That night, in Fuyuki City.
Cicadas chirped quietly, and faint moonlight gently illuminated the courtyard of the old mansion.
A girl in a deep purple kimono leaned alone against a cold wooden pillar, gazing up at the waning moon floating in the night sky.
Her once-bright eyes looked unbearably hollow beneath the gloomy sky.
"Dead…?"
The girl muttered quietly, as if dreaming.
In her mind, the news of Matou Yuu's death declaration played over and over again.
Ever since Matou Yuu left for the Clock Tower, Matou Sakura had been waiting for his return in the darkness… For her, his existence was the only pillar supporting her spirit.
But now… the pillar that had firmly supported her had completely collapsed along with Matou Zouken's cruel declaration monts ago.
They had lost all hope for the future, lost the only warmth they could feel in this world, and lost the love they had yearned for most deeply in their hearts.
"Are you very sad?"
The black shadow lying quietly at the girl's feet suddenly twitched eerily, as if it had gained life.
From the depths of her soul, an unbelievably captivating, sweet yet terrifyingly languid female voice echoed.
"You've been looking forward to this mont for years, patiently and obediently enduring… yet you couldn't even feel the last trace of warmth left in his palm."
That voice laughed gently, like a lover whispering in her ear, while rcilessly stripping away the layers of pain from the girl's heart.
"Look, love is truly a cruel and painful thing, isn't it? You were willing to do anything for him, yet this unreasonable world casually snatched him away from you."
So why must you always suppress your emotions and remain an obedient good girl?
The girl lowered her eyes and fell silent.
However, the shadow at her feet began to boil and swirl violently in the dark corner where the moonlight could not reach.
Outside the entrance, along the dark street leading to the edge of the Matou family mansion, the faint streetlights flickered violently with crackling electrical sounds, as if unable to withstand so force.
Endurance only leads to being abandoned and losing everything in the end. Since you're already deeply hurt, stop enduring.
That voice possessed a captivating power that lured people, soothed them, and made them willingly submit.
Ten years ago, the Fourth Holy Grail War ended when the Knight King Artoria shattered the Greater Grail with a single sword strike.
But afterward, the black mud symbolizing All the World's Evils covered Fuyuki City.
Along with the calamity connecting the Imaginary Numbers and the abyss, another extrely special disaster quietly descended—one that no one knew had perfectly lodged itself inside Matou Sakura's…
Initially, she had only been attracted to Matou Yuu's special Imaginary Numbers attribute, but she vaguely sensed a dangerous existence lurking deep within that young man's soul and decisively abandoned her second choice, turning her attention to another girl who also possessed extrely high Imaginary Numbers aptitude, and had been hiding ever since.
"Hate! Be jealous! Destroy everything! Kill everyone who took him away! Drown this abhorrent world that killed him in our love!"
"Then go and bring him back. Even if it's a mutilated corpse, even if his soul is shattered into pieces, let him completely dissolve into our swamp, so he can never escape again, and make him our eternal possession... Wouldn't that be enough?"
"Don't you want to see that man one more ti?"
Faced with the constantly whispering seductive voice, images of the Matou family over the past ten years and the warm smile of the young man before her flashed through Matou Sakura's mind one after another.
Light and shadow rapidly intertwined and eventually lted into the desolate night.
"Ah… Yes."
The purple-haired girl slowly raised her cold face, which had long since lost its warmth, and gazed in the direction of Snowfield City.
"Yuu, I want to see you again."
Then, as if sighing, she finally voiced her wish.
Buzz—!
The very next mont, accompanied by the crackling sound of electricity, the streetlights lining the street vanished without a trace.
…
…Located on a high ground overlooking Snowfield City.
The endless Sea of Life surged and roiled like a world-destroying tsunami toward rlin's location.
The white-haired magus raised his face, and his purple eyes clearly reflected the black torrent that was about to completely swallow him.
He let out a helpless sigh and slowly closed his eyes, as if he had already accepted his death.
"Ah, even the almighty rlin is completely powerless against such an unreasonable and all-encompassing attack…"
rlin possessed the highest-level Illusion A, but Tiamat's Sea of Life was a large-scale dinsional reduction attack combining both physical and conceptual elents.
Even if he could deceive the senses of the Black Mud with illusions, he would not be able to escape unscathed before being swallowed by the tsunami.
After all, the mont he decided to pour all his strength into erecting a barrier and forcibly putting ORT to sleep, he had no choice but to accept the fate of being swallowed by the surging Sea of Life.
He probably wouldn't actually die… but that black mud would definitely sll terrible, right?
Just as the white-haired magus closed his eyes, an extrely arrogant snort suddenly rang in his ears.
"Have you already given up? rlin, you're even more cowardly and incompetent than I imagined."
Whoosh!
Almost simultaneously with the tallic clanging sound, a divine golden chain tore through the air from afar at lightning speed and tightly wrapped around rlin's waist.
rlin suddenly opened his eyes and looked down.
…Chains of Heaven!
"Oh my? This is…"
He was inwardly delighted and suddenly turned to look behind him.
The raging Sea of Life was churning with massive waves, and a fierce wind was blowing the soft hair of the green-haired beauty before him.
He stood quietly in the void, raised his face, and a faint apologetic smile appeared on his handso face.
"Sorry we're late, Jill and I."
The mont those words left his mouth, the Chains of Heaven suddenly exerted their power!
In the final tenth of a second before the black mud wave could reach him, rlin was forcibly pulled out of the abyss by an imnse force.
He traced an extrely dangerous parabola in the air and then, thanks to the magical cushioning effect, lightly and safely landed beside the two.
rlin lightly patted his black-mud-stained robe and let out a sigh of relief, speaking with gratitude. "You two really saved ."
What appeared in the darkness were Gilgash and Enkidu, who had just repaired their spiritual origins and rushed to the battlefield.
"No… Rather than saying we granted you a great favor, rlin, it would be more accurate to say that you saved this planet."
Enkidu lightly shook his head, his erald eyes gazing solemnly toward the distant South Arican continent as he muttered, "If that monster had truly awakened at this critical mont... the battle with Tiamat would have completely destroyed this planet's ecosystem."
ORT.
As a Gaia-side weapon closely related to the planet's source, Enkidu understood better than anyone just how much of a disaster ORT truly was.
It was an alien creation capable of forcibly trampling even the physical laws of this planet.
It possessed no concept of lifespan or death. Once fully awakened, it would use its predatory instincts to forcibly transform the entire surface of this planet into a desolate Crystal Valley.
Hearing this, rlin could only sigh and shrug. "Rather than saying I kept it asleep, it would be more accurate to say it hasn't fully awakened yet."
"Comparing a soulless, extrely limited existence with having nothing at all… A aningful battle? This thing clearly prefers a comfortable and quiet sleeping environnt. Otherwise, even with my most exquisite illusions, it would be impossible to hypnotize that unreasonable monster."
"Is your boring small talk still not over?"
At that mont, an extrely low growl suddenly ca from beneath the ground.
"If we don't stop Tiamat now, the future we long for and the humanity you cherish will fall into aningless nothingness because of this black mud."
Almost simultaneously, both Gilgash and Enkidu lowered their gazes.
When Gilgash saw the golden colossal beast that had appeared before him, he slightly narrowed his crimson eyes, and a look of contempt and mockery appeared on his face.
Enkidu, standing beside him, showed a rare expression of deep surprise.
Beast…?
Although he had never officially fought one before, Enkidu had instantly seen through the golden colossal beast's true identity through his instinctive perception of the great source.
Without a doubt… that was a Beast that sought to obstruct Human Order.
Although the true identity of this golden colossal beast was unknown, the Beast that had been an obstacle to humanity was now standing on the side of humanity alongside the other Grand Heroic Spirits?
"I see... Goetia, is it?"
High in the sky, Gilgash looked down at the golden colossal beast radiating an aura of calamity.
Having seen through his opponent's predicant, he imdiately let out an irrepressible laugh.
"Hahahaha! Interesting! Absolutely hilarious! I've traveled the world for many years, but I've never seen such ridiculously comical entertainnt!"
"A re thief who tried to steal from my garden is now coming to repair the embanknt so the garden doesn't flood? Goetia, the pitiful sight of you desperately trying to protect a tiny bit of fuel is so funny it hurts my stomach."
Despite having his plan so blatantly exposed by his opponent, Goetia showed no panic or anger whatsoever.
After all, compared to his grand plan of incinerating this place, he now had only one goal.
He had to stop Tiamat at any cost.
"King of Heroes, stop your pointless mockery. If your eyes truly can see through the future... have you ever seen the young man nad Matou Yuu?"
"Where is he now?" Goetia asked in a low voice.
Hearing this, Gilgash's smile gradually faded.
He slightly narrowed his eyes and said, "This ti, it wasn't who infiltrated the human world as a Grand Caster, but you. Don't tell your arrogant Clairvoyance has already foreseen that desperate future after his interference completely disappeared?"
Staring at Tiamat, who had transford into a dragon and unleashed a world-destroying tsunami, Goetia was enveloped in an eerie silence.
To ensure humanity's survival and provide his future self with sufficient fuel to incinerate humanity, he had unhesitatingly deceived the Counter Force and forcibly manifested in the world using the body of Grand Caster Solomon, thereby obtaining the supre power of Clairvoyance EX.
However...
When he tried to predict the battle situation, the shadow of Matou Yuu was absent from the countless futures he saw through his Clairvoyance.
Not because he had disappeared, but because in the causality of the tiline, Matou Yuu might not have existed in the first place.
"Judging from your reaction, it seems I'm not the only one. You also haven't seen Matou Yuu?"
Goetia muttered in a lower voice than usual, "That man is…"
"In other words... a foreigner?"
Gilgash calmly interrupted his words. "Even if they are descending existences, they must leave traces. After all, if outer gods descend upon this planet, they must obey this planet's physical laws and conceptual restrictions. It is impossible for them to leave absolutely no trace of their existence."
"However, ever since Matou Yuu died in that explosion, his soul has neither been witnessed in the depths of the Underworld nor appeared in the Pale Rider's dream... Therefore, there is only one possibility that transcends all of this——"
"The Root…?"
Goetia slowly continued the conversation. "In other words... the Counter Force is not only trying to prevent humanity's collapse here, but is also using this dead end to draw out Matou Yuu's trump card and uncover the true identity of the anomaly?"
"What a greedy creature… Even when humanity is about to be completely swallowed by the black mud, they're still scheming to steal the secrets of that anomaly."
Goetia sneered. "As expected... whether it's Alaya or Gaia, this shoddy defense chanism full of holes is infested with disgusting insects."
"However... at least whatever is sleeping underground in South Arica hasn't awakened yet. If we can stop this colossal monster before us, there might still be a sliver of hope."
The mont Goetia made his heavy declaration, the sky's clouds—which had been dyed dark red by the black mud—were suddenly torn apart by an unprecedentedly fierce heat!
On the horizon, countless intertwined bands of golden light appeared, overlapping and swirling in defiance of common sense, eventually transforming into a massive ring of light that burned fiercely like the eye of a god.
That ring of light floated high in the sky, radiating a pressure so terrifying it seed capable of lting space itself.
"However, King of Heroes, if you truly wish to protect humanity, you must be prepared to pay a great price… You should understand that, right?"
Amid Goetia's earth-shaking whisper, a voice declaring the release of its True Na echoed.
"—Ars Almadel Salomonis!"
Gilgash rely snorted contemptuously at Goetia's warning and the burning ring of light surrounding him.
"Stop your pointless probing, Goetia. Even in an era where gods have perished, the King of Uruk has already witnessed what true price ans."
Gilgash's voice was no longer filled with contemptuous superiority. As he stared at the colossal dragon-shaped monster that had unleashed the world-destroying tsunami, it had beco exceptionally solemn.
"It is the origin of all things, the Goddess of Creation who gave birth to our bloodline. Even though she was abandoned by the world, she still deeply loves this planet. In my heart, there is only the utmost respect and mourning for that Mother."
"However—"
The Wise King firmly gripped his staff, and a sacred magical aura quietly emanated from his body.
"It is precisely because the stars have begun to turn, and because humanity has learned to walk on its own feet as children, that we must never retreat back into that warm primordial sea!"
"Humanity's future must be created by humanity's own hands! Even if it ans shouldering the sin of killing one's own mother, I will bear that sin!"
The Wise King Gilgash's ear-piercing declaration resounded like a massive bell across the despair-filled sky.
"Now! Even if I exhaust my final magical energy and reduce this spiritual core to ashes... as the King of this land, I will bring an end to that great Mother's era!"
"Yes… Even if it ans death, we must stop her here."
On the scorched earth, Super Orion quietly listened to the conversation above.
He slowly exhaled the stagnant air and quietly clenched his thick, powerful fists.
He raised his head and fixed his gaze on the colossal being floating high in the sky. Its size was large enough to cover the heavens.
It was the Mother Goddess of Creation, invincible despair.
But… so what?
He was a Grand Archer, a man granted the title of Strongest Hunter in mythology.
For a hunter, there was no reason to back down once prey entered his sight.
If the prey this ti was a god high above that transcended even the concept of life, then the only way to forcibly drag such an extraordinary existence down from the clouds was to do exactly that.
—He would abandon the Grand Rank at this very mont!
…
…Compared to the destructive crown-like aura spreading across the sky above Snowfield City, the deepest part of the Amazon Rainforest in South Arica was eerily silent, despite the ongoing battle.
The air still carried the humidity characteristic of the rainforest, but there was no trace of life.
Logically speaking, this prival forest—known as the lungs of the Earth—should have been a vibrant green scene filled with the chirping of insects and birds.
However, in the center of this dense forest, the real environnt had already been forcibly rewritten by so higher-dinsional law.
Looking around, there was not a single patch of green.
Instead, there were mountains of translucent crystals.
The once-soft soil and towering trees had, over countless years, transford into immortal ice crystals.
…Crystal Valley
It was a passive barrier unique to the alien lifeform ORT, a rewriting of the alien environnt that transcended physical laws.
Any material belonging to this planet that set foot in this valley would instantly have all traces of life stripped away, forcibly crystallized, and transford into beautiful specins.
Standing in this crystal forest and looking up at the sky, one would notice a vast sea of flowers swaying in the wind beneath a cloudless sky.
…It was rlin's highest-level illusion, one he had poured all his magical energy into casting over this entire area.
Not to kill the enemy, but simply to cover this strongest lifeform from the Oort Cloud with a blanket, praying that it would sleep peacefully and never open its eyes again.
However, at that mont, accompanied by a spatial fluctuation, the figure of a black-haired young man suddenly fell into this Crystal Valley.
...Matou Yuu.
He had just landed and was still sowhat dazed as he looked around.
"Damn it… Where the hell did Crimson Moon teleport ? This place doesn't look anything like Snowfield City!"
Because almost the entire outside world was covered by the Sea of Life, Crimson Moon had probably thrown him here—into a place not yet eroded by the Sea of Life—out of fear that he would die imdiately after landing.
"Crimson Moon?"
He tried calling out to her from the bottom of his heart.
The surroundings were completely silent. There was no response.
Clearly, Crimson Moon was still extrely weakened. After being brought here, she must have fallen into a deep sleep once again.
Co to think of it… the "severely anemic and red-eyed space rabbit" the system had ntioned earlier—was that Crimson Moon?
This was ridiculous… Calling the strongest lifeform on the Moon a "red-eyed rabbit"?!
She was indeed in a state of severe anemia right now, but…
Matou Yuu cursed inwardly and raised his head, preparing to secretly explore the surroundings to find a way out.
At that mont, his body suddenly froze.
Buzz—!
Without any warning, an indescribable aura of danger quietly spread from deep within the forest.
The instant that aura struck, Matou Yuu felt all the hair on his body stand on end and goosebumps that wouldn't stop.
He suddenly raised his face and stared fixedly at the bottom of the valley before him. Then, he involuntarily held his breath.
There was sothing hidden inside!
The instant he sensed that presence, every nerve in Matou Yuu's body sounded an alarm, urging him to run away and never approach that place again.
However, at that very mont——
[Crunch!]
A clear system notification suddenly appeared in his mind.
Imdiately after, a pale blue translucent system panel appeared before his retinas.
[System Notification: A wild "Extrely Sober Alien Glass Octopus" (Extrely Rare Species) has been discovered ahead!]
[Biological Status Assessnt: This organism is currently in an extrely long hibernation period. However, upon sensing the scent of the superior species (Space Red-Eyed Rabbit) attached to you, it has entered a semi-awakened state and has shown strong interest in the "Portable Warm Bed" you are carrying, recognizing it as the perfect sleeping location—comfortable, quiet, and undisturbed.]
[Sudden Training Quest: A holess, glass-enclosed shut-in needs a safe shelter!]
[Quest Requirents: This creature really likes to sleep, so take pity on it and leave it as is. Guide/capture the creature and let it sleep soundly in your "Portable Warm Bed."]
[Quest Reward: Free Attribute Points 2]
Matou Yuu was slightly surprised.
A sleep-deprived space alien glass octopus…?
What the hell was this?
Despite his rationality warning him, driven by deep-seated curiosity, he stepped into the depths of the Crystal Valley.
Eventually, upon seeing the colossal creature lurking in the crystal forest before him, Matou Yuu couldn't help but gasp.
How on earth should he describe this so-called "glass octopus" that appeared before his eyes?
It looked like a creature with spider-like legs and a disk-shaped body, its entire form possessing a texture like ice crystals. Inside its body flowed deep blue patterns of light resembling a nebula.
That nebula constantly changed its light patterns, as if it were breathing.
"You're calling this a glass octopus?! Isn't this just ORT (the giant spider)?!"
Matou Yuu was shocked. Although he had already grown accustod to the system's bizarre "cognitive impairnt," seeing the system's evaluation of this world-destroying organism left him speechless.
Even a casual gar who didn't deeply understand the Type-Moon worldview generally shared a common recognition.
ORT was one of the most dangerous disasters in the universe.
It possessed absolutely no "emotions," and all its actions were driven solely by the most primitive predatory instincts.
Any lifeform on Earth that attempted to interfere with magic or approached it with even the slightest hostility would be easily crushed and devoured by it, just like swatting an insect.
Was this system trying to turn into a "Pokémon Master"?… First it was Tiamat, then the "deep-sea larva," then the "space red-eyed rabbit," and now the "alien glass octopus."
If I ever get truly cornered in battle in the future, it might not be a bad idea to summon these "Pokémon" without lifting a finger to help …
While harboring inner conflict, Matou Yuu was fully aware of just how extrely dangerous ORT before him was.
He took a deep breath and continued approaching the colossal crystal creature.
He made no loud sounds… Rather than not noticing the human's approach, it simply found it too botherso to pay attention to a small speck of dust.
Finally, Matou Yuu reached its feet.
When he finally stood beneath that massive object and looked up, a storm of various emotions surged through his heart.
Both Tiamat and Crimson Moon were equally dangerous existences, but at least they had always maintained "human forms."
However, the alien god before him was as massive as a towering glacier mountain... Standing at its base and looking up, he couldn't even see its full form.
Click…
At that mont, the nebula-like pale blue light ring flowing inside ORT's massive, translucent main body suddenly flashed.
Imdiately after, several spear-like sharp crystal fragnts slowly curved.
Matou Yuu seed to sense a strong sense of crisis almost instantly, and even his heartbeat seed to stop.
He clearly felt it... Sothing was "looking" at him.
Although ORT had no independent consciousness or eyes, he could clearly sense that he was being targeted.
Cold sweat imdiately ran down his back.
[Ding! Taming Support has been activated!]
[System Notification: This wild Glass Octopus is currently in a state of severe "morning grumpiness" mixed with "extre drowsiness." Please refrain from aggressive or large movents!]
[Strategy Suggestion: Treat it like an extrely picky and hard-to-settle pet. The host emits the aura of the "Space Red-Eyed Rabbit," which serves as a pleasant attractant. Quickly deploy the "Portable Warm Bed"! For an extrely sleepy interstellar spider, a soft, temperature-regulated bed undisturbed by humans is the ultimate, irresistible reward!]
Seeing the absurd ssage displayed on his retinas, Matou Yuu gritted his teeth and realized he had no choice but to try anything.
He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and began activating the energy within his body—the magic he had just received from Crimson Moon.
As the Moon King's magical energy slowly overflowed from his palm, a miraculous scene unfolded.
The alien colossal creature ahead, which had already begun emitting destructive radiation, miraculously cald the aura within its body the instant it sensed this aura.
It seed to have recognized this fluctuation from a fellow Ultimate One as so kind of "sa-species safety signal."
"Oh… Listen carefully, big guy."
Matou Yuu mustered a bit of courage and tried to soften his voice like a loyal owner. At the sa ti, he took a step to the side and suddenly waved his hand in the air.
—Portable Warm Bed.
Ripples of Marble Phantasm magic spread across the entire Crystal Valley.
A modern wooden door that suddenly appeared gently pushed open, revealing a 200-square-ter modern living room beyond. It was decorated with an extrely warm and cozy atmosphere, complete with a wool carpet.
The room was illuminated by warm, dim wall lamps, in stark contrast to the cold and desolate crystal forest outside.
"It's cold and chilly out here, so it's probably not comfortable to sleep, right?" Matou Yuu pointed to the wide corner inside the door, which had been specially cleared and covered with soft cushions, speaking in a gentle tone as if soothing a stray cat.
"Would you like to co inside and sleep?"
Complete silence.
More than ten ters away, the man and the spider stared at each other.
Just as Matou Yuu was truly going mad and trying to reason with an unconscious Ultimate One——
From the 40-ter-tall massive crystal mass, several muffled sounds suddenly ca.
Imdiately after, in Matou Yuu's astonished gaze, ORT's colossal body rapidly shrank and began to fold, accompanied by blue light!
In re seconds, the world-destroying monster large enough to easily crush the South Arican continent had successfully "compressed" itself into a crystal-like eight-legged monster the size of a washbasin.
It walked lightly and rhythmically up the wooden door along the natural barrier Matou Yuu had erected.
Then, after finding the most comfortable angle on the wool carpet, it tucked its short legs into its abdon like a robotic vacuum cleaner, quietly closed its eyes, and continued snoring.
[Ding! The sleepy space alien glass octopus has shown great interest in your "Portable Warm Bed" and gladly accepted the invitation!]
[The wild alien glass octopus has successfully entered the portable incubator, and your intimacy has increased by 20!]
[Congratulations, Host! Mission Complete! You have obtained Attribute Points 2!]
Looking at the "alien god" lying inside his own Reality Marble—only the size of a washbasin—Matou Yuu's eyelids twitched violently.
"…No way, it actually went inside?!"
…
…Deep underground in this facility beneath the Snowfield City Police Station was a reinforced bunker secretly built by Chief Orlando in his youth, equipped with the highest level of both physical and magical defense.
In the deepest part of the command center, sitting in a leather swivel chair, Orlando's cold and eerie gaze was reflected in his resolute and serious expression cast by the light from dozens of monitoring screens.
The surveillance cara footage showed that not only the center of Snowfield City but even the surrounding desert areas were completely swallowed by the surging waves of life.
However, the police chief did not descend into hysteria because of this. He maintained his composure and did his best to collect disaster data from the front lines.
"Chief, the first batch of combat data analysis has been completed!"
Through the communication line, a subordinate's trembling voice desperately reported. "That alien organism that crawled out of the Sea of Life... possesses absolutely none of the characteristics of carbon-based lifeforms on Earth! Not only does it possess terrifying power comparable to advanced fantasy organisms, but it is also repeatedly adapting to the environnt at an extrely fast pace. Conventional thermal weapons and tactical explosives have no effect whatsoever..."
Orlando lightly tapped the table with his finger and coldly gave orders into the microphone. "Abandon the 1st to 17th Divisions. All surviving must imdiately move to the underground command center, prioritizing the protection of the spiritual origin analysis device. And archive as much of their trump cards and data as possible."
After properly giving his instructions, the man deeply rubbed his throbbing temples, struck by an unprecedented sense of fatigue.
"I'm truly impressed by you, brother."
Through the hands-free receiver ca Alexandre Dumas's heavy voice.
Although he usually maintained a frivolous attitude, always carrying red wine and a cigar, his tone at this mont was clearly more serious than usual.
No—rather, in a situation where the entire order of humanity was facing a cataclysmic crisis of being reset, even this great romantic writer could no longer maintain the mindset of a pure bystander.
"While the entire North Arican continent is gradually being swallowed by the Sea of Life, not only did they resolutely activate their backup plan, but they also maintained data collection and civilian underground evacuation as much as possible…"
Alexandre Dumas quietly sighed. "Compared to those high officials who only know how to hide in bunkers and make political calculations, you—a police chief who desperately tries to maintain that ridiculous 'order' even in hellish situations—are truly a magnificent madman."
"I am honored to receive such praise from a great French writer who will go down in history."
Orlando whispered in a cold voice. "But reality is ultimately cruel. Six Grand Heroic Spirits, the King of Heroes, the divine weapon Enkidu, and Chaldea—who claims to be the protector of human order... Even with this force, if they cannot stop Tiamat... the end of human order is already close at hand."
Even the ntally strongest and toughest people would inevitably feel powerless when faced with a despair that completely exceeded the limits of human understanding.
"That Grand Archer has already planned to sacrifice himself for an all-out attack and abandon the Grand Rank."
Alexandre Dumas's gaze passed through his familiar line of sight and quietly fixed on the battlefield spreading high in the sky. He tried to calm his nerves as much as possible and quickly closed his eyes.
His low voice echoed through the receiver. "Such a terrifying scene… No matter the cost… Even my inspiration-filled brain cannot predict where the script will go next."
Hearing this, Orlando couldn't help but let out a faint self-deprecating smile.
"It's truly rare to hear the word 'unpredictable' co from the mouth of a great writer like you…"
Alexandre Dumas sank deeply into the soft sofa, slowly opened his eyes, and stared at the screen before him as he quietly said, "Brother, being able to joke even at a ti like this—I truly admire your ntal fortitude."
"But… have you ever heard that there's sothing called a theorem in the magical world, brother?"
Alexandre Dumas fell silent for a mont before continuing, "Normally, to defeat a Beast, theoretically seven Grand Heroic Spirits are required. Tiamat's existence is an exception among exceptions."
"Six Grand Heroic Spirits, a Demon King of unknown affiliation, and the Twin Stars of Uruk... Even if they all launched a self-destruct attack together, they might not be able to completely defeat this Mother Goddess of Creation."
"And I have so very unfortunate news for you——"
Alexandre Dumas was staring fixedly at the edge of the screen. There, information had just appeared indicating that a magical fluctuation had been detected from the outskirts of Snowfield City.
"Right now, in this city covered by black mud... the Saint Graph reaction of a third Beast has appeared."
"When I was secretly investigating Matou Yuu's background, I should have also looked at that girl's file... Her na is Matou Sakura. That young man's fiancée."
"She's already in this city."
The rarely seen smile on Orlando's face suddenly vanished.
…
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