Dragon of the Root

The next day, at noon, Millennia City Fortress was in the meeting room.

Because the time to finish Jack the Ripper yesterday was evening, and it was almost late at night after everything was settled, so everyone decided to schedule a meeting for the day.

Fiore sat in the first seat, looking at the people sitting on either side.

Wu Ming, Jeanne, Sieg, Astolfo, Caules, Chiron, Gordes, Sisigou Kairi, and Mordred.

Therefore to discuss the final strategy for Hanging Garden, Sisigou Kairi and Mordred came early.

Frankenstein remained absent from this meeting due to his class as a Berserker.

"Black Assassin Jack the Ripper has finally been resolved. I would like to thank Miss Jeanne and Sir Soderlake in advance."

Due to her discomfort, Fiore only bowed her head slightly to express her gratitude.

"This is my duty as a Ruler." Jeanne shook her head and said, Fiore doesn't need to thank her anymore.

"As a trespasser, I just listened to Ruler, no need to say thank you." Wu Ming smiled.

"By the way, are you ready to attack Hanging Garden?" asked Jeanne.

"Yes, we have prepared a number of planes, then we can fly directly to Hanging Garden."

At this moment, Astolfo stood up and raised his hand.

"I~ I~ I can fly a plane, let me be a pilot~"

Seeing Astolfo excited expression, Wu Ming smiled helplessly.

"We will use more than one plane. It is very troublesome for you to fly it."

"All planes were handed over to the Golems to steer." Caules interrupted.

Astolfo sat down with a grim face.

"Although we have prepared several planes, we still lack a trump card. After all, Hanging Garden has an EX-rank automatic attack magic cannon, so for the current situation, we are still at a disadvantage."

At this moment, Wu Ming raised his hand.

"I have the means to directly enter the Hanging Garden, but I must know what kind of place it is inside the Hanging Garden."

The method that Wu Ming said was the <Gate> scroll. He was currently a Saber-class Soderlake, so he couldn't use the <Gatei skill himself, but if it was a scroll, knowing the target location could almost open a <Gate>.

After that, Wu Ming opened Dragonest and took out a scroll of golden ripples.

Placing the scroll in the center of the table, Wu Ming began to explain.

"This is a high-level Magecraft scroll called <Gate> that can connect two known locations to teleportation magic, provided that there must be two locations in mind."

Then Wu Ming looked at Chiron: "Chiron, if you have been to the Hanging Garden and are the teacher of the great heroes of Greek mythology, you should be able to use this scroll."

Everyone looked at Chiron. Chiron took the scroll and studied it for a while, then said: "This is a Magecraft scroll similar to Norse mythology. I guess I should be able to use it, but I still have to prepare beforehand. After all, these are Magecraft scrolls comparable to Magic."

"What!?" Everyone was shocked, especially Fiore, Caules, and Gordes who were Magus.

"You…you, you, you said this was a Magecraft scroll comparable to Magic!?" Gordes gulped.

After all, Magecraft and Magic in this world were not the same.

Magecraft is an umbrella term for artificially reproducing mysterious and magical behavior. Although it is an extraordinary and mysterious phenomenon, as long as it is caused by nature, it is not Magic.

In short, it is a human factor and a natural factor.

And all Magus had an iron rule—they couldn't show the world mysteries.

When an ordinary Magus performs Magecraft and an ordinary person sees it, the Magus must either erase the memory of an ordinary person, or the Magus must kill an ordinary person who sees Magecraft.

In any case, kill ordinary people or erase the memory loss and don't let ordinary people find out about Magecraft existence.

As for why, it was because of a "mystery".

Long ago, when cultural civilizations were not civilized, basically all Magecraft were called Magecraft. Those who use Magic are called Magicians.

Now that Magic is known to more people, Magic is slowly being relegated to Magecraft.

Concealment is the essence of Magecraft.

The more people know and use Magecraft, the more Magecraft will spread and weaken. Because Magecraft uses a predetermined power in the Root, the more people know, the weaker the power will be.

It is like ten powers used by one and ten people. The fewer people who know and the fewer people who will use it, the more powerful Magecraft will be. Magus will try to avoid Magecraft being discovered by ordinary people.

And there is a clear difference between Magecraft and Magic.

Magecraft can be achieved with modern technology, and Magic cannot be achieved with modern technology.

It doesn't matter how long and how much money it takes, as long as it can be achieved by modern means it's called Magecraft.

Like a fireball that can be achieved with modern technology, the fireball is Magecraft.

Like a journey through space and time that cannot be achieved with modern technology. Traveling through time and space is Magic.

Of course, the magic that Wu Ming learned in the Great Tomb of Nazarick and the magic of the Type-Moon world were two different things, and they were not the same thing.

"Yeah, this scroll was obtained when I became a dragon and traveled through another world, so judging by its rank, it's almost a Magecraft that can be compared to an A-rank Noble Phantasm. Due to my current Class, it cannot be used normally."

After all, the <Gate> skill was already a very advanced teleportation skill in YGGDRASIL. Regardless of the distance, one only needed to look at a certain place to connect the two portals.

There is no limit to the number of teleports, and some can only be used when the comparison level reaches a certain level.

"Then let's end this meeting, wait until Archer is ready to start the scroll." Fiore said, and she was relieved.

"You guys have to prepare for the first few days, and it will be a decisive battle in a few days." Wu Ming stood up and said.

....

In the corridor, Wu Ming and Jeanne walked side by side.

Neither spoke, the two thought of enjoying this temporary meeting in peace.

After all, Wu Ming didn't care, but Jeanne would return to the Throne of Heroes after the Holy Grail War ended.

"Na~ Soderlake."

"Um?"

"The battle in a few days must be won."

"Um."

In just a few short sentences, the thoughts contained within were endless.

While the two of them were enjoying this short time, Mordred chased from behind.

"Hey! Vero, let's eat!"

"Hah!?" Wu Ming let out a strange sound.

"Why did you suddenly find me for dinner?" Wu Ming looked at Mordred and asked suspiciously.

"Not yet, Master said to prepare before returning to the cemetery, I don't want to go back, and I haven't eaten in this city, let's go!"

With that said, Mordred used his slender arms to grip Wu Ming neck and stepped forward.

Reluctantly, he looked back at Jeanne and expressed his apologies with his eyes.

At first, Jeanne was still shocked, and after reacting, she said softly, "Soderlake, eat slowly."

After that, Jeanne also turned around and left.