To become a king and a magician

Seeing that Shion's cheeks were a little red, among the other three people present, apart from the stubborn Arcueid, Aozaki Touko and Sajou Ayaka both twitched their eyebrows.

After a pause, Aozaki Touko suddenly produced a camera and quickly snapped a picture of Natsukawa Tora and Shion, who were holding hands.

"Crack!"

The sound startled both of them. Natsukawa Torama looked at Aozaki Touko, who was taking pictures, with some confusion: "Touko, what are you doing? Why are you taking pictures all of a sudden?"

"It's nothing, I just filmed someone cheating on their husband and plan to send it back to that neglectful mage to tell her that while she was playing, her entire fortune was stolen."

62. When the full moon arrives

Two days passed quickly after Shion arrived.

During these two days, although Natsukawa Tora still went out with Arcueid every day, Tatari did not reappear, whether he was avoiding the two or gathering strength.

Because of Tatari's disappearance, the vampire rumors that had been spreading more and more in Misaki City recently have subsided somewhat.

This is probably what they mean by the calm before the storm. Xia Chuanhu and the others all knew that Tatali would inevitably appear on the night of the full moon. The calmer it appeared before that, the greater the power it would display at that time.

Of course, this was no problem for Natsukawa Torato. No matter how much power Tatali had accumulated, he was absolutely confident that he could defeat it.

Furthermore, Arcueid is also here.

Therefore, the battle with Tatali is now just a matter of waiting for the start time, since in terms of outcome, the start of the battle is also the end time.

That being said, not everyone was as at ease as Natsukawa Torato and Arcueid. Chiel was probably the only one in the apartment who was most serious about the upcoming battle.

While the two elves wandered around all day, Aozaki Touko smoked and drank every day, and Sajou Ayaka and Shion discussed magic together, Chiel had already set up a large number of magic spells on that temple building. Although it was unknown how many of them would be effective, it was enough to deal with most situations.

Along the way, they also benefited from Shion's wisdom. The people of the Atlas Institute are skilled in a technique called split thinking, and Shion is one of the best at it, able to divide her thoughts into seven parts and carry them out simultaneously.

With this ability, Hierre was able to prepare for all possible scenarios.

Natsukawa Torama did consider telling Hier to be less anxious about her overly cautious behavior, but he also knew that as a former church member and agent of the Burial Agency, Hier had always regarded Zu as her greatest enemy, so her reaction was understandable. Therefore, he ultimately let her go.

And now-

It's almost midnight.

As the clock ticked toward midnight, Natsukawa Tora looked at the people around him and said, "Let's go then, Arcueid, Hield. I'll leave the house to you three, Ayaka, Touka, and Shion-san."

"No need to be so formal, just call me Ziyuan." Ziyuan acted somewhat familiarly. "Also, one last question, is it really true that I can't go? After all, it's a task given to me by the Dean. If I could make up for it one last time, I would be able to go back and report."

"No."

The person who answered her was Hier.

"Although your safety is not a concern given our combat strength, it is still somewhat dangerous to involve an outsider in the upcoming battle. Please wait here for us to return, Miss Shion."

"Well, you heard that, right? That's what she said." Natsukawa Tora smiled helplessly. "Arquette and I don't really care, since taking you along won't affect the outcome. But what Hield said makes sense; it wouldn't be good if you got hurt in an accident. So you, Ayaka, and Touko can just stay home and wait. Miss Shion."

Hearing both of them say this, Shion sighed with a hint of regret: "Sigh... Alright, since you insist, I won't trouble you any further. Please be careful on your journey. Ayaka, is there anything you want to say?"

No.

Ayaka Sajou paused, then smiled and shook her head, simply watching Natsukawa Tora quietly.

She had already witnessed Natsukawa Tora's power, and she knew that even if his power was insufficient, he would ultimately achieve his goal.

Therefore, she didn't plan to say anything like "Be careful on your journey" or "Please come back safely" to him. She just needed to wait here for him to return and say "Welcome home" to him.

"Then... let's go."

Turning around, Natsukawa Tora conjured a spatial portal in front of him with his hands outstretched, and led Hiel and Arcueid inside.

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Tataly will be fully revealed at midnight.

Furthermore, in order to better amplify its power and to better devour the city, it will choose a location that can overlook the entire Misaki City.

The temple was a place that met its requirements.

Stepping out of the portal, Xia Chuanhu and his two companions arrived directly on the floor of the highest level of the still-unfinished temple.

Arcueid glanced at the slowly dissipating portal behind her and tugged at Natsukawa Tora's clothes: "That portal was also something you conjured up from your imagination, wasn't it? How did you conjure it?"

"It's less about manifesting and more about imitating. I know a master of spatial displacement, and I've seen her use displacement magic many times before. The door just now was manifested based on my impression of that time."

"Hmm... I'll try to materialize it later, so I won't have to walk."

"You two, this isn't the time to be talking about this kind of thing."

Hier interrupted their conversation by stepping between them.

"Look over there, that should be Tatali, right?"

Following the direction Hiel was looking, a blood-red vortex of light, shaped like the moon, was floating in mid-air, radiating outwards a light similar to electricity. Considering the surrounding area, which was still under construction and had many upright poles erected, it looked like a treasure enshrined in a temple.

(So ​​that's it, no wonder it's called a temple... Indeed, this terrain, combined with the dome, can certainly be considered a temple.)

With his hands in his pockets, Natsukawa Tora took two steps forward: "Alright, you've been hiding for two days, but now you can't hide anymore. This farce you wanted to continue even across parallel worlds is about to end, Tatali. You're not getting away tonight."

Upon hearing the sound, the constantly moving Tatali slowed its pace slightly and descended a short distance from the air.

"—Unromantic."

After a moment of silence, such a sound rang out in the vast temple.

"To appear backstage before the show even starts is incredibly uncouth. Even if you're not a magician from the Atlas Academy, you should still possess a certain level of elegance. Don't modern people have even this much upbringing?"

"It's utterly disappointing."

63. Let me show you what a real moonset looks like.

The two worlds of Tsbia Eltram Atlasia are not the same.

While Tsbia on Natsukawa's side is also a Dead Apostle, he is not an Ancestor. He has been the Dean of the Atlas Institute for five hundred years. In a sense, he is a magician who conforms to traditional impressions and also has a considerable degree of responsibility.

Meanwhile, Tsbia, from Ayaka Sajou's side—also known as the Night of Wallachia—has a more obsessive and insane personality.

He pursued the Sixth Law, and for this he made a pact with the Black Princess and Altrouge Brunstad. Even though he ultimately failed, he became a phenomenon after his death, continuously challenging the Sixth Law.

This is Tatali as a Dead Apostle. In addition, as a magician, he also seems to have a certain pursuit of elegance and drama. The Eindsworths that Natsukawa Torato dealt with in the parallel world were a group that liked to act according to a predetermined script. The Tsbias in the parallel world are somewhat similar to them.

"So clueless about romance—it's amazing you still have the nerve to say that."

Natsukawa Tora laughed.

"Did you gather your strength over the past two days, giving you the confidence to give such an answer? Or do you simply not understand the current situation?"

"You will die here, that is an indisputable fact."

As he spoke, Natsukawa Torama already held the Excalibur in his hand.

Feeling the magical fluctuations emanating from the holy sword, Tatali's form trembled slightly. Then, a dense mist rapidly spread from its body, instantly obscuring the entire night sky and covering the unfinished building with a ceiling.

Immediately afterward, as the ceiling took shape, the surrounding environment also changed rapidly, as if it were affected by something else!

"Crack crack crack crack crack—!"

The entire magnificent hall that appears, or rather, the throne room, evokes the image of a king meeting with his ministers.

Strangely, in this magnificent throne room, there were numerous chains wrapped around it, as if to restrain something, and the number of chains was unusually large.

Natsukawa Tora and Arcueid's expressions changed simultaneously.

"This place is..."

"A city with a thousand-year history".

It could be described as a laugh born of extreme anger. Arcueid uttered the name of this space with a smile, but the anger and displeasure in her tone were so clear that even a wooden man could hear it clearly.

To manifest such a counterfeit—Tatarli—before the true self is truly audacious.

"Ahhhhhh~~~~"

At the far end of the space, on the throne, a beautiful figure slowly stood up, as if sighing about something. She walked gracefully to the three of them with dance-like steps and let out a long sigh.

"How boring."

The fake Tsukihime's face was full of boredom.

"I'm going to die here? You actually came all this way just to prove such a false proposition and interrupt my challenge of the Sixth Law... What a waste! What a waste! The challenge of the Sixth Law is an urgent matter, and now you're wasting time on trivial details!"

"What an utter waste! Time is a priceless commodity!"

After a desperate roar, Tatali suddenly stretched his hand toward the sky, and the vast dome was instantly crushed from the outside, with a crimson light shining down from the crack!

"Let this false moon atone for the mistake of wasting my time."

As if to vent her anger, Tata forcefully swung her hand down, and the hypocritical Zhu Yue immediately fell from the sky!

Watching the rapidly approaching moonset, Natsukawa Tora tightened his grip on the holy sword, then sighed softly, "I'm truly impressed by you. Where did you get the courage to transform into Arcueid in front of us and even use this move?"

"Do you think our princess has a really good temper?"

Buzz ————————!

As Xia Chuanhu finished speaking, a terrifying pressure suddenly descended upon the Thousand-Year City!

This is the immense pressure formed by extremely high-density magic, and its source is right behind Natsukawa Tora.

"Boom!"

Arcueid stomped a deep hole in the floor of the Millennium City, and walked step by step to Natsukawa Tora. His cold golden eyes stared at the other version of himself in front of him, and then he looked up at the setting moon in the sky.

"ugly."

Arcueid commented with considerable disdain, swiftly waving her snow-white arm towards the setting moon—

As if it had been completely erased, Yue Luo seemed to have never existed at all, disappearing into thin air!

"Varied....."

Tataly's expression froze instantly.

Has the moon set and disappeared?

why?

Arcueid's cold voice rang out again as she crossed her arms over her chest: "If a better embodiment of fantasy appears, then clumsy fantasy will inevitably become delusion."

“Your moon is too ugly, too coarse, not beautiful at all. I will not allow such a dirty and ugly moon to appear in the eyes of me and Tiger.”