The Infinite Dragon God Cannot Find Silence

He retrieved an image-type artifact from the treasury, poured the information he wanted to convey into it, and handed it to Altira. Orpheus's body slowly turned into specks of light and disappeared.

"Please, give this to her. This is the final contract, and then you will be free."

"And what about you? Where are you going next?"

Ishtar frowned as she watched the increasingly illusory Orpheus.

"I also want to see this world. I hope we can meet again sometime in the future."

With a faint smile, Orpheus's figure completely disappeared.

"Until we meet again."

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"Hehehe, hehehehe..."

Amidst a sea of ​​flowers, a girl with an angelic face is twirling with her arms outstretched.

It was like dancing, or like playing.

Suddenly, the girl stopped.

"They really seem quite relaxed."

A voice that didn't belong to a girl came from behind.

"Hehehe, there's nothing we can do about it. If they didn't keep spinning around, the ecosystem would be destroyed, you know?"

Unsurprised by the sudden sound, the girl with snow-white hair and sea-blue eyes turned around with her original innocent and bright smile.

"That's why kids are so adorably silly. No matter how much they scheme and how meticulously they calculate, the world would be destroyed if they just stopped for a moment... Really, what's the point anyway..."

"Who knows? Maybe they just have a strong drive to court death."

Before the girl, the blonde, silver-eyed girl—Qi—smiled and answered.

"Unfortunately, even if you rush directly into the sun, it won't have any effect on that child. That race is definitely top-notch in terms of survival ability."

"This young lady is really something. I would never do something so stupid as to court death. But what brings you here to where I'm playing? There's no tea or snacks to serve you here, you know?"

Despite the pointed remark, the girl maintained her innocent smile, unchanged.

"Well, tea and snacks are fine, as compensation... how about this, just let her enter the Root Source once, what do you think?"

The girl's smile finally twitched for a moment.

FZ+FGO

Chapter 122 The Deal with Gaia

"It won't do you any harm, will it? If that child succeeds in the future, you'll have made a good connection now. Even if she fails, it won't affect you at all. You shouldn't have any reason to refuse, right?"

Qi waved his hand.

"After observing for so long, you know very well that child wouldn't covet this world. Even if she obtains the knowledge of the Root, she won't pose a threat to you. Of course, you can also use this to get some other benefits from her. Hmm... thinking about it this way, it's all beneficial!"

The silver-haired girl's smile remained, but a hint of coldness flickered in her eyes, her deep, ocean-like gaze fixed on Qi.

The atmosphere suddenly became somewhat heavy.

Qi didn't pay any attention and just stared at the girl.

"Hey, these days, young ladies are practically like dead people, aren't they?"

Qi's eyes flickered slightly, and she smiled without answering.

After a long while, the girl let out a silvery laugh, then lightly leaped backward as if dancing, turning her back to the world.

"Hehe, since you've said so, I have no reason to refuse, right? Anyway, the root cause is useless to me, so it doesn't matter if the child goes over there to play for a while."

"A wise answer."

Qi shrugged and his figure slowly disappeared.

"is this okay?"

After Qi's aura completely disappeared, a voice whose gender and age were indiscernible rang out.

"Hehehe, I don't know, but doesn't Little Yeye think it's more fun this way?"

The girl's smile remained bright as she twirled around and giggled.

"The night is too deep. We'll either succumb to this or embrace the daylight. What will happen? Hehehehehe..."

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"That's it! Congratulations to this lady for winning the grand prize in the first 'World Biology Grand Prize Draw'—a single ticket to the Roots Free Travel Tour! This direct route is only available here. Would you like to set off right away, miss?"

Orpheus watched silently as the little girl, who called herself Gaia but looked a few years younger than Lily, twirled around and excitedly congratulated him.

She was originally traveling around the world, but during one of her movements, she discovered that her coordinates had been forcibly rewritten. When she came to her senses, she found herself in front of this little girl.

Then I heard that incomprehensible conversation.

Judging from the other party's ability to tamper with coordinates, Gaia's identity should not be fake... Even if she is not Gaia, she is no weaker than Gaia.

But the key point is the other party's purpose.

"why?"

Finally, Orpheus tilted his head and asked.

Orpheus naturally ignored the grand lottery.

Although with the luck inherited from the King of Heroes, there is indeed a good chance that she would win the lottery if it were to be held... she doesn't think that the other party would hold a lottery for no reason, and the grand prize is still the one that comes to the source.

"Actually... I need your help with something, miss..."

Gaia stopped jumping around and, seemingly a little embarrassed, stuck out her tongue and said...

"However, let's put this matter aside for now. We'll pay the young lady in advance. She's very generous, isn't she?"

"..."

In fact, a trip to the source was of great help to Orpheus.

It is bigger than anyone else in this world.

The omniscient and omnipotent star that Orpheus currently possesses is more accurately described as a seed than a star.

In reality, the current Omniscient Star doesn't have many functions, but it has extremely high analytical capabilities and the ability to encompass and integrate various types of information.

Its upper limit incorporates the characteristics of Orpheus itself, namely infinity.

Although the current Omniscient and Omnipotent Star is just an empty shell, it can continuously absorb various information and integrate and deduce it. Even if the original Orpheus obtained a bunch of abilities and characteristics through self-reference, it probably wouldn't be able to take care of them all and would have to make choices among them. The Omniscient and Omnipotent Star can make up for this problem.

Generally speaking, even the world's best magicians can only grasp the most superficial aspects at the root, which is the legendary Five Magics.

But Orpheus is different. The independent nature of the Ouroboros means that she will not be assimilated by the Root, while the Omniscient and Omnipotent Star allows her to absorb the knowledge in the Root to the greatest extent.

Or, to put it another way, the greatest help we can give her right now is actually the root cause.

However, according to Gaia, the root cause of this entry was a transaction.

Orpheus would probably have to consider it for a long time, and the chances of him not agreeing were relatively high.

Entering the source may seem like just a matter of the little girl opening a door, but given the extent of the help it provides, the reward she needs to give in return will naturally be substantial.

After all, Gaia just said "some" things, and who knows how many "some" are?

But Orpheus dislikes trouble and hates unnecessary things. She only needs to wander around outside for a few hundred years to naturally gain the ability to defeat the Great Red... Even now, she has a more than 30% chance of defeating the Great Red.

For Orpheus, the ideal situation would be to go back and finish the Great Red as soon as possible, and then sleep peacefully in his nest... for the Orpheus of the past.

There's no such thing as a free lunch... and the saying "people get wiser as they get older" is definitely true.

While Orpheus, who has a rather obedient personality, is unlikely to completely disregard Inori's last wish, she will likely let things take their natural course and gradually strengthen herself. However, Inori seems to want her to be more proactive.

Qi didn't make Orpheus sign any contract, nor did she exert any coercive force on her; what she did was very simple.

She kept her obsession.

Perhaps the Ouroboros's power itself couldn't completely erase such a strong obsession... More likely, it's because Qi did something. In any case, her terrifying obsession with 'omniscience and omnipotence' didn't disappear with her, but was imprinted in Orpheus's heart... along with that kind of wicked sense of humor and strange personality probably remained a little bit.

In short...

"I agree."

The allure of the source was so great, it was impossible to resist...

"That's great!"

Gaia's innocent smile became even brighter.

"Oh right, the source doesn't have a concept of time. If you go in like this, you won't know when you'll come out. Why don't you create a clone to help others? That would be more efficient, wouldn't it?"

Suddenly, Gaia clapped his hands excitedly.

"Little Yeye seems to really trust that kid named...Emiya? I guess it's Emiya, but I can't trust him that much. I originally wanted Jeanne to go, but based on predictions of other timelines, Jeanne seems a bit unstable...and there's a possibility of encountering homunculus over there...Well, since you can help, that would be great. Thank you so much, Miss~"

Watching Gaia continue jumping around, Orpheus felt that the tranquility he sought seemed to be getting further and further away...

Chapter 123 Unveiling

"Its foundation is silver and iron, its base is stone and the great covenant, and its ancestors were my teacher, Xiubai August."

In a somewhat dimly lit room, an elegantly dressed man with a small mustache raised his right hand, branded with Command Seals, forward and chanted incantations loudly, causing intense magical power to surge violently in the enclosed space.

"Build walls before the descending winds. Close the four gates tightly, emerge from the crown, and cycle along the three-way road to the kingdom. Fill up, fill up, fill up, fill up, fill up, and repeat, then five times, but when it is full, it is time to abandon."

A more formal incantation, somewhat different from the one Orpheus used, flowed slowly from the mustache's chant.

"The three great incantations will bind you for seven days. Come forth from the Wheel of Restraint, guardian of Libra!"

Then, the magic erupted.

"Victory, Kirei."

Sensing the intense aura emanating from the figure emerging from the summoning circle, the man with the mustache was slightly excited, but he maintained his elegance, opening his arms and speaking to the expressionless priest beside him.