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Chapter 427 You probably feel like you're the protagonist of the story, right?
Gilgamesh did not respond to this statement.

He didn't even show the slightest bit of anger.

This is the oldest human king, clad in golden armor and seated on a golden throne atop the radiant vessel of gold and emeralds—the Vimana.

He simply tilted his head and glanced at the person on the ground whose entire body was covered in extremely smooth human skin.

Currently, it only has a humanoid form, and even the facial features are not clear. Its appearance is like an "elite monster" or "zombie" that is one level higher than the roadside minions.

It was a very casual one-handed gesture.

Thirty-two golden halos immediately appeared in mid-air.

Before the gleaming Noble Phantasm that emerged from the Gate of Babylon could reveal its true form, it transformed into several golden threads that were difficult to detect with the naked eye.

They attacked the 'living corpses' standing on the ground.

He didn't make any dodging movements and just stood there staring straight ahead.

The 'minions' and 'living corpses' are about to be pierced by the [Noble Phantasm].

Gilgamesh's face showed a hint of disdain.

"How did you know I would come here and set this trap?"
“But as I have said, even when playing a ‘villain,’ there should be a limit to ugliness.”

"They sent a monster as strong as a low-level Servant."

It was clear, however, that Gilgamesh did not have the chance to finish his sentence.

click-

A sudden sound, like sharp fingernails scraping against glass, rang out.

With the thirty-two beams activated, the [Noble Phantasm], depicting shooting stars, hovered eerily in mid-air.

Just a moment ago, the image of the [Noble Phantasm] lingered, symbolizing the brilliance of legend and history, faintly illuminating the dark morning sky with golden light.

At this moment, it's like the lights in a building that has gone dark and fallen into a deathly silence after a power outage.

It suddenly went out.

Before Gilgamesh could react...

The Noble Phantasm, which had been suspended in the air and lost its luster, began to fade at a visible rate.

It disintegrated silently, eventually turning into several puddles of fine 'black ash' that vanished into the air.

It was as if the overwhelming [Noble Phantasms] of the previous second were merely an illusion appearing before the eyes of people who were still sleepy in the early morning.

Only Gilgamesh's back emitted a yellow aura that had not yet disappeared after the [Noble Phantasm] was used.

This demonstrates that the previous attack was not a mere illusion.
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He symbolically waved the roughly half-human-length human skin staff in his hand, and used the [Aostar Great Disintegration] spell on the 'living corpse'.

However, he did not look at Gilgamesh in mid-air.

It simply lowered its head and glanced at the human skin hanging from its waist, which resembled a translucent jellyfish.

He stretched out a hand and shook a multitude of human skins that looked like keys strung on a landlord's keychain.

Some deliberately made the motion of shaking the fine powder formed from human skin onto the ground.

The 'living corpse' then raised its head.

The skin on the head also began to 'flow'.

As if painting from thin air, a thick lip was drawn on the human skin.

The 'living corpse' then uttered a female voice that was different from the previous one, which carried a sense of 'regret'.

"Although it's a 'skin' that's so inferior it can be easily replaced."

"But it's really heartbreaking to see four sheets shatter at once!"

What do you think? People who like to call themselves "protagonists"?
"I forgot to tell you, in front of me now, it would be a foolish decision to drop your weapon."
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Gilgamesh, sitting on his golden throne, watched as the Noble Phantasm inexplicably disappeared, and his expression instantly turned serious.

His body was no longer crooked as before.

He suddenly stood up and stared intently at the 'living corpses' below.

"good very good!"

Behind him, the early morning was unusually dark, with the sky just beginning to lighten on the distant horizon.

As countless bright [Noble Phantasms], like stars scattered across the entire sky, appeared, they were tinged with an incomparably brilliant gold.

As the Noble Phantasm called "Ea" appeared at his side, it was held in Gilgamesh's hand.

"But do you know that destroying my treasure is an unforgivable crime?"
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Upon hearing this, the 'human skin' with only a mouth on its face seemed to have heard some amazing 'joke' and threw its head back and burst into laughter.

As the surrounding mist thickened again, he said with a mocking tone.

Are you talking to me?

"It seems that you, a person from this inferior world, are not yet aware of the 'role' you play in this script?"

"That's true. Everyone subconsciously thinks they are the protagonist of the story."

"only."

Her response was a torrent of powerful artifacts that intertwined in mid-air, an unprecedented force that had covered the entire sky and left no one able to escape.

And the response that Gilgamesh uttered.

"Feel lucky! You bastard who tries to play tricks on me!"

"It's amazing that it could make me take this seriously and use so many precious artifacts."

"This is from you, a great one."

Looking at the three thousand figures already in mid-air, these were clearly no longer within the scope of his [Great Disintegration Technique] [Noble Phantasm].

The 'living corpse' chuckled softly.

"It seems that the 'curse' just now gave you, a person with a narrow view of the world, some illusions."

"Then let me show you the power of 'knowledge'."

"The 'resources' were just enough after accumulating for a period of time."

【Ao Xing - Kinetic Energy Control Technique】

As soon as he finished speaking, the mist surrounding him seemed to come alive and surged.

After being maintained for half a day by the [World Weaving Technique], the magic power that had been continuously accumulating in Fuyuki City from neighboring cities was also eagerly converging on the 'living corpses'.

The staff in the 'zombie's' hand fell like a judge wielding a gavel to deliver a verdict.

The dense, rain-like torrent of magical artifacts rushed towards the 'living corpses,' threatening to devour everything.

It was as if the screen had been paused, frozen in mid-air.

The next second, it was like hailstones falling suddenly in summer, relentlessly crashing down on the ground.

Bang—bang bang bang bang!

The ground was riddled with deep craters, as if bombarded by cannonballs, from the falling [Noble Phantasms].

Stone chips flew everywhere, and golden light fell like rain, mixed with the gray-black remnants of the treasure.

Suddenly, it seemed as if an apocalyptic downpour of unusual gold and ash was falling.
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The "living corpse," which effortlessly defused the attack and stood in the "storm," did not launch an attack.

She simply stretched out one hand and shook the human skin hanging from her waist.

After deliberately examining the number of human skins around his waist, he gave his usual bland and unremarkable words.

"Well, now you should understand the gap between us, right?"

"Although it consumed one-fifth of the human skin."

Hearing the 'living corpse's' arrogant words, Gilgamesh was so angry that he laughed instead.

"gap?
"You think that little bit of treasure is all that I have?"
"Then I'll show you my true power!"

He swung his arm sharply, the sword in his hand about to strike.

However, just as he was about to swing the [Ea] sword.

The Master-Servant connection, which had been lost for a long time, was restored very abruptly.

He heard the somewhat contradictory Command Seals from Kirei Kotomine, whom he hadn't been in contact with for a long time.

"By command of the Command Spell, Archer Gilgamesh unleashes his full power in battle."

"By command of the Command Spell, Archer Gilgamesh shall be defeated, but you shall not kill the enemy before you."

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[You bastard! What do you think you're doing?!]

Without time to think it through, he angrily cursed his master.

As the somewhat awkward four-stroke Command Spell took effect, Gilgamesh's aura intensified.

The raised [Divergence Sword] also began to ripple with red and black vortexes that tore through space.

He had already begun chanting the incantation to activate his [Noble Phantasm].

"Narrate the beginning. At the time of creation, nothingness also offered its congratulations."

"Tear the world apart with my sword of discord."
As the sword began to spin, the air disappeared.

The space shattered instantly.

The vortex of crimson and darkness swirling around the longsword expanded instantly.

It gradually transformed into an indescribable, ever-expanding, strange torrent.

"The star that marked the beginning of the separation of heaven and earth!"
"Then let your death quell my rage!"

Gilgamesh swung his hand down as he recited the [Noble Phantasm] and [True Name].

[Noble Phantasm] [Star of the Creation of Heaven and Earth] Devoured the 'living corpse'.

It resembles the dazzling aurora borealis, or the afterglow of a star before its destruction.
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The 'living corpse' suddenly raised its head the instant Gilgamesh activated his [Noble Phantasm].

He stared directly at the torrent of magic that was about to engulf him.

[She took the bait! Just as I expected, she pulled a clumsy little trick!]

It's a bit of a shame.

I briefly sensed the magic power concentrated in the atmosphere under the [World Weaving Technique].

The 'human skin' gripped the human skin staff in its hand.

[The supply is fairly sufficient.]

【Then let's use a limited-use [Legendary Spell] for now!】

【Oscar - Annihilation Singularity】

As the woman silently recited the name of the spell in her mind.

Half of the life force in the body was rapidly drained away.

Her face, the human skin that originally only had lips painted on it, suddenly changed.

In some indescribable way, a pair of strange eyes, constantly flowing with tears of blood, slowly emerged.

It's as if some monster dwelling in a distant, otherworldly realm is using this hole to peer into the place.

Looking into those strange eyes that drew people's attention involuntarily, Gilgamesh's movements paused almost imperceptibly.

The right hand holding the [Divergence Sword] suddenly trembled in mid-air.

An unprecedented look of disbelief appeared in his eyes.

It was as if I had seen something incomprehensible and inhuman.

With just a glance, he felt as if he were gazing into a bottomless abyss.

The illusion that one's thoughts and one's own existence are being swallowed up.

What kind of trick is this?!
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And then the strange eyes opened.

The next moment, the sky began to collapse.

The turbulent currents above the sky are like toner powder drawn on paper and then erased by an eraser.

It vanished silently into the space.

An unstoppable torrent formed by the sword Ea in Gilgamesh's hand.

It collapsed rapidly, as if it had lost its gravity, and then disintegrated.

That is called the "Star of Heaven and Earth's Separation," which has reached the "EX" level and is a "Noble Phantasm" used to annihilate the enemy.

Like a foolish attempt to shout in a vacuum to convey words, nothing is left behind.

Watching the [Noble Phantasm] bombard the enemy without achieving any results.

Gilgamesh, who was standing on the Vimana, staggered half a step and his face turned pale.

At this moment, the oldest king of mankind suddenly realized that the golden armor he was wearing had been shattered.

About a third of his body also vanished into thin air.

The once abundant magical power within his body seemed to be constantly disappearing, connected to the all-consuming void. In his perception, this incomplete body was like a punctured balloon, leaking air and about to deflate.

It will end in seconds.

He turned to look at the [Ea] sword beside him, his face instantly filled with disbelief and shock.

He seemed to have begun to doubt the authenticity of his longsword.

To the king's surprise, his connection with all the [Noble Phantasms] had also vanished without a trace.

"This! I lost?"

"The magic is fading? The connection has been severed."

"What are you doing"

However, the 'living corpse' with blood constantly dripping from its mouth did not give Gilgamesh a chance to continue speaking.

He waved his staff and slapped the human skin at his waist with one hand.

As the human skin around his waist disappeared at a visible speed, the surrounding mist surged wildly.

The spell called [Ora Star Great Disintegration] was activated again.

A series of cracking sounds echoed in the air.

Click——click——

As Vimana, hovering in mid-air, let out several groans of unbearable strain.

This radiant ship, made of gold and emeralds, is now completely undefended.

It collapsed like disassembled building blocks scattered on the ground, disintegrating in mid-air.

Gilgamesh, standing atop it, only managed to utter a roar that was of unknown meaning.

It was swallowed up by the wreckage of the spaceship and disappeared amidst the huge roar that followed the wreckage hitting the ground.
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He watched Gilgamesh, who was turning into 'spiritual matter' along with the wreckage of the spaceship.

After deliberately examining the nearly depleted human skin around his waist.

He heard a notification from the Main God Space: "Warning! You have taken actions that exceed the limits, and the punishment will be increased."

After glancing around at the unusually thin and magically barren fog, he realized that...

The 'living corpse' whose facial features were gradually appearing on its body showed a rare hint of approval.

"That's right, although he's not the protagonist of the story."

"It exists merely as part of my 'script'."

"But to go to this extent, to force out 'items' that I didn't intend to use on you, is quite remarkable."

"It's time to leave."

The woman turned and left, leaving behind a mere 'name'.

"【Cursed Crown】."

"This is a title you should know."

However, before she could finish speaking...

The next moment, a woman emerged from the thinning mist.

The woman who called herself "Cursed Crown" stopped in her tracks.

He looked at the face of the woman who was all too familiar to him, the one who had presented a humble posture to him over the past few days.

A slight smile appeared on the 'zombie's' lips.

[They arrived just in time!]
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She watched as Shen Li, dressed in a monk's robe and carrying a stack of human skins, walked towards her.

The 'living corpse' looked down at the human skin that had vanished from its waist.

Her facial features were already visible, and a slight smile appeared on her lips.

She raised a hand and extended it toward Shen Li, who was getting closer and closer, and uttered her final piece of advice.

"Although your intelligence was wrong and you killed the wrong person."

"But you're quite sensible, and you came just in time. My time is running out."

"So as long as you do your job well, I won't hold it against you."

"Bring it here."

In response, the other party uttered words that were unusually cold and had a strange tone.

"My Lord, Shen Li has a request."

"I would like to ask for your permission."

The 'living corpse' watched with interest as Shen Li approached, bent down, and lifted a stack of human skins.

After observing the woman who, as always, kept her head down and adopted a humble posture.

He gave a casual reply.

"I'm in a good mood, so I'll grant your request. Go ahead and say it."

"However, you should speak quickly."

"If you want my permission, you'd better finish speaking before I get the human skin."

The talking 'living corpse' relaxed and reached towards the human skin that Shen Li was holding up.

But to everyone's surprise, Shen Li didn't utter her request until the 'zombie's' hand touched her skin, even as she lowered her head.

Upon touching the human skin, I realized that I did not feel the human skin at my fingertips.

Realizing he had touched an empty 'living corpse,' he let out a soft exclamation.

He looked at Shen Li, who was looking down, again.
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Only then did Shen Li raise her head.

She looked at the 'Cursed Crown' with a big smile on her face, whose 'title' she had just learned.

"Don't panic, sir."

"This illusion is only because you have been 'cured' by my [Five Contemplations on Cessation of Mind]."

Looking at the 'living corpse' whose body was becoming increasingly sluggish.

Shen Li chuckled softly.

"My lord, I only just learned of your name."

"But my request is rather impolite, so I have no choice but to resort to this."

Looking at the unknown servant, she silently replied in her heart, "She won't move anymore."

Shen Li raised her head and formally uttered her request in a slightly strange tone.

"Then please, Lord [Cursed Crown], who is weak and unable to control your body, and the flesh and blood of the [Star Clan] that make up your body, completely merge into one."

"Then, based on the memories of being a 'servant' buried deep within one's flesh and blood."

"Obey my commands and become my 'servants' who serve the One who exists within me."

As soon as she finished speaking, Shen Li's red lips, and even her mouth and nose, instantly transformed into several tentacles that danced in the wind.

Wings also sprouted from its back.

The person exuded a strange, unsettling aura, revealing their true form.
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As countless tentacles danced, the talent called [Substituting One Thing for Another] was activated.

The 'zombie's' face also began to deform uncontrollably, and tentacles grew out like Shen Li's.

It rapidly merged with the flesh and blood of the Star Familia, which served as the foundation of its body.

He exuded an aura that was somewhat connected to Shen Li by blood, but of a slightly lower status, as if he were a subordinate being.

Watching the immobile 'living corpses' irreversibly transform into servants of the great being they served.

Having become exceptionally ugly, Shen Li finally burst into unrestrained laughter.

His tone was no longer servile.

Just as you said, sir.

"People subconsciously think that they are the protagonist of the story, right?"
"However, it seems that although you are incredibly powerful."

"But this body, which only possesses a few of your memories, is not the protagonist of this assessment mission, is it?"

Shen Li's tone was already somewhat smug.

"[Curse Crown] My Lord, the human skin you used for casting spells has been completely used up."

"Not only did you kill the wrong person under the influence of my servant [Charm], but your actions have also been further restricted."

"They will also become my loyal followers."
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The woman who called herself "Cursed Crown" burst into laughter upon hearing these words.

"Shen Li, not bad! You're very good!"
"Regardless of the outcome, I must commend you for your courage to defy the heavens and attack me."

"You are worthy of the title of [protagonist]."

"However, it seems you've got some things wrong."

【Ao Xing - Advanced Transformation Technique】

As the mist surged again, it transformed into magical energy and gathered on the 'living corpse's' human skin staff.

The spell that allows one to transform into another alien creature was activated immediately.

The physical deformation of the 'living corpse' stopped momentarily.

Then, as if time had reversed, it returned to smooth human skin.

Finally, on the human skin, a radiant woman's face with a beauty mark under her left eye was drawn.

The 'zombie' that revealed its face had an extremely malicious smile on its face.

He revealed some of the truth to Shen Li, whose limbs were becoming increasingly stiff.

"I forgot to tell you something."

"The title you use to refer to me, 'Curse Crown,' is indeed a title worth knowing, and it also refers to Yuan Zhongli's right-hand man."

"His human skin was the key to my 'arrival' here."

"But it's not my [title]."

Shen Li's eyes widened.

Several large beads of sweat immediately rolled down his temples, and his whole body began to tremble.

At the same time, he put his right hand behind his back.

Seeing Shen Li's 'sensible' attitude, the 'living corpse' tapped the staff in its hand lightly.

As the mist surged, it formed a transparent shield around the body.

She then approached the other person with great pity and began to explain to them knowledge that the other person did not know.

"In addition, I would like you to know a piece of 'common sense'."

"That means no arcanist has ever needed human skin as a medium to cast a spell."

Shen Li looked at the 'living corpse' that was so close yet didn't immediately make a move, seemingly showing off to her.

Hearing the servant's question in his ear, "So, should we make a move, Master?"

For some reason, I suddenly made up my mind to resist.

Since you've already offended them, there's no turning back!

[It only has some memories; just kill this puppet!]

Approaching the limit of Rank 2, the [Mental Manipulation] skill, boosted by a staggering 39 points of mental energy, was activated instantly.

The human skin around his waist transformed into a net, covering the 'living corpse' before him.

The semi-transparent [Hell Serpent] that had been coiled within the soul instantly awoke, flicking its tongue to bite at its opponent.

As the three bright red Command Seals lit up with his right hand...

His arm was covered with a dense array of ten or more Command Seals, transplanted from Kotomine Risei.

"By [Command Spell], my follower."
"Command it with a Command Spell."

However, after consuming four Command Seals.

The unknown servant did not appear beside him as expected.

She didn't hear the voice of her servant either.

Seeing the 'living corpses' about to be covered by her offensive, Shen Li's heart sank instantly.

She had already realized something.

But she was unwilling and dared not believe it.

(End of this chapter)