To become a king and a magician

But its power was clearly the same as the holy sword light she had absorbed before!

(He got stronger... no, is it because he reclaimed more than one portion of power? Besides the part I initially absorbed, he also reclaimed the magic power he gained from burning his life force!)

In terms of pure magical power, Natsukawa Tora is now twice as powerful as he was at the beginning.

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

The holy sword shone brightly. Xia Chuanhu took a deep breath and raised the holy sword high. Golden flames shot into the sky like a volcanic eruption, and a storm of magical power burst forth from Xia Chuanhu's body and gathered on the holy sword.

This is the final strike of the Holy Sword.

Xia Chuanhu's eyes seemed to be saying just that.

Then—

"—【Excalibur】."

Real name: Liberation.

Although she hasn't broken any of the seals, her current power is already sufficient. After all, Vortigern has lost her terrifying ability to devour, and she can no longer absorb either the brilliance of the Holy Sword or the magical light of Natsukawa Tiger.

Therefore, such a strike is more than enough.

"Boom—!"

A beam of light pierced through the stars and burst forth in the pitch-black abyss!

It was as if it had torn open the dark space, leaving a long and deep trail of light!

68. Miyamoto Musashi has reached this point once again.

at the same time.

outside world.

"Ugh! I can't stand it!"

Watching her magic cannon fire being swallowed up by the Naraku Insect once again, Aozaki Aoko pouted, "This is never going to end! Forget about breaking through this Naraku Insect, our attacks are completely ineffective against it!"

"Yes."

Standing at the very front of Vimona's deck, Artoria unleashed another strike, her brow furrowing. "Our magic will run out first."

Your attacks cannot affect the Naraku Insects.

The devouring ability that Vortigern gained through the Holy Grail did not only affect herself; the Naraku Insects, which were both different from and the same as her, also possessed that absurd devouring ability.

Therefore, neither the Noble Phantasms of the Servants present, nor magic, magical cannons, nor even Arcueid's Imaginary Manifestation could harm the Naraku Insect in the slightest.

“This won’t get the minister out.” Fujimaru Ritsuka gritted her teeth.

The Naraku Insect cannot be penetrated from the inside because its internal space is infinite. No matter how Natsukawa Torato attacks, he cannot tear open any hole from the inside. Only by breaking through the Naraku Insect from the outside can Natsukawa Torato, who is inside, break free.

But now everyone is at a loss.

"Shall I return to my true form?"

Meilushin couldn't help but ask.

"My dragon breath, now in its true form, should be able to pierce the Naraku Insect's shell. Although that would probably prevent it from turning back, but—"

“That’s the only thing I won’t allow you to do, Lancelot,” Morgan stopped him. “Tiger never wanted you to turn back to your original form from the very beginning; keeping you as you are now is his wish.”

"But...if this continues, he'll get hurt..."

Melusin's face was filled with worry.

They tried every means of attack, even concentrating all their power on one point, but it was still ineffective. The Naraku Insect's devouring ability was enough to absorb all their attacks.

After all, it was an existence capable of devouring the entire United Kingdom.

"Ms. Meryl, how much time do we have left?"

Three minutes left.

Mary's response sent a slight shiver down everyone's spine.

Only three minutes remain before the Naraku Insects completely devour Britain?

We need to find a way to defeat the Naraku Insects within this timeframe.

"hateful!"

As if venting his anger, Mordred unleashed a bolt of crimson lightning at the Naraku Insect!

However, what was unexpected was that when this crimson lightning struck the Naraku Insect...

“Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa————————!”

A deep, bass-like sound echoed between heaven and earth, and a gap appeared on the body of the Naraku Insect, visibly slashed by the Crimson Lightning—a gap that did not immediately begin to heal.

Morgan frowned upon seeing this, drew the last replica of the holy sword from his staff, and crushed it without a second thought, unleashing a jet-black aurora sword that slashed at the Naraku Insect.

"Boom—!"

A gap has reappeared on the surface of the Naraku Insect!

Now everyone noticed.

"This is......"

"Weakening, or is it that they can't take it anymore?"

"In any case, now is a good opportunity."

Our attacks were indeed able to harm the Naraku Insects.

Although they had no idea why this change had occurred, as long as it was beneficial to them, that was enough. This way, the possibility of rescuing Natsukawa Torato and stopping the Naraku Insects was not entirely zero.

only.......

I'm afraid that still won't work.

"That's what Mary said."

The Naraku Insect is about 1140 kilometers long. To break through its surface... we probably don't have any weapons at our disposal.

"Can't my magic and Arcueid's imaginary manifestation work either?"

Aozaki Aoko asked.

"If all else fails, we can all work together. At least we can already damage the Naraku Insects. Add to that Lia's Holy Sword, Angelica's Ea, and Gray's Holy Lance... that should be enough, right?"

[Breaking it shouldn't be a problem, but the problem is the duration—seven minutes have passed since the tiger was swallowed, almost eight minutes, and we have no idea how deep he has fallen in those eight minutes. If the road we cleared is closed before the tiger returns...]

That would prevent us from bringing Natsukawa Tora out.

With less than three minutes left, there was no chance to start over.

(Is there any other way...?)

Just then—

"Hey~~~~~~!"

A shout suddenly came from below.

Everyone present was stunned.

That voice... Could it be that there are other survivors on the island of Britain besides this group?

After signaling Angelica to lower the altitude, the group came to the edge of the deck and saw two figures standing on the highest point of a broken rock. They looked like a pair of people stranded on a desert island who had finally spotted an airplane, and they were waving vigorously in their direction.

That is.......

"Miss Musashi and Miss Tomoe?!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at the two people on the rubble with surprise: "Excuse me, Miss Angelica, please lower yourself a little! They are acquaintances and companions of ours!"

"I see."

Angelica lowered Vimona's altitude again, until it was right in front of Miyamoto Musashi and Tomoe Gozen. Only then did the two, who were standing on the rubble, leap onto the deck.

Patting his chest, Miyamoto Musashi breathed a sigh of relief: "Ah~~~~ I'm saved! I really felt like I was going to die this time! I never expected to find a lifeboat here, what a stroke of luck—by the way, isn't that Ritsuka?"

It was only then that Miyamoto Musashi realized whose ship he had boarded.

Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled and said, "It's good that you're alright... By the way, why were Musashi-san and Tomoe-gozen in a place like that?"

"About this... we just fled over there." Tomoe Gozen explained, "We originally saw a rather dangerous white giant appear near Camelot and were preparing to go and investigate, but we were only halfway there when the giant seemed to be defeated, and then that insect-like giant appeared in the distance in the sky."

"After that, the world collapsed like this. Lord Ba and I could only try our best to escape. We ended up there. If you hadn't saved us, we would have drowned in the sea." Miyamoto Musashi was still a little shaken. "By the way, why are you all gathered here? I think I saw a little bit of you attacking that big worm just now."

Found it!

Suddenly, Mary screamed.

Aozaki Aoko asked, "Found it? What did you find?"

[The person who can rescue the tiger! We've found him!]

"Huh?"

After Merry said that, everyone turned to look at Miyamoto Musashi.

Can she... rescue the tiger?

69. The Return of the Star of Light

"...In summary, this is roughly the situation now."

Fujimaru Ritsuka briefly explained the current situation to Miyamoto Musashi.

"Minister... that is, Tiger, is still trapped inside that Naraku Insect. We don't have the means to rescue him, so Musashi, could you lend us a hand?"

"Uh... I understand the situation, but..."

Miyamoto Musashi glanced at the Naraku Insect, which was getting closer and closer, and his expression became slightly embarrassed: "I've never cut anything this big before. Besides, look at my sword, it's only this long. How am I supposed to cut something that big?"

The overly reasonable explanation silenced everyone.

Arcueid grabbed Fujimaru Ritsuka's wrist: "So, Meryl, why did you say she could rescue Tora?"

"Well, I just thought she should be able to do it. After all, I knew about Miyamoto Musashi from Tora. She's a swordswoman who can even shatter voids created by the Dyson Sphere, a celestial-shaped spacetime fortress, from another universe. She possesses special Mystic Eyes that can definitely cut through certain things, so cutting down a Naraku Insect should be a piece of cake... but it seems like she can't?"