Skadi, returning to infinity

Chapter 93: Life and death are preordained, wealth and honor are determined by fate.

How many dragon souls does she possess?

That was the only question on everyone's mind.

It would be impossible to accumulate such a strong affinity for dragons without killing hundreds of dragons.

"I feel a kind of suffocation in my heart."

Artoria gently supported her left breast; her face was somewhat pale.

The red dragon's heart granted her unparalleled magical restoration, but now, facing Skadi's dragon-specific abilities, she had no way to escape.

This oppressive aura was completely suppressed.

"call..

Skadi slightly turned her head, exhaled, and slowly walked towards the Holy Grail Dragon.

The dark clouds in the sky grew thicker, and lightning flashed. Skadi's step-by-step advance was like the arrival of death.

Just as the Grail Dragon withstood the pressure from Skadi, a terrifying bolt of black lightning struck down.

"Boom!"

Lightning flashed within the barrier, and Skadi's figure appeared and disappeared within it.

The Grail Dragon's body, forged from black mud, was blasted into a deep crater.

Although they recovered quickly, their momentum had weakened somewhat.

Then, the lightning continued to fall, one strike after another, one after another, one after another.

The Holy Grail Dragon could only hold on; it couldn't even resist.

In its eyes, Skadi was like the Grim Reaper, bringing death with her, filling it with both fear and disgust.

It possesses its own wisdom, knowing that by defeating Skadi, it can win, escape this place, and spread its terror far and wide.

The problem is that it can only be imprisoned here now, and it can't even attack Skadi.

"Hmm? You seem to be in a lot of pain. Let me relieve you of that pain."

Skadi seems to not "accept" that she is the one who caused this outcome, but rather wants to give it a "better" result.

"Roar~" The Holy Grail Dragon let out a long roar that sounded like both a dragon and a beast, and its oppressive aura forced Skadi's figure back a distance.

Even with the protection of the Holy Dragon, it seems that due to the difference in strength, there is no way to be immune.

But this had no effect on Skadi; ​​she simply sighed and continued on her way.

Ripples appeared on the seawater, and weapons resembling the holy dragon on her body emerged from the water.

These weapons emerged from the water, coalesced behind Skadi, and then shot towards the Grail Dragon.

"Boom boom boom~" The lightning in the sky became even more violent, and Skadi's attack struck the Holy Grail Dragon once again.

During the attack from both sides, the Grail Dragon opened its mouth and sprayed Skadi with a dense mist of purplish-black energy, which seemed to have some kind of special properties.

However, the dense fog instantly dissipated in the righteous thunder, without hitting Skadi at all. Its body was pierced by the special attack, and then...

Shot down by lightning...

"it's over.

Lightning and holy light intertwined within the barrier, and Skadi's figure appeared and disappeared at times.

Meanwhile, the Grail Dragon was constantly under attack, and under the complete suppression of dragon power, Skadi and its strength shrank infinitely.

If it were outside the barrier, it could easily escape and wouldn't need to endure this attack at all.

The problem is that this barrier can only be escaped by one side, or Skadi can voluntarily remove it; otherwise, the two sides inside will be locked in a life-or-death struggle.

The Grail Dragon is trapped here by this "fight to the death" mentality. Its ability to pollute the surrounding energy is now restricted, preventing it from absorbing energy from heaven and earth.

It was also blocked, becoming a completely isolated entity.

In this situation, as long as Skadi keeps suppressing it, it has no chance of surviving.

In some ways, this is also its own problem.

Instead of choosing a better option, he chose a dragon as his human form. And once he took the form, he couldn't change it again; he could only be suppressed by Lillian.

If it were any other type, unless it were a special form like a Divine Dragon, it would be hard to say for Skadi.

Of course, there are no "ifs" in this story, since no one expected Skadi to retain the Dragon-type ability from the very beginning.

This is similar to Dio's failure to anticipate Skadi possessing the Luna fragment; a misjudgment of the situation and an inability to see the unknown aspects of the enemy ultimately led to...

The result, naturally, was that he lost his life.

The fact that Skadi has so many trump cards is a result of the experience she gained from repeatedly surviving near-death experiences and battles against various agents.

lesson.

Only by making yourself invisible to everyone can you survive repeated attacks.

"The Holy Grail... is here."

With Skadi's final wave, the remaining lightning power in the sky combined with the holy dragon power within her, transforming into a hundred-meter-long holy dragon.

The dragon fell from the sky, directly entwining itself with the Holy Grail Dragon, and then both disappeared at the same time.

The Holy Grail, now free of all impure energy, floated in the sky, and the barrier disappeared at that moment.

If they rush over, they might actually be able to take the Holy Grail from Skadi, who is probably already weakened.

But looking at her, and then at the Holy Grail, no one was willing to try it.

After all, there were three Heroic Spirits behind her, and the auras of three hidden magicians were also present on the outer perimeter.

Clearly, Skadi's people and Heroic Spirits are of very high quality, stronger than all of them combined.

If a real fight breaks out, no one can be certain who will win or lose.

"It seems you can't continue like this."

Skadi turned to look at these heroic spirits and suddenly said this.

Why... do you... have absolutely no feelings for me...?

A strange sound came, and a phantom appeared on the Holy Grail.

This phantom image was both human and not; it looked at Skadi and uttered its questions intermittently.

Why? Because I don't need to rely on you to fulfill any of my wishes.

“I am capable of doing these things, and I am far more powerful than a inferior wishing machine like you.”

"Compared to her, you are far too weak and far too useless."

"Your temptation is like a piece of rotten cheese placed next to a sumptuous meal; it not only doesn't tempt me, but I also want to..."

I'll ruin you, Cui.

Skadi's description is tantamount to trampling the Holy Grail into the dirt, belittling it to the point of being worthless.

"Why...you must...have desires...no one...can...completely control their own desires...I don't believe it."

The Holy Grail is still struggling; it doesn't believe it.

"Then I wish for world peace, that there will be no more wars. Can you do that?"

Skadi looked at it, smiled, and asked a question.

FI

Silence fell immediately. How could this wish possibly be fulfilled?

War is born out of human desires and is one of the ways to unleash those desires.

To eliminate war, we must not only eliminate injustice in the world, but also eliminate human desires and the predatory nature of people.

This is against Alaya, how could its power possibly achieve this?

"See, it's completely impossible, isn't it?"

"So, for someone like you, old and useless, who can only arouse the wicked desires of a few..."

"Let's just destroy it."

Skadi shook her head and said this softly.

Then a jade dagger appeared in her hand, and her eyes became strange.

"don't want......"

The Holy Grail attempted a final struggle, but it was powerless against Skadi at this point.

"Goodbye." Skadi appeared behind it with a flash, and the jade dagger in her hand fell to the ground.

"Cough~" The Holy Grail is very powerful, and its hardness increases with the strength of its power.

Logically speaking, even Skadi might not be able to cut through the power of an SSS-class weapon.

However, the Holy Grail is now weakened to the lowest level of SS, and before it recovers, its power cannot stop Skadi's attack.

"call."

The Holy Grail vanished behind her, turning into a sky full of stars. A scream came from the voice that had just spoken, and then all was silent.

The night wind blew by, ruffling Skadi's skirt.

The girl landed on the damp ground, head down, without saying a word.

"The art of reincarnation."

Kiritsugu Emiya lit another cigarette, watching Skadi's figure.

Mrs. Irisviel has not returned yet, and he doesn't know what to do.

"Um?"

Just as his emotions became extremely strange, Skadi resumed her actions.

She stared at Kiritsugu Emiya for a moment, then formed hand seals, and a strange power began to flow within her.