Endless Tale: Beginning in Type-Moon
Chapter 257

Seeking Hope in a World Where Hope Objectively No Longer Exists Only Leads to a Dead End!

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The time was about five-thirty.

At dawn, a ramen shop owner who had been working hard to deliver food at five o'clock in the morning happened to be passing by the crater. When he saw the black cube in the middle of the crater, he also stopped his motorcycle and stopped to watch with his usual paralyzed face.

"——Ha, what a surprise."

"Those people actually pushed Enzworth to this point."

"Or are you saying that you no longer have the intention to hide anymore?"

The ramen shop owner with a turbaned face said to himself.

"You were so careless, you would have been discovered..."

"Of course, that's what I said..."

With that said, the ramen shop owner restarted his motorcycle and turned around.

"What does this have to do with me being a ramen maker?"

The motorcycle chases the morning light and flies away. Even in the apocalypse, the ramen shop owner's delivery career still does not end!

"Then what... isn't this scene good as the ending scene?"

Shinji pointed at the resolute back of Mapo heading towards the morning light, and asked Golden Flash and Young Golden Flash on the side.

Young Golden Flash commented with a smile, "It does look like the ending scene of a second-rate movie. The meaning is a heart full of hope. But it doesn't seem to be applicable to this world, because hope is no longer worthy of its existence."

"Really? Didn't it really not exist in the first place?"

Shinji leaned back on the sofa and continued in a normal tone, "Anyway, in my opinion, that box was originally used to bluff people. If that box is the mythical box and has never been opened, it means that all the evil in the world - greed, hypocrisy, slander, pain, etc. have never been released.

If that were the case, human life today should be the same as it was before the box was opened, with no disasters and a peaceful life... But from my perspective, this doesn't seem to be the case.

In that world, Human History, thousands of years after the appearance of the box, plagues, disasters, and all the things that should have been sealed in the box were not lacking and even spread throughout the world. This is very contradictory, right?

Perhaps, in another sense, Pandora's Box has been opened long ago, but it was without the knowledge of humans or the Mud Doll. It is even possible that the remaining Eipis (hope) were released..."

(Elips: Greek, the common translation is Hope. However, Elpis in Greek is not completely defined by just Hope. It has a much larger meaning, and even includes the meaning of unrealistic hope. In a sense, this part of the meaning of Elis is a punishment far more terrible than any actual disaster.)

"Huh?" Young Golden Flash narrowed his eyes slightly.

"But I'm just guessing. If this is really the case..."

Shinji did not continue, but thought of the "symptoms" of this world that Angelica once said in the original work.

In a sense, Angelica's description of the world and the "unknown particles" in its rhetoric are very similar to Steel Age and SIN Factor.

However, if it is really the period of transition to Steel Age, there will really be no salvation for this world at all, and there will be no hope of salvation at all.

What Holy Grail, what is the last hope in Pandora's Box, are all going away, and no one can use them! It's destined to be played out. After all, Steel Age is irreversible.

But... the planet consciousness Gaia did not behave like in Steel Age this time, so Shinji would also have some doubts that this world is not transitioning towards the final result of Steel Age, but something else.

If Steel Age is really about to reach an irreversible ending, then Gaia won't be so troubled. At this time, just lie down and prepare to call the universe. After all, there is no hope for the planet Steel Age.

Of course, if Steel Age is used to explain it, Gaia is not a good person. Looking at it this way, the reason why she begged Illya to be rescued by Young Golden Flash might simply be that she wanted to use Illya to stop Darius who was about to run away.

After all, the earth is about to be played, but you (Darius) want to take the complete Human History through the hole and run to other worlds to rebuild a new world and Human History?

I (the Earth) are very unhappy and want to die together!

Anyway, as long as Illya is alive, Human History in this world will not all end! Then you can't get out (can't go through the hole)!

This makes sense. A child like Illya who knows nothing is used as a prop by Gaia in order to prevent Darius from running away.

And I (Gaia) not only want to stop you (Darius) from running away, I also want Illya to change the past, so that you will never have any chance of running away for all mankind!

Of course, this is just a conspiracy theory made up by Shinji. As for Shinji himself, he does not dislike cute mascots like Miss Tanaka.

"I feel like you are thinking about something strange, big brother..."

"I just think it's a bit too much to change the relaxed daily life of Magical Girl into such a serious doomsday type."

"No, big brother, you missed the point of what I said. What I said is that I can't see through your thoughts. This also means that even now, I can't see clearly what the future of this world will look like because of your existence. This is really interesting."

"Huh? Isn't it doomed to destruction?"

Shinji rolled his eyes and disagreed with Young Golden Flash's words. If it were really Steel Age, no one in this world could save them. They could just lie down as soon as possible.

But if it's just the few remaining humans...

It's not completely hopeless.

"Impossible, impossible! How is it possible? Absolutely impossible!"

Looking at the cracks on the outer layer of Pandora's treasure box and the black sludge that had stopped pouring due to the blow just now, Julian's pupils were dilated and his face was full of disbelief.

"It's just that kind of thing... It's just that kind of thing! How is it possible... How is it possible! It's a lie! It's a lie! It's a lie!"

With the unknown help of a certain Gaia Counter Force, the strengthened Gae Bolg successfully stopped the black mud from tilting!

At the same time, all the mud Heroic Spirit were shattered and disappeared by the residual power of Gae Bolg!

"I'm sorry, Julian! This is the truth!"

Giant Hero shouted loudly, with firm eyes and no flinching. He seemed to be preparing to fight Julian for the final victory!

"Julian! If you want to kill Ichi for the sake of all, I will become evil no matter how many times you do it! Are you aware of this? Partner of Justice!"

Hearing the familiar vocabulary, Shirou on the side was suddenly startled, what's going on? Why does something sound wrong?

Who is the righteous partner?

evil? He calls himself evil?

"Anyway, thank you, me from another world."

Looking at Shirou who wanted to open his mouth to ask, Giant Hero smiled softly, expressed his gratitude softly, and then took a deep breath.

"Projection, start!"

The huge Mountain-Cleaving Sword was pulled out by its Projection and thrown forcefully towards the high platform where Julian and others were!

boom--!

Archer Illya vs Giant Hero, a highlight of the original game.

But this time, Xiao Hei who assisted Giant Hero was replaced by Miyu!

"Catch! Miyu! This is the only card that can deal with this Heroic Spirit!"

Illya also threw Archer's Class Card to Miyu, the only one he had kept but not given to Miyu.

"Illya, what on earth is this..."

Illya turned back, stared at Shirou with a small face, and said, "Shirou, this world has no future at all! So please don't have any naive thoughts. No one can save this world, so... at least take back Miyu's future!"

"So what exactly happened in this world? What does it have to do with Miyu? What is the purpose of Enzworth? What is that black cube?"

Lancer's voice came. "When fighting, it's better to ask fewer questions!"

Hearing the sound, Shirou lowered his head, held his fist tightly, and waited for a long time before asking again.

"Then finally, I only ask one question, is our fight... just?"

"At least, it's not evil in my opinion."

After leaving such a sentence, Illya took the lead to "ride" Berserker and headed forward. At the same time, Lancer and Bazett also passed Shirou side by side.

There is more than one so-called enemy, including Red A, Beatrice and Julian, so you must hurry up!

At this time, Red A, who had always been standing next to Julian, looked at the people below who were about to attack, and spoke calmly.

"It's better to retreat temporarily now. Of course, if you regard this as a decisive battle, just pretend that I didn't tell you and tell me who the enemy is."

"Damn it!"

Julian cursed bitterly, and then raised his right hand. Something strange happened. The black cube that had just blocked the sky shrunk at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Finally, it turned into a tiny black square with light shining through it and fell into the hands of Julian! This also marked the end of the battle.

"I feel it..."

Black Mud lost its casting and changed its appearance. Erika, wearing a black dress with dull eyes... or the girls who can be called Emilia and Pandora, lowered their heads and spoke softly.

"The gun just now contained the aura of the being who condemned us..."

"That's it... I finally found it..."

With that said, Julian also walked slowly towards Emilia and handed the small cube in his hand to the other party.

Before leaving, Julian still did not forget to use Replacement Magic to replace the space and come behind Miyu and say harsh words!

"Holy Grail, I will definitely use it!"

"Don't run!"

Giant Hero roared angrily, but it didn't help.

After the other party said this, the group of people disappeared together with Shishan, leaving only those words that were as hateful as a curse.

Of course, there are also the traces left by the endless battle.

Before leaving, Red A kept a cold expression. At the last moment, he only glanced at Shirou who lowered his head, gritted his teeth and clenched his fists tightly.

Red A knows that the next meeting will be the real end and decisive battle. It is not only the decisive battle between the two parties, but also the final final battle between himself and Emiya Shirou!

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