There was a gloomy atmosphere and silence in the believers' seats at the Holy Church in Ikebukuro District, which was almost breathless.
Looking out from the open window, a layer of floating clouds can be seen on the clear sky. It looks very similar to the smoke produced after the explosion of fireworks, but judging from the flickering light, it is definitely not an ordinary firework.
the smoke produced.
Although this smoke looks very obvious and can be clearly seen even ten kilometers away, it is produced by magic and is not a complete smoke, so other people except the magician cannot see it. Even the sound just now
To ordinary people, it sounds just like ordinary firecrackers.
As the war supervisor, the Holy Church will release notification fireworks like this whenever it needs to inform the masters of important decisions. This is the basic knowledge of the Holy Grail War.
After all, the Masters of the Holy Grail War are all unknown, and it is quite difficult to contact them. After comparing various methods, there is no more suitable method than this method.
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Father Fawn looked at these "people" in front of him, still maintaining his usual approachable and amiable smile. Today's church is closed to tourists and does not accept tourists. Those who can come here are tourists.
to the person invited.
He sent out a signal to summon Masters, and after waiting for about an hour, no Master appeared in person at Ikebukuro Church. Instead, five familiars gathered here.
Among the seven Masters participating in the Holy Grail War this time, Kuruno Tamaki is still in the trial of the tower and cannot receive this signal at all, while Miyazaki Yota is an out-and-out trespasser.
He doesn't even know magic, let alone the rules of the Holy Grail War.
Except for the two of them, whether they are the famous local magic sect Linglongkan in Tokyo or other masters, all of them have sent their familiars. It seems that including all the masters, no one cares about the superficial opposition.
The attitude of the church.
It's just that this was all expected by Father Faen. The magician and the church had never dealt with each other before. This cooperation was only reluctantly reached for the sake of the Holy Grail. If all the other masters came to the church in person,
This is something that deserves his vigilance.
"Originally, I prepared some greetings, but it seems like no one came, so I'll just say it."
After a simple opening remarks, Father Fine continued to speak in front of the empty believers' gallery - at least there were no "human beings" as listeners.
"Although I don't want to sound alarmist, I still want to say - the Holy Grail War, which can fulfill your long-cherished wishes, is now facing a major crisis."
"Everyone knows that the highest principle in the magic world is that mystery must be concealed, but among the former masters of the Holy Grail War, there was a person like this who didn't care about this at all and trampled on it wantonly."
When he said this, he paused, as if waiting for a response.
Of course, the audience sitting in the seats of believers will only listen in silence. After all, familiars are just dead things, and it is really difficult for them to react like humans.
After coughing, perhaps because as a priest he was used to preaching, Father Fawn continued speaking alone regardless of the audience's reaction.
"I think everyone has heard and understood what happened in Tokyo ten years ago and between the First Holy Grail War. A master created a deteriorated Death Apostle and released it.
It caused quite a commotion in Tokyo and almost exposed the existence of the magic world."
There was still no reaction from the familiars. Although Father Faen did not name him, everyone knew who the master was. He was the previous head of the Linglongkan family.
The familiar representing Linglongkan Misaya didn't react at all. He just looked at Father Faun quietly, as if he was watching a clown performing on the stage.
"Of course, I think everyone must be curious about why I mentioned this matter. In order not to waste everyone's time, I won't go into details."
Father Fawn clapped his hands gently, and with the sound of rolling wheels, two young priests came here pushing the huge iron cage.
There was also a piece of opaque fabric shining on the cage. Although you couldn't see what was inside the cage, the sound of struggling was extremely clear, like some kind of wild beast.
Father Fawn casually pulled away the fabric covering the cage, and a middle-aged man who was firmly restrained appeared in everyone's sight.
But whether it should belong to a human is still up for debate. The middle-aged man's eyes were as red as blood, sharp canine teeth protruded, his hands turned into sharp claws, and there were scale-like things on the surface of his body.
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Perhaps stimulated by the sunlight, he kept struggling, but the harder he struggled, the more painful he became bound by the chains of the Holy Breath, and in the end he could only whimper.
"that is……?!"
Although the familiars did not show any reaction, through the familiars they saw that the masters here were somewhat shaken. This is a normal reaction that any magician should have.
"I think everyone should know what this guy is, right? Yes, he is a Death Apostle. Of course, he is not a traditional Death Apostle. He is just a degraded product called a Death Apostle. It is this kind of monster that gave the Holy Grail to the last time
The war has caused great distress, and I think you will understand without me explaining what consequences this serious violation of secret rules will bring."
"But these monsters that should have been completely wiped out appeared in Tokyo not long ago and appeared on the battlefield of the Holy Grail War. Fortunately, these guys did not cause much damage this time and were killed by our church personnel.
It’s completely resolved.”
"Although the matter has been resolved, we still need to investigate why such a thing happened. As far as I know, this kind of technology for the degradation of Dead Apostles is only mastered by a certain family, but that technology has obviously been used by our Saints.
The church was completely destroyed, why is it still here after ten years?"
The smile on Father Fawn's face did not change, and his eyes scanned for a week, and finally landed on a certain familiar.
"Miss Linglongkan Misaya, I think you have something to say about this matter, right?"
A long silence——
"What do you want to hear?"
The hoarse and distorted voice was accompanied by the opening and closing of the crow's beak, which was recalled in the silent auditorium.
"If you plan to use such boring things to identify the Linglong Palace family, I think the evidence is somewhat too thin."
"My father did research on degenerated Dead Apostles and did some irreparable mistakes. However, those mistakes, all the research, and himself were completely buried ten years ago. Neither the church nor the
The Magic Association has witnessed it."
"Or do you think that your ability is superior to that of the Church and the Magic Association, and you want to question the conclusions reached by the two major associations?"