Simultaneous Travel: Becoming a Legend in the Heavens.

Chapter 489 Breaking out of the cocoon
The light of the Star Sword transformed into a pillar of light that pierced through the heavens and earth, without spreading or having any aftershocks; it simply existed quietly for a moment.

But the radiance that burst forth in that instant was dazzling, warmer and brighter than daytime. The black tide, the dark moon, the thick fog, the pollution, and even the figure at the source—all evil spirits and external objects—vanished in the light.

click-

Saber heard the sound of something breaking, then suddenly felt a lightness in her body, her vision blurred by the light, and the surrounding scenery abruptly changed.

This is an unnamed space, with a thin layer of mist in the air. There is almost nothing superfluous except for a stone tablet in the center.

Saber approached the stone tablet and saw dense text on it. She didn't understand the content, but thanks to the common sense bestowed upon her by the Holy Grail system, she still knew that it was a species of writing.

"Is this... Chinese?"

“That’s right, this is the stone slab where I record my story in my spare time.”

A familiar voice came from behind. Saber turned around and saw the person she expected. Her tone was slightly somber.

"Even the fully unleashed holy sword didn't harm you?"

"How could that be? In the end, it was just a Servant Spirit Origin, and it was countered by the Holy Sword. The Foreigner was indeed destroyed, but it was just saying its final goodbye to you."

Luke raised his right hand, and the R'lyeh text in his hand crumbled like quicksand, along with his body. However, he still had a faint smile on his face, seemingly unconcerned.

"What do you think of the scenery here? Without you and the King of Conquerors and the King of Heroes interfering, this is what my mental world looks like. It truly goes straight to my heart, Saber."

A flirtatious tone urged on the unbearable reality; Saber glanced around, her eyes flickering slightly.
“I remember you once said that the mental world is the most memorable scene. Where is this? It looks empty.”

Lu Ke considered for a moment: "Uh... the actual place isn't that empty, there are quite a lot of people, but apart from me, no one can get there."

Saber was somewhat surprised and asked, based on her own experience, "Is it a place like 'Utopia'?"

"..."

Lu Ke recalled the chaotic scene in the shared space, where demons danced wildly, the conversations were obscene, and everyone seemed fit to be shot. He nodded slightly.

"almost!"

Saber nodded thoughtfully, without asking any further questions:

"I think I understand what just happened. The Holy Grail needs the soul of a Servant to fulfill a wish, so that's why you started the war?"

"That's one way to put it. Actually, there are gentler solutions, but in a one-on-one situation, no matter how much I unleash the flood, you can't win... so let's just force everyone to take action together."

Lu Ke rested his chin on his hand and nodded affirmatively, "Since we'll be at each other's throats sooner or later anyway, instead of choosing a boring performance test, why not have a thrilling battle? What do you say?"

"In the fight against the 'human threat' Foreigner, the unknown entity, all Servants pooled their wisdom and fought together, ultimately achieving a glorious victory. For the others, it was a decent ending."

Saber pondered for a moment, then gently shook his head.

"But you still held back, didn't you? You didn't evade the attack or relocate, you didn't use any flanking tactics, and you deliberately gave us time to prepare..."

That's true. If Luke wanted to, defeating the opposing Servants would be quite easy, but...

"As far as I'm concerned, it's shameful to need strategy to deal with a few Servants, even if I try to restrain myself from tearing their clothes."

Luke shrugged, revealing a nonchalant and casual expression:

"So don't worry too much about the exaggeration. You all truly deserve praise. Whether it's you, Lancer, Archer, Rider, or Berserker, every Servant has shown remarkable bravery."

That's not the point!

Saber glared angrily at Luke's fading body, her delicate eyebrows furrowing as if she found it difficult to speak:
"Let me do it myself... You really are..."

Although she had mentally prepared herself for the Holy Grail War, the suddenness of the battle still made her feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Seeing where the Knight King was struggling, Luke's lips curled up slightly:

"There's nothing I can do. All the other Servants are just too useless. As expected, the most dazzling one is still our King. The brilliance of the Holy Sword is a perfect match for you. This attack is even more breathtaking than when you unleashed your Noble Phantasm before."

It's probably when the round table meeting begins and the thirteen restraints are lifted that King Arthur will be fully engaged. The swordsman's focused gaze is so beautiful it hurts to look at, coupled with that slight, almost imperceptible sense of danger...

It can only be said that it was thanks to Lancelot and Dimurdo that they desperately stopped those tentacles, otherwise the "Holy Sword Wielders gathering heroes to fight against outsiders" in his script might have been temporarily changed to "Holy Sword Wielders who persist in shining even when trapped in dire straits".

"..."

At first, Saber felt somewhat comforted, but the more she listened, the more uneasy she felt. She bit her lip, took a step back, glared at Luke, her face slightly flushed, and then suddenly seemed to remember something and her expression changed.

"What exactly is your true form? Is it a deity or something similar, or... the true form of some evil entity from the outside world?"

As a knight, she shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but when she recalled the scene of the two of them being intimate... she still preferred a handsome young man in his normal state, rather than a monster that was so indescribable that it caused her to lose her rationality, and that it had tentacles, filth, flesh and blood proliferation.

Luke's body had mostly dissipated, reaching only his chest. He winked at Saber, his tone light:

"That's hard to say. You could say it's the former, and theoretically it's closer to the latter, but in reality..."

Luke paused deliberately, which made Saber nervously press for an answer.

"Actually... what's it like?"

"you guess?"

"..."

The suspenseful words made Saber grit her teeth, and she had an urge to unleash another "Excaliber" on Luke. But looking at her partner who was about to disappear, she felt a lump in her throat and thought it was unnecessary to care about such trivial details.

"Don't be sad, we'll see each other soon."

As Lu Ke finished speaking with a smile, the last speck of light dissipated into the air, and the space shrouded in a thin mist began to crumble.

When Saber opened her eyes again, all she saw was an area that had been completely "cleared" by the holy sword.

The figures in the thick fog vanished naturally, and even the microorganisms in the soil disappeared without a trace, leaving only a void with residual starlight and a faint golden glow, as if nothing had ever been born there.

The light of the holy sword in his hand gradually dimmed, returning to its original state, which meant that the thing that had threatened this star had completely disappeared.

Saber turned away heavily, suppressing the bitterness in her heart, and pointed her sword at the panting Gilgamesh. If she could defeat the last surviving Servant, she could complete the Holy Grail and wish to save Britain alongside Luke.

Gilgamesh's condition wasn't good. The damaged Noble Phantasm was one thing, but constantly using the Gate of Babylon at full power drained a lot of his mana, even though it was an energy-efficient Noble Phantasm. Not to mention using Ea twice in a row with a full incantation.

Even so, upon seeing Saber's sword, the King of Heroes showed no fear whatsoever, wielding the strangely shaped Ea and maintaining his usual arrogant demeanor.

But just as he was about to make a sarcastic remark, horror and fear instantly filled the king's face.

An unfamiliar memory appeared in Gilgamesh's mind. It was the scene he saw at the very beginning, at the end of his battle with someone in the mental world, when he was "contaminated" by peeking out of curiosity.

This memory had been erased, but it resurfaced with the arrival of the "source of pollution," a true end-of-the-world scene, a prophetic dream of the passing of all things.

In the instant before his consciousness was completely corrupted, Gilgamesh suddenly had a moment of clarity and murmured to himself.

"So that's it..."

Was what was broken before just a false "cocoon"?

[True Name of Noble Phantasm: Breaking the Cocoon]
grade:?
Category: ?
distance:?
Maximum capture: ?

Explanation: [The moment of breaking free from the cocoon is the root of all calamity, the cosmic cancer that destroys the world, and the beginning and end of all things.]
Saber's holy sword also underwent a change; its previously dull blade brightened, and its unreleased light shone brighter than ever before.
The sword trembled violently, unleashing heat that was ten, a hundred, a thousand... countless times more intense than when it faced the Foreigner.

How is this going?

The sudden change startled Saber. She was about to move when she felt her entire body lose control. She couldn't even move her eyes. A sense of fear gripped her body.

A slender, clean hand appeared in her sight. This hand reached out from behind, followed her arm, and gently pressed on the holy sword. The light that was emanating from it suddenly froze and contracted.

With a sickening sound, a crack appeared in the center of the holy sword, forged from stars and designed to repel the "Star Vanguard".

Then, to Saber's horrified gaze, the holy sword broke in two, turning into specks of light and dissipating.

"Hmm... the Holy Sword seems to be of poor quality; it shattered with the slightest touch."

The familiar voice rang almost right next to her ear. Her body was free again. Saber glanced to the side and saw a handsome young man giving her a gentle smile.

"Look, Saber, we'll meet soon enough."

Luke touched Saber's ahoge (cowlick) and, without waiting for her reply, looked directly at the King of Heroes not far away.

The strongest Servant in the Holy Grail War had no chance to resist. His handsome face twisted in pain, and his whole body turned into specks of golden light and dissipated into the air.

At the same time, Saber discovered that her body was also emitting a faint light, showing signs of her return. The Servant's spiritual core shattered silently.

“I know what your wish is. Go back to Camlan Hill and wait for me. It will be quick, and your wish will be fulfilled soon.” Luke said gently.

Saber stared at him intently for a moment. "Is what you're about to do dangerous?"

"A little bit, but it's not a big problem."

Lu Ke answered honestly that with his size, swallowing the "source" shouldn't be a problem; the key issue was the process before swallowing it.

He infiltrated the Holy Grail War, donned the guise of Caster, and controlled the simultaneous departure of seven Servants, all to give "The Root" less time to prepare.

The combined impact of these factors on the battle situation may not exceed one percent; this action was taken only because even a small amount is still a significant benefit.

"Be careful, I'm waiting for you."

After uttering these six words, Saber's body completely dissipated, leaving only a Holy Grail filled with its "contents" in the same spot.

With a blank expression, Luke picked up the Holy Grail, and boundless magical power surged into the sky, activating the passage for the souls of the primate guardians to return to Valhalla and opening the "hole" on the outside of the world.

A force emanated from within the Holy Grail, attempting to draw Luke into it for a test. It was the curse left behind by Angoman Nulla, who bore the sins of the world, representing "all the evil of this world," and the malice of billions of people was particularly intense.

But a crimson light carrying an irresistible will enveloped the Holy Grail, instantly "conquering" the "evil of this world".

Luke's eyes turned a deep, iron-black, piercing through the gaps of time and space as he stared intently at the other end of the "hole," locking onto the "source" that swirled like a cluster of stars in a void of vision.

The root, the "cause" of everything, the origin of all phenomena, the truth of all things in the world, the place of origin of everything, is directly equivalent to the concept of "creator", but it lacks autonomous consciousness and only instinctively operates the laws of the world.

Delicacies with weak immune systems.

Luke commented that an incredibly strong appetite welled up from within him, and the instinct stemming from "primal hunger" made him involuntarily lick his lips.

Seemingly sensing the threat, the "hole" leading to the Root collapsed with a roar. Not only the "hole" opened by the Holy Grail, but all paths leading to the Root were blocked.

Lu Ke raised an eyebrow and, following the locked target, his body suddenly blurred and faded. The first sentence of his honorific name in another world was "The Other God Beyond the Stars," which had the symbolism of "invasion"!
Just as his figure was about to disappear, a beam of light "killed" the "invasion" process.

Luke's body solidified again. He silently looked at the girl in the kimono in front of him and slowly uttered her name.

"Ryougi Shiki? Or should I call you Root Style or Great Origin?"

Ryougi Shiki, one of the four main heroines of Type-Moon, is one of only two beings born with a connection to the Root.

Unlike Sajō Aika, whose magic circuits are connected to the Root, the main personality Ryougi Shiki can be described as the descending consciousness of the Root, and it is not unreasonable to call her the Root's agent.

"An existence whose origins are unknown must not be crossed."

Ryougi Shiki warned solemnly, "You cannot continue, or I will erase you on behalf of the Root."

Lu Ke glanced at Ryougi Shiki, narrowed his eyes, pondered for a few seconds, and then smiled slightly.

"I reject."

A pale white light instantly engulfed Ryougi Shiki's entire body, causing the spokesperson to fall to the ground.

The crimson light illuminated the entire world in an instant, and every living being it passed through—insects, animals, humans, aliens, elves—all turned into Luke's soldiers.

"Go eat! Eat the entire universe!"

(End of this chapter)