Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 545 Facing Gilgamesh Right from the Start

Bazett arrived at the church in high spirits, only to be ambushed and left near death, eventually being thrown into the church's basement.

Kirei Kotomine wouldn't spend the extra time and effort to move Bazett to another location.

In other words, Cheng Tian and his team entered the enemy's main camp right from the start.

In other dungeons, you would likely have to go through a lot of trouble and fight your way through to encounter the BOSS unit, but here you can almost see it right from the start.

As the overseer of the Fifth Holy Grail War, the Church is Kirei Kotomine's stronghold. Apart from dealing with the random "gas explosion incidents" in Fuyuki City and going to the shopping district to taste the best Mapo Tofu, Father Mapo spends most of his time in the Church, secretly observing and manipulating various situations in this war.

I have to say, this guy has a really twisted sense of humor.

Not only did they ambush Bazett, leaving him critically injured and near death, and steal his Command Seals and Heroic Spirit, but they also left Bazett to fend for himself and prevented his original contracted Heroic Spirit, Cú Chulainn, from simply watching from the sidelines.

In this regard, Father Mapo was probably enjoying the pleasure derived from defiling human emotions.

"Can you estimate how much time has passed?"

Cheng Tian noticed the blood scab residue in Bazett's hand and asked the question.

However, before Bazett could give a response, Cheng Tian felt a buzzing in his head and became disoriented as he scanned and sensed a humanoid unit.

"Roar~? A rat actually managed to bypass my senses and infiltrate this location... No, wait, you guys must have used some kind of special technique that transcends time and space? Quite skillful with trash like that~"

The next second, a voice, melodious and tinged with jealousy and arrogance, filled the entire basement.

As soon as Cheng heard the very first "roar" that rose and fell like radio waves, he immediately knew who the voice belonged to.

To be honest, because his previous focus was on Mapo, Cheng Tian did overlook the fact that there was a freeloader in the Golden Pikachu here.

"The King of Heroes? You really do like this wretched place called the Church."

The momentary daze in Cheng's mind quickly subsided, and he rubbed his third eye without showing any panic on his face.

"Hmm? It's actually an unknown entity that clearly knows about me? It seems the value of sealing the omniscient and omnipotent star has truly been demonstrated. This is the kind of enlightenment that only the true unknown can bring~~"

"Rejoice, you scum! Your existence has piqued my interest, and I hereby grant you the opportunity to behold my face."

Come up."

As soon as he finished speaking, the hidden door leading to the ground area, which had been tightly closed, slowly opened on its own.

“Who is this person…?”

Faced with this sudden change, Eileen didn't react much, but Bazett looked quite bewildered.

Through the memory replay during her near-death state, she roughly knew that this was the church basement and that the priest was probably somewhere upstairs, but she had no memory of this voice at all.

"Let's go and meet this ancient king who may not actually exist."

Cheng Tian didn't offer much explanation, because seeing is believing.

As the backbone of the group, Cheng Tian did not show any signs of panic, and naturally, the two girls who were his teammates and contracted heroic spirits also remained calm.

The church basement was as dark and cold as the church hall was warm and bright... at least during the daytime.

This is a very standard European-style church interior, with sunlight streaming in through the stained glass windows and illuminating the clean and tidy benches.

Although the surroundings were bright, it was deserted and there were no believers present.

Except for a blond man swaggering around, legs crossed, arms outstretched on the back of a bench. Oh? Is that Shiny in casual clothes? Which timeline have we jumped to?

Upon seeing the golden Pikachu's fur, Cheng couldn't help but think of something.

The FATE series originally started as a visual novel, and as is well known, such visual novels usually have multiple choices that correspond to different plot development routes, leading to a variety of different endings.

Bazett is theoretically from Fate/hollow ataraxia and is the canonical sequel to Fate/stay night, but its form of existence is completely different from that in the original work. The current time point is also the actual time period of the Fifth Holy Grail War, which is equivalent to forcibly intervening in the form of the previous work.

In addition, there are now two huge variables: our own team and the Cat Elf Kingdom. Who knows how the overall plot will go?

"I can't pretend I didn't hear what you just said."

Without even turning his head, Jinpika said that again.

"...You mean this sentence doesn't actually exist?"

While others found the explanations confusing, Cheng Tian was able to grasp the essence immediately, and then leisurely moved to sit on an empty bench on the other side of the Golden Pikachu.

"King of Heroes, you should know about geology, right?"

"Understood."

"A while ago, my country National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) went to the birthplace of Sumerian civilization to drill wells. They drilled dozens of wells, and the result was that even at a depth of about 800 meters, there was still a layer of salt deposits that was even more terrifying than saline-alkali land."

"..."

Cheng Tian's explanation immediately silenced Hero King.

An 800-meter-deep salt deposit, even more terrifying than saline-alkali land, means that the corresponding land area has been unable to support life or grow any plants for at least tens of thousands of years. Since no plants can grow, the so-called Sumerian civilization from six or seven thousand years ago is purely a mythical fabrication.

The news brought by Cheng Tian almost completely negated the oldest heroic epic, the Epic of Gilgamesh, which was passed down among the Sumerians.

Of course, whether they are fictional or not, it doesn't actually affect the existence of these fictional characters. As long as they are widely known and recognized by the world, they still have the qualifications to become heroic spirits.

But what Cheng Tian didn't expect was that the Hero King would instantly fly into a rage. Instead, he made a reaction that surprised Cheng Tian.

"It's an interesting point of view, but you're using the perspective of another world to argue for phenomena in this world. It's a clever trick of changing the subject."

Perhaps in your world, saline-alkali and salt-rich lands do indirectly confirm the extent of the fabrication in Sumerian mythology, but here, you need to prioritize considering the boundaries and distinctions between the age of gods and the age of humans.

"The entire wall of Uruk was built with my divine seal, and the crops and soil need no further explanation. Whether it is saline or alkaline land does not affect the existence of life at all... Or are you, an insect who doesn't even know magic, trying to use carbon-14 dating to determine the Destiny Tablet in order to deny the existence of the entire Age of Gods?"

The composed Hero King tilted his head, interlaced his fingers, and stared directly into Cheng Tian's eyes.

"Using unverifiable real information to deny the existence of fantasy is as foolish as comparing imagined fantasy to reality. This is indeed my fault, and I sincerely apologize to the King of Heroes."

Cheng Tian was stunned for a moment, then took a few steps to stand in front of the King of Heroes, his face full of sincerity.

At that moment, he truly realized his mistake.

To err is human, to forgive divine.

In response, the Hero King waved his hand casually, but at the same time, golden spatial fluctuations slowly unfolded behind him.

"But your country has a saying, 'Disaster comes from the mouth!'"

The moment the words fell, a beam of light shot out from the spatial fluctuations and flew straight toward Cheng Tian's forehead!
(End of this chapter)