To become a king and a magician

"Fire!"

Eight floating turrets fired at full power! A golden-red storm, equivalent in power to the True Name Release of Excalibur, poured forth! Unlike the previous scattered attack, this time Natsukawa Torato focused his fire on a single point!

(How about this!?)

"boom------!"

In response to Natsukawa Torata's idea, a massive dragon tail directly shattered the golden-red storm! The dragon tail, shrouded in dense darkness, was completely unharmed as it blasted away the concentrated beam of light! Then it slammed heavily into the Crimson Dragonman!

Without any suspense, Xia Chuanhu seemed to have forgotten about the space displacement, and was stunned in mid-air as he was hit by the dragon's tail with full force!

"Thump—!"

Like a meteorite struck down, the enormous dragonman crashed straight down onto the earth below! With a deafening roar and a tremor, it slammed heavily into the top of a small hill, smashing it to pieces!

They were completely powerless to fight back.

【madness】

Vortigern spread his wings in the air, looking down at the heavily wounded red dragon lying on the ground like a demon king in regal authority. His scarlet dragon eyes were full of contempt and indifference.

madness.

That's utterly foolish.

With power of this level, you dare to try and save the world? If you can't even overcome the fate of this one island, saving the world is utter nonsense!

No, in the end...

The world has already been burned down; your last remaining embers are powerless to do anything more.

You are powerless to reverse the situation.

35. Ah Hu gradually transforms into chaotic evil.

on the ground.

Enduring the excruciating pain, Xia Chuanhu slowly rose to his feet and patted the dust off his massive body.

"It's surprisingly powerful, even able to devour the light of the Holy Sword, plus the manifestation of illusion brought by the Holy Grail—Arthur, you should have told me earlier that Vortigern possessed these abilities."

【I'm so sorry, Natsukawa, this was definitely not my idea; I should have told you about it sooner. Also, more importantly, are you alright? Falling from that height must have caused you considerable injury, right?】

Using his massive body to stand up, Xia Chuanhu stretched his limbs: "Hmm, no problem. Although it hurts terribly, it's still within my self-healing range. We can't hurt it, and it can't hurt us either."

"--That only applies up to now."

Natsukawa Tora's words startled both Artoria and Arthur for a moment, then they understood—

"You already know how to deal with this, Master?"

"Otherwise, why would I have taken that hit? I had to gain something, right? Besides, that tail didn't even hit me; I defended it properly."

The most troublesome thing about dealing with Vortigern isn't the Holy Grail, but rather the infinite magic and diverse abilities it brings. Natsukawa Torato has plenty of solutions for that.

The most troublesome thing is the layer of darkness surrounding him.

In the instant he was struck by that tail, at extremely close range, Natsukawa Torato clearly saw that layer of darkness and understood its essence.

"Simply put, it is a conceptual existence. The End of Britain is probably the embodiment of this concept. After extracting and materializing this concept, what is formed is that layer of darkness."

"Therefore, it was able to devour the light of the holy sword."

Light and darkness have always been inseparable; the stronger the light, the denser the darkness. The brighter the light of the holy sword, the denser the darkness surrounding Vortigern.

After all, the wielder of the Holy Sword was King Arthur, a hero born to save Britain, while Vortigern, born to destroy Britain, was both the light and the darkness of Britain.

"Originally, that darkness wouldn't have been so powerful, since it was a conceptual protection limited by Arthur's power limit. But after being strengthened by the Holy Grail, that layer of darkness far surpasses the brilliance of the Holy Sword."

In other words, the Holy Sword cannot reach Vortigern. So, in the last battle, Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table were able to severely injure Vortigern with the Holy Sword, which was probably just a matter of imagination. Or perhaps the light gathered by the Knights of the Round Table temporarily resisted the darkness, giving the Holy Sword the opportunity to seriously injure Vortigern.

In any case, what is certain now is that with our current abilities, it is impossible to defeat Vortigern with the Holy Sword. Even if we were to hold a meeting to break the seal, Vortigern would definitely not give us the chance.

so......

"Just ignore that darkness."

Natsukawa Tora's explanation left Artoria and Arthur stunned for a moment.

Regardless of the darkness?

But isn't darkness right there? If we ignore it...

"I see, so it's possible to do it without using the Holy Sword?"

After a moment's hesitation, Arthur understood what Natsukawa Tora meant.

Vortigern's darkness is the darkness that devours the Holy Sword, a darkness that has a powerful restraining effect on Arthur's power to save Britain. However, this also means that the darkness may not be particularly effective against other powers.

Only Xia Chuanhu can defeat Fu Tigeng.

Merlin's statement may not have been made because Natsukawa Tora possessed the true holy sword, but rather because he considered Natsukawa Tora to be an elf.

Vortigern is very strong. After obtaining the Holy Grail, he became even more powerful, possessing the magical power of an entire island of Britain. Now that the Holy Sword is ineffective against him, the only way to defeat him and resolve this sixth singularity is to rely on power equal to that of the Holy Sword.

And Natsukawa Torato possesses that kind of power.

"Making fantasy a reality..."

Artoria revealed the truth.

The power of materialization is a force that can transform the world; it can even pull the moon down from the sky. If we're talking about a powerful force capable of dealing with Vortigern, then this is indeed the only one.

"That's how it is, so next—get down from that high and mighty position!"

The giant dragonman's eyes suddenly lit up, and Vortigern, who was flying high in the sky, immediately felt a terrifying pressure pressing down on him! It was as if a mountain was pressing down on him!

In fact, it is true.

"Thump—!"

A massive boulder appeared out of nowhere and slammed heavily onto Vortigern, hurling its dragon body violently into the ground!

[This is... an attack without warning. Are there enemies above?]

Vortigern looked up at the sky, but there was no creature above it in its field of vision.

Where did this attack come from?

"Thump—!"

Just as Vortigern was wondering what was going on, another huge rock meteor fell from the sky! It struck its dragon head directly! The violent impact caused Vortigern to fall a great distance completely out of control!

And at this very moment—

"Bang------!"

The earth below suddenly cracked open, and countless thick chains burst forth from the ground, like giant silver pythons eager to devour their prey, vying to coil around Voodoo!

Although the chains couldn't harm him, Vortigern wasn't about to be bound like this, especially since he still didn't understand what had happened during the meteorite attack...

[Keep your distance and observe first]

The Holy Grail's spatial teleportation ability activated once more, and just as he was about to be bound by the chains, Vortigern's body vanished into thin air once more.

"Don't even think about escaping!"

Similarly, he instantly arrived beside Vortigern through spatial displacement. Before Vortigern's body could be completely transferred away, Xia Chuanhu grabbed its neck with all his might and slammed it heavily onto the ground!

"Thump—!"

Spatial transfer forcibly terminated!

Vortigern, who had always soared through the sky, was now being violently dragged down from the heavens for the first time!

The next moment, Natsukawa Tiger flipped over and mounted Vortigern, grabbing its pair of dragon wings from behind—

"Sizzle!"

The dragon wings that the demonic dragon relied on to fly were torn off by Natsukawa Tiger with his bare hands!

【Ughhhhhhh!】

"That way you won't be able to fly—stay on the ground and lie still! Four-legged lizard!"

36. When in doubt, just let the moon set.

I can't understand it.

Vortigern had absolute confidence in the darkness that enveloped him. Just as he possessed a total magical power comparable to the entire island of Britain, the darkness surrounding him was enough to devour the whole island, making it an absolute defense that King Arthur could never penetrate.

But why...?

Why did I get hurt?

In the previous battle, it was severely injured by Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table who pierced through the darkness. That should have been an exception, but now it is only facing three Holy Sword Wielders. Logically speaking, there should be no possibility of them harming it.

"Zzzzzzzzzzz—!"

The sound of boiling magma emanated from the torn part of the dragon's back wings, and the gruesome wound visibly healed under the influence of the Holy Grail and a massive amount of magic power.

No, this is not something to pay attention to.

It doesn't matter if I get injured. My current body doesn't care about injuries anymore. The powerful magic can regenerate instantly. Even if the dragon wings are torn off, it will only take a few breaths to recover.

Even if I don't grow wings again, it doesn't matter. With my current strength, I can crush this insect on my body!

however--

"Snap!"

Before the dragon wing's wound could fully heal, intense freezing air suddenly surged into it! The unbelievably low temperature even caused the flow of magic within Vortigern's body to halt!

Realizing Imagination: Absolute Zero!

"I told you, I won't let you fly again!"

With absolute zero freezing air emanating from his entire body, Natsukawa Tiger pressed down on Vortigern's body. The extremely cold ice spread rapidly from his palm to Vortigern's entire dragon body, visibly freezing every part of Vortigern's body!

[Ugh! Insects... arrogant!]

[Thin ice is utterly insignificant under this hellfire!]

"boom--------!!"