I, Fujimaru Ritsuka, am back with a max-level character!

Ophelia took a deep breath. Although she felt pressured, she also felt a sense of liberation and joy.

Just you watch, I won't lose!

The beautiful young woman's black suit fluttered in the wind as she raised her slender arm, revealing the back of her hand.

"Your Majesty, I'm a knight!"

"Unleash your Noble Phantasm!"

One-stroke command spell.

"Unleash your Noble Phantasm!"

Two-stroke command spell.

"Destroy Pandora's Box completely!"

Three-stroke command spell.

Immediately afterwards, Ophelia activated the magic within her body, and as her body emitted a bright blue light, Sigurd's power also increased wildly.

Skill: [Instant Enhancement]

Skill: [Instant Enhancement]

This was Ophelia's all-out attack, without holding back.

"If it's this power, there might actually be a chance." As the first spectator, Kadoc watched up close as the energy on Sigurd's sword coalesced into a soaring, scorching magical force.

The beam of magical light was a bright blue, and it truly possessed the power and aura to destroy everything.

"It's up to you, Saber."

"Yes, leave it to me... I will surely bring you victory, my Master."

Through his eyes, Sigurd's gaze was fixed on the black cube, which would also sweep away the calamity sludge poured out of the box.

"Well, I believe you."

Believing in the bonds between herself and others, and with her Servants... that is the power of Fujimaru Ritsuka.

Ophelia also tried to believe in this power.

"Since Master has such expectations, then I have no choice but to give it my all!"

Dawn of Destruction is a single-target Noble Phantasm, but when the Demon Sword Gram is fully unleashed, it is after drawing out the power of the arrow before throwing it.

The demonic sword shone with a bewitching icy flame, and the expansion of its magical power enveloped the surroundings with an aura of destruction.

"Drink ahh ...

The dragon-slaying warrior roared and howled, pointing his rapidly spinning, buzzing greatsword at the magic box, then unleashing his Noble Phantasm with a roar that sounded like the summoning of the True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.

"Prepare your ultimate technique! Sun Demon Sword, unleash endless destruction with your body!"

“Bolverk Gram——!!!”

It has a powerful aura like the shockwaves that come out of Dragon Ball, or perhaps it's the roaring lines that make Sigurd's power even stronger.

A bright light suddenly burst forth.

It even illuminated the sky, which had turned gray.

"...Go for it! Go for it, Saber! I've used all my strength, you have to destroy that thing!" Ophelia exhaled, she really hadn't held back, and all her magic power was used to enhance her magic.

This power is enough to multiply Sigurd's Noble Phantasm several times over.

If this power were to be used against the fairy knight Lancelot, it would be enough to make him frown and even find it quite troublesome.

......

"Hey—wait a minute, something's not right with this data." Dr. Roman looked puzzled. Just as he was about to check, Da Vinci pushed Dr. Roman aside.

"What's going on? Did they mix up magical power and the amount of magical power released... No... My machine wouldn't make such a stupid mistake. Is it detecting something? This is bad... This is extremely bad!"

There wasn't enough time to understand exactly how the data was wrong, but the data was wrong anyway.

"What happened, Da Vinci? Don't tell me the data is wrong!" Kadoc felt a chill run down his spine.

“That’s right, the data is wrong!” Leonardo da Vinci admitted. “The result given by Trismegistus is not the amount of Pandora’s Box calamity.”

"It is the amount of calamity pouring out of Pandora's box!"

"A mere city-defense Noble Phantasm amplified several times over is simply no match for destroying Pandora's entire box!"

"How could this be... We've been deceived... But by whom—" Ophelia's heart sank.

Da Vinci and Dr. Roman exchanged a glance.

They finally discovered the problem.

Chaldea, the technicians in charge of observation and operation, someone has tampered with the data!

Seeing their reactions, Kirshtalia smiled gently.

"It's already been discovered... I thought it would be a little later. As expected of the doctor and Da Vinci."

"Now, let's get started."

No sooner had Kirshtalia finished speaking than a commotion broke out in Chaldea's central control room.

"Yes, Lord Kirshtalia!"

Crackling and snoring.

Countless previously diligent technicians suddenly stood up and swiftly attacked their unsuspecting sitting colleagues with tiny electric shock sticks, anesthetics, or even magic.

Then, a small team quickly sealed off the gate, damaged the alarm system, and took direct control of the central control room.

"Don't move! We only want to help Lady Kirshtalia, we have no intention of harming anyone!"

The blonde, not particularly attractive female operator, Sylvia, quickly knocked down Munir beside her and, along with the standing Chaldea employees, kidnapped everyone.

"Have you forgotten that I am still a Heroic Spirit..." Da Vinci was about to say something when he saw that Director Olga Marie had already been kidnapped amidst screams and panic.

He was still mumbling something under his breath.

“We have no intention of harming anyone, but if you insist on taking action... then Lord Kirshtalia will become the monarch of the Astronomy Department.”

Chaldea has finally experienced internal strife.

Chapter 52 The Age of Gods Returns

“I’m sorry, Director Olga Marie…we didn’t really want to do this either.”

The female operator in the orange uniform looked at Olga Marie apologetically. Although she felt somewhat guilty, she still chose to defy her superior.

"If we just wait patiently until the end, the future of all of us can be saved."

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."

......

"Waaaaah~~ Waaaah~~" Olga Marie's magic was bound, her hands were tied with reinforced ropes, and her mouth was gagged, so she couldn't say a word.

The poor director, being bound and played with by red ropes, is truly shameful.

“Operator Sylvia, I didn’t expect this. Did you tamper with our data?” Da Vinci instantly realized, “To make us lower our guard... so that Ophelia could use her Noble Phantasm to bombard Pandora’s Box without any worries, making it a futile effort.”

......

“Yes, I tampered with the data,” Sylvia nodded, answering honestly.

"why?"

Da Vinci asked through the communication channel: "Why would you, as the leader of Group A, suddenly make such a choice? Even if it's for the sake of power, at such a critical moment... the burning of humanity would be the greatest disaster, wouldn't it?"

"Ah."

Kirshtalia chuckled softly: "Do I look like the kind of person who would stop at nothing for power?"

"I'm sorry if this has given you that impression."

Kirshtalia seemed genuinely apologetic as she spoke.

"I've actually been preparing for this moment... What humanity burns isn't important, what's important is... the result after humanity's principles are burned."

Dr. Roman was taken aback: "You mean the Human Revolution isn't about destroying humanity, but rather a consequence of humanity's extinction—so your goal isn't to save humanity, but rather..."

"You can call it the resurrection of humanity, Doctor. When I learned about the true nature of Pandora's Box... no, I had this idea a long time ago."

"Furthermore, I have already convinced many employees within Chaldea, so this is not a betrayal or rebellion... but a civil war. Director Olga Marie, as a competitor, I have put you in a difficult position first."

"...So that's what you're planning?! Damn it, damn it... There's a limit to reviving humanity, even if it's a joke! How could such a thing be possible..." Kadoc instinctively wanted to refute.

“I can do it, I can do it…” Leonardo da Vinci replied.

"According to observations, Pandora's Box itself is a wish-granting machine. Although it is filled with calamities, the entire world will release the fifth element of truth... True Aether, centered on it."

"In past observations, the Holy Grail does indeed have the potential to elevate the soul using the Third Law, and the wish-granting machine of the Age of Gods... there is no reason why it cannot do this."

"To elevate the souls of all those who have died to become heroic spirits or god-like beings."

"To become a god...like a being—" Kadoc was speechless with astonishment. "You're really dreaming!"

"Humanity is already extinct. Even if we solve the incineration of humanity this time and save the world, humanity will still face extinction again for other reasons."

"This is an unavoidable cycle for us, as intelligent beings."

It's not that it's incomprehensible, but rather that it's so easily understood that it's so deeply moving.

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"Resurrecting humanity...humanity will survive in this world anew in a more advanced form after humanity has been burned away."

"Therefore, there is no need to attack the singularities."

Silvia, the veteran employee who followed us all the way to the South American Lostbelt in the first playthrough, seems to have already been persuaded by Kirshtalia.

......

The scene inside Chaldea suddenly became deathly silent.

After a long while, Dr. Roman finally calmed down.