With all these elements piled together...
Even some of the locals could not help but believe the horror legends regarding this city fabricated by people on the internet. As for the city characteristics mentioned before, just taking a single one and placing it in an unknown, remote area would already suffice as material for a Far Eastern horror film...
Not to mention that this city has now gathered so many supernatural elements. Coupled with the inexplicable destruction and explosions that occurred 10 years ago, some paranormal enthusiasts would even search for past stories in the local library or visit the homes of the elderly to look for past reports. Someone has already summarized some situations that could be called anomalies from 60 years ago and 120 years ago.
Because of this, in the eyes of many, this city naturally became even more particularly attractive. If not for the fear of causing panic among the majority of the city's population, the city's administrators really wanted to develop it into a tourism city with a supernatural theme.
However, if one were to look back more than 100 years, perhaps genuine supernatural events really did happen in this remote town in the Far East. After all, this is the location of the Greater Grail, the carrier that completed the Third Magic. The demonic path attracts the demonic path, and mystery will always attract more mystery. If the Age of Gods had not declined, this city in the Far East would definitely have become a mysterious paradise to some extent.
At the same time, because the Holy Grail is here, even if magi do not know about this situation, they would more or less pass by here from time to time due to the principle of mystery attracting mystery. In that case, it is not impossible for some people to accidentally glimpse a fragmented and tiny corner of that world.
Remember that in the original world line, the Lesser Grail of the Fourth Holy Grail War was finally manifested in the Shinto Civic Center. This eventually led to a hole appearing in the sky above the hall, from which the black mud of All the World's Evils flowed out, causing an unimaginable fire and claiming many lives in this disaster.
After the ruins were finally cleared, the city's administrators built a memorial park on the site.
However, according to some side stories and data, not many people visit this park on weekdays because it is perennially shrouded in a gloom and chill that people can physically feel but do not know the source of.
It is unknown whether it is because those black muds soaked this land, or if it is truly the resentment of those who died staining this land due to the demonic path. In short, this city itself is unusual.
Moreover, there is a main spiritual leyline running through this small city. Looking at it this way, Fuyuki City actually possesses the capital to become the location of this country's capital.
However, speaking of which, precisely because people avoid this place, it allowed the mechanical puppets to approach here very easily. Unlike the civic center where another leyline is located, which requires stealthy infiltration.
At this very moment, in the center of this mountain, the existence wearing the human skin of a certain person named Lev was constantly tapping the ground with the cane in his hand. With every tap, the internal space of the entire mountain was also rapidly changing.
The Greater Grail, originally trapped by a rock cage, was slowly lifted. The golden light of the Greater Grail, which already contained a portion of magical energy, served as the only light source here for the moment and was raised high.
Then, the underground space, which was like a limestone cave, began to change its form. The ground of the ordinary cave became smoother, just like a temple floor paved with marble. Decorative pillars appeared one after another around the perimeter. Not only that, but many sculptures also emerged from the ground.
The stone pillar where the Winter Saint once sacrificed her body was wrapped on the outside by existences resembling Demon God Pillars one after another, becoming the pillar of this underground space.
Watching the gradually changing underground space, Flauros curled up a smile and gently pressed down his hat. Subsequently, magical energy spread outward. The entire black rock began to transform towards pure white. At the same time, flames appeared on several pillars, serving as additional light sources. For a moment, this underground space seemed to have returned to the Age of Gods; it was holy, yet revealed a strangeness belonging to the path of Demon Gods.
Looking at everything before them, resembling the throne where that man sat three thousand years ago, the 72 Demon God Pillars could not help but nod. At the same time, they began trying to connect the Greater Grail with the magical energy of the leylines. In this way, they could control the magical energy of the leylines through the Greater Grail, allowing them to unseal a bit more of the strength they could not exert.
Then, Flauros raised his palm to the side. A cage resembling a birdcage appeared in a special spot. Surrounded by flowers, the cage began to bloom... subsequently, a young girl fell into the cage. It was Sakura.
However, the magecraft acting on Sakura had not been lifted at this moment, so the girl remained in a coma.
Flauros was ultimately preparing for the worst-case scenario. At least this way, it didn't look like he had mistreated this little girl, right? If things really reached that extremely tragic step, there should be a glimmer of hope for survival. Probably...
However, all of this was just his own thought, different from the remaining 71 Demon Gods. He did not intend to tell the other Demon God Pillars either. After all, preparing for the worst before the war starts... if he said this out loud, he would probably be sprayed to death by his companions.
Suddenly, Flauros raised his head and placed his gaze on the entrance of the fabricated temple. Since they chose this place as their base camp and completely remodeled it, they naturally possessed certain perception and manipulation powers over this space. Precisely because of this, someone entering this space was naturally within their perception range.
"It seems guests have arrived. Sure enough, none of the participants in this Holy Grail War are fools. In that case, we should welcome the guests from outside, shouldn't we? Come, let us raise the curtain on the Christmas performance, in the name of the 72 Demon God Pillars!!"
When the humanoid puppets stepped into this area, the bonfires on those pillars lit up one after another, illuminating the entire pitch-black passage. Watching all this through these puppets, Da Vinci couldn't help but whistle. It seemed the enemy's location was found correctly, and she could properly get a good look at the true face of the 72 Demon God Pillars.