Fate: How About a New Savior? Chapter 1007 - 84: Gains and Losses

Behind U-Olga Marie, Tezcatlipoca was holding sothing still beating in his hand as he swiftly leapt back, retreating beyond the attack range of the Unity God and Morgan.

The sandstorm was blown away in the next instant.

But it was already too late.

"Her heart...?"

Morgan saw it at once.

From U-Olga Marie's back, the spot corresponding to a human heart had been completely gouged out.

"The original plan was to take away the Alien God's ability to fight, then shove the whole thing down there."

Tezcatlipoca stood beside the massive pit at one side of the battlefield.

"But even a wrecked ship still has a few nails left in it. Things never go quite as smoothly as you want."

"What are you trying to do, Tezcatlipoca?!"

The Unity God form dissolved.

Holding U-Olga Marie in his arms as she went limp from losing her heart, Shiomi glared at Tezcatlipoca and demanded an answer.

"What am I trying to do? Do you really need to ask?"

Tezcatlipoca laughed lightly.

"I prepared three plans to awaken ORT. The first was to fully return to my divine state, fight you head-on, and use your authority to awaken ORT. The second was to use the Alien God as a sacrifice to awaken ORT. Of course, neither of those plans went very smoothly."

"So all that remains is the third plan."

"The one that depends most on luck."

Daybit walked over to Tezcatlipoca's side and took the still-beating heart of the Alien God from his hand.

"Now cos your final trial, young god!"

Tezcatlipoca cried out in excitent.

"If you cannot surpass even ORT, then all the sches of the gods amount to nothing more than castles in the air!"

"What does this an to you, Daybit?"

Shiomi looked straight at him.

"I already understand what Tezcatlipoca wants. But what do you gain from awakening ORT?"

"My objective is 'maintaining order.' I believe that is a good thing for humanity. This is my Order. Even if it ans sacrificing this planet, I will destroy Chaldea's plan. Not as a servant of the Alien God, and not for Human Order. Simply because it is a good that ought to be done."

That was Daybit's answer.

"Daybit once told that when all seven Lostbelts were cut away, my teacher Marisbury's safeguarding of Human Order would be complete."

A third voice rang out from the entrance.

Kirschtaria Wodi had arrived together with Olga Marie Animusphere and the newly reborn Team A.

"Sorry. Even with Teacher's markers guiding us, we were still too slow."

After apologizing to Shiomi, Kirschtaria turned to look at Daybit.

"But if that happens," Daybit said quietly, finishing the thought, "humanity will be branded across 13.8 billion light-years as 'the lowest intelligent lifeform born in this universe.' Before that can happen, I must destroy the Earth. Only then..."

"Only then can you destroy the celestial sphere that replicated the planet's soul, the alien Chaldeas. Is that right?"

Olga Marie took over from there.

"Unfortunately, Teacher Shiomi's mission cos after that. And my work cos before it. Without sufficient power, even if one becos a new god, it is still impossible to stop what has already been completed. That is why..."

Daybit looked down at the heart in his hand, still pulsing with life.

"You'd rather place your faith in this insane plan in your hands than believe we can stop Marisbury's plan from being completed?"

A wave of helpless anger rose in Shiomi's chest.

This was the final Lostbelt.

And it was also the road Marisbury had laid out long ago.

Perhaps before this, Shiomi had more than one chance to completely destroy the plan.

Britain. Scandinavia. Both had been such chances.

Koyanskaya's non-primate biosphere could have been another.

But no matter which one it was, choosing that path would also have ant erasing the world that had existed there.

The price was too great.

"If Teacher rejects our plan and succeeds in stopping ORT, then the future of this planet and of humanity will rest entirely in your hands."

As he said that, Daybit threw what he was holding downward.

He threw it toward the deepest place where ORT's true body lay sleeping.

All it took was a simple flick of the hand to cast that still-living heart down below.

Not even rewriting phenona could stop it now.

Because Tezcatlipoca was standing there.

He would interfere with any attempt to alter events until the result had been secured.

"Marisbury is not humanity's enemy. He is the universe's enemy. By destroying this planet, I can erase the stigma that humanity would otherwise be forced to bear. Teacher will save the world. I will save the universe. Even if both of us are ultimately trying to save humanity, differences in ans and thods naturally create conflict. I am only doing what I want to do."

"That's all there is to it. He's going to destroy a planet over nothing more than self-satisfaction. My Master is that kind of Berserker."

Tezcatlipoca bared his teeth, his white smile gleaming coldly.

"I get it now. I understand completely... Marie!"

After a brief silence, Shiomi suddenly raised his voice and called out to Olga Marie.

The U-Olga Marie in his arms jolted at first, before realizing he was not calling for her.

He was calling for the other "herself," the one she could not perceive.

"Take care of her. Get ready to withdraw. ORT could wake up at any mont."

Shiomi handed U-Olga Marie over to Olga Marie, then slowly rose to his feet.

"But Tezcatlipoca isn't going to let leave here that easily."

"Well said. The final revel before ORT awakens... I'll be counting on you to stay with to the very end, little brother."

Tezcatlipoca fixed his eyes on Shiomi.

Holding the exhausted U in her arms, Olga Marie turned and regrouped with Team A, preparing to retreat.

"It's ti to keep your promise, Daybit."

Kirschtaria walked up to him.

"This ti, I will capture you as a Magus of the new Chaldea."

"I never had any intention of breaking our agreent. After all, that person protected everyone."

Daybit accepted Kirschtaria's binding Magecraft and followed after the others.

"All the nuisances have been cleared away. ORT will awaken soon, three minutes at most," Tezcatlipoca said. "Without a willing sacrifice to work with, using the Alien God's heart is just a little slower."

"That's perfect."

As Shiomi spoke, Morgan stepped forward and placed her palm against his, the two of them rging into one.

"As a warm-up before ORT, the chief god of South Arica makes for the perfect appetizer. After all, this is a form that not even mighty Zeus, or even Chaos, ever got to witness with their own eyes."

At the sa ti, Tezcatlipoca released the last of his authority and transford into the form of a naked warrior.

"Then allow to judge it for myself."

He pointed the short spear in his hand at them.

"This so-called Unity God."