The Ten Thousand Worlds Devourers' Defeat

"There are way too many summoned Servants..."

Da Vinci and the other Servants stared at the scenes below, stunned by the sheer number of Servants, as though they had been copied and pasted.

"That golden shield—it's Donghuang Taiyi's," Ritsuka Fujimaru said blankly. "Every time I see that spell, I feel safe. Just like with Mash's shield."

Even so, whenever Fujimaru remembered that twisted, distorted figure, fear rose within her.

That former Primordial Celestial Thearch, the Lord of the Cosmic Stars—his legend was widely known even in this universe...

"What's that?!"

Outside the cockpit window, at the farthest edge of sight, sky and sea met. Countless pillars of light rose from the black line where they joined.

"Warning! Ethereal parameters have deviated to the maximum!"

"Warning! South America, Europe, Japan, Finland. Unable to compile data."

"Warning! Magical energy levels are rising!"

"Looks like the Inner Side of the World has been released, and those gods who couldn't stand being forgotten are trying to return to this Worldline," Merlin joked with a smile. "The beings on the Seat of the Gods, whom the Counter Force could never command, saw a pond they hadn't visited in ages and couldn't wait to jump in."

"What a shame. This pond's about to dry up."

There was no mistaking his glee at others' misfortune. Even now, Merlin looked as though he was enjoying the spectacle.

After the Age of Gods ended, Earth's environment changed beyond recognition. Through the Counter Force's deliberate interference, the gods of old gradually lost their hold over reality and could only watch humanity as beings of a higher dimension.

Now that Gaia, the Planetary Counter Force, had released it, the Inner Sea of the Planet was connected to the surface once more. An environment even more hospitable than the continents of the