I adopted a child demon from the Gap, and I'm a special agent for the Bureau of Supernatural Ab

"That's right. Although I don't oppose the development of superpowers, I can't let the malice of the majority of other magicians make me, a magician who has nothing to do with them, die. Besides, there are quite a few magicians in my family. I won't agree to those guys who want to hurt my family, even if what they say makes sense."

Wuming brandished his blade and stepped forward, replying to the two people in front of him.

"Although I had fantasized about whether we could reach a consensus, it seems that fighting is still the only option."

The man sighed and slowly backed away.

"Then I'll retreat for now. After all, I'm just a B-rank magician. Dealing with these two muscular men is best left to an expert like Eric. Oh, by the way, Mr. Li Cheng, would you like to guess what we're planning to use to destroy that conceptual creation sphere since normal attacks can't reach it?"

The man spoke a few words in a mysterious tone and quickly disappeared into the ruins. Eric stepped forward, waved his hand, and the collapsed central tower was forcibly pulled up, causing the surrounding ground to tremble slightly.

"Come on, you two, this is a battle to the death, for the beliefs and people we each want to protect."

Under Eric's words, a torrent of metal violently tore the earth apart.

……

At the same time, at the edge of the barrier, in the houses where the travelers were hiding.

Shiki idly twirled the dagger in his hand, glancing out the window every now and then with a somewhat sullen expression. On the other side of the room, Kiritsugu Emiya was organizing his weapons while maintaining a real-time call with Shin, who was lurking on the edge of the battlefield, monitoring the activity in the plaza and ready to provide support at crucial moments.

Although most of the guard robots have gathered in the central square, a small number of robots still occasionally find their way here. Therefore, in order to protect the tourists who are not very strong, someone must stay behind to protect them.

Misaka Mikoto was exhausted from the previous battle and was resting. Kamijou Touma was also resting to recover his energy due to weakness. So Emiya Kiritsugu, Tohsaka Rin, and Ryougi Shiki took on the guard duty, while Li Cheng and Wuming, who had stronger combat power and adaptability, went to the battlefield.

However, this is really boring; I have absolutely no interest in fighting.

Just as Shiki was feeling bored and uninterested, she suddenly felt an unusual palpitation.

Grabbing the blade, she instinctively turned around and saw the unconscious Emiya Kiritsugu and Oda Nobueshi, who had appeared in the room at some point.

They are the enemy!

Without any exchange, Shi sensed the other's hostility at first glance. However, due to the overwhelming difference in strength, before she could even raise her blade, she was struck on the back of the neck and knocked unconscious.

"Is this the Transcendent candidate that many people fear, who is said to be comparable to a 'disaster'? Hmph, he's just an ordinary A-level martial artist. I really don't understand what those top Transcendents are thinking."

Without paying any further attention to Shiki who had collapsed on the ground, Oda Nobuyuki easily found Kamijou Touma resting in a room, grabbed him, and left the building, heading towards the central tower.

The moment he left the building, Shi, who had been lying unconscious on the ground, opened her eyes and a faint smile appeared on her lips.

……

Further away, in a ruin that had been almost completely leveled, Shui, severely injured and with his power thwarted, could only recover slowly, leaned against a broken wall and breathed softly.

"who is it?"

Suddenly, the person behind raised their head and looked ahead warily at a figure appearing in the ruins.

"Ah, are you talking about me? I was just a passerby, a complete bystander who had no intention of getting involved at all. Sigh, even though I said that, I still ended up getting involved myself. What a troublesome and dramatic life."

The man sighed with some distress, rubbed his orange-yellow hair, and reluctantly walked to the water.

"However, since my idol, Melly, has broken the rules and chosen to join in this, I, as a fan, would feel a little embarrassed if I didn't do something along with her."

As he removed his gloves, a gentle magic flowed from the man's hands, healing the wounds on Shui's body.

"In short, things are in complete chaos right now. I don't know how to explain it to you properly. Anyway, you're someone who has reached the Transcendent level through the realm of magic. Once you get to the central square and see that thing, you'll naturally understand what's going on."

"……Who are you?"

After realizing that the other party wanted to help her change the current situation, Shui lowered her initial wariness and accepted the other party's healing, simply asking calmly.

"Ah, a name? That's not important, after all, I'm just someone who happened to be passing by and helped you. Tsk, don't look at me with that determined look... Sigh, if you really have to give me a name, just call me Roman."

"Roman, I'll remember that name."

Now that you mention it, I'm starting to regret telling you...

On the ruins, under the healing of the mysteriously appearing "Roman," the water behind them slowly regained its fighting ability, while the tremors from the distant earth faintly traveled toward the ruins where the two were.

Are there others fighting hard? This level of fluctuation seems to be a battle at the level of transcendent beings. Just how many more powerful individuals have infiltrated this city? And what is the current state of the situation outside?

Filled with doubts, Shui quietly accepted the healing process, silently gripping the giant metal rod beside her.

…………

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Section 353, Chapter 32: The Battlefield on Both Sides

Amidst a deafening roar, countless metal fragments shot into the sky, transforming into a massive spiral storm that then hurtled towards the ground, crushing deep trenches into the earth.

Above the city ruins spanning several kilometers, amidst the wreckage of machines, cars, and fragments of reinforced concrete buildings, Eric, hovering in the air like a god, effortlessly controls, twists, and attacks these metallic objects with a mere wave of his hands.

Li Cheng stomped on the ground, instantly sending the earth soaring into the sky and meeting a metal storm that was sweeping in under Eric's control. The two collided and exploded with a violent sonic boom. Li Cheng was violently thrown back to the ground, creating a huge crater, while the storm of countless metal fragments was directly shattered, turning into countless pieces that fell like raindrops.

Narrated through the falling metal debris, Wuming, longbow in hand, leaped forward twenty or thirty meters, unleashing over fifty arrows in a single second, each carrying the explosive power of a small grenade. But Eric immediately waved his hand, causing countless metal objects to shatter into countless tiny fragments, almost invisible to the naked eye, intercepting all of Wuming's arrows. The blue halo of the magical explosion was dazzling in the sky, yet it remained far from reaching Eric's location.

The next moment, the metal fragments, which had become even smaller due to the bombardment of arrows, fell rapidly towards Wuming, with a speed far exceeding that of bullets. Wuming had no choice but to dodge quickly, and the ground beneath his feet was instantly shattered into pieces.

"No, at this rate we won't be able to get close to him. Senior Li Cheng, can you use your teleportation ability to move directly in front of him?"

Having narrowly avoided the deadly fragments, Wu Ming moved to Li Cheng's side as he climbed out of the pit and spoke earnestly to him.

"In a normal battle, there would definitely be no problem, but in this situation, it might actually be a bit troublesome..."

Li Cheng replied somewhat helplessly, looking up at Eric, who was manipulating countless metal objects in the sky.

At this moment, almost all of Li Cheng's demonic power had been transferred to Zi's side. In order to suppress, defeat, and even eliminate Aleister, the transcendent, as soon as possible, Zi, who had not yet fully recovered, had to fight with all her might. In order to ensure the chances of victory, even Li Cheng's demonic power had been incorporated into the battle.

If I were to use my demonic power at this moment, the amount of demonic power I send to Zi would inevitably decrease. Although it may seem like a negligible amount, at such a crucial moment, who knows if this seemingly insignificant change might lead to some terrible situation?

Therefore, hand-to-hand combat is Li Cheng's only option now.

However, when faced with a ranged attacker whose computing power seems inexhaustible, someone like him who can only engage in close combat will inevitably fall into a disadvantageous position.

They had to find a way to get close to him. Eric's physical attributes wouldn't exceed C-level. As long as they could get close enough, Li Cheng was confident he could end the battle quickly.

But this is all predicated on the fact that you actually have the ability to get close to the other person...

Countless metal fragments swept in again. This time, at least thirty torrents of metal, like winding serpents, attacked the two from all directions. Li Cheng and Wu Ming dodged and weaved under the seemingly endless onslaught, and before they knew it, many wounds had appeared on their bodies.

A jet-black light shot upwards silently, like an illusory arm reaching for Eric's heart in the sky. But as if he had eyes in the back of his head, Eric quickly constructed a tight defense using metal, attempting to block the arm's attack.

Silently, the arm pierced through the metal defenses and continued to surge upwards as if piercing through the air.

"Magic attack? Curse?"

Eric muttered to himself as intense lightning spread around him, transforming into an extremely powerful energy field that instantly twisted the arm rushing towards him.

"Regardless of the form, it ultimately falls under the category of energy attack. Therefore, as long as the energy environment is disrupted, it can naturally be rendered ineffective."

As he spoke, Eric looked down at the ground, his expression becoming arrogant.

"Using outdated methods to deal with a professor at the forefront of science and technology is not a viable approach, young lady."

Amidst the towering metal sand particles, Xin's figure was forced to emerge from his invisibility to dodge the attacks of those tiny yet incredibly powerful metal fragments.

An arrow imbued with powerful magic shot skyward with astonishing force. Realizing something was wrong, Eric instantly gathered a large amount of metal, constructing a sturdy wall. But this explosion was like an apocalyptic scene; the terrifying heat and flames directly scorched and melted the metal wall that blocked it, and the shockwave even tore Eric's hair into a mess.

But the next moment, countless violent torrents of metal sent Wuming, who had secretly fired that arrow, flying away. On the other side, Li Cheng, who was trying to launch a sneak attack from the side, was also sent flying by Eric, who reacted quickly, with an extremely long iron sand whip.

The battlefield grew increasingly chaotic and devastated. Eric, having mobilized all his power, gathered all the metal objects within a five-kilometer radius. Whether it was guard robots, steel bars from houses, metal furniture, or anything else, all the metal objects were disassembled and gathered together, transforming into a giant black curtain that blotted out the sky.

Because he can indirectly control electromagnetic force through magnetic field control, and even fire electromagnetic cannons, Eric is constantly manipulating the torrent of metal to attack the three people on the ground, while at the same time using electromagnetic force to bombard the three people again and again.

Single-handedly, he managed to hold off three equally powerful opponents, even maintaining the upper hand throughout. Eric calmly and skillfully manipulated the forces of metal and electromagnetism, ensuring that the three adversaries could not mount any effective counterattack and could only continuously erode their strength in the battle.

As expected of a martial artist, despite being hit so many times and suffering so many injuries, he was still able to jump and leap around energetically. Although he couldn't even inflict effective damage on that transcendent being a few hours ago, this situation of being unable to defeat the enemy for so long was indeed causing a sense of anxiety.

Eric was well aware of his strengths, and equally aware of the dire consequences if any one of those three got close. In the past, in his efforts to push his abilities to their limits, Eric had neglected to improve his physical attributes. Although he could temporarily enhance his body with electromagnetic force, he was still far, far behind those martial artists who could send a train engine flying with a single punch.

Whether Eric would be the first to be knocked down in close combat, or whether they would run out of energy and be unable to continue fighting, was the game between Eric and the three on the field.

……

"You initially wanted to capture me by summoning me to appear, and then use my power to perfect your so-called 'magical voodoo doll,' right?"

Amidst the collapsed ruins, Zi looked at Aleister, who was slowly rising from the broken floorboards, and casually asked a question.

“That’s for sure. Compared to my research on laws, your power is more efficient at creating such things. However, this is on the premise that I have captured Li Cheng and can cooperate with you in this way.”

Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Aleister quickly used a spell to rebuild his shattered internal organs, stood up again, and gripped his wand once more.

"If you really want to cooperate, don't use such hostile methods, hmph. But what you want to achieve is certainly not something we can support."

Holding a folding fan, Zi spoke casually, and an unusual halo once again emanated from her body.

“You are not human, and you are a member of a demon race that was almost destroyed by human persecution. I thought that something that would plunge the human world into chaos would attract you.”

Aleister frowned, puzzled by Violet's abrupt objection.

"Hmph, I'm not some naive child. While this kind of thing can indeed cause chaos among humanity, it will also make me a target for all the transcendent beings in the world. I won't do something so stupid as to make enemies for myself, especially a whole bunch of them."

Zi said irritably, her face showing an expression that said, "Are you out of your mind?"

"I see. It seems my thinking was somewhat lacking. But it doesn't matter. Even without you, I can complete this spell on my own."

Having understood the other's thoughts, Aleister stopped the conversation, gathered powerful magic in his wand, and suddenly attacked Purple. When Purple tried to block it, she suddenly found that the power was much stronger than before, and she almost couldn't withstand it.

Turning her head, Zi glanced at the enormous, bright red sphere that was becoming increasingly vivid and even seemed to be beating like a human heart, and she couldn't help but squint her eyes.

"So that's how it is. You were perfecting your technique while fighting me, multitasking. No wonder you were so weak before; you weren't really using your true abilities."

With a soft laugh from Zi, the aura in her hand suddenly surged, forcefully pushing Aleister's magic back. The immense power unleashed a destructive light and shadow, completely annihilating a large area of ​​space in front of her. The shockwave only stopped after crashing into the edge of the barrier.

"Although not being fully recovered is indeed a bit of a challenge for us, don't underestimate us."

There was no suspense left. With the blessing of a transcendent being, her opponent had already devoted nearly half of his power to perfecting the spell that could end the world of magic. Although Zi's condition had not fully recovered and had even worsened, at this moment, the gap between the two had reached a point where it could not be bridged by skill.

"Is this considered the end of it?"

Looking at Aleister, who was breathing heavily and could only rely on his broken wand to keep himself from collapsing, Zi murmured a sentence.

"That's not necessarily true. After all, just as you can find a helper to bless you, there's no saying that someone can't find a helper, right?"

A somewhat mocking male voice rang out, and Oda Nobueshi appeared beside Aleister at some point, injecting a mixed and mottled magical energy into the latter's body.

"All the magic power of those magicians who invaded this place is here. Although it may not solve the fundamental problem for you, at least it will stop you from remaining in this half-dead state, right?"

As he spoke, Oda Nobuyoshi took two steps forward, looking at Murasaki with a strange gaze, and a comical smile suddenly appeared on his unshaven face.