The heroes' advance was not smooth sailing. After all, this place had been transformed by the Demon Gods into a temple belonging to them. To some extent, the space-time in this small area was rapidly undergoing a regression to the Age of Gods. Fortunately, the Heroic Spirits did not let ordinary magi enter this area. In such a dense True Ether environment, ordinary magi had no way to resist the invasion of ether.
Without special means, these magi's bodies would collapse within a short time. Even if their physical bodies remained intact, their Magic Circuits would likely be thoroughly destroyed. Magic Circuits are the virtual internal organs of a magus, but one point must be known: in the Age of Gods, humans did not possess Magic Circuits.
Magic Circuits, to some extent, are an evolution chosen by magi to adapt to the changes following the end of the Age of Gods. Of course, exactly how this change came about? Because there is too little data, Aslan does not yet know clearly. However, presumably, to realize Magic Circuits, magi must have spent a long time during that period.
Accompanying the return of the Age of Gods in this area, many magical beasts began to be born here. Originally, the gestation period for magical beasts was a very long cycle. However, the bodies of these magical beasts were now being catalyzed by the Demon God Pillars. Due to the era and the catalysis, perhaps they could not compare to normally grown magical beasts, but using them as fodder to act as guards around the throne was not a major problem.
For the 72 Demon Gods, these magical beasts were less like soldiers truly blocking the Heroic Spirits, and more like existences maintaining their image. After all, how could superiors not be surrounded by mad dogs running around, tearing at enemies for them, while also being obedient enough to be slaughtered at will? Loyal dogs would naturally be better, but looking at it now, they did not have the ability to create loyal dogs.
However, these mad dogs were enough to serve as a façade. After all, the times were different; anyone would have to understand this point. Since the parties involved did not say anything, other humans or Heroic Spirits had even less right to criticize these monsters. Of course, using the word "criticize" might be inappropriate; perhaps in the eyes of the Heroic Spirits, these magical beasts were slightly inferior and low-class.
In Aslan's view, these magical beasts were on the same level as Wyverns. However, since this area had already birthed such magical beasts, there was no reason not to send magical beasts out to deal with those magi.
Within this passage, Senji Muramasa was constantly summoning weapon after weapon, swinging continuously, cutting down one dragon head after another. This bladesmith expressed that this kind of power was what he could offer. When facing the 72 Demon God Pillars, the vanguard would mainly be those existences with relatively strong combat power. In that case, cleaning up these fellows on the periphery could be left to Heroic Spirits like them whose combat power was not that strong.
After all, dealing with these Wyverns was not too difficult. Just forging weapons possessing dragon-slaying attributes was sufficient. At worst, he would just treat this as a special session for forging dragon-slaying weapons.
However, while the Heroic Spirits here were attacked, the magi outside naturally would not be let off by the Demon God Pillars either. Shinji, who had already released quite a few drones in the surrounding area, immediately detected via thermal infrared that existences were rushing out from the passage. It seemed that those Demon God Pillars had left secret exits in the passage, specifically waiting for the Heroic Spirits to pass before flanking to launch an attack.
"Here they come! Output level is tank-class, large quantity, estimated to be low-level magical beasts from the Age of Gods!"
After speaking, Shinji stood up directly. He took out special equipment from his pocket, then forcibly activated the equipment with a special electronic instrument. It instantly transformed into armor on his arm, complete with a cannon muzzle. If one were to look, they would discover that this child had repaired the weapon once forged by Aslan. At the same time, he carried an activation device and special mechanical limiter armor.
With this limiter, he could control the operation of the entire armored arm. Of course, the essence of needing magical energy to propel it could not be changed, so magical energy crystals were still needed for filling. However, after joining Chaldea in Antarctica, magical crystals were not very scarce, and their quality had improved by more than one grade. With higher-level power crystals, this weapon would also display its due power.
Of course, Shinji only needed to stare at the entire screen. After all, whether it was his own view or the role Marisbury assigned him, he was a researcher and technical support personnel; compared to a warrior, he was closer to a behind-the-scenes worker. But after all, these bastard Demon God Pillars had hurt his sister. If he didn't fire a few shots himself, it would be truly difficult to vent the anger and unhappiness in his heart.
He truly did not have the capital to rush in and fight the Demon God Pillars. However, dealing with some minions summoned by the Demon God Pillars was not a major problem. Rounding up, he would treat it as shelling the Demon God Pillars. Shinji was very clear about what kind of ability and capital he possessed. It was precisely because he was clear that he wouldn't be stupid enough to rush directly in front of the Demon God Pillars to fight them to the death.
But if something happened to his sister... Shinji swore that he would devote all his time and energy to figuring out how to deal with the Demon God Pillars, and then one day completely eliminate them! Even if this subject was difficult, a genius like him spending his entire life would surely find a way.
If a lifetime was not enough, he would upload his consciousness into electronic products and continue researching.
Isn't there a saying that there is only a fine line between a genius and a madman? If something happened to Sakura, this genius would truly become a madman. Of course, a madman targeting the Demon God Pillars. At the same time, this boy genius would definitely spend his entire life destroying everything related to the Demon God Pillars.
Marisbury took out his magic cane. Kiritsugu at the side had also taken out the weapon in his hand. Rin grabbed a handful of gems from her pocket; these were her rare assets. As for the Senji boy, he held a weapon Aslan had once forged, which was borrowed from that boy genius.
As a rookie who had just prepared to start forging Mystic Codes, the current Senji boy still could not forge powerful Mystic Code weapons.
Marisbury raised the cane in his hand. The stars in the sky seemed to resonate with his magical energy. This magus shed the melancholy usually revealed when facing a fiscal deficit, replacing it with unimaginable seriousness. "Witness the mystery of Astromancy!"