Sword of Rupture: Ea
It was a weapon that had existed in the world before the concept of swords was born.
There was no blade in sight. Its body was cylindrical and divided into three sections; at first glance, it even resembled a fire poker.
Yet for Ritsuka, who could project most bladed weapons and could even create a "Pseudo-Excalibur" right now—
This sword could not be replicated.
Though it was a Divine Construct and should theoretically have been inferior to the Curry Stick, a Star Construct, its true nature was utterly impossible to discern.
It stood countless levels above Mountain Breaker and Sea Incinerator!
Simply staring at it felt like gazing into hell itself, carrying a pressure that nearly suffocated her.
"To maintain an Inherent Domain while projecting armaments on the level of Divine Constructs."
"You are even more tenacious than I imagined."
Angelica stood on a slightly higher stretch of snowy ground, looking down at Emiya Ritsuka, who was already nearing her limit. The divine sword in her hand began to turn slowly.
The cracks spreading across Ritsuka's body grew worse, threatening to shatter her completely at any moment. Looking up at that one-of-a-kind sword, Ritsuka suddenly wanted to give up fighting.
She had no way to deal with that thing.
"Your very existence, that forged power of a Heroic Spirit, is an insult to Human History."
"Whether it is your dead-man's conviction or that disgusting ability of yours, let them both be reduced to ash beneath this sword!"
As Angelica raised the peerless divine sword high, a crimson storm raged across the snowfield.
The Inherent Domain trembled. That sword was a weapon aimed at the world itself. As an Imaginary Number Space, Unlimited Blade Works would inevitably shatter if struck by that Noble Phantasm.
Without a doubt, that Noble Phantasm—perhaps even stronger than a full-power Curry Stick—might overturn all of Fuyuki City after destroying the Inherent Domain.
Then it would not merely be a gas explosion with single-digit casualties.
"Seriously, do I really have to burn through everything... Can't you just let me leave quietly?"
A bitter smile filled the corner of her mouth. Ritsuka clenched her fist as her body began breaking apart piece by piece, blood flowing down what little remained of her.
Her gaze was lifeless as she raised her hand toward the figure already standing in the air.
"Even an infinite number of swords probably cannot cancel out that one ultimate sword, a Divine Construct even more absurd than a holy sword." The murky gold in Ritsuka's eyes suddenly lit up. "Then let me try it. With this final body, I'll withstand that peerless divine sword!"
A sea of swords.
Countless swords of every kind rose from the ground and gathered behind Ritsuka.
Famous swords, sharp swords, divine swords, treasured swords...
Demonic Blades, keen edges, dull blades, sharp blades...
Magnificent and vast, the sea of blades gathered across the snowfield before surging toward that supreme divine sword, though the final result would undoubtedly be their destruction beneath that singular weapon.
"Return to the beginning!"
Angelica fiercely swung down Sword of Rupture, its tip pointing directly at the sea of swords—
"Enuma Elish!"
A terrifying pressure descended from the heavens and crashed straight into the sea of swords.
The endlessly condensed power crushed open a spatial fault line. The scales immediately began to tip, and none of the Noble Phantasms within Unlimited Blade Works could hold out even briefly.
The crimson hurricane plunged downward with unstoppable force!
Countless fragments fell upon the snowfield below.
Ritsuka took a deep breath and lowered her head slightly. The seemingly endless snowfield was covered in cracks, just like her body. Only by exhausting both herself and the magical energy of her sword creation had she barely accumulated enough.
Legend said that Heracles had completed twelve trials—trials no human could accomplish.
Based on the Twelve Trials, the Servant Heracles possessed a series of Noble Phantasms derived from them: the Twelve Trials and the Twelve Glories.
One of those trials was "plucking the Golden Apples of the Hesperides."
During that trial, Heracles used his wits to deceive Atlas, the Titan who holds the sky in Greek Mythology, the God who carries the sky, and obtained the treasure known as the Golden Apple.
And in one part of that trial, Heracles had supported the sky in Atlas's place for a time...
"The Mighty Arm That Once Held Up the Sky and Split the Sea!"
Clenching her left hand into a fist, Ritsuka swung it with all her strength toward the crimson storm at the tip of the sea of swords. Roaring, she unleashed the trump card she had previously been unable to activate due to her insufficient replacement rate.
It was a Noble Phantasm that could be activated with either a bow or a hand.
With a bow, it was an A++ Anti-Fortress attack. With a hand, its power would decrease somewhat, but it would be easier to hit, becoming an A+ Anti-Army attack.
Overall, using a bow was probably the better option.
But with only one hand left, she no longer had the strength to draw a bowstring...
A beam of light erupted from her hand. Ritsuka used Broken Phantasm on herself, causing the Twelve Trials, a Noble Phantasm existing within her body, to collapse completely and transform into pure magical energy.
A crimson tide of magical energy rose from her body.
Using it to wring out enough magical energy to qualitatively transform the Noble Phantasm, her body shattered completely. As she dispersed, that fist, which had burned everything away, reached power equal to that of the bow.
"UAAAAAAAAAH—!!"
The crimson light swallowed the only remaining sea of swords and surged upstream, finally colliding with the storm unleashed by Sword of Rupture.
Blinding radiance filled the entire Inherent Domain.
The aftershock of the Noble Phantasm clash, coupled with the disappearance of its maintainer, caused Unlimited Blade Works to shatter like glass.
Sword of Rupture, whose power had been greatly depleted by the sea of swords, was ultimately swallowed in turn by the beam unleashed from that fist. The reversed radiance burst free of the Inherent Domain and shot out from above the cave.
The crimson torrent mixed with black swallowed everything above Mt. Enzou's mountainside. The stream of light pierced the heavens, scattering the thick clouds from their center.
The heavy snow falling over Fuyuki City was forcibly dispelled.
In midair, Angelica, who had barely saved herself with Replacement Magic, plummeted rapidly and nearly dropped to her knees.
"Hahaha..."
Cold sweat slid down her cheeks. The Class Card automatically detached from her body, and a feeling of near-total exhaustion welled up from deep within her.
Blood flowed down her side.
"Was that just now a Noble Phantasm with Divine Special Attack?"
Even though she had hurriedly withdrawn Sword of Rupture and escaped with Replacement Magic, that fist had still grazed her, nearly erasing her entire arm.
Even so, the defensive Noble Phantasms on her body shattered, and the Class Card was forced out due to her severe injuries.
That attack could have shattered even the King of Heroes if he let his guard down!
Under the Avenger class's hatred toward gods, the feat of holding up the sky had caused all her Noble Phantasms to undergo subtle changes. "The Mighty Arm That Once Held Up the Sky and Split the Sea" had also changed from Demonic Special Attack into a special Noble Phantasm with Divine Special Attack.
"Did that girl get blown to pieces? More importantly, Lady Miyu..."
There was no longer any point in investigating that Noble Phantasm. Angelica used simple healing magic on herself before walking toward the altar beneath the night sky.
The upper half of Mt. Enzou had already been reduced to nothing by the Noble Phantasm.
Angelica covered her arm, her expression grave. "What exactly happened? Lady Miyu vanished, and even the Holy Grail ritual itself is gone."
Looking at the empty altar, its entire surface was covered in cracks from the Noble Phantasm's aftershock. There was nothing left upon it.
As if mocking Enzō, who had believed he had planned for everything.
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The Monster That Emerged from the Wall
Since ancient times, the gods had descended to the lower world where humans lived in search of excitement.
Then, the gods made a decision—
To remain with you forever.
They sealed away their divine power and, despite a certain degree of inconvenience and lack of freedom, planned to live happily and seek the stimulating life that did not exist in the Upper Realm.
Familia, blessings.
The gods brought these two things to humanity. From that moment onward, ordinary lives gained the means to grow stronger and fight like the heroes of legend.
The arrival of blessings and gods gave them the power to resist monsters.
This was the God's Familia!
Crystal-clear light shone out from the pitch-black wall. Deep within the silent cave, a raggedly dressed girl lay on the ground.
The surroundings were excessively quiet. In the deepest reaches of the underground, where there was not a trace of human presence, steady yet faint breathing came from Emiya Ritsuka.
She was alive.
After waking up, Ritsuka barely managed to sit up from the ground, leaning against the wall as she examined her surroundings.
Had that divine sword blasted her into an underground cave with one strike?
"That really wasn't easy. I remember my body had clearly shattered completely."
At that final moment, her consciousness had been incomparably clear.
The extra magical energy she had accumulated by extracting every shred of life force, combined with using Broken Phantasm on herself, had allowed the Noble Phantasm to reach its absolute limit in that instant. At the same time, her body had completely shattered because it could not withstand the strain.
She did not know whether that fist had struck its target, but she knew Miyu had been sent to another world.
That was... wonderful.
She had successfully achieved her goal and sent Miyu safely to another world. For Ritsuka, that was enough. What happened to herself no longer mattered.
"Sakura."
Her only regret was probably Little Sakura.
If she had the chance, she wanted to save Little Sakura too. If it were a true Holy Grail, would that be possible?
"Hmm, this is..."
Ritsuka stared blankly at her palm. Threads of light poured from the Crystal Dice that had suddenly appeared, and the display was somewhat different from what she had seen before.
-- Identity Write-in successful... You have become a native resident of this world. Identity: an outsider who came to Orario. --
? ?
There were many question marks above the little girl's head.
Orario? Where was that?
Ritsuka stared blankly at the Crystal Dice in her hand, completely bewildered.
This was the first time she had seen the Crystal Dice react like this. Had she been reborn into another world again?
In other words, had she still died?
Well, that made sense. After all, she had broken down her own body to extract magical energy. Death had been inevitable. She would have died in the end anyway.
"—What is all this supposed to mean?"
Her fingers brushed aside a lock of hair, and that familiar orange-red color entered her sight. Her body felt familiar too; it did not seem like she had possessed a corpse.
Suddenly, something changed.
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