The Stage Officially Begins

Seeing Ozymandias's relieved expression, as if he was ready to die, Rovey was speechless. He shook Ozymandias's head to make him open his eyes.

"Huh? Yu didn't die?"

Ozymandias, who had been constantly shaken by Rovey, suddenly opened his eyes. He found that he was not seeing the scene on the Throne of Heroes, but the familiar Great Temple of Radiance. Moreover, his field of vision seemed to have increased, because he was being held in Rovey's hands. In the distance, where he had originally been, King Hassan, leaning on his sword, was also looking in this direction, and he couldn't help but panic.

Only then did he realize that his close friend had seemingly snatched him away from King Hassan.

"Moses, you..."

Looking at the reincarnation of Moses before him, Ozymandias was deeply moved that the man had gone to such lengths for him, even snatching him from the clutches of Grand Servant. He couldn't help but sigh—

"Truly worthy of being my best friend! Moses, don't worry about me anymore. My head has been severed, and I can't leave the Great Temple of Radiance. You take Nitocris and escape!"

Despite being moved, Ozymandias did not send Rovey to avenge him, but instead decisively ordered Rovey to escape with Nitocris.

"You bastard..."

Hearing Ozymandias's words, Rovey was also a little surprised. He really didn't expect that this guy would still care about him at such a moment. It seems that he really regarded him as his best friend reincarnated.

However... when he heard him call him Nefertari with his eyes closed, Rovey still couldn't hold back.

Moses was one thing, but what the hell was Nefertari? He always felt a little unsafe being around this guy.

However, at this moment, King Hassan looked over here, his dark blue eyes filled with questioning.

"My forerunner, what do you seek? The sun's destiny should end here. Why do you obstruct me? Do you wish to defy the will of Heaven?"

As he spoke, a dark blue light flashed in King Hassan's eyes, and an aura of death swept towards Rovey.

Just now, when he swung his sword, he did not expect that Rovey would actually use his staff to block his sword of death. Although he also had the ability to kill him, harming Prophet or Saint was a great sin, which even he could not do.

The Prophet follows the will of the Lord, and his ways must not be hindered or harmed.

"Don't label me yet. I've said it before, Ozymandias is the key to defeating the Lion King, and he cannot die under any circumstances."

"Moreover, I can see with my own eyes that his destiny has not ended. You are the one who is wrong. You keep saying that you obey the Lord, but all you are doing is your own arbitrary decision."

Without any hesitation, Rovey threw the blame back at King Hassan, regardless of whether he could hear it or not, and directly invoked the Lord as a shield.

"As Prophet and your forerunner, what I hear is naturally divine will. The Lord says that Ozymandias should not die, so what are you going to do? Are you going to refute my identity, or are you trying to refute the Lord you speak of?"

"—Answer me, King Hassan!"

Answer me, answer me, answer me!!

Because he used special magic and faith, and this time Rovey actually used some characteristics of Islam that he felt in the Mountain Village that were different from the Christianity, although it was awkward to use, it was still usable.

At this moment, with a gloomy look in his eyes, he posed an extremely serious question to King Hassan's faith.

"Are you serving yourself? Or God? Or is it according to destiny? King Hassan!"

In an instant, the echoes of questioning began to reverberate throughout the temple.

This scene, this questioning, deeply moved the Ozymandias in his hand.

"My dearest friend... Moses, even though you have been reincarnated, your sense of responsibility and affection still move me deeply. Your gentleness even reminds me of Nefertari ..."

"Shut up!"

Because he had borrowed the Prophet's characteristics, Rovey's style became extremely stern when he spoke. He directly rebuked Ozymandias, who was still chattering in his hands, and told him to shut up, before continuing to look at King Hassan.

When facing King Hassan, a devout believer and the incarnation of the angel of death, his questions were undoubtedly more effective than any fight.

King Hassan nodded slightly and then calmly said, "You are Prophet, and you have heard the Lord's words. What you say is the true law. Although I have little to say, the Sun King's time of death has not yet come, thanks to your guidance. Here, I take my leave."

Do you really have to speak in this tone?

Rovey sighed, then smiled, because although he didn't quite understand what King Hassan was saying, he roughly understood the meaning.

That means they're letting Ozymandias go this time, just for their own sake.

That should be enough.

"Nitocris, stop! Do not continue the sacrifice, do not throw yourself into the Underworld. You are enough. This guy may be stubborn, but he won't go so far as to attack me."

Realizing that the shadow of Anubis was beginning to appear on Nitocris, and looking at Nitocris who was ready to sacrifice herself in exchange for Anubis's rescue, Rovey called out to her, interrupting her sacrifice, and then tossed Ozymandias's head into her arms like a ball.

"Eh? Pharaoh..."

Nitocris caught Ozymandias's head, then looked at Rovey ahead with a worried expression, not paying much attention to the headless man in her arms.

Ozymandias: "..."

Now he's suddenly become a bit withdrawn. He's been humiliated for showing off, and he's been beaten down to nothing but a head. Moreover, his ancestor, who used to be so obedient to him, has clearly been lured away by his best friend, which makes him feel incredibly frustrated.

But on second thought, it didn't seem so bad. After all, he had already won Nefertari from Moses, which was quite satisfactory. Now that Nitocris was with Moses, it was good that she wouldn't bother him anymore, and the two of them were quite nice.

Ozymandias couldn't help but sing with joy at the thought of his best friend becoming the Queen of Egypt.

After all, it was really a lot of fun.

However, Rovey was of course unaware of Ozymandias's thoughts at this moment. He walked up to King Hassan and said in a deep voice, "Now that the Beast has destroyed Human Order, you, as Grand Servant, did not obey the Lord's command to go to the Seventh Singularity to prepare for the return of the Primal Mother. It is truly wrong of you to go on a killing spree here just because Hassan are being bullied."

"O assassin destined to inherit the 'Grand Rank, now depart and await a more opportune moment. Ozymandias' destiny is to engage in a final battle with the Lion King; this is the will of the gods, and cannot be defied."

"I know the Lord's will. The evening bells are fading, and the sun is shining again. But if they defy the Lord's will again, I will come back here and cut off their head."

King Hassan looked at Ozymandias, who was now just a head in Nitocris's hand, and said in a deep voice.

Every word he uttered was a blatant threat, making Rameses II's eyelids twitch.

But what could he do about his inner frustration? He truly had no way to deal with King Hassan.

At that moment, a commotion suddenly arose outside the Great Temple of Radiance —the sound of countless footsteps.

"Go quickly and see what's wrong with the Pharaoh!"

Why are there sounds of the temple being destroyed coming from inside?

The noise was loud, and it was clear that the maids and guards outside had also noticed the commotion inside.

Seeing this, King Hassan turned his hand, completely losing the terrifying killing intent he had just displayed, and said in a deep voice, "The time has passed, the cause and effect are settled, and I should also return. Since the Prophet said that the destiny of this world requires a Sun King, I will wait and see."

Rovey nodded, then turned to King Hassan and asked, "By the way, King Hassan, I have a question for you. Would you mind answering it?"

"Speak freely. Since the Prophet has asked, I will answer without reservation and without reservation."

King Hassan stopped and said.

He has always been very kind to Rovey.

"Since you're also in this Sixth Singularity, why don't you just assassinate the Lion King directly, instead of trying to assassinate the Sun King? And with your help, the Lion King shouldn't be too much of a problem, right?"

Rovey couldn't understand why King Hassan would go to such lengths to assassinate Ozymandias. Wouldn't it have been better to just kill the Lion King and end things quickly?

Although the Lion King has become the goddess of the Holy Lance, King Hassan alone certainly can't withstand it. Without Bedivere's arm, it would be difficult for anyone to defeat him by brute force alone. However, with King Hassan's help, things would be infinitely easier. In that case, Ozymandias, King Hassan, himself, and with Artoria joining the fray, it would be a righteous four-on-one fight. Even without the Holy Lance, the Lion King would be subdued by them.

"The Lion King's destiny does not reside in myself. My destiny lies in the world beyond. I do not need the title of Grand Rank, but to ensure the continuation of mankind, the authority of this Grand Rank must be placed in the right place."

After he finished speaking, a gust of sand swirled around King Hassan, and then his figure slowly disappeared.

However, his dark blue, flame-like gaze remained fixed on Rovey.

"I came here today because the mountain people prayed for revenge for the loss of their loved ones. Now that the cause and effect have been resolved, if the Prophet needs my help, he may come to me."

After saying that, King Hassan vanished without a trace.

At this moment, Rovey understood everything.

It seems that Ozymandias's Sphinx bullied the Mountain People Hassan too badly today. So many Hassan were killed, leaving only a few. Now they have collectively gone to King Hassan's shrine to complain, so King Hassan came to teach this guy a lesson.

The reason why King Hassan did not appear before the Lion King was because if he wanted to deal with the goddess, he would have to give up his Grand Rank. However, his Grand Rank could only be given to another Beast, so he had to eliminate all possibilities of losing his Grand Rank and would not attack the Lion King. Her destiny belonged to someone else.

However, he can still help with other tasks.

This is great!

Although he cannot participate in the final battle, the other local King Hassan alone can be considered an absolute defensive line.

Now that the Sixth Singularity has gone berserk, there are more and more demons outside. When they go to fight the Lion King, those demons will inevitably come into the fray. He was originally hesitant about how to deal with them.

Since the old man himself said he would help, it shouldn't be too much to ask him to hold off tens of thousands of demons in the desert, right?

Just as Rovey was pondering, Ozymandias, who had just been reprimanded by King Hassan, saw his arrogance plummet and was carried to Rovey by Nitocris, who was holding his head in his arms.

The two men couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw that the guy had left.

Nitocris looked into Rovey's eyes and said reassuringly, "It's so good to see you're alright."

"Yes, it's all over now. I'm sorry to have worried you."

Rovey glanced at her chest; the sacrifice there was already halfway through. If it continued, Nitocris would really be possessed by Anubis today.

"No, that's not true. Lord Anubis also said he's willing to help us."

Seeing that Rovey was unharmed, Nitocris smiled.

"Cough cough..."

Just as they were gazing at each other with emotion, Ozymandias, who was being held in someone's arms, spoke up at an inopportune moment.

"Moses... Although I don't want to interfere with your good time with Pharaoh Nitocris, and I certainly won't oppose you, please put my head back first before we talk. Even if I don't die so easily, it will still be very painful."

Ozymandias suddenly spoke in a low voice, and Nitocris, who was standing next to him, blushed and her arm trembled involuntarily.

Clang!

With a thud like a heavy object falling to the ground, Ozymandias's head began to roll towards the headless corpse lying on the ground.

Chapter 186 The Stage Officially Begins

The lingering fragrance of flowers, a fairyland on earth, lies beneath a high platform of an amusement park, where a sea of flowers dances in the air.

Under the watchful eyes of the unknown, a white-clad True Magic stepped onto the screen.

"Oh dear, can you hear me? You, whom I've never met before. Or rather, you, the astrological person I'm destined to meet."

"Well, it doesn't really matter which one it is. The development of our world is so incredibly boring, so can I say a few words here?"

"..."

"Don't go, don't go, let me finish what I have to say, okay? And don't be so formal. I'm really not Merry from your world, so I'm sorry I'm not a beautiful girl or anything like that. But even so, I understand why I was so captivated by you in that world. You're a strange Foreigner, a god who ascended to godhood by divine will. In a way, your existence is like that of a bodhisattva. You're an outsider, which makes you interesting."

"If the you in this world continues to enjoy talking nonsense and keeping people in suspense, then I think you can be buried. Using Avalon as a medium to enter my dream, I think you're not just here to spout nonsense, are you?"

A white-haired True Magic said, "Of course, of course, you are really not cute at all, but even so, your unique form is enough to make me obsessed."

"Actually, what I'm going to talk about next isn't myself, but a folk song that I heard by chance."

"Folk songs?"

"What I'm about to tell you is a future. The ending of a mysterious island that has fallen into the Fairy Britain."

"Innocent people, please return. This is the bottomless Queen's City."

"Accumulate, accumulate, like rain, like dust."

"Disappear, disappear, like snowflakes, like a lie."

"They ignored our hopes, and now they are in the Queen's hands."

"But that only requires a little patience; the savior of a dynasty spanning countless ages will appear."

"The savior who connects fairies and humans, saving the world. Even if it was just a tiny ray of dawn, even if it was something no one could see, he was like a moth drawn to a point of light."

"The city of iron, the sea of coal, the grievances of the gods—when calamity is defeated, the pilgrimage begins."

"Selected..."

"Stop right there, Merlin. This is the Sixth Singularity, not the Sixth Lostbelt."

Listening to the mysterious, mushroom-like language coming from this guy's mouth, Rovey's eyebrows twitched wildly. Anyone who didn't know better would think he had arrived in the land of fairies. He immediately interrupted the guy before he could finish speaking.

"Actually, it's pretty much the same for you. Although I don't quite understand the true meaning of these words either, since they were passed down from above, as a working-class older brother, I can only dutifully repeat them."

"Has no one told you that, Merlin? Your brain is like Merry's, it seems like it has a hole in it."

"Oh, of course someone has said that, but none of them can outrun me or beat me."

Looking at Merlin, who had a smug look on his face amidst the sea of flowers, Rovey's thoughts involuntarily drifted back to the Magus of Flowers on his side, who was now a flower True Magic girl. He couldn't help but feel a little helpless.

"So I have no interest in getting involved in the future of this world or Lostbelt. That's a matter for your world. I'm from another world, and getting too involved is ultimately not a good thing. Just tell me directly where Artoria and Bedivere are. I'm also prepared to deal with this troublesome Sixth Singularity quickly."

"Oh dear, so eager? Nobody can predict the future. I think it's good for you to listen. If you really go, it might..."