Did the Heroic Spirit I conquered become a reality?

A dazzling light gathered above his head, forming a small sun, its divine radiance purifying all the vengeful spirits that tried to approach.

"——Excalibur!"

With the release of his true name, he unleashed the strike that carried the planet's prayers and the promise of victory!

It was a torrent of light.

A pure, unparalleled golden radiance surged forward with unstoppable force.

Kirei Kotomine's "false divine kingdom" was like a child's sandcastle, instantly washed away and flattened by a tsunami in the face of that light.

The twisted, vengeful spirits didn't even have time to utter a wail before they were purified and found peace in that sacred light.

Where the light passes, all things are cleansed.

"…Are you kidding me?"

Even Ishtar, the cosmic being standing behind Tohsaka Yu, showed a rare hint of surprise in her beautiful golden eyes when she saw the power of this sword strike.

She certainly recognized the sword, but she never imagined that a modern human could wield its power to such an extent.

The purity and power of this force are comparable to that of the most outstanding heroes of the Age of Gods.

Kirei Kotomine, who was directly targeted by the Holy Sword, endured unimaginable pressure.

He used every means at his disposal to push the power bestowed upon him by the alien god to its limit. However, in the face of the torrent that carried the will of the planet, all his resistance seemed pale and powerless.

His body began to disintegrate with the light, disappearing inch by inch from his fingertips to his arms.

"Ugh... Ahhhhhh—!"

He let out a painful roar; the shadow of death had never loomed over him so clearly.

Is it... going to end here...?

However, just as Kirei Kotomine was about to be completely annihilated by the power of that holy sword—

Ishtar, who had been observing the battle from the sidelines, suddenly sensed something.

She suddenly raised her head, her eyes, which could see through the stars, narrowed slightly, her gaze seemingly piercing through the roof of the train, looking at the sky shrouded in a barrier...

There, she could sense that an incomparably vast, ancient will, filled with absolute malice, was descending!

"Tch, what a troublesome guy..."

Almost at the same moment she finished speaking, Kirei Kotomine, who was about to be swallowed by the holy light, suddenly stiffened.

That immense, unimaginable will descended like divine punishment, forcefully pouring into his collapsing body!

--boom! ! !

A completely different divine power erupted from Kirei Kotomine's body! It was a power a billion times more terrifying than before, filled with coldness and death, as if it came from the depths of the universe!

This power actually withstood the relentless flow of holy sword light!

The golden radiance and the deep starlight collided fiercely, ultimately annihilating each other in a devastating explosion.

As the light faded and the smoke and dust filled the center of the ruins, the priest, who should have been reduced to ashes, still stood there quietly.

His body was completely unharmed, and not even the hem of his clothes was disheveled.

He slowly raised his head.

When he opened his eyes again, all human emotions and all the will of Kirei Kotomine had vanished from those eyes.

Instead, there is an absolute, divine majesty that looks down upon all living beings and regards all things as straw dogs.

Almost instantly, Yu Tohsaka felt a chill run down his spine, as if it were freezing his soul.

He stared intently at the man before him, his grip on the holy sword tightening unconsciously.

The person in front of me is no longer Rasputin.

That is……

"You did a good job, human."

The "man" spoke, his voice overlapping and vast, as if coming from all directions.

"You've successfully caught my attention."

In that instant, Yu Tohsaka's heart felt as if it had been gripped tightly by an invisible hand.

A chill ran down his spine and up to the top of his head.

His hand holding the holy sword even stiffened for a moment.

What's this?

The man before me still looks like Kirei Kotomine, but inside he has completely changed.

That oppressive aura, that gaze that regarded all things as dust—Yu Tohsaka had felt something similar before.

At the edge of Britain, in the heart of that collapsing Lostbelt, in the body of Goetia, the evil of humanity, he had experienced this sense of oppression from a higher dimension.

But what is before us is completely different from Goetia's "pity" and "sorrow".

It was a pure, cold, and deathly still "nothingness," like a vacuum in the universe.

A kind of emotionless indifference that treats everything as an object of observation.

The alien god… He actually bestowed his will upon this apostle?!

The "Rasputin" possessed by the alien god slowly raised his hand, as if admiring an interesting work of art, and said, "The 'possibilities' within you have piqued my interest."

Before he finished speaking, he moved.

Without any amazing speed or fancy moves, he simply stretched out a finger.

In an instant, the space in front of Yu Tohsaka collapsed without warning.

That wasn't magic, but a higher level of forced distortion of the laws of physics! A constantly rotating black singularity, devouring all light, appeared out of thin air and loomed over Tohsaka Yuu's head!

"—!"

Yu Tohsaka's pupils contracted sharply. Without time to think, she relied entirely on her fighting instincts to sweep the holy sword in her hand horizontally!

The golden light collided violently with the black singularity, triggering a silent annihilation.

The dissipated energy storm turned the already dilapidated venue upside down once again.

The alien god was completely unconcerned that his attack had been blocked.

He simply watched with interest the panting Yu Tohsaka and the holy sword in his hand, its brilliance undiminished.

"Oh?" He commented, seemingly with approval. "To be able to use the power of a planet to fight against my 'power'. Among mortals, you are indeed worthy of praise; you seem to have some strength."

His figure moved across the battlefield like a ghost, and every move he made was a fundamental manipulation of space, gravity, and even time.

Yu Tohsaka could only rely on the Holy Sword's "world-protecting" properties to forcibly "correct" these attacks time and time again, barely managing to maintain her undefeated status.

This is an unimaginable battle.

One side is the "Guardian" who wields the planet's ultimate weapon, while the other side is the "Invader" who usurps the laws of reality.

Each confrontation between them caused the entire train, and even this sealed-off space, to emit a painful lament.

After a violent collision, the two sides temporarily separated.

Fine beads of sweat had appeared on Yu Tohsaka's forehead, and Kirei Kotomine's body seemed somewhat ethereal.

"How interesting." The alien god's golden eyes seemed to see right through Tohsaka Yu, inside and out. "And the aura emanating from you... doesn't seem to belong to a simple magician..."

He controlled Kirei Kotomine's body, pacing slowly, his tone carrying a hint of analysis.

"Though faint, and overshadowed by the radiance of this holy sword... I can sense that deep within your soul, there seems to reside a force similar to mine, yet entirely different, filled with chaos and transformation..."

His words paused slightly, and for the first time, a genuine curiosity appeared in those divine eyes.

“...a strong aura of ‘beast’.”

"beast?"

Yu Tohsaka failed to grasp the deeper meaning of the alien god's words because the other party had not given him any time to think.

Kirei Kotomine, now possessed by the alien god, has made his move again.

This time, He didn't even make any extra movements. He just stood there calmly, and the space around Tohsaka Yu began to fold and compress itself layer by layer, as if to crush him and the holy sword in his hand into the cracks of the dimensions!

Yu Tohsaka pushed the Holy Sword's brilliance to its limit, forming a protective barrier that barely withstood the spatial rifts coming from all directions.

The immense pressure made him feel like his bones were cracking, and his magic power was being depleted like a flood.

However, at this critical moment between life and death, he caught a glimpse of a leisurely figure out of the corner of his eye.

The cosmic Ishtar... she's still watching the show!

Even in the most critical situation, he was speechless.

Does this goddess really intend to wait until she's almost dead before making her move? Or does she think that this level of battle isn't worth her using her noble power?

No, we can't go on like this!

Suddenly, a brilliant idea struck Tohsaka Yu.

He no longer passively held his ground, but instead used the recoil from each collision with the spatial fault to consciously and seemingly clumsily lead the entire battlefield slowly toward the direction of Ishtar in the universe.

During this time, Yu Tohsaka's gaze frequently and anxiously glanced at Ishtar in space, and her 'worried' look was undisguised.

This scene naturally caught the eye of the alien god.

"Ok?"

His movements paused slightly, and a playful smile suddenly appeared in his golden divine eyes.

He followed Tohsaka Yu's gaze and looked at the woman who had seemed like an outsider from beginning to end.

"Is she important to you?" The alien god's voice carried a knowing, mocking tone.

Yu Tohsaka didn't speak, but in that instant, she subconsciously tightened her grip on the Star Sword.

"I see."

Seeing this, the alien god sneered and completely gave up suppressing Tohsaka Yu.

His figure flashed and headed directly towards the cosmic Ishtar!

"Don't hurt her!"

Yu Tohsaka's expression changed drastically, and he cried out in disbelief.

Without thinking, he rushed over to stop her, but in order to shift the battlefield, he had already created some distance between himself and Ishtar, and now it was too late for him to come to her aid.

He could only watch helplessly as the alien god's hand, covered in star-patterned markings, silently approached Ishtar of the universe, and then gently grasped her shoulder.

When he noticed the boy's increasingly tense, even despairing gaze, the alien god's smile deepened.

"Anger can greatly enhance a person's combat power."

His voice echoed in the hall, as if giving Yu Tohsaka a patient and persuasive lesson, saying, "Become more furious and stronger by sacrificing her life."

Having said that, He was about to make a move and crush the "mortal woman" under His palm completely.

But just then, he saw the woman he had grabbed, who had been keeping her head down, slowly raise her eyes.

Her face showed no panic or fear, but rather an extremely cold, sneer, as if she were watching a clown performance.

When the alien god met those beautiful eyes that seemed to contain the entire primordial universe, his movements suddenly froze.

He had a strange feeling in his heart.

Logically speaking, with His power, the aftershocks of His divine might should have been enough to shatter her magic circuits instantly upon touching this woman's body, turning her into a pile of minced meat...

Yet, she was completely unharmed.

No, that's not right...

For the first time, the alien god's omniscient and omnipotent perception was distorted.

He couldn't sense the other's magic power at all.

It's as if... the woman in front of me is just an ordinary person.

But that's impossible. How could there be any ordinary people on this train that has been completely sealed off and is full of top magicians?

Moreover, how could an ordinary person remain completely unmoved in the face of divine power?