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Edward frowned after hearing this, "Can you be more specific?"
"Hmm, in that case, certain background knowledge is required. Do you know about the Ancient War of Annihilation?"
"Are you talking about the Angel-Demon War? I know a little?"
"That saves me some effort. So, you must know the Hero Alan and the Ten Guardians?"
"I know of Alan but never heard of the Ten Guardians," answered Edward.
"The Guardians were the most talented individuals underneath Alan during the war; they were indispensable in ending the war."
"So, what do they have to do with anything?"
"One of the Guardian was the Yamato clan's ancestor, Daisuke Yamato," said Yakou slowly, who seemed to want to take his time.
"After the war, Daisuke felt that the Grimoire was a restriction on humans and other races instead of the boost it was viewed as. So, he wanted to create a magic system not too reliant on it."
"So, he is the creator of Onmyouji?"
"He did not do it alone, but essentially, yes."
"So, what does this have to do with the Grimoire and the Spirit World?"
"As you know, Spirit User with attack abilities can purify devils and protect from angels' worship poisoning."
Angels are as dangerous of a race as devils. While the latter enjoyed killing and destruction, the former is not innocent despite appearances. Angels have the ability to force creatures to worship them; this ability is referred to as worship poisoning.
Edward learned all this from Zuriel and prepared a method to counter this ability for The Elysium's Invasion.
"Daisuke wanted the Onmyouji system to have the power of Spirits, so he sought a way to create a world full of them. And the Grimoire is the core or source of that world."
Edward squinted his eyes, "How exactly did he create an entire world of spirits?"
"The power of legends and myths. Daisuke found an empty dimension and used the Grimoire's ability to modify it to gather the power of myths and legends. Then, he spread myths and legends about gods, demons, and spirits.
"And as more and more people read these legends and even believe in them, the first spirit was born in that dimension. And with time, the Spirit World became what it is now."
'Interesting,' thought Edward. If that was true, the Spirit World was more valuable than previously estimated. The Empire is a multi-cultural and multi-racial one, so there is no lack of myths and legends.
These stories should increase the variety of Shikigami or Spirits contained in the Spirit World.
"Tell me, why is the Grimoire not kept inside the Spirit World? Wouldn't it be safer to keep it hiding there?"
"It was, but one Shikigami discovered it and created a disaster that almost destroyed the eastern continent; that disaster is the source of the Spirit World fusing with the normal world; in other words, the Spirit Disasters."
"Did you try to take control of the Grimoire and fail?"
Yakou momentarily paused after hearing this before nodding his head with a wry smile: "Yes. I thought that I could, at last, achieve immortality or the ultimate form of power. Unfortunately, the Grimoire deemed me not worthy to be its master."
"So, you decided to reincarnate in the hope of being born into a more talented body. I'm guessing your plan was to keep reincarnating until you find a body talented enough to control the Grimoire."
Edward looked at the silent Yakou and knew he was correct. The former Emperor probably wanted Akimitsu's body because of his talent to finally achieve his lifelong ambition.
Edward pondered deeply about the information he had just received and found a few loopholes in Yakou's story. How did Daisuke have the Origin Grimoire?
Did he take it from the Wizard Sage? He would have to be extremely powerful to do so, and Edward doubted he was this capable. And even if he was, why take only one part instead of the entire thing?
So, the logical conclusion is Alan gave the Grimoire to him. Now, why would he encourage someone else to create a magic system that would compete with his legacy of Grimoires?
'One possible answer: he wanted to use the Spirit World to reinforce the seal he placed on God and Satan. Moreover, I'm pretty sure both Alan and God have managed to take some control of the Universe Will.'
"What did you do with the Gate's tokens?" asked Edward.
"I destroyed them. Don't look at me like that; I'm telling the truth. I did not want anyone else to open it while I was gone, so I ensured that I was the only one who could open it."
Edward did not care about the tokens since he had found the correct method to crack the sealing on the Gate. With the Yamato clan's bloodline, he can create a counter-sealing ceremony to open the gate; it only requires a little time and caution.
Furthermore, he had a plan that would shoot two birds with one stone. If he succeeded, he would not only acquire the Origin Grimoire but also cripple the Yamato Dynasty's military power, thus fast-tracking his rebellion to overthrow the ruling class and spread semi-modern concepts in this place to make it easier to integrate into the Empire.
Edward looked at Yakou, thinking about how to deal with him. The man was truly talented. During the conversation, Yakou used his breathing, slight body movements, fingers, and even facial features to replace mantras to cast a spell to free the princess; it was an ingenious method that Edward had never seen or thought of.
With his talent, he would make a great Arcanist. His only problem was his ambitions, but Edward had plenty of experience in controlling over-ambitious people.
"When you two wake up, you will forget this entire conversation."
After saying that, Yakou and the princess felt the world spinning before Matsumoto woke up in her bed. She felt as if she had an important dream but could not remember. The same was for Yakou.
At the same time, Edward opened his eyes in his dorm.
'These two should not be able to alert the royal family, so my plan can proceed smoothly.'
He summoned a bunch of puppet talismans before handing them invisible inks. He instructed them to draw the Counter-Sealing Array that would open the Gate. And since the array would surround the Academy, the Royal Palace, and the Protection Hall, it would take some time.
Western Continent, Clover Kingdom, Wizard King's Castle:
The magic captains, Mereoleona, Acier, and Patolli, sat at a square table with a frown. The other people participating in the invasion stood around these people. Compared to three months, these people's mana and overall strength had drastically increased.
However, their training was far from finished.
A few minutes later, Clone #9 walked into the room, and after feeling the somber look on everyone's face, he asked: "What's wrong with all of you?"
No one answered him at first before Yami asked: "Are you really that powerful?"
"What do you mean?"
"I'm talking about the training scenario where you went mad, and we must stop you."
"Oh, you're talking about that. No, that's only 80% of my strength."
Everyone looked at him with the expression that they did not believe him. For that scenario, they tried many methods to deal with him, but all their strategies ended in failure.
In one strategy, they gathered their knowledge of the Mana Method to create a magic array that could gather the mana of all the citizens in the Clover, Diamond, Heart, and even Spade Kingdom.
They thought they could stop him with this power, but he still killed all of them and the people on the continent.
In another strategy, some of the magic captains became devil hosts to boost their current unimaginable strength. But it was useless.
In one of their most prominent strategy, they gather all the Spatial Mage of the continent to turn the underworld into a Dimension Bomb. Then, they sacrificed countless lives to trick the mad Edward into the underworld before detonating it.
Unfortunately, he still survived.
"I can't do anything if you don't believe me. Well, let's start the meeting. I have received new information on Elysium so that we can make a plan for the invasion."
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"I have just received some information on Elysium, so we finally have a plan for the invasion. There are four layers to Elysium, but you will be divided into 3 groups.
Edward placed a device in the middle of the table to display some of the layout and information about the angels.
"The first group will include the elves and most magic knights to protect them. This group will be sent to the first layer and the weakest. Your objective is to subdue the angels as quickly as possible to the elves can start the summoning ceremony."
He zoomed to the second layer.
"The second group will consist of the magic captains, and you guys will be fighting the Archangels, who are on par with the High-ranking Devils. You can choose a leader amongst yourselves.
"The third layer is where the Seraphim and the two Lords reside. In terms of strength, the Seraphim Lords are even more powerful than the Underworld Leaders."
Edward was not lying; the Seraphim Lords have survived since the Ancient War. Meanwhile, only Astaroth has survived since the war. The other Devil Leaders–Lucifero and Beelzebub–only acquired their position after the war.
"When it comes to the third group, they will be Asta, Yuno, Yami, Mereoleona, Fugeoleon, Acier, Noelle, Vengeance, and Vanessa."
Edward chose these people because they have the highest combat talent and should reach Tier 5 after the training, which is the ceiling for all creatures in this world–except for Devil Rulers and Seraphim Lords, who can reach Tier 6.
And only God, Satan, and Edward have reached Tier 7 in the world, and the Wizard Sage might be the only human who reached Tier 6, or maybe he also reached Tier 7 with some unknown method.
As long as these people work together, they can defeat the two Seraphims and the Lords.
Of course, they were not the only ones expected to reach Tier 5 after the training ended. Charlotte, Dorothy Unsworth, and Rill Boismortier will do the same. However, Edward wanted these three to look out and protect the others in the first two layers to ensure nothing unexpected occurred.
"Sir, wouldn't it be better to have a Healing Mage on our side?" asked Fugeoleon. "Plus, Charmy's recovery food magic would be very useful."
"Charmy is responsible for the Magic Captains in the second layer. They can come to your aid if they defeat their opponents in time. As for the healing, you won't need it because of this."
He waved his hand to show them a metal heart.
"This is a Devil Heart or Arcane Heart for a better name. To be precise, it is a magical artifact created based on my recent research."
Edward's research on Devil Heart so Arcanists can have higher survivability is not complete yet. But, he could still create a magical item version.
"This heart will provide you the same healing factor as a devil. Unfortunately, the materials needed to create one of them are rare, so all members of team 3 can have one. But the others will only have a sub-par version with less than 20% of the healing capability.
"So, a healing mage like Mimosa is needed to help them in case something goes wrong."
Everyone understood the reason for the development. Then, Acier asked: "What about the fourth layer?"
"This is the layer where God lives. And as I mentioned before, he is a being on par with me, hence the greatest threat to our invasion."
He then looked at Secre Swallowtail.
"This is where you come into the equation. I will give you an artifact with abundant mana. Your mission is to use it to make a seal powerful enough to block the entire 4th layer."
Secre frowned slightly before nodding his head.
"I know the training session did not have much information on sealing."
The Empire's knowledge of sealing magic could only be classified as above average. However, this should change very soon with the Sealing Art from the Eastern Continent. Furthermore, Edward also planned for a brief visit to the Naruto Universe to get their Fuinjutsu.
"I recently got some more information from the Eastern Continent, which should be useful to you."
Secre's eyes lit up despite no change in her facial expression.
"How is your study of the Arcane Rune Magic System?"
"It's going okay. Too much stuff to study to cast one spell. But it's cool being able to use other elements." replied Yami.
"It's simply not as convenient as Grimoires. I want to cut people, not study like a nerd," added Jack the Ripper.
Edward frowned as he felt the general sentiment of these knights toward this system was not positive.
"You better make sure you can use the Arcane Versions of all the spells in your Grimoire. If I'm not mistaken, there is a high chance that your Grimoires will not work in Elysium."
Everyone became serious after hearing this. Without their Grimoires, they cannot use advanced spells, thus drastically weakening their strength. And facing such a level of an opponent with only basic spells. Well, none of them here would survive such an ordeal.
"There is still enough time to adapt. I know that magic used to be exciting and only required training, but you should quickly adapt to the status quo of studying; it will benefit your future."
A few intelligent individuals sensed these words had deeper meaning or significance behind them. But they could not think of any reason.
"Dorothy, you must use your Dream Magic as a communication link between the layers."
"Yes, Sir."
Edward nodded his head. "The angels have an ability called [Worship Poison], an aura released from their bodies that can affect the mind, forcing weaker individuals to worship them. I will modify the training booths so you can train to resist this ability. I will also craft some magic items to help, but you still need to reach a certain standard before the mission."
Edward then looked at Nacht, the vice-captain of the Black Bull Squad.
"You will be the first to sneak into Elysium, and you must spend an entire month without being detected. Are you prepared?"
"Yes."
"Excellent. Finally, your personal equipment forged by the dwarves will arrive soon. So, test and get used to them in the training booth. Now, the meeting is over. If anyone has anything else to add, do so now?"
Someone raised their hands, and Edward smiled after seeing who it was. "Noelle, what is it?"
"Undine-san wants to take part in this battle."
"Did you tell her of the danger?" Edward asked with a slight frown.
"I did."
"In that case, I'll accept the help. You two can train to achieve Spirit Fusion. Anything else?"
"I also want to participate." This time, it was Lichita who spoke.
"You can't."
"Why not?" She did not like the idea of letting her two sons do something so dangerous when she could help.
"Now that I can control my physique, I'm very strong. And my magic can be useful."
Edward sighed but did not answer her out loud. Instead, he talked directly to her mind explaining the ultimate fate of Zuriel, God's Plan for her and Asta, and how she might be a liability to this mission.
"So, that's how it is," Lichita muttered under her breath.
"Are you alright?"
"I'm fine. After all, I already expected this."
Edward motioned for Asta to comfort her, but the idiot had a confused look on his face. So, he had to rely on Yuno instead. Then, Edward dismissed the team, telling them to continue training.
'Alright, let's prepare for the underworld.'
He opened a portal outside of the Spade Kingdom. From a distance, he could sense the sealing magic prepared for him that surrounded the entire nation.
'I could not find the Origin Grimoire in the Diamond Kingdom, but I could sense it here. Moris likely took it to help the Dark Triads open the gate to the underworld.'
He closed his eyes before stomping on the ground. A magic circle appeared with him at the center before entering deep unground, invisible, and undetectable by normal means. He then controlled it to spread until it covered the entire Spade Kingdom.
Once he finished, he teleported to the Underworld since he left a coordinate mark there when he dealt with Megicula. While invisible, Edward traveled to the lower levels while secretly leaving undetectable magic circles.
Of the seven levels, he did this for six of them, only leaving the lowest level occupied by the rulers. Then, he left as quietly as he came.
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The Void: A city traveled for a few months before arriving at what looked like a sphere, stopping outside.
"Is this what you called the Source Wall?" asked Fleur.
"Yes," replied Hermione. "We finally arrived at our destination."
(As you can already guess, we will take a small break to focus on the Konosuba World.)
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