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Chapter 233 The King of Heroes Retires

the other side

The Fuyuki Forest at night has become a battlefield for gods and heroes.

Golden ripples bloomed continuously in mid-air, and hundreds and thousands of legendary and mythical treasures fell from the sky like a torrential rain.

Each weapon trailed a deadly magical tail, instantly severing and vaporizing thick trees in its path, and carving deep furrows into the earth, with dust and gravel swirling wildly in the shockwaves.

However, in the eye of this devastating storm, Scáthach's figure stood firm like a rock.

The demonic spear in her hand—a deadly blade that had drunk the blood of countless gods and mortals—had now transformed into an elusive crimson afterimage.

There was no earth-shattering burst of magical power, nor any dazzling light effects; there was only pure and ultimate martial arts.

Ding! Ding! Clang—!
Amidst the dense, almost continuous clanging of metal, those legendary artifacts, capable of leaving their mark on history, were precisely blocked, deflected, or cleverly redirected the moment they touched a radius of one meter around her.

【The Wisdom of the Demon Realm】.

As the "Queen of the Land of Shadows" who lives outside the world, she possesses abilities that can be described as cheating.

She can instantly learn any skill she needs, as long as it's not a trait unique to any particular hero, provided she so chooses.

At this moment, with the A+ level [Protection Against Arrows] combined with that spear technique that reached the realm of the gods, this rain of Noble Phantasms couldn't even get close.

On the golden flying ship, Gilgamesh leaned lazily against the throne, the initial playfulness in his scarlet eyes gradually replaced by a solemn expression.

"The protection of [the protection against arrows]?"

Tokiomi Tohsaka recognized Scáthach's ability, which is a unique skill of some heroes, specifically designed to counter projectiles.

Combined with the opponent's martial arts skills, this led to the current situation...

"This is no ordinary blessing!"
"A woman from the Demon Realm, capable of slaying gods with a human body, possessing countless runes, and with such masterful spear skills..."

Gilgamesh slowly sat up straight, a smile of excitement curving his lips.
"So that's how it is. It's not a heroic spirit, but a spirit of the dead... no, it's a queen who has lived for thousands of years and has long since become one with that land..."

The Queen of the Demonic Realm, Skaha~"

"Scáthach?!"

Tokiomi Tohsaka stood aside, and upon hearing his Servant's judgment, his heart was filled with turmoil.

How is this possible! The Holy Grail War should summon heroes from history or mythology, how could such an extraordinary being appear!

"Oh? The wisdom of the oldest king?"
That's right, I am Scáthach, the ruler of the Land of Shadows.

"The one who has come to take your life."

Upon hearing this, Scáthach paused slightly in her magic spear, looking directly at the golden king in the sky for the first time.
Hahaha... Hahahahahaha!
Excellent! What a fine Queen of the Land of Shadows!

"In that case, to continue using inferior weapons would be an insult to you!"

Upon hearing this, Gilgamesh was not angry. Instead, he burst into laughter, his laughter filled with pleasure and arrogance.

He slowly stood up, and an overwhelming, suffocating pressure erupted from his body, far exceeding anything he had experienced before.

"You should feel honored to witness my 'seriousness'! Let this earth-shattering strike be the funeral rite for this venerable and powerful man!"

He raised his right hand high, and a strangely shaped sword, Ea, which had never appeared in the vault before, slowly emerged from the golden ripples.

It was a sword made of three enormous cylinders engraved with deep red cuneiform script, which slowly rotated at different speeds, emitting a grinding sound as if the world itself were lamenting.

【Enuma Elish, the Star of Creation of Heaven and Earth】!
The three cylindrical blades began to spin, and destructive magic began to converge. Space was torn apart, the atmosphere wailed, and the magic of the entire forest, and even the entire city of Fuyuki, began to surge madly toward that one point.

A crimson storm gathered at the tip of the sword, a primal force powerful enough to shatter the world and return it to chaos.

Scáthach's expression became more serious than ever before.

Just at this critical moment, thunder roared in the sky, and an oxcart tore through the clouds.

The one driving this chariot was none other than the Conqueror King Istandal, and inside the chariot, El-Melloi II took out a feather fan.

"Eight Gates Golden Lock, Lock!"

【Stone Soldiers' Eight Formations】!
An invisible array unfolded instantly, not affecting reality, but directly distorting the concepts of cause and effect and space.

Above the distant forest battlefield, Gilgamesh, who was aiming at Scáthach, suddenly felt a blur before his eyes, and his sense of the target's location suddenly became slightly disordered.

For ordinary people, this might just be a momentary lapse in concentration. But for Gilgamesh, who was unleashing [Enuma Elish], it was a fatal mishap!
"what?!"

boom--! ! !
That crimson torrent, powerful enough to split the heavens and the earth, brushed past Scáthach's clothes, reversed its direction at an eerie angle, and slammed into the distant horizon, dyeing the night sky a blood-red color reminiscent of the apocalypse!
The powerful energy backflow caused Vimana to tremble violently, and Gilgamesh himself was momentarily stunned due to the forced deflection of his Noble Phantasm.

It's now!

Scáthach's eyes flashed with a sharp light; she wouldn't let this one-thousandth of a second of opening slip by. She poured all her magic power into the magic spear in her hand, leaping high into the air, fusing power, speed, and skill into one.

"This is the blow that kills a god!"

[Gáe Bolg Alternative]!
She hurled the crimson magic spear with all her might. The instant it left her hand, it ceased to be a spear and transformed into a red lightning bolt that tore through the sky. As it flew, it split into dozens of equally deadly death rays, forming an inescapable net of attacks that completely enveloped Vimana!
"Don't even think about it——!"

Gilgamesh roared and hastily summoned several top-tier defensive artifacts from his treasury.

But it was too late.

Amidst the dense barrage of gunfire, a crimson streak of light precisely pierced through all the gaps in the defenses, and with a soft thud, deeply penetrated the golden armor that symbolized absolute royal power, piercing the heart of the Hero King.

"Ha, is this the kind of shot that can kill a god?"

Well done... beautifully..."

Gilgamesh lowered his head, looking at the hole in his chest. His crimson eyes held no anger, but rather a hint of approving smile.

His body began to turn into golden specks of light and slowly dissipate.

"Archer!"

Tokiomi Tohsaka let out a desperate cry, watching helplessly as his strongest trump card, his invincible king, was eliminated.

[Vimana], having lost its master's magical supply, cried out in agony as it plummeted from the sky, crashing heavily into the devastated forest.

Tokiomi Tohsaka was defeated.

……

When Kenneth led Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others to the crashed Vimana, Tokiomi Tohsaka was standing beside the ruins, looking utterly dejected, as if he had aged ten years in an instant.

Kenneth didn't say anything comforting or sarcastic. He simply raised his hand calmly, and a ball of silver [Moon Spirit Essence Liquid] flew out, transforming into a mercury mirror in mid-air.

In the mirror, shocking scenes began to appear one after another.

In the dark and damp basement, a thin, purple-haired girl was soaking naked in a pool teeming with countless wriggling black marking insects. There were no tears on her face, only a deathly numbness.

The insects burrowed into her skin, gnawing at her flesh and blood, altering her magic circuits. The pain was so intense that even Fujimaru Ritsuka, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but clench her fists.

"This is... Sakura?!"

Tokiomi Tohsaka's body began to tremble, and his face, which always maintained elegance and composure, was now distorted with extreme anger.

"These are the memories of that girl that I accessed by borrowing this formal attire..."

Kenneth explained that this technology is mainly derived from the accumulation of knowledge across several worlds.

The quantum information of the brain is read using the technology of Sword Art Online, and then manifested through magic.

According to the classifications of this world, this should fall under the category of modern magic...

“Dirty… inkstone…”

Tokiomi Tohsaka was taken aback, only then realizing that he had been hit by Zouken Matou.

He squeezed out the name through gritted teeth, each word carrying a chilling edge.

For magicians, tradition is paramount.

They devoted their lives to the study of magic, and inscribed their findings into the [Magic Mark], which was passed down to their descendants, generation after generation, to pursue that unattainable "Root".

Due to the incompatibility of the environment with the local climate, the magical talent of the Matou family's descendants has long since dried up.

The reason for adopting Sakura, the second daughter with the rare "imaginary number" attribute, into the Matou family was to allow her to live as a magician, to ensure that her talents would not be wasted, and to guarantee the continuation of the ancient Matou family line!

This was originally a sacred act of mutual assistance between the three starter families based on an ancient covenant!

But what did he see?
That old monster Zouken Matou isn't grooming a successor at all!
"Not only that, Tokiomi Tohsaka."

Kenneth's voice rang out at the opportune moment, cold and clear.
"The Holy Grail you seek was already corrupted by Angora Maneuver, the 'all evil of this world' summoned by Einzbern, during the Third Holy Grail War sixty years ago."

All it can achieve now is the desire to destroy the world, and it can't even reach the root of the problem...

The last straw broke the camel's back.

The path to the source is a lie, the family that entrusted their daughter is wicked, the trusted disciple died a violent death, and the proud follower has also left the stage.

Tokiomi Tohsaka's pride, his ideals, and his unwavering commitment were shattered by reality at this moment...

(End of this chapter)