The Holy Grail War Blessed by the Gods

Balmong's blade sliced ​​through the bodies of these giants with ease, yet the giants struggled to catch Manju.

Even if Manju didn't specifically try to avoid them, he was still able to evade these giants. Although he would occasionally be hit, the flames hitting him were nothing more than small flames.

These giants were quickly eliminated, Skadi accepted the battle, and the same thing happened to Manshu.

He gained healing and a sense of fulfillment, which surprised Manshu slightly, as he seemed to have never tried anything like this before.

After clearing out the giants that came from the castle, the group should set off to stop Surtr.

Chapter 47 Flame (II) ∩． Guilt seems to be a neighbor ■〖seems to → (III) *∨ Wu Lu ∏￡④ Search〖！ QQ Group: Sword

The group that had formed a temporary alliance left Skadi's castle and boarded Chaldea's submarine.

The submarine immediately set off at full speed to catch up with Surut, who was striding northward.

After all, it was a gigantic being of enormous size. Even if it was just walking forward normally, each stride would cover a considerable distance.

"Why travel by riding on these iron blocks? Isn't that incredibly inefficient? Wouldn't it be much faster to reach the destination by using high-speed flying runes or running runes?"

Skadi was puzzled by the choice of a submarine as a means of transportation to catch up with Surut.

After all, if Skadi were to use her immense magical power, she could undoubtedly accelerate the speed to an extremely terrifying level.

Those Valkyries soaring through the sky already possessed terrifying speeds and were flying at extremely high altitudes.

"This action was taken in consideration of the current situation, Your Majesty. After all, not only are the giants more motivated, but the seeds of the Imaginary Tree have also fallen. They will become targets for stone-throwing in the air, and acting separately also carries the threat of being picked off one by one. Therefore, this approach is more conducive to both defense and offense."

There are still some enemy units outside, including the giants that broke free of their restraints and the four imaginary tree seeds that fell from the sky.

If a single Servant is surrounded by a large number of enemy troops, there is indeed a possibility of danger.

After all, for figures like Napoleon and Brunhilde to unleash their full power, they would have to pay a price of self-destruction. Even if they were able to clear out the enemy forces surrounding them, they would likely perish afterward.

Therefore, some mobility had to be sacrificed, with everyone traveling together in a group via the submarine. Enemies from the outside could then launch an attack directly from the submarine and open up the way.

The submarine had barely set off when it detected signs of life, but not from the giant and the seed of the Imaginary Tree, but from two birds.

This is the creature that has appeared above people's heads several times before, which inevitably reminds people of Norse legends.

These don't seem to be anything special, just birds that simply live here. After all, they seem to have only seen these two birds so far.

If you were to talk about birds that appear in pairs in Northern Europe, the first thing that would come to mind would probably be two ravens.

On the shoulder of the great god Odin lived two ravens named Thought and Memory. They flew to the human world during the day and returned to the god at night to report all the stories that had happened on earth to Odin, so that he would know about the changes in the human world.

The peaceful time when only birds circled in the sky quickly passed, and the seeds of the Imaginary Tree were observed being sprayed from afar, immediately putting the submarine into combat readiness.

Before the seeds of the Imaginary Tree could fall, they were met by Napoleon's artillery and runic magic. Only the Imaginary Tree seeds that passed through the ranged attacks could witness the two powerful weapons being wielded.

Mashu stood by, checking for any omissions and preventing the Imaginary Tree seeds from causing real damage to the submarine.

However, the submarine itself still has considerable defensive capabilities and cannot be easily breached.

After all, not everyone has the ability to slice through the submarine's armor like butter, as Surt did that day. This is, after all, a magical armor created by multiple magicians.

Thus, the submarine continued its pursuit of Surut in a relatively smooth manner.

……

When Surtr appeared, Ophelia regained consciousness and ran all the way to this most important place, the place where the Imaginary Tree of the Norse Lostbelt is rooted.

She could not betray Kirshtalia's expectations; her only wish was to respond to Kirshtalia.

Therefore, after experiencing a failure, she had to gamble everything to move forward fearlessly, enduring the raging flames.

Surut was just ahead, the blazing fire distorting the surrounding air and igniting any life that approached, sending a pungent smell of burning flesh wafting through the air.

"Imaginary Tree ■■■■ connection, heh, how familiar. Look, Ophelia. Look, look at my majesty. Look, look at my icy flames. The power of that giant wolf! I have taken it back!"

The towering giant king roared with ecstasy, and the blazing flames burning his entire body merged with the ice to form ice flames.

The final behemoth that had stripped the true sun from Norse reality through devouring was swallowed up by the final giant, and the power of ice also fell into the hands of Surut.

Amidst Surtur's laughter, Ophelia's magical eyes glimpsed a more distant future: behind the body of that giant of ice and flame, wings would sprout.

Those were invisible dragon wings, a harbinger of an impending evil dragon phenomenon.

"This time, we will definitely usher in the true Ragnarok!"

Surut bit into the Imaginary Tree and swallowed all of its branches, trunk, and roots in one gulp.

By using the Imaginary Tree as a resource, Surto reclaimed his past powers through his Spirit Origin Ascension.

This is obviously something that seems impossible, at least under normal circumstances it wouldn't happen.

However, Surut also obtained something else: the Plane Moon, which could interfere with imaginary space.

Through the superposition of negations, Surut devoured and absorbed the Imaginary Tree.

It wasn't that Ophelia severed Skadi's connection with the Imaginary Tree and switched sides to Surtr, because the Imaginary Tree had also broken free from her control.

“The connection with the Imaginary Tree… no, it can no longer be called a connection, it’s predation.”

"Hehe. It willingly reached out to let me touch it, even though the tree should have no will. This is the heat of life; deep within the Imaginary Tree, there is also flame."

Surut smiled and denied Ophelia's claim. The Imaginary Tree indeed seemed to offer no resistance whatsoever, not even launching an attack on Surut.

Although the Imaginary Tree could not possibly possess the power to resist Surtur, it wouldn't be so easily absorbed that it would be powerless to do anything.

"deep……"

"It cries out, 'I don't want to be harvested, I want to live, I don't want to die, I can't forgive.' Haha, all life is basically driven by greed."

The Imaginary Trees planted by the alien gods on the blank Earth were naturally intended to nurture them; the Imaginary Trees were merely struggling.

It just seems that the targets it chooses are even worse. The harvest of the alien gods still seems to be not far away, but Surut will not be polite now.

How could something so eager to burn the entire planet to ashes possibly leave any life behind?

"Come on, burn it, first the lives here."

Having regained his past power and recovered from the weakness of being sealed for thousands of years, Surtur will begin to formally carry out his wishes.

“Words are empty. Have I failed in my duty? As things stand now, this Lostbelt is beyond repair…”

Ophelia looked at the scene before her and seemed to collapse halfway, her eyes empty as if she had lost her soul.

She felt a deep pain in her heart, as if something was being tightly gripped and then crushed.

“Create a divine land. Yes, create a brand new divine land on this blank canvas. At least… I can’t get in that way.”

　Swollen ZHuANQun: 9_『〇」；⒋^〉跁◇→④≈≈㈡&＝㈨〔∨０,舞……

"Everyone, something strange has happened. A massive magical entity, suspected to be Surte, is heading south. The reaction force, originally located in what was formerly northern Sweden, is rapidly moving south, which means..."

Da Vinci's urgent voice rang in the ears of the men who were fighting the enemy on the deck of the submarine, which allowed them to stop the pursuit, but it also foreshadowed very bad news.

"Are they coming to meet us?"

"No, he couldn't possibly see us as a formidable enemy worth fighting. In other words..."

"He's planning to get close to something, something outside the Flame Realm, like a village located on the former Lake Venaen!"

Given Surut's current state, it's likely that no one can truly be his enemy.

After swinging his sword over Skadi's castle, he left without any interest.

Sure enough, his own condition wasn't perfect either, perhaps because he needed to recover. But clearly, if he had considered the people below as enemies, he should have immediately and without hesitation swung his sword again to eliminate as many of their forces as possible.

After all, Skadi's condition isn't great either, and she might not be able to protect everyone completely.

“That’s right, Su Jiu~, Ling*Tai“∨Ba④/㈡Jiu0wuSou→￡SuoｑQun〓,: Lute’s route is to go there, straight south towards the original Venaen Lake where the village is located.”

After determining the direction of Surut, the submarine immediately changed course and headed in another direction.

"However, the Flame Sword is clearly so powerful, it can be swung anywhere it wants, so why did it deliberately go to the village? Hmm, does it want us to witness the village being burned down?"

Da Vinci still didn't quite understand Surut's goal; it couldn't possibly be to torment them.

"There's no point in letting us witness it, as Sigurd said, he has no interest in heroic spirits or gods."

Napoleon shook his head and denied Leonardo da Vinci's conjecture. The only knowledge the people had about Surut was from their conversations with Siegfried, who was controlled by Surut, during this period.

All one can do is glimpse bits and pieces of their personality; it's quite difficult to truly understand them or even uncover their motives.

……

"Hehehehehe..."

Surut was striding forward while laughing wildly.

As he advanced, the entire Lostbelt began to collapse.

Surtur doesn't need to do much; as the King of Flame Giants, his mere existence will have an impact on this icy world.

Surtur possesses an EX-level ability to create territory, which gradually burns the earth, expanding his domain step by step.

As long as he takes a step, he will definitely be able to crush something, he will definitely be able to burn something; that is a concept that he himself possesses.

As a device of the end, or even further, he possesses a terrifying power that intends to destroy the entire world.

"Neither humans nor gods, nor oceans and mountains, rivers and skies, beasts and insects, flowers and trees, are needed. Turn to ashes!"

As Surut spoke, he raised the weapon that would bring about the end of his words—the end that would condemn this land to its demise.

"The grand undertaking planned by the being known as the Demon King—perhaps it wouldn't be a bad thing for me to realize it here. As long as you are with me, as long as the light of your Great Command Spell shines."

But before swinging the sword, Surut first extended an invitation to Ophelia, who was following him.

"You must be joking, Surut. I'm completely unnecessary for you."

Ophelia dismissed these words as nonsense, thinking that once that raised sword was swung down, the Norse Lostbelt would be destroyed.

Her presence certainly seemed unnecessary, even insignificant.

No, I need you.

Surut's words didn't seem like a joke, but even so, Ophelia's eyes remained lifeless.

“Even so, I… will not use the Great Command Spell for you. This is the one thing I will never give to you.”

"Hehe, you probably don't have a guy you like, and you probably have friends you're compatible with, but you can't do anything about it. (2≥)"

Even the Holy Grail cannot bring about such a thing; neither longing nor destiny can be fulfilled in this world.

Then let it burn, join me, let's burn everything to the ground.

Surut continued to persuade Ophelia, seemingly with a hint of coaxing. After a brief silence, Ophelia, whose eyes were vacant, surprisingly nodded.