『 Fujimaru Ritsuka saw everything in the memories that Beast VI/S had sealed away.
This was past history—the reason why Beast VI/S was on the verge of death!
Fujimaru Ritsuka frowned deeply. Who on earth could have inflicted such heavy damage on Beast Nero?!
Soon, Fujimaru Ritsuka saw the answer.
Beast Nero looked at the Chaldea of another timeline and sneered, "Therefore, you humans can be proud. The sweeping of humanity, by your wishes, has already been completed here."
The Mash Kyrielight of that other timeline looked somewhat dazed. "…The desires of people, wanting to enjoy more, wanting a better life—this sort of human direction will lead to self-destruction at the end of prosperity."
"I understand this. It is an inevitability of life, so it is not evil."
"Oh? Then what is evil?" Beast Nero asked curiously.
"To mock humanity's way of living, their emotions, and their memories—such a person is what is truly evil."
Mash gazed at the blood-red world around her and said firmly, "Since this scenery is the end of Human Order, then we will march towards it!"
"I do not recognize you, who treats this as entertainment, Beast VI! In order not to lose to a place that is here but not here, to a Chaldea that is not ours…"
"…to someone who fought to the very end! The Chaldea here will defeat you!"
Fujimaru Ritsuka watched the Mash of the other timeline and fell into silence. Even if this was the end, they still had to defeat Beast Nero here?
But wasn't it precisely Chaldea's pursuit of saving the world that led to the birth of Beast Nero?
Right at that moment, a figure stepped out from the darkness. "I've heard everything from Rider Noah! I am the Blade of the Hunted Beast, and a traveler who has crossed many worlds!"
"My true name is Arthur Pendragon!" With golden hair and sacred azure eyes, he held his holy sword and gazed coldly at Beast Nero.
"When L and R align, S and G shall also manifest beneath this sky! Remember this—even across worlds, the Holy Sword of the Planet will never let you go!" 』
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『 Viewers of Myriad Worlds 』
Everyone looked curiously at the Arthur Pendragon on the screen. This was… the King Arthur of Lady Avalon's world?
The wielder of the Holy Sword of the Planet who once repelled the Umbral Star's vanguard in Pan-Human History?
No wonder the moment Lady Avalon appeared, Beast Nero asked why the wielder of the Holy Sword of the Planet hadn't come. It turned out he had already shown up before!
And if they calculated based on his past achievement of repelling the Umbral Star's vanguard…
Everyone raised their eyebrows and did some mental math. The Umbral Star's vanguard had destroyed countless civilizations, but in a Lostbelt, it was defeated by Zeus in his combined twelve-Machine-God form.
Which meant the strength of the wielder of the Holy Sword of the Planet was roughly on par with Zeus in his twelve-Machine-God form?
Then wouldn't the Grand Saber spot be a sure thing for him?
But then, everyone thought of the unique nature of the Holy Sword of the Planet. It was a weapon forged by the planet itself to defeat external enemies.
The stronger the enemy, the greater the power the Holy Sword of the Planet could unleash, and vice versa. Furthermore, the thirteen restraints of the Holy Sword might not even apply to Nero here, right?
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『 "This greed, this arrogance—let it end today! Beast VI! Beast of Sodom!"
As the words fell, a heavy evening bell tolled, and a heavy, lonely tolling echoed throughout the entire blood-red world!
Fujimaru Ritsuka gasped, her eyes widening in disbelief as a chill rushed from the soles of her feet straight to the crown of her head!
This was…?!
A tall figure stepped out from the darkness, shrouded in ghostly blue underworld flames. The eyes of King Hassan burned with fire. "Fallen Beast, the dragon that continues to swallow filth from the golden cup."
"That bell tolls, no…"
"Did you also witness the radiance of that star this time, with those eyes of yours that shine like a child's?"
Lady Avalon, holding her staff, also appeared beside King Arthur. "Grand Servants, two in total, plus the Knight of the Holy Sword who crosses worlds!"
"The decisive battle is right before us. Chaldea, which you have treated as food until now, will deliver the fatal blow to you at the very end!"
"Excalibur—!"
⦍Sword of Promised Victory⦎
"Azrael—"
⦍The Angel That Announces Death⦎
The battle erupted: holy sword and bell tolls, flowers and the Wall of Camelot.
At that moment, the blood-red canopy of heaven crashed down, plummeting toward everyone! 』
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〜Im Spider, So What World〜
"Uwah! Even that old gentleman came?!"
Kumoko suddenly shuddered!
Of all the Grand Servants, the one she feared most was this elderly man!
The Angel of Revelations, and that bell toll that made her skin crawl!
Just like with Tiamat—even though she clearly possessed the trait of immortality, she was still granted the concept of death by a single strike from this old man.
You have to know, getting stronger and becoming immortal had always been her greatest wishes since becoming a spider!
Heaven knows how much her heart had collapsed back then!
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『 Viewers of Myriad Worlds 』
Grand Assassin King Hassan… and is there also a Grand Saber?
No one could tell who the other Grand Servant Lady Avalon mentioned was, aside from King Hassan.
But what everyone found interesting was that King Hassan was actually still a Grand?
Even though this was already after the Singularities, and King Hassan had already discarded his Grand title, he could still appear in this Singularity with the Grand Saint Graph.
The audience of the Myriad Realms simultaneously realized one thing: the timeline of this world seemed to be messy to the extreme!
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『 A blinding white light pierced through the world, and then a dark figure was sent flying backward.
The theater had long concluded, the audience had already departed, and the actor should also leave.
Even if the sun sets thrice, it cannot touch the stars, for that splash of blood-red is a crimson rose born at dawn, only to wither with the setting sun.
In the end, unloved even to the abyss of death, meeting the sunset thrice with no one to send her off, crying time and time again…
Fujimaru Ritsuka saw it. Chaldea had created Beast Nero, and Beast Nero had used the Holy Grail to wish for and summon various Servants to this Spiral Proof World.
All so that these Servants would kill her!
They were not summoned by the Human Order, but by a Beast who yearned to be saved, summoning Servants to save herself!
"A person who yearns for death…" Fujimaru Ritsuka emerged from Beast Nero's memories. Returning to reality, she couldn't help but murmur.
"Yes. We are not Servants summoned by the Human Order to defeat the Beast, but Servants summoned by the Beast in order to kill herself." 』
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『 Viewers of Myriad Worlds 』
The Beast itself wanted to kill itself…?
Countless viewers were first taken aback, and then their lips curled into wide grins as they couldn't help but laugh out loud!
How interesting, how contradictory! As expected of "Love for Humanity"!
Love and evil are, by nature, two sides of the same coin.
Beast Nero, Beast VI, the Fallen Beast, a being born from the principle of "Depravity."
She symbolized the process of a civilization rotting after reaching the peak of prosperity in an era. When such a city or civilization reached its peak and began to decline, the Beast of Sodom would appear, taking pleasure in savoring this malignancy.
Despite being a Beast that feasted on calamity, she yearned for salvation, even going so far as to search for Heroic Spirits to kill her in the end.
But since she already harbored a desire for death, why did she drag the Fujimaru Ritsuka of another timeline over here?
Could it be that she feared death at the very last moment?
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『 Locusta said heavily that it wasn't that she wanted to kill Her Majesty Beast Nero, but that Her Majesty herself sought death…
"But if that's the case, why was I dragged into this?" Fujimaru Ritsuka asked, perplexed.
"You were dragged in by the Beast Husk, which had developed its own ego," Locusta said apologetically.
Lady Avalon looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka. "You were taken from Chaldea and formed a contract with the Beast. Draco continued this journey from the very beginning just to save you, who had been dragged into this."
In order to reclaim her true body and obtain Independent Manifestation to annul her Beast contract with Fujimaru Ritsuka, Beast Nero—who had originally sought death—willingly completed this journey for Fujimaru Ritsuka's sake.
"But… this way of doing things is wrong!" Locusta said in grief. "In the Spiral Proof World, all alone, being tortured to death by filthy beast hunters…!"
"This is just like the end of that sunset! Only I—only I can let Her Majesty Nero have a perfect end!"
A golden light emerged on Locusta's body. She activated her Noble Phantasm, allowing the grand rose's end to be as peaceful as a soft, slumbering light.
Beast Nero chose to drink the poison, but in the next instant, she suddenly launched an attack on Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others!
Fujimaru Ritsuka and her companions were blasted directly out of that world, arriving inside the Second Singularity!
Outside, Tiamat caught Fujimaru Ritsuka and was about to say something when she saw a flash of blood-red about to slit Fujimaru Ritsuka's throat!
"Don't even think about it!" Tiamat blocked the strike, frowning as she looked at the Beast Nero before her.
No… the one before them was no longer Beast Nero!
It was the Beast Husk!
The Beast Husk that Beast Nero had reclaimed had staged a rebellion inside her body. The poison was indeed effective, but only against Nero herself. The Beast Husk, which had previously awakened its own consciousness, had taken over Beast Nero's true body!
She did not hesitate, immediately heading to the next Singularity to kill Jeanne d'Arc (Alter), who was guarding the Beast Husk, and reclaim the final Beast Husk!
In an instant, the entire world burst into flames. A swirling tornado swept across the globe, and blood-mud seeped down from the crimson sky.
And all of this would become the nourishment to shape the brand-new Sixth Beast! Standing in the center of the sea of mud, Beast Nero absorbed the black mud of the entire world!
Tiamat advocated killing her before she could reclaim her true body, but Fujimaru Ritsuka refused to agree no matter what! 』
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『 Viewers of Myriad Worlds 』
Everyone looked at each other, not expecting such a development.
She had sought her own death, yet her power's split-off form, the Beast Husk, had developed its own ego?
Nero was truly tragic. Meeting the sunset thrice with no one to send her off, and when she was finally about to achieve her wish, it was completely disrupted by her own Beast Husk.
However, everyone could understand. Even an ant would burst with a desire to live, let alone a Beast Husk that had gained consciousness.
Then how would Fujimaru Ritsuka deal with Beast Nero next?
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〜Type-Moon World, ????? Worldline〜
Somewhere in an Unnamed Place—
"Hehehe~"
Lady Avalon let out a delighted chuckle. Since Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't want to kill Beast Nero directly, she would inevitably have to wait for her to return to her true body.
But with Fujimaru Ritsuka's current strength, fighting Beast Nero's true form was no different from seeking death, especially with the Beast Husk controlling the body.
So, the one who could fight her had to be Tiamat~
True Form Beast Nero vs. True Form Mother of Genesis Tiamat~
How would the former Beast II face Beast VI?
After all, Beasts are fundamentally incompatible with one another. She really couldn't wait to see Tiamat paint the final conclusion~
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『 When everyone arrived at the center of the blood-mud, they saw the Beast Husk, which had already taken human form.
The Beast Husk waved her hand, and an overwhelming deluge of blood-mud surged forward!
The Beast Husk laughed maniacally as raging flames violently boiled!
"Burn to ashes, O world! Burn to ashes, entire history of humanity! Offer thunderous applause for our hell!"
The Beast Husk's blood-red gaze locked onto Fujimaru Ritsuka, and she couldn't help but praise, "O my contractor, you are very brave, but this is as far as you go."
"Watch closely. This is the end—the end of the sky reached by climbing up the spiral!"
Blood-mud splashed down, and Lady Avalon's defenses began to shatter continuously, while the aura of Beast Nero at the center of the mud grew increasingly powerful!
"Draco is about to awaken!" Tiamat frowned. Then, her Saint Graph began to wildly release magical energy. She was going to… Draco right here…
But at that very moment, Tiamat saw into Draco's heart. It turned out… Draco was also just a crying child…
Now that she knew, as a mother, Tiamat absolutely could not lay a hand on her child!
And this allowed the Beast Husk to seize the true body, successfully restoring the Beast of Sodom!
The dragon-shaped giant beast stepped out from the ruins, its beastly eyes staring down at Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others.
"Her Majesty Nero has already…" Locusta despaired.
Has Nero… been permanently replaced… Just as everyone was in despair, a brilliant radiance burst from Tiamat's body!
"No! Fujimaru Ritsuka, we must never give up! That child Draco… is a crying infant. Before she became a Beast, she was a child!"
"Mama was wrong before. Now that Mama knows, I will absolutely not give up on my child!" Tiamat said firmly!
In the next instant, a terrifying magical energy, the likes of which had never been seen before, erupted around Tiamat!
An extra-large Tiamat appeared before everyone's eyes. That was indeed the Mother of Genesis… the true form of Tiamat!
Looking at that grand and colossal body, for a moment, Fujimaru Ritsuka felt as if she had returned to the seventh singularity.
Only this time, they were not enemies, but family!
Tiamat stood tall upon the blood-mud. In the next instant, endless black mud overflowed from beneath her feet, eroding the blood-mud in a single moment and turning the world pitch black!
"AAAAAAA—!" Blood-red magical energy compressed and condensed. In an instant, a beam of light broke through all restraints, crossing the horizon and shooting toward the Beast of Sodom!
BOOM—!!!
In just a single moment, the Beast of Sodom was blasted away, her massive body crashing heavily into the black mud. She struggled, her eyes filled with shock.
"IS THIS THE POWER OF BEAST II…!!!"
And Tiamat had not even used her full strength, because their goal was to rescue Nero! 』
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『 Viewers of Myriad Worlds 』
NICE!!! As expected of Tiamat!
If she hadn't suppressed her strength, that strike would probably have dispersed the Sixth Beast directly, right?!
But summoning her true body back through Saint Graph Ascension in a Singularity—isn't that a bit too much, Tiamat!
Could it be that Tiamat is actually the strongest Beast?!
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