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After watching the three enter Kongli one after another, Marne, the four Servants, and Irisviel turned their gazes away and looked at the Greater Grail.
"Player, what wish do you wish for?"
Nero's question prompted the others to look at Marne with curiosity.
A hint of envy flashed in Mordred's eyes, but she quickly looked at the Lion King beside her and her envy vanished.
Her wish has already been fulfilled in another form, or rather, it is about to be fulfilled through her own efforts.
She was still hesitant about whether to stay, but Sola approached her the day before yesterday and talked to her all night.
Sora essentially said that her dream had been largely realized on this day.
Whether she can return or not, she has reached the source, and such a great achievement is enough to make those who looked down on her before look at her with new eyes. Her original goal has been achieved.
So Sora hopes Mordred will also pursue what he wants. For now, staying is the best opportunity. This is no longer Britain. If Mordred stays and lives with the Lion King for a long time, he can achieve any wish he has through hard work, blah blah blah.
In short, after a lot of persuasion, Mordred was completely convinced and agreed to stay.
But Mordred also felt that Sora's words made sense. In this modern world, with the Lion King who has become more and more human after becoming Marne's Servant and is gradually letting go of his responsibilities as king, the regrets of the past do not seem so difficult to make up for. At least there are plenty of opportunities, so there is no need to make a wish on the Holy Grail.
Mar and Eng replied matter-of-factly, "Wasn't this already decided? Of course, I want knowledge. I want all the knowledge I don't yet know."
Although he hadn't initially thought about making a wish upon the Holy Grail, once he learned that the Holy Grail could now grant wishes, Marne decided to make one without hesitation.
The Holy Grail cannot help him with what he needs to do, nor does it need to help him.
As long as he has enough knowledge, he can increase the output strength of his fantasy constructs and do what the Holy Grail can do, and even what the Holy Grail cannot do.
"As expected, this is the only thing the Holy Grail can do to help you."
Upon hearing this, Niang Shanshan was not surprised and nodded in agreement.
The remaining Lion King, Irisviel, and Mordred simply watched quietly, without saying a word, waiting for Marne to begin.
Without hesitation, Ma En stepped forward, approached the Great Grail, placed one hand on it, felt its usage, and then made a wish.
[The desire to acquire all knowledge that one does not yet possess.]
However, it is clear that such greedy desires are impossible to realize, as they are beyond the capabilities of the Holy Grail.
Reluctantly, Marx and Engels had to change their wishes.
[They want to cram as much knowledge as I don't yet possess directly into my mind.]
By having the Holy Grail poured directly into him, saving him the trouble of going through it all, Maren couldn't help but praise his own cleverness.
By blurring the lines of quantity, the Greater Grail received Mar and En's wish and began to materialize.
A massive amount of knowledge suddenly swept through Maren's mind like a tsunami, leaving him stunned for a moment.
Chapter 147: You can now grind proficiency! Want to build a snowball effect? [Must Read! And Important Settings]
The sheer volume of knowledge left Marx and Engels completely bewildered.
However, having experienced similar, or even more terrifying, knowledge overloads when he first confronted the root cause, or when he acquired the illusionary construct (the two are different), Marx and Engels quickly regained their senses.
Maren, regaining his senses, breathed a sigh of relief, still somewhat shaken. He was genuinely afraid that the mental shock he had experienced before would repeat itself: "Phew, I wasn't careful enough."
Overall, however, the outcome was good.
Marne glanced at the completion status of the fantasy construction and was pleasantly surprised to find...
Originally, due to research on the Holy Grail War and the Greater Grail's techniques, the completion rate had broken through 20%, reaching [.%]. Now, it has not only broken through 25%, but also 30%, reaching an astonishing [.%]!
You should know that anything above 20 is grade B, and 25 is grade A. Suddenly it's 30. I can't say it's grade EX, but it's at least grade A+, or even grade A++. Marx and Engels can now build things like curry sticks!
"Nice! It's finally fully developed."
Marne couldn't help but cheer. The completion rate of 34 was already over one-third, which was undoubtedly another huge improvement for him.
Aside from the construction of the Noble Phantasm, the strength of the skills has also been greatly enhanced.
At the same time, some abilities and things from other worlds that were previously impossible to construct can now be attempted to be constructed.
As a result, Maren's strength has increased even more dramatically. It's not just a doubling; it's a qualitative leap, entering a new dimension.
Moreover, it has officially entered a virtuous cycle.
As mentioned before, when Marx and Engels construct a thing, they receive relevant information about that thing to fill in any gaps in the original construction.
It was previously said that it was equivalent to upgrading and unlocking new skills, but it's actually more like increasing proficiency after using a skill.
Because this newly received information is also knowledge, it will also increase the completion rate of the fantasy construction.
Otherwise, where do you think Marx and Engels got their perfect knowledge of mortal construction?
It is essentially accumulated by continuously building new things, receiving relevant information about these new things, and then building other new things related to that information based on that information, thus creating a snowball effect.
However, the things that Marx and Engels were able to construct at that time were stuck at the level of 'ordinary things' because of their lack of understanding of extraordinary things.
Without basic reference materials, the output of fantasy construction is limited by its level of completion.
Therefore, Marx and Engels were unable to construct anything extraordinary or obtain extraordinary information, and were thus directly blocked.
Although Tiamat wanted to help him, she herself couldn't explain the principle behind her own abilities and could only demonstrate them. Marne himself couldn't figure it out either, so it couldn't be used as a reference.
Yes, this is what's needed for fantasy construction.
It needs some points of reference to understand how Marx and Engels's imagination can be constructed.
Rather than requiring Marx and Engels to understand that knowledge themselves and to construct their own imaginations in order to realize those imaginations.
This is why, even if Marx and Engels themselves didn't understand, they could still increase their completion rate just by reading books, because they didn't need to understand them at all; they only needed to read them.
Now, as Marx and Engel gain a deeper understanding of the extraordinary and are able to construct more and more extraordinary things, the snowball has been rebuilt, and now it can be set in motion.
By continuously building and receiving new data, the completion rate increases. As the completion rate increases, new things can be built, new data can be received, and the completion rate continues to increase, thus creating a virtuous cycle.
As he was happily thinking about this and beginning to consider what he wanted to build, Marne noticed his surroundings.
The environment had changed at some point; it was no longer that dark, empty cave, but a sea of flowers.
Ma En quickly looked around and found that everyone else was gone, leaving him all alone in the space.
"Where am I? How did I get here?"
Maren was completely bewildered, not quite understanding what was going on.
However, after checking the Command Seals in his hand and confirming that the contract with Nero and the others was still in place and that he could use the Command Seals to summon them at any time, he immediately stopped worrying and began to look around.
"This is the interior of the Greater Grail. You used the Grail, so you've entered."
A familiar voice came from behind him. Ma En turned his head and saw 'Irisviel' dressed in a gorgeous white robe. She had appeared out of nowhere and was standing quietly not far away, watching him.
"Alice? No, you are not her."
At first, Marne thought it was Irisviel, but after looking closely, he realized they were different.
This 'Irisviel' has such a cold expression, like a robot without any emotion.
Although Irisviel was only born ten years ago, she has emotions just like humans. Her expressions and temperament are lively, energetic, and gentle.
Sometimes she's a gentle and virtuous mature woman, and other times she's like a child who hasn't grown up, lively and cute, with a tendency to be a bit active. It's impossible for her to be so aloof.
"...That's right, I am not that descendant. My name is Justessa Risleich von Einzbern. I was created a thousand years ago. I am Einzbern's first artificial human, and also his greatest masterpiece, a manifestation of the Third Law."
Wearing a white robe called "Heavenly Robe," and looking almost exactly like Irisviel, Justessa slowly walked towards Maren as she spoke.
Marne also remembered that there was such a person, and it seemed that the Greater Grail was transformed from her. In other words, she was the Greater Grail, and the Greater Grail was her.
Then Maren examined her closely and found that she was almost a carbon copy of Irisviel, with little difference between them, whether in appearance or figure.
But it makes sense, since Justissa was the prototype Irisviel was created from. In other words, Justissa was the model, and Irisviel was sculpted from her.
But then again, this Heavenly Robe, though it looks a bit erotic, is actually very beautiful, the kind that makes you like it more and more the more you look at it.
Of course, while looking around, Ma En didn't forget his business. His gaze continued to wander unabashedly, but he calmly asked, "You said I came in because I used the Greater Grail? Why?"
Yustissa didn't care about Ma En's gaze. Perhaps, being like a robot, she didn't understand these things. She still answered in a cold and soft voice, "Now that you have the information on the Great Grail spell, you should understand its true function."
Chapter 148 Yustissa, Obtaining the Third Law
"What is the true purpose of the Greater Grail?"
Ma En was slightly taken aback and asked, "You mean that?"
Yes, the Greater Grail, or rather the spell of this Holy Grail War, has more than one use.
Matou wanted to take advantage of the ability to grant wishes. In his early years, Zorgen hoped to eliminate all evil in the world and achieve the redemption of all mankind by making a wish upon the Holy Grail.
The old bug was once a 'righteous idiot' like Kiritsugu Emiya, but he lived too long and time eroded his reason. His original obsession with that grand ambition eventually turned into an obsession with 'survival'.
The Tohsaka family, on the other hand, values the connection to the Root, as can be seen from Tokiomi Tohsaka's obsession.
These two are the two members of the starter family, each with their own views on the truth of the Holy Grail War and the role of the Greater Grail.
The last Einzbern also had his own ideas.
To recreate the Third Law, and to redeem all humanity through the materialization of the soul of the Third Law, was originally the wish of the inheritors of the Third Law who created the Einzberns and other artificial humans.
Those descendants accidentally created Justessa, only to discover their own inadequacy and commit suicide in disillusionment. Along with the artificial mansion, this aspiration was also inherited by the Einzbern family.
Therefore, Einzbern's goal was to recreate the Third Law of 387, which is why the Holy Grail War was created.
However, the process of the Holy Grail War was completely irrelevant to the Einzberns. All they wanted was the successful activation of the Greater Grail, because as long as the Greater Grail was successfully activated, their goal of recreating the Third Law would be achieved.
This is because the Holy Grail was originally constructed by the Third Law, or rather, by Justeza herself, the sole user of the Third Law at that time.
“It is naturally a reproduction, or rather a copy, of the Third Law,” Stiza said.
The mass production of the Third Law was the true purpose of the Greater Grail, as envisioned by Einzbern.
Using Justeza herself as a prototype, the Einzbern family aimed to replicate the Third Law through the Greater Grail. The Holy Grail War was merely a means to activate the Greater Grail.
"So..." En raised an eyebrow, a hint of something was amiss.
Justeza nodded and said, "Yes, you are the victor of this Holy Grail War. The Greater Grail was activated because of you and is therefore at your disposal. So, you will be granted the Third Law."
"As expected, this is indeed a double celebration."
Maren remained calm upon arrival, or rather, he had anticipated it and was not particularly surprised. His earlier doubts stemmed from not knowing he would be here to meet Yustissa.
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