Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today

"Next step……?"

"That's right."

Erqite nodded, but did not continue immediately. Instead, he asked a seemingly irrelevant question——

"Ritsuka, you should know that I am not the real Archetype: Earth now, right?"

Archetype: Earth, which is Earth UO, the representative of the earth's will, the strongest individual on the planet.

With the first spiritual base, she is the future [which should have been in this form originally]; with the second spiritual base, she is the present [that became like this due to some accident]; with the third spiritual base, she is [if it had not been invaded by errors] Time] may have existed in the past.

What she stands here, that is, the third spiritual base, is essentially the representative of the earth's will, the star spirit closest to the earth's UO.

But even so, she is ultimately just the [closest] candidate for the Star Mind Body, not the official Earth UO.

"...Since my birth, Gaia and I have been trying to think about what elements I am missing from the real Earth UO."

"And recently, we finally got the answer——"

Arquette's tone paused for a moment. She looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka and said firmly:

"The element we are missing is human will!"

Under normal circumstances, in addition to the ore itself that makes up its matrix, the concept of a planet should naturally also include everything born on the planet, including gods, fairies, dragons, and even plants, insects, etc...

And the consciousness of the planet should naturally be the consciousness that leads all of this.

But things are a little different on Earth.

Gods, fairies, dragons... and even most of the creatures on the earth, they indeed belong to one side of the planet.

However, the race that now occupies the vast majority of the surface, humans, has escaped Gaia's control and has even developed a consciousness that is unique to them——

That is the collective subconscious of mankind, the Alaya Consciousness, which is also one of the inhibitory forces today.

Erquit explained:

"...Alaya consciousness should have been a part of Gaia, but now it has become independent. Because of this, as a UO on Earth, I am still incomplete without the power of this human part."

"I see."

Fujimaru Ritsuka and Roman both looked stunned. They didn't expect that this was the reason.

But then, Fujimaru Ritsuka asked doubtfully:

"So, what does this have to do with me?"

Since it is a problem with Alaya Consciousness, then we should go after it to cause trouble, right? Why are the two parties still cooperating?

"If you want me to become a complete Earth UO, letting Gaia absorb Alaya consciousness is indeed one of the feasible options, but it is by no means as simple as it sounds."

Erquet shook his head. It is true that Gaia and Alaya did not deal with each other many times, but if the two sides really wanted to go to war, there would undoubtedly be more problems and serious consequences.

"More importantly, we found other ways to do it."

Having said this, she looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka and chuckled:

"Ritsuka, you now have the same power."

"……Wait for me?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka pointed at herself in surprise, not knowing why the other party said that.

But then, she seemed to suddenly remember something, and she was suddenly startled, and then she said hesitantly:

"You shouldn't be referring to the principle of [existence], right?"

Erquette nodded heavily and said happily:

"that's it!"

Survival, reproduction, development... This is the subconscious and instinct rooted in every race with intelligence. Alaya consciousness is the product of human collective subconscious. It aims to protect the survival and development of human beings, that is, to protect human beings. .

Correspondingly, the principle of "survival" held by Ritsuka Fujimaru, who is now BeatV, can be said to be the same product!

"In other words,"

Arquette's tone gradually became a little high-spirited, and the eyes she looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka also shone with excitement.

"Ritsuka, in a sense, you are almost the same existence as Alaya Consciousness! You also possess the power of [human consciousness]!"

"Am I actually...so powerful...?"

Hearing this, Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at his hands with a confused expression.

It has to be said that Erquet's entire logic is quite clear and smooth, and it doesn't sound like he is exaggerating.

But to say that she now exists on the same level as the Alaya Consciousness... it feels a bit unreal...

After all, that is inhibition.

Hey, wait a minute...

At this moment, recalling the series of speeches made by Arquette, Fujimaru Ritsuka thought of an important question——

If we say that she is now an equal existence to Alaya Consciousness, wouldn’t that mean——?

"that……"

Thinking of this, Fujimaru Ritsuka looked up at Arquette, but suddenly found that the other person's face was stained with a trace of blush from unknown moment.

Before she could ask, Erquette took a deep breath, stretched out his hand to her as if to muster the courage, and sincerely invited her:

"Are you willing to combine with me and become the real Archetype: Earth?"

"Ah this..."

…

After being stunned for a while, Fujimaru Ritsuka did not agree immediately.

Having fought against UO several times, she clearly understands the meaning of UO and how powerful it is.

However, becoming the Earth's UO together with Arquette... This kind of development is somewhat outrageous.

Coupled with this series of heavyweight information, the bombardment made her a little dizzy. Now she wanted to sort out the information and think about it carefully before making a decision.

Arquette was not surprised by Fujimaru Ritsuka's delayed selection.

Although she is a pure girl who does not care about worldly affairs, she also understands that this is a major matter that requires careful consideration.

"Oh, right."

At this moment, Arquette seemed to remember something again and said to Fujimaru Ritsuka:

"Besides that, there's one other thing."

"……What's up?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka's expression became a little nervous, fearing that her heart would not be able to bear it after hearing some important speech again.

Seeing this, Erquette couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth, but after realizing it, he quickly returned to his original state and said:

"Don't worry, it's not a big deal this time."

"It's just that Chaldea needs to move again and can't stay on the surface anymore."

"Eh?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka was stunned for a moment and asked:

"Why?"

Erquette said helplessly:

"Because the current surface environment is no longer able to support such a huge mystery."

The age of gods ends, mankind rises, and mystery gradually declines...

This is the current environmental condition on the earth's surface and the path humans have chosen.

So gods, dragons, fairies... fantasy species either choose to go to the inner sea of ​​stars, or choose to leave the earth, or go to a different space in a different dimension from the surface of the earth - the [Land of Shadows] owned by Scathach. exactly.

Moreover, not only the life on the Gaia side, but also the powerful magicians among humans are no exception, and they have stayed away from human civilization.

But now, the [mystery] gathered in Chaldea is far more exaggerated than the three existing headquarters of the Magic Association, or even the gathering of gods from the Age of Gods!

Seeing Fujimaru Ritsuka's expression gradually becoming heavy, Arquette sighed softly:

"Although Chaldea is located in the center of Antarctica that human civilization has not yet touched, if this continues-"

"The surface environment may be about to collapse."