At this moment, shatter the dimensional barrier

Fujimaru Ritsuka's excitement left everyone in Chaldea bewildered, greatly reducing the tense atmosphere. Da Vinci was even more speechless.

"Scared? I'm not scared at all!" Fujimaru Ritsuka exclaimed excitedly. "God bless me, God bless me, I am your most devout follower, cough cough, 'My Lord is here!!!'"

"Ahem, you don't need to keep nagging me." Luo Sheng's amused voice rang in Fujimaru Ritsuka's ears.

We're getting close; we're five kilometers from the Beast's hideout.

[Wait, Fujimaru Ritsuka, high-frequency heat sources have been detected ahead—no, from six directions! The Demon Pillars have been activated! Be careful!!!]

A blinding, ominous purple magical light shone in front of, to the left of, to the right of, and even behind and above the speeding race car. The previously still demonic pillar began to twist, and countless huge scarlet eyes gathered intense light.

Beams of light of varying sizes shot toward the speeding race car.

Even the smallest beam of light is enough to easily destroy a tall building, and the thickest beam of light is even comparable to a Servant's Noble Phantasm against a city.

"Watch my driving skills!" Fujimaru Ritsuka slammed on the gas pedal and frantically turned the steering wheel, a beam of light shooting past the car and into the distance.

Boom! A hundred-meter-tall boulder was blasted into fragments.

"Senior! They're coming from all directions!" Mashu stood up, the round table shield in her hand radiating a holy blue light, ready to block the demonic pillar that she couldn't avoid.

"Shield deployed!"

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom—

Violent explosions kept occurring around the speeding race car. Mashu kept blocking the shockwaves, but the shockwaves still made the car shake violently. If it weren't for Mashu's shield, it would have been shattered into pieces when the first explosion occurred.

The purple explosion illuminated the entire dark space.

"We're almost there! Just hang in there, Mashu!" Fujimaru Ritsuka's eyes were fixed on the white stone gate high above, from which a white light emanated, like warm sunlight.

But the next moment, a figure slowly walked out of the stone gate.

The newcomer wore a bowler hat and a green overcoat. His dark purple hair was curly and looked like it hadn't been styled in a long time. His half-open, squinting eyes revealed a hint of confusion, anger, and regret. His mouth slowly parted to reveal sharp, shark-like teeth.

"Hmph, they're really relentless."

As he spoke, he waved his cane toward the speeding race car in the distance.

Two beams of air twisted into crescent moons and slashed toward Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu with a tearing sound. Fujimaru Ritsuka, being an ordinary person who was not exactly ordinary, had no time to react.

"Senpai!" At the critical moment, Mashu quickly grabbed Fujimaru Ritsuka and rolled her off the car.

call out--

The race car was sliced ​​into pieces in an instant. After the race car was cut apart, two air slashes swept across the ground behind them, cutting a smooth crack 500 meters long as if cutting butter.

Boom! The race car exploded, and the impact propelled Mashu and Fujimaru Ritsuka forward several dozen meters, but they landed safely on the ground.

“Rafe Lenore!” Fujimaru Ritsuka gritted her teeth as she stared at the person standing in front of the stone gate, her hands involuntarily clenching.

This is the guy. Everyone thought he was a good person, but he blew up Chaldea and killed so many people. Even the director died right in front of her.

“Mr. Rafe…” Mashu bit her lip. Mr. Rafe had been very good to her in Chaldea, but that was precisely why she couldn’t accept it.

Rafe looked down at Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash: "Indeed, I am Chaldea's technical advisor, as well as the vanguard sent by the King of Magic, the traitor who laid the final straw on the destruction of you humans, and now the scavenger responsible for clearing away the last obstacles that hinder our king."

Leif's gaze lingered on Mash for a while, his eyes filled with confusion.

Mashu, why? As a human being who was deliberately created, you should be angry about the meaningless lives and meaningless existence that were deliberately arranged for you. You should also be disappointed in humanity. You should understand why what we did was right. Why do you still stand on the side of Chaldea?

As one of the seventy-two demon gods, he is part of the Demon King; he is the Demon King, yet he is not the Demon King.

It was Mashu's pain over his own birth, his pain over the endless experiments, his pain over his own meaning, and his disappointment with humanity that led him to decide to activate 'Humanity'.

Humanity today only causes suffering; humans who die are meaningless. Only by returning to the time when the stars were born, reshaping everything on the planet, and creating a world without death, without separation, where everyone can possess unchanging emotions can we find a better place.

Isn't this the world you, Mash, long for?

In the previous singularities, each Demon Pillar communicated with Mash's subconscious, despite being in great pain and wanting to live on.

Why has it changed now?

Things changed after the Sixth Singularity. Why? What happened during the Sixth Singularity?

The sixth singularity is quite special; even the kings of the seventy-two pillars could not know what had happened after Chaldea descended upon them.

“Professor Rafe! You, you came here in the first place to exterminate humanity?” Mashu questioned Rafe, “You were such a good person in Chaldea.”

Rafe paused for a moment: "Of course, it was all part of a plan that started in the time of King Solomon. Magicians from the Magic King's school lived through countless eras to prepare for this moment."

"Solomon left the highest teachings to magicians: 'Grand Designation'."

"For Chaldea it is the protection of human reason, but for us it is the 'burning of human reason' and the reshaping of an ideal world."

Fujimaru Ritsuka gritted her teeth: "Have they been carrying out such insane orders since three thousand years ago? What a despicable person."

Rafe said calmly, "Why are you angry? Magicians are like that—they'll do anything for their ideals. Ah, Fujimaru Ritsuka, you're just a half-baked magician who came to the profession halfway through, so it's normal that you don't understand."

At this point, Rafe became emotionally unstable, staring at Fujimaru Ritsuka, or more accurately, at the communicator on Fujimaru Ritsuka's body.

"When I fully understood my mission in 2015, your history came to an end."

"But! The plan should have been perfect, and Chaldea should have disappeared."

"But you've stubbornly survived until now! And you've even repaired the singularity, why? What went wrong?"

"There is someone in Chaldea who has escaped my observation, the only person in Chaldea I cannot see through! He hides everything very well!"

"You're right, aren't you, Romani Archman! Who are you anyway? Has this era gained the ability to see the future?" Rafe said angrily.

"Or did you know something beforehand and deliberately play the clown in front of me?"

"Doctor?" Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu were puzzled by Rafe's outburst.

In a flash of realization, the doctor realized that he was a devout believer in God. Could someone who could see God be an ordinary person?

Chaldean

The staff looked at Romani, who had remained silent. Romani's expression was indifferent, as if Rafe hadn't mentioned him.

He was now thinking about what the new world would be like after Goetia was defeated, and what the life of his own choice, as promised by the Lord, would be like.

“Leef, no, one of the seventy-two demonic pillars, Floros, the pinnacle of information magic, stop! Whether it's you or the unified Goetia, you are destined to fail at this moment,” Romani said. I'm not pretending anymore, I'm laying my cards on the table, I'm not going to be the riddle-maker anymore.

“Oh…” Da Vinci exclaimed, looking at Romani with interest. She also wanted to know Romani’s true identity, but Romani was clearly just an ordinary person of flesh and blood, so how did he know so many things that Chaldea did not know?

Do they really possess the most advanced 'clairvoyance' that can see into the future?

[Heh heh heh, Romani, are you ready to reveal your identity? Very few people know my real name! Which of Solomon's disciples are you still alive?]

"Hehe, you'll find out about Floros then," Romani said with a laugh.

[Arrogant fools, Chaldea, just watch your last Master disappear!!!]

Rafe slammed his cane heavily on the ground, instantly generating a strong wind that could easily blow skyscrapers to pieces, but Mash easily blocked it with her shield.

"Hehehe, the last Master of Chaldea, Fujimaru Ritsuka."

“Since our Wang Teng won’t deal with you, I will eliminate you.”

“Mash, it’s regrettable. You, who have decided to fight against us, must also be eliminated.”

Rumble rumble rumble~

The ground shook violently, more intensely than an 8-magnitude earthquake, and enormous black and red demonic pillars spread out from the ground around Leif.

"Romani has already told you my real name, so I won't go into further details."

"Now let me have a good look at how much you've grown since you fixed all the singularities!" Rafe roared and waved at Fujimaru Ritsuka and the other two.

In an instant, circles of magic circles formed a hemispherical shape, like a large bowl, trapping Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu inside.

"Shield deployed!" Mash quickly shielded Fujimaru Ritsuka behind her and shouted, "Senpai, please hold on tight to me!"

boom------

A purple explosion suddenly appeared, as if a nuclear bomb had exploded, engulfing an area of ​​one kilometer in all directions, with Fujimaru Ritsuka and the other person right at the center of the explosion.

"Senior, the gate to the end is just ahead. We must defeat the Demon Pillar to get through!" Mash held up her shield amidst the explosion, and blue light formed a spherical protective shield. Fujimaru Ritsuka clung tightly to Mash's waist.

"Yes, we have to get through! Let's break through together!"

"Hmph, that hateful shield, it's the very shield that has kept you going until now." Rafe sneered. That shield was not just the round table of the Knights of the Round Table, but the one that Galahad, the paladin who was searching for the Holy Grail, imbued with the legend of 'god', allowing it to connect to Valhalla.

Anything related to 'God' is endowed with 'miracles', and the Shield of the Round Table itself is endowed with so many miracles that it is almost comparable to the Holy Grail.

God's 'miracles' are not something that just anyone can perform; only a pure soul like Mash is qualified to be favored.

buzz~

Before Mashu could even land while protecting Fujimaru Ritsuka, countless magic circles appeared in the surrounding space, enveloping them.

boom------

A dazzling purple light burst forth, like a purple sun. This explosion was even more violent than the last one, and the entire space-time was trembling slightly.

"Damn it! At this rate, we'll just be taking a beating!" Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at Mash, who was holding her shield seriously. If the bombardment continued like this, Mash wouldn't be able to hold on. Even if she did, she would be worn down here and wouldn't have the strength to continue fighting even after entering the 'Temple of Time'.

"I'm going to summon Mash, and then I'll assist him." Fujimaru Ritsuka pressed the seven glowing buttons on her body; these buttons were concentrated resources for summoning Servants.

"Understood, senior!"

hum~

Patterns resembling glowing lines appeared on Fujimaru Ritsuka's body, and simple magic circles surrounded her.

"Please, great god, great omniscient and omnipotent lord, great God, please let me summon a servant who can decide the outcome!" Fujimaru Ritsuka cried out.

Rafe immediately recognized the magic circle on Fujimaru Ritsuka's body and said disdainfully, "How long can you force your nerves to be used as magic circuits? Once your nerves are damaged to a certain extent, even a god can't save you."

He burst into laughter, thinking of a joke: "'God'? Heh, hahaha, you actually seek help from God at this time? I see no piety in you, Master of Chaldea."

"Even if you are a devout believer, God will never answer anyone's prayers!"

"Otherwise, we wouldn't ignore the fact that humanity is headed for its ultimate extinction!"

"Praying to God, is this what Eastern civilizations call 'clutching at Buddha's feet at the last minute'? Hahahahahahaha."

Ignoring Rafe's mockery, Fujimaru Ritsuka began chanting a summoning incantation under Mash's protection.

"Declaration!"

"You shall obey my commands!"

"My life is entrusted to your sword!"

"My soul resides in the Holy Grail, and I respond to the call through the principles of humanity!"