Having traversed countless realms, can you possibly be as clever as me?

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

P.S.: Fate/Zero had too many problems and too many constraints, so I simply stopped it and went to the snowfield to explore the map! This time, the protagonist's role will follow throughout, and Fate/Zero won't have a bad ending. Instead, it will combine the plots of the two arcs at the end in the snowfield, thus concluding the Holy Grail War arc!

214. [FSF Strange Counterfeit] No more pretense, the grand trial begins! (Bonus chapter, please vote!)

The United States of America is doing these things for the future of all mankind.

We are not doing evil; we are saving humanity and the world!

They obtained the Holy Grail, obtained miracles, and then downgraded the Third Law from magic to sorcery, before applying it on a large scale in the human realm.

Under the leadership of the great United States, let humanity stride toward a brand new and glorious future!

Yes, that is the truth behind the Holy Grail War that took place in Snowfield City.

The story originates decades ago when an organization representing the will of the American government, led by the American magician Faldius, chose to cooperate with Francesca Prellati. They stole data on the Holy Grail War from Fuyuki City and some fragments of the Holy Grail, and built the artificial city of Snowfield in the American West in an attempt to replicate the Holy Grail War system.

However, due to system incompleteness, key strategies cannot be executed, and this war can only summon six heroes besides Saber.

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Ride a fake Servant, and then use them as a sacrifice and source to summon the true Seven Riders to start the Holy Grail War!

The purpose of the United States as the mastermind behind the scenes is, as Faldius said, just as he stated.

Save the world

Having obtained the Greater Grail, he unleashed the Third Magic, transforming the Third Spell 'Soul Materialization' from a 'spell' into a 'technique'.

Only through large-scale dissemination can magic become magic, and once the soul is materialized into magic, humanity can break free from energy limitations and embark on the true path to godhood!

However, this plan was an impossible joke from the very beginning.

The Age of Gods did indeed possess countless magical abilities, because human reason was extremely weak at that time, and there were far too many things that humans could not do.

As times change and the 'secrets' of matters are revealed, the magic associated with them degenerates into magic, thus losing all its effectiveness.

Two of the most famous victims were astronomical magic and puppet magic. With the development of stargazing and aviation, the former almost disappeared, while the latter completely lost its function due to the vigorous development of human anatomy.

The US government may believe that it can achieve something similar simply by disseminating the third law.

How ridiculous!

The Five Great Laws are the most unique existences, each a true magic that leads directly to the source. With human technology, it is destined to be impossible to replicate or reproduce their effects for all eternity.

This has nothing to do with ability; it is simply its unique characteristic.

Of course, plans and conspiracies are actually irrelevant.

after all

"Mr. Faldius, I am very sorry to say that this world is about to end!"

In a dimly lit corner of Snowfield City, American official magician Faldius Dioran frowned as he watched the girl dressed in Gothic Lolita fashion suddenly begin to cry dramatically on the sofa.

"Waaaaah, it's such a pity! Such a world is going to perish because of an island and a group of people!"

“Miss Francesca, please don’t suddenly go mad. Let’s continue our discussion about the Squartio family…”

“I’m not crazy.” Francesca suddenly lowered her hand, looked at Faldius seriously, and said solemnly.

“I have received truly bad news. A saint of God is preparing to come and bring divine punishment upon the world.”

"...Which one?"

"His name is buried in history, the extinction of holy voices, the knight of God, the destroyer of the world, the extinction of saints, the annihilation of dust..."

Francesca rattled off a long list of names as if they were second nature, then chuckled.

"Hehe, anyway, he was a terrifyingly important figure who will be forgotten by history~~~"

"...Was he summoned as a Servant?"

When historical figures were mentioned, Faldius became serious, because there was indeed a possibility that exaggerated heroic spirits could be summoned.

“No, he’s pretending to be a Servant in another world,” Francesca waved her hand and shrugged.

"But in our worldline, he has no need to pretend. He told me that he came here to commit genocide."

"......Why?"

Faldius was completely bewildered. If there was even a one in ten million chance that what this crazy woman was saying was true, then why was that?

What could possibly drive a saint to choose to massacre the great United States of America?

"...Are you serious?" Francesca looked at the young man in front of her with a strange expression, and grinned.

"Don't tell me you think you Protestants, the Yankees, are popular with God."

"Isn't that so?"

Faldius's matter-of-fact tone immediately stumped Francesca.

She sighed, patted Faldius on the shoulder, and said in a pitying tone...

"It's alright, you can go out and have fun now."

What exactly do you mean?!

During the conversation, suddenly, the screen in front of Faldius flickered, and then all the screens around him—street screens, home screens, large screens, small screens—flickered.

At this moment, all over the world, whatever the container holding the image, is distorted by snowflakes.

Meanwhile, an aura spread across the skies above Snowfield City.

Gilgamesh, who was dominating the gambling table, suddenly looked up, narrowed his eyes, and revealed an expression that mixed with disgust and regret.

"How come this madman suddenly reappeared...?"

"What's wrong, Your Majesty?" asked Tiny Cherke, the Native American girl who served Gilgamesh, with concern.

"Nothing much, just a very troublesome guy has arrived," Gilgamesh sighed.

“Tini, your dream probably doesn’t need the Holy Grail to be realized. Even your people, who are on the verge of extinction, may be able to achieve their revenge.”

He paused, seemingly gloating, and said...

"To exaggerate a bit, they might all die."

"What exactly do you mean by that...?"

"Hey, clergyman!" Gilgamesh looked at the somewhat bewildered Father Hansa beside him and laughed loudly.

"Aren't you going to greet your saint? Even though he has brought divine revelation."

A conversation began playing on the static-filled television screen. They were speaking ancient Hebrew, but for some reason, people from all over the world could understand their dialogue.

“The sins of Sodom and Gomorrah are so grave that I have heard their voice. Now I will go down and see if their deeds are as the voice that has reached my ears truly is. If not, I will know.”

"Will you destroy both the good and the evil? If there are fifty righteous people in that city, will you still destroy the place? Will you not forgive any of them for the sake of those fifty righteous people in the city? It is certainly not your way to kill the righteous with the wicked, to treat the righteous as equal with the wicked. Will not the Judge of the whole earth do justice?"

“If I find fifty righteous men in Sodom, I will forgive the whole country of the city for their sake.”

"If five of these fifty righteous men are missing, will you destroy the whole city because of those five?"

“If I see forty-five there, I will not destroy the city.”

"What if we saw forty of them there?"

“I will not do this for the sake of these forty.”

"Lord, do not be angry. Let me say this: what if we find thirty of them there?"

“If I had seen thirty of them there, I would not have done it.”

“I still dare to speak to the Lord, what if I see twenty of them there?”

"For the sake of these twenty, I will not destroy the city."

"Lord, please don't be angry. I'll say it one more time: what if there are ten of them there?"

"For the sake of these ten, I will not destroy the city."

Those who grew up in a religious atmosphere understood that this was the content of Genesis chapters 18 and 19, where the Lord and Abraham debated whether to judge Sodom.

But why would a TV station suddenly broadcast such a program?

"I used to think that once humanity entered modern society, even the upper class, who didn't behave like humans, could at least barely resemble humans."

A deep voice came through the television screen.

"But I was wrong. I discovered that once humans give birth to something like an upper class or a privileged class, they are bound to be like dogs that can't change their nature."

The image gradually came into focus, and a young man dressed in white appeared on the screen with a blank expression.

It also appeared in front of everyone in the world.

Then he posted countless horrifying images, pictures, and even video footage.

Without exception, they all involved cannibalism committed by the powerful and wealthy on that island.

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"Mommy, Mommy? Why am I blindfolded?"

Where are you, Mom?

The innocent girl was locked in a secret room, her hands and feet bound, her eyes blindfolded. Naively believing it was a game, she asked her mother questions. Meanwhile, two elderly noblemen, their breaths and smiles rough and lewd, approached her, carrying two bloodstained saws.

Then came the rough sound of a saw scraping against bone, the girl's desperate screams, and even more horrific sounds and images.

In another scene, in front of two well-dressed ladies, there is a plate on which sits a small, two-legged sheep, smeared with grease, ripe, and decorated with fruit and vegetables.

The two ladies laughed and clinked their glasses together, politely wiping the wine stains from the corners of their mouths, before picking up their knives.

In one scene, a group of prominent figures in human society are gathered, while they are dressed by a group of children with lifeless eyes and visible wounds all over their bodies.

All sorts of horrifying and terrifying images are enough to make any morally sound person vomit, but they are almost everywhere in these images!

In that moment, he smiled; this angelically handsome young man smiled joyfully.

"To be honest, even a trash country like America could probably gather ten righteous people."

The young man was full of malice.

"After all, the United States is a country with 400 million people, which is much larger than the population of Gomorrah and Sodom."