That protagonist is trash; I could do better!

"Re-measuring the spirit particle coordinates!"

"We have made contact with Fujimaru Ritsuka and are gathering information centered around her."

Then, after seeing the changes in the Seventh Singularity, all the Chaldea staff couldn't help but wonder if there was a problem with the system. After a brief moment of surprise, they hurriedly reported it.

"An unknown, massive spirit origin reaction has been observed, but the exact value cannot be determined! The identity cannot be confirmed!"

"The foundation of human reason has completely collapsed! Humanity should have been destroyed! Why are we still able to exist in this spacetime!"

"What is that?"

"The system has malfunctioned, and the observation results are inaccurate!"

"A massive energy reaction has occurred in the sky!"

Dr. Roman stared intently at the screen, which displayed the current situation of Fujimaru Ritsuka, the current situation of Uruk, and the changes in the world.

Da Vinci smiled wryly: "It's been restored, but the problem isn't solved. What happened to cause this situation?"

Dr. Roman shook his head: "No, if what you said is true, this is the last one."

Da Vinci pondered, "Did they initiate the re-establishment of contact? Does that mean Hall wants our existence exposed in that spacetime?"

"It's probably a farewell."

"Saying goodbye? With whom?"

"The Magic King Solomon... no, it should be called the Humanity Burning Style Getia."

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Uruk, on the city walls.

As the petals fell, Merlin's figure appeared, muttering to himself in his usual relaxed tone: "Oh dear~ this is really bad timing. Although now is the most exciting time, how did things turn out like this is still a question."

Are magicians these days going too far?

Chapter 498 The Incompetent King

The void of darkness began to extend, and a gigantic hand reached out from behind the door, grabbing towards the Temple of Time, which was fixed to the outer edge of the planet.

The Temple of Time, which is as large as an island, is nothing more than a speck of dust in front of the black arm.

The Seventy-Two Demon Gods System witnessed this darkness that devoured the world, from the planet, from the malice originating from the distant universe, and experienced the most primal and intense fear of the unknown.

The Temple of Time is crumbling, the throne is collapsing, and the demonic pillars that make up the temple are disintegrating. An incomprehensible spiral of emotions and contradictions is causing errors.

As omnipotent beings, they could neither accept nor stand idly by.

"Start! Our great cause cannot fail. Before we disintegrate, before we are swallowed by the darkness, let us return to the extreme!"

"We have not failed yet, our passion has not been extinguished!"

"The planning error is 31.021546%."

"If there is any error, our plan should not be carried out."

"Why did this error occur? Why does this error exist? Why can't we, the omnipotent ones, eliminate this accident?!"

"Is this feeling, this passion, that I've never experienced before, a mistake?"

The Seventy-Two Pillar Demon God System began to ponder and explore its origins, from before the burning of human reason, from before the denial of humanity, and from the moment of their birth.

Given our current predicament, was the direction we took wrong from the very beginning?

They used all the demons to think and all their abilities to calculate.

However, no results could be found.

Born to be omnipotent, and looking down upon the world from the perspective of an omnipotent being, one is destined to never find the answer.

thus--

"Let's discuss it again."

"Bachin, Naberius, Inbos, break the bond."

"Hua Lieke, Eulias, begin the backtracking."

“Belish, Phobias, raise questions.”

"Floros, Gusin, suspended operations."

"Negation, begin."

"The overall authority, Gatiya, shall reconsider."

Demon King Goetia laughed in fury: "Such a disgraceful display of stupidity, and you call yourselves omnipotent beings?"

Rumble~

The Temple of Time ceased functioning due to an error, unable to evade or retaliate, and was easily swallowed by the darkness emerging from behind the door.

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When the Demon King Goetia sensed the existence of the world again, he was in a pure white space. The only thing that had a sense of existence in this world was the magnificent and huge stone gate in front of him.

"Do you understand now, Goetia?"

Upon hearing Hall's voice, the Demon King Getia turned his head and a surge of anger, which surprised even himself, arose within him.

Is it because the person in front of it has stopped its great undertaking?

Yes.

But more than anything, it was an anger that Goetia himself had never experienced and could not comprehend.

"Where is this place?"

Hall smiled and replied, "Nothing at all."

What do you want to do?

"Demon King Goetia, you seem to have misunderstood something."

"..."

"If we're talking about stances, it's true that I'm on the side of humanity, but that doesn't mean I'm your enemy. So I'm going to give you... a chance to choose again."

Demon King Goetia scoffed, "Ridiculous! Whatever you intend to do, our great cause remains unshakable!"

Hall's smile remained unchanged: "You are a system created by King Solomon, possessing the same abilities and the same vision as him. The separation of either side would result in the loss of integrity. Therefore, I have decided that the name will be 'The Demon King Goetia's Instrumentality Project,' how about that?"

"What exactly do you want? You clearly possess power far surpassing ours! Are you just a brainless idiot like that incompetent king?"

"I'm quite taken aback by what you said. Do you guys hate me that much?" A gentle and calm voice rang out.

Dr. Roman was already standing in front of the door.

Demon King Goetia turned his head, filled with doubt: "Roman, the commander of Chaldea... No!!!! Is this your true form!? Your spirit origin! This aura! What exactly is that guy Floros doing? Why didn't I detect it?"

"This is the posture I achieved after making a wish to the Holy Grail. I have to take off my gloves before we talk, so it's easier to spot problems." Dr. Roman smiled wryly, removing his white gloves. On his left hand, he wore a gold ring, exactly the same as the nine rings on the hands of the Demon King Goetia.

"This is a sacred relic prepared by Marisbury Animusphia, the former director of Chaldea, when he participated in the Holy Grail War. It is also a gift from King Solomon to the distant future."

"Impossible! Why! Why did you only show up now... This is absurd! Ridiculous! You incompetent king! A wish? How could you possibly have a wish!"

Dr. Roman scratched the back of his head sheepishly: "Yes, I made a wish to the Holy Grail to become an ordinary person."

"!?"

Demon King Goetia was deeply shocked, muttering in disbelief to himself: "Cruel, ruthless, heartless! The king who is the prototype of us actually wants to become an ordinary human? Incomprehensible! You, who possess the same abilities as us, the same perspective, know all the cruelty of the world, and have witnessed all the tragedies of the world..."

Hall watched with great interest.

Dr. Roman sighed, "I'm also puzzled. You have the same abilities, the same perspective, and the same experiences as me, so why did you come to a completely opposite conclusion? But it doesn't matter anymore. The Holy Grail did grant my wish, but when I became an ordinary person, my clairvoyance saw the end of humanity."

"But by then I had lost my omniscient perspective. I didn't know why it happened, who caused it, what the purpose was, or how to stop it. I just realized that this matter was related to me, so I embarked on a journey to find the answers."

“I think that must be the meaning of my standing here,” Dr. Roman replied, his voice soft yet incredibly firm and resolute, as if it didn’t come from Dr. Roman himself.

Demon King Goetia laughed in fury: "Ha... Hahahahahahahaha, you only show up now... If it were you in life, that would be one thing, but what can you do after death? What authority do you still have?"

“I can’t do anything, as you said, I am a cowardly and incompetent king, but I only realized this when I became human.”

"But Goetia, human existence is by no means meaningless. Life is not something that ends, but a pilgrimage of accumulating pain. It is not a story of ending and despair."

"Don't make a fool of yourself. I never imagined that the incompetent king who created me would be so stupid!"

“Goetia, the beast born from my remains, it’s time for an end.”

"There's nothing you can do."

"I don't deny that, because I wasn't the one who decided all of this."

"!?"

Demon King Goetia suddenly looked at Hall, gritting his teeth and roaring, "It's you!"

Hall smiled and greeted him.

Boom!

The stone door behind Dr. Roman burst open, and countless tentacles covered in eyes reached out from the darkness within towards the Demon King Goetia.

Chapter 499 King of Men

An unknown world, unknown rules, everything unknown.

This is what the Demon King Goetia faced.

The world behind the door stripped him of his omnipotent status and his immense beastly spirit base.

The being that exists in this world is nothing more than a lowly life form that can only exist with Hall's permission.

Killing the Demon King Goetia would not be difficult.

Hall chose the easier, more fun, and more rewarding path.

A world of doors, a pure white space.