Infinite Begins with Giants

Chapter 696 The darkness under the church
Aversion to cold, want to vomit.

As soon as he walked into the Fuyuki Church, the gloomy environment made Emiya Shirou shiver and feel a little unwell.

His eyelids were constantly twitching. As a magician, although he was still half-baked, he was exceptionally keen on detecting danger, and his heart beat slightly faster due to the sense of dread.

Even if Medusa and Saber are still behind him, it doesn't give Shirou much sense of security.

Without delay, the three of them searched and found the shadow of a building between the walls. It was a small staircase that was usually overlooked.

It didn't take much time by accident, and the stairs leading to the basement of the church were found.

But in the deep and dark underground passage, it was as if a giant beast in the shadows opened its bloody mouth, devouring all creatures that dared to break in.

Depressed, cold, horrifying... there is a weirdness everywhere.

"Shirou, wait, let me scout the way." Saber frowned and called out to her Master just in time.

Call ~
The magic power was released from her petite body, and the whirlwind blew up the girl's hair like gold sand, and a set of shining silver knight armor was put on her body.

With a sound of "clank", Saber drew out the invisible holy sword, and Saber stepped into the stairs leading to the basement before Shirou.

The young hero followed immediately, and Medusa held the dagger and stood behind.

As soon as he entered the stairs, a chilly and rotten breath came over his face, like the wind from the Nine Serenity Hell, Shirou couldn't help shivering.

"Here... something is wrong!"

Dumb Mao Wang Xuebai's little face was full of solemnity.

Her intuition did not give any warning, which proved that there should be no traps or dangers here, but the paradoxical and extremely cold atmosphere made people feel goosebumps.

"Well, I feel uncomfortable too."

Medusa said in a cold voice, her purple pupils looked around and searched.

Shirou's face was a little heavy, he just felt inexplicably depressed and didn't speak.

He always had a feeling of trepidation, this place was not like a place where living people stayed, it was like a funeral parlor, mortuary, corpse pit or mass grave.

Even if nothing abnormal is found, it makes people feel uncomfortable.

tick tock... tick tock

It seems to be the sound of water dripping, which is very strange in the dark underground of the church.

The three followed the sound, and at the end of the stairs, they found a secret door with a mark of unknown meaning on it.

The secret door was not locked, Saber, Shirou, and Medusa looked at each other, pushed the door open with the invisible sword.

The three of them entered in a file, and because they were close enough, they finally saw clearly what was inside, and the cruel scene burned their retinas instantly.

that is-
Hell, a living hell.

At first glance, it was a corpse, and it was all corpses.

Front, back, left, and right, densely packed, full of corpses, and a strong smell of disinfectant permeated the air.

A drop of water fell into the lips of a certain corpse. The open lips had been kept like this for an unknown number of years. The lips were already rotten, and the flesh on the chin was like a mass of mud.

Here is a bunch of rotten people.

But none of them were dead, they were all alive.

They looked like corpses, and most of their limbs were deformed, distorted, or mutilated.

None of them had limbs, or had been severed.

These people were placed in coffins, and the severed limbs ended with bones, and among some surrounding stone gaps were seedbeds for many maggots.

These "living people" have only heads and bodies, decayed and broken like dead branches.

The sound of air flow seemed to be crying, like moaning.

Other than that, there was no sound, and the silence was terrible. The throats of these "corpses" had degenerated, and they didn't have the function of making sound, they were just the trachea for sustaining life.

A certain "corpse" instinctively turned slightly to look at the several uninvited guests who broke in.

It may be that the angle of the neck was turned a little too much, and one of his eyeballs fell out, but the other eye, and the empty eye socket, still looked at them.

Although the "corpse" looked at Saber and the others, there was no emotion at all.

The broken and decayed body grew on the coffin, its eyes were empty, and it made no sound, just like the paramecium was stimulated to swim, not out of curiosity, but just a stressful reaction.

The impact of this cruel scene of purgatory on the three of them can be imagined.

Saber lowered her head slightly, unable to see her expression clearly, her body trembled slightly, and the fingers holding the hilt of the sword were clenched loudly.

Not fear, but anger.

"Yan-feng-qi-li!" Finally, she reached the limit of her patience, and her deep voice seemed to come out from between her teeth, containing boiling killing intent.

When these words were spoken, these "corpses" responded.

There was a movement in the coffin, they were trembling and weeping like mosquitoes, the coffin and insects were slowly gnawing at them, chewing their vitality and flesh and blood.

Ah──
what is this?
Why is this happening?

Emiya Shirou looked at all this in dismay, he couldn't utter a cry, during this time, he didn't even know who he was, where he was, what he was doing, he just felt his mind was blank and buzzing.

After finally regaining his senses, he found that these "corpses" were all teenagers.

For some reason, it even vaguely gave him a familiar feeling.

Shirou only felt a palpitation, his whole body was cold, and suddenly his body went limp.

Even though Archer had reminded him several times, this cruel scene was too exciting, making him directly think of the fire outside the Fuyuki Civic Hall ten years ago.

"Shirou, are you alright?"

Dizzy, he was about to fall, but Saber reached out to help him just in time.

Medusa with dull eyes took a deep breath and came back to her senses. She took a few steps forward, holding back the feeling of nausea and vomiting, and carefully observed the state of these teenagers and the coffin.

Frowning tightly, she realized that Kotomine Kirei had used some mechanism or magic, but the bodies of these boys had been melted into the coffin.

These coffins are connected to the flesh and blood of these teenagers, and Eggplant is constantly gnawing and absorbing the nutrients in their bodies.

Vitality, magic power, and even something similar to the soul are squeezed out by the coffin.

Just like parasites don't want their hosts to die, the reason why these teenagers are still alive is because someone wants to squeeze the vitality and magic power of these people a little bit, a little bit, a little bit.

There is no doubt that this is collecting magic.

Medusa made a judgment. She possesses the Noble Phantasm "Seal of the Other - Temple of Blood" that can absorb and absorb magic power, so she naturally knows it well.

"This is the priest collecting the magic power of humans. They have been in this situation for at least five years."

Speaking of this, the voice of Miss R, who thought she was ruthless to the enemy, trembled a little.

Killing, she did it too.

In fact, many Servants have killed countless people. Even King Dumao killed many invaders and alien races in order to protect Britain.

Absorbing the magic power of humans, she has also done it, and Caster has done it too.

"Seal of the Other - Temple of Blood" is very vicious, once it is activated, the people inside will quickly turn into pus and blood and become magic power.

However, whether it is Medusa using the "Blood Temple" to absorb the vitality and magic power of the teachers and students in the school, or C's mother attacking innocent townspeople.

Those people would be weak, miserable, and even die instantly afterwards.

But at least the process is quick and doesn't last long.

Killing is nothing more than nodding your head. However, sometimes, wanting to die happily is something you want but can't ask for.

If Father Yanfeng killed these teenagers directly, Sister R would only say that he was ruthless, but she wouldn't be too surprised.

She wouldn't be too surprised if Father Yanfeng drained the vitality and magic power of these children once or several times. She had released "Seal of Others - Temple of Blood" at school back then, but it was only given by Ren destroyed.

But as long as he thinks that in the basement, these teenagers have been in such a state of life and death for many years, even Medusa will feel her scalp go numb.

In the dark basement, limbs were cut off and placed in a coffin, and one had to watch one's own flesh and blood being devoured bit by bit, feeling the vitality and soul being absorbed bit by bit...

Over time, it was simply the cruelest punishment in the world.

Kariya has only been tortured by the old bug for a year, and these children have been tortured for at least five years.

Thinking of this, Medusa's body trembled.

She suddenly felt that she, the fiercely famous "Gorgon" in mythology, was nothing compared to Kotomine Kirei.

If people become cruel, even the devil will be shocked.

Medusa suddenly thought of what that guy Archer said. To be honest, she couldn't imagine that a human being could be so cruel before.

It's not even hard to imagine that Kotomine Kirei would definitely come to check here regularly.

He wanted to ensure that these teenagers were still alive, and by the way, check if there was any problem with the arrangement here, so that the teenagers could continue to serve as the magical "energy source" and "human battery".

This is simply...

People who often have to witness such a scene of purgatory on earth, even a little bit of conscience, will find it difficult to continue.

"No... more than five years, maybe ten... ten years." Shirou suddenly stood firm, no longer letting Saber support him.

With his back to Medusa and Saber, he couldn't see his expression clearly, and staggered a few steps to a certain "corpse".

Shirou pointed to an emerald pendant in the shape of angel wings on the boy's neck:

"I forgot his name, but ten years ago, in the ward of the hospital (after the fire, many people were sent to the hospital for treatment, including Shirou, and later Kiritsugu went to the hospital to officially adopt Shirou), he said , This is his grandfather's relic ─ ─ Emerald Wings.

He said that it was a token of love from his grandfather to his grandmother, and later his father gave it to his mother...

Because the shape is a bit unique, and this story, I... I still remember this thing, he is the... that... child, no wonder it always feels a little... familiar, they... they are all... orphans who survived the fire. "

At the end, Shirou's voice trembled and stammered.

His body trembled slightly, with a faint cry.

"Shirou!" Saber showed a worried look.

She wanted to go forward, but without looking back, he raised a hand to stop her: "I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine."

I couldn't see his expression clearly, but his voice seemed to be calm again.

But after hearing these words, watching his lonely back, Saber became even more worried. She already regretted that she didn't heed Archer's warning and let Shirou come in here.

Even a knight like her, who has been used to life and death in the battlefield for more than ten years, can't adapt to this kind of scene, let alone a teenager.

Worst of all, unlike her, Shirou knew the victims.

The fire was the boy's most painful scar, and this was undoubtedly another stab at his bloody wound!

"Originally, I should also be a member here, if it wasn't for the fact that my father adopted me back then."

His voice was a bit hoarse, and Shirou stared blankly at the acquaintance in front of him who looked like a walking dead, who could no longer even howl.

Until then, tears fell silently from his face.

They are all survivors of the fire, homeless, children who have lost everything, even if they have no blood, they still have a bond.

However, the fate is so cruel, even though there is nothing left, this ruthless world did not give these poor orphans any warmth in the end.

However, he was adopted by Kiritsugu, so only he was spared from such a fate.

Ah────Ah! !

Shirou really wanted to shout out loud, but he couldn't make any sound.

What right does he have to cry here, compared to these people, he at least has an adoptive father and a family.

Saber couldn't bear it anymore, and wanted to go forward, but was held back.

Glancing back, Medusa shook her head at her, signaling her not to disturb him at this time, any comfort at this moment would be useless and would only have the opposite effect.

Emiya Shirou originally had the guilt of being a survivor of the fire. It was the guilt of surviving and being saved while others were buried in the sea of ​​fire... Now, even the survivor seems to be the only one left.

At this time, he was only a thread away from collapse, and his mental will was strong enough to not go crazy.

"Rider, you said Kotomine Kirei used this method to absorb the vitality and magic power of these people, right? Why did it last for such a long time? What does Archer know?"

After a long silence, with his back to the two, Shirou asked.

Saber also had some doubts on his face: "Under normal circumstances, even if the priest wants to use this method to provide Lancer with magic power, it will be in the past few days. The Holy Grail War has only started less than a week ago."

"So, it's not Cu Chulainn, these magic powers are not provided to Lancer."

Medusa shook her head. She also knows magic and has some understanding of the methods of absorbing magic power. Pointing to these coffins, she added:

"Some of the arrangements under the church are barely functioning, that is to say, vitality and magic power are still being absorbed and sent to a certain Servant."

Brother Gou was eliminated and unable to receive magic power, which obviously has nothing to do with this shit.

In fact, Cu Chulainn didn't even know about it.

Otherwise, Brother Gou would definitely not be able to bear it. He could still bear the incident of Kotomine Kirei's sneak attack on Sister Ba, but this kind of thing has exceeded his bottom line. If he found out, he would definitely turn against Ma Po.

"It is to provide magic power for Servants, and it started ten years ago, doesn't that mean..."

Thinking about it, Saber was startled when he said this.

Medusa nodded: "That's right, obviously, a certain servant survived ten years ago, and Kotomine Kirei is serving him, providing the magic power he needs for his activities."

Father Mapo had three followers.

Hundred-faced Hassan has been chilled for a long time, and this magic power is obviously not for the big dog, so naturally only the great hero king is left.

"Is that Kim Pickup?" Saber frowned.

Before the end of the last Holy Grail War, besides her, five Servants were confirmed dead, and only Kim Pika was not eliminated at that time.

"To be precise, the King of Heroes, Gilgamesh."

Medusa couldn't help but shook her head, relying on the magic power of these young people to survive, is this kind of trash worthy of being called the King of Heroes?

──
(PS: This paragraph is from the FSN game plot. Players can choose to enter the scene──"Fifteen Days·Church Underground", the scene name: The Price of Survival · Karma Liquidation.

For consideration, several animations have deleted this plot, but it doesn't mean it didn't happen, Fate line, HF line, UBW line, this happened to any line. )
(End of this chapter)