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Chapter 431 Kill you? As you wish!
Not far away, Sesshouin Kihara watched as the so-called "Conqueror King" led a group of people as insignificant as ants charging towards her.

A cruel smile curled at the corner of her lips.

[Charge? This kind of attack, which poses absolutely no threat to me, is merely offering itself up to nourish my growth and accelerate my return to my former state!]

[Since that's the case, let's kill this reckless Servant first, then grow stronger again and kill everyone!]

She slowly raised her hands.

The "black mud" that had been frozen by Fang Yi was freed from its confinement and began to flow through the space once more.

A deep vortex quietly formed, which then expanded into a black hole that devoured everything.

It easily drained the almost inexhaustible magical power from her body.

All the energy was woven together, intertwined and converged, transforming into a sphere that slowly rose above her head, exuding the power to destroy the world.

Like the black sun symbolizing the end of the world.

The next instant, she swung her arms down.

The 'black sun,' symbolizing destruction, roared out and tore through the sky.

Then it suddenly exploded halfway through!

The scattered black fragments instantly transformed into countless whistling arrows.

A thick veil of malice and death mingled together, forming an all-pervasive curtain of rain that poured down upon everyone.

The torrential rain, which turned everything into a purgatory of evil, created a dark night in the sun-drenched desert.

And the lingering, inescapable darkness.

It is indeed the [Big Head Seven Wild Dry Method].

"boom"

In an instant, the relentless rain precisely and powerfully destroyed the heroic soldiers who were charging behind the galloping 'Conqueror King'.

This eliminated the foundation for the continued existence of the [King's Army].

Meanwhile, the extremely cruel 'Conqueror King' was left to charge ahead alone for a period of time.

After ensuring the other side witnessed the destruction of their soldiers and [Realistic Marble] together.

Qi Huang then reached out his hand and, as if out of pity, once again unleashed the destructive rain.

It completely destroyed the heroic spirit known as the 'Conqueror King'.

At the same time, it shattered the barrier called "King's Army".

They descended once more upon the world, which was filled with 'food'.
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The girl named Artoria saw the 'Conqueror King' in front of her charging towards a windmill.

And the magnificent scene of the "King's Army," symbolizing the "King of Conquerors" and the bonds that bind them, being shattered.

His gaze froze, fixed on Sesshouin Kiara, who seemed to stand on the distant horizon, and the darkness surrounding him.

The hands that gripped the holy sword also turned an unusual white from the excessive force.

Her intuition had already revealed her identity as a woman.

This is the ugliest evil in the world.

This is the end of human desire.

The heart, transformed into the [Dragon's Heart], roared, conveying extremely simple emotions.

Kill that woman!

But soon, he glanced at his side and drew his sword again.

The immense cold air created froze the 'black mud', the rain curtain, and the 'holes' in the sky that showed signs of revival.

And once again, he turned that "Demon Bodhisattva" into an ice sculpture, controlling the man who was spreading the calamity.

She then realized something.

Killing that woman and saving those he couldn't save himself was something only he could do.

[You just need to complete the tasks you are supposed to do.]

So she took a deep breath and started walking.

Taking advantage of the enemy's resurgence, she let her heart roar again, gathering magic power with the help of her man's [Spiritual Source Return] effect.

It greedily absorbed the magical power that had accumulated in the atmosphere due to the [World Weaving Technique].

Then, with unwavering resolve, he swung the holy sword in his hand, which was radiant and seemed to be telling a story, about to unseal something.

At the same time, he loudly sang the "true name" of the miracle in his hand.

"This radiance is the hope of the stars, a testament to life that illuminates the earth!"
"Let us witness the final victory here!"
"Excalibur—!"

A torrent of magic, stronger than ever before, flowed from the holy sword in his hand.

It transforms into a fleeting, yet exceptionally brilliant, shooting star.

It briefly illuminated the darkness that followed the woman's transformation into evil.

At the same time, it melted and closed the [hole] that stood above the sky, which was constantly flowing with 'black mud'.

Having completed her task, Artoria felt her knees were sore and she could no longer stand.

The rapidly pulsating Dragon's Heart also began to rise and fall violently like a bellows.

In order to unleash this unprecedented sword strike.

The magic in her body had been completely exhausted.

The Heroic Spirit named Artoria has now lost the ability to fight.

But she stubbornly stood up and looked at Sesshouin Kiara not far away.

Even though she was already a complete loser in this Holy Grail War that was about to end.

Obtaining the Holy Grail is already an unattainable dream, one that can only be realized in the next Holy Grail War.

But at the end of this battle...

She desperately longed to witness the dissolution of that evil.

I also long to witness the strongest strike a man can deliver.

She looked at the man who had raised his right hand and was beginning to inscribe his victory.

He revealed his final wish from the bottom of his heart.

Well then, let me see how this story ends.

Please don't lose to that thing that's good for nothing but being powerful!
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He sensed the spiritual energy that flowed into his body after the death of the 'Conqueror King,' whose body was completely destroyed along with the army, making him stronger.

Looking at Weber, who was kneeling on the ground with tears streaming down his face.

It became clear that the magic power within that 'Knight King's' body had also been completely exhausted.

Even the strongest blow a man can't kill himself now.

Sesshouin Kiara, who was rapidly recovering in the mist and about to break free from the man's [Frost Wind] restraints, revealed an extremely arrogant smile.

"That little bit of time that the 'Conqueror King' bought by launching his charge."

"The hole that the 'Knight King' destroyed with all his might."

"What's the point of all your efforts?"
"It just made me stronger."

"So happy!"
"Your suffering and cries are what ignite my lust."

In response, the man raised his right hand and displayed the bright red Command Seal for the first time in everyone's sight.

And the words that came out of his mouth that she found incomprehensible.

"By the Command Spell, Saber Okita Souji, come to my side!"

Unlike Artoria, who stared wide-eyed in disbelief at the man's true identity, Altria was completely different.

Sesshouin Kihara's heart tightened at first.

[There's one last Heroic Spirit who's completely unharmed!]

That's his heroic spirit!

But after reflecting on Saber's abilities...

Having escaped from the ice, she looked at the man in front of her and laughed wildly.

"Is this your last 'trump card'?"

"That's really laughable!"
"What can that weak heroic spirit possibly do?"

The woman's words were cut short as the man swung his long sword.

He saw that no one was swinging their long sword at him.

Instead, he cut off his own right hand and quickly used [Alternate Limb Connection] to catch the man who was throwing something from the Sakura-iro-haori Heroic Spirit beside him.

Sesshouin Kiara already understood what that 'trump card' was.

That was the relic called "Right Hand of Glory," which she had previously failed to obtain for its ability to significantly amplify the power of Heroic Spirits in one go.

The opposing side dispatched that one heroic spirit, who, after that [Ao Xing] killed Gilgamesh, found that [Relic].

The other party, like their Master, also created a [hidden worldview] and became a [Heroic Spirit] in a certain sense.
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But she only panicked for a moment before regaining her confidence to win.

[It's a pity I can't kill you now, is it?]

[Not only is there this incredibly dense "mist" as a supplement, but also Master and Waver as the final vessels.]

[Unless he is, in a conceptual sense, the Grim Reaper who can sever the connection between me and my [believers]!]

Otherwise, there is absolutely no possibility of killing me.

Despite being confident that "the ending of the story cannot be changed."

However, Sesshouin Kiara still took the most cautious approach.

His newly recovered hands quickly formed hand seals.

The [Womb Realm: Reason Fist Seal], which can [significantly increase one's own defense] and is almost invincible at this moment, is activated.

A barrier of black and gold intertwined around her, bringing her an unprecedented sense of security.

She then showered the man with compliments.

"What a brilliant plan."

"You also possess unparalleled courage and an unwavering belief as strong as steel."

"But unfortunately, no matter how hard you try, you can't change the ending of the story."

However, at that moment, Sesshouin Kiara witnessed a scene that shook him to his core.

Wings sprouted from the man's back, and he soared into the misty sky.

He raised his long sword high, the sword and the man becoming one.

His heart pounded incessantly, emitting a deafening roar, like the tolling of an apocalyptic bell.

An unprecedented surge of magical energy converged on the man's sword. He gazed upon this scene, which seemed straight out of a myth.

Sesshouin Kiara, who was trying her best to regain her composure, uttered her last words.

"Even if you have the 'Legend' of a dragon and can temporarily transform into a legendary dragon with the help of that 'Relic,' it's useless."

"A vessel that is loved by all mankind and bears the happiness of all mankind in the world."

"The desire to become all living beings in the world, for me as a god."

"Killing me was simply impossible."
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Fang Yi did not answer.

At this moment, the man, who is a Pretender (class) (wearing a role), is simply getting used to his newly acquired Right Hand of Glory.

Merlin, who secretly slipped here using illusion magic, bestowed upon him an extremely powerful "Death in the Mist" after a temporary boost from "Hero Creation".

[Yin Yang Intertwined], which only has one use left due to the longsword's durability, is ready to be unleashed.

With both hands gripping the long sword tightly, the [Slash Me] technique, which greatly enhances abilities, is activated.

It rang in my ears just as I had hoped.

[Affected by [The Right Hand of Glory], [Heroic Creation], and [Slay Me], your [Eliminate Medium Undead] ability has been temporarily enhanced to [Conceptually Eliminate Undead of Creatures Below Your Rank] after the notification sound.

He glimpsed the "death line" on the huge female body, which he had been unable to see before.

The man, who knew the ending of the story, remained unusually calm.

He neither roared nor uttered any response.

He simply swung the long sword in his hand, which was constantly splintering.

The final ruling has been made.
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The blade struck down, but there was no earth-shattering sound.

It was simply swung out silently, then transformed into a cold wind that swept through the forest, heading straight towards the large Sesshouin Kihara.

But this very slash that cut through the mist, just as it made contact with Sesshouin Kiara's body...

In an instant, it tore through the layers of defenses woven around Sesshouin Kiara.

The barrier created by the 【Womb Realm - Reason Fist Seal】and the physical body possessing the concept of immortality are like porcelain that shatters upon hitting the ground.

Without any resistance, she was dissected and peeled away by the man's knife, leading to an irreversible collapse.

Her divinity and wickedness are like a statue weathered over many years.

It peels away layer by layer from the body.

The invisible thread connecting the believers also broke.

It was as if that single strike contained the most essential element of death.

In the instant she was killed, her mind was dragged into an indescribable illusion.

She saw herself, enormous as she stood in the depths of the universe.

Its enormous body has already adopted a posture of dominating the universe and intertwining with the planets.

The azure planet was also placed beneath him.

Inhale, then rub.

It brings you amazing satisfaction and happiness.

It was the [Noble Phantasm] [Happy Heaven: Womb Mandala], which he had not yet used and was capable of melting all humans.

But in the next instant, the long sword knocked her back from that dream to reality.

She was forced back to the reality that she could not respond and could only watch the man in front of her fall to the ground.

The evil being named Sesshouin Kiara wanted to speak, to struggle, and to call upon her followers.

But no matter how she opened her mouth, she couldn't make a sound.

Why is this happening? What exactly is going on?

【Why is this happening? 】

A burning pain, as if my body were being burned, also came from my body.

This is incredibly uncomfortable; I've never felt so lonely before!

Why did he defeat me?

Even if this body isn't my prime, it's still a god to me, someone the 'world' wouldn't even want to be my enemy, but rather wants to get rid of!

[I absolutely cannot be killed!]

The man, holding a long sword high, slowly descended to the ground.

He simply stood there and slowly sheathed the knife, which had fallen with many fragments and was nicked in several places.

Sesshouin Kiara, watching the demise of the organization, gave a response.

"Kill you?"

"Then so be it!"
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As the enormous goddess's body quietly crumbled like accumulated snow, it gradually melted into the void.

She finally understood.

This strike brings more than just physical death.

It's a conceptual death.

Her divine body, built upon desire and malice, was utterly negated at that moment by a man who was like the Grim Reaper.

It was as if the man had made a judgment about her: "You shouldn't exist, you'll die."

At the last moment.

As if suddenly enlightened, she confided her innermost doubts to the man who killed her.

"Ah...so, this is actually how the story ends?"

"A woman named Sesshouin Kiara was killed by a man who was like the Grim Reaper?"
"This is... the inevitable fate of death that I have been given?"

"Just because I'm not actually the main character in the story?"

The man's response was very calm, almost like a declaration.

"A story is made up of countless characters."

"Although not everyone can be the protagonist of a story, and not all stories have a happy ending."

"But the people who make up the story can rewrite the ending little by little through their own efforts."

"In the end, killing you was just a choice I made, not a decision made by fate."

"You lost to me, not to some vague and uncertain fate."

The man's answer.

Sesshouin Kiara could neither understand nor agree with it.

Or rather, until the very end, she refused to accept the unacceptable fact that Sesshouin Kiara, who had become a god, had lost to Fang Yi.

In the final moments of its existence in this world.

She remained stubbornly convinced of her judgment.

I, Sesshouin Kiara, was simply defeated by fate.

With these thoughts in mind, Sesshouin Kiara looked at the man in front of her.

Dead.

Ultimately, they weren't even granted the right to be "remembered."

Her body, along with the evil and desires that constituted her, vanished as if it had never existed in this world.

The fourth day of the Holy Grail War, early morning.

The Holy Grail, which devours the evil of this world, is a preparatory vessel for reincarnation in the Main God Space.

Sesshouin Kiara, died.
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When the sword light fades and the evil known as Sesshouin Kiara vanishes, so too will the sword light fall.

The mist that had been permanently gathered above Fuyuki City by the [World Weaving Technique] suddenly reversed direction.

The clouds gathered into thick clouds in the sky, and then turned into drizzling raindrops, sprinkling over the city.

Like a healing powder, it began to dissolve the fire that had ignited not far away due to the 'black mud'.

Artoria, who was turning into golden particles because of the death of Sesshouin Kiara, who constituted the Holy Grail, watched the man sheath his sword.

He hesitated several times to speak.

However, in the brief period before returning to Sword Hill to begin the cycle of obtaining the Holy Grail once again.

She spoke extremely quickly, at a pace that required biting her tongue three times.

She walked up to the man and expressed her heartfelt admiration for him.

"Mr. Fang Yi is a very bright star."

"Whether it's taking action or responding."

"Your feat of slaying evil is something even the ideal knight cannot match."

Before Fang Yi could respond, the 'Knight King' looked again at the vanished Holy Grail and his own body turning into golden particles, and said with some regret.

"Even without this unexpected situation, I'm afraid that as a rival for the Holy Grail, you are someone I absolutely cannot defeat."

"Of course, like two sides of a coin, they are also the ideal partners, the kind that no one can refuse."

"Then goodbye, Mr. Fang Yi, who brought a beautiful ending to this story."

It seems he hasn't forgotten his desire to pursue the Holy Grail.

The 'King of Knights' added, half-jokingly and half-seriously.

"Of course, we'll skip the part about them being troublesome enemies."

"Even if we are lucky enough to meet again next time, I hope we won't be rivals."

Then it simply and decisively returned to its own time and space.

Hearing the notification sound in his ear, "You have completed part of the conditions for the [Hidden Quest: The Ideal Knight] and will receive certain rewards."

The man ignored Waver, who was kneeling and weeping because of the death of his heroic spirit.

Instead, he looked at Kiritsugu Emiya, whose face was a mixture of surprise, confusion, shock, and reverence.

He issued a question.

Where did that person go?

"I have some questions I want to ask him."

After dealing with the enemy, Fang Yi decided to have one more conversation.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, he should gain some useful 'experience' from this conversation, making his future 'upgrades' more directional.

(End of this chapter)