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

Emiya saw an unprecedentedly huge body. Even Susanoo and the shell of the Surtur Titan were just small ants in front of it.

The corpses from the depths of the sea emerged violently, accompanied by a vast and boundless dense forest of flowers and trees. The depth of the seabed seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, and Emiya seemed to see towering seamounts rising from the bottom of the sea!

Chapter 286: Tomb of Nidhogg

The crust beneath the sea seemed to be cracking.

The shallow waters of the Arctic Ocean were suddenly filled with the remains of the Black King.

During the battle just now, Emiya had never sensed such a huge life form on the seabed at the North Pole.

The Black King's corpse should not be simply hidden under the sea, but in a strange space similar to the Nibelungen.

This hatchery space uses the Arctic seabed as a realistic anchor, connecting it to the outside world.

Therefore, at the very beginning, the Electronic Holy Grail War, operated by Star Maria as a vessel, attracted the attention of the Black King, to the point that He descended His spiritual will from the incubator and eventually forcibly manifested in the outside world, transforming into a body of light.

The Black King may not have anticipated that he would fail on the spot despite possessing the "matter collection" that could sweep the world, so he hurriedly awakened his still sleeping body.

Unfortunately, it was too late. With only a movable body and a huge size, but without the control of mental will, it would be nothing more than a big fool with only instincts left.

The boundless sound of water roared all around, and seamounts gradually rose. Those seamounts showed graceful fractal structures, like the horns of a deer, oversized mushrooms, or towering castles, and tentacles standing densely like a forest... They were arranged in a regular pattern and in various shapes, and did not look like any dragon at all.

What Emiya and the others didn't know was that the corpse left behind by the Black King originally appeared like this because He used the spiral of genes as a rule and sacrificed countless lives since ancient times, constantly replicating and growing infinitely like coral reefs and bamboo forests in the mountains.

In the Arctic Ocean, the natural womb that gave birth to Him, the corpse of the Black King continued to devour organic matter and countless genes, and eventually grew into this gigantic catfish-like creature, without any dragon characteristics at all, except for two rows of dragon pupils of varying sizes behind its head, and compound eyes composed of countless hexagonal simple eyes that stared at the outside world.

"Shine the crown of the sun, sword of fire!"

Faced with the last hope of a comeback summoned by the Black King's spiritual will, Emiya had no intention of wasting time. He mercilessly output a huge amount of magic power, activated a large-scale Noble Phantasm, and released the flames of the end.

It's time to end, the Black King's final struggle.

If you, Black King, cannot save yourself from failure, then let this body burn!

Under the influence of the endless protection given by the "Tower of the End", Levatin's power obviously increased linearly.

Levatin responded to the will of the sword's master and ruthlessly unleashed his divine power.

The shockwaves caused the vast ocean to boil, and countless proudly standing seamounts were instantly reduced to dust. The impotent and furious corpses instinctively screamed, and from their rows of eerie mouthparts, they erupted into towering columns of dust. However, this behavior was more like a powerless cry than resistance, and was undoubtedly suppressed by the overwhelming firepower.

The sun, shining at the end, falls on the sea level.

Just like the mythical Muspelheim and the Kingdom of Fire, the field of fire reappeared in the real world. Within almost the entire Arctic Circle, hundreds of meters deep sea water evaporated in large quantities, and the surging flames shone like bright stars.

The intense flames were enough to blur the vision of those outside the Arctic Circle. However, at this point after the bleaching had begun, no ordinary person could observe this apocalyptic spectacle.

An explosion of light.

From Emiya's perspective, he wielded the divine weapon, displaying a scorching light that could turn everything in the world into ashes, and it fell from above the Black King's corpse towards the direction of those "sea mountain" structures at a terrifying speed.

Deliver this fire of the end that ignites endless darkness to the Black King's massive mountain body.

Levatin's terrifying power almost instantly cut through the flesh and skin of a huge mountain, tearing it into pieces and reaching the bottom of the sea. The surging sea water and blood evaporated as if they had disappeared out of thin air. When the sun-like edge slammed into the seabed, it caused vast shock and rock movement.

The Black King's corpse experienced a series of terrifying light explosions, and a large amount of flesh and blood evaporated on the spot. Then the small sun caused by the Sword of Fire exploded, and infinite power poured out in all directions along the seabed.

The remaining corpses were almost torn apart, like fragments of ruins drifting with the waves, and were pushed to the south for an unknown number of kilometers by the shock caused by Emiya's attack.

Rumble!

The outpouring of the sun's brilliant power created a powerful earthquake. The dull shock waves spread rapidly along the seabed, causing the eruption of submarine volcanoes near the Arctic Circle, especially around Iceland. The magma jets at the edge of the plate were like thick columns of smoke rising into the sky.

The Black King's corpse, which was hit and pushed, collided with the Icelandic submarine volcanoes, and then deviated slightly again, and finally hit the British Isles.

By the time Emiya ran over and looked at the Black King's corpse again, the charred body no longer responded. After suffering severe damage from the Flame of Doom, the activity functions that had been restored through countless years of devouring creatures were once again extinct.

The last time it opened its eyes, it wasn't even looking at Emiya who was killing the enemy, but at the land of Britain, aimlessly pursuing something.

"..."

…It seemed like it had been solved; the whole process hadn't taken too long. Yet, there was a strange feeling of being overly relaxed.

Emiya felt that the Black King's corpse didn't even make a decent move of resistance, or rather, its actions and reactions were full of doubt or confusion, and it had no independent consciousness.

But that's true. After all, the spiritual will body is on the light body's side, and this one is just an empty shell right now. It's already good enough that it can make some instinctive reactions to Emiya.

"But why does it seem to have a special liking for this place?"

Emiya looked at the Black King's corpse. His body had been deeply embedded in the earth by the powerful explosion. His massive head was pointed downward, as if hanging upside down and plunging into the ground.

It seemed as if it was draining away the last bit of energy left in its body, searching for something buried deep within the British soil.

BB appeared beside Emiya. "Hehe, of course it's because it wants to find its will! After all, the two are supposed to be one. If one piece is missing, it will subconsciously seek another to fill it. This is the only instinct the Black King's body retains, right?"

"But! We've imprisoned the Light Body in Avalon. It can't reach that location relying solely on its beastly instincts, so it can only dig aimlessly like this and die in vain!"

"...Goodness. So, this place has become the Black King's tomb, right?"

Emiya always feels a strange sense of the world line converging.

In the pan-human history of Type-Moon, Albion, the first creature born on Earth and the oldest dragon species, planned to go to Avalon in the inner sea of ​​​​the star because the decline of the Age of Gods was not suitable for the activities of the fantasy species.

Albion continued to dig deep into the land of Britain, attempting to reach the inner sea beneath the surface world. This was done because during the Age of Gods, those imaginary worlds actually existed, such as the "Underworld," which actually existed beneath the surface where humans lived.

But Albion failed. It didn't make it through.

It's embarrassing to say what the root cause was, but it was simply that Albion was too late.

During the end of the Age of Gods, all the fantastical creatures left the surface world for the inner world of another dimension. However, the Albion Dragon hesitated to leave, and by the time it wanted to leave, the passage had already closed. The laws of the earth changed, the fantastical worlds faded, and even the fantastical worlds that originally existed underground, such as the Hades, disappeared.

Even if one wanted to rely on drilling into the ground and using this physical method of movement, it would be impossible to succeed and one would eventually die of exhaustion.

After Albion's death, its remains remained underground, forming a huge maze space called "Tomb of Albion".

Emiya looked at the Black King's corpse in silence.

So in this world, it has to be renamed "Nidhoggr the Tomb", right?

"—The corpse looks completely lifeless. I have to admit, this one consumed a lot of its Noble Phantasm."

Emiya dispersed the fierce flames that were wrapped around Levatin.

Although there is "Blessing of End", this Buff only increases attack power and does not increase magic recovery speed or reduce magic consumption. In addition, the Black King's corpse does not fight back at all, and his giant shell cannot absorb the magic converted from attacks.

To be honest, the circuits that circulated magic power in his body began to swell and ache as if they were overloaded.

Therefore, if it is confirmed that the incident has been resolved, Emiya intends to cancel the state of the unfolded divinity.

"...Wait, Senior!" Just as Emiya was about to ask, BB's expression suddenly became serious, "There's a situation in Avalon! We need to move there immediately to provide assistance!"

"What happened?"

"After the light body was destroyed, a tiny ball of light suddenly appeared. At the same time, gravity suddenly increased dramatically, and someone fell into it!"

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The air blew violently in the endless sea of ​​flowers.

Not since Avalon was transformed and used to create the Tower of the End has the place suffered such devastation.

After the light body dissipated like scattered starlight, its strange core was finally exposed.

It seemed like something compressed from vast and boundless things.

The immense amount of data collected from all matters turned into pure heat and was pressed into the tiny space of the core.

Then, the light body was destroyed and dissipated, followed by an explosion.

A galaxy-like scene burst out from this tiny sphere, with countless star-like lights flashing, like a magnificent and beautiful simulated Milky Way.

Incomprehensible celestial memories (data) dance within it, creating such a terrifying, physically and mentally shocking scene.

At the same time, an endless layer of gravity was applied to the entire space of Avalon.

Melyusina carried everyone and tried to fly away from the gravity zone caused by the explosion of the sphere, but because the incident happened too suddenly, many survivors on the dragon's back failed to react and almost fell off the dragon's back, helplessly entering the dangerous scene.

Even though Kenshin Uesugi, Valkyrie and others used their speed advantage to pull the people back in time, they still couldn't completely escape the dangerous situation.

"Hold it, anchor it—the Eye of Verdandi, hold the moment forever!"

With the assistance of Slud, whose spiritual state has been approaching the limit, Slud uses the power of Verdanti in her body to expand the domain. Verdanti is the goddess of fate in charge of the present. The domain opened with this power can solidify the state within the domain and hinder all actions along the timeline. In other words, it is a kind of immobilization.

The vast realm encompasses many mortals, protecting them from the influence of invisible gravity.

However, several of them looked unhappy. Xilude was not in good condition. This domineering power could only be maintained by burning spiritual foundation. She could not hold on for too long and had to leave.

Moreover, this approach was ultimately a step too late. Although Hildurd saved most of the people, some people still fell in.

Nuonuo barely managed to calm a crying girl in a pink nightgown. She was just an ordinary girl, not even half-blood. She was one of the most common people on the YAMAL, from a wealthy family traveling around during the holidays.

This girl almost fell into the terrible core just now, but thanks to Chu Tianjiao's help from Time Zero, she escaped from danger.

The price was that Chu Tianjiao himself fell into it.

If you fall into it and are compressed into data or invisible heat, can you come back?

Although BB concluded that as long as the light body is defeated, everything that was destroyed can be restored to the earth, the core inside the light body is an unexpected accident, and the consequences of falling into it are unpredictable.

"Okay, okay, no one expected this kind of accident, and no one will blame you." Nono said in a low voice, seemingly relaxed.

In fact, the heaviness in her heart still did not dissipate.

Nuonuo had no idea whether they could survive the catastrophe of the apocalypse, or how much they would lose if they did. After all, with the first accident, there was no doubt there would be a second. The Black King's terrifying power had been repeatedly emphasized by all the mixed-blood forces around the world for countless years. Who knew if he had a backup plan?

In addition, no one knew the details of Shirou's battle in the outside world. Like everyone else, Nono had been on edge from the beginning until now, with her heart almost in her throat.

Although I am worried, I am powerless to do anything about it.

"Emiya is here!"

Uesugi Kenshin suddenly exclaimed loudly beside her, with a happy and natural smile on his face. Nono was surprised for a moment...

No, that's not Uesugi Kenshin. This tone is more like Eri. Pseudo-Servants are truly magical... How do they coordinate and control the body when they share the same body?

However, this thought only flashed through Nono's mind for a brief moment. Nono looked down and soon saw Emiya appear.

The huge flaming sword carried astonishing heat that shot up into the sky and spread in all directions. The towering Tower of the End stabilized the space of Avalon as soon as it appeared, suppressing the spherical explosion that was raging across the world.

But the scene still transcended Emiya's flaming giant figure.

The image of starlight expanded explosively, and he felt as if he was falling downward, seeing the conceptual universe.

Chapter 287 Chaldea, project launched!

Emiya felt as if he was falling.

In the core of the light body, in the suddenly opened conceptual universe, countless twinkling stars passed by, turning into a dazzling background in the galaxy-like pattern.

In a sense, the conceptual universe is also a feature of Type-Moon. It is not a physical universe, but more like a certain "cosmic view" or a cosmic design.

So it doesn't necessarily follow the appearance of the universe in reality.

There are many examples of this, such as Goetia in FGO, which transformed the Grand Temperament Temple using the magic circuits of Solomon's remains. This is a conceptual universe called the "Beast Realm." Mythology also has a wide variety of cosmologies, such as the nine worlds of Norse mythology and the seven heavens of the biblical universe.

But this conceptual universe in front of us looks very similar to the deep space in reality!

"Hiss..." Emiya looked at the countless stars flying across the distant deep space and marveled in his heart.

Humans always feel nostalgic for certain things, such as the distant and brilliant starry sky above their heads.

The fall continued due to the inexplicable gravity.

Flames crackled and roared, and even the massive Fire Giant could only fall in vain in the vast expanse of deep space. The Giant's shell might have slightly altered its flight trajectory by blasting flames, but unfortunately, it was difficult to discern its correct direction in the vast expanse of space.

The downward momentum intensified. The scene shifted rapidly, and judging by the celestial bodies' movement, their speeds were even more rapid: the first cosmic velocity, resisting the planetary gravity. The second cosmic velocity, escaping the planetary gravity. And finally, the third cosmic velocity, escaping the sun's gravity. In a short period of time, an unimaginable number of stars flew by.

This level of acceleration was nothing to the God Slayer Emiya, but he found it incredible that the conceptual universe could expand to an astronomical scale in an extremely small space.

...Emiya's intuition told him that he must not allow this thing to continue to unfold endlessly.

"BB, are you still there? Can you analyze it? What the hell is in there?!"

"Hi! Thanks for your concern, Senior. I've just done a thorough comparison of existing data and am almost getting to the bottom of it!"

When Emiya called to the side, a girl suddenly appeared and held his hand with a soft little hand wearing a white glove. Her long purple hair was blown away by the crazy airflow, and even the hem of her skirt fluttered in the air.

"Hehe! This is where the deepest and most core secrets since the YAMAL incident and the outbreak of the Electronic Holy Grail War are located!"

"Senior, do you still remember how Friedrich von Roon, suspected of being Odin's host, tampered with the Greater Holy Grail's vessel, 'Star Maria', causing everything to go from bad to worse?"

"We already know that the other party seems to be interested in creating a natural pseudo-deification mechanism like the Light Body, a hypothetical god of the earth. However, we know nothing about his design concept and production methods."

"But now! BB-kun can clearly draw the conclusion—!"