Chapter 515

"Truth and falsehood are intertwined... As long as you feel happy, isn't that enough?"

Fear instantly shattered Euclid's will; her body was as if bound hand and foot, unable to move.

"This..."

"Even if it's an illusion, wouldn't it become real if the whole world were filled with false Wisdom? I possess enough Wisdom to make all of this possible, don't I?"

Faced with the alluring temptations of the Evil God, Euclid, driven to desperation and losing his composure—

"Ia Ia... Bulgtom Fugtragurn..."

Then, a small, bubbling lake appeared before Euclid, as if something was gradually rising to the surface.

This is likely due to the significant weakening of Amenominaka's defenses; it's all part of a chain reaction.

"... Hi?"

Euclid was stunned by this unexpected turn of events.

This wasn't the voice that had always been directly echoing in her mind.

It is sound transmitted through the eardrum.

It was a seemingly petite body, yet it concealed immense Od, possessing an overwhelming and intimidating presence unlike any other human.

It is clearly not human.

However, he appears human, with blue hair, scallop-shaped highlights in his eyes, wearing a yellow raincoat, and carrying the Holy One's Walking Stick.

In Euclid's view, the aura emanating from her was different from the fear or cold fighting spirit naturally emanating from heroic Heroic Spirit. That unknown aura gave people goosebumps, as if clear rationality and Chaos passion were intertwined and coexisted, giving people a very strange feeling...

She's practically an enhanced version of her.

There's no way I'm wrong; this seemingly harmless little girl must be that evil god who bewitches the Wisdom all day long.

"You must be the King in Yellow?"

Squatting on the ground, Euclid said in a trembling voice, "Damn it, don't think you can fool me by turning into this little girl. This isn't Euclid at all..."

"I don't quite understand what you mean..."

The Blue-Haired Girl had been staring at Euclid like a specimen, was completely bewildered. "I just accidentally fell into the river while looking for my father and on a pilgrimage, and when I surfaced, I was here. It must be some kind of mischievous god's doing!"

"... Dad?"

"Ah, please forget about that. I'm an accidental find, and I'm clumsy too. I've been falling into the river a lot lately, and I haven't been accepted."

The Blue-Haired Girl said with a complicated expression, "If I've bothered you, I'll leave now."

"Wait, who are you...?"

Upon being asked this question, the Blue-Haired Girl seemed to have an instinctive reaction, striking a victory pose, taking a deep breath, and making a "V" sign.

"I am the successor of Jesus Christ, the Supreme Bishop of Rome, God's representative on earth, the Patriarch of the West, the successor of the Lord of all disciples, the one who correctly understands the Lord's will, the head of God's servants, the leader of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth, the faithful chosen by the Lord, the extraordinary warrior who has never failed, the master of the sun and moon, the teacher of the Rome provinces, the hope and comfort of those who obey the Lord, the great Protection of Christ, the believer of believers, the writer of the New Covenant, the one who ends the false covenant, the bishop of bishops, the bishop of Constantinople and Rome, the supreme patriarch of the universal Church, the divinely ordained Faith, the Shadow of the Lord on Earth..."

Euclid's head was spinning; she even doubted that this guy could talk for ten minutes straight without taking a breath, so she quickly waved her hand.

"Stop, stop! How come you have so many titles? And this doesn't sound like you at all!"

"Of course, this is not my title."

"Then why do you keep talking!"

Euclid stared in disbelief, while the Blue-Haired Girl smiled smugly.

"Because I am his most powerful female... no, his most devoted follower, Luce (Light)."

Chapter 528 I hate you! I hate you so much! (7. K)

Underworld Tokyo.

During the Kanda Festival held in the shopping district, Manazuru Chitose, sitting atop the 'Sukunahikona' Phoenix Palanquin, narrowed her eyes.

Because the surroundings became dark.

"That is..."

She saw it.

Outside the protective shield of the Underworld, maintained by its remaining energy, stood the being with serpentine eyes that slit-like vertical pupils, staring at him.

The victor of the Holy Grail War heard it.

In the seemingly tranquil depths of the sea, even with its outline blurred by the waves, it was still clearly visible that it was a colossal object. The Divine Beast, reappearing in the modern world, seemed to tremble with joy as it raised its massive body—

"Ouroboros..."

The King of Magecraft, the Endless Serpent, worshipped by Alchemy, was also the last Servant to fight Chitose in the Holy Grail War Lucius the past. It is a super-conceptual Divine Beast with a body length of 3,000 feet, or one thousand meters. Theoretically, its size could grow to be comparable to the Earth or even the Universe. That terrifying one thousand meters is the size it grew after winning many regional Holy Grail War.

He's still alive? But if he's not dead, why would the Holy Grail recognize me as the final victor...?

Despite her confusion, Chitose stroked her long, flowing Silver Hair and warned Erice and the others:

"Looks like the rest of the Kanda Festival is in your hands. I need to deal with this uninvited guest now."

As the Chitose spoke, Ouroboros, whose entire body shimmered with ancient golden patterns and was pressed against Tokyo of the Underworld Tokyo from every angle, opened its blood-red maw. From there, Divinity yet eerie radiating light appeared, and as it gradually intensified, it began to rotate, forming countless True Magic circles.

If it were to actually spray water, it would be enough to destroy a city in an instant.

"I'm sorry, but if I can kill you once, I can kill you a second time."

As Chitose sped through the air, the Command Spell on his body began to emit a faint glow; they were the true Command Spell of the Old World.

At this moment, the woman, filled with intense homesickness, was like a massive, ferocious tsunami, seemingly ready to engulf the entire world.

Ouroboros, lurking in the sea, is enveloped by the ocean from another angle. Countless enormous waterspouts surge around it. At the same time, Ouroboros's offensive gradually improves, with countless True Magic circles converging at its mouth, all engraved with Alchemy patterns and radiating a strong aura of Od.

However, these True Magic circles, including the surging colorful light, are gradually becoming blurred.

Upon closer inspection... the Magecraft of the super-conceptual Divine Beast is collapsing.

Little by little, step by step, like a jigsaw puzzle being broken apart, it slowly disappeared into countless tiny fragments.

Sacred Nails Chiodi

The weapon wielded by Manazuru Chitose is neither the Church's Black Keys nor the Sami's Gandro, but rather the nail that nailed the Savior to the Cross. This Conceptual Weapon 'binding' generated from the four Command Spell on Chitose's body, namely her two hands and two feet.

In other words, it's a pile driver operated without any physical weapons.

This weaponry can temporarily materialize massive, sturdy, pyramid-shaped iron nails, piercing and imprisoning enemies.

Fourteen years ago, Chitose used her unique Violence to imprison and imprison Ouroboros, leaving his thousand-meter-long body suspended in the air. It was a scene that could be seen by almost everyone in the Mystery. Finally, she used Lucius's Holy Lance Longinus to pierce him straight through from above again.

Manazuru Chitose was not afraid of Ouroboros, which was much larger than before.

She felt only shame.

Because she had to accept that she had been deceived back then, and that victory was not complete.

And then there was that being who had just appeared on the scene but was taken away by Novia. Chitose had to admit that she was no match for Novia. This caused her a heart-wrenching sorrow.

So, facing the reappearance of the enemy, Chitose's current feelings of shame are the same as when she was in the Holy Grail War. Just as Lucius said, she fought like a fool, but unexpectedly, she defeated all of them... powerful Master. After all, Chitose contributed the most in the battle of Ouroboros.

Therefore, what Ouroboros sees now, reappearing before him, is an immense and Evil 'Violence' --

In some ways, it is even more advanced than the Holy Lance, for it is saturated with the blood of the Son of God.

An astonishing amount of Od swirled around the Chitose's Limbs like a hurricane. Like an erupting volcano, a Flood of Od erupted from the Sacred Nails, transforming into a dazzling pillar of light that seemed to shoot straight into the sky and crashed into Ouroboros's mouth.

Amidst a deafening roar, Manazuru Chitose broke one of Ouroboros's teeth head-on.

In terms of weight, the difference between the two is enormous. From Ouroboros's perspective, Manazuru Chitose is a creature so small that it is difficult to see.

However, Ouroboros couldn't help but recall the scene from that year.

The human before them had pinned himself to the sky like this, killing himself in a bloody manner. The reason he survived was not because of John Dee's powerful Alchemy, nor because of Manazuru Chitose's oversight or mercy.

It's just that Manazuru Chitose didn't realize that Ouroboros had survived by using her 'wish'.

'Holy Grail, as Wish-Granting Machine, continue to exist and be distributed,' this was the wish that Manazuru Chitose made for the Holy Grail. At that time, Ouroboros used it as Noble Phantasm a vicious cycle, which affected the context of the language. The first letters of the Japanese words for 'existence,' 'distribution,' and 'continue' can be connected to form 'AWATSU'.

AWA stands for 'bubble', symbolizing illusion, brevity, and transience, and is often used to describe things that are fleeting.

TSU means 'Jin', implying 'end' or 'transition'.

Therefore, the New Era became a bubble-like end or transition, and Ouroboros's wish to create New World at the Chitose turned into making 'humanity' the subject of an endless Holy Grail War.

Facing the human right inside its mouth, Ouroboros shook its enormous body, so large that even ordinary people couldn't see its full form. Its skin shone with golden light, and its eyes, burning with azure flames, glared fiercely at Chitose.

But seeing her unwavering determination, Ouroboros couldn't help but feel a deep-seated fear.

As Divine Beast representing the concept of 'infinite loop' and the king of Magecraft Alchemy, it symbolizes the unity and eternity of the Universe. It is neither born nor dies, so it should not have any fear. However, to be more precise, when faced with the Chitose that rushes forward like a shooting star, Ouroboros, which symbolizes the cycle, is actually suppressed.

It can be described as a natural-born special attacker.

"Yo, Ouroboros... no, it's the Infinite Snake..."

Manazuru Chitose stood calmly before Ouroboros, the hem of her Miko skirt fluttering in the wind beneath her coat.

Undeterred, she simply and carefully uttered one sentence:

"This time, you will definitely die."

"You've finally come, human... I've waited so long... I've waited so long for this day!"

Ouroboros's voice and eyes were filled with Wrath as he roared, "You reckless bastard! It's all your fault that I couldn't reach my full form and have to eke out an existence like this! Open your eyes and see what I look like! It's all your fault... it's all because of you! You humans only know how to use me and then discard me like trash, you only show me superficial respect! I will trap you all in a cycle and keep you captive!"

However, the response to Ouroboros, which sounded like a wronged woman's wail, came from a kick from the Chitose.

For Ouroboros, having one foot lifted off his massive body was not a problem.

However, if it happened at the instant the Sacred Nails was applied to that foot, then that would be a different story, since Ouroboros, with his enormous size, was kicked.

At the same time, a sharp sound rang out in the air; for a fleeting moment, the logic of time collapsed.

Chitose's heightened concentration and tension slowed the passage of time.

Her hands, moving at speeds far exceeding the speed of light, radiated heat like guns as they traversed Ouroboros's Ouroboros, making him appear to onlookers like a monster engulfed in flames.

But Chitose also understood that she was not completely overwhelming. Facing her Sacred Nails, the Serpent of Concepts' Magecraft started even faster, with tens of thousands of True Magic circles emerging from her seemingly endless skin. However, she also reversed 30% of the True Magic circles and shot them towards Ouroboros himself.

The killing of Ouroboros is not only a denial of conceptual philosophy, but also a rebellion against immortality, the world, and wisdom, symbolized by its wondrous form.

If it weren't for the Sacred Nails Chitose, the terrifying Mana Furnace Core emanating from Ouroboros's body would have rendered him immobile, just like the Mystic Eyes. And if it weren't for the Holy Lance that ended the Savior's life, Ouroboros would never have been defeated so easily.

It could be said that the combination of Stigmata Manazuru Chitose and Holy Lance Lucius Perfection countered Ouroboros, but the current situation is completely different. Not to mention that Chitose senses that Tokyo's communications are blocked and she can't contact Lucius for the time being... Moreover, Chitose clearly feels that Ouroboros is purely used to delay her. After all, Ouroboros is essentially a leech, it will revive after being killed, and it can only be killed by the conceptual Holy Lance.

Click.

In an instant, the sound of a True Magic circle spinning rang out— Chitose was suddenly teleported in front of Ouroboros. The scene looked as if she had been sucked in in the blink of an eye, but Chitose effortlessly cut the True Magic circle with the Sacred Nails in her hands, thus severing the surrounding space.

"The Sacred Nails is the Perfection counter to your Magecraft, Ouroboros."

Chitose wasn't exaggerating. The Infinite Snake's body, built from concepts, wouldn't have any holes or wounds even if it were just sitting there unguarded. But that's normal. In the face of the Sacred Nails that nailed the Savior, the speed of such conceptual restoration was far from keeping up with the speed of defeat.

"Damn it! How hateful! Don't get too cocky, human! My body is immortal! Invincible! The strongest!"

"Wow, Eri, why are you being so self-disciplined today...?"

Looking at Eri, who climbed onto the 'Sukunahikona's' Phoenix Palanquin Erice after Chitose left, Rushana couldn't help but say.

"Hehe, I'd love to see Chitose's bewildered expression. I might as well add a little more trouble for her!"

"Why is Eri so mean these days..."

"It's always been like this, Erice?"

Shrine Priest A Xiu decisively said, "By the way, now that Erice has taken the position of Stigmata- sama, why don't you change your attire to match hers!"

"What, what a joke!"

"That's not bad."

"Mom, I think it's great too."

With no way to retreat, Erice protested vehemently, "I... I will resent you!"

Even so, Erice gave up struggling after entering a semi-resigned state. Under the coercion of the three, she changed into a Miko outfit similar to Chitose's, with the same Black Leather Jacket, and hung her head dejectedly.

"Not bad, you look amazing, Eri! You look absolutely gorgeous like this! How come there's Angel descending on the beach!? Could it be Succubus draining men's energy?"

"You said that to Stigmata not long ago, didn't you?"

"What's the problem? It's perfectly normal for a grandfather and grandson to look exactly alike! This is called the student surpassing the master!"