How can a retired savior be considered retired if his price drops to 40,000?

Chapter 354: You can’t believe what Tzeentch’s chosen can says!
Theoretically, when Ortnaus runs the spirit-introducing mode and temporarily changes Fujimaru Ritsuka's status to a pseudo-servant, she can hardly use her own circuits to perform magic. But in the world of magicians, "theoretical" things have been destroyed too many times:

At least, for the witches of Colchis, it is not very difficult to use the Heroic Spirit Base wrapped on the outside and call upon the Magic Circuits and Command Spells on the carrier inside to perform a simple summoning.

An etheric storm rolled up in the summoning circle that appeared out of nowhere. Data from outside the universe that had never existed in this world in the past, present, and future was guided by fate. It used the etheric resources in the storm to shape itself into a form and invaded reality in the form of a huge black shadow:
Shadow follower, Gorgon.

Even though it was just a black shadow with unclear details and an amorphous mass of mist, the Gorgon, who appeared out of thin air as a Shadow Servant, was undoubtedly a monster from its appearance. Even though the times have changed and the symbolic meaning of the name "Gorgon" has been taken over by other "monsters", the Shadow Servant's huge female body with a snake tail and wings, its dancing snake hair, and the terrifying scream that shook the earth when it appeared instinctively all illustrate this fact.

But the legends that have been engraved on the record tape of the realm will not fade. Even if the foundation becomes thin due to the lack of soil for the corresponding story to grow, the mystery that Fujimaru Ritsuka has tried his best to imprint through fate will be discounted due to acclimatization, but the effect is still there:

The petrifying Mystic Eye "Cybele" is a curse from the Age of Gods that modern magicians believe is difficult to reproduce with magic. For the Gorgon, who emphasizes the "monster" aspect, the Cybele she possesses is different from most other Mystic Eyes. It does not require considering whether to "look directly at the Mystic Eye" but can be activated by "taking it into sight" -

The moment the shadow servants locked onto the enemy shadows according to Fujimaru Ritsuka's instructions, the floating snakes in midair also found their targets at the same moment. The magic circle used to replicate the energy of the projected magic eyes appeared in front of the bloody mouths of countless snakes, and the energy beams carrying the weight of the curse went straight to the dodging figure of Xia La Xi Demon Disaster.

Fujimaru Ritsuka's judgment was correct: while abandoning his divinity and reason, the Great Keeper in front of him was obviously forced to give up most of his resistance to the mystery for the sake of combat performance. Even the Master of Chaldea did the same thing, "stripping off one aspect of the ability of the Shadow Servant and using the remaining resources to strengthen another aspect", making the current Gorgon essentially only a turret that launches the petrification curse - but this is obviously a correct strategy made after considering the situation on the scene.

The back of Xia La Xi Mo Zai was only slightly touched by a ray of light, and because the leg attacked by Sigismund was regenerating and the steps of Xia La Xi Mo Zai were slightly shaky, its originally smooth and warm skin was also rapidly transformed into some kind of gray and fine stone. And similar effects were rapidly expanding.

The feeling of the curse is written into the instincts of the creatures in the warp. Therefore, when the Grey Knight was still wondering what happened, Shalasi Demon Scourge had already screamed and changed his target driven by instinct. The curse that had been implanted in him was dangerous, and it had a higher priority than the surrounding Knights of Heavenly Punishment. Therefore, he quickly flashed out of the center of the battle group through a series of dazzling feints, avoiding the energy beams spit out from the snake hair, intending to attack and kill the origin of the curse to remove the petrification effect on himself.

But it did not realize that the source of these petrifying curses was the "Magic Eye", and the medium through which the "Magic Eye" took effect was "sight". Unfortunately, "sight" is something that has no form or shape, and within a certain range, there is nowhere to avoid it.

After meeting that pair of gem-level demon eyes emitting gorgeous purple light, it only took a few seconds for the slightly damaged Great Secret Keeper to turn into an evil and incomplete stone statue in the wasteland.

...It's over? Captain Stern was confused for a moment. He didn't quite understand what he was doing here.

Before he could find his voice again, the voice called Odysseus spoke again on the communication line:
"...A very good tactical choice, Master. It seems that you are not blinded by anger."

"No need to say polite words." Floating in the air, Fujimaru Ritsuka slowly landed on top of the snake-haired head of the Shadow Servant, folded up the cloak that served as wings, and made it dissipate into spirit particles. "I can guess what you are complaining about in your heart. It's nothing more than some advice like 'I shouldn't reveal my trump card before the decisive battle'."

"That's not the case. Judging from the number of spirit-based portraits in Chaldea, this level of simple summoning is not really a 'trump card'." Odysseus' voice said, "You undoubtedly have a wealth of experience and tactical options when fighting against similar small-scale elite units. After finding the enemy's weakness, you can also quickly render it harmless by using servants. But as a former commander of an army, I am worried about your mentality."

"…Have we entered the stage of post-war review and criticism and education?" Fujimaru Ritsuka's voice was a little embarrassed. "Paracelsus is still stuck in the stone statue."

Hastings' voice interrupted the conversation at this time. "I thought about it. Since you will submit a report later, I will not ask you what the thing under your feet is and whether it is safe. I suggest you don't try to change the subject. Please ask Odysseus to finish what he wants to say. By the way, calling the god of medicine to change the subject is useless. Asclepius is currently performing a rescue operation on Debito. It is estimated that he will not be free for several hours."

"...Can't we talk behind closed doors after we go back?" Fujimaru Ritsuka asked weakly, without any trace of the confidence in his tone that he had when he was giving orders on the battlefield just now.

"That's fine, but we have to talk about it." Odysseus agreed to the request for probation. "The remaining members of Chaldea are a little too pampered with you."

After losing his cloak, Fujimaru Ritsuka, who had already become visually smaller, shrank even smaller because of these words: "Anyway! The matter of Paracelsus——"

"It's obvious that he can't still be considered self-aware." Arjuna's voice joined the communication. "It may sound a bit cold to you. I still suggest that this part of the spiritual base data be completely destroyed to prevent future troubles."

"I think it would be better to just throw the statue back into the warp." The little Enkidu lying in the control room made the speech of the thought criminal of the Age of Gods in a baby voice. "From the point of view of pure efficiency: it might be more beneficial for us if the alchemist stood on the opposite side."

"This is a statement that sounds cold to anyone." Fujimaru Ritsuka complained mercilessly, "Although I can't refute this point of view considering the ability and personal integrity of the person involved, but Enkidu, is there any feud between you and Paracelsus that I don't know about? By the way, I think Tzeentch must have realized this problem, otherwise he would not use this spiritual base in such a way that is 100% wasteful." Excluding the slightly heterogeneous thinking of the person involved, which always unconsciously makes himself a peculiar way of thinking behind the scenes, Paracelsus is also a "modern magician" in a strict sense. This means that the basis of most of his magic or alchemical creations is the virtual ether, that is, the product after the "death of the Age of Gods". Not to mention that Tzeentch would definitely realize that this energy conversion and utilization method imported from other universes left a huge backdoor for Fujimaru Ritsuka in the issue of "confusing cause and effect". Just to say that the fictional ether is closer to the nature of the real universe than sub-space, and assuming the situation to be a little extreme, maybe after similar things are used more often, the big rift will be automatically blocked?

Even though Tzeentch is the god of knowledge and change, his ministry forces him to master and use this "new change" that is killing him, but allowing high-quality individuals constructed with relevant technology to occasionally appear in the real universe on a small scale is also the limit. It's nothing, it's just that Tzeentch, as an individual with intelligence and self-awareness, will not think about suicide for no reason.

"No matter what choice the Master makes in the end, he will have to face the question of 'how to operate'." When Odysseus spoke again, his suggestion was very pragmatic, "We don't have the conditions for so much elaborate work right now. Also, if you think about it from another perspective, I would also agree with the suggestion of completely destroying this spiritual base data."

Ithaca's King of Craftsmen understood people's hearts very well and hit the nail on the head. After thinking about it, Fujimaru Ritsuka thought that it should be like this: if only the present read this record, with Paracelsus's spirituality, he would probably just laugh it off; but if the Paracelsus who still had this memory was dug out again... looking forward to the future, no matter whether this person can accept this experience or not, it seems very scary.

"That's true." After a brief consideration, she agreed with this view. "Then let's destroy Paracelsus's spiritual base together with the external Charasi Demon Disaster. By the way, considering that we don't know whether it really exists, but it's better to assume that it exists and its effect is unknown, why don't we all reserve enough distance to deal with the troublesome problems, and then I will control Gorgon's mandatory seal, Pandemonium Cetus, to melt it as a whole and return it to ether."

After she finished speaking, she summoned her cape wings again, took off from the top of her snake-haired head, and distanced herself from her target. "Arjuna and Odysseus need to remain on alert and be alert to the enemies who are petrified during the melting process. If anything happens, don't worry about the Gorgon, just attack the barrier with all your strength. Anyway, it's just an unconscious spirit shadow that will dissipate immediately after the connection is broken."

When the magic circles that were nested and emitting an ominous light reappeared, Captain Stern fell into serious thought again:
What on earth are the Grey Knights here for?
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Sanctum II. Lower level of the hive. Plasma reactor generator.

Blood covered the ground, and broken limbs were scattered all over the ground. They were originally human, but a pure human would not have these evil mutations on their limbs. Some of them were so thin that they seemed to be stretched to an abnormal proportion, some had some growths that should not exist, and some simply turned into crab claws or tentacles that had nothing to do with the organs that "humans" should have. The skin of these corpses often had the symbols of evil gods drawn on them with tattoos or simple cuts. Perhaps for a period of time, the blessing of the Lord of Debauchery would indeed descend on them through these illusory things.

But now, it is over. The dead are not worthy of worship or prayer.

The blood-soaked Sanguinor floated quietly above the pool of blood. The head of the Great Keeper of Secrets, Kalis, which was scorched by the divine light and cut off, fell by the door and was slowly dissipating as the subspace rift gradually narrowed. How ridiculous, it was clearly the favorite concubine of the gods, a well-known demon in the vast ocean, and it was very different from ants in terms of life form. To match it, it also recognized mortals as things equivalent to sand and gravel, which could be used or discarded at will, and would not even think of these mortals first when killing and torturing for fun - but when these cultists who offered blasphemous sacrifices and prayers to the magic circle and used psychic energy to maintain the souls and pain of the sacrificed died, the foundation for Kalis to set foot in the real universe was immediately taken away.

Although after Fujimaru Ritsuka's treatment, the reconstructed spirit base of Sanguinius gained a better "reality tolerance" than ordinary warp creatures, at this moment, as he ended the suffering of the sacrifice with the divine fire of the Emperor and Sanguinius, the warp rift gradually closed, and the compression of the curtain itself began to make him feel weak. The mark of Shalis on the altar has been destroyed, and all the praying people have died. The other little demons that have fled to reality can be handed over to the brothers of the Blood Angels - he has one last thing to do.

He slowly floated up to the level of the plasma reactor control console. This was the only purpose for which the Emperor had ordered him to come here. The machine soul was inspired by the Om Messiah, and the reactor was shut down in an orderly manner under the control of the override code. Sanguinor turned his head and looked at the blasphemous object that was shining with dazzling blue and white light in the last bit of time that his existence could still remain in reality: it was unknown who or what had contaminated the structure of the plasma reactor with the power of Slaanesh. Evil runes covered almost every inch of its outer shell. It was impossible to tell whether it was human or alien tongues, forming a screaming array like a relief, singing the title and name of Shalasi Demon Scourge.

The one who provided the energy to the "Shalasi Demon Disaster" that caused a commotion on Baal was not a specific master, but a ruthless machine. Even the Emperor who could see the entire galaxy had to work hard to find the source of this thing by following a thin thread.

But now everything is over. Sanguino exhaled lightly, and slowly sank into the subspace in the disintegrating ether shell. As long as the reactor shuts down and "dies" according to the irreversible program, that Xia La Xi Demon Disaster will naturally be unable to do anything and can only dissipate naturally after consuming all the energy -

——The moment he returned to the highest heaven, time and space lost their "normal" meaning, and all the truth lay before Sanguinor's eyes for him to interpret. He immediately realized one thing:

Not catching up, he failed.
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Just before the Temple of Ten Thousand Demons was about to be established, the barrier was broken.

Although Fujimaru Ritsuka did use Medea's knowledge and technology to specially adjust it to a state of "easy to break from the outside", it obviously should not be broken from the outside at this moment.

No one could have anticipated this blow, for it was launched from an unpredictable angle: Vitalus was struck by a psychic-amplified blade that stretched out from the void and fell, and the Blood Angels' Chief Librarian with black wings on his back tore through the curtain from under the empty sky.

The biggest reason why Mephiston showed up here in time was that he was good enough to successfully interpret Ahriman's advice to "look back" and realize that something was wrong on Baal Prime; but his biggest mistake was also that he was good enough - if he was not smart enough to interpret the vague advice of Tzeentch's Chosen, if he was not strong enough to break the void and move between galaxies alone, if he did not have the ability to smash the barrier of the Temple of Ten Thousand Demons with one sword and smash Sharasi the Scourge, who had not yet escaped from the petrified state, into pieces, then everything that followed would not have happened.

But he still possesses these abilities, so - amid exclamations, out of some social instinct that took precedence over the battlefield regulations, Fujimaru Ritsuka, who wanted to convey some information to Mephiston, descended a little and tried to communicate with the other party; Arjuna, who reacted the fastest, shot an arrow, trying to deflect Vitalus's slash, but it was hard to say that this arrow was timely; the stone statue of Xarashi Demon's Disaster was undoubtedly broken into pieces under the pressure of the think tank's psychic energy, and blood oozed from every cross section; the so-called "death language" that no one knew whether it existed was immediately confirmed to be: real.

In the blink of an eye, a teleportation spell took shape between the shattered stones of the Calamity and "grabbed" all beings close enough to it:
——This includes both Mephiston and Fujimaru Ritsuka.

(End of this chapter)