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Chapter 405 Metamorphosis of Heart: Power of Own
"It's troublesome..."

The corner of Charlotte's mouth twitched slightly, and she couldn't help but sighed and looked at Artoria who was fighting Joan of Arc, her cold expression couldn't be maintained.

She suddenly felt that this seemed to be a "coincidence", because her magic power could no longer contract Artoria under her own name, so she did not use Medea's Noble Phantasm to break the relationship between the opponent and Emiya Kiritsugu. contract.

Now comes the problem-

The opponent is still a Servant belonging to Emiya Kiritsugu, and the latter seems to have two Command Seals...

It was precisely because of this thought that Charlotte was so decisively ready to kill Emiya Kiritsugu, but she suddenly found that unless she used a large-scale group attack that did not distinguish between enemy and friend, it would be difficult to directly deal with the opponent.

It's just that the result of that method will only be worse.

Subconsciously, Charlotte looked back at the Holy Grail in the sky, and the black mud was still dripping down.

"..."

Emiya Kiritsugu seemed to be attracted by this blow. Originally, he was just dragging his severely injured and broken body, walking in the city of blood and fire. At this moment, he finally realized what was going on, and raised his head to look at the direction here.

The golden light shone in the black night sky, but the black mud kept dripping down on it, and the Red Lotus Hell evolved from it.

The screams carried by the wind, the dancing flames, and the charred human remains—this is such a scene where everything collapses.

Compared with before, the black mud was no longer limited to those few blocks, but turned into black waves and spread rapidly.The blazing red lotus fire has engulfed one-third of Fuyuki City in just a few minutes.

Joan of Arc and King of Knights Artoria were actually fighting while retreating, otherwise they would be in danger of being directly swallowed by the black mud.Charlotte also stayed away from the turbulent area of ​​the black mud on the premise of controlling her body as much as possible.

It's just that the damage she caused along the way is not inferior to the damage caused by the scorching and cursed red lotus fire to the city.

It's just that because the black mud flooded over, the streets and ground that were trampled and crushed by this silver-haired, black-dressed loli were naturally also submerged.

At least not a trace can be seen.

It's just that the black mud that has swallowed up one-third of Fuyuki City in such a short period of time is certainly not of the same magnitude as the whole of the Holy Grail.

If they are all released, what kind of hell map will be displayed in this world?
I'm afraid——it can really completely burn down human reason.

Emiya Kiritsugu, this man who was full of ideals more than anyone else, but was desperate because of this, stared blankly at the Crimson Hell in front of him.His lips moved a few times, and tears welled up in an instant.

Having given up everything, he finally saw the Holy Grail he was after.

But, but... why is it such a ghost!
Unable to restrain his emotions that reached the boiling point, he laughed desperately, and a burst of chaotic thoughts suddenly emerged from his mind.

Slowly he bit his lip, with ghostly eyes, Emiya Kiritsugu raised his trembling right hand, revealing the Command Seal engraved on the back of his hand.

This kind of thing... is definitely not a universal wishing machine!
It is the necessary evil that curses mankind and lives far away forever, but now it has been released!

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Arturia was fighting the Saintess of Orleans, and it was a bitter battle in the true sense. She clearly had the advantage in melee confrontation, but she failed to gain the upper hand and quickly end the battle.

The reason is probably because she had gone through a series of bitter battles with Diarmuid and Lancelot before, consuming too much magic power and spirit.What's more, just now she forcibly endured a "God's Judgment" from the Holy Maiden of Orleans.

Just relying on her own A-level anti-magic power, Artoria was able to offset the mandatory order from the command spell.

And Joan of Arc seemed to be using Ruler's power for the first time, and she had never met a Servant who could resist the Command Seal, so she was stunned for a while, and did not seize the opportunity to use the second command spell to make up the knife.

Just as Artoria gritted her teeth and dragged her heavy and tired body, planning to attack the Saintess of Orleans opposite in one breath.

"Use the Noble Phantasm to destroy the Holy Grail!"

The deep words resounded from the depths of her soul, shaking her body.This voice, which is so familiar that it can no longer be familiar, is announcing the order clearly and resolutely.

"what--!!"

Saber's mind went blank for a moment, but her body as a Servant had faithfully accepted the command of the Command Seal.

The whirlwind disperses the surrounding flames, and from the center of the dispelled Wind King barrier, the outline of the golden sword promised to win appears.Immediately afterwards, the sword began to intertwine beams, completely ignoring the will of the sword holder.

Joan of Arc on the opposite side was also startled, staring at the scene in front of her with her mouth gaping.

"...No...No!"

Arturia roared angrily, it was the scream she made with all her strength.Accompanied by such a roar, the golden sword that was raised high in her hand suddenly stopped in mid-air.

As the legendary King of Knights, she is also the Servant of the best class. Her A-level anti-magic power can barely resist the restraint of the command spell. Now she is using all her strength to prevent herself from swinging the sword. .

Power and suppression, two opposing forces collided fiercely in the girl's body, her slender body seemed to be torn apart at any time.No, it was already torn apart, the wounds burst open, and bright flowers of blood bloomed everywhere on the knight girl's body.

Just resisted a command spell, and now there is another one, her body has been stretched to the real limit, and she may destroy herself at any time.

However, Emiya Kiritsugu had already issued the second Command Seal, repeating the strengthening order.

"stop!!"

Seeing that her last hope was about to be wiped out in an instant by her sword, Artoria screamed with tears in her eyes.

However, there was no way to continue to fight. The huge coercive power of the double Command Seals ravaged and squeezed her body, and at the same time drew out all the remaining magic power in her body and weaved it into the light of destruction.

Light is flowing.

The light is roaring.

The magic power breaks free and turns into a flash of light.The gushing torrent created countless vortices.While evaporating all the black mud in front of him, he directly hit the golden holy grail in the sky!

As if being swept across the land by the hand of an invisible giant, a straight road was opened, and the raging black waves were cut in the middle, and the golden holy grail that once belonged to Irisviel's body was also in this shining scorching heat Quietly lost its form, and then disappeared.

Then, through the rubble and debris of countless buildings blown into the sky, anyone present saw "it" in the exposed night sky.

The black sun—a symbol of the end of this world.

Its substance is actually a real "hole".

In the original plot, after the Holy Grail was formed, there were only two Servants left, so the existence of "Kong" did not last for too long, and all the evils in this world could not flow down forever.

After the "hole" was closed, most of the black mud was naturally isolated from the world.

This is because the essence of the Holy Grail War is just a grand magic ceremony. The fighting of Servants and Masters is just the Holy Grail War on the surface.

In fact, the most fundamental and original purpose of the Holy Grail War can be seen from the function and design of the Holy Grail since childhood—why do you need the soul of a Servant to allow the Holy Grail to come to this world?

Because Servants come from the "outside" of the world, for Heroic Spirits, it is the so-called Seat of Heroic Spirits.When these powerful souls exit the Holy Grail War and return to the Seat of Heroes, they will cause a "puncture" in the world, forming a passage to the outside of the world.

——At the same time, in order to stabilize this channel, it is necessary to use the "stabilizing device" of the Lesser Holy Grail.

Because the "hole" connecting the outside of the world is opened, external magic power will flow in. This is a by-product of the Holy Grail War, almost infinite magic power.

For magicians, "nearly unlimited magic power" can almost be equated to "fulfilling all wishes", which is why the Holy Grail is the "wish-making machine".

That is to say-

The Holy Grail in the Holy Grail War is actually just a by-product, and it is nothing more than a cover-up for the ultimate goal of "reaching the root".

However, these are actually not important, what is important is that the Servant's exit and the return of the soul can cause things like "puncture" in the world.The "hole" that should have been automatically closed soon, is completely different now that there are more than double the number of Servants.

Every now and then, Servants would leave the field, causing the "hole" to remain open, and it seemed to be continuing to expand.

Compared with the original book, this is simply cheating. Just look at the speed at which the black mud falls and spreads. If the final victory and defeat have not been determined before dawn, this Holy Grail War will end.

During this period, the black mud flowing into the present world may not have the power to truly destroy the whole world, but at least this island country in the Far East and the surrounding countries may be burned, so it is no wonder that Alaya will act——

If it's just a small fight like the original work, how could the restraint force have nothing to do with these trivial matters?

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"Sure enough, it still ends like this..."

Whispering softly, looking at the vicious black world rolling around, Mu Xiu let out a long sigh.

I can't notice how much time has passed, it may be just a few minutes, or it may have been as long as a century. After all, the meaning of time and space here is very confusing.

But time must be running out, and I can't see any hope, it seems... I have failed?

Everything is already irreparable?
Only the golden soul remained, but a smile appeared on Mu Xiu's face again.

Immediately afterwards, Avalon's guardian power was quietly sealed by him.

The black mud that had been isolated before swept over with a hundred times of malice in an instant, engulfing him completely.

The strange sound hit like a sea tide, Mu Xiu took the initiative to extinguish the brilliance of divinity, and allowed countless maliciousness to pollute himself, and the superimposed black magic power quickly dyed his soul into absolute darkness.

"If you are in it but can't find it, just drain it all!"

then--

Hatred, sorrow, pain, loneliness, helplessness, despair, resentment, anger, etc., etc., etc., the black malicious magic power that was so thick and muddy eroded Mu Xiu's heart to his heart's content.

However, as he took the initiative to extract endless malicious magic power, the situation gradually became a little bit wrong.

Perhaps it should be said that things must be reversed at the extreme. After the rage and chaos have reached the ultimate end, they are crazy calm and empty extreme rationality.

Although there was a hint of collapse and emptiness in the boy's eyes, it was enough to prove that he still retained a complete intelligence and absolute self at this moment.

The throbbing from the depths of his soul gave him a sudden realization.

Fake, all fake.

The light of his soul is actually not his own, because he has no obsession or comprehension, and even the memories of the past and life are forged memories, how could there be such a possibility of personalizing the light of the soul so easily?
The uncontrollable psychic light and its strange characteristics have actually been revealed, and it can only be the residual gift of the "original personality" that created itself.

However, what Mu Xiu needs is not this kind of legacy from others.

To get rid of the current predicament, what he needs is the "Tao" casted by unconfused beliefs, and his own indestructible spiritual will, which is enough to carry the hearts of the whole world!

(End of this chapter)