I'm in a mess, starting with a meteor shower!

Amidst the murmurs of the crowd, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Astrea finally appeared on the screen of light.

Just like last time, Fujimaru Ritsuka carried Astrea and landed safely in a burst of light.

The place where they landed was originally deserted, but as soon as they landed, a group of humanoid monsters that looked like nothing but bones emerged from the corner, brandishing bone swords and rushing towards Fujimaru Ritsuka and Astrea.

Fujimaru Ritsuka quickly placed Astrea on the ground, then pulled a broken lamppost from the ground with her right hand and charged towards the monsters.

In Fujimaru Ritsuka's hands, the lampposts were stained with black and red patterns, and with a wave of her wrist, she easily shattered all the bony monsters into pieces.

Having finished clearing out the monsters, Fujimaru Ritsuka held a lamppost in her hand and looked at the burning city with a complicated expression.

This scene was much more familiar to him than the one he encountered in Fuyuki last time.

What he didn't know was that behind the divine grace behind him, a word was shining.

? ? : You have embarked on the cycle of reincarnation once again.

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Volume 1: Chapter 107. Director, you died such a tragic death!

Holding a lamppost, Fujimaru Ritsuka stood on the scorching road surface, looking at everything before her with a complex expression.

Fuyuki City, where it all began.

However, the broken bones scattered on the ground and the raging flames all around proved that the Fuyuki City before them was not the real Fuyuki City.

He knew without looking that the time here should be 2004, the time when the Fifth Holy Grail War took place, but the Holy Grail War that took place here was not the real Fifth Holy Grail War.

This is a singularity created by humans, a small Lostbelt that deviates from the true history of humanity, used to cover up the Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City, a twisted version of the real history of humanity.

It's understandable that Fujimaru Ritsuka fought four battles to upgrade from LV1 to LV2 for the first time, because it really wasn't difficult for him.

However, this second upgrade from LV2 to LV3 directly leads to Burning Winterwood. Although theoretically this should be the Fifth Holy Grail War, a series of Town Halls follow.

"Am I going to have to uphold humanity again?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka couldn't help but speak up and complain.

As Fujimaru Ritsuka was making sarcastic remarks, Astrea walked over from the side.

"Ritsuka, this should be Fuyuki, right? I remember the pond in that park."

"Yes, it's Fuyuki."

"Then...why did it turn out like this?"

This hellish scene shocked Astrea and the others.

"Because this was a disaster that was orchestrated."

"And what about the people here...?"

The gentle goddess's first thought was of the innocent people of Fuyuki City.

"If there were any people in this world, they would all be dead by now."

Fujimaru Ritsuka shook the lamppost in his hand and turned to look around. Due to the flames and black smoke, his field of vision was greatly affected. If he were standing on higher ground, he could see a wider area.

However, the limited field of vision did not prevent Fujimaru Ritsuka from knowing how to clear this dungeon.

No, to be precise, this instance cannot be completed, because this world is connected to another special place.

"But, to finish this instance, we still have to go there."

Fujimaru Ritsuka said, looking at Astrea.

"Asteria, we have a long way to go."

"Where are we going?"

“Mount Yuanzang, the place where I handled the Great Holy Cup last time, is still there this time.”

Fujimaru Ritsuka pointed in the direction of Mount Enzo.

"However, this time it will be a little harder than the last time."

That's where Red A and Black Sword are squatting.

After Fujimaru Ritsuka finished speaking, he started walking towards Mount Enzo, with Astrea following behind him.

"Shouldn't we summon the heroic spirits first this time?"

"No need, because the Holy Grail War is over. We're just here to clean up the mess."

"Come on, let me explain the situation to you as we walk. This time we don't need to stay here for many days. If all goes well, we can resolve everything within half a day."

"Only half a day?"

"Yes, it will take half a day to get there, but it will probably only take a few minutes to resolve."

Although Fujimaru Ritsuka could choose to equip Achilles' card to travel quickly, that would expose his abilities. Since he already knew about the live broadcast, Fujimaru Ritsuka planned to keep Achilles' card as a trump card. After all, Fuyuki City was not yet at the point where he would have to use Achilles.

"In this world, there is a magician who spent a lot of money to establish an organization called Chaldea, which claims to be a guarantee of the survival of humanity. Its core function is to observe the Earth by combining magic and technology to prevent humanity from being wiped out due to historical anomalies."

"Human extinction?"

Astrea looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka in surprise; the setting of this world was getting more and more outrageous.

"The so-called outlier refers to an abnormal historical point in human history that is separated from the correct timeline. You can understand it as the past history being altered by human forces, and the alteration of history will affect the future, thus leading to the extinction of humankind in the future."

"In 2015, they observed the disappearance of the future realm without warning, and calculations confirmed that humanity would become extinct in 2017. Chaldea assumed that the observed 'unobservable realm' was the cause of humanity's extinction and decided to launch the sixth experimental project, which was still in the experimental stage—Spirit Transfer, that is, to send Masters back to the past by transforming them into spirit particles, in order to explore and repair the spacetime singularity."

"In 2017, they gathered 48 selected Masters, preparing to send them to various Singularities to repair history and save humanity. However, what they did not know was that a bomb had been planted at the place where they were meeting. Someone detonated the bomb while they were meeting, blowing all 47 Masters and the director in charge of the meeting to the sky."

Astrea's expression turned somewhat grim, because the original Astrea members had been tricked by the Dark Faction in the dungeon's explosion floor.

Now that she heard that even the Masters who are responsible for saving the world have been caught in the crossfire of bombs, she couldn't help but make some connections.

Fortunately, the original members had all had their souls brought back by Fujimaru Ritsuka, so Astrea only darkened slightly and quickly recovered.

"47 people, including the director, were killed in the bombing. Does that mean there's still one Master left?"

"Yes, humanity's last Master was dispatched here to restore history, and this is the first singularity they are tasked with restoring."

All I can say is that the Grand Bomber is really powerful. One Bomber not only killed 47 Masters, but also ruined a certain birth plan. However, thanks to the Grand Bomber's explosion, otherwise that birth plan would have really succeeded, and Earth and humanity would have been doomed.

While Fujimaru Ritsuka was internally complaining, Astrea, after listening to Fujimaru Ritsuka's story, suddenly became worried.

Although it had nothing to do with her, the task of saving the world suddenly changed from being shared by 48 people to being borne by one person. Just hearing about this pressure made her realize how difficult it was.

"So, should we go and help him?"

"That's right."

Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded affirmatively.

"Although I don't know if they will exist or when they will come, whether it is to accomplish this great feat or to save the world, we need to go to Mount Enzo."

The upgrade from LV2 to LV3 should be when the story begins, right? It can't be the final chapter, when everyone passes through here to reach the planet, that would be too late. Even if Fujimaru Ritsuka wanted to save that person, she wouldn't be able to.

Just as Fujimaru Ritsuka was pondering, a series of figures appeared in the distance.

A silver-haired girl wearing red pantyhose and a black and gold skirt was running frantically, with a group of skeleton soldiers chasing after her, brandishing weapons.

This scene!

Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled happily; he was overjoyed.

He laughed and shouted at the girl running ahead.

"Chief, you died such a tragic death!!"

Volume 1: Chapter 108. Another Fujimaru Ritsuka

"Chief! You died such a tragic death!"

The sudden shout startled Olga Marie, who was fleeing for her life. She tripped over the pebbles on the ground and fell to the ground.

As she fell, she was dumbfounded, and the skeleton soldiers chasing her were also dumbfounded. They hadn't even caught up with her yet, and she had actually fallen down on her own. This person was too funny.

The skeleton soldiers opened their mouths wide and made a creaking, mocking sound. Although it was just the sound of bones grinding together, their behavior clearly showed that they were really laughing.

"Damn it, who's yelling like that!"

Director Mary, who was being mocked, immediately expressed her dissatisfaction and turned to look at the skeleton soldiers behind her.

"You lot, how dare you laugh at me!"

He raised his hand and assumed a firing stance towards the skeleton soldiers, instantly firing a magic bullet from his fingertips, turning a mocking skeleton soldier to ashes.

The skeleton soldiers paused for a moment, then pounced on Director Mary again.

Why did I have to encounter such bad luck!

"Damn it, just disappear!"

Director Mary kept firing magic bullets, but unfortunately, the speed at which she fired them was nothing compared to the number of skeleton soldiers on the other side. Soon, the skeleton soldiers rushed in front of her.

Faced with the machete swinging down at her, Mary could only desperately cry for help.

"No! Someone please save me!"

"I'm here!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka descended from the sky, landing directly in the middle of the skeleton soldiers, and with a powerful landing blow, sent all the skeleton soldiers flying.

Then a flash of black and red light, and the flying skeleton soldier was instantly shattered, turning into magic and dissipating in the sky.

Fujimaru Ritsuka, having completed her sweeping attack, did not stop. Instead, she charged towards the remaining skeleton soldiers, smashing them one by one with her staff until they were all reduced to ashes.

"This is..."

Director Mary was momentarily stunned as she looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka, who was holding a black and red staff and had her back to her.

Are you alright?

A gentle greeting came from behind her. Director Mary turned her head and saw Astrea looking at her tenderly.

"Come on, let me help you up."

Astrea extended her right hand to her.

"Ah... thank you."

Mary extended her right hand and, with the other's help, stood up.

After getting up, Mary carefully examined Aseria in front of her, then turned to look at Fujimaru Ritsuka, who was walking towards her not far away, and was momentarily stunned.

Until Fujimaru Ritsuka took the initiative to speak.

"Hey, Director, it's been a long time."

When Fujimaru Ritsuka greeted her, Director Mary frowned slightly and paused for a moment before asking a question in return.

"Um...who are you?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka was slightly taken aback, but instead of answering, she laughed.

Not knowing yourself means... the situation is more interesting than you imagined.

Meanwhile, in Orario, people were having a heated discussion about the information that Fujimaru Ritsuka had previously shared.

"They can even travel through time and space? The magic of that world is incredible! Could our gods do something like that?"

"I don't know. I've never heard of anyone being able to travel through time and change the past. As for God, he should be able to do it, right? After all, the gods are very powerful, aren't they?"

"Is there any god here who has changed the past?"

"Probably not. Like the [Savior] said, changing the past will affect the future. What if we accidentally make changes in the past, causing the future to be affected, and humanity is destroyed?"

"This...is indeed a problem."

For the people of Orario, time travel is a very novel topic. They only know how to adventure and fight, and have never thought about such things.

"And this Fuyuki City is just too terrible. The last Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City was alright, but now Fuyuki City is practically hell."

"Was this all arranged by someone? Who arranged this situation? It's inhuman! It's practically a birth order! Even those dark factions from the past wouldn't have gone this far."

Compared to a certain magician who deeply loves humanity, the Dark Faction is indeed insignificant.

"And this white-haired woman, the 'Savior' calls her 'Director,' does that mean the 'Savior' knows her?"

"You should recognize him, right? The Savior said that in that place called what? There was a director and 48 Masters. Then 47 Masters and the director were all blown up. He was just saying how tragically the director died."