transformed into crystal.

The magician's name was Astia, and he was one of the twelve monarchs of the Clock Tower at that time.

After that incident, the headmaster of the Clock Tower of the Mage's Association announced that the monster would be named "ORT".

From then on, a certain area in South America became known as a forbidden and inaccessible place for humans.

“But according to the headmaster of the Clock Tower, ‘Unless it’s called by the planet, the ORT will never wake up; it’s hibernating peacefully underground in South America. So don’t provoke it; if you disturb it, the human community on this planet will disappear.’” Scáthach leaned back in her chair, looking at the past data on the monitor. “Just from this point of view, it’s even more troublesome than the ‘Alien God’.”

Information about ORT can also be found in the Chaldea archives.

Scáthach has read about this subject.

'ORT' is the strongest and most incredible life form confirmed in the current magical world. Legend has it that it possesses a hard, soft, hot, and cold outer shell, and generates energy through nuclear fusion within its body, capable of transforming any matter it touches into crystal; it is a gigantic spider-like alien creature. It is undeniably a 'human threat' that even with human technology prior to 3000 AD could not decipher.

"Furthermore, the Imaginary Tree in South America has already been devoured by ORT, so the only thing the 'Alien God' needs to do in South America must be devour ORT and merge with it," Sion interjected. "If Mr. Shiomi and Mrs. Morgan's combined god form has a combat power of 1000, then the 'Alien God' is about the same. But if the opponent merges with ORT, it will probably increase to 10000."

“Ten thousand?” Morgan raised an eyebrow slightly, but did not seem nervous.

After all, that was the result of the fusion. Chaldea's task was to prevent such a thing from happening and to completely defeat the "Alien God" and those apostles.

"In short, once the Chaldea relocation is complete and we evacuate from the Wandering Sea, we can prepare to head towards the Lostbelts of South America," Olga Marie said. "The 'Alien God' suffered some damage and hasn't been able to act quickly. This means we have more time to buy."

“In the meantime, Mr. Shiomi and Mrs. Morgan, please rest assured and do not worry about Chaldea’s affairs.” Sion pushed up his glasses. “Whether it is against the ‘Alien God’ or against ORT, your power is Chaldea’s greatest trump card at present.”

As the topic shifted to Shiomi and Morgan, everyone's attention naturally turned to them.

Unlike Morgan, who participated in the council meeting from the beginning and kept expressing his opinions, Shiomi sat silently to the side, as if she was thinking about something.

"Tianxi? What are you thinking about?" Skadi nudged his shoulder.

Shio looked up as if waking from a dream, and explained apologetically to everyone, "I was just wondering why ORT came back to this planet? Although the mystery surrounding ORT has not yet been solved in the world of magicians..."

But whether before or after this, there is only one instance of a cosmic being like ORT coming to Earth.

His question silenced everyone present, including the Clock Tower magician.

"The teacher's question is certainly reasonable, but the Clock Tower really doesn't have any guesses or assumptions about this. After all, just figuring out what ORT actually is is already incredibly difficult."

Olga Marie shook her head and answered Shiomi in this way.

"It's nothing, I'm just reflexively a little concerned."

Chapter Three: Selfish Desires

"Speaking of which, Kirshtalia and the others have proven their innocence, haven't they?"

In her own room, Olga Marie sat on Shiomi's lap, peeling an orange while asking for his opinion.

“This is something you, as the director, should decide.” Shiomi shook her head. “I didn’t go to the Lostbelt in India, nor did I witness their battles firsthand. Judging solely from the records afterward is unfair.”

“Hmm…” Olga Marie murmured thoughtfully, “Then I think we can let Master and the others lift the restrictions. In any case, they have already stood on the opposite side of Lostbelt and Alien God as Chaldea’s combatants.”

tide Jian nodded: "That's enough."

“Ultimately, their downfall into becoming Hidden Ones is Animusfia’s responsibility,” Olga Marie said softly. “I wonder if Father had a deeper meaning behind recruiting them into Chaldea and making them members of Group A alongside Kirshtalia?”

"At least in terms of the selection, it wasn't decided randomly," Shiomi said. "Even the weakest one, Kadoc, is actually quite excellent as a magician. His strengths and weaknesses in personality are very obvious, and he has a promising future."

The other people were even stranger.

Kirshtalia, needless to say, is Marisbury's prized student, a genius capable of changing the future of the Clock Tower.

Hinako Akuta is a non-human spirit, and Marisbury knows this.

Peperoncino, who uses a name other than his real name, is a Japanese magician who has practiced a technique called Tengudo and has lived for over a thousand years.

Ophelia's family is a prestigious line of magicians who have sought to prove the existence of the sixth element, "Demon".

Then there's Debit, a survivor of "The Angel's Relic," which alone is enough to demonstrate his uniqueness.

"Then, as the final member of Group A, why did Father recruit the teacher?" Olga Marie raised her hand and offered a slice of orange to Shiomi's lips. "Could it be—"

“Your father participated in the Fifth Holy Grail War and fought against me,” Shiomi said. “However, in the end, in order to avoid mutual destruction, I gave up the Holy Grail.”