Chapter 748: Chapter 18: What Just Happened
"Wait a minute! What are you all talking about!"
Tohsaka Rin was exasperated. Shouldn’t they be discussing the losses they’ve caused her? Why was everything they said incomprehensible!
Are these people trying to brush things off and not planning to compensate her!
"Actually, it’s like this, Miss Tohsaka..."
Little Da Vinci glanced at the black-haired twin-tailed girl, carefully choosing her words. After all, they were going to be spending more time in this world, and the other party was indeed a prominent figure managing the land of Fuyuki, so it was necessary to deepen cooperation.
So naturally, the other party should know what happened, which is also the target they need to win over.
The other staff members were silently tidying up, someone dutifully picking up a broom, cleaning up the mess on the floor, making space in the cluttered living room.
"Right after we communicated and sent Akai Hinako over, we encountered very troublesome problems. First, there were orders from the Magic Association and various nations, forcing us to stop Chaldea’s operations..." Little Da Vinci spoke with some frustration.
The Human Continuation Institution Finis Chaldea —
Established as a magic workshop that no country could interfere with, and could keep secrets, it was built to ensure that human history could continue to be both long-lasting and resilient, gathering researchers from various fields as both a research institute and an observatory.
This is the organization’s purpose.
Um, that’s certainly what it says on the surface, but reality is harsh. It’s impossible to not be interfered with...
After all, seventy percent of the funding comes from London’s Animusphya Family under the Magic Association, with the remaining portion jointly funded by various nations. Such a composition already clarifies the hierarchical relations from the start. Normally, nothing is said about "non-interference."
But when fundamental interests are at stake, there’s nothing more to say.
"It’s actually because of the issues left by the previous Grand Order that saving the world and achieving world domination are the same. Even if they have no memory or even if they know the truth, they absolutely can’t accept the power we have now..."
Little Da Vinci continued.
And Fujimaru Ritsuka also fell silent at that moment. She naturally understood this matter, and over the past two months, she couldn’t help but feel worried.
Though the Grand Order was completed...
Successfully reversing the incineration of Human History...
Restoring the human history destroyed by the Demon God King Gai Tia...
But after the Human World was restored, Chaldea began facing threats of dissolution. The saved Human World was reluctant to acknowledge this achievement, viewing it with suspicion since they knew nothing about it, much like how those frozen in time can’t perceive the lost time.
— You say you saved the world, so you saved it?
— Then why are we completely unaware?
Thus, because "Chaldea repeatedly violated regulations during Human Restoration," the Magic Association decided to dissolve Chaldea, relieve all personnel of their duties, and freeze the Spiritual Particle Transfer function due to its potential to alter history. Also, the Servants summoned in Chaldea must be returned and decontracted...
However, because someone had already warned and given spoilers during the Seventh Anomaly, knowing that after the incineration of human history, there would be a second wave of the Anomaly Zone, Chaldea was unwilling to self-destruct. They argued repeatedly in attempts to refute these orders.
They held out for more than two months...
It seemed that the attitude of the Magic Association and various nations loosened somewhat, becoming much softer, showing signs of making concessions.
Fujimaru Ritsuka only recently began to feel slightly relieved, thinking there might be a turning point in the situation, but unexpectedly...
She glanced up at the people in the living room. Now, these were the only remaining members of Chaldea, which meant that ultimately, they couldn’t escape this fate?
"They actually never intended to make concessions. That was only a strategy to lull us into a false sense of security. After all, regardless of how we argued, compared to the immense crisis threatening the world they couldn’t verify, they still saw us as the real, present danger..."
Little Da Vinci helplessly pouted and shrugged her small, pale hands, a gesture that even looked quite cute.
"We refused the demand to dissolve Chaldea, rejected the demand for Chaldea to be taken over, but we couldn’t refuse the supervisors sent to oversee us, as that would have confirmed our malicious intentions... The result was that they found an opportunity to directly cut off Chaldea’s magic power supply..."
Undeniably, this was a true blow beneath the belt.
Chaldea, in preparation for the second wave, didn’t send back the Servants, even after the Anomaly Points were eradicated, and instead continued efforts in summoning.
This is thorough preparation for a possible future, but with so many Servants, it’s impossible to rely on the Master for magic supply. Don’t mention Fujimaru Ritsuka; with her subpar Magician qualification, she would definitely die from being drained of Magic Power in less than a second.
Even Akai Hinako can’t do it—
Although her Magic Power is infinite, the output power is ultimately limited.
Thus, the Servants of Chaldea are contracted with the Master, but the Magic Power supply is provided by the entire base. And when the base’s magic supply is suddenly cut off, naturally, the problems they will face are imaginable.
"So the Servants..."
Fujimaru Ritsuka opened her mouth, initially had some hope, but now realized there was no expectation.
The Servants probably know that they will soon disappear, which is why they seize the last opportunity to help Da Vinci and the others by holding the fort, buying time. But in any case, even if they aren’t defeated by the enemy, they can’t stay for long, and soon they will disappear one by one.
Mash also sighed, interjecting, "We can only do this much, the Magic Association, the Holy Church, and all countries together attack, we can’t do anything. The other side has not only plotted for a long time but also mixed in some sinister individuals..."
"Right after Chaldea encountered a surprise attack, Earth was attacked as well; the last observation we had was the planet turning blank, nothing left, don’t know more..." She hesitated, finally just shook her head.
Not sure if she was torn about how to describe the situation or felt pain and anguish over Earth’s attack.
As if it was agreed upon, with the consent of all countries, led by the Magic Association and the Holy Church, to launch a surprise assault on Chaldea, soon afterwards, unknown forces began to emerge, and the Human World barely restored just recently was directly washed away, completely disappearing from Earth.
Territory, power, national strength, all these things are meaningless—
Just as the buildings on the ground almost leave no trace, only blank wilderness remains on the earth, all countries on Earth have been wiped out together.
This is a tremendous blow, especially for those who risked their lives, overcoming numerous tests and challenges to successfully save the Human World, naturally, it is even more so. An unimaginable sense of exhaustion, utterly heartbroken.
What exactly have we been fighting for!
Regaining humanity’s future has not even been a year, and we have already lost the entire world again?!
Please, can you settle down, why is Earth so disaster-prone, is it the center of the universe or what? All of you who already overlook planets, can you stop crowding onto this mudball planet...
"It’s basically what Mash said... The Servants secured us time, allowing us to escape here at the last moment."
Little Da Vinci nodded, sitting on the sofa, her hands holding her knees.
"This was mostly thanks to you, Rikou, you provided us a coordinate here, at first we thought this world was a minor anomaly, but later discovered it’s another Parallel World, and thought about preparing an alternative outside imaginary space navigation..."
"But did not expect, it’s only been a few days, and it’s come in handy, considered as a blessing amidst misfortune... Though we are still unclear about what caused the junction between these two worlds and what exactly it is..."
"Yet judging from current intelligence, interaction between the two worlds is the advantageous condition we can utilize. As long as the enemy does not grasp this clue, Chaldea can complete reconstruction in this world and then figure out ways to conduct warfare in the other world!"
The situation isn’t particularly dire.
Comparatively speaking, it is much better than the entire world being exterminated, with their solitary base fighting independently in the depths of Antarctica, without logistics or support...
Back then, truly it was exhausting supplies, and now, rebuilding Chaldea in this Parallel World at least means no issues with logistic supply, they don’t need to worry about other aspects and also have the chance to continuously summon Heroic Spirits in this world.
After Little Da Vinci’s series of analyses, though Fujimaru Ritsuka felt heavy-hearted, she couldn’t help but feel a sense of relief.
Other Chaldea staff members too, although they are not lacking resolve and courage for a desperate fight, if better combat conditions can be had, none would refuse,
"The Servants’ combat power we now retain is Miss Altria..."
Mash glanced at the Swordsman girl who seemed a bit angered knowing what happened, then her eyes scanned the living room—
"And Miss Ishtar... Uh, where is Miss Ishtar?"
"Huh?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka was stunned for a moment, "Did Miss Ishtar come?"
"Didn’t you talk about it with Rikou before?" Little Da Vinci looked at the girl, slightly puzzled, "Due to class reasons, the support we can dispatch temporarily includes these two, oh, and also Akai Hinako who similarly has Master adaptability..."
"I know, but..."
