Tribute to the Demon King

Supporting the staggering Tohsaka Tokiomi, Kotomine Ri who had just walked down Enzang Mountain was looking at the black wave not far away, and murmured blankly.

Author's message:

Finally delivered!Today, Mr. Qi is also giving out the perfect bento! (thumbs up)

By the way, we don't have full attendance this month, the blades should be given to other hardworking authors... next month...forget it, I won't set a flag, anyway, I will resume updating after my internship is over! (chest out)

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In rare cases, a broken machine can continue to operate.

Kariya Matou, who survived such a desperate battlefield, where even Servants were killed, is one of the very few examples.

But even so, he was dying.

The berserk Berserker desperately released the Noble Phantasm, even for the imprinted worms that devoured the flesh in exchange for magic power, this was far beyond the workload.The engraving insect's engulfment and overdraft of the body had already made Kariya extremely weak, and the huge impact caused by the moment he fell from the elephant made Kariya instantly lose his breath.

But after the inherent barrier was lifted, Kariya, who reappeared in the forgotten corner, opened his eyes again under the cold night wind.

The liver ruptures and the kidneys fail.Extensive fractures of the left calf and sternum.His whole body was covered with bruises, and he looked like a bloody mess.

Even the corneas of his eyes were injured and damaged, and his eyes were blurred, and he couldn't see anything clearly.

But despite this, Kariya still stood up from the side of the street, leaning on the wall and moving his body bit by bit, slowly moving towards a certain direction in his memory.

Having experienced Berserker's three fatal injuries from the extraction of magic power, the fall from high altitude, and the aftermath of the explosion, the engraved worms that could have continued their lives also died one after another because they could not be repeated. He can still move with his own power-this has to be said to be A miraculous act.It is a miracle accomplished without the Holy Grail.

However, the current Kariya has long been unable to express his gratitude to the heaven for his pity, and he has no time to rejoice at his strong luck.

Now he can't even tell the time and place, his mind is in chaos, and he can't even remember how he survived.The fatally wounded body would fall down at any time, and the spirit and will were almost exhausted. Only the last belief of "rescuing Sakura" allowed Kariya to drag his dying body forward.

He didn't know for a long time whether he was walking, crawling, or simply rolling.In short, he is sure that he must be moving in the right direction.

It's a little bit closer... According to the time, it's a little bit closer.

A low hum gradually came to my ears.In the hazy field of vision, there seemed to be something black covering everything from a distance, slowly crawling towards him.

This is... a bug.

Kariya immediately understood.

The engraved worms on his body were all dead.The approach of a magus without worms to the worm store was tantamount to provoking Matou Zouken.

I have to speed up, I have to save Sakura before Zouken finds himself——

Thinking this way, Kariya's body accidentally fell forward and fell heavily on the ground.

In an instant, Kariya's vision suddenly became dim, and a loud humming began to be heard in his ears.

...No, I can't move my body anymore.

Kariya couldn't help whimpering in despair.

A machine that has been damaged but continues to operate by chance... Sure enough, there is a time limit for survival.

But at this moment, Kariya, who was prostrate on the ground, saw two figures, one tall and one short, walking towards him from behind, and then stopped in front of his eyes.

The two seemed to be talking about something, but their buzzing ears couldn't hear anything.The field of vision was also extremely blurred, and even with all his strength Kariya could only see that they were two people.

However, the intuition of dying made Kariya realize that those two people were people he had seen before.

... At this time and this place, there is only one possibility for the two people who appear in front of me.

It must be Zouken and Sakura.There is no other possibility.

The rekindled expectation, the last rising hope, rekindled the blazing flame in Kariya's heart.

With the last strength he could muster, Kariya stretched out his hand to grab the ankle of the slightly taller man.But just as he stretched out his hand to the man's feet, his right hand stretched to the limit.

The body can't move a step forward anyway.Kariya's fingers scratched desperately on the ground, the cracked knuckles carved broken bloodstains on the ground, trying to grab that guy, even if it was just to grab his crutches and the hem of his clothes.

With a mournful voice, the man who had accomplished nothing in his life uttered his last, broken-language plea——

"Let... let her go! No matter what... only this... I beg you—let Sakura go!"

Even if Tokiomi is spared.Even surrender to this old bug.

Up to now, at least to fulfill his original wish a few months ago——

In Kariya's ear, there was a discussion like the sound of insects.

The sound was vague and buzzing, Kariya couldn't hear anything.

But he still stared at his blood-soaked eyes, and stared at the taller figure with all his strength.I want to make myself appear taller.

"--it is good."

Among the countless broken words, an extremely clear and affirmative word burst into Kariya's ears.

Ah... that's fine.

A contented smile appeared on the corner of Kariya's mouth.He didn't know how long he had waited for this moment.

I'm finally saved, Sakura.Don't despair anymore.No more giving up.The nightmare is over, and it won't come again.

Therefore, there is nothing to regret, this result is worth fighting with your life.If you pay pain, you will be rewarded, and everything you expect is in your hands——

"I'm... so happy."