To become a king and a magician

Having lost his mind, [Xia Chuanhu] didn't care why Xia Chuanhu could still stand up. He would only knock Xia Chuanhu down again and again until Xia Chuanhu's vital signs completely disappeared.

Therefore, lacking reason, he couldn't realize that the current Xia Chuanhu was not the same Xia Chuanhu he had been a few seconds earlier.

"boom!"

The fist that was about to smash into Xia Chuanhu's head was caught.

The golden demonic eye entered [Natsukawa Tora's] field of vision.

"Is it you? You bastard who hurt Natsukawa, is it you?"

135. This Princess Kaguya is super fierce.

Arcueid is very angry now, extremely angry, more so than when she was deceived by Roya.

She was initially curious as to why the connection between herself and Natsukawa Torama had suddenly become weak. If it weren't for the slight sense of connection she still had, Arcueid would have thought that the power she had left in Natsukawa Torama's body had disappeared.

Out of concern, Arcueid thought of going to check on the world where Natsukawa Tora was. Although her body was sealed in the Millennium City and she couldn't get out, she could still get there in spirit if she tried hard enough to make contact with him—which is why Meryl couldn't contact Arcueid.

Upon arriving in this world, Arcueid immediately saw Natsukawa Torata being beaten up unilaterally.

Her anger flared up instantly!

(My body is constantly repairing itself. The scabbard inside Xia Chuan's body? Hmm, that should be fine. I don't need to worry—please lend me your body for a while, Xia Chuan.)

Sensing Natsukawa Torato's physical condition and confirming that he was alright, Arcueid refocused her attention on the other Natsukawa Torato in front of her.

No, now it should be said that it is another her. Although the similarity is less than half, she can still smell her own scent, and she can also smell the current situation of [Natsukawa Tora].

"Like the Fallen Ancestor, it wasn't that his body was controlled by the urge to drink blood, but rather that he simply couldn't control his power and went berserk?"

Since killing all the True Ancestors eight hundred years ago, Arcueid has not seen any True Ancestors other than herself. But at this moment, she felt not much joy at seeing her fellow clansmen, but rather anger.

Fallen True Ancestor.

Harm Natsukawa.

One of these points alone would be enough for Arcueid to hunt it down to the ends of the earth, let alone now that it has both.

"Whoosh—!"

Moonlight enveloped his body, and the Arcueid power existing within Natsukawa Torato, under the control of his main consciousness, immediately awoke from its slumber, with the true power of the Ancestor filling Natsukawa Torato's entire body.

"AAAAArrrrrrr————!"

[Natsukawa Tiger] suddenly let out a shriek uncontrollably, but unlike the anger before, this shriek sounded somewhat panicked and fearful. Even his eyes, which should have been full of ferocity, now showed a hint of fear!

He instinctively sensed death.

If he still had his reason, even if he could understand Arcueid's power, he wouldn't have lost his composure like this. But with his reason devoured and his body controlled by wildness, he is now nothing more than a beast. And when a beast faces true fear, when it faces its true natural enemy, it has no courage to fight back.

"Sizzle—!"

Discarding even his arm, [Natsukawa Torato] directly severed the hand that Arcueid was holding and frantically fled into the distance!

I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to die!

He can't possibly beat that monster!

"In the end, you are merely a counterfeit created by imitating my power, the worst of the worst, a mere shell without a core. Though you are a True Ancestor, you have no self-respect whatsoever—your existence is a desecration of our honor."

With her hands clasped in front of her chest, Arcueid's palms emitted a burst of light.

"May you disappear along with the wounds you have inflicted on the earth."

A dazzling light suddenly burst forth, like a blessing from a god in legend. Centered on Arcueid, the areas illuminated by the light instantly returned to their original state!

The shattered ground was restored, the collapsed pillars were rebuilt, and the crumbling walls were returned to their original positions... Tokyo Station, which was almost completely demolished in the battle between Natsukawa Torato and [Natsukawa Torato], was visibly restored under this light!

Realizing fantasy.

Arcueid's most overpowered ability, possessed by a planetary sensory spirit, is to directly connect her will with the world, transforming it into the environment she envisions.

Normally, this is an ability that cannot be used on individuals who exist independently in the world, but [Natsukawa Torato] is not an individual who exists independently in the world. His existence is an artificial object, in short, a highly complete doll, similar to this station.

Then, the realization of fantasy can take effect.

No matter how fast a person is, they can't outrun light. The light curtain that spread from behind instantly caught the fleeing [Natsukawa Tiger] and dragged him back into the world where light exists.

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"Sigh, did we lose again?"

Below the Holy Grail, sensing the change above, [Sajō Aika] couldn't help but sigh softly and murmur.

Arcueid's appearance was something she had known all along. Omniscience and omnipotence meant that she knew everything, and nothing was beyond her control except for things she didn't want to know.

Therefore, she was not surprised by Arcueid's appearance and Natsukawa Torato's defeat and disappearance. When she created him, she had already seen every possible end for him.

"However, Lord Natsukawa is quite popular with girls. There are even two people who are willing to cross the world to help him."

"That's just the kind of bastard he is!"

Another punch landed in the space in front of [Sajō Aika], and Aozaki Aoko curled her lip: "What a tough turtle shell!"

"This is not a barrier, mage. In fact, I did nothing at all. From my perspective, you just stopped just before you were about to hit me. You have shown me mercy so many times. You are truly a kind-hearted person."

"You can't tell from your appearance. How can someone who looks like a well-behaved girl be so sarcastic?"

"You flatter me. I only have a superficial understanding," [Sajō Aika] said with a smile. "Speaking of which, I've always had a question. Could you please answer it for me?"

doubt?

Aozaki Aoko frowned: "Is there something that even an omniscient and omnipotent person doesn't know?"

"No, I know the whole story, but I just can't understand it. You and that True Ancestor came here across worlds just to ensure Lord Xia Chuan's life. But in my plan, Lord Xia Chuan will not be harmed in the end. I will send him and the people around him back to their original world after the new world is completed."

"I will not do anything to harm others, nor do I intend to hurt anyone. And you gentlemen don't seem to have any reason to stop me, do you?"

"If that's the case, why did you come here to stop me? I can't understand your thinking."

136. Sadness, Crying, and the Big Yellow Dog

Why stop [Sajō Aika]?

"I don't necessarily need to stop you. To put it bluntly, what the world becomes has nothing to do with me. Who cares if there's magic in this world? What does it matter to me if humanity goes extinct once?"

Aozaki Aoko answered casually.

"However, my junior wants to stop you. He doesn't want to see the world destroyed once, so he wants to stop you."

"I really care about my juniors, and besides, I came here to help him. Since he wants to do it this way, I'll do it with him. It's that simple!"

"Saving the world is something he can't do alone."

Aozaki Aoko's answer silenced Sajou Aika, not because she couldn't answer, but because she understood what Aozaki Aoko meant.

(It's not simply a matter of being influenced by others' will; you also have your own thoughts, right? I think I understand.)

"I see. You came here for your own selfish desires, not for the greater good, is that right? That's good." [Sajō Aika] laughed. "Then what's between us is a battle between selfish desires. I've abandoned magic for so many years, and in the end, my solution is still the same as a magician's."

After all, in this situation, the only person you can come into contact with is a magician.

【Sajō Aika】raised her hands, and the crown above her head suddenly flashed, like a dragon spreading its wings. Two huge wings of light stretched out from the crown, as if carrying something into the air. At the base of the wings, a ball of light, like a tumor, was being pulled out little by little.

"Pfft—!"

Suddenly, part of the ball of light was torn apart, and to Aozaki Aoko's astonishment and even fear, a beast-like creature visibly struggled and crawled out from inside the ball of light.

"Let's stop this small talk, mage."

【Sajō Aika】 put away her confident smile: "The plan has reached its final stage, and I need to make sure everything goes perfectly. Even if all of you combined, I might not lose, but I don't like uncertain situations. Let me use this child as my most reliable guardian here."

With these words from [Sajō Aika], the beast within the ball of light finally broke free completely.

"Another being that I was unable to fully awaken before, the being that I now recreate through the Holy Grail."

"As a guardian of the place where the old and new worlds meet, a part of human evil and a great calamity that destroys humanity, don't you think this is a very fitting task for you?"

The seven-headed, ten-horned beast, the beast recorded in the Book of Revelation, the beast symbolizing the devil—a calamity capable of destroying the entire history of mankind—now appears in the Great Void in an incomplete form!

It is named 666, the sixth evil in humankind.

"This is the last time you will see me, and it will also be the first, the last, and the only battle between us."

"If you want to satisfy your selfish desires, then defeat me and this child together, you mage."

"Sajyou Aika," floating above the sixth beast's head, declared this.

And it seems to be a response to her declaration—

“GEEEEEEYYAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRR————————————!!”

The beast unleashed a destructive roar!

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At the same time—slightly earlier—the station had already been restored to its original state.

"Hmm, I see. That explains why my contact with Xia Chuan suddenly stopped."

Arquette, having learned the whole story from Ayaka Sajou, nodded in understanding. Ayaka, however, was somewhat bewildered by the person named "Arquette" who seemed to be using Natsukawa Torato's body.

She felt that Natsukawa Tora's origins were becoming increasingly mysterious. Apart from his own abilities, magicians, true ancestors... people with close ties to him were appearing one after another, and they all seemed to be women.

How many people does he actually know?

“However, given Xia Chuan’s current condition, he probably won’t be able to continue fighting for a while,” Arcueid said. “Although he has a scabbard, so he doesn’t have to worry about anything unless it’s a fatal wound, there are some injuries that a scabbard can’t heal.”

For example, the shock to the brain and the resulting mental damage require time to recover. If possible, Arcueid hopes that Natsukawa Torato can leave to recuperate.

Anyway, as long as we deal with [Sajō Aika] before the whole world is completely replaced, it'll be easy with her around.

Arcueid, you can't leave now.

Suddenly, Ayaka Sajou spoke up. Arcueid had no intention of being kind to this person who had persecuted Natsukawa from the very beginning: "What is it? Just say it, or I'll mute you."

[You—have authority, so what—wait, wait, wait! Don't mute me! There's something extremely urgent! You've probably sensed it by now!]

"Feel? Feel what...?"

A sudden sound startled Arcueid, who immediately dropped to the ground, her red eyes trembling slightly.

Now you know why I said we can't leave. If we leave now, there's no doubt—