Did the Heroic Spirit I conquered become a reality?

Time seemed to freeze completely at that moment.

Yu Tohsaka felt an indescribable pain in his chest, and all his strength receded like a receding tide. He could even feel his life force rapidly draining away.

He lowered his head with difficulty and disbelief, staring at the gruesome hole in his chest from which blood continued to gush...

All sounds on the battlefield disappeared.

Countless gazes—from Mashu, Fujimaru Ritsuka, Leonidas, Ushiwakamaru, Anna, and even the Gorgon surrounded by enemies—were filled with shock and disbelief as they stared at the boy whose chest had been pierced and whose body was slowly falling forward…

Is there a second enemy lurking in this battlefield?!

Mashu's pupils instantly shrank to pinpoints, and the color drained from Fujimaru Ritsuka's face, her expression contorted with extreme shock and rage.

Meanwhile, far away on the throne in the Uruk palace, Gilgamesh, who had been resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his crimson eyes, his gaze flashing with an unprecedented sharpness.

He suddenly stood up, as if realizing something was wrong.

Meanwhile, Merlin, who was presiding over the ceremony at the underground altar, seemed to suddenly sense something. His face turned deathly pale, and cold sweat instantly soaked his robes.

"What's wrong?" Morgan, who was next to him, noticed his strange behavior and turned her head slightly to look at him, her beautiful icy blue eyes filled with a hint of doubt.

Just then, she seemed to vaguely sense something as well.

A terrifying fluctuation originating from beyond the world, from the other side of the Imaginary Sea, began to slowly... throb, like a colossal beast awakening!

The entire altar space began to tremble slightly, and a terrifying aura, as if the end of the world was about to arrive, filled the air, making one's soul tremble!

thump... thump...

On the edge of the battlefield, in a corner hidden in the shadows.

Tiamat, who had been quietly following Tohsaka Yu and observing the battlefield from afar, slowly... narrowed her ruby ​​eyes, which always held a sense of innocence and dependence.

She saw it.

I saw it clearly.

I saw the shattered blue pendant on the boy's chest...

He saw the golden beam of light piercing through his chest...

I saw his figure slowly fall down...

Dong Dong... Dong Dong...

The sound of her heartbeat in her chest began to become unusually clear and heavy.

dong dong dong... dong dong dong...

That was the heartbeat of extreme sadness and grief, like a war drum, growing faster and louder.

Gorgon watched this scene indifferently, his gaze inadvertently glancing at the man named 'Solomon' high in the sky, and a cruel smile quickly appeared on his face.

“This is my prey… even if he dies, he has to be handed over to me.”

Solomon stared indifferently at the ground, as if looking at a group of ants, his eyes filled with pity: "In the end, it was just a futile struggle... No matter how strong, the human body is still incredibly fragile."

"You're in charge of cleaning up the rest of the battlefield, Gorgon."

Having said that, he turned to leave.

However, at that moment, his movements suddenly stopped.

He vaguely sensed a very subtle, yet instinctively unsettling, tremor emanating from the ground beneath his feet.

Book 1: Chapter 33 Solomon: I'm fighting Tiamat, really?

High in the sky, in some unknown dimensional rift, a young man who called himself "Solomon" was quietly "overlooking" the chaotic and bloody battlefield outside Uruk City below with his usual compassionate smile.

From beginning to end, everything was under his control.

He had already foreseen everything: the emergence of Chaldea, the difficulties the Gorgons would face during their raid, and even what would happen next.

Gilgamesh... and Merlin?

Two near-Grand Order Casters are certainly troublesome, but that's all they are.

On the contrary, the strength displayed by this boy, who had an exceptionally close relationship with the Mother Goddess of Creation, surprised him somewhat.

Even so... it is still just a fragile human body.

As the golden beam of light precisely exploded into a bloody spray on Tohsaka Yu's chest, and as the boy's life force rapidly drained away and he slowly collapsed, Solomon's smile seemed to soften even further.

Everything is proceeding according to the script.

Fragile humans, with their insignificant struggles, can ultimately not change their predetermined fate.

With the boy dead, the strange connection between him and his "mother" should also be severed, and whatever Uruk's side wants to do, their plan will naturally fall apart.

Next, all that's needed is for Gorgon to deal with the remaining minions and then take care of the troublesome Chaldea guys... and the "correction" of this singularity will steadily move in the direction he desires.

however--

Just as "Solomon" was about to shift his attention from the dying human to enjoy the Gorgon's next act of destruction—

thump... thump...

A faint, yet incredibly heavy, heartbeat, seemingly striking the deepest part of the soul, suddenly rang out without warning.

"Ok?"

For the first time, the smile on Solomon's face... froze.

dong dong...

dong dong...

Boom boom boom...!!!

The heartbeat grew faster and louder, like a war drum beating from the deepest part of the world, announcing the end of the world.

Along with the sound of his heartbeat, an indescribable, ancient, primal, and vast terrifying pressure, surpassing any concept he had ever known before, erupted from a corner of the battlefield like an invisible tide, instantly sweeping across the entire battlefield.

This oppressive force was not simply magical or divine power; it was more like a conceptual, absolute presence! It was as if the will of the entire planet trembled and wailed before this oppressive force!

The air seemed to freeze, space seemed to distort, and even the passage of time seemed to become viscous and slow!

"This...this is...?!"

Solomon's gentle smile vanished completely, replaced by a shock that felt utterly foreign to him, and a hint of unease that he himself was unwilling to admit.

I'm actually... uneasy?

……impossible!

Since abandoning his "human" identity and achieving his current existence, he has never felt such a "shaking" emotion again. Even when facing those Grand Servants, when facing that golden Hero King, he can maintain absolute composure and an attitude of looking down on everything!

But now... what exactly is this oppressive force that makes his soul instinctively feel uneasy just from hearing a heartbeat?!

Could it be...

As if he had thought of something, Solomon's heart skipped a beat, but he quickly rejected this utterly absurd conjecture.

No… absolutely impossible! That one should still be slumbering in the Sea of ​​Imaginary Numbers, and that spiritual avatar should have lost its connection with the boy's death!

Solomon's eyes flickered violently, his heart churning with turmoil.

This feeling of being out of control and difficult to understand made him increasingly irritable.

He forcefully suppressed the extremely rare "unease" in his heart, quickly restrained all outward emotions, and once again resumed his compassionate and self-assured demeanor.

His gaze fell upon the battlefield below.

Gorgon was also clearly greatly affected by the terrifying pressure that erupted just now. Her huge serpentine body was stiffly suspended in mid-air. Her ferocious and greedy expression disappeared, replaced by a frozen look of astonishment and...fear.

Solomon frowned slightly.

Gorgon just stood there in the air, completely missing the best opportunity to launch a fatal blow and crush all the resisters while the enemy below was in chaos because the boy was dying.

What a waste... You were scared by such a small accident at the crucial moment?

"Gorgon!"

Solomon's voice, tinged with barely concealed impatience and icy urging, resounded directly in Gorgon's mind: "What are you waiting for?! Quickly crush these people, and seize the vessel you dream of and the divinity within it!"

However, the Gorgons did not take any action despite Solomon's urging.

Her massive body was even... trembling slightly?

"Gorgons... what are you waiting for?!"

Solomon's impatience had almost reached its peak.

Just then, the Gorgon finally reacted.

She didn't turn around, and she didn't even take her gaze off the fallen boy below.

Because she vaguely sensed something, she slowly raised her head and looked behind Solomon.

Then, in a hoarse voice filled with extreme fear, he uttered something with great difficulty.

"What did you say?"

Solomon frowned slightly, feeling increasingly dissatisfied as he looked at Gorgon, a god of such high status, with such a 'shocked' expression.

Just as he was about to speak again, he suddenly heard Gorgon finally suppress the 'throbbing' in his heart.

"...Behind you!"

later?

Solomon was taken aback at first, then frowned.

He could sense that Gorgon was not faking it; it was a fear that came from the depths of her soul, a fear that even she, a powerful deity, could not suppress!

But what exactly is it that could cause such fear in the Gorgons?

The unease he felt, caused by the sudden, increasingly rapid heartbeat on the battlefield, surged up again.

This feeling... is incredible!

Since he achieved his current status, how long has it been... how long has it been since he felt this sense of being watched by some higher being, or even felt a faint sense of threat?

This feeling made him very unhappy. He was a person at the top, a chess player who looked down on and manipulated everything. How could he tolerate this feeling of "unease"?

Solomon quickly gathered his scattered thoughts and forced himself to regain absolute calm and indifference.

A qualified chess player must never be swayed by minor accidents on the chessboard... After all, what he is about to do is a magnificent feat that burns away all human reason.

However, just as he calmed himself down, Solomon suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

In the distance, rolling dark clouds slowly drifted in, like a mountain peak, blotting out the sun.

Boom...

A flash of lightning illuminated his exceptionally holy and handsome face.

For the first time, a hint of surprise and uncertainty appeared on his handsome face, which always wore a gentle smile.

Solomon slowly, like a rusty machine, turned his head to look behind him...

Then, in that instant, his pupils suddenly contracted to their maximum size.

In the distance, the horizon stretched out before me... no, it could no longer be called the horizon!

A colossal outline, indescribable in any words, seemingly spanning heaven and earth, chaotic yet radiating the aura of primal life, was slowly, very slowly rising from the void!

...It was Tiamat with bloodshot eyes.

The sky was obscured, the earth groaned, the light was distorted, and space itself groaned under its own weight. It was not merely immense, but rather an absolute and forbidden existence that transcended the laws of physics, as if the "world" itself had materialized.

Its form was indescribable, like a mixture of mud and sea, nurturing all things, yet exuding a terrifying aura that could drag all things into primordial chaos.

At the top of that massive outline, a pair of red eyes, filled with anger and sorrow, slowly opened.

The moment he was gazed upon by those eyes, Solomon felt as if his very existence was about to be dissolved and assimilated by that primordial chaos!

When he saw the person's appearance clearly, it was as if a bolt of lightning had struck his brain, and he was completely stunned.

Tiamat?!

And... it's the real body?!

How is this possible?! Shouldn't her true form be slumbering in the Sea of ​​Imaginary Numbers?! How could... how could she have descended directly to Uruk?! Could it be because of that damned human from before?!

Even though Solomon considered himself to be infallible and in control of everything, he was now plunged into unprecedented shock and chaos.