I, Rin Tohsaka, Will Be a Demon God in Type-Moon Chapter 14

"Hahahaha, girl, isn't that only natural? Once I've killed that mongrel, I'll properly teach you the bad habit of giving people nicknames."

"Die, die, die already, you Golden Flash!"

Just then, Gilgamesh suddenly felt a pulling force, and then he was spat out of the Black Mud. Emerging from it, he heard the Evil Saintess's words and snapped angrily.

"Are you talking about me, you scum? Who do you think I am? I am the King. The King bears, the King permits, the King shoulders this world. Do you think mere malice can manipulate me? Unforgivable, you scum!"

In a flash of golden light, a fully armored Gilgamesh stood within the Black Mud, opened his treasury once more, raised the Sword of Rupture Ea, and slashed down in fury.

"Enuma Elish, awaken, Ea!"

The endless crimson mana, the Sword of Rupture Ea that severs the world and shatters space, let out another roar.

"This can't be..."

In disbelief, the Evil Saintess was devoured by that destructive crimson mana!

As the aftermath faded, the ruins of Ryuudou Temple had been completely leveled by this strike. The Evil Saintess was nowhere to be seen, and on the mountaintop clearing, only the black hole still flowing with Black Mud remained.

Kiritsugu Emiya stood on the roof of a civilian house to avoid the Black Mud flowing through the streets, watching the fading red light from Ryuudou Temple. Just then, a Black Key shot toward his back.

'Time Alter: Double.' Facing the sudden ambush, Kiritsugu Emiya calmly activated his specialized magic and dodged with composure.

"Kirei Kotomine."

"Kiritsugu Emiya..."

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Chapter 26: Section 25 — On the Path to Becoming a Demon God, Rin Tohsaka: Savior, Kirei Kotomine?

In Fuyuki City, raging flames had dyed the sky crimson. Everywhere, panicked crowds carrying families tried to flee the city, while traffic was clogged into a mess.

Within the city, Kirei Kotomine and Kiritsugu Emiya now stood on the roofs of two civilian houses, staring at each other across the distance.

Kirei Kotomine stared intently at Kiritsugu Emiya, one hand clutching his own heart, and asked in a trembling voice.

"Kiritsugu Emiya, what is the purpose of the Holy Grail War for you?"

Kiritsugu Emiya aimed his submachine gun at Kirei Kotomine and answered without hesitation upon hearing the question.

"To save the world!"

Kirei Kotomine's pupils contracted. When he first saw Kiritsugu Emiya's file at Tokiomi Tohsaka's, he noticed that Emiya risked his life in various assassinations with rewards completely disproportionate to the risks. He had concluded that Emiya was someone who could help him understand the meaning of life. Now, still mired in chaos, neither good nor evil, Kirei Kotomine burst into laughter upon hearing Emiya's wish.

"Hahahaha, save the world, is it? I understand, Kiritsugu Emiya."

With that, Kirei Kotomine completely ignored the submachine gun aimed at his back, muttered to himself, turned around, and walked away into the distance.

"Save, save... yes, as a servant of God, shouldn't I be saving others..."

Kiritsugu Emiya silently lowered his arm, watching Kirei Kotomine's disappearing figure, then resolutely stepped over burning houses and hurried toward Mt. Ryudou.

Rin, aboard the Garden of Avalon, had no idea that the inner void of Kirei Kotomine—the man who had given her such headaches—had just been filled by a single sentence from Kiritsugu Emiya.

At that moment, Rin stood at the edge of the Garden of Avalon, gazing down at Mt. Ryudou below.

The Garden of Avalon had just arrived above Mt. Ryudou. Rin frowned at the surging black waves below, then turned her head in frustration to look at Gilgamesh and Caster beside her.

"Caster, Gilgamesh, do you have any ideas?"

"Ha, girl, shouldn't this be your problem to solve? Don't forget, assisting me in retrieving the Holy Grail is the promise you made."

"Ugh, can you not pick a fight with me right now? I really have no idea what to do."

Rin, staring at the expanding black hole below, said to Golden Flash in frustration. 'This is way beyond the original plot. How the hell am I supposed to handle this? Damn, did I really screw up?'

Caster stepped forward with a smile.

"Master, using the Garden of Avalon as the sealing nexus, I can set up a magic to seal the Holy Grail's magic and Angra Mainyu. But during this time, my ritual must not be interrupted."

"Really? That's great! Go ahead, Caster. Hey, Gilgamesh, what's with that look? You're not reluctant to part with this palace, are you?"

Facing Rin's words, Gilgamesh remained serious, staring at her.

"Fool. Don't think that scum was truly destroyed by me just now. That scum merely realized he couldn't do anything to me and has now gone into hiding. During the Sealing Ritual, he will definitely strike back immediately."

"Ah, no way? He took an Enuma Elish to the face and still didn't die?"

"Girl, magic is far beyond what you can understand right now. Though that scum isn't a true Magician, he's half of one. Magic isn't that simple."

Gilgamesh, seeing Rin suddenly deflate, couldn't help but comfort her.

"But girl, even in my era, you'd be considered a decent talent. Don't be discouraged. Now, fulfill your duty and assist me in making a decision."

Rin, hearing Gilgamesh's comfort, looked up at him. 'Golden Flash actually knows how to comfort people? I never would've guessed. Oh no, he can hear my thoughts.'

Sure enough, Gilgamesh's eyelid twitched, betraying his inner irritation.

Rin decisively put on an innocent look at Gilgamesh, staring at him with wide, watery eyes.

"Um, I didn't mean to. It's your fault for eavesdropping on my thoughts..."

Gilgamesh waved dismissively at the girl joking around before him, signaling that he'd let it slide this time.

"Alright, girl. Hurry up and give this king your plan."

"Ah, got it. So, Gilgamesh, do you still have those gems you gave me before? Or something similar—fire-attributed would be best."

Gilgamesh didn't answer. He simply summoned a golden ripple, calling forth a golden tray piled high with pure magical gems and rubies rich in fire elements.

Rin stared at the heap of gems, swallowing hard. She snatched the tray from Gilgamesh's hands and spoke.

"Alright then, Caster, first you help me turn these gems into my spell formula, then focus on setting up the seal. Gilgamesh, I'll need you to stop the Black Mud from spreading while we work on the gems. Once my formula's ready, we'll launch a full counterattack from this Garden and seal her in one go!"

Caster smiled at Rin and nodded. Gilgamesh also nodded, signaling his agreement with Rin Tohsaka's plan. Then each of them moved to their respective tasks.

Gilgamesh mounted his newly summoned Sun Chariot and flew to Fuyuki's city center, maneuvering the chariot to release Solar Fire continuously, blocking the Black Mud's advance.

At the same time, the Garden of Avalon kept firing Mage Cannons, coordinating with Gilgamesh to cut off the Black Mud.

Rin and Caster had already returned to the main hall. Rin struggled to set the gem-laden tray down on the floor, then extended her finger, gathering magical energy, and began inscribing runic letters on the ground.

Soon, Rin had covered the hall's floor with dense rows of runes. She stood up and turned to Caster.

"Caster, this is the formula for my 'King of Witch Hunters.' Since I'm still young, the mana consumption of this spell puts too much strain on me. I've been planning to combine this formula with Jewel Magecraft and compress it into gems. That way, I can cast multiple instances at once and offload most of the mana burden onto the gems themselves."

"Master, an excellent idea."

"But Caster, I'm stuck at the step of compressing the formula into the gems."

With that, Rin picked up a gem and began demonstrating. Sure enough, as the runes were compressed into the gem, cracks appeared, and it shattered into fragments.

Caster, a Magus from the Age of Gods, watched the entire process and spotted the problem at once. She spoke.

"Master, I see the issue. Leave this step to me. It requires Triple Casting—while compressing the runes and converting the gems, I'll also need to use Reinforcement Magecraft to stabilize the gem's structure."

"Ah, Triple Casting?"

"Yes, just a casting technique. Since you can already dual-cast through talent, I believe you'll master this skill soon too. But for now, leave it to me."

"Alright, then I'm counting on you, Caster. Once these gems are finished, we'll have a Flame Army."

Deep beneath the main hall of the Garden of Avalon, Caster arrived alone. Accompanied by a pleasant melody, a magic circle appeared in the empty room.

As Caster took her position and began the Sealing Ritual, a massive magic circle also materialized outside the Garden of Avalon.

The Black Mud on the ground erupted into unprecedented chaos the moment Caster's sealing ritual began. One after another, black Irisviels struggled out of the mud, raising their heads and staring at the Garden of Avalon in the sky with hollow eyes.

The first Mud Doll in the form of black Irisviel let out a piercing shriek. Then countless identical shrieks echoed across all of Fuyuki City. Countless ordinary people who hadn't yet evacuated covered their ears in pain.

The Mud Doll army converged, stacking into a giant hand made of countless dolls, reaching for the Garden of Avalon.

Watching the hand rise higher and higher, Rin made a snap decision. She ordered Semiramis through their contract to activate the full defense of the Garden, while Gilgamesh also received Rin's distress signal.

"Wow, this number is way too ridiculous!"

Rin muttered, then hurled six fiery red gems at the giant hand. As the gems made contact, the Witch-King Slayer appeared once more!

With Caster's help, Rin's idea had finally been realized. Six Witch-King Slayers materialized around their respective rubies, roaring as they clung to the giant hand. Their terrifying 3000-degree heat scorched the Mud Dolls around them.

But six Witch-King Slayers were nothing against the endless Mud Doll army. As more and more dolls piled on, the Slayers were soon completely engulfed by the giant hand. Only the occasional roar and brief emergence from the hand's surface showed that they were still dutifully destroying Mud Dolls before their mana ran out.

The Garden of Avalon's defensive spell, the Black Barrel, was activated at the same time. Eleven massive black slabs appeared around the Garden. As the slabs activated, they fired super-scale light bullets, each equivalent to a meteor strike—destructive power on the Anti-Army level.

With the Garden of Avalon firing at full power, Rin could no longer spare attention to counter the Mud Dolls. She sat weakly on the ground, gripping gems tightly, converting their mana to support her Servant and the Garden.

Gilgamesh landed the Sun Chariot on the Garden of Avalon. He looked at Rin sitting on the ground and shook his head.

"Girl, rest for a while. If you keep this up, your Magic Circuits will be ruined."

Indeed, after today's constant overuse of her Magic Circuits, they were on the verge of collapse.

Rin sighed reluctantly and looked at Gilgamesh.

"Fine, Gilgamesh. I'll leave this to you. I'll go organize a second line of defense in the garden."

"Hmph, go ahead, girl. Don't forget your Command Spells if you run into danger."

Rin nodded, then cut off her mana supply to the Garden of Avalon. She turned and walked into the garden before the palace.

Seeing Rin leave, Gilgamesh stood at the very edge of the platform. Behind him, hundreds of golden ripples opened, and countless Noble Phantasms rained down on the giant hand like a golden downpour.

Under this golden rain, the giant hand was peeled away layer by layer, shrinking until the Witch-King Slayers were exposed. Gilgamesh curled his lip in disdain at the Slayers summoned by Rin's spell. With a thought, the rubies serving as the Slayers' cores exploded, turning into terrifying flames. The blast pressure scattered the giant hand in an instant.

Gilgamesh nodded in satisfaction at his achievement and muttered to himself.

"Hmph, girl. This is how magic should be used."

Impressive as the result was, if Rin were there, she'd definitely complain that not everyone could afford to use magic so lavishly.

Once in the garden, Rin held a gem in one hand, converting its mana to supply her Servant as best she could, while scattering gems across the garden with the other. She hoped that when Angra Mainyu set foot on the Garden of Avalon, activating these gems would summon a sudden army of Witch-King Slayers—a big surprise for Angra Mainyu.

Separated from Kiritsugu Emiya, Kirei Kotomine walked alone through the cityscape like the end of days. Suddenly, he heard the cries of a little boy. Following the sound, he spotted a red-haired little boy sitting beside the corpses of a man and woman amidst the rubble, wailing loudly.

Kirei Kotomine silently stepped behind the boy, gazing at the shattered family before him, and spoke calmly.

"Do you wish to be saved by me?"

Startled by the sudden voice, the little boy wiped his tears, revealing hollow eyes, and turned to look behind him, asking mechanically.

"Can you save my parents, please?"

"I'm sorry, I cannot."

The little boy glanced at Kirei Kotomine, said nothing, turned back, picked up a broken rebar, and began digging relentlessly into the rubble.

Kirei Kotomine did not step forward to help. He only watched silently, his eyes fixed on the little boy, whose gaze mirrored his own past self.

In the distance, the Garden of Avalon opened fire with the spell 'Black Barrel.' The immense wind pressure from the explosion swept through, lifting the little boy and slamming him hard against the rubble. The already unstable debris began to teeter, on the verge of collapse.

Watching the falling stones from the wreckage, Kirei Kotomine, for the first time in his life, reached out to another of his own accord. He stepped forward, scooped up the little boy, and raised his right arm to block the falling debris.

When the commotion subsided, Kirei Kotomine set the little boy down and quietly stepped back. So this is what it feels like to save someone... How delightful. Unconsciously, a natural smile spread across his lips for the first time.

The little boy, meanwhile, struggled to drag his parents' corpses, placing them into the hole he had just dug. Then, with his bloodied hands, he scooped dirt into the grave. Only when this was done did he turn, his hollow eyes fixed on Kirei Kotomine, and speak.

"Father, why did you save me?"

"Because through that man, I learned the meaning of my life: to reach out and save more people."