Am I going to be controlled by the players too?

Therefore, different legendary flames require different lower-level flames to form a killing move, and the success rate depends entirely on Sylvia's talent and understanding of the flame's attributes.

"Yeah……"

Cheng Cheng felt a little regretful, wondering what to do with the two sparks, and glanced at the ritual description for the sparks:

"The 'Fool's' spark has been detected. The required advancement ritual is:"

"To fool time, history, or fate once."

"The Fool's Spark:"

"Able to fool time, history, or fate."

The fewer the words, the bigger the matter; this is an old tradition of ours.

The Fool's description is pitifully short, but his abilities are incredibly powerful. However, how to complete the ritual... I really can't think of a way for the time being.

So, does Serafina, the "Wheel of Fortune," count as "fate"?

I'll try to trick her into bed later. It's all for completing the legendary ritual, so making this sacrifice is only right... Whether it succeeds or not, I'll just explain it to Sylvia like this.

As for the "magician"...

"The 'Magician' spark has been detected. The required advancement ritual is as follows:"

"Learn and master the contents of 103,000 magic books."

"The Magician's Spark:"

"It can simulate any legendary or lower power through magic, but it can only achieve 50% of the effect."

It's the same type of story with few words but big impact, except this promotion ceremony... A Certain Magical Index, right? What Index?

Fourth Sister, Little Sheep, was overjoyed.

While fiddling with the two flames and pondering who in their faction was best suited to complete the ritual, the system notification sounded again: "The 'Fool's' flame ritual has been detected. Equip it?"

Has the "Fool's" ritual been completed? When? How come I didn't know?

Startled, he clicked on the equipment, and saw the flames burning on the fire suddenly solidify, then expand and flatten themselves, finally transforming into a dazzling card that fell into his hand.

On the card, the Fool, dressed in colorful clothes and wearing a clown-like hat, stands on the edge of a cliff, gesturing wildly and striding confidently. In his right hand, he holds a scepter symbolizing power, which is the same wand held by the Magician. The bundle hanging from the wand contains experience, and the laurel wand on his head represents the possibility of success.

The little white dog at his feet symbolizes Fool, who, like animals, acts on instinct. Unfazed by the cliff below, he gazes at the sky with a joyful expression. Even though he's about to slip and fall, he seems to believe that life will support him.

The Fool card symbolizes the beginning of everything, including freedom and instinct, adventure, dreams, and new beginnings.

However, when he checked the files, he found that "The Fool" was not equipped on Sylvia or Freya, nor on Mu Zimi, but appeared in his own attribute file.

The one who completed the ceremony... was me?

Wait, that makes sense too.

According to Cheng Cheng's speculation, Earth and the game world do not exist in the same timeline. Judging from Serafina's transformation into a demon and her descent to Earth, perhaps the game world exists before Earth's timeline...

According to this theory, being in the game world of the "past" and causing chaos around the world can also be considered "fooling time".

Somewhat gleefully, he fiddled with "The Fool," trying to harness its power, when suddenly the ground beneath his feet shook.

Immediately afterwards, the earth shook more violently, and a huge crack a thousand meters deep instantly swallowed the National Games venue, as if a cataclysmic disaster from the Earth Era in mythology had descended. The dragon people in the audience either screamed and fell into the abyss, or spread their wings and fled.

Cheng Cheng and the others immediately flew into the sky, and then they heard Dvalin, the King of the Sky and Wind, angrily shout: "Xia Mi, what are you doing! Why did you have to activate 'Shiva's Dance' for no reason?!"

Xia Mi looked completely innocent: "I didn't jump?"

"Then who else could cause such a massive earthquake..."

The four Dragon Kings were still arguing when Freya went to mediate. Cheng Cheng, however, was startled and turned his gaze back to the system panel. The main quest list flashed a notification after a long absence:

"Detected: Chapter Two of the game, Death and Fire, Finale, 'The Book of Void Ashes' has been opened."

"On that day, the void shattered, calamity raged, and the past was written into history."

"During the main storyline, the ending is already set, so the 'save rewind' function cannot be used. Please be careful and pay attention to the game progress to ensure your safety."

Eh?

What's going on? How did I suddenly get into the new main storyline?

It can't be reversed... The ending is already set? Why?

Cheng Cheng felt a surge of panic. He had always believed that obtaining "Fate/stay night: Immortal Crown" was to rewrite the game world's ending and reverse the past... But here it indicated that the ending could not be changed? Why? What happened?

Before he could figure it out, a sword light streaked across the sky and stopped in front of everyone.

It is Hime-no-Kami.

"Tsk."

When Ji Yushen saw Cheng Cheng, the guy who stole her dragon vein, she immediately clicked her tongue in disgust and gritted her teeth, but she still managed to calm herself down and turned to Freya and said, "The body of the sage Murphy is about to wither, and the seal on the Dragon Realm is about to be opened. You guys should hurry up and run for your lives."

He then turned to the four Dragon Kings and said, "Return to your respective countries and lead your people to evacuate the Dragon Realm. This place is going to be destroyed."

The four Dragon Kings exchanged glances, all puzzled: "Why?"

Felix is ​​dead.

what?

Everyone was shocked. Freya lost all strength upon hearing the devastating news of her teacher's death. Her legs went weak, and she was about to collapse to the ground when Cheng Cheng caught her in his arms. He then looked at Ji Yushen and asked, "Who did this?"

“I don’t know. I only know that his name is ‘Evil Corpse’ and that he attacked Felix at the Sage’s Former Residence.” Himeko paused. “To put it simply, Felix has been using his powers to maintain the seal of the Amber God for the past thousand years. Now that she is dead, the seal of the Amber God is about to break... The primordial demons are about to emerge.”

"Not only the Dragon Realm, but the outside world is almost finished too."

"How...is this possible..."

Sylvia's eyes widened. Before she could even process the devastating news from Himeko, a wave of immense guilt and self-reproach overwhelmed her: "If I hadn't proposed that plan, would Felix have...?"

"This is not your fault."

Cheng Cheng hugged Sylvia with heartache, noticing her shoulders trembling violently before a tear slid down her cheek.

Normally, Cheng Cheng would have been beaten to a pulp by Sylvia and Freya for having two girls on his left and right, but now both girls were immersed in great sorrow and had no time to care about anything else. Cheng Cheng had no intention of being smug and began to use the power of "The Fool".

Fooling history!

Since the world changes and the primordial arrival were caused by Felix's death, then it must correspond to the deception and falsification of history!

Soon, his gaze fell upon the river of time, to the time of Felix's death, inside the cabin in the woods.

Felix was watching the crickets fight when he suddenly spoke up: "Hey? What are you doing here, meow?"

Discovered?

Wait, she doesn't seem to be talking to me... So who is she talking to? A fantasy friend?

Cheng Cheng carefully scanned his surroundings but did not find anyone.

"I remember you're ■■■■■, your name is ■■, right?" Felix leaned back, a blade of grass in his mouth. "■■■■? I really think you deserve a shock, meow!"

The middle few sentences became blurry and incoherent, and could not be heard clearly no matter what.

Cheng Cheng tried to get closer, but the next moment, he and Felix stared wide-eyed at the same time—sometimes before, a hand pierced through Felix's chest and ripped out a crystal-clear, pink "Lovers" blasphemous card from his heart!

right here!

Although the murderer is still not visible, Cheng Cheng can change the time of the murder once he confirms it!

Fooling history!

The power was activated, creating ripples in the long river of time.

However, the new history did not overturn the past; the ripples only rippled gently before disappearing into the waves.

Cheng Cheng was slightly taken aback and looked at the future of this time—because of the death of their "lover," the four primordial beings broke free of their cages and descended to the earth.

Those four were originally like four dams in the river of time, four anchors that locked history, firmly locking in the events related to their arrival. No matter how history is changed, the events related to them cannot be altered.

This is precisely why the system message indicates that the final act of the second chapter of the game, "The Book of Past Lives in the Void Ashes," cannot be rewound—the Source Matter is the highest-level existence in this world, possessing uniqueness in space and time, and once proven, it is eternally proven. Any legendary-level intervention in time will fail when it encounters the Source Matter!

This is also a reasonable situation; otherwise, if the magical demons came directly to Himegami when she was just born and killed her, wouldn't that be an instant kill of a true god?

Even Freya, who has not yet become the true master of the Source, has had her history protected because she contains the Source, rendering the magic demon's operation futile, not to mention the four Primal Ones!

It seems that this matter is indeed beyond saving.

With a sigh and a sense of helplessness, Cheng Cheng returned to the present and asked Ji Yushen in a heavy tone, "And what about you?"

"I will stay here."

Ji Yushen still saw Cheng Cheng's displeased expression, but he still sighed: "Under the whole heaven, all land belongs to the king. The world behind me is my country, and it is the empire's tradition for the emperor to guard the gates. Do you have any objections?"

"...How long can you hold out?"

Cheng Cheng's concerns were not unfounded. The Amber God was able to withstand the abyss for thousands of years because its source essence symbolized "preservation and protection," making it a natural master of building walls and sealing. While Ji Yushen was also a true god, her source essence symbolized "war." She was good at fighting against the primordial forces, but she was weak in resisting and protecting.

Ji Yushen fell silent, but quickly replied, "Ten days... no, one month."

"I will hold off the primordial demons for a month. Until then... Freya, listen to my command! The dragon vein and the scepter are now in your hands. You must become a god!"

"And then there's death... Since things have come to this, let's just slaughter one country at a time. Immediately create the 'God of Death,' then use the essence of the Death Demon to become a god... Once successful, we'll have four true gods on our side, enough to contend with the Primordial Chaos."

Freya gritted her teeth, suppressing her grief, and looked up at Himegami. For the first time, the queen representing her kingdom bowed her head to a foreign power: "I... I can't do it..."

"It must be done!"

Ji Yushen rebuked angrily, his tone full of disappointment: "The dragon vein is the legacy of my ancestors! I've already given you my chance, and you still dare to refuse?"

"Fine," he sighed. "The ritual of [Glory] is to dominate a true god, or the entire world... I will never be dominated by anyone, but I can give you a verbal decree—the Empire will be merged into the Kingdom, and its subordinate states will all submit to the Kingdom... As for the Theocracy, you can discuss that yourself."

At this moment, the ground shook more violently, and fields, villages and cities were swallowed by dust amidst the rumbling. Demons were breaking through the earth's veins and would soon descend.

The four Dragon Kings spread their wings and flew to their respective kingdoms to organize the evacuation of the residents.

Seeing Himeko's angry expression, Freya finally mustered her courage this time, stood up, and bowed to Himeko like a subject: "As you command."

Cheng Cheng and Sylvia looked at Ji Yushen with slight shock, their opinion of him changing somewhat.

She single-handedly withstood four primordial demons from the abyss... No one can say for sure whether she will die in this small world.

The emperor guards the country's gates and personally leads the expedition. Could this be yet another variation of the Tumu Crisis?

"Go."

Ji Yushen finally revealed a smile: "Why are you all looking at me like I'm dead? I am a true god, I will not die."

That makes sense. With the Hall of Heroes' infinite resurrection mechanism, it's hard to say whether Himegami might actually be able to hold on...