Chapter 137: Let Me See Who Exactly Will Be Summoned!
Noah truly hadn't expected that in Rome during this period, there were already magi beginning to research something like Heroic Spirit summoning!
However, as Marcus led him to his Magecraft workshop and explained the project along the way, Noah gradually came to understand.
Marcus had always enjoyed investigating various ancient ruins.
This current era wasn't far removed from the Age of Gods.
Although most of the chaotic elements from the Age of Gods had either sunk into the Inner Sea of the Planet or truly vanished, many ancient things were still preserved within those ruins.
Thus, Marcus was simply curious about this era that seemed visible yet completely different from the present, and the idea of summoning ancient heroes naturally emerged.
This project even caused him to retire early from the court mage corps—where he could have remained for another decade or more—and he had been preparing for it ever since.
It was just that the progress...
"Although I've always wanted to find a few helpers, people interested in these things are quite rare... Researching many aspects alone hasn't been ideal."
"This has led to the rather slow progress we see now."
"But I'm fairly certain this model should be feasible—I just don't know if I'll live to see the day when a Heroic Spirit is truly summoned."
Marcus sighed with some emotion.
"If only I could see it... And if, before I die, I could leave behind the technique for summoning Heroic Spirits, then if Rome ever faces problems in the future, later magi could use this method to summon the great heroes and emperors from Rome's past to resolve the crisis."
Hearing Marcus say this, Noah was visibly taken aback.
Because he remembered that during his simulation involving the Titan, Rome had mentioned they had a plan to deal with the Titan, but it wasn't completed due to time constraints.
Could it be this?
Was Rome at that time planning to summon Heroic Spirits to confront the Titan...
If that were the case, it would be far too naive.
Roman Heroic Spirits naturally receive bonuses within their homeland, especially in this era—the bonuses for Rome's famous emperors would undoubtedly be even more formidable.
But...
The Titan is connected to Velber.
The reappearance of the White Giant might even have Velber's influence behind it... If not for Excalibur and the first Holy Sword wielder, the White Giant and Velber would have destroyed everything as early as the dawn of the Age of Gods.
Even back then, it was like that.
Summoning Heroic Spirits now...
One could only say that if you summoned the Divine Ancestor Romulus in a Grand vessel, then perhaps there might be some hope.
After all, in the Lostbelt, the Divine Ancestor could exchange blows with the omnipotent god Zeus, and the catalyst for that Lostbelt's emergence was Zeus having a sudden inspiration and merging during the Greek gods' confrontation with the wandering star.
So, a Grand Divine Ancestor might have some means.
But Grand vessels aren't so easily summoned. Aside from the old director in FGO—who somehow managed to summon Solomon into a Holy Grail War—other Grands basically only appear when Beasts emerge...
Thus, summoning Heroic Spirits to confront the Titan...
This probably won't work.
While Noah was thinking about these things, Scáthach, after reviewing Marcus's research, became somewhat interested in his work.
After all, although she had a premonition that she and those disciples would meet again sooner or later, wouldn't it be great if she could summon a few in advance and give them a good beating whenever she felt like it!
So Scáthach also flipped through Marcus's research materials and offered her own opinions on a considerable portion of them.
Although Scáthach is a warrior, with the Wisdom of Dún Scáith, she possesses a remarkably high level of Magecraft.
This led to many of her suggestions and practical improvements being revolutionary for Marcus.
It even gave Marcus the feeling at one point that he was merely proposing an idea, while Scáthach was the Magus ready to execute it.
She spoke more and more, and Marcus went from initially trying to understand and add his own suggestions to directly recording everything, completely following Scáthach's instructions.
Meanwhile, Lucius, who knew nothing about Magecraft, stood by Noah's side.
"I don't understand any of this Magecraft stuff, but if we really can summon a Heroic Spirit, I'd kind of like to see who planted that big tree next to the imperial palace!"
"The big tree next to the imperial palace?"
Noah was puzzled, and Lucius, completely unaware that what he was saying was far beyond what a mercenary should know, simply nodded.
"Yeah, there's a big tree next to the Roman imperial palace. This tree directly connects to a secret royal passage from inside the palace to outside Rome. Only the royal family would know about it, and it was definitely built by some emperor in the past. So I'm really curious about who planted this big tree here—heh, whoever thought of using a big tree as a staircase for a secret passage must be really good at climbing trees!"
Are you just not even pretending anymore?
Noah was stunned, but Lucius didn't notice at all that he had already spilled the beans and was still talking.
"If we can summon that person as a Heroic Spirit, I'd really like to have a competition with them—to see who climbs trees faster, me, who my family calls a wild monkey, or them!"
Hearing Lucius say this, Noah fell silent and just stared at him.
He thought Lucius had just gotten carried away and would realize it after a while.
But the reality was...
—He completely didn't realize it.
While Scáthach and Marcus, or rather Scáthach, were working on the Heroic Spirit Summoning Ritual, Lucius soon grew bored and, after eating a bunch of bananas, went off to sleep.
Even then, he didn't realize he had spilled the beans.
Noah sighed softly, then ignored him and slowly walked over to Scáthach and Marcus.
It seemed Scáthach had already finalized the general framework of the Heroic Spirit Summoning Ritual.
Thinking about it carefully, there didn't seem to be any issues.
After all, among the three founding families of the Holy Grail War held in Fuyuki City, the Einzbern originated from this land. If Rome hadn't split, then theoretically, the Einzbern would have been a Roman family.
So now, the Heroic Spirit summoning ritual being born in Rome... isn't that also plausible?
Thinking this, Noah looked at the ritual that was already taking shape and sighed with emotion.
If he remembered correctly, this thing seemed to be related to the Third Magic... However, there were also other methods to summon Heroic Spirits without using the Third Magic. Considering it this way, perhaps it could still work?
Noah was only deeply knowledgeable about Alchemy when it came to Magecraft.
For other things, he mostly had a general understanding but wasn't truly well-versed. It was more like he could grasp the basics without delving deeper.
So, as he watched the ritual Scáthach had prepared, he couldn't offer any real suggestions—he merely understood what was happening.
However, when he noticed that the ritual was entirely based on random summoning, he couldn't help but ask casually out of curiosity.
"Why not use items left behind by the Heroic Spirits during their lifetimes—relics—to conduct the summoning?"
Hearing him say this, Marcus widened his eyes in surprise, and even Scáthach looked taken aback.
"That's right, we could use that method too!"
With just a casual remark from Noah, who had knowledge of the Holy Grail War, Scáthach seemed to have entered a whole new world of possibilities.
After that, their conversation began to include Noah, and he shared some of his understanding of the Holy Grail War.
Things like local Heroic Spirit bonuses, Command Spells, mana maintenance, Masters, and using wishes to elicit responses from Heroic Spirits...
For Noah, a transmigrator, these were concepts he could easily mention, but to Scáthach, they sounded like original ideas Noah had come up with.
This made her nod repeatedly as she organized the information and incorporated it into the ritual.
Once everything was discussed, the Heroic Spirit summoning ritual was roughly finalized. Then, Marcus casually asked a question.
"By the way, now that the ritual is settled, what should the first relic be?"
Hearing Marcus's words, the smile on Scáthach's face cooled slightly. She then placed the notebook in front of Marcus.
"The first relic... let's use this! I want to see exactly who gets summoned!"