Outside the Allied Capital, a certain Berserker who was on a killing spree suddenly turned his head sharply.
He looked inside the city.
He sensed that an Oppressor was bullying the weak!
"OPPRESSOR——!"
The Berserker waved his giant sword, wearing a wild smile, and sprinted toward the city not far away.
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"■■, is my eyesight really that bad?"
Lev looked at his hand, unable to help doubting himself.
Forget it, I happened to kill one anyway. As long as I don't say it, no one will know my aim is bad!
But on second thought, Lev gave up on this bit of entanglement.
Then he grinned and continued to fire magic cannons downward.
Realizing his side was under attack, Takumi subconsciously wanted to stand in front of Jing Ke and use his Noble Phantasm to block the attack coming from the corner.
Taking a step, he suddenly found his legs go weak.
He almost couldn't stand steadily.
With the high-intensity battle just now, plus the unrestrained use of [Escapist], Takumi was clearly exhausted.
In his vision, another dozen black-red light dots flickered among them.
Large quantity, enough to fill you up. Now even if Lev's aim was bad, he could hit Takumi with at least one or two shots.
'Hey, don't get reckless. Look at me, is there any possibility of saving me like this?'
Jing Ke saw through Takumi's thoughts and predicament. Using strength from who knows where, she pushed Takumi forcefully to the side.
Right into the arms of Nero, whose condition was much better than Takumi's.
Looking at Takumi, who was still staring at her blankly, Jing Ke smiled helplessly.
'Really, I finally met some good teammates, but I didn't expect it to end so soon...'
Sighing, Jing Ke's figure was submerged by a dozen magic cannons.
Jing Ke—Retired!
After catching Takumi, Nero hurriedly retreated wildly, moving out of Lev's attack range.
Standing not far away, looking at the specks of golden light rising in the area covered by magic cannons.
Both Nero and Takumi turned their heads with grim expressions to look at the source of the attack.
That man standing on the second floor wearing a military green coat.
Lev Lainur Flauros, arguably the key node of the Human Order Incineration.
As Flauros, one of the 72 Demon God Pillars, if he committed suicide, Goetia could not truly manifest due to the lack of one Demon God Pillar, and the Human Order Incineration would not occur.
In this sense, he even had a similar effect to Dr. Roman—both resolving the Human Order Incineration crisis through suicide.
The branching node of FGO Chaldea's story of saving humanity was calculated exactly from whether he committed suicide or not.
If he didn't see Mash, he would think humanity still had hope, and then commit suicide before Goetia appeared.
If he saw Mash, he would think humanity was hopeless, letting Goetia appear unharmed, leading to the activation of the Human Order Incineration Ritual.
And in this story, he created a brand new node.
By breaking Chaldea's protection, he caused the Human Order Incineration Ritual to affect Chaldea as well.
Chaldea was wiped out before even figuring out the situation. Then Takumi descended into Chaldea for unknown reasons...
"I underestimated you, human. To actually fight all the way here."
Lev looked at Takumi below and said with some emotion.
Actually, a careful look would reveal that Takumi's clearing efficiency was higher than the original Chaldea's.
In the French Singularity, because they had to find Siegfried as fast as possible, Takumi and Jeanne basically didn't rest much.
Relying on [Revelation], they ran all the way.
After finding Siegfried, things didn't ease up much; it was another wild run.
After finding Georgios, to end the battle quickly and avoid complications, it was yet another wild run.
Counting from when Takumi arrived at the Singularity until he cleared it and left, it was at most three days.
Normally, in other novels, this would take at least several dozen chapters. Where would there be one ending in just a dozen chapters like this?
This wasn't just because the situation was indeed urgent, but more because Takumi had read the script. He didn't need to slowly understand the situation of the entire Singularity and what he needed to do like other protagonists who hadn't read the script.
Takumi's goal was clearly set even before reaching the Singularity.
It was precisely because of Takumi's efficiency that the Demon God Pillars couldn't react in time.
However, this also included the reason that they simply didn't care about Takumi.
After all, he was just a human; what could he do?
"I heard you were very active in France. That made me suffer a bit, being kicked out by other guys, and I had to run here to clean up the mess."
Lev said with a gloomy face.
It wasn't that he felt Takumi's actions gave him a headache. Like other Demon God Pillars, he simply looked down on Takumi.
The reason for his gloomy face was mainly because having to run over specifically to deal with a bug made him feel like it was making a mountain out of a molehill, and he was very impatient.
—It's definitely not because the attacks he carefully launched during this period barely hit a few times!
"If just acting cool at the very end counts as being active..."
Recalling his experience of being AFK for most of the time back then, Takumi smiled mockingly.
Mocking both Lev and himself.
"Heh, say whatever you want. I don't have the leisure to waste effort on an opponent like you."
Lev sneered after hearing this.
"Although I admit your battle just now was indeed surprising, actually managing to get rid of that Roman Divine Ancestor."
"But, how much strength do you have left now?"
"Probably even running to face me is difficult, right? Hahahaha..."
Lev laughed mockingly.
"How dare you insult us like this! Believe it or not, my [Aestus Estus] will chop your head in the next second!"
Listening to Lev's words, Nero flew into a rage, drawing [Aestus Estus] and preparing to rush up and give him a slash.
"Oh? What if I do this?"
Lev narrowed his eyes and fired a magic cannon at Takumi.
Takumi, who had been staring at Lev, barely managed to activate his Noble Phantasm to block this shot.
But because of this, he was pushed to the ground by the impact of the magic cannon.
Leaning on the flag, he avoided rolling twice on the ground.
As a relatively normal human, his endurance was still a bit lacking.
Moreover, the number of times Takumi used skills in the battle just now far exceeded anyone else in the fight.
"Despicable!"
Seeing Lev wanting to continue attacking, Nero hurried back.
Holding [Aestus Estus], she assumed a stance, looking at him with a face full of anger.
"Despicable? You guys didn't exactly fight with orthodox methods all the way here, did you?"
"Besides, this is a serious battle!"
Lev chuckled. Having observed the battle from behind for so long, he could be certain that the two in front of him, especially Nero, weren't exactly innocent either!
"Emperor of Rome, you might still have the ability to fight, but what about the Master behind you?"
"Look at him like that; how many more times can he block my attacks?"
"Think about it, what should you do..."
Nero turned her head slightly to glance at Takumi, who stood up leaning on the flag, and pursed her lips.
"If it's attacks of that level just now, I can probably block a few more times..."
Seeing Nero looking at him, Takumi forced a smile, suppressing his incredibly painful headache.
At least he had been trained by Siegfried's ultimate curse back then; Takumi still had a bit of endurance.
It was just...
His hands were trembling.
Not because Takumi was afraid, but purely from exhaustion. He still had some magical energy left.
"At a time like this, what are you trying to be tough for?"
Nero sighed helplessly.
Clearly, there was only this one choice placed before her.
"I'm not trying to be tough. I said only block a few times; what happens after that is hard to say..."
Takumi highlighted his honesty.
"Umu, I didn't expect you to be quite good at livening up the atmosphere!"
"Haha, maybe I'm the type who relaxes more easily the more critical the moment becomes?"