Everything is finally over.
When all human beings are unaware, the world has already closed the gate of hell, and an end of the world has been resolved invisibly. The ripples caused are only a few unexplained explosions in Fuyuki City, and the mysterious Disappearing, maybe human society will have a few days of small turmoil because of this, but everything will eventually become the talk of uncles and aunts drinking tea every day at sunset, and finally gradually disappear.
"Are you... going?"
In a forest outside Fuyuki City, a group of people who have gone through all of this gathered, headed by the eldest lady of the Tohsaka family, the girl who was always very strong and sharp-mouthed now has a strong expression of reluctance. It made others see the appearance of a little girl whose jaw dropped in fright.
Fallen leaves fluttered all around, the cold wind was bleak in the grove, and there was a sad parting atmosphere in the world, and everyone was speechless for a while.
"Under the halo of fatherly love, everything can be sprouted."
On the side, Sandora said in a low voice that could just be heard by anyone.
Then everyone is oh.
"You have to go home." I rubbed the head of this girl who was inexplicably hit by the aura of my father's love, and I didn't know whether to cry or laugh, "Well, and it's not like we won't see each other forever."
"Eh?" Tohsaka was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized that he was the only one with a sad expression on the scene.
"I left a teleportation device in the basement of your house. If you want to come over, you can use it to reach us. The passcode is 1234. There is also an instruction manual on the small table next to it. The repair number is also written on it. The first three years are free. Warranty for life, after-sales tracking, free filter replacement, and the serial number of the fuselage to win tickets to the Northrend 3-Day 2-Night Ice Sculpture Exhibition or a limited edition cool hammer in Ironforge.”
Tohsaka: "..."
After a few seconds, the young lady, whose face was completely red like a persimmon, finally broke out: "Why is it that I am the only one who doesn't know about the things in my house? Including the bastard Emiya, you are obviously hiding it from me, right? "
"You were counting money in the room at the time," Wei Gong scratched his hair innocently, "When Sasaki knocked on the door, you knocked it out with a desk lamp."
"And I will pay for the lamp." The unlucky swordsman with a big bag on his head shrugged and said embarrassingly.
Tohsaka's face is already glowing red~~
"Hmph, I don't care about you." Tohsaka finally chose the ostrich spirit under the eyes of everyone laughing, "Everyone thinks I'm a fool."
"Then, it's time to deal with the remaining issues."
Looking around, Emiya, Saber, Sakura, Rider, Ilya, Berker, Soichiro Kuzuki, Caster, Kojiro Sasaki, and Tohsaka and Archer who turned their heads angrily and ignored them, and Lancer, who was yawning boredly, and Jin Yingying, who was hugged by Little Bubbles with an aggrieved face, all the magicians and servants were in front of them.
"Remaining questions?" Emiya looked at me suspiciously, and then he was surprised to find that, represented by Sakura, Medusa, Medea, Sasaki, Cu Chulainn, and the one named Gilgamesh, always talking The girl who was not polite but was always bullied by a little girl came to our side neatly.
In an instant, the people who were originally standing together seemed to be in two distinct camps.
"How is this..." Saber asked in amazement, and then found that the heroic spirits standing opposite her had changed at the same time.
Blue-white light emerged from their feet, gradually swept across their bodies, and formed tiny scale-like crystals on their hair tips or fingertips that did not affect the beauty at all. At the same time, the magic power on their bodies was also multiplying. , In the blink of an eye, all of them have reached the level of completeness.
"About the huge moon that almost destroyed the world," I breathed out, "it's actually our lost ancient equipment, which was out of control due to disrepair. I'm very sorry for the harm it caused to this world."
Tohsaka and the others were silent for a while, and then suddenly said in a low voice: "Actually, I already had a hunch that you have something to do with that thing, well, this shouldn't be the main thing you want to talk about, right?"
"Well," I nodded, "then let's get straight to the point. Now the so-called Holy Grail War has been proven to be just a farce surrounding the giant moon, and the so-called Holy Grail... Ilya, you should have discovered it too. It has been impossible to appear forever with the collapse of the inner world. The magic power system of this world has been rewritten. Although the spiritual veins needed to summon that thing are still there, due to the subtle changes in the definition of magic power, things like the Holy Grail have never been From now on, it can only be a memory among magicians."
The silver-haired little girl nodded.
"Since the Holy Grail has disappeared from the level of law, the heroic spirits summoned by the Holy Grail system will naturally not be able to survive forever. Soon, the exhaustion of magic power and the disappearance of the remaining power of the Holy Grail will make them disappear one by one. "
"Saber" Emiya obviously didn't know about this all the time, "Is this true?"
The blond girl nodded: "Shirou, this is the truth."
"Do you think that after the Holy Grail War, all the summoned spirits can get rid of the battle and live happily in this world?" Archer gave Wei Gong a sideways glance, his tone was still so sarcasm, but he didn't know, he was Was it Emiya who was ridiculing, or himself who had had similar thoughts.
"That's right, we don't have much time," Saber said with a sigh, "But I've experienced a lot this time, so these memories can be considered a harvest."
"But things are more complicated." I sighed and shook my head. "You who have signed a contract with restraint, don't you realize that you can no longer feel the existence of the former?"
As soon as this remark came out, except for a few heroic spirits on our side who already knew the situation, everyone was taken aback for a moment, and then their faces were full of horror.
Tohsaka's neck was almost stiff, and she turned her head effortlessly, looking at her follower, trying to get a negative answer to this ridiculous question, but the latter gave her a wry smile.
"I didn't expect that you, as aliens, would know so much about the original power of our world," Archer shrugged, "I originally planned to hide it from my master and wait quietly to fend for myself, but You've got it all out now."
"Your worries are unnecessary. Those two unlucky restraints are fine now, they are just resting." Under the dumbfounded gazes of Saber and others, I told the truth, "Because of the influence of the red moon, this The management gods of the world have been hit hard. They need to recuperate now, and I have already contacted them and gained the latter's understanding. Now the mysterious power on our side will be responsible for protecting the energy system of this world, and some heroic spirits, from It will be placed under the name of the empire from today onwards."
In terms of saving the world, we wiped out the giant moon, which seems to have achieved this goal, but after saving the world, the huge troubles are far more than that.
Now I really doubt that Kotomine Kirei is the guy who crossed over from some plane behind his back, even though the latter has been abolished of all his magic power now, and he has obtained a large stack of world-origin items from Ding Dong contentedly The textbook went back to study hard and withdrew from the stage of the mysterious world, but the crazy conjectures he said that day have now been confirmed one after another. appeared and changed.
Of course, it's not true that the two merged into one to become the moon of the inner world as he said, but because of the interference of the latter's powerful energy, both of them fell into a long-term deep sleep many years ago.
They... er, maybe it should be said that they have been fighting hard against the power of Hongyue a long time ago, but the strength of the two major suppression forces is limited, and Hongyue has been growing crazily. , The two major restraining forces in this world not only failed to destroy Hongyue, but fell into a deep sleep because of the heavy damage. All along, what has been negotiating with the heroic spirits is only the instinctive consciousness left by these two major restraining forces.
After I successfully shut down the "Red Moon", the original powers of these two worlds gradually regained consciousness, and Ding Dong also got in touch with them.
I don't know the specific negotiation process. In short, at the end of the negotiation, the two overly weak restraining forces recognized Ding Dong's identity as the upper true god and asked us for asylum. In exchange, the Xiling Empire obtained the jurisdiction of the heroic spirits Right—of course, it’s part of it. Strictly speaking, the current two major suppression forces simply don’t have enough power to support all the heroic army, which is why they can’t even prevent mere human beings from using clumsy and mysterious imitations to exploit loopholes in the world system. Summon heroic spirits as servants to fight, and hand over part of the heroic spirits to the empire to get a group of stronger backing to protect themselves, and at the same time reduce their pressure, which is also true for Alaya and Gaia in the Fate world win-win situation.
For me, that is of course a great thing. You see, the non-burnable garbage that our old predecessors littered destroyed other people's flowers and plants. Now we just sort and recycle the garbage. I express my gratitude and even packaged my half-drawn flower beds as gifts. This is the legendary economics.
It's really the same as the good idea at the beginning: to pack and abduct the army of heroic spirits.
Because of this, the heroic spirits like Saber have lost contact with their former boss. Before the specific list of heroic spirits to be included in the people of the empire is finalized, they are completely unowned "freedom fighters". For them, Panic was inevitable, but after I explained what had happened, the panic turned into shock.
"You can't say...really?" Calm as red A now has a look of horror on his face, looking at us like looking at monsters, "Negotiating with the world's restraining power? You... are you... "
"The acme of science is mythology," Sandora shrugged. "We just discovered everything, and we are finally on par with gods. Although the two major restraining forces in your world are considered to be gods, in reality, Their mystery may not even compare to me and Ah Jun."
It's even worse than this little thing that is happily hugging a sugar ball lying on my shoulder.
No one would believe such a sensational thing, but Saber and Red A froze on the spot the moment they were about to speak. One of their bosses happened to be Alaya, and the other was Gaia (the above two were not their third sisters. members, above), and at that moment, they all received contact from their former bosses.
The contact is very brief, and the information is clear at a glance. It was drafted by the top of the empire and read jointly by the two major suppression forces: "That's it, we have been acquired."
... You said how did I come up with this annoying notification
"That's it, I told you in advance because the relationship is unusual." I cheerfully showed the salesman's face, "Your former boss has been partly acquired by the empire... As temporarily free employees, you have gained valuable The right to choose a career freely, although you have the right to freely choose the department you belong to, but I give priority to recommending the Xiling Empire Military Department. Imperial soldiers are well paid, holidays are off, usually there are various statutory benefits and bonuses, and five social insurances and one housing fund. Excellent performance Participants can even get a hand-made pirated CD signed by Cicaro, and if they die in battle, they can also get the resurrection of the goddess of life. Isn’t the house expensive now? You sign a contract and enter the Imperial Army. You provide a house near the tree of life, a property including water, electricity, heating, network, parking lot, fine decoration and freehold property rights. Sa, Saber, don’t hesitate any longer, sign this contract and become a magical girl... "
"boom"
Sandora, this girl is really ruthless
Grinding her teeth and staring at me for a long time, Sandora said with the corners of her mouth pulled: "Don't pay attention to my Jun, he has convulsions again, the situation is actually very simple, the two major restraining forces in this world are now too weak and need our protection , and in exchange for cooperation, some of the heroic spirits will become soldiers of the empire. Originally, these heroic spirits should be randomly selected, but after all, we met each other once. If possible, Saber and Archer, I hope you can become our partners."
"Hey, hey, hey!" Tohsaka suddenly interrupted our conversation loudly. The young lady waved her arms, her face full of disbelief. Ah, the restraint of the world has been severely damaged, seeking help from aliens, how is this possible?"
Tohsaka's doubts are natural. As a magician who has received the most orthodox magic education since childhood, Rin has almost faith-like belief in the greatness and supremacy of the world's two major restraining forces. From the perspective of the mysterious world, Alaya He and Gaia are the gods in the eyes of all magicians, but now, the group of people in front of them are actually discussing the fact that the god they believe in is seriously ill and has to sell the company to pay for the medical expenses—this topic is a topic of curiosity. Classification is not appropriate, right
But what the eldest lady asked in return was a helpless nod from her servant.
"What he said was true, though incomprehensible, but..."
"Wow" Tohsaka was completely terrified this time, looking at me with dull eyes, obviously, this poor girl's mind is muddled.
"Big brother, big brother Ilya? Why are Ilya and Berker excluded?" The silver-haired little loli doesn't care about restraint or not, and the things she thinks are always surprisingly simple, "Big brother If you can talk to the source of the world, let Ilya and Berker also... "
"Of course I can't forget you," I patted the little girl on the head, "and your body, do you think we don't know?"
Elijah's expression stiffened suddenly.
She is a tool made by the Einzbern family, an artificial human, an "item" specially created for the coming of the Holy Grail. Even before she was born, the nerves of her whole body were magically transformed to welcome the Holy Grail. Such transformation is currently the The naive human civilization's stupid attempt to challenge nature will not yield any good results. Ilya's body will never grow, but she is not an immortal lolita like Pandora who has been consistent for hundreds of thousands of years. On the contrary, her Life is almost at the end.
The clumsy artificial body is full of loopholes after all.
But this girl didn't know what she was thinking, until now, she didn't take the initiative to say a word to me.
"Silly girl, sometimes I really don't know if you are really stupid or pretending to be stupid. With our technology, the cost of reshaping your body for you can't even keep up with Sandora's breakfast. I usually call me big brother. At critical moments Don't you know how to ask your brother for help?"
Seeing it, Ilya's eyes gradually turned red.
"It's ready for the manufacture of the new body," I pressed Ilya's little head, "In a few days, the imperial soldiers will come to pick you up and go to our base, understand? As a qualified younger sister, at the critical moment It's time to learn to rely on your elder brother to be pampered."
Behind me, Pandora and Viska began to stare at Ilya. After Little Bubble, who can always share half of the candy, the second name that can be called an external threat has been written on the two sides at this moment. Don't twist the sister's hard drive.
"So, what's your final decision?" Turning my attention back to Saber and Archer, I waited for their answers. Although Sakura's crystal transformation can directly forcibly turn any heroic spirit into an Avalon heroic spirit, the matter has already passed. At this time, it is not appropriate to use strong methods.
"Well, anyway, I don't care anymore," Archer spread his hands and said without much thought, "Whether it's Gaia's side, Alaya's side, or working for extraterrestrial creatures, it doesn't make any sense, but one can see A palpable boss and a seemingly active working environment sound good, at least much better than the dry life before.”
As expected, Red A didn't seem to care about these things, so what about Saber's answer
"Switching to another master is not what the knight did," Artoria hesitated for a few minutes before giving his answer, "but the current situation does not seem to be the case, since you are enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with the roots of the world, and Alai Yezhi has also acknowledged the commitment with you, so... for me, maybe I also hope to see another path."
Well, now the abduction is complete... V