They've already fought their way through the Holy Grail War, and you still call them dragons?

Emiya was silent, "..."

Huh? Oops!

Want an aerial battle? But he hasn't figured out how to fly by mimicking the god Susanoo yet.

Chapter 245 Riding on the Back of the Silver Dragon

“…Wait a minute!”

Emiya felt a little sweat on his neck. The Susanoo he used was not the kind of Susanoo that was used in the legendary Gomura Fighting Eyes.

This large mecha is the product of the influence of the power of the god Susanoo, which was given by Ugly Gozen as a gift from the Dubu Warrior Great Bodyguard.

Anyway, the Great Armor itself has no flight function except for the shoulder armor suspension. As for whether the pseudo-divine Susanoo can provide flight? It is hard to say.

After all, it was something Norton researched and made temporarily, so it was a miracle that it succeeded. He himself didn't have time to fully test the functions, so Emiya basically familiarized himself with it while fighting.

If this function really didn't exist, he would be in trouble. So, Emiya really wanted to say: Let me find a mount!

"I see... Phew, this is the flaw in the divine body you created!"

Ibuki Douji, who was sitting on the clouds, immediately understood what was going on, and the divine sword that was originally ready to chop down swiftly was also placed loosely aside.

"While it's true that your struggle was quite brilliant, it took a lot of effort to scavenge resources from the remaining spiritual essences of several heroic warriors, and to desperately gather and piece them together, just to create such an incomplete divine body."

Ibuki's sharp criticism was merciless. "And it's been gradually depleting since the beginning of the battle. Haha, this is simply..."

Her words echoed in the atmosphere, but then stopped here.

In the distance, a roaring dragon is approaching rapidly.

It was a massive, streamlined dragon, its beautiful patterns reflecting a brilliant light across its body. Its broad wings tore through the mist and morning light, shuttling beneath the pitch-black clouds. Its beautiful body, illuminated by the light, was coated in a light silver and clear sky blue...

Shirou's eyes suddenly moved. He had never seen this dragon before, but the appearance of the dragon's body gave him a familiar feeling, as if he had seen it somewhere.

Is that... Melyuchina who has returned to her dragon form?

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The cave is collapsing rapidly.

Nuonuo had been nervously guarding the earth vein node. Because she was directly connected to the spiritual vein deep in the earth, she could not move freely. But just now, a group of people suddenly descended from above.

"Why are you all here?" She looked puzzledly at the giant dragon Fenrir carrying Xia Mi and Norton, as well as the two masters Charlotte and Fingel who had forced a ride, and slowly climbed down the wide cave entrance.

"The ritual is complete," Norton said, holding a glowing sphere in his hand. It looked a bit like a crystal ball for divination, but no one thought it was true.

"There's no need for you to stay here. We should leave."

Nono didn't pretend to be reserved and easily jumped onto Fenrir's dragon back. She watched the dragon dig through the thick soil like peeling cheese from a cake, and quickly fled with everyone towards the makeshift tunnel. She couldn't help but feel even more confused:

"Why don't we just go up there?"

Norton, standing at the front of the dragon's back, held up the crystal ball. "The surface of the earth is not safe. If you had witnessed the danger of the war between gods, you would understand."

Norton slowly turned around, and the sphere in his hand radiated light, allowing everyone to witness the flickering image inside - that was the mythical battle between "Susanoo" and Ibuki Douji that was currently being played.

The clouds were surging, thunder was crashing, and the ground was cracked into layers of dense spider-web-like deep marks.

The countless reinforced concrete buildings in the urban area stretching for thousands of meters were no different from the grass and trees around the battlefield that were torn by the strong wind. They were shattered like scattered sand by the aftermath of the duel between gods.

Two huge figures were fighting intensely in an open area, and the surface affected by them began to tremble violently. Invisible shock waves flew everywhere, causing the earth to continuously sink and bulge in large quantities, like a sea with raging waves!

"Holy shit, shit, shit!"

Finger was practically at a loss for words after seeing this scene. His mouth opened wide enough for an egg to fit through it. "What kind of god-level duel is this? Damn, even Archer's fight with that cunning snake wasn't this outrageous!"

In fact, when Hercules fought before, in most cases, he restrained his strength in order to save magic power. That is to say, when he attacked, Hercules chose to pursue the minimum consumption of magic power in exchange for the greatest results, making the movement relatively small.

If there is a sufficient supply of magic power, a top-level heroic spirit like Hercules can launch a fierce attack on a god-level monster like the Bull of Heaven, just like in "Fate Strange Fake".

The little sister Charlotte was also frightened and her face turned pale. If she had not been relatively stable on the dragon's back, and Norton had also built a barrier around and above it, and she had a suitcase full of mercury to defend herself.

Otherwise, she would be frightened and start activating the defense of the Mercury Suit, fearing that the rock above her head would suddenly collapse violently and bury the cave entrance due to the shock waves from the battlefield.

"...I mean, fighting like this... uh, their demolition efficiency is ridiculous! Just two loud bangs, and several districts of buildings are gone!"

Finger's mouth was full of chatter, and the more tense the situation became, the more noisy he became. He was a real chatterbox:

"You said that after everything is over, if the government issues a statement to rebuild the Third New Tokyo City, all the street demolition companies in the island nation will have to thank these two for taking the initiative to do it for them!"

Xia Mi, who was directing Fenrir's work from the front, also took the time to complain after hearing this, "What are you thanking me for? Will the demolition company thank these two great masters for letting them lose a batch of orders?"

"Hey - can you please not worry about whether the buildings on the ground are demolished or not? We are not citizens here and we can't get a penny of compensation." Charlotte was still feeling uneasy because of the exaggerated fighting posture.

"If we keep going like this, won't we be buried alive underground? Why would we even need to go down there?"

Norton snorted and ignored Charlotte's concerns about being buried alive. With the King of Earth and Mountain in the team, it meant that the word "buried to death" would not exist in the dictionary.

"...It's necessary to go this way. The ley lines are unstable right now. When preparing for the ritual, we discovered an abnormal flow of spiritual veins in a certain area. It seems to be caused by human intervention... Just in case, we need to investigate."

Norton did not forget that Odin never showed up. In theory, that compatriot had invested a lot of manpower and material resources in this island country. It would be too inconsistent with Odin's style for him to just stand by and watch the Holy Grail War without any backbone.

Charlotte frowned. She really didn't like moving in this dark and winter environment.

However, if she left the Dragon King's lair alone, she would be in great danger - she might be beaten half to death by the aftermath of the battle between Emiya and Ibuki as soon as she emerged from the ground.

Without the support of the Servant's power, can my Mercury Suit hold up? Will I win... I can only say that I will die.

Thinking about it carefully, Finkel from the secret party was quite smart. He had just lost his servant, and he looked like he couldn't wait to hug the Dragon King tightly. He was much more flexible than her.

Nono was also not nervous about the environment here. She was more concerned about the situation on the battlefield. "Will Emiya win... I mean, is this pseudo-god that we created with so much effort and combined our strengths reliable?"

What she feared most was that this large mecha would suddenly run out of mana halfway through the fight.

"This possibility cannot be ruled out. This divine power is only a one-time product," Norton shook his head. It would be difficult for him to find a way to deal with this thing in a short period of time. It would test his ability.

The principles of the gods involve the secrets of connecting to the world tree.

Theoretically, true gods and heroic spirits are different. In their complete state, they do not need any master contract and can exist independently. The most typical example is Ibuki Douji.

Norton thought to himself that at this stage, the method he envisioned with the highest success rate was, at best, to create a Divine Servant with an ordinary spiritual base...

But this level is no match for Ibuki Douji, because the output of ordinary spiritual-based divine servants is limited by their spiritual bases. Once powerful powers are used, the spiritual bases will not be able to withstand it.

The same goes for Emiya. His body is the limiter of divine power. Of course, Emiya's body, as a container, is higher than that of ordinary spiritual bases, so he can fight Ibuki Douji back and forth, but high output also means that the consumption of pseudo-divine power increases, and it cannot be maintained for a long time.

After thinking about it, Nuonuo shook his head and said, "I don't think it's possible. We should send another fighter to help."

Charlotte was puzzled. "Now all the Servants have basically retired, right?"

"Not all." Nono looked at Norton, "I want to communicate with my Servant through the contract. Can I do that?"

Hearing this, Norton immediately realized who Nono was referring to. He raised his fingertips, a beam of light flashed, and then Nono's right wrist was faintly glowing.

“Just remember to speak in your heart.”

"it is good."

The red-haired girl glanced at her wrist, closed her eyes, and immersed her mind in the contract channel.

"Melyucina, can you hear me? From now on, I will give you all my magic power! Please, take Emiya with you and fly together to defeat the enemy!"

"Yes, Master!"

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Emiya controlled the Susanoo and sat firmly on Melusina's huge dragon body, and the altitude in his field of vision rose rapidly.

"I didn't expect it was really you, Melyuchina!" He stretched out his half-illusory hand and gently stroked the dragon's back, as if he was stroking an old partner with rich experience in joint combat.

The giant dragon under him let out a joyful roar: “——!” The rising tone was pleasant to the ear.

Although the meaning was unclear to others, Emiya could sense the words, "Yes, let us once again defeat the gods!"

Just like when we dealt with Odin before.

"Ha, ha ha ha, happy!"

Ibuki Douji's long snake body half-sat on the gathering clouds beneath him. "A warrior boy who gathers the power of his enemies, and such a pure dragon seed! Hahaha, I'm so excited—!"

"Young warriors who bravely wield their blades against me, since you have demonstrated your unwavering resolve to resist the world's demands for correction, I will also go all out to once again activate the Great Mystery of Mythology!"

Ibuki-douji spread out his four arms, pointing to the east, south, west and north respectively. A strange power enveloped the earth. Under Emiya's close gaze, extremely fast streams of light kept flying from the ground to this high altitude, and then rushed towards Ibuki-douji and were absorbed by him.

At first, Emiya didn't realize the true identity of the flowing light, but after comparing it with the slightly blurry shape, he realized that it was quite familiar. It was... the corpse of Yamata no Orochi!

The green-haired deity suddenly became more majestic, her hair like a tangled coil of long snakes, and the shadow of an eight-headed beast as huge as a mountain range appeared behind her. The green sword in her hand transformed into an almost purple, distorted snake sword.

"In the name of the Father, acting in the Spirit of the Father, the sound of the divine voice resounds throughout this world. Be afraid, tremble, look up to me as you would look up to my Father, and worship me as you would worship my Father. The great disaster has arrived!"

Emiya's eyes widened. The opponent's spiritual base size... expanded!

"Come on, young warrior!" Ibuki Douji's eyes became cold and unfathomable. She wielded the super-sized power of the giant snake god and raised the snake sword, which had turned deep purple, above her head.

"In this feeling, things beyond human comprehension exist in the world—water, waves, currents, and radiance!"

"Eight Meridians Split, Divine Sword Flashes!"

Chapter 246: Sword! Open! Sky! Door!

It is said that the Yamata-no-Orochi, the greatest calamity dragon of the island nation recorded in the Kojiki, is a red-eyed monster with eight heads and eight tails. Its huge body spans eight valleys and eight mountain peaks.

The deity Ibuki-douji is the son of Yamata no Orochi, and can be considered a branch of this terrifying snake god. She borrowed this Noble Phantasm from her father's body to wield. A single slash, unleashed by her True Name, is powerful enough to split eight valleys and eight mountains in succession, creating eight great rivers...

The snake god sword wielded by Ibuki Douji carries such extraordinary power, but it is far more than that.

Because of the rushing light, one after another, gradually gushed out from her snake sword. This was not a single real name release slash, but a continuous one!

The lightning in the sky roared densely, and the heavy rain fell almost like a waterfall, but all these only highlighted the terrifying power of the sword light that split the mountain.

This is the true power of heaven!

"Melyuzina!"

Emiya signaled the dragon beneath him to urgently relocate. Melyusina reacted instantly, her massive form not hindering her agility. Her streamlined body sliced ​​through the air, swirling and dancing in a graceful, curved trajectory!

Boom!

The first golden ray of light flew past the side of the dragon's wing, quickly deviated and fell to the ground, and finally exploded at the western end of Hachioji City. It was like a horrific divine punishment, razing the Kanto Mountains of Honshu Island (about 130 kilometers from north to south and about 60 kilometers from east to west) to the ground!

"Melyuzina, turn away from Tokyo Bay!"

Emiya realized that the other side really didn't care how much damage they would cause to the human world, and immediately decided to move the battlefield to the sea.

Besides, he was not completely avoiding it. Emiya himself began to try to further release the Noble Phantasm, the sword of Ame-no-Murakumo in his hand.

Although what he held in his hand was just an empty shell with no substance, the Susanoo power in his body was genuine!

If you don’t have a magic sword, then try your best to forge one yourself!

Using the body as a furnace and the heart as fire, he studied and practiced countless times to forge an infinite sword system. The piled-up sword works have already formed a mountain, and the refined treasures have already become a huge amount.

This gave him confidence that with sufficient conditions and materials, it would not be impossible to complete a divine sword.

Huhu——

The rushing gale blew past the huge Susanoo, and the flashing dangerous light almost came from behind.

But with the high-speed flight of the giant dragon Melyuchina, it is not a problem to dodge before Ibuki Douji gets close enough.

"I am the bone of my sword—"

The scenery before Emiya began to transform into a small world where countless swords were inserted into stone pestles.

“Unaware of beginning, nor aware of the end—”

The scenery within the Infinite Sword System changed, and countless Noble Phantasms and swords rose into the air. Under Emiya's control, they shattered like snowflakes, and only returned to the pure fantasy base material.

Then they began to actively gather towards the owner of the inherent barrier in the center, like a torrent of fine light particles condensed.

"Pile up piles of swords, severing past karma through causality... The essence, revealed. Complete the concept, concluded. Forging techniques, critical..."

As Emiya pondered the structure of the Murasakibara sword, a torrent of fantasy flowed into it, and countless Noble Phantasm crystals merged into it.

"Well?"

Ibuki Douji, who was chasing after him, narrowed his eyes. "What is that, a projection of a sword...? No..."

After a moment, Emiya operated Susanoo again and tightly grasped the flaming sword.

“…Tsumukari no Tachi—!”

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