Chapter 1036 1036 Congratulations on the birth of ‘you’
——Ah, ah.
As long as it is folded into the size of a kitten, a person will die easily.
At least, wouldn't it be different if it could make the soul stronger?
If the Holy Grail...can it solidify the soul into matter?
...The Holy Grail of this place is not good.
There is no essence of "third law" in Snowfield's container.
But what if it is the real thing?
If so, where is Fuyuki's Holy Grail?
Is that thing still left on that land? The remains of the Holy Grail, the corpse.
…
No, don't be fooled.
At this point, even if the materialization of the soul is realized, time will not go back.
That is another realm of magic. It is further away than the third method.
‘I’ only do what I should do.
What if it was human malice that took Frat Escardus away from 'me'?
This is an attack that threatens the very meaning of 'my' existence and life itself.
So 'I' started to fight back.
In order to survive.
In order to survive.
For the sake of the only one who understands me...the only human being (friend) who should be protected——
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Snowfield City, Central Street.
If you want to describe "it", it is a powerful flow of power.
It is somewhat different from a collection of huge energy like heroic spirits.
Condensing the surrounding magic elements into a field intact, accelerating it and then releasing it immediately. Such repeated magic elements exist like a tornado.
If we use water as an analogy, it can be said that it imitates a hydraulic cutting machine with a specific shape.
Although the amount of water is far less than that of a huge waterfall, it is a fluid blade that can cut through rocks through high-speed jets.
Magic circulates with an aura reminiscent of this, and a current that can shatter the soul itself at just the touch is swirling in the sky of Snowfield.
As if to turn the momentary brilliance into eternity, the specific form imitated by the "foreign object" that circulates magic power at high speed is exactly the human form.
That abnormal willful existence is both similar to Flat Escardus, but also very different.
The young man was Bennett's master. The clothes wrapped around his body were stained red by the young man's own blood, and his chest was ripped open by a sniper rifle.
What is seen through the gaps in the red fabric is nothingness and light.
Near the chest where the rifle bullet should have penetrated, there was a straight line with cracks that opened up, as if hard glass had been shot through.
What is seen from the slender hole that is tilted like a crack in the ice is pitch-black "darkness".
It was a dark shadow, as if it wanted to suck in all the light.
This hole, located in the middle of the human body, makes people feel as deep as an infinitely extending corridor, as if it wants to suck in all the surrounding light and highlight its body shape.
Moreover, as if all the light that was sucked in was concentrated there, a huge light source peered out from the gap in the hole.
Although it is a light source, it cannot illuminate the darkness in the tunnel.
As if it were simply asserting its own existence, the light source—a "nucleus"-like existence reminiscent of a giant eyeball—was wrapping around its own body, causing it to emit a dazzling light.
Whether the "core" that reminds us of the huge eyes that humans cannot have is dominating the darkness, or whether it contains infinite nothingness that has tamed the "core", no third party can know.
It’s just that the tunnel and the existence above the eyeball——
The head is an important part of the human figure. In contrast to the abnormality in the center of the body, it appears calm.
At first glance, he looks like a young man.
However, from the perspective of someone who knew Flat Escaldes, when seeing such a scene from a distance, they would definitely say, "This is not Flat."
On one side of the head, a short protrusion grew from the gap between the hair that grew out of Bifrat.
Like insect wings or plant leaves made of luminous crystals, the strange mixture of these creations floats in the air defying gravity while moving like a touch or a horn.
Although it looks like a fantasy creature dressed up by people during festivals such as Halloween, the coordination of the design even creates an almost mysterious feeling. Anyone who sees it will be convinced that it is not a fake.
On the other hand, the face itself of this being does not deviate from the category of human beings, it is just a modified shape based on the head of Flat Escaldes, who was originally supposed to be shot away.
Contrary to the plain, innocent boy-like eyes, those eyes showed an illusory, pitiful, disgusted, and lonely look to everything in the world, and there were things around the eyes that looked like tattoos and
Patterns like scars left behind.
This face looks younger than the original baby face, and even gives people a childish feeling.
My figure also changed in the opposite direction. The clothes that fit me just now suddenly became baggy, and my skin began to show through the damaged areas of the clothes.
However, underneath that dress, there is still nothingness.
Like the destroyed ball-jointed doll, most of the waist, elbows and other parts are missing.
Although far away from where it was hit, those parts were constantly crumbling.
As if to resist all this, the shadow of nothingness leaked out from the cracks, forcibly maintaining the human body.
Although there are no elbows or waist, the limbs are floating in the air, forming a silhouette of sound limbs in the real world.
The "foreign object" with a figure that could be described as a boy, mixed with a hint of adult temperament, and an alien posture landed on the top floor of Crystal Hill, the highest peak in Snowfield City, and slowly
Look around.
It was no longer interested in the twisted and folded human remains on the roofs of the surrounding buildings.
It seemed that he had borrowed a sniper rifle from one of them, his soft and slender fingers resting on the trigger.
However, he didn't buckle it, he just looked at the gun in his hand boredly, and then threw it away.
The heavy iron tools made a sound as they fell to the ground, and the unfired rifle fell on the apron on the top floor of the building.
The "foreign object" dressed as a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old mechanically turned his head and observed the panoramic view of the city.
Here you can see Central Park where Flatt first summoned Bennett.
What came into view next was the police station where the vampires and agents had fought.
The motel that serves as our base and the opera house where TV street interviews are conducted are also in full view.
Soon after, its sights shifted to the hospital where it fought the powerful archer - and finally, fixed on the location where Flatt was sniped.
After his eyes had scanned all the places where the young man who visited this place as the master had stepped, the young man lowered his eyes and stopped moving as if praying silently.
Maybe he was actually praying silently.
In the silence, I don’t know what I’m praying for, but I haven’t said it yet——
The boy opened his eyes wide and looked at the objects moving at high speed on the street.
That is the figure of Richard the Lion-Hearted Heroic Spirit, who possesses the Swordsman Spirit Graph.
Seeing what he was holding in his arms, the "foreign object" boy narrowed his eyes.
At the same time, the special magic circuit connected to the eyeballs deep in his narrowed eyelids captured everything.
What the swordsman carries - the essence of "Sajō Ayaka".
There is a swirling mass of terrifying magical power in Ayaka's body.
This was not the first time. The young man understood the moment he saw Sayō Ayaka for the first time through the eyes of Flat Escardos.
Completely opposite to myself, it was a deep, calm and vast lake filled with magic power.
Although it does not move, it is a huge magical force that can become a huge energy as long as it exists.
It is precisely because I understand this that I have to understand.
Ayaka is a different species from herself, but to human society, it is also a "foreign object".
"That's... it's too disturbing."
Are the mutterings coming from the sincerity, or is it a ritual to carve the farewell to Flatt into one's body?
Regarding the truth, the young man himself did not understand, and the magic power was flowing in his hands.
There was a creaking sound, and the shadow seeping from the tunnel in the chest enveloped his arms.
A circular magic circle appeared at the missing elbow, and the magic power output from the chest was amplified and concentrated on the fingertips through the forearm floating in the air.
The shadow wrapping the arm expanded while forming a magic circle, launching double and triple attacks towards the missing elbow and protruding palm.
Not only that, the shadow stretching out from behind entangled the creation that looked like crystal fragments peeled off from his body, while unfolding like wings, and began to draw three-dimensional patterns in the air.
One of the magicians who observed this situation from a distance, Friu, later reported this to his original employer:
"There is no way to explain it using common sense."
"That's probably...a magic circuit...no, it's a magic imprint of external expansion."
"The monster engravings from ancient families can't reach that level."
"The magic engravings that surged around them emerged as one... no, countless lives independently."
"Magic seals that grow in real time...well, it doesn't work. After all, this statement is too jumpy."
Even his own sanity for saying such a thing is questionable.
For magicians, magic circuits and magic seals are each important elements.
Magic circuits are the fundamental "organs" for processing magic and are distributed throughout the body as pseudo-nerves. Magicians aim to increase as many circuits as possible, which is one of the reasons why they believe in bloodlineism.
The same goes for magic seals, which represent the accumulation of blood as a magician. However, this is different from the magic circuit that is a biological function. It is an "artificial organ" designed for each family and passed down from generation to generation.
It is generally impossible for an imprint that should have taken hundreds or thousands of years to be gradually constructed to suddenly proliferate outside the body.
But what is the true nature of what the boy built around him, and what is the purpose of it.
The answer is ready to come out.
The street air is filled with magic.
The source of dragon veins, which may be the land allocated for the Holy Grail War, was collected around the boy at a rapid speed.
If we use the stage of the Holy Grail War as an analogy, it is obvious that a quantity of magic power that can be called a "Noble Phantasm" is concentrated in one place.
The boy narrowed his sharp eyes, waved his magical arms towards the swordsman and Ayaka, and declared eloquently.
Then, at the moment when all actions bear fruit——
"Hello."
The calm voice seems to dispel all the tension.
After the young man stopped moving, he let the condensed magic power circulate in his body skillfully while looking back.
At this time, the existence standing behind me continued with a gentle voice.
"First meeting, right?"
Forests, seas, mountains, cities - a world lies here.
Because he is a boy with special "eyes", he can understand it more deeply than anyone else.
This existence that is different from both myself and Ayaka just integrates its own power into this world.
It's not about isolating the breath.
Rather, it blends into this vast world without any cover-up.
Human form of nature.
In a sense, the boy saw an existence that was close to gods or elves.
With a pair of messy eyes open, the young man spoke.
"...Is it a heroic spirit? The guardian of human nature, has it come to destroy me?"
"The ones located here are just the servants walking on the earth with the Master. Moreover, it seems that what kind of existence you are to this planet has not yet been determined."
"...So, what are you doing here?"
The young man asked this, not so much out of surprise, but rather because he had regarded him as an enemy from the beginning and maintained maximum vigilance.
So, the heroic spirit, the beautiful person with long green hair fluttering in the wind, smiled gently, and then gave the answer.
"Don't you have a child you want to destroy now?"
With a non-hostile smile, that heroic spirit - Enkidu, like the wind caressing the grass and trees, caused the magic power to surge around him with his smooth tone.
"I formed an alliance with those kids, and since I felt they were going to be attacked, I couldn't ignore it."
"…That child? Do you treat that thing as a human being, Servant?"
"Ah, she's human. Just like you are human."
Enkidu answered without any pretense, and the young man narrowed his eyes in displeasure and clenched his molars.
"Exactly...I also want to confirm."
The next moment the boy muttered to himself, he skillfully manipulated the magic power circulating at high speed around him, and the clumps of magic power swirled away as if to surround Enkidu.
"...How far can I swallow this world without Flat?"
It is a magic operation that ignores magic chants and magic formulas, and ignores the theorem itself to a certain extent.
If the Lords who control the Clock Tower or the high-level magicians of Atlas Academy see this scene, they may be able to guess the boy's true identity.
No matter how contrary to common sense, it cannot change the actual reality.
or--
Among the Twelve Monarchs, if it was a lecturer who had been paying attention to Flatt, a strange boy, for a long time, he might have noticed the existence of the "foreign object" long ago.
"Want to test performance?... If we can meet at different times and on different chessboards, it should be a happy thing..."
"..."
While Enkidu quietly opened his hands, the boy activated his magic.
The violent vortex of magic power from the surroundings distorts the space itself.
However, almost at the same time, countless chains poured out from Enkidu's feet, forming a spiral in the opposite direction of the distortion of space, filling the surrounding space.
There was a sound as if something bounced, and the dense magic power around him dissipated.
However, he was quickly sucked back into the "hole" that opened on the young man's body, and the eyeballs peering out from inside the gap were fixed on Enkidu.
Enkidu smiled at such eyes and continued what he had just said.
"But I'm sorry, right now my first goal is Master's safety."
Then, Enkidu picked up an iron chain sticking out from the ground.
The chains wrapped around him as if they were being sucked into Enkidu's body, and soon they merged into him like they were soaked into his clothes.
"If I want to defeat you, this whole area will be involved. I think it's best to avoid it if possible."
Enkidu stretched out the chain from his hand and slowly walked towards the boy - a slightly lonely smile appeared on his face.
"Actually, this was adjusted like this in order to continue playing with Jill..."
The next moment, Enkidu put his open hands on the ground like a blooming flower.
Then, use powerful words to start weaving the name of your own Noble Phantasm.
"——Now I sing, the scars and glory engraved on the planet——"
Before he could finish speaking, the boy planned to launch a second attack, but he discovered the huge magic power approaching from below the tall building, so he used all the accelerated energy for defense.
"——The Wisdom of the People (Age of Babylon)——"
That is a Noble Phantasm that Enkidu can usually use without chanting.
It is connected to the planet through chains and reproduces things created by human nature from the earth. It can be said to be an existence that is opposite to the "Gate of Babylon" possessed by Gilgamesh.
To Enkidu, this Noble Phantasm is as flexible as ordinary limbs, and it is Enkidu's basic weapon. However, now that it is loaded with spiritual base fragments and used, its essence can be glimpsed for the first time.
First, the usual sharp blades and chains, such as swords and guns, appeared from the roof and the ground in large numbers and attacked the boy's body one after another.
Facing the thousands of violent blades coming at him, the young man thought.
What can you do after you have perfected yourself?
Now, the shackles of the beloved Frat Eskaldes have been lifted, and Messala Eskaldes' wish has become a reality.
From now on, it is a territory that no one has yet set foot on.
But - there is already knowledge.
In a form that only I can understand now, it is all engraved in the magic seal passed down by the Escardes family.
Therefore, the young man was not in a hurry.
What is approaching is countless blades.
Any weapon is the supreme representation of human nature, and a half-baked spiritual power will disappear if it touches it.
Such an aggressive spirit is approaching at a speed of one hundred or two hundred kilometers per second that exceeds the speed of a flying falcon.
The young man slowly looked at the group of gleaming blades.
Just like the sniper who just killed him, he accelerated his consciousness to the limit and stopped the flow of the subjectively perceived world.
Of course, time did not really stop, and the boy's own movements also slowed down. He felt that the air around him was like a lukewarm sea with strong viscosity.
However, the boy accelerated the small source (Od) flowing in the magic circuits throughout his body, and exchanged it with the large source wrapped around him in a high-speed cycle.
It's like improving the internal combustion engine and allowing the external rocket engine to be fully fired, and the absurd magic acceleration is achieved.
Despite this, the magic power was flowing smoothly like a complete work of art, and the shadow wings spread out around it changed its shape, creating a magic formula that did not exist in ordinary magic theory.
In other words, it looked like a new magic trick was created on the spot, but in fact what the boy did was a little different.
It is an improvisational orchestra that combines various magic tricks from advanced to basic.
That is the form of magic that Flat Escardus is best at, and it can produce the most appropriate effect for that situation. However, since I cannot completely reproduce it, it is a very troublesome thing that cannot be systemized.
Generally speaking, teenagers do the same thing.
By combining magic from multiple systems, the boy made his nerves and limbs move explosively faster, while at the same time constantly repairing damaged cells and joints.
Although he can perform multiple magic spells on his body, it does not impose any load on him. It seems as if the boy's body is itself a kind of magic.
If the magic used by Flat Eskardes and the current boy belongs to the same system (type), what is the difference?
The answer is very simple.
Take body and engine as examples.
To put it simply, there is a huge difference in specifications.
If Flat is compared to a light vehicle equipped with the latest electronic control system, then the boy is equipped with an unknown driving mechanism under the same control system - as strong as a tank, accumulating energy like a battleship, and possessing a jet
Fictional mobile weapon for aircraft propulsion.
Thinking about it the other way around, as a processor that can run something that was originally only meant to exist - this is the genius of Flat Eskardes.
But now - the genius has passed away and has come to the world again in the form of a natural disaster.
It all boils down to the dream described by Messala Eskaldes.
With Enkidu's sharp blade approaching, the boy used his ability.
The boy spread the high-speed circulating magic power around himself, knocking all the sharp blades away.
Rather than being knocked away, it is better to say that various weapons produced from Enkidu's magic power and the earth of the planet hit the wall of the magic circle like a barrier at the moment they came into contact with the boy, and turned into sand and stone, shattering and scattering.
Instantly read the magic power of Enkidu's Noble Phantasm, and absorbed it into his own magic cycle through hacking.
Not only that, the young man manipulated the magic power of several weapons inside without destroying their form, and reflected them back towards Enkidu.
But none of these combos that were supposed to be counterattacks could hit Enkidu's body.
The wall in front of Enkidu blocked everything.
The golden city wall has strong magical power and even has a solid barrier effect.
On the bricks and stones that built the city wall, the inscription "Nab-kudurri-utarur" was engraved in cuneiform script. Such a city wall stood in front of Enkidu.
Although the height is only about twice the height of a person, the wall can easily block weapons counterattacked by the boy.
("Nab-kudurri-utarur" means "O God Nabu, may you protect my eldest son", and is also used as the "Akkadian" name of "Nebuchadnezzar II".)
However, the boy as a "foreign object" did not show any anxiety.
The boy was refining his magic power while jumping high, and carried out the attack that he was supposed to launch against Ayaka just now.
A black shadow appeared on the boy's back again, and a high-speed rotating magic belt was shot out from around the black shadow.
According to common sense, even if a human magician fires magic power directly, its power is limited.
However, I don't know what happened. The magic belts launched by the boy were hundreds or thousands of times more powerful than usual.
As a result, the shape of the city wall immediately changed and turned into a dome that could withstand high-altitude attacks.
However, for the young man who was ready to attack, it was nothing more than a trivial matter.
Countless bands of light immediately gathered in front of the boy, turning into a monster made of magical light and attacking Enkidu.
The multiple defensive walls, which made people feel like they could even bounce back everything, were bitten through one after another, and were all shattered between the light belts going back and forth several times.
"...!"
However, when the boy saw something emerging from the depths of the rubble and smoke, he narrowed his eyes in surprise.
Because around Enkidu, who looked completely calm, there were things that had almost nothing to do with his expression or his past fighting style.
"What...are you...?"
The young man was suspended in the air and asked involuntarily.
Or maybe a modern magician who knew Enkidu's real name would complain about the same thing.
Spread out around Enkidu, it is this complex pattern and golden glowing clay color scheme that is reminiscent of ancient Babylon.
However, no matter how you look at it, this is something that should not exist in ancient Babylonia.
Flat Escardus likes to read comics and movies. The boy who gained knowledge through him understood what it was.
Regardless of whether he could accept it or not - in the young man's heart, the memory of the past seen through Flatt's eyes revived.
It was the magic costume of an acquaintance whom Flatt had brought over without permission - the mercury maid Trimma, and the memory of watching old movies with her.
For the boy, this was not an important memory. So he no longer remembered the name of the movie. But the content of the movie was that a giant mantis monster emerged from the iceberg, attacked the streets of the United States, and fought with the army.
And then there's one of those scenes. (THE DEADLY MANTIS, 1957)
Flatt said while showing the scene of the Army attacking the giant flying mantis from the ground.
——"This is so handsome! Trimma-chan, please transform into this too!"
——"To apply for a style with a shape change, it must have an official name."
Faced with the mercury maid's mechanical answer, Flatt's answer was.
——"That's what I've been waiting for! I knew you would say that, so I asked my military friends!"
What was instantly evoked from the boy's memory was the name of the "weapon" written on that document.
——"Hey, the name of this weapon is..."
The young man remembered Flatt's words and couldn't help but say this proper noun.
"...M1...120mm anti-aircraft gun...?"
And there are eight seats.
The quantity may not be an issue, but the boy reconfirmed what he saw in order to confirm that the scene in front of him was reality.
The cannon body, which is more than 7 meters long, gives people the impression of an inorganic but thick guardian statue.
Its appearance is indeed decorated in the style of ancient Babylonia, where Enkidu was born, but anyone with a discerning eye will understand it at a glance.
That was a "modern weapon" that was still used on this land of the United States about 50 years ago.
The gorgeous Enkidu Formation was completed as if it dominated the helicopter airport on the roof of Crystal Hill.
The eight anti-aircraft guns beautifully arranged around him are full of golden magic, and are in incredible harmony with the existence of Enkidu.
Like the defensive weapons on the walls of Babylonia.
Or - even the modern weapons created by humans are just part of nature that makes this planet full of color.
One of the magicians who observed this scene from various places on the street said this afterwards.
At the center of a modern weapon that can be said to be the core of modern civilization, stands a beautiful tree, a gesture that goes beyond irony and even feels like a painting imitating a historical moment.
Age of Babylon
Enkidu's Noble Phantasm has the special property of being "updated" frequently and continuously after being summoned as a heroic spirit.
The ability to retrieve the memory of the stars and create various things from that land.
This is undoubtedly an imitation of human logic.
Therefore, as time goes by, information will accumulate thicker, higher, and deeper.
The longer the heroic spirit Enkidu exists in any given era and is connected to the earth, the more civilizations can be reappeared.
In terms of "the possibility of being summoned in various eras" - if Enkidu was summoned by others in ancient Babylon in the same era as his lifetime, then he would only be able to create weapons that he knew during his lifetime.
Or items created by human hands on that land.
On the other hand, if it were summoned in a future era other than the Holy Grail War in Snowfield City, it would probably create various SF weapons that are just on paper now.
Of course, whether this is a good thing or a bad thing is another matter.
The firearms at the pinnacle of modern civilization can never compare to the brilliance of the holy sword. For the same reason, in battles at the Noble Phantasm level, the newer the weapon, the stronger it is.
In the world of magic, it is common sense that the closer you are to the Age of Gods, the more mysterious it becomes. Even in ordinary society, just because you have the latest pistol of the 21st century, you cannot face a 16th century cannon loaded with cannonballs.
Boom, this is simply a reckless move.
However, the basis of those things is Enkidu's Noble Phantasm, which exists as a mystery.
Even if any warhead in the Gatling barrage is hit additionally, it will destroy the magic power of the enemy's spirit base level. If the latest aircraft is built, it may be able to compete head-on with the flying dragon.
Of course, in order to reproduce the unique treasures like Vimana collected in Gilgamesh's "The King's Treasure" that are the ultimate of human possibility, we need to be in the distant future, the era when mankind is at its peak.
Or think reversely and be summoned in an era ruled by gods who crossed the sea of stars and descended on the earth. If you want to reproduce things derived from the bodies of gods from alien planets or supreme treasures such as the Holy Sword of the Stars,
You need to use the equivalent secret treasure in Gilgamesh's treasure house or the world itself as the material.
Despite this, there is a reason why Enkidu's treasure can be compared with "The King's Treasure".
The various things that Enkidu imitated from the clay were all things that escaped the hands of the gods and were created by human nature - this means that these objects can be mass-produced using the earth as the material.
Enkidu is now only one step away from recreating the modern weapons of the current era. Just half a century ago, these were still being used as the latest weapons.
One of them is this huge anti-aircraft cannon, and the shells fired one after another are equipped with Enkidu's own magic power and are aimed at the boy.
That's right, at this moment, it started to be put into use.
Eight anti-aircraft guns fired mercilessly at the boy who looked down at Enkidu.
There was a roar, and cannonballs were shot out rhythmically from the earth mixed with mysterious gunpowder.
"...!"
The young man thought it was just a cannonball flying in a straight line and could be easily avoided as long as he saw the trajectory. But he immediately rejected this naive idea.
Even the fired cannonball is part of Enkidu's mystery.
Even though it was impossible to make a completely right angle, the boy could immediately tell that this was a change in trajectory that completely ignored the laws of physics. Instead of avoiding the cannonballs falling from the ground, he chose to completely defend and destroy them.
His consciousness accelerated again, trying to find gaps in the attack in the slow-motion vision.
However, in the decelerating scenery, only the speed of the projectile is completely inconsistent with the surrounding deceleration.
Logically speaking, the firing speed of anti-aircraft guns is 12 rounds per minute, but compared to what Flatt learned, the firing speed of anti-aircraft guns is even a little faster.
"Still...accelerating?"
The anti-aircraft guns had already fired eight shells at a speed exceeding one round per second.
Faced with the foul of the Servant's Noble Phantasm, the boy's advantage of accelerated thinking was completely wiped out.
The barrage of shells that unfolded in front of the boy's eyes, if it were an ordinary fantasy species, would have disappeared in one strike.
However, the obstacle created by the pattern of the shadow spread out like sparrow wings on the boy's back was also a foul domain from a worldly perspective, and the mysterious cannonballs were shattered one after another.
"I see...it's obviously just a temporary existence, but it can take root on the planet to such an extent."
The young man murmured lightly.
"If it has reference value, please give me some insights."
He calmly adjusted his breathing, completing his defense accurately while calmly refining his magic power.
Just when the boy had completely mastered the rhythm of the barrage and was about to take advantage of the gap to switch to an attack technique - in an unexpected way, through the gap of the exploding flames, Enkidu appeared right below the boy.
It was a blow that merged with the countless chains that gathered and stretched from the ground, and shot itself out as a high-density magic mass.
"That action...I saw it too."
As expected, the boy declared in a calm tone and fired magic power at Enkidu's body in a counterattack.
High-density magic power adjusted solely for the purpose of destruction.
If Enkidu chooses to dodge, the Crystal Hill, the tallest building in Snowfield, will turn into rubble in an instant.
Understanding this, he launched a strike without hesitation. It can be said that the boy did not consider hiding at all - Enkidu also temporarily abandoned that rule.
Of course, Enkidu's master Silver Wolf has no intention of hiding his mystery.
Countless chains rise from the ground, as if to surround the building.
Although it only lasted a few seconds, the ordinary people who saw it from a distance just mistakenly thought that there was some special light show in the Crystal Hill Building today──the magicians had helpless expressions on their faces, saying, "Please stop doing this."
, observing the development of the situation.
If there is no heroic spirit or the power of the same type, it is impossible to stop it.
The cluster of chains that reached the roof continued to stretch toward the sky, turning into giant golden trees that soared into the sky.
"……Ha ha"
The boy smiled while confirming that his attack was absorbed by the big tree of light, and that the big tree even used the magic power it had just absorbed to continue to stretch this way.
"Ah, I really want Flat to see it, he really likes such gorgeous things."
The jet-black blade protruding from the hole in the chest blocked Enkidu's hand knife that was so close at hand, and responded with multiple blades, piercing the spirit-based body of the god's doll.
Despite this, the heroic spirit did not relax the pressure at all, and kept lifting the young man's body upwards.
The streets of Crystal Hill and Snowfield have become distant views.
On the way up, the boy and Enki both confirmed that their energy had grazed the airship carrying the invisible magic, causing some of the magic to suffer.
However, neither party has time to care about this.
The chain tree that wrapped the building has disappeared, and all the energy has been injected into Enkidu's body.
Enkidu turns his arms and part of his clothes into bird-like feathers. The feathers release magic and continue to rise.
Of course, the flying method is completely different from that of the original bird, but it is not clear whether the posture is very similar to the flying method of the Phantasma species that lived in Enkidu's time. While flying, it continued to launch more violent combos.
In order to fight against it, the boy further expanded his "wings" and concentrated the thin magic power (Mana) surrounding the planet high in the sky.
Suddenly, the boy saw a huge "something" swimming in the sky, but he had no time to confirm it.
Enkidu, who had sent their bodies into the sky, suddenly spoke.
"It is indeed a dangerous existence for the Master."
Although this sentence means warning, it sounds very calm.
The evidence is that Enkidu smiled softly and continued speaking.
"However, I am happy for your birth. At least, I want to congratulate you on your birth."
"...?Ah...well, thank you."
Although he was confused by the sudden words, the young man couldn't help but thank him.
Although his words and expressions were a little confused, he did not relax at all.
Enkidu was the same. Full of magic, he looked at the vast land in front of him and spoke as if he felt reassured from the bottom of his heart.
"This is proof that the planet has not given up hope."
At this moment, the two people hit each other. Although they flew upwards, they still kept some distance apart.
"What should I call you now?"
The surrounding space suddenly darkened, and the stars above began to exaggerate their presence.
Both the boy and Enqi understood that this was not because the sun suddenly darkened.
In the young man's originally chaotic eyes, a curious look like Flat Escardus appeared, and he answered.
"Tia, Tia Eskaldes."
"This is the name my friend gave me. I have no plans to choose another name."
Just like that, the boy who was Flat Escaldes just a few minutes ago——
The boy was lifted dozens of kilometers above the ground, and when he even reached a height high enough to cross the stratosphere and enter the mesosphere, he said his name.
The air density here is less than one-tenth that of the ground.
Despite this, whether it was because of the magical power of the voice or because each other's hearing was extraordinary, the conversation between the two went as smoothly as the conversation on the ground, and Enkidu did master the other's name.
However, this does not mean that there will be any results.
For the heroic spirits and the boy who are "foreign objects", neither the thin air nor the cosmic rays falling from outer space are meaningful.
While the battle was still going on, the surveillance satellite recorded this aurora-like light. This was a surveillance satellite managed by Faldius' organization. The information was only provided to users, so in the end, the image was not released to the world.
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In other words, there will be no problem even if this video is made public.
It will only be regarded as a very unserious spoof video of what happened next.
Ordinary people who are not magicians - or magicians who don't even understand the situation of the Holy Grail War, would probably conclude this way.
Light.
Only overwhelming light and the shadow of nothingness spread around Tia.
Between the gap between the planet and the universe, another ray of light and shadow overflowed.
If Enkidu is the embodiment of nature, then the current boy named Tia is the embodiment of light and shadow.
The magic formula circulating high-density magic distorts the surrounding space, distorting the light from the sun and making it part of a new magic circle.
On the other hand, the dark shadow that completely absorbed the light also created other magic formulas, and the magic circle formed by the compound magic formula began to spread around the boy.
Seeing the boy's magic seal seeming to erode the entire world, Enkidu murmured with a slightly surprised expression.
"Do you want to be directly connected to the world... As expected, you have seen everything."
"..."
Substituting silence for affirmation, the young man suddenly accelerated his ascent and launched a magic right above Enkidu.
"...Cheat On."
In these short words, you can feel a little nostalgia and condolences.
This sentence should have been influenced by "Flat". Taking this as an opportunity, the principles of this world were instantly rewritten around the boy.
That scene was different from the inherent barrier. With an aura that could directly cover the real world, the laws of the surrounding world began to shake.
In conjunction with this power, the chant carried in the language of compressed magic power, whether it is a confession or a declaration, that will penetrates its own existence into the world itself.
"O earth/I am not under the protection of human reason."
"People/I agree that today's spirits are good at restrained prayers, calling, pardoning, pity, and hatred."
"Sing, dance/This gap will swallow up all the support of good and evil."
"From the hand of ancient destruction/My pupils praise all things built by mankind, so I challenge human wisdom."
"Struggle on!/Bless the prosperity of human intelligence with destruction, until the stars dry up."
The last sentence expanded with an explosive "distortion", and Tia's magic spread to include higher altitudes, covering the entire sky above the United States.
Then, as if the distortion itself created a gravitational pull, it began to gather those around the upper reaches of the planet.
"...That was also created by humans."
Enkidu murmured.
Gathered around Tia are the debris known as space junk.
Dangerous dream fragments are scattered in the steps of human beings towards the stars and sea, floating in the upper atmosphere at a rapid speed.
During the time when Snowfield hosted the Holy Grail War, some people even speculated that it was more than 2,000 tons, which was the weight of space junk floating in the universe.
From abandoned satellites to tools dropped by astronauts, to tiny fragments peeled off due to friction between steel materials, various metals gathered and compressed around Tia as if they were swallowed by a vortex.
In addition, tiny materials and debris such as meteorites that fell from the tail of the comet were also involved in it, forming multiple asteroids that revolved around Tia.
Just like the planets in the solar system, spheres of different sizes.
Accompanied by rapid acceleration like magic, it is entangled with dense magic while blindly increasing energy.
"...!"
Enkidu imagined what would happen next.
The magic power that brought you here from the ground is released explosively, and you are ready to fight.
The next moment - Tia seemed not to give him time to unfold the Noble Phantasm, and shouted out sonorous and powerful words in order to activate the magic.
"——A Clockwork Abaddon!"
Multiple "moons" with masses ranging from 500 kilograms to dozens of tons roar toward the earth at speeds far exceeding the speed of sound.
They didn't burn up due to friction with the atmosphere, nor did they slow down. Did they have a spell that neutralizes air friction? They were fired at super high speeds, like rail gun combos. If they all fell to the ground
, will cause great harm to the earth and life.
At that moment - the power flowing in from somewhere turned into a huge amount of energy within Enkidu's body and surged, and all of his abilities as a heroic spirit were temporarily enhanced.
"——O people, I hope to bind the gods (Enuma Elish)."
Enkidu's Noble Phantasm was released in a matter of seconds.
Borrowing the power of planets and human nature, he used his spiritual base itself as a weapon, incarnating the power of a wedge that penetrated everything. Enkidu spread the golden chain around him while spiraling through, crushing the approaching evil star.
conflict.
Then, a large amount of light shot out.
A huge magic flower exploded in the upper realm of the stratosphere, each petal wrapping around those broken asteroids.
After the rebound energy reached the Karman line (the dividing line between outer space and the Earth's atmosphere), it turned into a pseudo-aurora, decorating the universe above Snowfield.
Could Theia's great magic be considered a threat to the earth or humanity?
By injecting the restraining power of the Noble Phantasm, Enkidu beautifully withstood Snowfield's massive attack.
But - quality itself is not completely lost.
The remaining waves were also very violent.
Several pieces of the shattered asteroid fragments were bounced off the magic petals, spreading and falling towards the earth.
The smallest fragments were ejected to Washington, D.C., far east of Snowfield, where they crashed at the confluence of the Anacostia and Potomac rivers.
The debris fell in the center of the river, which was more than a kilometer wide. In an instant, the river water was swept up into the sky, and it fell around the White House like a torrential rain that was not accurately forecast.
Other fragments fell into Yellowstone National Park, piercing the ground and temporarily activating magmatic activity that horrified geologists.
Another part of the debris flew significantly westward, crossed the Pacific Ocean, and fell into the coastal areas of Japan.
The magic power went wild and generated a large amount of heat fragments, causing a large amount of seawater near the sea surface to evaporate in an instant.
Droplets and steam columns could also be seen rising to a height of several kilometers from nearby ships and coastal areas. For a while, there was a lot of discussion on the Internet, thinking that it was an undersea volcanic eruption, a long-range missile falling, or an alien attack.
There were other fragments falling on Russian soil. They thought it was an attack from other countries and entered a state of high alert. This nervousness, like a frightened bird, immediately spread throughout the world.
But it was the second largest fragment that had the greatest impact on the world.
The fragments flying north maintaining huge magic power collided with the impact of falling, causing the surrounding material to collapse.
As a result, there was no change in the terrain, but it brought a huge spiritual impact to mankind.
When the observation satellite captured its figure again——
About 12 percent of the sea ice that exists in the Arctic Ocean has completely disappeared.
If this happens to the ice on the Antarctic continent, it will really affect the earth's sea level.
Several fragments found on the ground were part of space junk. Could it be that the space station fell? Or was it affected by some kind of influence that caused the near-Earth satellites to fall? There are various rumors among people that these
It hasn't happened yet, after all, it was said only a few hours later.
But from a magic point of view, it's the largest fragment that's most problematic.
It is not so much a fragment as it is an asteroid that has almost maintained its original shape.
Tia used all the other asteroids as bait, installed invisibility magic on only one of them, and tried to throw it into Snowfield using another ballistic trajectory while removing its appearance and magic power.
Is this huge battle just to get rid of this girl Ayaka?
Or, instead of attacking Enkidu, do you want to destroy the Master or the ground itself, the foundation of the Holy Grail?
The answers are all correct, but they are only superficial.
——Don't change the subject for me.
——I hate the Holy Grail War.
——I hate those guys who killed Flatt for the Holy Grail, and I hate this ritual.
——Humans, human cities...
——To be honest, I don’t hate London...
——But it doesn’t matter to me what happens to this city.
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——There's one thing I didn't tell Flatt.
——The reason why Bennett was summoned.
——That heroic spirit is... impossible to be attracted by a toy knife.
——The reason must be me.
——I have similar characteristics...
——After all, he is still no one.
This kind of thinking is only a moment in the actual passage of time, and the asteroid falls to the ground in a flowing motion.
However, Enkidu's breath perception did not let it go.
In a place where the magic power was completely eliminated and became a slave. Under the influence of Tia and Enkidu, the magic power changes like a turbulent flow. Enkidu perfectly captured the inconsistent feeling of a space where the magic power is evenly suppressed.
He stretched out his chain, trying to catch this egg-like star filled with huge magic power, but Tia released a pursuit with magic to try to stop him.
As a result, although the Magic Star completely deviated from its orbit, it still hit the ground in an almost intact state.
The target is Snowfield, but towards Los Angeles, the largest city on the west coast of the United States.
Farewell, "Los Angeles, the City of Angels".
Farewell, Long Beach.
Farewell, Griffith Observatory.
Farewell, Hollywood.
Tia, who had calculated the results of her magic before she could fly, noticed that the location where the meteorite landed was the location of Hollywood. In Tia's mind, "Ah, it's that Flatt who always wants to do it one day."
The sadness of "where I went" was washed away by the thought of "Flat is no longer here, so it doesn't matter."
Under the impact of the evil star full of destruction and atom-destroying magic, the city named Angel is now preparing to return to the light.
Due to the activation of the injected magic power, the land and all life within a radius of several kilometers will be reduced to nothing. Immediately afterwards, the collapse caused by the meteorite will stimulate the surrounding dragon veins and magma, causing a chain reaction.
Even Tia herself can't stop it. At this moment, the principle of transcending mystery and hiding determines the direction (future) of mankind in a physical way.
——This is how it should be.
However, in front of Tia's sight were thick cumulonimbus clouds.
Also located in the west, it should be the hurricane heading here (Snowfield) through Los Angeles.
It was an unusually huge cumulonimbus cloud that almost left the earth's troposphere. Tia could always feel the unpleasant smell from inside the thick cloud layer.
The magic of the surrounding atmosphere and land seemed to be entangled in cumulonimbus clouds.
Although there is "something" that is very troublesome, there is still no way to deal with it under the current situation.
Therefore, Tia had not paid much attention to it until just now.
No matter what is in the cloud, magic will activate as long as it touches it.
The evil star he launched will probably destroy all the big cities in the western United States.
This is what the young man thought.
But something changed at this time.
"..."
Tia looked at the scene in front of her and opened her eyes slightly.
A part of the cumulonimbus vortex with a diameter of more than 500 kilometers swayed like a raised sickle, with two tornadoes stretching into the sky at the end.
This is obviously a move that ignores the laws of physics and the tornado system. The beautiful extension of the left and right symmetry looks like the double horns of a huge creature.
No, that's not right.
Tia is convinced.
Not like a horn.
That is the horn of the beast.
His eyes that could see magic correctly recognized the hidden mystery and the wrapped figure.
Covered by the two tornadoes is a deep and charming blue.
Even if we dig up all the minerals on the earth, there are so many lapis lazuli rocks that they form a glazed mass that looks like the sea and the sky.
The thing peeking out from the gap in the huge hurricane clouds is a golden skeleton.
Each bone is equivalent to the size of a vast city, a blue and golden beast, using the swirling storm wind as its flesh to stride forward in this world.
——The magic power suddenly increased...?
——There is no action to draw magic power from the planet.
——Is that... an existence from somewhere else...?
Although there are such doubts, the question now is, why would such a move be made?
The answer will be revealed soon.
A glazed animal horn the size of a peninsula pointed at the evil star flying at super high speed in the stratosphere, full of destruction and violence.
Then, the horns moved wildly.
To be precise, the moving thing is the huge magic power that gushes out from the depths of the horn and is entangled with divine energy.
Unlike Tia, who relies on magic power to distort the surrounding space, the horns of the giant beast use divine energy to swallow up space, breaking the concepts of distance and direction.
The vector is distorted, and the evil star starts falling before it reaches Los Angeles, heading straight for the face of the cumulonimbus behemoth.
It excavates the earth, triggers large-scale earthquakes, and contains eggs of destruction and destruction with astonishing energy.
So, will its energy exceed that of a super hurricane?
Of course, disasters with different forms cannot be simply compared. Generally speaking, huge earthquakes bring greater damage to the world.
However, in terms of pure "energy value" comparison, the energy contained in a strong hurricane is sometimes a hundred times that of a magnitude 9 earthquake.
What would happen if this energy stirred like a wild beast?
The answer is about to be revealed.
A large hurricane composed of thick cumulonimbus clouds.
Seen from above, the shape of the hurricane is almost circular, and the gap between the clouds and the sky is perfectly separated. It can be called a textbook hurricane.
However, if you visualize the density of magic contained in it, it is a giant beast the same size as a hurricane that is slowly and continuously walking this way.
The storm roared for it.
Heavy rain is in his blood.
The thunder is rapid and violent.
The thick cumulonimbus clouds are not only the flesh of the mythical beast itself, but also the armor that protects everything about it.
Not a zoomorphic version of a giant hurricane, but its opposite.
Tia was convinced that the way the God Beast fell to the ground was the true face of the monster.
Peering out from the cumulonimbus clouds, the beast with golden bones slowly opened its mouth.
No, it appears to be slow just because it is so close, but judging from its huge size, its jaws are opening and closing at an astonishing speed.
The evil star slid straight into the giant beast's mouth, and then immediately closed its mouth.
If it penetrates the interior of a hurricane and reaches the ground, destructive smoke and dust will immediately be produced.
However, that moment never came.
No matter how long you wait, it won't come.
Because the gold and glazed color inside the hurricane flashes, the energy contained in it increases explosively while maintaining the scale of the hurricane.
The wind speed suddenly surged from about 50 meters per second to 80 meters per second, and the maximum instantaneous wind speed exceeded 100 meters per second, which was close to the strongest record in history.
I'm afraid that if that "behemoth" wants to pour energy into the wind speed, it can easily refresh the existing observation record.
Is the reason for not doing this because of what the giant beast had in mind, or is it purely accidental - or is it because someone ordered it?
However, to Tia and Enkidu now, these are all trivial matters.
Because they realize it.
The giant cumulus clouds that span hundreds of kilometers are indeed watching them.
Moreover, this giant beast that was carrying huge disasters did indeed sneer after seeing the two of them.
Seeing this scene, the young man smiled with interest——
Instead, Enkidu wiped away his smile and just glanced at the "mythical beast" with a sad expression.
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Snowfield, West Forest.
The two people floating in the distant sky didn't know.
Someone was on the ground in Snowfield observing the movements of the giant beast.
As an observer, Philia-Ishtar sighed in embarrassment while feeling the appearance of the divine beast that was her own asset.
"Ah, there is really nothing we can do about this child."
Neither was he confused by the expansion of powerful power, nor was he frightened by the possible destruction of the earth's surface.
She simply shrugged at the greed of her divine beast.
"I don't care about you if you eat randomly and ruin your stomach~"