Chapter 446
At this level of attack, the Moon King no longer needs to go to great lengths to defend against it.
With just a thought, space itself becomes distorted.
The spacetime fault formed a square cage, enveloping Shirou.
"Causality Prediction".
Before the inescapable cage of light could form, Shirou deviated from his original route.
Crimson Moon swung down the platinum greatsword, which was wreathed in light, and caught the blade in her hand before being struck.
"Answer me, human, why resist to this extent? Your survival has already been permitted."
"Crimson Moon, my life has always been just that—life."
"A noble character... that's something my partner doesn't need."
"That's precisely what vampires like you lack."
"Snort..."
Crimson Moon Brunestud curled the corners of her lips into a seductive smile.
The atmosphere changed abruptly.
He grasped the blade of the "Aegis" and then swung his slender arm with great force.
Caught off Shirou and unable to contend with Crimson Moon, Shirou lost his balance and was hurled heavily to the ground.
"Ugh!"
Shirou lay battered and bruised in the deep pit.
Everything has returned to square one.
"Son of man, I've changed my mind."
Crimson Moon Brunestud silently watched the red-haired youth lying on the ground like a rag.
"As expected, it's impossible to convince you."
I already told you to give up.
"Ah, that stubbornness is also what I find endearing..."
A fleeting tenderness crossed Crimson Moon Brunestud's beautiful face as he slowly and gracefully raised his hand.
"As a human, you can never truly understand how wonderful it is to be my partner."
Since that's the case--
Although it's a bit of a pity, I've decided to kill you first, and then make you mine.
When that time comes, you can freely confess to me your past foolishness and ignorance...
Don't worry, I will forgive my partner's immaturity.
"Are you going to kill me? You should have done it long ago."
Shirou smiled upon hearing this.
He struggled to his feet, and Crimson Moon Brunestud waited quietly.
"Come, King of Mankind, I will make you an eternal being."
"I would rather avoid immortal races that get dizzy just from basking in the sun."
The Aegis gradually transformed into particles of light in Shirou's hand, and he once again gripped the Holy Sword of the Stars tightly.
The Moon King stood proudly in the sky, his arms outstretched.
The earth was stained a deeper crimson; something was coming.
On the beach at the edge of Britain, the seawater began to boil.
The ground beneath Shirou's feet began to tremble violently.
Incredibly, the planet's crust is undergoing dramatic changes.
Rumble rumble rumble!!!
The distant, rolling mountain ranges began to stir, while the Britain Isles, far from the battlefield, and the Eurasia moved erratically without any discernible pattern.
The earth cracked, rivers collapsed, mountains were reshaped, and lava erupted.
The movement of continental plates and inexplicable topographic changes occurred simultaneously, making the Earth's surface resemble a boiling, dark cauldron, churning with chaotic energy that was both tangible and intangible.
What on earth happened!?
Above the King of Pure White, a giant crimson moon appeared, slowly falling towards the earth's surface.
That is the ultimate output of the Marble Phantasm— "Moonfall".
The Moon King hurled a celestial object with a diameter of 3,476 kilometers and a mass of 735 trillion tons onto the Earth's surface.
"Sing praises in the hell of creation, you ominous Crimson Moon."
The whole world is on a countdown to the end.
The destruction that has occurred so far is merely a result of the gravitational collision between the Earth and the Moon.
What is a trivial friction to the Earth is a hellish experience for fragile humans living on the surface.
The sky fell, and the earth cracked.
All things, both tangible and intangible, were torn apart under the influence of the slowly falling red moon.
The star-studded sky was easily torn apart, revealing the pitch-black essence of the universe. All energy, heat, and Physical Laws were crushed and rendered meaningless in that instant.
Mountains, plains, basins, hills, canyons, flash floods, lava flows—the Earth's crustal movements seem to repeat themselves in a series of permutations and combinations within seconds, making life appear so powerless in the face of the planet's final landscape.
Only the enormous crimson moon, hanging high above billions of lives, eternally shines with a despairing brilliance.
Crimson Moon Brunestud stood proudly in the sky, oblivious to the surrounding end times, his gaze fixed solely on one person.
In this horrific hell, there was only one person who never showed despair.
As my partner, this is a natural outcome.
Although Crimson Moon thought so, she couldn't help but be puzzled by Shirou's composure.
So, what are you planning to do?
Son of Man, do you really think that the Holy Sword of the Stars forged by the fairies can stand against my "Moonfall"?
Sure!
Shirou's resolute expression conveyed this message.
An unprecedented magical aura erupted from the young man's body, who was already at his limit.
This is...
Only now did Crimson Moon Brunestud realize that he had been holding back all along.
This is the full power of the Nameless King.
The human who swallowed the heart of the Dragon of the Crown is also a transcendent being, surpassing both the True Ancestor and the Dead Apostle.
Crimson Moon Brunestud's arrogance overlooked this point—no, Shirou deliberately let him underestimate him.
The goal, I suspect, is this final, all-or-nothing strike.
So what?
The Moon King did not believe he would lose; there was no reason for him to lose.
The crimson celestial body slowly fell, and nothing could stop it.
There is no weapon, concept, or Magecraft in this world that can stop the moon from falling.
Since that's the case...
Crimson Moon's brows furrowed slightly; what was causing this unease in her heart?
On the other side, Shirou raised the Sword of the Lake, which shone with golden light, high with both hands.
Take a deep breath.
Finally.
We've finally reached this point.
Shirou has no memories of the past.
Having only acquired the body of his previous life but with incomplete memories, he had no idea how to fight a monster of Crimson Moon's caliber.
Being able to hold on until now is a result of hard work and luck.
But that's all.
With all the conditions met, what follows is a scenario that Shirou is very familiar with.
Those were fragments of memory that flooded his mind the first time he used "this move"!
Shirou Amamiya clearly remembers defeating Crimson Moon Brunestud and the final moment of "Moonfall"—
"Holy sword, draw your blade."
Twisted starlight burst forth from the youth's palm and scattered.
Just as Crimson Moon believed, there was no armed force in this world capable of defeating him.
Since that's the case, let's summon the power of other dimensions—
The golden phantom resonated, overlapped, and accelerated on the holy sword in Shirou's hand.
That was the Holy Sword of the Stars from an infinite Parallel World, manifesting for the third time in response to the call of destiny.
Thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of millions of phantom holy swords eventually coalesced into a shattered lightsaber that could no longer maintain a stable shape.
With a roar, Shirou unleashed the attack he remembered that had blasted the moon.
"Excalibur Works"!!!
For the first time Crimson Moon Brunestud's beautiful face showed surprise and shock.
That's understandable.
That was a realm he, as the mind of the stars, was unaware of and had never encountered.
"True Magic".
It is not a principle of the planets, but a truth imposed on the universe by humankind.
That is the embodiment of "consumer civilization," something completely contrary to the Principle existence of Crimson Moon Brunestud.
The Moon King neither understood nor wanted to understand, and condemned it as heresy.
Today, the king who thought himself the only one would be defeated by his own arrogance and shortsightedness.
The ultimate radiance, formed from the infinite holy sword, cleaved the celestial body manifested by the Crimson Moon in two.
The moon, having already entered the atmosphere, disintegrated, but Shirou wouldn't give them a chance to cause further damage.
The starlight, which had been condensed into a single beam, dispersed once more.
The amount of light produced was equal to the amount of lunar debris.
Billions of holy swords flashed, annihilating the fragments of the Moonfall in mid-air.
The red moonlight that had enveloped the earth for years vanished.
This is the correct history forged by the savior Shirou Amamiya, which he has now rediscovered.
Seeing the sky regain its original appearance, Shirou breathed a sigh of relief, then collapsed heavily to the ground.
He couldn't move even a single finger.
Although there are some regrets, it seems that this is where I'll end it.
He heard footsteps approaching.