To become a king and a magician

After saying this, Arthur turned his back to Vortigern and left.

There was absolutely nothing to say between him and Vortigern.

As he gazed at Arthur's departing figure, Vortigern lowered his head once more.

"You've chosen the path of handing everything over to the next generation... just like her."

"Then, I can choose the same path."

He may not be the one to destroy Britain; as long as his actions bring about Britain's demise, then he has achieved his goal.

(Leave everything to another version of yourself...)

(I see, that's why she...)

In that instant, Vortigern finally understood what he had seen at the beginning of the world.

That witch's purpose was—

"Click...click..."

With a series of cracking sounds, Vortigern's body gradually collapsed and shattered.

He was originally ripped from his soul at the very moment he was about to die, and now that part of him has indeed met his end, all that remains for him is to be reduced to ashes.

(I hope I can fulfill my desire next time.)

(Let me go and truly destroy Britain.)

38. A happy ending!

The moment Arthur opened his eyes again, what entered his vision was a clear sky surrounded by a huge band of light.

"Are you awake?"

Arthur heard Natsukawa Tora's voice and turned his head to see Natsukawa Tora sitting next to him, while he was lying on the ground next to him.

Propelling himself to sit up, Arthur shook his head and said, "What's wrong with me...?"

"Who knows? After I smashed Vortigern to death and broke the fusion, you've been in this coma ever since, like you've been completely drained."

As someone who's been through it all, Natsukawa Tora knows all too well what it's like to be completely drained. He even keeps photos of Meryl's disgusting moments for later appreciation.

"Really... I'll have to keep an eye on me here. How long have I been unconscious?"

"It only took a few minutes. More importantly, what did Vortigern say to you? You met him while you were unconscious, didn't you?"

Natsukawa Tora's question startled Arthur: "How did you know?"

That happened in the realm of consciousness. Xia Chuanhu didn't enter Arthur's realm of consciousness, so how could he know about it?

"Well... I should say I saw it by accident," Natsukawa Tora explained. "Because of that girl Meryl messing with me in my dreams, I've learned some ways to counter her. And when Vortigern pulled you into his consciousness, my consciousness was also affected. So I can say I witnessed the whole process from the perspective of a third party that none of you could see."

"However, I didn't hear any sounds; I only know that the two of you met in the realm of consciousness."

Originally, this was just a small trick I learned to deal with Meryl, at most meant to make her bump into a wall when she tried to sneak into Natsukawa Tora's dream. But it turned out to have an unexpected effect at this time.

Arthur smiled and said, "He didn't say anything, just some trivial things."

Whether Vortigern was a follower or summoned by Morgan was something Arthur didn't intend to tell Natsukawa Torato, as there was no need to.

"Is that so?"

This guy wasn't telling the truth.

Natsukawa Tiger could sense it, but it didn't matter. If Arthur didn't want to talk about it, then so be it. Since Arthur said it was something unimportant, then it was probably just that, and there was no need to press the matter further.

"Well, it's about time we went to meet up with the others, right?"

Standing up, Natsukawa Tiger patted the dirt off his clothes: "Lia went to find Gawain and the others before us. They should have met up with them by now. Let's go and join them."

"Come on, get up."

Seeing Xia Chuanhu's outstretched hand, Arthur smiled slightly, grasped it, and stood up with a strong pull from Xia Chuanhu: "Yes, it is indeed time to meet up with Gao Wenqing and the others, but..."

Turning to look at the crater formed by the moonfall, which was even larger than the pit where Fuqi Tigen had settled, Arthur couldn't help but smile wryly: "The impact of your attack was really significant. Didn't you even consider holding back a little?"

"Uh...isn't this still to make sure he gets smashed to death?"

Xia Chuanhu turned his head away: "Besides, it's just a little bit of an impact. I can fix it in no time with my imagination materialization. It won't leave any impact on future generations. I'm perfect in this area."

"Why don't we fix it now?"

"I mean... I just dropped such a huge moon less than ten minutes ago, and now you want me to repair such a huge crater? Do you really think that materializing imagination is a power without any cost?"

Xia Chuanhu glared at Arthur with annoyance.

"At least let me rest for a while. I should be fully recovered by the time it gets dark tonight, and then I'll come back for the repairs."

(Actually, you just wanted to be a little lazy, didn't you?)

Seeing through Xia Chuanhu's little scheme at a glance, Arthur gave a wry smile: "Alright, then I'll leave it to you. Let's go and meet up with the others."

"You really have a lot of energy..."

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The reunion with Artoria, Gawain, Lancelot, and Tristan will be just minutes away.

Thanks to his connection with Artoria, Natsukawa Torato quickly found the four of them with Arthur.

"My king!"

"His Majesty!"

"king!"

Upon seeing Arthur's return, the three Knights of the Round Table could not contain their excitement and came to Arthur's side. However, just when Natsukawa thought that the three were about to give Arthur a big bear hug, the three knights immediately suppressed their burgeoning desires and knelt down on one knee in front of Arthur.

"Your Majesty, it must have been very arduous for you to go on this expedition."

With a few tears glistening in his eyes, Gawain said, "Really... it's so wonderful that you're back..."

The battle against Vortigern was bound to be an extremely dangerous one, a fact all the Knights of the Round Table knew. The brutal battle of the last one was still fresh in their minds. Therefore, Gawain and the others were more or less prepared to bid farewell to their king once again for this battle.

Especially when they saw that the initial attack was completely ineffective against Vortigern.

But then, the crimson dragonman suddenly unleashed a powerful force, unilaterally defeating the demonic dragon, and finally summoning Zhu Yue to smash it to death.

The rapidly deteriorating battle hasn't even allowed the three of them to recover yet.

“It seems I’ve worried you once again, Lord Gawain, Lord Lancelot, Lord Tristan.” Arthur reached out and helped the three of them up one by one. “However, there’s no need to worry now. Vortigern has been defeated by us… no, to be precise, he has been defeated by Natsukawa.”

“Yes, that’s true.” Artoria nodded in agreement. “To deal with Vortigern, our holy sword is actually the least effective weapon. And if we were to use other weapons, we wouldn’t be able to defeat him without sufficient power.”

"Therefore, the only one who can truly defeat Vortigern is indeed your Master—thank you for your hard work, Master. I'm sorry I couldn't offer much help."

Faced with Artoria's apology, Natsukawa Torama just smiled and said, "It's nothing to worry about. If it's something only I can do, then I will definitely do it. It's just my duty. By the way, where are Jeanne Alter and Mordred? Aren't they with you guys?"

Upon hearing Natsukawa Torato's question, Lancelot explained, "Those two got separated during our rescue of ordinary people, but I think they should—"

"Hello------!"

Before Lancelot could finish speaking, a loud shout came from afar.

The group turned to look and saw Mordred waving and running towards them. Behind her, they could clearly see Gawain, Lancelot, and Tristan from Artoria's side, with Jeanne Alter also in the group.

Not only that...

"minister------!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka, and even Mash and Akuta Hinako, appeared there.

It really was a huge group of people.

Natsukawa Torato and Artoria exchanged a glance, then smiled slightly and waved to each other.

"Over here!"

........

The sixth singularity.

The greatest enemy, the dragon Vortigern, has been defeated.

In this way, this singularity is also about to collapse and disappear, and only two steps remain before the burning of humanity is completely stopped.

Hope is within reach.

—That's what everyone thinks right now.

39. Thank you, Gudako.

An hour after Voodoo was defeated.

In other words, it's confirmed that Vortigern has been completely wiped out, right?

On the outer walls of the stronghold established by Artoria.

Leaning against the city wall, Natsukawa Toramaru was talking to Roman using the communication device he had just received from Fujimaru Ritsuka on his wrist.

"Well, that's about it. At least I can't sense its presence at all. You should be able to observe it over there too, right?"

[It's possible, but because of your Moonfall, the data over there is still in a chaotic, unanalyzable state. We won't get any actual results for several hours—that being said, the situation on your end is still somewhat strange.]

Natsukawa Tora nodded: "Yes, it is indeed very strange."

Based on past experience with singularities, once the most powerful enemy within the singularity is defeated and the Holy Grail is retrieved, the singularity will begin to collapse. This is a very rapid process, almost starting the instant everything ends.

For example, in the First Singularity, after the Demon Pillar that Lef had transformed into was defeated, the Singularity immediately began to collapse.

But now, after defeating Vortigern, the singularity shows no signs of collapsing. Moreover, the Servants who should have returned to their seats immediately after completing their mission—Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table—are still in the singularity, showing no intention of returning.

[For safety's sake, we'll conduct another analysis of the entire singularity, even if the results come back very late. If anything happens over there, it's up to you, Natsukawa.]

"With me here, you can rest assured... Well, let's not talk about that for now. You guys really dare to disobey orders."

Xia Chuanhu suddenly changed the subject.

Upon hearing his words, all the staff in Chaldea tensed up, and Roman's face paled slightly.

"I remember before I came here, I told you to ignore me and go straight to the Seventh Singularity, but you all ended up here instead?"

This...