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

Within a day, many powerful members of old money families had been attacked and robbed.

Of course, they weren't without it either.

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Gilgamesh said solemnly

"Not just 'weapons in the history of human warfare,' but any 'weapon' used in 'war' in this world, no matter what it is or who made it, can be summoned the moment it is used in war!"

"In other words, even if I use EA to deal with that thing, it will create an attack equal to EA the moment EA is activated to offset my attack!"

"Huh?" Tini looked surprised. "Wouldn't that make you invincible?"

"Not entirely. In the end, it is just a manifestation of the concept of world war. The person who summoned it merely added an external consciousness that transcends dimensions, without attracting any truly external beings."

"Moreover, if it is an attack completely separate from humanity and created solely by the planet, it is actually impossible to replicate and can only be responded to with destruction of an equivalent scale."

Gilgamesh poured himself a glass of wine and said calmly...

"This is no longer a problem that the Holy Grail War can solve. Tiny, just watch. Even if we're going to fight, this isn't the time to make a move!"

The battle between Alcides and the Crimson Knight seemed to be drawing to a close quickly, and the result, without a doubt, was Hercules' defeat!

Even the Crimson Knight wasn't really fighting him, because when they did fight, he used most of his firepower to target other areas of the country.

At the same time that he was fighting Hercules, every city across the United States was subjected to a sudden and indiscriminate barrage of artillery fire.

Wailing, screaming, groans—a quarter of lives were lost in attempts to defy the war. And Hercules? Just a sideshow!

After all, it's just Hercules!

However, this defeat was not Hercules's own, but rather that his Master, Bazdilot, who was trying to escape the battlefield, was caught in the merciless AOE of the war and was blown to pieces along with his otherworldly workshop!

Without his Master, Alcides stopped fighting. He took a deep look at the Crimson Knight in the sky, who had also stopped fighting, and then departed in spirit form.

With his C-rank solo ability, he could survive in the real world for a certain period of time even without his Master. And after the Master who had defiled him died, Alcides had no reason to continue fighting.

A spectacular battle thus ended abruptly.

Ultimately, however, this was never an equal battle.

It was merely a self-disciplined counterattack against the attackers, and a second 'punishment' for the city.

"A quarter of the countries that have angered the war have been destroyed by the war."

After the Crimson Knight returned to Tsugumi's side, he spoke in a lamenting tone.

"And so, the second seal was unlocked—" He paused, glanced at Hansa, and smiled.

"What's wrong? You look terrible. Can't accept it? That God's punishment is so arbitrary?"

He laughed as he unveiled countless images, each one revealing scenes of America suddenly being attacked by a barrage of artillery fire from the sky!

New York, Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago... one city after another wailed in the flames of war, and died in chaos amidst the disaster that struck from the sky!

"...Would you stop Apocalypse if you just defeated everyone on that list?"

Hansa took a deep breath and looked at Tsurugi with utmost seriousness, asking...

"Of course, but you only have three people, and it's been two days now." Tsuruga glanced at her watch, shook it, and laughed.

"Time is running out, Abraham, hurry up and do your best to save the righteous in the city."

Hansa didn't hesitate any longer, turned and disappeared into the night—he had to spread the message before more fools provoked Dongjiang! After all, this time it was a quarter of America's lives, what about next time? A quarter of the world's famine?

As for whether he can get what he wants, Tsurugi is still not optimistic.

He chose to lie down on the hospital bed next to him, then turned on his phone to see just how many fans his outstanding performance had gained him.

"You're surprisingly narcissistic," Francesca mumbled, barely audible, as she raged by the plague.

"Noisy!" Tsurugi casually chopped them up, then happily enjoyed the sounds of cursing and praising him, filling the air with his own voice.

Vanity is indeed the original sin that he cannot overcome and does not want to overcome.

There are two days left.

221. The World's Reaction

The first night after the live broadcast from Dongjiang has ended.

The global disaster, which lasted for more than ten hours, made it impossible for anyone to keep it a secret any longer. As for Tsurugi's identity, almost no one who had previously questioned it had left!

After all, when you can't even find a drop of clean water around you, and you're surrounded by frogs and mosquitoes that you can't get rid of, it's hard to doubt whether the person who claims to be a saint is a fraud.

This doesn't even take into account the 100 million people who were massacred in the United States on this day of disaster!

This, in turn, has led to discussions about those publicly released reports!

Are those horrifying claims true? Have those high-ranking figures really done things that are worse than beasts?

Okay, whether it's true or not doesn't matter. What matters is that the calamity released by Tsurugi has successfully dragged everyone into this matter!

When danger does not involve personal interests, people will always try to mediate; but when disaster strikes them, they become very anxious.

But what can these ordinary people do?

A protest? Forget it. Such verbal resistance is no different from cowardice. Besides, it's never people like them who decide the world's fate and direction.

The real decision-makers are a small number of powerful figures, the Magic Association, and the Clock Tower.

The three parties reacted differently.

Those few powerful and wealthy families, or rather, the old money families that basically encompass the entire United States and many blue-blooded noble families in Europe, were both terrified and furious at the sudden divine punishment.

These guys are indeed a bunch of self-deceiving clowns.

They clearly know what they're doing, things that would at least warrant being torn to pieces if the authorities saw them, yet they still manage to fool themselves into thinking it's sacred.

These guys, raised in a Protestant environment, have really managed to deceive themselves to such an extent that it's unbelievable, or rather, they've never truly believed in anything.

In short, they truly believed that even if they had committed such heinous acts, as long as they still donated to the church and laundered their own money, they were still God's good children!

Then now a saint jumps out and slaps them in the face, taking a quarter of the entire United States, and tells them that because of them he plans to bring Judgment Day to the world ahead of schedule, and actually brings down divine punishment and disaster.

This situation first instilled fear in them, followed by hysterical rage.

It was one thing for Lord Ye to love dragons but fear them in return, but this dragon actually came down and was going to eat them. These inherently unruly fellows naturally transformed their fear into hysterical rage.

Then they worked through the night to contact public relations teams and connections to mitigate the impact of the incident, and put immense pressure on the government to bombard Xueyuan City with nuclear missiles.

And—contact their own magician

The magicians in the New World are indeed a bunch of nouveau riche, but with the backing of the US government, they still have some influence, not to mention that there are quite a few magicians among those who came to the island.

But the magicians' attitude toward this is quite unclear, or rather, infighting has already begun within their ranks.

Within a day, many powerful members of old money families had been attacked and robbed.

Of course, they weren't without it either.

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Efforts to resist were made, such as the brilliant Mr. Faldius who thought, since he tormented us with the Ten Plagues, why can't we find those who experienced them firsthand to solve this problem?

Unfortunately, they couldn't find Moses' relics. So what about Ramses II's?

Although he was one of the ones tortured by the ten plagues in the story, he was still a witness to it. Maybe when he saw the ten plagues, he thought of Moses and decided to deal with this witness?

But for some reason, even when they 'borrowed' Ramses II's mummy from the Egyptian National Museum and tried to summon him directly, they still couldn't summon the pharaoh.

Then, the clever little devil Faldius, who was still determined to drive away Tsurugi, had a sudden inspiration—hey, since we can't summon him by himself, why don't we use his wife's things?

So, full of confidence, the US government brought out the mummy from Nefertari, which had been destroyed, and used the magical power generated by linking it to the nuclear power plant to hold a summoning ceremony!

Good news! They successfully summoned Ramses II.

The bad news is that Ramses II, once summoned, immediately began a killing spree without saying a word.

Ramses II, driving the pyramid, discovered what these people were using to summon him, and went berserk, massacring hundreds of thousands of people in a major city in the American West. It was only thanks to Faldius blowing up the nuclear power plant that his magic was broken, otherwise the mad pharaoh would have slaughtered several more cities.

Francesca mocked Faldius's self-inflicted misfortune even more, and looked forward to his farcical performance.

However, precisely because of this, the Americans didn't have time to send a few large missiles to Dongjiang to provoke him during those 24 hours, giving other organizations more opportunities.

No one knows how things will turn out, but external factors are also at play.

The church's response was simple.

Hier, who descended as an exorcising angel, simply took Father Hansa to Rome and, through the special channels of the burial agency, directly met several important figures in the church.

Then, they successfully met with the Pope.

The current pope is someone who can openly meet Jesus, and he has long heard of that evil island. However, due to many practical factors, he is indeed unable to intervene and can only use other means to fight against it.

After the situation was explained, the Church of Jesus, at least the Roman Catholic Church, quickly made a decision.

Why aren't you joining a group buy?

After all, even setting aside lofty reasons like faith and piety, for the church, even fighting for a chance to go to heaven is worth everything!

Soon after, the divine decree from Rome was publicly announced worldwide—you entire Protestant community have been excommunicated and condemned as heretics and devils forsaken by God!

The Protestants naturally resisted fiercely, but Rome's attitude was resolute. Coupled with the calamities that plagued the world and the unanimous excommunication of all other branches of Christianity except Judaism, there was only one way left for these Protestants to turn the tide!

Having become too deeply entangled with the American political and business system to extricate themselves, these terrified Protestant pastors had only one option—to eliminate this saint in order to end the crisis within their Protestant community.

Hier remained remarkably neutral on the matter of the impending mass extinction in the Dongjiang River.

She generally supported Tsugumi's actions, but tried to stop her from having the idea of ​​destroying the world. Even though she knew that death was not the end for Tsugumi.

Putting aside all those grand principles, Tsuruga fully supports this behavior!

He does hate people who get in his way, but he also finds it extremely distasteful of mindless yes-men who blindly echo his sentiments.

Tsugumi was quite pleased that Hier was able to think for himself and do things that didn't offend him! As long as it wasn't some nonsense about sinners being forgivable, Tsugumi actually welcomed people who were trying so hard to stop her.

And finally, there's the Magic Association.

The reaction here—no, it should be said—is that a very important person has intervened.

Second Magician, Jewel King, First Archmage Marshal, Gishua Zelrich Schbein'ogu

Weber looked at Weber

Or rather, El-Melloi II is looking at himself in a parallel world.

With his eyelids twitching incessantly, Waver Velvet, belonging to this world line, felt a familiar, intense, stomach-cramping pain!