To become a king and a magician

That's what she said, but in her heart, Merry had probably already figured out Natsukawa Tora's plan.

He wasn't unable to escape; rather, he deliberately covered the retreat. This was because Vortigern's primary target was him. If he were devoured by Naraku, Vortigern would naturally pursue him. Whether to witness his death firsthand or to kill him with his own hands, Vortigern would return to the Naraku Insect.

At this point, those on the outside can move around freely.

"Then what do we do now?"

Arcueid asked somewhat anxiously.

"Are we just going to stand here and wait for Tiger to finish everything and come out? How long will that take? This island will be destroyed in ten minutes, and then it will affect the entire history of humankind."

To be precise, in one hour, pan-human history will begin to collapse starting in Britain, then spread globally, and at most twenty-four hours later, the entire world will be destroyed.

"Is there any solution, Ms. Meryl?" Fujimaru Ritsuka pressed. "There must be some solution, right?"

[Of course there is, and it's very simple—defeating the Naraku Insects will solve the problem, and the collapse will stop. Although Britain, which has already collapsed, cannot be restored to its original state, pan-human history will not be affected. At most, the weather this year will be a bit abnormal.]

Defeat the Naraku Insects.

Everyone looked toward the insects that were relentlessly devouring the island in the distance.

"Um... how do we defeat it?"

Theoretically, if Vortigern, its core, is defeated and killed, the Naraku Insects will also disappear. However, even though Vortigern is dead, the Naraku Insects will likely continue to be active for some time.

Therefore, we must all start attacking the Naraku Insect from this moment on, damaging its body as much as possible to accelerate its collapse after losing its core.

The solution that Mary offered brought a sigh of relief to everyone.

"That makes it simple."

"You're right, I like this simple and direct approach. Anyway, I don't like that big bug!"

"Hey, Angelica, send me the Noble Phantasm for flying. We need to fly to get it. It's so big."

......

The group of people from Pan-Human History began to assign tasks to themselves. For them, who had participated in the battle of the Grand Temple of Time more than half a year ago, there was no essential difference between what they had to do then and what they had to do now.

Defeat the enemy, and you can save the world. It's that simple.

Seeing the situation over there, Bagst couldn't help but turn to Morgan: "Your Majesty, we..."

“Go and assist, Gawain, Lancelot,” Morgan said coldly. “But Bavan Hill and Caster, stay behind. This battle is still too dangerous for you. It’s best if you stay with me.”

"As ordered!"

"I understand."

After receiving Morgan's approval, the two fairy knights immediately joined the group from Pan-Human History. Although Bavan Shi and Castor were somewhat unwilling, they both felt a little fear when they looked at the giant Naraku Insect.

Unlike the original cruel and ruthless fairy knight Tristan and the prophetic child who grew up after the pilgrimage, the two can be said to be still in their "factory settings" in a sense. While Natsukawa Torato and Morgan have protected them very well, they have also deprived them of the opportunity to grow.

"Miss Morgan."

Just then, Fujimaru Ritsuka suddenly ran up to Morgan and took off the communication device on her wrist: "Ms. Meryl says she has something to discuss with you."

"......"

Morgan took the communicator and asked, "What is it, Nightmare?"

Britain is essentially destroyed, Morgan.

Mary's first words immediately dampened Morgan's spirits.

【Whether it's you or Tiger, the island you wanted to save is now tantamount to destruction, and there's no possibility of saving it anymore—in my guess, if you can successfully defeat the Naraku Insects and Vortigern, after everything is over, Tiger should still be on your side.】

No, it's not "should", it should be "definitely".

Meryl doesn't believe that simply retrieving the past is enough to change Natsukawa Tiger's current mindset. After defeating Vortigern, Natsukawa Tiger will definitely do something to save this already crumbling island.

For example... abandoning the Holy Sword again, making a pact with the planet in exchange for infinite magic to resurrect Britain and all the fairies—and so on.

Tiger is definitely capable of doing what he says, but even so, it's just prolonging his life; it's still impossible to truly save the island.

What are you trying to say?

I have a way, or rather... a suggestion, that might change the situation in your Lostbelt, fundamentally saving Britain, and even... saving the entire Lostbelt. However, this would mean the complete disappearance of everything that exists now, everything that has happened from 14,000 years ago until now, perhaps all of it will vanish.

Meryl's words silenced Morgan for a moment.

Is it possible to save Britain, and even Lostbelt, at the cost of the complete disappearance of the present and the past?

Tell me about it.

After a moment of silence, Morgan said this.

63. Falling into the endless abyss

I can't understand it.

"Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!"

In the unfathomable depths of the Abyss, Vortigern stared at the golden light that kept slashing toward him, his mind filled with incomprehensible thoughts.

"Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The jet-black fairy sword and the holy sword clashed incessantly. With each collision, the holy sword's light dimmed, and the magic power released by Natsukawa Tiger was also devoured by the swarm of insects.

If we consider Natsukawa Tora's magic power to be one hundred, then about twenty of it has already been devoured, and he continues to release magic power outwards without stopping.

If he stops, he will lose his footing and be unable to fight against Voodoo in the endless fall of Naraku.

"Clang—!"

Another collision ensued, with the Holy Sword and the Fairy Sword locked in a fierce struggle.

Staring into Xia Chuanhu's eyes through the blade, Vortigern couldn't understand at all. She was certain that Xia Chuanhu knew what he was doing, and continuing to fight her would be tantamount to suicide. The more he swung the holy sword, the more his magic and light would be devoured by her.

He definitely understands.

But why—

"Clang—!"

With a sudden, heavy strike, he cleaved the parrying fairy sword in two, and Xia Chuanhu instantly stepped forward and rushed into Vottigan's arms, his clenched left fist striking her chest with all his might!

However, just as the fist was about to touch Vortigern—

"Whoosh—!"

Vortigern's body transformed into countless swarms of insects and vanished on the spot, dodging Natsukawa Tiger's punch. Then, the insects reformed behind him, condensing into a giant scythe in his hand, which he slashed down at Natsukawa Tiger!

"Clang!"

The holy sword blocked the blade of the scythe, its tip stopping less than a finger joint away from Natsukawa Tora.

Looking down at Xia Chuanhu, Vortigern coldly questioned, "Give up, Holy Sword Wielder, you have no chance of winning. Just as I showed you, your fists and feet, which you thought could defeat me, can't even touch the hem of my clothes."

"You have no means of resistance; it's all over."

Along with the words, a scythe broke through the holy sword's blockade, its extremely sharp blade slashing straight down!

Without any hesitation, the moment the scythe moved, Natsukawa Tiger left his spot, rolled away to the side to escape, and quickly swung his holy sword, the golden crescent moon slashing out in an instant!

However, when the Holy Sword actually struck Vortigern, it vanished instantly, as if a stone had sunk into the sea, failing to elicit even the slightest reaction after entering Vortigern's body.

The light was swallowed up again.

"I already told you, you're wasting your time!"

With lightning speed, Vortigern arrived in front of Natsukawa Torata. He swung his scythe again, and at the same time, the insect swarm formed two hands that held two jet-black fairy swords, slashing at Natsukawa Torata from the left and right!

An attack from three directions simultaneously!

"Clang—!"

By precisely blocking the Holy Sword at the same point where the three attacks converged, thus neutralizing the blow from Vortigern, Xia Chuanhu did not retreat. Instead, he forcefully parried the three weapons and then slammed his Iron Mountain Lean into Vortigern!

"boom!"

The unexpected close-range attack successfully threw Vortigern off balance, and seizing this opportunity, Natsukawa Tora immediately swung his holy sword with all his might, drawing countless golden sword lights around Vortigern. The sword beams, as if trying to cut through space itself, densely filled every corner around Vortigern! Like a vortex, they surrounded him at the center!

"I already said..."

Vortigern revealed a rather impatient expression, completely abandoning all pretense of decorum, and opened his mouth wide to take a forceful inhale!

"call----------!"

The dazzling light seemed to be drawn into an even more powerful vortex, and was completely sucked into Vortigern's mouth with a single inhale! Then she swallowed it all down with a forceful gulp!

Wiping the residue from the corner of his mouth, Vortigern coldly looked at Natsukawa Tora: "I told you, it's useless—now you must feel utter despair, right? Holy Sword Wielder, even such a massive ray of light, I can devour it all in one go!"

"Just give up all resistance and obediently let me devour you!"

The scythe transformed into a heavy hammer and crashed down! The ground that Natsukawa Tiger had created with magic was instantly smashed to pieces, and the scattered magic was absorbed by Vortigern, causing the heavy hammer in her hand to visibly grow larger!

"How much magic do you have left!?"

At the end of the hammer's handle, insects were gathered into a chain, and Vortigern swung the hammer as easily as if it were a meteor hammer.

"Sixty percent? Seventy percent? Probably even less!"

The chain hammer, carrying the force of a falling meteor, crashed down on Natsukawa Tiger! Even though he blocked it with his holy sword and strengthened his body with enhancement magic, Natsukawa Tiger still felt like his arm was about to break.

"In this hellish place, you can do nothing. All your words are empty boasts, and all your thoughts are wishful thinking!"

One after another, without end.

Vortigern seemed to have inexhaustible strength, relentlessly swinging his chain hammer to beat and smash Xia Chuanhu! Unbeknownst to him, the chain hammer had even transformed into a chain sword that stretched to hundreds of meters in length, attacking Xia Chuanhu in the air like a wildly dancing python!

"Clang clang clang clang!"

Xia Chuanhu kept using his holy sword to deflect the chain sword's attacks, but the sheer number of attacks was too much for him to handle, even with his perception abilities, let alone in this Naraku space where his perception was severely limited.

"Hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss!"

The blade relentlessly slashed at Xia Chuanhu's body, his flesh, magic, and the light of the holy sword being plundered and devoured by Vortigern. As all of this was devoured, Xia Chuanhu's very existence was also being devoured.

"Drink it—!"

The chain sword suddenly reverted to its original form, and with a furious shout from Vortigern, it instantly transformed into a jet-black spear, extending in an instant to Natsukawa Toru's front!

"Thump—!"

The sensation of being struck by a train moving at full speed spread throughout Xia Chuanhu's body, causing him to plummet into the abyss like a kite with a broken string.