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"assassin, Tsukijouin Magane—yeah right. Hello~ I'm your adorable Magane-chan~"
Facing the grinning Tsukijima Shinkan, who was about to launch into a long-winded speech, Lin Yi nodded knowingly. Then, as if it were the most natural thing in the world, he took out his earphones from under his robe, put them in his ears, and made a gesture of readiness as heavy metal music started playing.
"Please begin your performance."
Re:CREATORS: Chapter 509 Re: The Holy Grail War (12)
Tsukijoin Shinkan is a "neutral" character who belongs to neither the Chaos nor the Order camp. However, despite being called neutral, most of his actions are evil. In short, he is a dangerous individual who acts entirely according to his own ideas.
Of course, Lin Yi didn't need to remember so much meaningless information; he only needed to remember one thing: put on your headphones and don't listen to her rambling.
Yes, Chikujoin Makan's ability is "language," similar to a devil's deceptive contract, creating traps in words and writing, arousing the other party's emotions and then taking effect... It is not necessary to investigate too much about what specific abilities are used in the process, and there is no need to try to outsmart the other party with words.
Regarding the "setting" of this character, Lin Yi only needs to focus on one thing.
"Please begin your performance."
Even from this distance, Chikujoin Shinkan could hear the heavy metal sonic booming through the headphones. In this situation, let alone speaking, even shouting would probably not be heard clearly by the other side.
Wisely, this newly emerged assassin immediately raised his hands.
"surrender."
Lin Yi was also very pleased with the gracious reaction of Tsukihime Shinkan. He did not make things too difficult for this "neutral" character and directly unleashed a Noble Phantasm to wipe him out. The whole process took less than ten seconds, which is probably a record in the history of the Holy Grail War.
Lin Yi was still somewhat incredulous when he was able to sense the emergence of new "offers" within the source. After all, it seemed that both the Order and Chaos factions had suffered quite a few losses at the hands of this character before. Lin Yi had originally thought that the other party possessed abilities other than "speech," but now it seemed that he was only slightly stronger than an ordinary person.
In other words, she defeated both sides with just her words?
"...That's unbelievable. Do people in this world not pay attention to the setting?"
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Inside the barrier.
The spears clashed fiercely, and after a brief stalemate, one side emerged victorious. However, before it could launch a pursuit, the Frege Knight, who was close behind, had already unleashed the magic he had prepared. To avoid the lightning bolt, the cavalrymen had no choice but to dodge towards the sky above.
Just then, the magical girl below, who had been gathering her strength, unleashed a powerful beam of magical energy. Even though the cavalry noticed the sudden attack, they were unable to completely avoid it. After being hit by the magical beam, the energy clash triggered an explosion.
Stepping back a distance, Alice watched with a grave expression as magical smoke billowed from the center of the explosion.
"This guy... is very strange."
"Did you feel it too?"
"Well, not her abilities, but her fighting style."
As the magical smoke slowly dissipated, the figure within it once again came into the three people's view.
Due to the impact of magic, her armor appeared somewhat tattered, but even with such damage, her expression remained unchanged as she coldly stared at her three opponents.
“As mortals, your actions are worthy of being called ‘heroes’.”
"……what?"
The sudden speech of the "heroic spirit" left the three bewildered, not only by the fact that it could speak, but also by the content of its words.
"Is he not a 'protagonist' but a 'hero'?"
"The 'protagonist' only exists in your stories, but you who exist in this world are saving the world. It is no exaggeration to call this journey 'heroic'."
"Since you know we're saving the world, even if you're not going to help, don't come and get in our way."
Clinging to a slim hope, Seresia, controlling the Frege Knight, tried to persuade the "heroic spirit" before her: "Heroes or mortals, aren't we all born because of this world?"
“…ba山零jiu 零泣究V捌…”
The "Heroic Spirit" fell silent. Just as Seresia was about to say something, the "Heroic Spirit" spoke again—with a coldness different from the previous moment: "We should not exist in this world, but we have no choice but to exist in this world."
"Wait, what are you saying—"
Without giving the three any further questions, the heroic spirit, holding the holy lance aloft, soared into the sky at a speed far exceeding its previous speed. At this moment, the warning from the mage reached the three's ears.
[Be careful, her magic and 'acceptance power' are increasing rapidly!]
Driven by the ever-increasing energy, the heroic spirit easily shook off the three people below who were trying to intercept it. It stopped abruptly when it was almost beyond the height limit that the barrier could cover, and then turned the raised holy lance downwards.
At this moment, every character within the barrier felt an inexplicable sense of oppression.
"My name is Artoria Pendragon, the Heroic Spirit who inherits the Holy Lance Rungomminiad. O 'heroes' of this world, if you do not wish for the destruction of this world, then stop us—stop the shining light at the end of this world!"
The knights, having reached their peak, began their charge: lances in hand, they charged towards the enemies below—no, towards the entire city.
The excessively expanded magic formed the outer shell of the "Holy Lance." Under that dazzling light that seemed to illuminate everything, a "spear" hundreds of meters long formed at the top of the barrier, in the sky at an altitude of over five thousand meters. It "slowly" tore through the enveloping clouds and "pierced" the earth with endless intense light.
"Rhongomyniad—!!! (Shining in the Spear of the End)"
Faced with this "holy lance" that can penetrate the earth's strata, any resistance would be futile.
This is something that no one of our size can contend with. Just as the strongest ant cannot do anything to the weakest human, the only feeling one can have when standing in front of the Shining Holy Lance is helplessness: the helplessness of a mortal facing the collapse of the sky.
Special disaster headquarters.
"Central energy intensity too high, requesting backup!"
"Stability is rapidly declining; we can't hold on any longer—"
"The barrier is beginning to collapse and is expected to reach its limit in thirteen seconds."
"Stop it at all costs!! We absolutely cannot allow this thing to appear in this world!!!"
As Kikuchihara watched the "holy lance" tearing through the clouds and piercing the earth on the constantly flickering screen, his face turned deathly pale.
The barrier Meteora constructed within the city using the power of the Special Disaster Headquarters is not omnipotent, as demonstrated by Kiyohime's self-destruction. Any impact exceeding its limit will cause the barrier to shake; however, these theoretically insurmountable limits have repeatedly occurred, and this time it has even begun to shake the barrier's very existence—
It is conceivable that if this barrier collapses at this moment, then this "holy spear" that is hundreds of meters long will appear in the sky above the city center without any hindrance.
What will it be like when that time comes?
Re:CREATORS: Chapter 510 Re: The Holy Grail War (13)
"Hmm, is the ability to admit it still insufficient?"
Watching a Command Seal slowly fade and disappear on the back of his hand, and sensing the gradually disappearing aura inside the barrier, Lin Yi felt no surprise.
Just like a forbidden zone of life, any powerful force, if it does not have enough "foundation" before it is released, will create a situation of "hurting the enemy a thousand while hurting yourself eight hundred". The Noble Phantasm that "Artoria Pendragon" can release in its normal state should only be the incomplete "Spear of the End", even so it will require a lot of magic power - a part of which becomes recognition power in this world.
However, if one forcibly activates a Noble Phantasm in its full form using a Command Spell when the power of recognition itself is insufficient, the only option is to consume the Heroic Spirit's own existence if there is no power of recognition or magical energy to consume. Ultimately, a Heroic Spirit is a body formed from a large amount of magical energy, so it is reasonable for it to squeeze energy from within when it is insufficient to charge externally.
"...What a pity, you should have used your abilities more effectively."
Looking at the barrier before him, which had withstood a great deal of impact and was on the verge of collapse yet still stubbornly existed, Lin Yi let out a breath: "If only there were no more nonsense."
Inside the barrier.
The girl in military uniform frowned as she put away her sword and gun and surveyed the city, which had been razed to the ground by the aftershocks.
Even though she once aimed to "destroy the world," she still found it hard to accept the horrific scene she witnessed. After all, ideals are one thing, and reality is another.
Although she intervened at the last moment to prevent the "Holy Lance" from truly descending and piercing the barrier, the spreading aftershocks were still terrifying. If it had actually erupted in the real world instead of this deserted barrier, the disaster that would have occurred was something she didn't even want to imagine.
"...Is this what it means to destroy the world?"
Confronting the lingering horror of the past, the girl in military uniform began to doubt her former self.
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The Holy Grail War temporarily ended on the fourth day with the departure of "Berserker (Kiyohime)" and "Rider (Artoria Pendragon)" from the Black faction. No third Servant infiltrated the barrier, and Meteora, who was working to repair it, failed to detect any trace of a third Servant's intrusion. Instead, she let time pass slowly as if nothing had happened until the fifth day.
However, the Red Team, despite winning two battles, showed no sign of joy. If the self-destruction of "berserker" in the first battle had already taken them by surprise, then the Holy Lance in the second battle, which seemed capable of piercing the earth, completely exceeded everyone's limits.
If Altair hadn't already persuaded him using the same method he used to persuade Briz Toca, and hadn't successfully prevented the Holy Lance from actually descending, the Holy Grail War would probably have ended by now.
Through these two battles, the Red team finally understood what the Black team's "Heroic Spirits" were all about.
"Their strength is only one factor that makes them so powerful; what truly makes them so difficult to defeat is their will."
Recalling the two battles last night, Seresia, who had not yet fully recovered, looked somewhat haggard: "For victory, they are willing to pay any price, including themselves."
"It's as if they're the ones protecting the world, and we're the ones destroying it."
"...Perhaps not entirely so."
The mage who suddenly spoke drew everyone's attention: "The first one, Berserker's words may have been made out of her own will, after all, her story shows how much she hates 'lies'. But the second one, Rider's words are a bit strange."
“If she had fought with this belief from the beginning, she wouldn’t have needed to say those things to Seresia and His Highness the Knight, and I’m also very confused about the content of those words.”
“She called us ‘heroes’.”
The knight recalled the conversation from the previous night: "Yes, they told us to stop her... or were they?"
"The strangest thing is that her attitude changed very strangely. She launched an attack right at the beginning of her conversation with Seresia and His Highness the Knight, and it was an attack that came at the cost of her own existence."
"Could it be understood that they were manipulated into making those kinds of attacks?"
Just then, Bai Yaxiang, who had been listening in, spoke up: "That shouldn't be possible. I heard about their relationship from that guy before. They're just a summoner and a summoned. They can't control the actions of the heroic spirits."
"If it were just a regular 'master' and 'severent' relationship, that would be true. However, there is a second layer of relationship beyond that."
By piecing together the scattered clues, the mage felt he was getting closer and closer to the truth: "The body that sustains the 'Heroic Spirit's' existence—the provider of the Greater Grail's magic, and the reason that sustains the 'Heroic Spirit's' existence—the creator of the Lesser Grail."
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"What do you plan to do next?"
In the stronghold where he had unknowingly become the only "guest" left, a gunman suddenly appeared and asked Lin Yi, who was preparing for the next stage, "Kill all the enemies and then destroy this world?"
"I thought you wouldn't want to talk to me."
"As a summoned Severent Field, it is normal for it to exchange information with the Master."
"Unfortunately, the other Severents summoned to this world like you do not seem to share the same thoughts."
He paused for a moment, then said, "Shouldn't we say that 'avoiding it at all costs' is the norm?"
"..."
After a long silence, Scáthach's voice rang out again: "The reason for the existence of Heroic Spirits is to maintain the existence of the world and the continuation of history. Sometimes they have to appear as cleaners to eliminate threats, but most of the time they help the magicians of the present world to complete the task of saving the world in a positive light."
"However, your actions completely deviate from the meaning of Heroic Spirits' existence. Instead of continuing the world and history, you acted solely with the goal of destroying everything. Due to the existence of the 'Root,' we have no choice but to accept your will, but that is all. I believe you were already aware of this when you made the decision to let the other Heroic Spirits perish."
After saying that, he disappeared without a trace.
"For destruction?"
Lin Yi glanced at the spot where the heroic spirits had disappeared and shook his head: "It's just a price to pay."
Re:CREATORS: Chapter 511 Re: The Holy Grail War (14)
The "show" is being performed on stage, but the "audience" below the stage is not just watching.
As usual, after watching the new anime series that aired that day, Mashiro Moritaka did not immediately log off to start working towards his dream of becoming a manga artist. Instead, he kept replaying several scenes in his mind.
His still hazy thoughts prevented him from truly recognizing his own feelings, and he subconsciously opened the comments section below where others were watching the series together.
[Grab the first floor!]
[First floor!]
I'm on the first floor!
My son lives downstairs.
……
By the time you see me, you'll already be over 10 followers.
Is this interesting?
【roll】
[Focus on watching anime]
……
[Rui Kanoya has left the stage just like that?!]
[Wasn't this supposed to be the protagonist? I strongly protest!]
[This must be a shady deal; the production company should come out!]
Come on, the production company didn't even ask for the rights, otherwise would you still be seeing this kind of blockbuster drama?