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

"-Ah, I found it! It's Aba... the Demon Pillar, and that Caster Ashiya Doman!"

The quiet time didn't last long, and after a while Mashu arrived quickly.

"...You are, the artificial clone of Chaldea."

Flauros spoke in a low voice, "Why do you want to work for Chaldea? Don't you hate them for depriving you of the normal childhood you should have had?"

"I……"

Mashu, gripping the shield handle nervously, froze for a moment after hearing this. She'd expected to be met with a barrage of attacks, but she hadn't expected the other party's first action to be a question, sounding as if they were trying to persuade her to surrender.

"Mash Kyrielight, you were born in the Gattuso family's internal cloning experiment more than five years ago. At that time, you had no name, only the code name of the experimental subject." The Demon Pillar Flauros spoke in a cold tone, revealing the internal secrets of Chaldea.

"After Chaldea was built, you were used in a Servant fusion experiment. However, because the summoned Heroic Spirit refused to cooperate with such an inhumane experiment, your power ran wild, and the Sub-Servant project was eventually forced to be suspended."

Mashu opened her mouth slightly, "B-But, how did you know——"

Flauros interrupted, "Why? Haha, that's because I've already been living within your human bodies, infiltrating the Chaldean organization."

"Ah! So Mr. Abbas has been..." from the very beginning. Mashu understood instantly. No wonder Chaldeas seemed to have been accidentally activated by an insider, Abbas. She didn't expect that the Demon Pillar had already lurked in.

I'm afraid this problem arose when Abbas was first brought in by the former director Pompey.

However, having said that, why did the Demon Pillar choose Abbas to possess him instead of other staff members or members of Group A?

"—The reason we chose Abdullah Abbas as our body is simply because his bloodline is the most superior among all the team members, and this can ensure that he won't be treated too poorly in Chaldea."

When Mashu heard the answer from the Demon Pillar, she couldn't help but feel confused. Even if we don't count Senior Emiya who was not there at the time, if we count the people with the best bloodline in the whole of Chaldea, shouldn't Percy in Group A be the one?

"So, what's your choice? Answer me," Flauros said patiently. "Mash Kyrielight, think carefully about your childhood, which lacked dignity and freedom. Think about how many ugly things have happened in Chaldea, a country that supposedly holds the lofty ideal of protecting human history!"

"...I, I," Mashu's lips opened and closed, "I'm sorry, I can't agree to this!"

She raised her shield and faced the Demon Pillar's stare steadily. Her action at this moment was the best response.

Flauros asked Mashu to recall her past self, but when she closed her eyes, what she saw were the countless humans who died, struggled, and sacrificed in this singularity.

If this is only a small part of it, then the terrible human burning disaster that has been carried out throughout the past is not a super-human massacre that has never appeared in the entire human history?

The Demon Pillar said that Chaldea would do anything to achieve its so-called lofty ideals, but aren't their own methods even more unscrupulous?

[Ding Dong.] BB's notification sounded quietly in Mashu's mind, [BB, reminding you, our hero Minamoto no Raikou will arrive at the battlefield in 30 seconds! Please be prepared!]

"..." Mashu breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. Although she didn't know why BB suddenly spoke in the tone of a female announcer, she had achieved her goal of delaying the enemy.

The only people present were the Demon Pillar and Ashiya Doman. If a real fight broke out, a sub-servant like himself who was fighting for the first time might not be able to withstand it.

Boom! Lightning danced, transforming into a thousand birds in the distance!

Ashiya Doman suddenly frowned. Another heroic swordsman he left behind to cover the retreat was killed. Now, except for Takeda Shingen who was by his side, there was no heroic swordsman left!

Genji, the strongest general in the Heian period, was truly skilled in martial arts and ordinary opponents could do nothing to him. I hope that Lord Alien God can be more powerful and send another powerful general.

But, was Mashu just standing here to buy time for her companions to arrive? Humph, ridiculous, they were also stalling for time waiting for reinforcements, what a coincidence.

"——Witcher!"

Lightning flashed brightly, blazing from afar. It was none other than Minamoto no Raikou, slaying demons and monsters with ease! The Ten-no-Ame Kusanagi in her hand shone brightly, imbued with the divine might of Indra. No, her own Noble Phantasm and the divine sword had become one!

"Take your life!"

Oh no! Ashiya Michiman was apprehensive. He and Takeda Shingen had no confidence in blocking this attack, and if they lost another Shikigami, it wouldn't be worth it, especially since Emiya could ambush from the space crack at any time.

Boom!

I don't know what the strange explosion sound was, but it actually neutralized Minamoto no Raikou's lightning weapon, and the speeding divine thunder was intercepted in mid-air.

A sweet female voice rang out, "Sir, the mission is accepted! The unnamed VIP from another planet has made a generous offer, so I'll be accompanying you as your escort."

"Ah... who is this strange and suspicious woman——"

Ashiya Michiman frowned. Shouldn't the person he asked for help from the alien god be someone in the same field? Why did this woman talk as if it were a business deal?

"Oh, thank you for summoning us, our distinguished guest from another planet," the uniformed, pink-haired office lady finally remembered. "I'm Tamamo Wuchi Koyanskaya. I heard the call for help from the call center, so I came here to play...ah, to take orders and do business."

"You..." Ashiya Doman was a little dissatisfied. This mysterious woman must have just said that she was here to play, right?

"Also, due to the bidding process, our company will not provide any additional combat power input unless the employer is willing to increase the price, so..."

Gao Yanskaya waved her hand and conjured up a unique private armed aircraft. "I suggest you relocate as soon as possible to avoid unnecessary injuries."

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[Hello, BB Navigation is at your service!]

Mashu and Minamoto no Raikou were wondering about the sudden appearance of the woman when BB suddenly jumped out and said, "Irregular movement of nearby dragon veins detected. The next attack will follow the spatial rift. Please be prepared to lure the enemy and evade."

The next second, a certain location appeared in his mind. It was the location of the space crack and the range of the attack that Emiya was about to swing, which included his own concept of severing cause and effect.

"So big (referring to the attack range)..."

Minamoto no Raikou exclaimed, but she quickly noticed the helicopter taking off over there. "I'll go stop the enemy's transfer, Mashu, pay attention to lure out that Demon Pillar."

"it is good."

The two men acted quickly. Minamoto no Raikou waved the thunder of the sky, and it came down like raindrops. The armed helicopter seemed very unusual. The warheads it was loaded with actually had mysterious effects. The stream of light pouring out from the machine gun was dense and scattered, blocking a lot of Indra's thunder.

This is weird, is this an ammunition enchantment?

But it's no use!

"The Emperor Buddha is summoning me!" Minamoto no Raikou's face turned pale, and his spiritual base condition was a little bad, but he forced himself to consume it and continued to activate his Noble Phantasm.

In fact, she didn't need to shoot down the armed aircraft with strange firepower. She only needed to continuously drop seemingly dense thunder to guide the aircraft and the enemies on it in the opposite direction to reach Emiya's attack range.

"coming!"

[Ding Dong! A causal attack is detected! Be careful to avoid it!]

Suddenly, Minamoto no Raikou stopped talking, and the sky and the earth seemed to suddenly turn black and white.

A huge space crack opened up, like a giant beast at the bottom of the abyss grinning, and a sword that made everything in the world pale in comparison flew across the boundary!

All kinds of sword skills, this is the severance of cause and effect!

Chapter 330: Floros, what are you doing?

Everything in the universe, every matter, every phenomenon, every detail, every thought and every idea has cause and effect.

Of course, generally speaking, perhaps a less mysterious description could be used to call it "things are universally connected."

bass--

Not long ago, the brilliant light of a divine sword flickered in the hand of the Susanoo Titan controlled by Emiya, poised to strike at the fate of karma.

Facing the light, Emiya's shining eyes, which radiated divine power, narrowed slightly.

visible.

If you are highly focused and completely attentive, without any distractions, you can indeed see the invisible lines between things, which are complex and densely connected with each other, which is the so-called cause and effect.

...After receiving some pointers from BB, Emiya realized the key to seeing through cause and effect.

First, we need to know the nature of these causes and effects, which are actually conceptual connections, just like completing the "conceptual arming" before, transforming the concepts into actual matter or force.

Now, Emiya also wants to regard the illusory chain of cause and effect from the perspective of mortals as a real interactive conceptual world, and understand this abstract vision at a higher level.

This was not difficult for Emiya, a godslayer whose life level surpassed that of ordinary humans and dragons.

Second, he needs to be "fully concentrated."

Emiya needed to abandon the combat mode he had been accustomed to since the beginning - the combat output mode of using the convenience of the mind's eye to simultaneously utilize multiple forces for complex attacks. And then transform into a single attack mode.

What is simplicity? Simply put, it means "simplifying the complex."

Specifically, it means to combine all the mind, body, and skills into one, and focus all of your heart and eyes on the next sword. Do not seek any additional targets, do not pursue more attacks or attack power, and make sure that the only thing left in front of your eyes and in your mind is this ultimate blow.

Emiya quickly understood the significance of BB's reminder.

In order to increase the output of Susanoo and practice the rich martial arts techniques brought by Niten Ichiryu, he has been constantly and eagerly increasing the various powers that Susanoo can use at the same time, and even planned to let Susanoo grow "four arms" so that the power can be accumulated repeatedly.

This certainly allows for a certain degree of numerical expansion, but it's somewhat powerless against mechanical monsters. After all, the God Slayer isn't truly infinitely strong.

On the contrary, the reduction in the types of power and the concentration of energy lead to a significant increase in control. As a simple kendo maxim goes, "The power of holding a sword with two hands is always greater than that of holding it with one."

Similarly, Emiya controlled his huge hands and tightly grasped the divine sword light that seemed to penetrate the sky and the earth. With his control greatly improved, he suddenly saw clearly that the sword in his hand had a similar flow of power to that of the snake god.

Yes, that’s right, the sword of Ame-no-Murakumo is of the same origin as the Yamata-no-Orochi.

They share similar roots, similar causes and effects! The essence of this kind of battle is "enemy and friend share the same origin"! By feeling the cause and effect of his own Susanoo, he can also understand the cause and effect of the other party!

This is an excellent experimental subject for Emiya, who is trying the causal field for the first time. If it were any other opponent, there would definitely not be such a "common origin" condition.

In this way, using this as a breakthrough point, he can clearly observe the causal relationship between each other and the parts that should be cut off.

Rumble!

At this moment, the violent storm in the Night Food Field was accompanied by roaring lightning. The light that suddenly appeared in Emiya's hand cut through the sky, briefly illuminating this extremely chaotic dark space.

The sky was so gloomy that it was almost dark, and the world was becoming increasingly chaotic, indicating that the space of Night Food Origin was collapsing at a further accelerated rate.

"Ahem...!" His expression suddenly changed slightly.

In fact, earlier in the day, Emiya had already completely restrained his power in order to achieve complete concentration. However, during the prolonged and intense combat, the immense energy flowing through his internal organs and limbs was too much for even a God Slayer's physique to withstand the unlimited high-intensity consumption.

So, not long before unleashing that extremely monotonous, yet all-powerful, causal sword strike that eclipsed the heavens and the earth, Emiya had completed preparations for his final outburst.

The towering snake god in front of him had been completely burned by the black divine flames that Shirou blasted out in the end, thus maximizing the reduction of the guy's defense and vitality, so that the other party would not take advantage of his focused strike to cause trouble.

Therefore, the snake's body, which was like a vast mountain, seemed to be submerged in a black sea of ​​heat.

Of course, the price of unleashing such a massive output in one breath is that Emiya's body becomes extremely hot, like surging lava, like an already powerful engine that is now heating up and about to overload.

"BB, how are the preparations going over there?"

Emiya stared intently at the snake god struggling repeatedly in the sea of ​​fire. The flow of power in the snake god's body became clearer and clearer as he concentrated his attention. His eyes seemed to see through more and more essence, just like peeling off the outer layer of an onion to reveal the inner layer.

The complex flow of divine power turned into a tightly intertwined cause and effect. After careful observation, Emiya was able to judge that the power of the snake god itself was not easy to cut off.

The only difference was that the vast causal power swirling around the snake god wasn't closely connected to the surrounding snake god's divine power, floating apart as if they were strangers. This was clearly the "Holy Grail Causal Power," which didn't share the same origin as Emiya's power as Susanoo.

As expected, even though he saw through the law of cause and effect, he could not kill everything. At least, the gods of the same level as him could only be killed by brute force. However, the part that relied on the forced combination of the Holy Grail and the earth veins could be easily dealt with.

Well, it’s decided. I’ll pick the softest persimmon.

Furthermore, behind the massive snake god, a massive spatial rift quietly opened up. BB noted this on the floating virtual screen in front of Emiya.

Due to the turbulence of the Night Food Origin, although spatial cracks are frequent, they also indicate instability, and there's no telling when they might suddenly disappear or shrink. After clarifying the various situations and making sufficient preparations, now is the best time to act.

The only thing missing is the situation of the real Tokyo City on the other side of the space crack. Although there is a real-time screen transmitted back and forth through BB, Emiya is not sure whether the opponent is within his attack line.

This wasn't like the previous Black Divine Flame, where Emiya could just unleash it like a sea of ​​fire, burning a large area with one blast, without even needing to aim. It was already an AOE skill, so wouldn't aiming be redundant?

However, this sword that penetrates cause and effect is obviously different, and its attack range is obviously much narrower.

[Senior, please don't be impatient! Wait a little longer, um——]

While BB's voice was sweet, her words were incredibly frustrating. [Minamoto-san is on a roll! She's desperately trying to lure the enemy into our planned area. Meanwhile, there seems to be something wrong with Mashu. Ah! What an unexpected problem...]

"So what's going on? I can't keep this sword here forever!"

Emiya was already completely focused on observing the cause and effect, with no time to glance at the virtual screen. The fact that he could find time to reply was already the limit. Furthermore, this was his first attempt, and if he dared to let his mind wander in this state, the probability of failure would increase dramatically.

[It's done! It's all right. So that's how they solved it over there? ...Senior, it's decided that it's you. It's time to create a miracle that will attract worldwide attention!]

"Hah! Six Paths, Five Wheels! Sword Blast, Draw Your Sword!"

Upon hearing this, Emiya stopped suppressing himself. He ignored the surging and somewhat overloaded circuits and organs in his body, and all the wild and unparalleled power was controlled by the bright sword light in his hand. Even Susanoo's form became unstable, gradually evolving from the image of an armored warrior into Acala holding a giant sword!

The sword light in his hand suddenly became piercing through the sky and formed a dazzling pillar of aurora!

"hiss--"

The snake god that was submerged in the black flames gradually broke free from its restraints. Suddenly, she felt an unprecedented sense of fear when she saw this scene. As a result, her irritable and unstable ghost nature and the mixed divinity mixed together at this moment, making her mentality almost insane and her body's sense of existence expanded.

"All eight meridians are severed! The divine sword flashes!"

At the moment when the threat from the opposite side increased sharply, the snake god finally swung out its tail again. It was fearless to the sword master, and it was like the overwhelming sword pressure of a flood or tsunami!

"See this path of the sky—Isena, the great celestial phenomenon!"

On his first attempt, Emiya was unable to fully unleash the Musashi's Noble Phantasm, so in order to preserve its power, he concentrated all his energy on the final Sky Sword!

"Aaaaa——!"

The snake god's screams were higher than ever before, and Emiya couldn't tell whether it was arrogance, joy, or even madness. Perhaps from the moment Shuten decided to devour the Holy Grail for pleasure, he had entered a state of rampage even more deranged than alcoholism.