To become a king and a magician

Even now, the demons' indifference towards Chaldea remains unchanged. Compared to their immense power, Chaldea's resistance is utterly insignificant!

therefore--

"Your path ends here; this is no longer a place for you to tread."

"The remnants of humanity, the remnants of the old era, Chaldea—your time ends here!"

Rafe slammed his cane against the ground.

"Bang------!"

The surrounding ground was shattered from underground, and jet-black demonic pillars covered with countless scarlet cross eyes shot into the sky.

Immediately afterwards, as if a chain reaction had occurred, one after another demon pillar rose from the ground, appearing in front of Fujimaru Ritsuka and his companions as if they were about to break through the clouds.

Come forth, my fellow countrymen!

Come forth, my brothers!

"Now is the time for us to show our true colors and full strength!"

Rafe stood on the ground, arms outstretched, calling out loudly.

"The foolish rebels have arrived!"

"Infuriating scoundrels have invaded our sacred land!"

"It is time for us to rid our king of this eyesore and offer the final fireworks for our great cause!"

Rafe declared in this way.

Behind him, countless demonic pillars writhed and roared, as if responding to Rafe's actions.

[Number of Demon God Pillars: Nine in total! Furthermore, in other outer areas of the Temple of Time, Demon God Pillars have also shown signs of activity, bringing the total number to seventy-two—all the Demon God Pillars have now manifested!]

Even without Roman's explanation, Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others already knew the current situation.

The seventy-two demon pillars are so powerful that it would take multiple top-tier Servants to match them. Even just one of them was enough to make Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others use all their strength to defeat it in the past singularity.

Now, there are a total of seventy-two pillars.

The difference in combat power is beyond description. Moreover, since the Seventy-Two Demon Gods are a whole, it would be meaningless to destroy only one or two of them if the entire group is not destroyed.

They will maintain the number of 72 pillars forever, based on the concept of the "Seventy-Two Demon Gods," and will never reduce it.

In other words, no matter how many times you kill them, they will not die.

If such a ferocious being also immortal, then it would be a nightmare.

“You have no chance of winning, Chaldea.”

Rafe, who looked down on everything, said this.

"Just stand there and accept your death."

As Rafe finished speaking, the eyes on the nine demonic pillars that had surrounded the four of them began to shine brightly, their scorching, annihilating light like a sky full of stars, obscuring everyone's vision.

That one blow ended everything.

No matter how strong Mashu's shield is, it can only defend against one direction. Now, it is being attacked from all directions, 360 degrees.

Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others had nowhere to escape!

However, faced with this situation, Fujimaru Ritsuka showed no sign of tension whatsoever; on the contrary, she wore an incredibly confident smile.

"It won't end."

"We will never fall here, and we will definitely defeat you and reclaim our future!"

"That's it—!!"

As if echoing Fujimaru Ritsuka's declaration, a furious shout came rushing from the other side of the distant space!

The next moment—

"Pfft—!"

A tearing sound accompanied by a golden flash ripped through space! It swept across the surface of every Demon God Pillar surrounding Fujimaru Ritsuka and her companions! Under this flash, all nine Demon God Pillars were neatly and uniformly severed in two!

Rafe glared angrily at the source of the light: "You've arrived? Natsukawa Torato!"

"Long time no see, Rafe—but I'm sorry, I don't have time to waste on you!"

Holding Aozaki Aoko in mid-air, Natsukawa Toramaru, who had transformed into a streak of light, looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others: "I'll leave this place to you, Ritsuka, Mashu, Akuta, and Xiang Yu. They'll join you later. Aoko and I will head straight for the center of the temple!"

"Heading straight to the center? Don't even think about it! Our sacred domain is not a place for ants like you to set foot in!"

Realizing what Natsukawa Tora and Aozaki Aoko were planning, Rafe immediately swung his cane, unleashing a whistling shockwave that hurtled towards Natsukawa Tora at incredible speed!

But just before that, dozens of arrows of light suddenly shot from a distance, directly blocking the impact in mid-air.

"boom!"

Beside Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others, Atalanta, who had appeared in the world as a Servant for the first time in a long time, descended from mid-air, holding a bow and looking at Lev.

"I won't let you get in their way, Demon God—get ready, Ritsuka."

"Yes, teacher!"

8. Face the final enemy

The nine pillars that control the ore-smelting furnace are: Jeppes, Butis, Bachin, Celeos, Pursen, Morax, Inbos, Aini, and Naberius.

The nine pillars in charge of the intelligence room are: Eurias, Vabra, Sago, Varek, Antos, Andrephis, Simón, Andusias, and Floros.

The nine pillars that govern the observatory are: Gracia Labos, Bune, Ronopi, Pylos, Astaroth, Phras, Asmodeus, Gaib, and Phonius.

The nine pillars that govern the control tower are Barbatos, Paimon, Bouyel, Gusin, Sidi, Berete, Leleyer, Elig, and Gain.

The nine pillars in charge of the armory are: Harpas, Folfer, Phoenix, Maxias, Stola, Mapas, Raum, Faucalo, and Weipek.

The nine pillars that govern the stars of perception are: Amon, Baal, Agares, Vasak, Gamaki, Mabas, Walif, Anlosian, and Oropus.

The nine pillars that govern the House of Life are: Shakespeare, Byrne, Veller, Biffron, Hagenty, Croselle, Folkas, Balam, and Spernak.

And the nine pillars that govern the abandoned orifices—Mommus, Gremo, Osei, Ami, Belial, Dancalabhi, Siel, butalin, and Andumarios.

Seventy-two demon gods.

This whole is now divided into eight parts, surrounding the edge of the Crown Time Temple.

"There are so many."

Flying through the air with Natsukawa Tora, Aozaki Aoko looked down at the raging battle below.

"Are they alright?"

"Yes, there shouldn't be any problem. Who do you think they are?"

Natsukawa Tora, who was also watching the battle below, laughed.

Although he was a little late, he had indeed brought all of Sajou Rei and the others who could not be transferred to this singularity by spirit particles. Even though there were only fifteen people in total, Natsukawa Torato did not think they would lose to these seventy-two demon god pillars.

Not to mention, the actual number of people who could come to fight was far more than fifteen.

For example, regarding the nine pillars of the Star of Insight that Artoria and Mordred were in charge of, although only the two of them arrived there, since Artoria, as King Arthur, was there, as long as she called, the Knights of the Round Table would surely gather again to King Arthur's side to jointly defeat the demon god who was destroying human order.

The same applies to other fields, even in the far reaches of the world—

"Swish—! Swish—! Swish—!"

One after another, meteors were suddenly streaking across the horizon from the other side.

Aozaki Aoko frowned: "What is that?"

"The Servants who fought alongside Fujimaru Ritsuka in the seven singularities in the past have come here from the Throne of Heroes in this final battle, for the sake of the friendship they once shared and for the common desire to protect humanity."

Just as Natsukawa Torara said, those countless shooting stars that streaked across the imaginary space were Servants rushing from the Throne of Heroes.

Unlike Natsukawa Torata, Fujimaru Ritsuka has genuinely crossed seven singularities and formed bonds with numerous Servants. This friendship, which Natsukawa Torata cannot fully comprehend or experience, prompted the Servants to extend a helping hand.

(How I miss this scene... I've finally witnessed it with my own eyes.)

A meteor shower in the polar sky.

This time, Natsukawa Tora finally witnessed this scene with his own eyes.

"Tiger, ahead."

Aozaki Aoko spoke up to remind them, and Natsukawa Tora looked ahead and saw a radiant gate sitting on a platform in front of them.

"Then this is our battlefield, our final battle—go, Aoko."

"Ok!"

Flight acceleration.

The golden light plunged headlong into the radiant gate leading to the center of the temple!

In an instant, a feeling of rushing into an underground tunnel overwhelmed them; Natsukawa Torato and Aozaki Aoko felt as if they had entered an incredibly long tunnel of light.

This is a spatial fault.

As someone who frequently jumps around in space and often uses displacement magic to change spaces, Natsukawa Torata knows exactly where he is.

The distance is about one kilometer—it appears to be an endless spatial rift, but its size is not beyond reality. The Grand Temple of Time is only this big, and Natsukawa Torato had already visually determined the distance between the central area and himself.

"boom--!"

Accelerate, keep accelerating, and the last kilometer before reaching the center was instantly crossed by Natsukawa Tiger.

The moment the two rushed out of the tunnel of light, an incredible space appeared before Natsukawa Torato and Aozaki Aoko's eyes.

Above is an endless sky, below is a vast grassland like an ocean, and all around are suspended broken rock peaks.

In the sky, there was a beautiful yet dangerous band of light floating there, exuding a transcendent and tranquil atmosphere. The interior of the band of light had somehow transformed into a starry sky, seemingly swallowing the entire universe.

Furthermore, between these halls, a jade throne stands, rising abruptly from the ground like a pristine white mountain. In front of it, a solemn, equally white staircase leads to it, giving one the feeling of soaring straight up to the blue sky and entering the band of light suspended above the jade throne.

This is the center of the Crowned Temple of Time, the throne of King Solomon.

As he landed on the grassland with Aozaki Aoko, Natsukawa Tora looked up at the jade throne—on that pure jade throne, a figure he was quite familiar with was sitting there.

Natsukawa Tora was staring at him, and the other person was also staring at Natsukawa Tora. Their eyes met silently in the air between them.

Then...