A Villain's Journey Begins in the Type-Moon World

Nero's face flushed slightly, and he quickly lowered his head, not daring to overstep his bounds, though his mind continued to race:

"But... none of the sculptures of the gods I saw in the Pantheon in Rome match up with this one. Could it be a newly emerged deity?"

"Nero, is he my son?"

Wang Chong suddenly asked.

"Huh???" Nero was taken aback.

"It's nothing, just something to pass the time," Wang Chong said with a faint smile. "Nero, do you want to know who's behind those allied forces?"

“Of course I would! ... Um, may I ask how you are addressed, Your Majesty? Forgive my poor eyesight, I do not know your divine name.” Nero readily agreed at first, but then, seemingly realizing his rudeness, he added.

"A god? Heh, I'm not a god... though I'm not bad either." After saying that, Wang Chong pulled Princess Nero into his arms. "You look a lot like a girl I know."

"Eh...is...is that so?" Nero seemed a little flustered; it was the first time she had been hugged like this.

"Yes, she's my wife," Wang Chong said shamelessly, using the same old pickup line.

However, Nero's face turned even redder; clearly, the free-spirited Romans were quite receptive to this straightforward style of expression.

“Well, isn’t now the right time to talk about this? Aren’t you going to take me to see the mastermind?” Nero changed the subject.

"Hmm—so we're moving at high speed right now, but you can't tell because we're surrounded by black mist I created," Wang Chong said calmly. "Now, we've arrived."

"Huh!? So fast?"

Nero was taken aback, then she suddenly remembered something the other person had just said: he had actually admitted that he was not a god.

However, though not a god, he possessed such immense divine power. This led Nero to consider another possibility: a demigod or a son of a god.

However, before Nero could continue thinking for long, he suddenly felt his body begin to sink.

"tread"

After Wang Chong landed on the ground and put Nero down, he pointed to the dimly lit palace ahead and said, "Go, the truth you seek lies ahead. Once you see him, everything will become clear."

Nero took two steps forward, somewhat bewildered, when she felt a gust of wind blow past her back. When she turned sharply to look back, she found that Wang Chong had already vanished behind her.

"Hey, where is he... I still haven't found out his name." Nero muttered to herself, then looked at the palace ahead, swallowed hard, and mustered her courage to walk forward.

Perhaps once inside, we can find the answers to both the truth we seek and the man's identity.

……

Deep underground, a massive magic circle was engraved on the ground, and the green-hatted magician was making exaggerated facial expressions while chanting something.

"Once that guy summons it, along with the Holy Grail and this transmutation circle, a calamity no less severe than the First Singularity will be created once again. This time, I'll see how you handle it."

The magician laughed wildly twice, then abruptly fell silent. For some reason, ever since the black mist descended, a sense of deadly threat had been constantly nagging at him. (The last two lines appear to be random characters and are not translated.)

It felt as if that man could appear beside me at any moment and forcefully kill me. Every time I made any exaggerated movements, that sense of threat almost made me stop breathing.

Just now, that damned premonition came again, and just as the man was about to curse under his breath, he suddenly noticed that, under the dim light of the flames, his shadow on the ground had somehow grown longer.

No! It's not that my shadow is being stretched! It's that damn thing is really here this time!!

"Clown, what are you doing?"

Wang Chong's voice rang out from behind the magician, sending chills down the magician's spine.

Chapter 104: Fear and Torture

"Clown, what are you doing?"

The moment the sound appeared, the green-hatted magician retreated in a panic.

However, a large hand moved faster than the magician, easily grabbing the magician's shoulder and rendering him immobile.

"Escape? Do you think you can escape? It wouldn't even take a second to catch you."

"boom!"

"Ugh—!"

The magician let out a scream as his legs were instantly broken as if struck by something, and he was then kicked aside.

"Aren't you going to reveal your true form yet? Rafe—or should I call you: Demon God Pillar Floros?"

Wang Chong crossed his arms, looking down at the trembling Rafe lying on the ground with utter contempt, an attitude that infuriated Rafe. (The rest of the text appears to be gibberish and unrelated to the previous sentences.)

"Damn it, because of you, I have to come to the Second Singularity to clean up the mess again... I could have resolved all this with just a little more time. I didn't expect you to arrive here so early this time."

Unable to get up due to his broken legs, Rafe pointed at Wang Chong, laughing wildly and shouting angrily:

"But you're too arrogant! You underestimated me! You should have killed me just now!"

"The spell is complete! If you want to kill me—you'll have to do it the same way you did in the First Singularity! Except I'm not that cowardly Mozart—I will fight with all my might to completely shatter this Singularity! Even if it costs me my life!"

As Rafe laughed maniacally, he transformed back into the black demon pillar, and at the same time, the magic circle carved on the ground emitted an eerie light.

This is just like the first singularity, a large-scale magic that can connect with the entire world.

But for some reason, Wang Chong simply watched this situation unfold without reacting.

"Hahaha, not enough, not enough—let the storm of destruction rage even more fiercely! Summon Heroes, with the entirety of ancient Rome as a sacrifice, summon the greatest hero."

"Come! Turn the world upside down! Destroy one of the seven cornerstones! — By the command of my king! Appear! Attila, the great hero of destruction!"

The demonic pillar Flauros let out a maniacal laugh, and then a golden Holy Grail emerged from its body.

The Holy Grail emitted a dazzling light, and then, within the light, a white-haired, brown-skinned woman slowly appeared.

"Come on, destroy everything you want, whether it's this world or my body—destroy the singularity along with it."

Floros gave Attila the order to destroy everything, and Attila coldly swung the sword of war god in his hand, vowing to destroy everything around him.

However, before Attila could activate her Noble Phantasm any further, she suddenly felt a terrifying sense of crisis. But before Attila could react, she felt a heavy blow to the back of her head and fainted.

"Time has stopped? It seems that any Heroic Spirit who is not immune to this law will be no match for you."

Floros, however, saw through the clues. After all, it had witnessed the entire process of Goetia's fight with Wang Chong, and therefore knew very well some of Wang Chong's methods.

"However, even so, you cannot stop the world from collapsing. This time, just like before, do everything in your power to prevent the world from collapsing!"

Floros laughed wildly.

"Heh heh heh, when have you ever had the illusion that I'd make the same mistake twice? Do you really think I don't want to kill you?"

Wang Chong retorted sarcastically:

"Take a good look at the magic circle beneath your feet, and then take a good look at yourself. Are you sure you're bound to the world?"

"Um!?"

Floros was taken aback, and after a thorough examination, the entire body of the Demon God Pillar trembled.

"How is this possible! The target of our magic spell—how could it have been altered to be you?!"

"I've been waiting for you to activate the magic array. How does it feel to have all this hard work come to nothing?"

A series of rhythms appeared on Wang Chong's body, and the light of the magic circle finally converged on Wang Chong, making his aura even more terrifying, as if the whole world was pressing down on the Demon God Pillar Floros.

"—!! This is impossible! How could you possibly have glimpsed the secrets of the magic circle, and without our knowledge—time stopped again!?"

Floros instantly understood the cause and effect, but it couldn't believe that the other party could actually see through the mystery of such a magic array.

"What? Do you really think that magic is something exclusive to you, King Solomon, or Goetia? You are the arrogant ones, you demons."

Wang Chong sneered, then raised his hand. The condensed, liquid-like black mist transformed into a giant hand, grabbing the entire Demon God Pillar and uprooting it. He then spoke:

“I could indeed kill you easily… but I also know that killing you would only mean letting you go through the cycle of reincarnation in the Temple of Time and be reborn again.”

“I could indeed kill you easily… but I also know that killing you would only mean letting you go through the cycle of reincarnation in the Temple of Time and be reborn again.”

"You...you even know about this?" Floros exclaimed in surprise.

"Heh, so killing you all would be too easy for me—although I know this is most likely not your fault, it's because you guys got involved. I've been holding back my anger for a long time. Today, I'll just take you down as the one who started it all!"

Wang Chong clenched his fist tightly, splitting the giant liquid black mist hand in two, and began to grip the Demon God Pillar tightly.

"Ugh—!!!"

The demonic pillar emitted a painful, deafening sound, which could be heard even by the Romans in the city on the ground and by Nero, who was confronting Nero in the palace.

"What...what is that sound?" Nero felt goosebumps rise on his skin after hearing it; it was truly terrifying.

"That's the voice of a demon—it seems that guy has finally received his due judgment," the mysterious man said slowly.

"What? A demon? A god... What on earth is going on?" Nero looked at the man and asked the question that had been on his mind.

“That was a demon who wanted to destroy Rome and the world. He summoned us, the dead, to completely sever Rome’s original historical trajectory. You became the sacrifice, my child…”

Romulus, the founder of Rome, began to explain the events to Nero.

……

Below, the scene of tormenting the Demon God Pillar continued to unfold. A giant black mist hand continuously compressed the Demon God Pillar, and even as its eyeballs burst and its body broke, the compression process continued.

It was unimaginable pain and terror, watching helplessly as one's body was compressed into a ball, and even the principles of its construction were distorted.

Even so, the Demon God Pillar Flauros still lives. The black mist that compressed it has long since seeped into its body, maintaining its vitality.

Even the Third Law was chanting in a variant form, fixing Floros's soul there, making escape impossible. Both body and soul were being tormented and oppressed.

"Is it painful? Is it terrifying? Do you long to escape this torment? Hahaha—but when you wantonly trampled on human history, constantly using human bodies and souls as fuel for endless burning, did you ever think about their suffering? Did you ever imagine that such retribution would fall upon your heads?"

Wang Chong let out a series of cold laughs and said:

"However, I am not seeking revenge for those humans, but merely stating that you have no right to harbor resentment. Moreover, I am doing this for only one reason—you have angered me. I will etch into your souls the consequences of opposing me."

"Tell your king this is just the beginning—I'm really looking forward to another battle with him, hehehehe—hahahahaha!!!"

Wang Chong clenched his fist tightly, finally shattering the demonic pillar that had been reduced to the size of a human figure, leaving Floros to return to the Temple of Time with this etched fear and pain etched into his soul.

After finishing everything, Wang Chong looked at Attila, who was still unconscious in the field, wrapped her in black mist, packed her up, and took her away.

Then, Wang Chong punched hard, destroying the cave and completely burying the magic array.

"Alright, now it's time to settle the score between you and me—human reason... or Alaya."

Wang Chong sneered and stepped out of the underground cave.

Chapter 105: The Chaldea Duo Enters the Singularity

A few days later, Chaldea.

"I haven't seen Mr. Wang Chong these past few days."

Ritsuka, who had just finished breakfast, looked a little listless.

"You seem to care a lot about Mr. Wang Chong, senior?"

A voice suddenly rang in Ritsuka's ear, startling her.

"Whoa! Mashu, don't scare me like that!" Ritsuka patted her chest, as if she had just had a false alarm, and said.

"Hmm? Why do you say that, Senpai?" Mashu couldn't help but ask. "When I came out of the room, I was already at the cafeteria with Senpai. Why do you say I suddenly appeared?"

"Eh—is that so? I'm sorry, Mashu, I was just lost in thought," Ritsuka said apologetically.

"You seem to care a lot about Mr. Wang Chong... You didn't even notice the people nearby. Is this what people often call liking someone?" Mashu couldn't help but ask.

"Hehehehe...like? What kind of nonsense is that? Mashu, don't talk nonsense."

Ritsuka looked flustered, and her face turned slightly red.

"Although Mr. Wang Chong is indeed very handsome and has a mysterious aura, sometimes strict and sometimes very gentle... cough cough, I respect Mr. Wang Chong as a teacher!"

Ritsuka blushed, coughed a few times as if to appear serious, and said...

"Oh...I see." Mashu, still learning about emotions and not quite understanding how to be a person, simply nodded blankly, then continued:

"But speaking of which, it's not just Mr. Wang Chong. There's also Artoria, Mordred, and the others. We haven't seen them much in Chaldea lately."

"Hey, it seems so. Recently, Da Vinci has been putting a lot of pressure on me and doing some rehabilitation exercises. After all, the high-intensity training before may have accumulated some hidden injuries, and we are about to enter a new singularity, so I have been staying with Da Vinci lately."

Ritsuka frowned slightly and said:

"Even so, it's been a while since I've seen Sakura, Rin, and Illya. Where have they all gone?"

"Could it be because the doctors discovered the coordinates of the second singularity two days ago? This time, Mr. Wang Chong led everyone directly to the second singularity?" Mashu couldn't help but say.

"That's possible... Could the Second Singularity be that big of a problem? So many people have been mobilized this time." Ritsuka couldn't help but feel worried.

"It's alright, senior. We're heading to a new singularity today anyway."

Mashu said, "We'll know the situation then... But could it be that Mr. Wang Chong has secretly infiltrated someone into the enemy's high command again this time?"