"Enuma Elish!"
(The Star of Creation That Split Heaven and Earth!)
"ROOOOOAR!!!!!!!"
All the World's Evil, which had yet to fully manifest, let out an unwilling roar as endless black mud poured from the pitch-black aperture high above!
The crimson vortex surged toward it, rising into the heavens!
But then—
It was as though the flow of space and time throughout the world had suddenly been frozen.
Everything visible to the naked eye fell into a bizarre state of suspension.
The pouring black mud.
The sky-piercing beam of light.
The raging winds.
The restless living beings…
Everything.
Everything had come to a complete standstill.
Yet Gilgamesh's consciousness could still think, and his perception of the outside world had not been cut off by the frozen spacetime.
It was as though the existence behind all of this had deliberately allowed him to remain a witness to the scene that was about to unfold.
And then—
Between the black mud of sin and the space-rending beam of light that were about to collide, a tall, perfectly proportioned figure appeared out of nowhere.
His physique was even more flawless than that of an ancient Greek statue.
Leon Stark Odinson?!
Gilgamesh, still completely unaware of what was happening, roared inwardly in shock.
I was supposed to be the last surviving victor! So why… why are you there?!
Within Gilgamesh's crimson pupils, which could not even tremble, a reflection appeared—
Leon, who had originally disguised himself in the appearance of King Arthur, with golden hair and green eyes, was no longer wearing his true black-haired, black-eyed appearance.
Instead, his hair had naturally transformed into white, while his eyes became crimson.
His originally sharply defined, superhumanly handsome features had also gradually softened.
They were no longer quite so intimidating and imposing, instead becoming more similar to those of Irisviel and Justeaze.
He still possessed the majesty and domineering authority of the God of Mankind, yet there was now an added quality of tranquility and approachable benevolence.
The only thing that had not changed was his incomparable handsomeness—so dazzling that it inspired an almost instinctive sense of inferiority in those who looked upon him.
Father of the Gods.
King of Kings.
For no reason he could explain, these two utterly absurd titles suddenly surfaced within Gilgamesh's mind.
RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE!
Mount Enzō began to shake as a whole.
A gigantic ritual platform engraved with the Greater Grail's Magic Circuits, shaped like a woman and covering an area several kilometers across, appeared to be forcibly scooped out from within the mountain by an invisible, enormous spoon.
Before Gilgamesh, who remained completely unable to move, the entire structure slowly rose from beneath the earth toward the heavens.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Within the Root, countless strands of blue magical energy ignored the black mud of All the World's Evil blocking the "entrance."
They converged in midair with the enormous female stone statue that had risen from the earth.
The strands of magical energy began weaving themselves together.
Under the miraculous power of the Root, the enormous female statue quickly transformed within the void into a lifelike woman with white hair and crimson eyes, clad in a pure-white Heavenly Vestment.
Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern?!
Like Gilgamesh, Emiya Kiritsugu had retained the ability to think.
Still kneeling in shock as he gazed upward, he silently called out the name of the white-haired, crimson-eyed woman who appeared as though she were about to be resurrected.
She stood within the void at a height of 2.5 kilometers.
Leon, who had likewise transformed into a white-haired, crimson-eyed figure, was positioned before her chest.
The difference in their enormous sizes was so extreme that even the gaps between the mountains might have been difficult to fill.
The two were like an ordinary human being compared with an ant.
Yet the devout smile on Justeaze's face remained unchanged.
She slowly spread her arms.
Like a goddess unleashing a radiant celestial phenomenon, her hands appeared to move slowly, yet actually came together with incredible speed.
Her ten fingertips aligned perfectly with one another.
Leon, tiny as an ant by comparison, was carefully protected between her palms.
She then slowly placed him against her heart.
Next—
As though embracing him, Justeaze bent her delicate feet and wrapped her arms around her knees, which had been drawn together.
Her enormous body curled inward like an unborn infant.
She completely enclosed the tiny Leon within herself.
Her entire form transformed into a sacred Klein Blue moon, mirroring the eerie blood-red moon hanging in the heavens.
Klein Blue was a highly saturated color created by the French artist Yves Klein—a mysterious and profound blue, dazzling like a summer star.
Against such a strange night sky, that Klein Blue suspended upon the heavenly throne produced an even more powerful visual impact and sense of awe.
It was like—
a blazing sun burning in the midst of an eternal night!
Then—
Spacetime seemed to come to a complete standstill.
Even the thoughts of Gilgamesh and Emiya Kiritsugu froze.
Perhaps a very long time passed.
Or perhaps it was only an instant.
Crack!
Crack!
Crack!
As countless cracks appeared across the surface of the sacred Klein Blue moon and pieces of it began to fall away, a figure clad in a pure-white Heavenly Vestment adorned with crimson tracery and golden patterns emerged.
The Third Magician, Leon, had officially descended into this world!
[Heaven's Garment — Justeaze: The supreme Mystic Code created through the sublimation of the soul of the Third Magician, Leon Stark Odinson. Using the Magic Circuits of the Greater Grail embodied by the Winter Saint, Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern, as its foundation, the Third Magic—Materialization of the Soul—was applied to fuse and stabilize Leon's soul with them. It was ultimately elevated by the Root. Inscribed upon it is the Ultimate Ritual — Heroic Spirit Summoning, an advanced form evolved from the Servant Summoning Ritual.]
[Description: This is the symbol of the Third Magician!]
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