If you were to pick out a favorite character in the Type-Moon world, there would be many answers, almost equal to the sum of all the famous characters in Type-Moon. Because all the characters in Type-Moon have their own charms, and they are all liked by people, the only difference is the level of fan support.
On the other hand, if you pick the person you hate the most and want to kill the most, the answers will be much fewer, but there will still be many options. For example, Sieg, the "Hero of East Grant", Professor Leif, the last chess piece of the Burning of Humanity, and the identity of the protagonist of this book in the Type-Moon world - Matou Shinji.
For Shinji, the answer is very clear. It has not changed from the first time he landed on the moon to the time travel until now. "The Serpent of Akasha", Mitchell Roa Fadanyang, was the first villain he encountered, the bastard he hated since his youth.
Objectively speaking, Roa's experience is actually very inspiring. Born in the darkest era of mankind after the AD when vampires were rampant, he relied on his own efforts to become the world's top magician, founded the "Burial Mechanism", and defeated the rampant Dead Apostles. Even the powerful Dead Apostles of the Ancestor level were no match for him. His achievements even attracted the attention of the True Ancestors, and he was one of the few humans who were qualified to enter and leave the True Ancestor's holy land "Millennium City".
Although he later deceived the simple and ignorant Elquit with a trick due to his selfish desires, and took away some of his power, making himself an immortal vampire, which also caused the tragedy of Elquit's rampage and massacre in Millennium City. But from the perspective of humans, this is actually a good thing. The True Ancestor is the biggest source of the Dead Apostles, and the True Ancestor who could not resist the impulse to suck blood and fell is called the Demon King by humans.
Roa's conspiracy almost destroyed the possibility of the birth of the Demon King. It was from that day that the True Ancestors, a race that was blessed by nature and even superior to God, officially withdrew from the stage of history, which was a great achievement. If they were put into any mainstream online novel in modern times, they would be a perfect protagonist template, and it would not be impossible for them to achieve the Great Dao and stand at the top of the world in the end.
However, the two opposite emotions of like and dislike are sometimes very subjective and unreasonable. You can like or dislike someone because of a small thing, and even ignore the advantages and disadvantages in other aspects. The same is true for Shinji. He likes the innocent and simple Elquet, and he likes him more and more. So for Roa, who caused Elquet to suffer for 800 years, he naturally hates him more and more.
Just as Shinji declared before the war, he had wanted to kill Roa for a long time and had made many preparations and deductions for this purpose. He even asked Elquet to reproduce the process of killing Roa every time.
It is no exaggeration to say that unless Xiel is willing to accept the memory of the seventeenth life in his mind, Shinji is the person who knows Roa best in the world. Every tactic he implements and every word he says is to induce Roa to make the choice he wants, and they are all targeted based on understanding.
Take the last "Sun Without Mercy" as an example. It sounds very powerful, but in fact, for a Servant or a Magician, it is just a big fireball. Except for those with low level like Weber, everyone else on the battlefield can deal with it.
But for a dead apostle like Roa, this thing is a threat like a natural enemy. The sun's restraint on the dead apostles is absolute, even more absolute than the dead apostles' negation of the treasure. Even if it is just the concept of not having the blessing of faith, the power is greatly reduced.
That's why Luoa screamed so miserably, while the boy who was just one step away from him was still smiling.
Shinji's decision not to retreat was not to show off and fight himself, but his real purpose was to stare at Roa's soul closely and not give him a chance to escape and reincarnate. Many people, including Elquet, could not do anything to Roa, but Shinji was an exception. Although it was not perfect, Shinji's magic was originally related to the soul. He could collect thoughts and beliefs, and naturally he could also imprison the soul.
It doesn't take too long, just a few tens of seconds, for him to run to Ryougi Shiki's side, and then let Ryougi Shiki swing the knife at the "dead line" once.
"You say I'm unlucky, but my luck level is A. You're the one who's unlucky."
Bathed in the sun, Shinji muttered softly while listening to Roa's screams. The simple yet huge thoughts wrapped around Roa layer by layer, and as long as his soul was liberated, they would become the strongest chains to bind him.
But before the chain could tighten, another thing covered Roa's body.
The black turbidity, the existence of mud but not mud - "the soil of creation", in a sense, transcends the dead apostles, no, it is something that transcends life itself. Only this kind of thing that even Elquet is surprised about can resist the absolute restraint of the sun on vampires.
Not only Roa's body, but also a large amount of turbid currents appeared around Shinji. I don't know if it was just to contain him, or if the owner of the turbid current wanted to avenge Roa.
Nero Chaos' greatest advantage is clustering. Before the "King's Army" is activated, Iskandar can only stop the so-called "main body" but cannot stop this concept that no servant can get rid of.
"Well, just like the curse of the Holy Grail, it's a troublesome thing."
Faced with this attack method that was very similar to déjà vu, Shinji curled his lips in disgust, stepped on the ground before the turbid current completely surrounded it, jumped into the air, and stretched out his left hand to add some more fuel to the "sun" that was about to fall to the ground.
"Exploding Arrogance!"
Then, the "sun" really exploded. The scene of the explosion was very similar to the fuel-air bomb in modern weapons, but on a smaller scale. The resulting high temperature and high pressure severely crushed the "soil of creation" below.
Since we can't suppress it conceptually, let's change to another level and break it physically. Dead Apostles are not Servants, and they don't have such high resistance to the physical level - there is nothing perfect in the world. If you are strong in one aspect, you will inevitably be weak in another aspect. The so-called "exploding arrogance" is the arrogance of the Dead Apostles that explodes!
As a result of the explosion, a large pit appeared on the flat ground, and the black turbid current was also smashed into pieces. However, Shinji's face did not show joy, because the feedback from the mental scan showed that Roa was still alive. Nero Chaos saved Roa's last remaining body at the cost of a large amount of "Creation Soil".
The scattered masses did not merge, but evolved on the spot, giving birth to new beasts, fantasy beasts, and demonic beasts, which attacked Shinji in the air frantically. It didn't look like they were trying to save people, but rather to commit suicide and delay time.
"Oh? You're quite good at this. You're worthy of being the 'True Love Group' designated by the fungi."
Shinji looked at the beasts that were constantly being born around him, and then at the increasingly sparse herds of beasts on Iskandar's side, and said with some emotion. In this very short period of time, Iskandar's chariot had already run over Nero Chaos's so-called body twice.
"But without the conceptual advantage, these evil ways are not worth mentioning at all."
The hands separated, and a new round of spirit particles gathered.
Professional vampire hunters have plenty of ways to deal with vampires.
PS: To be honest, the use of Shinji as the protagonist did discourage many readers. Jian Shao has heard this voice more than once: Shinji as the protagonist? I won’t read it! Including the first leader of this book, the rewards and subscriptions are a support for Jian Shao, a thank you for the previous book and an expectation for the next book, but he clearly stated that he would not read this book. He made this clear when he talked to him about the book plan.
PS2: Frogs can’t kill snakes? Ask the elders first to see if they agree!