How come the Ace of Cups isn't considered the Holy Grail?

"Demon King, Goetia!"

Chapter 123 Nega Summon

"Goetia?"

"The collective term for the magic tricks used by King Solomon in legend?"

Inside Chaldea, although Dr. Roman and his colleagues could no longer communicate with Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others, they could still listen to their messages.

Upon suddenly hearing Goetia reveal his true identity, Leonardo da Vinci, who knew the name, exclaimed in surprise.

Magic itself... has acquired form?

What an absurd situation!

"Trismegistus made predictions and classifications!"

As Goetia revealed his true form, the results of Chaldea's detection of him also came out.

"Spirit Origin Construction Type: Anti-Human! Spirit Origin Output Value is Level Two Planetary! It is the Number One Beast!"

Even though they couldn't communicate with Chaldea and didn't know the results of their probes, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash, who were facing Goetia's true form in front of the throne, could still see how powerful it was.

Without a doubt, even if the opponent is not as large as Tiamat, it is definitely one of the seven evils of mankind and a calamity beast!

Beast!

"We have witnessed countless tragedies, countless betrayals..."

Goetia walked slowly to the edge of the steps, as if looking straight ahead, or as if gazing down at Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others.

"That's enough. On this planet, even gods face certain death! This planet is a mistake! A madness tailor-made for lives destined to end!"

He was going to the extreme.

To go back 46 billion years, to the moment when celestial bodies were born in this realm, and to recreate this planet!

Overturn the creation myth, rewrite it from scratch, and create a planet without the concept of death!

"To recreate the planet?"

What she heard was so shocking that Fujimaru Ritsuka subconsciously thought the other person was joking.

How is this possible?

But looking at Goetia's figure, and then at the great band of light hanging high in the sky, fueled by human history, Fujimaru Ritsuka found it hard not to believe that Goetia could do such a thing.

"Alright, after saying so much, it's time to deal with you. We're very busy..."

Goetia raised his hand, which ignited with a scarlet flame and pointed it at the two people below.

His tone was nonchalant, as if he were about to casually eliminate Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu as if he were stomping on an insect that had crawled to his feet.

"We still have important business to attend to—"

"No, you are wrong!"

The sudden sound interrupted Goetia's words, and countless bright meteors shot out from the edge of the dark sky, but Goetia ignored them and launched a direct attack on the two of them.

One of the meteors transformed into Jeanne d'Arc holding a kite banner, landing in front of Fujimaru Ritsuka and unleashing her Noble Phantasm to block the endless stream of flames.

"This planet is definitely not a mistake!"

"That's right! Besides—"

Nero, dressed in a magnificent red robe, swung the primordial fire in his hand and severed the arm that Goetia had used to launch the attack. There was no blood on the severed arm, only a strange black mist dissipated, and the offensive of the flames immediately slowed down.

Do you think we're not busy?

"Ok?"

The golden chains of heaven bound Goetia's other arm and imprisoned his entire body in place, while Drake's flagship, the Golden Hind, rained down cannon fire from the sky.

After the smoke and dust from the explosion cleared, Geitiana appeared unharmed except for missing an arm.

"you--"

"Rebellion against my magnificent father (Clarent Blood Arthur)!"

Crimson lightning swept across the land. Kingu, who had already broken free of the Heavenly Lock, flew into the sky, leaving Goetia alone to bathe in this sea of ​​crimson lightning. Mordred lunged forward, and Nero followed suit.

Immediately, two swordsmen stepped forward and launched an attack on Goetia with exquisite swordsmanship. Crimson lightning and red flames, Clarent and the Primal Flame passed by Goetia from the front and back.

However, even with only one arm left, Goetia was able to block all two attacks.

He kicked Mordred, who was flying through the air and unable to get any leverage, and then used his remaining left hand to grab Nero like he was holding a figurine and slam him to the ground.

"Guuuuu!"

"Disinfect! Sterilize!"

Nightingale landed, clenched her fists, and charged toward Goetia.

Two fists, one large and one small, collided, and then Nightingale stood there simply, swinging her fists and engaging in a fistfight with Goetia.

In the midst of the fight, Goetia even used the black mist from his severed arm to grab Mordred, who had just stood up, like a python, and slammed her onto a large rock in the distance.

"Devour my soul and surge forth, Silver Meteor! [Fleeting Flash, Silver Arm (Dead End Agateram)]!"

Bedivere leaped off the cliff, and his gleaming silver arm, taking advantage of the opportunity Nightingale had created for him, slashed at Goetia.

Even with the Silver Arm, Nero ultimately failed to break through Goetia's defenses, which only fueled curiosity about how he managed to sever Goetia's arm in the first place.

Goetia threw Bedivere off him, and was then greeted by two enormous stone pillars that Kingu had bound with the Chains of Heaven.

boom--!

The resounding crash of a heavy object hitting the ground echoed through the space, and the billowing dust obscured Goetia's figure.

Surely Goetia can't be completely unharmed now, right?

Looking at the two giant stone pillars that stood diagonally on the ground, each at least tens of meters high, Fujimaru Ritsuka thought to herself.

However, the unchanging sound emanating from the smoke shattered her illusion.

"I see. No wonder you came all this way. Among the Heroic Spirits, you are one of the closest to her. But unfortunately, the journey to the Extreme Point does not require you."

As the smoke cleared, Goetia raised his fully recovered right hand.

"Welcome everyone. Also, although it was a bit rushed, please—"

"Leave."

make a fist.

It was just a simple action, but after Goetia clenched his right fist, Fujimaru Ritsuka was astonished to see all the Heroic Spirits in the arena turn into particles of light and dissipate.

The summoning ritual itself has been destroyed!

As the most advanced summoning ability created by humankind, Goetia became one of the inherent skills possessed by Beast.

【Nega Summon】

This is a denial. It negates the attack from the Servant, abolishes all Noble Phantasms that symbolize Heroic Spirits, and directly destroys the inherent skill of the summoning spell of the summoned Heroic Spirit.

No Heroic Spirit can defeat Goetia, who possesses this skill.

At this moment, Fujimaru Ritsuka was surprisingly glad that she hadn't brought Tiamat along, otherwise, now that she was a Heroic Spirit, she probably would have been sent away as well...

"The time has come, Chaldea friends. It is truly regrettable that you will burn to ashes along with this era..."

"The third Noble Phantasm is unleashed—"

magic.

An immense amount of magic power converged into the band of light, forming a sphere almost the same size as the band of light. Crimson lightning flashed, and the rubble on the ground seemed to be attracted and flew into the sky.

Mash immediately activated her Noble Phantasm to block Fujimaru Ritsuka's attack, preparing to withstand Goetia's attack head-on.

"Useless, burn away like slag! The time for birth has come, so cultivate all things (Ars Almadel Salomonis)!"

Countless magical powers were condensed into a purplish-red beam of light tens of meters thick, which shot towards the ground from the center of the light band in the sky, carrying endless light and heat.

The beam of light had only traveled halfway when Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu already felt an intense heat that seemed to burn them to ashes.

The silent destruction instantly engulfed the two figures; the shield appeared so insignificant before this beam of light.

ended.

Goetia was certain that no life could possibly survive this attack—

"So-listed Watokana?"

"Um?!"

The space, which should have only housed three people, suddenly echoed with the voice of a fourth person. A dazzling golden beam of light descended from the sky, landing in front of Fujimaru Ritsuka and the other person, blocking the beam of light attack.

This unexpected situation caused Goetia to look in surprise into the beam of light.

At the end of that beam of light, in front of the Shield of the Round Table, what blocked Goetia's third Noble Phantasm was—

A fluffy, chestnut-colored ball of fur?

"I discard [Kuriboh] from my hand, reducing the combat damage for this battle to 0!"

"Curry!"

A man dressed in exceptionally fitted clothes, using his coat as a cape, and with an inverted pyramid pendant bearing an eye pattern hanging from his chest, emerged from the pillar of light and stood behind the chestnut-colored fur ball. The pillar of light then dissipated.

He smiled confidently, took a nonsensical card from his hand and stuffed it into the strange machine he was wearing on his arm. Then, the creature he called 'Kuriball' blocked the beam of light that was thousands or tens of thousands of times larger than its body.

How can this be?

The stark contrast in size left Getia staring in astonishment.

Such a weak creature should have been completely devoured by his Noble Phantasm in an instant!

How could anyone possibly withstand his Noble Phantasm?!

For the first time since its birth, Goetia, the embodiment of the seventy-two demon gods, began to doubt whether it was dreaming.

This is incredible!

The magic that had converged into a beam of light gradually dissipated, leaving only the point where the chestnut ball was located as a dividing line, separating the ground into two parts: the scorched and melted ground and the intact ground.

After the chestnut ball disappeared, Goetia narrowed her eyes slightly, staring at the unfamiliar figure that had appeared in this space at some unknown time.

"Who are you...? A Heroic Spirit?"

"Me? I'm just an unknown duelist who arrived a little late and missed the main group! But now it seems..."

Yu Du turned to the two people behind him with a smile as a greeting, amidst their surprised and delighted gazes. The Millennium Cube on his chest swayed with his movement, flashing a bright light in the dark space.

"Does it seem like I arrived just in time?"

He had the system restart the teleportation after the previous summoning time expired, thinking he would appear with the other heroic spirits. However, he was summoned only after they had all been sent back by the [Anti-Summon].

Fortunately, his timing wasn't too late; he arrived just in time to be hit by Goetia's third Noble Phantasm...

"Alright, that's enough with the greetings! Now... it's my turn!"

After simply greeting Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others, Yuuto turned to face Goetia, unfolding the new Duel Disk that appeared in the Yu-Gi-Oh! movie The Dark Side of the Dimension on his arm.

"Let it begin! Goetia! Let's begin this duel that will determine the fate of humankind!"

The overwhelming sense of threat emanating from Yuuto, like a natural enemy, compelled Goetia to use [Anti-Summon] once again.

"..."

Looking at Yutaka, who was still standing unharmed in front of him, Getia sensed that something was wrong.

He did not sense the activation of [Anti-Summon].

To put it more directly, it's not just [Anti-Summoning], but also his other inherent skills. His two Noble Phantasms, and even the magical energy, are completely undetectable!

This world seems to have always been in a state completely devoid of magic!

But how is that possible?

"...A Noble Phantasm?"

Looking up at the boatman opposite, Getia guessed.

Although he didn't know why a Noble Phantasm could block the [Anti-Summon] which should have countered it, he couldn't think of any other possibility.

In his perception, the other party's spirit origin was also unusually large. Although he was not a Grand Servant, he possessed a spirit origin of the same size as a Grand Servant.

Has the inhibitory force struck again?