〜Bleach World〜
"It's the Human Order: Beast Class!"
Upon hearing that string of resounding titles belonging to Goetia, even Kisuke Urahara felt a sudden toothache.
"He's in the same league as Tiamat. This is going to be genuinely troublesome…"
Even though he felt helpless in his heart, he couldn't change the established facts. Now, they could only take it one step at a time. It wasn't like they didn't know how difficult it was to fight something of the Beast Class!
Yoruichi was stunned for a moment. Her originally calm expression collapsed instantly, and she said with a dry mouth,
"Doesn't that mean we're done for?"
In response, Kisuke Urahara could only spread his hands helplessly.
"There's no other way. The Beast Class seems to possess immortality; they are fundamentally unbeatable. We can't exactly go find King Hassan to deliver another strike, can we?"
(Translator-kun: They were too immersed, they forgot they were watching... )
The Grand title had already been discarded once. Whether King Hassan was still a Grand or not was unknown… He couldn't have just picked it back up shortly after throwing it away, right?
Hearing this, Yoruichi fell silent as well.
"That makes sense…"
Based on her understanding, with King Hassan's riddler personality, where he never spoke plainly, it wasn't certain he would help. Did you think this was Temu? Where you could just slash a price whenever you wanted!
〜Type-Moon World, Fifth Holy Grail War Worldline〜
"If I recall correctly, Gilgamesh said that 'Humanity's Evil' is also 'Humanity's Love' itself… But!"
Speaking to this point, Emiya Shirou pointed at Goetia on the screen with a complicated expression.
"Does this guy… COUNT AS LOVING HUMANITY TOO?!!"
Regarding the Principle of Regression, Tiamat, Emiya Shirou could still understand.
The Goddess Tiamat only wanted to return to humanity's side. She just didn't know that her return would be a disaster for humanity!
But regarding the King of Demon Gods, Goetia, Emiya Shirou expressed complete incomprehension… This guy was using humans as firewood. 'Heinous' wasn't enough to describe him anymore.
"Definitely not!"
Tohsaka Rin stated with an unquestionable and determined expression, then listed Goetia's actions:
"Burning the surface, incinerating Human Order. Does this have even a half-cent's worth of relation to loving humanity?"
Red A frowned slightly. After a brief silence, a hint of realization gradually appeared in his eyes.
"Beast, huh… Next, the Grand should be taking the stage."
Next, if the Big Boss was okay, he should be making a move! When the development of the world contradicts it, the Counter Force acts to correct the world.
Now that a Beast, an existence capable of destroying the world of primates, had appeared, the Grand Servants existed precisely for this reason!
〜Type-Moon World, ██████ Worldline, Chaldea〜
Fujimaru Ritsuka gripped the corner of his clothes tightly. The high tension of his nerves made his mouth feel dry instantly.
"King of Demon Gods… Goetia!"
So the mastermind controlling everything from behind the scenes, the Beast capable of destroying all humans and threatening all human civilization, was him!
Just Tiamat, who had sealed away most of her own power, had already left them battered and exhausted. How were they supposed to deal with this Goetia before them, who was at full power?
Dr. Roman continued to direct Chaldea's operations with his usual calmness.
"Everyone, prepare for data collection."
Looking at the Doctor who seemed to have expected everything and showed no surprise, Da Vinci let out an inaudible sigh before turning her gaze back to the screen.
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[ Fujimaru said with some disbelief, "After Solomon's death, the magic formula named 'Goetia' that lurked within his corpse to continue living actually… gained a will and obtained a body!"
Looking at Goetia, Mash's face was somewhat grim as she tightened her grip on her shield. "And this Spirit Origin reaction isn't Caster's. That is no longer even King Solomon's corpse."
"One of the Seven Evils of Humanity, the Beast of Disaster, Beast I!"
The King of Demon Gods, Goetia, just watched Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash quietly, speaking calmly, "Yes. I… no, we are a lifeform created by human hands."
"A high-ranking intellectual body that did not require flesh, designed with abilities surpassing humans, willing to serve humans."
"However, that is all in the past. I will no longer keep you humans, company."
Regarding this, the people of Chaldea were not surprised. Goetia was using humans as firewood; how could he possibly still stand on the side of humanity! ]
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『 Viewers of Countless World 』
"HOLY CRAP—!! I just realized, this King of Demon Gods Goetia is freaking magic that became a spirit!"
Seeing such a grotesque method of resurrection, even the crowd outside the video couldn't help but be dumbfounded, sighing in amazement… Truly, the world is vast and full of wonders.
A high-ranking intellectual body created by humans now wanted to exterminate humans. Does this count as humanity creating a strict father for themselves?
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〜Type-Moon World, Fourth Holy Grail War Worldline
The fact that a summoning magic formula suddenly possessed a will and even obtained a body sparked intense discussion on the magic side.
As the saying goes, laymen watch the excitement, while experts watch the technique. Regarding Goetia's method of birth, experts on the magic side doubted their very lives upon seeing it.
And Tohsaka Tokiomi, the elegant magus, was no exception. He could no longer maintain his elegant posture and stood frozen in place.
Possessing a pure magus lineage, Tohsaka Tokiomi felt his worldview crumbling.
"Magic… can give birth to a will? Possess a body? What kind of joke is this!"
Compared to this, he would have found it easier to accept if you said Solomon had just come back as a zombie.
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[ Goetia continued his flat narration: "I have witnessed many sorrows, witnessed many betrayals, witnessed many plunderings, witnessed many endings."
"It is enough. There is nothing left that must be seen. On this planet, even Gods have no ending other than disappearance."
"This planet is wrong. It is a madness premised on life that will end."
"I will reach the extremity, retrogress 4.6 billion years into the past, witness the moment this domain appeared as a celestial body, and absorb all the energy…"
"I will transform myself into a new celestial body, recreate this planet, rewrite Genesis, and establish a planet with no concept of death. This is our Great Undertaking."
"As long as I convert the entire Human Order from 1000 BC to 2017 AD into magical energy, I can obtain the amount of magical energy needed to jump to the origin of this planet."
"Destroying humanity—the incineration of humanity is solely for this reason."
"To us, humans are nothing more than a thruster device to reach the sky of the origin…" ]
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〜Projection of All Worlds〜
"Starting from 1000 BC… that means Goetia has been acting ever since Solomon died?!"
At this moment, even people from other worlds were shocked by this massive plan. A plan executed over three thousand years; this level of executive power and ruthlessness was unmatched by ordinary people.
It was just a pity that this might not be realistic. Without death, there is no life. Unless he wanted to create emotionless machines, otherwise… a planet without "death" has no meaning.
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〜Type-Moon World, ██████ Worldline〜
In the 7th Singularity, Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia—
"Replacing Gaia using humans as fuel… He's asking to be beaten up by both Counter Forces combined!"
Merlin couldn't help but frown at this.
You want to be a Creator God, too?
"Hmph… Foolish!"
As the Grand Commentator, Gilgamesh let out a disdainful snort.
"Lives that do not perish will also lose the meaning of living and moving forward. In the end, what it wants to do is such a foolish thing."
No death means life no longer has an end or a destination. When humans discover there is nothing left to pursue and live like walking corpses every day…
At that time, what will you do, Goetia? Use humans as fuel to recreate the world?
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[ "Alright, it is finally time for retribution!" Goetia didn't want to waste any more words. His palm gathered pitch-black magical energy and aimed it at Fujimaru and Mash. "We are very busy!"
Just as Goetia was preparing to strike, a blade wrapped in golden light suddenly severed his arm, subsequently landing in front of him.
The arrival was none other than the Roman Emperor Nero, rushing in from the outside: "Fool! Do you think we aren't busy?"
Looking at the young girl in the red dress, Fujimaru looked pleasantly surprised. "Your Majesty Nero!"
"Umu, I kept you waiting! Fujimaru!" Nero nodded and smiled in response, then continued, "However, it is not just Yu who has arrived!"
Jeanne d'Arc, holding a flag, also appeared in front of Fujimaru, while in the distant sky, Drake and Enkidu arrived on a ship! ]
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〜Projection of All Worlds〜
"The Umu Monster, forever a God! Simply too cool, Your Majesty Nero!"
( Translator-kun: For some reason, Nero's nickname is 'Umu Monster', like how Archer's nickname is Red A. )
Seeing Nero and the others suddenly appear, the crowd couldn't help but feel invigorated. This was the rhythm of gathering the power of many Heroic Spirits to crusade against Goetia!
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〜Type-Moon World, Fifth Holy Grail War Worldline〜
Looking at that face, which was exactly the same as Artoria's, Tohsaka Rin felt a wave of weirdness.
"This verbal tic, how should I put it… is strangely cute."
It was equivalent to seeing the serious King Arthur suddenly start acting cute. It looked weird no matter how you looked at it… It couldn't be helped; who asked them to look exactly the same!
Looking at the appearing Jeanne and Nero, Illya silently complained,
"What exactly is the principle behind this? Three faces that are all the same."
Now that they appeared on the same screen, the sense of incongruity came out all at once. Clearly the same face, yet giving off different temperaments.
"…"
The one feeling the most awkward was Artoria herself.
She even began to suspect the possibility that she had a generic face. After all, there was her Elder Sister, and Mordred… if you counted them up, there were just too many!
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