Even though she has all the elements of a human being, she is just a god in a human body.
"... I have to admit that it is really possible for Emiya Household Magic Crest to reach Root."
Aozaki Touko stared at Kiritsugu with cold eyes, carefully observing the phenomenon caused by 'Fixed Time'. In her vision of... the past and future, Emiya Household inherited the secrets of Magic Crest, analyzed it at an incredible speed, and mixed it into her own knowledge system.
Frankly speaking, with her current ability... she can also interfere with time using rune writing.
However, in terms of time comprehensiveness and practicality, Emiya Household is more superior than Magic Crest.
Back then... if Emiya Kyusuke had not died, it is impossible to say that he could have really reached Root.
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Half an hour later.
Aozaki Touko's cold eyes gradually softened, and he waved to Emiya Kiritsugu, who had already run out of the afterimage. "Okay, Kiritsugu... you can stop."
"...?!"
After hearing this, Emiya Kiritsugu's tense nerves relaxed, and then his legs softened and he knelt down on the ground. He put his arms on the ground and panted violently, feeling as exhausted as a tsunami... He wanted to lie down directly on the ground. The overloaded use of 'Fixed Time' this time was even more tiring than the so-called life and death fight.
"Can you still move?"
Aozaki Touko walked to Emiya Kiritsugu and squatted down.
"..."
Without answering, Emiya Kiritsugu glanced at Touko silently, then turned around and lay on the ground, breathing in oxygen like a water pump. Now he had no energy left to speak and just wanted to quietly enjoy this moment of relaxation.
As for the so-called boss, creditor, and funder, they no longer matter to him.
"Ha... seeing as you work so hard, I'll tell you some interesting information."
Aozaki Touko didn't care about Kiritsugu's indifferent attitude, he just smiled and said, "First of all, the leader of the El-Melloi Family, Lainis Miss wants to find... the thief who stole three large Magecraft Furnaces in Holy Grail War, and plans to let her stepbrother...El-Melloi II go out to track it down personally."
"... Is it because of the auction?"
Emiya Kiritsugu asked this, as if he had expected it.
"It's really... a little bit more tense."
Slightly dissatisfied, Aozaki Touko clicked his tongue and then continued, "Then let me tell you the next interesting news. If you want your adopted son to be happy... then tell him that he must swing his sword at his lover and break the opponent's weapon to achieve an interesting ending."
As soon as she finished speaking, she stood up and left the Einzbern castle.
"Wait... Boss, what do you mean by this?!"
Emiya Kiritsugu looked slightly startled, and quickly stood up and looked in the direction of Touko, but Touko had disappeared in place like a bubble.
Although the woman Aozaki Touko is very mean-spirited, her words are very weighty, and can even be regarded as the prophecy of the sage in the story. Since she deliberately said such meaningful words, it means that there must be a special meaning behind it.
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The night is approaching dusk.
At this moment, on Yuanzang Mountain.
"Accelerating time... observations should indicate that Root appears after the end of the universe."
Aozaki Touko stood on the top of a big tree. She raised her hand and looked at the tiny Reality Marble in her hand, slowly accelerating the passage of time in Reality Marble. Subsequently, the increasing input of magic power caused the time flow in Reality Marble to double and accelerate at an unreasonable speed.
She was experimenting with an idea... the idea that had been designated to seal Emiya Kyusuke.
Without being interfered by the world, continue to accelerate the flow of time in Reality Marble until the moment it reaches the end of the universe and witness the Vortex of the Root that should appear, and then achieve Master Magecraft's ultimate long-cherished wish.
However, it would take hundreds of years to achieve this idea.
At that time, Emiya Kyusuke just wanted to gain enough time to start studying how to Dead Apostle.
Unfortunately, his dream ended with a shot from his son...Emiya Kiritsugu.
Naturally... the idea of arriving at Root was shattered.
"No wonder it takes hundreds of years... the loss of magic power is really staggering."
The sky has completely darkened. Aozaki Touko is holding Reality Marble. Time has accelerated to an incredible degree. Even if the planet is placed within it, it will soon die and collapse. However, even at such a high speed, it still has not witnessed the end of the universe.
Naturally, there is no way to witness the end of the universe Vortex of the Root.
"... continue to increase investment in magic power."
With a soft breath, Aozaki Touko's eyes became sharp, and he used all his strength to instill the infinite magic power of Third Magic crazily into the barrier in his palm. Then... the time of the small Reality Marble also increased crazily.
I don't know how much time passed.
"Boom!"
appeared.
The breath of Vortex of the Root
Chapter 353: Is the price for not bothering?
"I didn't expect... it actually succeeded."
A smile appeared on Aozaki Touko. She looked at the darkness of the 'hole' in her palm. It was the Vortex of the Root that would only emerge from the infinitely distant future when the universe came to an end. That aura of nothingness was very familiar to her who had once entered Vortex of the Root.
This was supposed to be a miracle that could only be accomplished after hundreds of years of continuous operation.
However, judging from the troubled situation in this world, it is estimated that... it will be interrupted by some force-control crisis, for example, Incineration of Humanity...Steel Earth, or Alien God invasion, there will always be a big crisis that cannot be resisted.
However, if the person running this ritual... possesses infinite magic power, he can continuously accelerate the passage of time in Reality Marble.
Then, this miracle that should have taken hundreds of years to complete can be compressed and completed in a short period of time.
"This is very dangerous."
Gentle, but seemingly blaming words suddenly sounded, and then... the "hole" was stretched open by an invisible force, and then, a girl in a gorgeous kimono also appeared, with a helpless smile on her beautiful face, and stretched out her fair hands towards Touko.
"Because... I know you will definitely come."
Aozaki Touko smiled, raised his hand and held it.
"I won't keep an eye on you all the time."
Root Shiki couldn't help but laugh, and then she used her delicate hands to pull Touko into Vortex of the Root.
She knew... Touko entered Vortex of the Root this time because she wanted to gain knowledge, so she specifically appeared in front of Touko to protect Vortex of the Root's Touko, otherwise, maybe Touko can leave Vortex of the Root safely, but there is also a possibility of falling inside Root.
This is something that is absolutely intolerable to her.
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"It's back again."
Touko looked around, and then turned his gaze to the person next to him, who was the embodiment of the concept of a perfect woman. Perhaps, the so-called interpretation of the beauty of Root is the gentle and smiling girl beside her. She is flawless and flawless, no matter how harsh a person is.
"Don't talk like you're going home."
The girl in the kimono smiled softly, put her hand lightly on her chest, and said uneasily, "Even if Touko you become Magic User... but it is meaningless in front of Vortex of the Root. Even if your power stack is tens of millions of times stronger than it is now, there will be no obvious difference."
It's not a lie, as long as it is of limited magnitude, there will be no difference in front of Vortex of the Root.
So, no matter how powerful Touko is now, but... it doesn't make any sense to put it in front of Vortex of the Root. If it should be contacted and disappear... it will still disappear, but it won't, because she is Magic User, so she has preferential treatment.
However, she wouldn't allow this to happen... it would just happen.
"I know... I realized something some time ago."
Touko rarely showed a hint of complexity, staring at Root Shiki's face. "Even if I continue to improve my knowledge... and power, I can't really reach the unknown outside that you desire. Continuously piling up power... doesn't make much sense."
What she was pursuing... was beyond the scope of 'Root omniscience'. However, with the accumulation of power and experience... she found that it was almost impossible to surpass Root Omniscient scope. The current situation... was like facing an infinite and vast black curtain. No matter how fast her speed increased, no matter how great her power was, she could not truly... escape the scope of this infinite black curtain.
"Have you discovered it, but... I believe in Touko's talent."
The girl blinked and smiled sweetly, "Besides, even if Touko can't do it, it doesn't matter to me. As long as I can see the unknown brought by Touko, I am already very happy."
"..."
Hearing this, Aozaki Touko was slightly startled, then smiled helplessly, "Don't say such gentle words, I will easily become a useless person..."
"It doesn't matter, if it's Touko."
The girl shook her head gently, and then smiled mischievously, "However, in this case...Touko will no longer be able to worry about it from now on. Of course... I can satisfy you Touko with all your other willful thoughts."
"... I... have no interest in eating soft food!"
After a slight hesitation, Aozaki Touko refused righteously.
Although what Root Shiki said was very beautiful, even she couldn't help but feel moved. However, it was contrary to her own outlook on life. Giving her choice to others was something she could not accept. Moreover, abandoning other little sisters... she was not willing to do such a thing.
"Really~"
The kimono girl sighed with regret.
What she said just now... was of course a joke, and she knew that Touko would not agree. However, if Touko really agreed... then she would naturally meet Touko's agreement. After all, she was actually quite interested in raising Touko as a home dweller who could not live without her.
"..."
Seeing this scene, Aozaki Touko twitched the corner of her mouth slightly. She looked at Root Shiki's slightly regretful expression and felt that Root Shiki's words were a bit serious and did not sound like a joke. However, she had no intention of continuing to delve deeper and just changed the topic:
"Let's find a way... to get rid of Root's omniscience."
She looked around at the nothingness around her. Only the beautiful girl next to her was visible. Everything else... if she came into contact with it and recognized it, her existence would disappear completely just like the Vortex of the Root Magecraft masters throughout the ages.
"If you want to pursue the unknown... then use the unknown to search."
"Then, where is the unknown that Touko seeks?"
The kimono girl smiled slightly.
"Need more to say."
Aozaki Touko pointed at himself. "As long as you can grasp the unknown in yourself, and then use it as a lead... to find the source of the unknown."
Yes, this is her way of thinking... As long as she truly grasps herself and grasps her own unusual unknown, everything will be easy to handle next. Whether she increases her strength and pursues it on her own, or Root Shiki personally helps, she can follow that unknown to find what they want.
"Yeah."
The kimono girl closed her eyes slightly and breathed out gently. "Touko, you really never disappoint me no matter what."
She looked at Touko with mature and gentle eyes, and noticed something interesting, that is... her feelings for Touko may not all come from the unknown at first, but also because of the strange and similar pursuit, the pursuer is unknown outside Root's omniscience.
Being able to understand each other may be why she pays so much attention to Touko.
Chapter 354: Help me conceive a child
England, a remote town.
A monster with Minotaur body and black wings on its back walked out of a solemn and sacred church.
But inside the church, it was already dilapidated. Some corpses wearing similar knight costumes were scattered throughout the church. The raging flames burned on the corpses, giving off the smell of being burned. The surrounding walls were cracked and full of cracks, and the glass of the windows was all broken.
You can imagine... what a bloody and terrifying battle took place here just now.
"... Damn it, True Ancestor Dead Apostles... they are indeed monsters."
In the city, in an alley, a girl with short silver hair was holding her belly that was leaking blood, leaning against the wall weakly. She looked around with a somewhat desperate expression. Everything was in dilapidated condition, and fire had spread all over every corner of the city.
"Really... As expected, you shouldn't have taken that money!"
She raised her head slightly with some self-mockery and looked at the blood-red moon in the sky.
In fact, she is a descendant of a demon hunter... she is the only one who inherits the inheritance in the family. Therefore, her way of living is also based on the demon hunter way, killing, Dead Apostle, vampires, demons, and people who make a living by cheating.
Not long ago, she accidentally discovered strange and vicious rumors in this remote town... and quickly made a judgment based on experience.
Here... there should be some existence similar to demons, or in other words, demons.
In short, after realizing this... she found a local church to talk to. After getting a reward that she thought she was satisfied with, she chose to stay in this remote town and wait for the 'abnormal' to appear and kill her.
Of course, she will not be the only one to do this. The church sent seventeen purging knights over, intending to directly purge the demon... or the devil the moment it appears, without allowing the demon to cause any damage.
However, the matter was beyond her experience and knowledge.
What appeared... was a terrifying existence named 'Night of Walachia'.
That is the thirteenth existence among Twenty-Seven Ancestors. True Ancestor Dead Apostles appears in different regions according to a specific pattern. The recent vicious rumors in this small town are the prerequisite for the appearance of this 'Night of Walachia'.
And after she became aware of this... she made a decisive decision to escape.