Turning back, Kurosaki Azami's eyes were filled with only a blazing light, like the sun shining on the earth, turning this land swallowed by darkness into a place bathed in sunlight.
"Noble Phantasm——
—【The Sword of Victory】!!!
Chapter 265 The Gates of Heaven Open for Me (3000)
"President! President!"
In 2022, on Mount Everest, Kaguya Shinomiya held onto Miyuki Shirogane's arm, shaking him incessantly and crying out.
His beloved was killed by the enemy, falling before him, and he could do nothing about it...
"If the student council president dies, I won't live either..."
"Cough cough cough......."
A faint cough sounded, and Kaguya Shinomiya felt a sense of disbelief.
"Stop shaking me, Shinomiya... if you shake me again I'll really die..."
Shirogane Miyuki slowly got up, supporting himself on the ground.
"So, the last condition was actually met in this way..."
Within the shattered black and red shell of [Glory Returns], a new Stand slowly awakens.
Its white body was wrapped in blue mistletoe, and golden linear patterns crisscrossed its body. The short knife in its hand gleamed, and the whole thing gave off a sacred feeling.
"【Substitute】, 【Close Friend】, 【Soul】, 【Secret Words】, 【Location】...............
That guy just now gave me the courage to abandon myself.
[World Will] Maria severed Miyuki Shirogane's fate thread, causing him to die—but he died, not completely.
[Abandoning the substitute] is actually [abandoning oneself].
As a being that exists alongside the spirit, there is only one way to make the [Substitute] disappear—
【die】.
Even Father Pucci was willingly devoured and merged with the [Green Baby] left behind by Dio, and only after being reborn from the ashes did he abandon the [White Serpent] and awaken the [New Moon] and even the [Made in Heaven].
"Because of this death, my Stand has evolved... From now on, neither of us will be bound by any further constraints..."
The Stand appeared beside Miyuki Shirogane, the short sword in his right hand flashing with a captivating light.
"As long as you sever the connection, you will no longer be bound and will gain true freedom!"
This is my [stand-in], the stand-in who has reached [heaven]—
"Conquest of paradise!"
——————————————————————The Crimson King————————————————————————
"I'm sorry, Wang... I'm late..."
Panting, Gawain knelt down on one knee in front of Artoria, his eyes filled with guilt for not being able to come to her rescue in time.
"There's no need for that, Gao Wenqing... You've done very well."
The intense light, like the sun shining on the earth, transformed this land swallowed by darkness into a sunlit paradise. Although it was early morning, the dazzling sunlight made it seem like noon, and even Kurosaki Azami felt slightly uncomfortable...
This is Gawain's Noble Phantasm, the Sword of Victory, a radiant and shining sword. A holy sword resembling the sun is sealed within the hilt.
According to legend, this holy sword possesses the same power as the king's holy sword.
If the "Sword of Excalibur" can be cleaved in two by the light of the stars, then the "Sword of Cyclic Victory" can be burned away by the scorching heat of the sun.
In addition, "Excalibur" is a point-focused attack, but "Rotating Victory" is a horizontally radiating attack designed to cut down swarms of enemy soldiers.
"Not only that... this is my most powerful Noble Phantasm! The sun's radiance is enough to cover all of Britain. Even if your vampires hide underground, they cannot escape this calamity..."
Due to the excessive exertion, Gao Wen was even unable to stand up, and thus remained kneeling as he spoke.
The tragic scene inside the city confirmed Gawain's words.
"Aaaaaah!!!! Lord Azaki, save us!!!!!"
The vampires, who had just been arrogant and domineering under the cover of night and had almost slaughtered the entire Camelot, now had large areas of burns on their bodies and were screaming in terror as if they had been scalded by boiling water.
Even the jet-black vampire warhorses neighed in unease and pain, attempting to heal their wounds by drinking the blood of the remaining civilians—but faced with this holy city that had been almost completely slaughtered and the scorching power of the sun, a few humans were nothing more than a drop in the ocean, a mere stopgap measure.
Then, like snow under a raging fire, the five thousand vampires that Kurosaki Azami had painstakingly created over several days, along with hundreds of vampire warhorses, all turned to ashes under the scorching sun created by the heroic spirits—without even having a chance to let out a complete wail.
"Now... what else do you have to say, Kurosaki Azami..."
The remaining Knights of the Round Table surrounded him with hostile expressions, and Kurosaki Azami found himself encircled—a situation that, given the extreme lack of high-level combat power, seemed extremely disadvantageous...
"Hoo hoo... Hahahahahaha!!! You finally took the bait!
With his right hand supporting his forehead, the King of Villains bent over and burst into wild laughter within the encirclement.
"I knew from the beginning that Gawain, the [Sun Knight], would come here; the only question was when..."
Come, look back at your Camelot—the holy city still exists here, and it no longer exists here…”
Turning around, all I saw were broken walls and ruins, a scene of utter chaos and filth.
"The common people have been slaughtered, and you are probably the only survivors left in this city... What have you been protecting, Knights of the Round Table..."
"What exactly are you trying to say, Kurosaki Azami!"
Artoria gripped her holy sword tightly, ready to slay the monster before her. Even with her power waning, she was confident she could stop Kurosaki Azami...
Wait, attenuation?
"The power of the Heroic Spirits comes from the epics that are sung, from the dissemination by people, and the earliest epics naturally came from people of the same era..."
Do you really think I only created "five thousand vampires"?
The cruel words made the soldiers' eyes widen, and fear, like a persistent ailment, licked at their spines.
"That's right, just like you imagined..."
While you were all gathered in Camelot because of the attack on the royal city, other vampires were also raiding other parts of Britain…
The light of the soul representing the dead surged forth and was absorbed by Azami Kurosaki.
At this very moment, a towering pillar of light shone from his body, and the connection between Kurosaki Azami and this timeline gradually crumbled.
Yorkshire, Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool..........
Even a small group of vampires could achieve the effect of massacring a city, as long as there are no Knights of the Round Table!
Once all the Britons of this era are dead, you heroic spirits will cease to exist—perhaps fate will turn this history into a Lostbelt, preventing it from further harming human history... but that alone is enough!
And my [stand-in] will use the entire United Kingdom as fuel, as the final propulsion for my journey to Heaven!
You will stay and be buried with this Britain!
And I, Kurosaki Azami, will bring the souls of all Britain back to 2022 to reclaim everything that is mine!!! Hahahaha!!!
Ignoring the knights' expressions of anger or astonishment, Kurosaki Azami watched with satisfaction as the heroic spirits gradually dissipated into spiritual particles, relaxed, and vanished without a trace along with the pillar of light.
When he reappeared, he found himself above a sea of stars—a rift between worlds, a sight he had witnessed when Brother Jie brought him back.
Once you cross this line, you can return to 2022.
"[Invaders], [Pillar of Salt], [Mediana], [Give Up Hope]"
[Rhinoceros Beetle], [Divine Comedy], [Reversed Death]
[Black Poppy], [The Earth's Core], [Abraham and Rose], [Rhinoceros Beetle]...
Kurosaki Azami laughed as he recited the secret incantation again.
"【Reversed Purgatory】! 【Hercules】!"
【Trinity】! 【The Broken Fisherman】! 【Singularity】!
From the very beginning of the Earth's core, Kurosaki Azami and Shirogane Miyuki began sharing secret codes.
The stories of Abraham and Guille, the rhinoceros beetle, the inverted purgatory, and Hercules need no further explanation; the key lies in what follows.
For Kurosaki Azami, the Trinity is the Trinity of offering sacrifices to the gods, and also the Trinity of the saint's remains of power, wisdom, and authority.
For Shirogane Miyuki, the Trinity is the Holy Trinity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, who are followers of Heaven.
The term "Broken Fisherman" originates from Christianity—the ring symbolizing papal power is engraved with the image of St. Peter fishing, and "Broken Fisherman" refers to the death of the Pope.
For Azami Kurosaki, it signifies the collapse of the old theocracy and the arrival of a new theocracy dominated by Azami Kurosaki's "Heaven." For Miyuki Shirogane, it means breaking away from his identity as a "servant of God" and embarking on a path of confrontation with fate.
The time of the collapse of divine authority, also known as the "Singularity," is when the gates of Heaven will open, and Azami Kurosaki will become the true—
"【The Secret Emperor】!!!"
With a shout, Kurosaki Azami raised his face. The starry sea that had once brought him the pain of losing his master now looked exceptionally beautiful.
A star, its brilliant light falling vertically onto his face, made Kurosaki Azami feel completely refreshed, and he couldn't help but open his arms to embrace the guidance from heaven.
The Stand's outer shell shattered, and the silver and crimson colors illuminated the starry sky. Golden steps extended from beneath Kurosaki Azami's feet, stretching all the way to the planet beneath her feet.
"King of Crimson"
—King Crimson Over Heaven!
Chapter 266 Crimson King: Beyond Heaven
"No, Shirogane-kun."
Inside the Hellish Thistle Mansion, Lucifer looked at Miyuki Shirogane's newly awakened Stand and shook his head.
"Why is that? After all, [Conquer Heaven] is a Stand that can [sever connections]. I've already tried it, and Shinomiya, whose connection to [Fate] has been severed, is no longer bound..."
"That's true, but ultimately you're just a weapon capable of destroying the [World Will]. You're powerless against [Fate] itself—"
We must have enough power to harm fate itself...
Sitting in Kurosaki Azami's usual seat, Lucifer began to worry about the man she loved.
When I first met him, I only wanted to exploit a loophole in fate, to freely travel between hell and earth. Later, we gradually became friends, and then, in a confused way, a "mother-son" feeling developed. In the end, I even lost my body in a confused state...
But no matter what, there was only one thought that never changed in Lucifer's mind.
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