『 "Where is the Sacred Sword User who hunts Beasts? That guy came too, didn't he? To slay me." Beast Nero's eyes grew increasingly cold as she glared intensely at Lady Avalon, not attempting to hide her deep aversion.
Lady Avalon shook her head. "No, I didn't call him this time. Using a holy sword against a Beast that has lost its power… wouldn't that be a bit too wasteful?~"
With a look of playfulness and amusement in her eyes, Lady Avalon continued, "Right now, I'm merely a bystander myself. I just arrived at this Singularity ahead of you all."
Saying this, Lady Avalon turned and gestured for everyone to follow. Nero felt a wave of impatience; she didn't have that much time to play around with these people here!
But Lady Avalon countered, "Nero,the end is still far off~ Having some spare time to enjoy a fleeting dream of foam, isn't that quite nice too?"
Beast Nero's pupils suddenly contracted as if she had thought of something, while Fujimaru Ritsuka, standing to the side, was completely bewildered.
What on earth was this Lady Avalon—who looked like a total troll at first glance—actually saying to Beast Nero?
However, the key right now was still to complete the mission assigned by Gilgamesh. The group followed Lady Avalon, experiencing every single attraction of the resort.
Swimsuit Alter Saber, Swimsuit Saber, Swimsuit Mysterious Heroine X… Beast Nero's eyes grew visibly weary.
What on earth were these things… What in the world was she even doing? 』
『 .....』
〜One Piece World〜
Pfft—
Sanji's nose erupted with a violent spray of blood!
So beautiful, so gorgeous, so pleasing to the eyes! He loved watching this! The swimsuit Heroic Spirits of that world?!
Please, let there be more!
Chopper, standing beside him, let out a sigh. If this kept up, Sanji might actually die from massive blood loss.
—
『 Finally, after the night swallowed the earth, Beast Nero, Ritsuka, and the others arrived at the final destination: the 99th floor of the Tower of God Hotel.
Here, countless piles of gold and treasures were amassed. Standing right in the center, the Golden King laughed aloud as he watched everyone arrive!
"Enough. I am truly being looked down upon more and more," Nero said, her patience already exhausted. She now only wanted to destroy this gold-plated shiny blockhead before her, along with this absurd resort!
An ominous, blood-red magical energy swirled around her, gradually beginning to spread outward.
"Scream in pain and beg for my forgiveness; groan in despair and pray for the salvation of death!"
"Hmph! To think you cannot comprehend the hospitality poured into this hotel by my very heart and soul. You are a beast forever unworthy of respect!" Gilgamesh was also enraged!
Golden ripples manifested behind him, and golden Noble Phantasms began to emerge from the ripples!
"Stop… both of you, don't…" Before Fujimaru Ritsuka could finish her sentence, a loud explosion erupted, and Gilgamesh's position was instantly blown apart!
A figure emerged from the smoke. It was… Tiamat!
"I finally caught up! Accept your fate! Beast VI!" Tiamat scolded.
Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others stood in a daze. They had never expected that Tiamat would actually chase them all the way here?!
"…Wait a moment, Goddess Tiamat, who has shrunk quite a bit," Gilgamesh, standing behind her, finally spoke up. He looked at the young-girl version of Tiamat with a face full of confusion.
"What exactly is going on here? Why would you actively involve yourself in this farce?"
"Mama just wants to save my child from the Beast," Tiamat said, taking it as a matter of course.
Save her child… from the hands of the Beast? Gilgamesh was stunned for a moment, then ran his hand through his golden hair, laughing helplessly.
"…I am truly defeated. Could it be you actually thought this matter would develop into a crisis for Chaldea? Whatever, suit yourself," Gilgamesh said with a wave of his hand, a golden gleam flashing briefly in his crimson eyes.
Seeing that even the most mischievous child had chosen to quiet down, Tiamat couldn't help but smile. She reached out, gesturing for Ritsuka to quickly come to her side, but…
"Tiamat… thank you for wanting to save me, but I still want to stay with her," Fujimaru Ritsuka said after a moment of silence.
…Eh? Why… why? Tiamat's entire world turned gray.
"Even if we end up as enemies in the end, I want to witness it with my own eyes," Fujimaru Ritsuka lowered her head, not daring to look into Tiamat's eyes. 』
『 .....』
『 Viewers of Myriad Worlds 』
Pain, it was just too painful!
Clearly, Tiamat was the one who came first!
Whether it was their first meeting, their first battle, whether they were enemies or embracing—clearly, Tiamat was the one who came first!
But now, Tiamat was actually rejected by Fujimaru Ritsuka?!
Back when Tiamat hadn't been won over yet, what was Fujimaru Ritsuka's attitude? Now that Tiamat had actively come to help, what was Fujimaru Ritsuka's attitude?
Sure enough, what one cannot obtain is always the best; once obtained, it is discarded and thrown away at whim.
Fujimaru Ritsuka, you truly are someone who plays with the feelings of Beasts!
Everyone understood now. Everything Fujimaru Ritsuka was doing right now was to win over Beast Nero!
It was just that the damage to Tiamat would probably be immense, right? After all, she had been abandoned by her own child once again.
.....
『 Silence… When Fujimaru Ritsuka's words fell, the three Beasts present fell into silence together.
Then, Tiamat could no longer hold back the grievance in her heart and burst into loud tears.
"WAAAAHHHHHHH!!!" Tiamat's sorrowful crying actually caused the surrounding space to tremble!
Her voice carried deep grief and heartbreak. "WAAAAHHHH! My child has gone bad! My child was deceived by a bad Beast! WAAAAHHHHH!"
Fujimaru Ritsuka hadn't expected this reaction either. But before she could speak to comfort her, Tiamat stopped crying, and her eyes began to turn cold and vacant.
The depths of her shining eyes seemed to turn pitch-black, and a terrifying magical energy began to gather around her body!
Following a flash of white light, Fujimaru Ritsuka discovered to her horror that Tiamat seemed to have… grown up?!
Not just her physical size, but her magical energy as well! This was… Spirit Origin Ascension?!!
The appearance of Tiamat before her… was gradually beginning to align with how she looked back in the Seventh Singularity! 』
『 .....』
『 Viewers of Myriad Worlds 』
A Beast's Independent Manifestation was already absurd enough, but now Tiamat could actually undergo Spirit Origin Ascension simply from being overly heartbroken?
Everyone could clearly perceive that Tiamat in this form was significantly stronger than before.
If that was the case, if they made Tiamat heartbroken a few more times and triggered several more Spirit Origin Ascensions, would they get to see the Primordial Mother fight against Beast Nero's true body?
.....
『 "Fool! Calm down!" Gilgamesh also felt his head throb at this sight. If they let Tiamat run wild here, the entirety of Babylon would be destroyed!
The urgent priority was to stop her!
Beast Nero's eyes had gone completely dead. How did it come to this… What exactly had she done wrong?
After a brief battle, the group barely managed to stabilize Tiamat's emotions.
"Mama will! Never approve of you hanging out with that kind of Beast! WAAAHHH!!" After throwing a tantrum, Tiamat looked at the still-resolute Ritsuka and left the hotel in sorrow.
Meanwhile, the helpful citizen Mr. Kim also readily handed over the Demonic Beast Lilim Harlot to the group before departing.
At the very end, Gilgamesh cast a meaningful glance at Beast Nero and said in a heavy voice, "Take this seriously. As long as you climb this spiral, whether you want to or not, you will have to face your own inner self."
"There is no greater disgrace than having one's hidden garden trampled upon. Just you wait."
"…I," Beast Nero wanted to say something, but in the end, she did not speak.
The group returned once more to the Twilight Ladder. Lady Avalon did not follow; she had other matters to attend to.
Having recovered one of the Demonic Beasts, Beast Nero also gradually regained a bit of her power. Nero began to introduce the Sixth Singularity to Fujimaru Ritsuka, explaining that the Sixth Singularity was where the truly cruel journey lay!
That place was a pilgrimage of death leading to the holy land, a lost holy city turned into a tombstone. 』
『 .....』
『 Viewers of Myriad Worlds 』
The Sixth Singularity?
Everyone was filled with curiosity. They hadn't seen any videos regarding the Sixth Singularity before.
The only thing they knew was that in the Sixth Singularity, King Arthur held the Holy Spear and had deified herself?
What about here? Would King Arthur appear? In what form would she appear?
.....
『 Things once familiar, things that used to be daily life, lay stretched out before her. That chill was hair-raising—the chill of death, turning one's face pale.
And—
Within her hazy vision, the young girl saw countless mounded piles of earth. But looking closely, they were actually made of countless severed limbs, broken arms, and skeletal remains piled layer upon layer…
Death with no one to send them off, death, and more death…
Having walked to this point, still walking helplessly toward death…
Afraid of becoming one of those corpses, afraid of such a meaningless death, with no one to send them off, dying at the bottom of such a lonely Limbo…
Fujimaru Ritsuka slowly opened her eyes. The girl was startled at first, then came to a realization. She stared at the bright ceiling, a vacant look flashing in her eyes. The scene just now was a dream… 』
『 .....』
〜Bleach World〜
"Not a dream, but the Beast's past?"
Aizen raised an eyebrow. By now, if anyone still thought the protagonists in these worlds would dream meaningless dreams, they would be far too foolish.
The dream Fujimaru Ritsuka saw must be related to Beast Nero. A death with no one to send them off…
Was that Beast afraid of loneliness…? Or did she fear a meaningless death?
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〜A Certain Magical Index World〜
Academy City—
Could it be that this Roman Emperor truly only wanted a magnificent curtain call…?
Saten Ruiko couldn't help but fall silent. In legend, Emperor Nero met the sunset three times, which meant three suicide attempts. Right after the third attempt, a Roman soldier found Nero pitiful.
He then covered her with his cloak, and the dying Nero briefly revived because of this soldier.
She said,
"You are late, but it is a noble deed."
Then she drew her final breath.
Was Beast Nero treating Fujimaru Ritsuka as that Roman soldier who understood her and witnessed her death…?
Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why King Gilgamesh would say such strange words and merely watch the Beast without stopping her.
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『 The Sixth Singularity—this place was not the Knights of the Round Table, but the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, Jacques de Molay!
The Twilight Ladder opened, and what greeted their eyes was a sky filled with yellow sand. Very well, it fit the desert of the Sixth Singularity perfectly. But when the dust settled, Beast Nero froze.
The desert was filled with tombstones and Halloween pumpkin decorations… What was with this harmonious yet comical scene? Was this the 'truly cruel' thing Beast Nero had spoken of…?
Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at Beast Nero in utter bewilderment.
"HOW DARE YOU MOCK ME SO!!!" Beast Nero could no longer control her rage. She directly kicked away a tombstone and smashed a pumpkin!
What was going on… What on earth was wrong with her Singularity! Beast Nero was about to have a breakdown!
Beast Nero led the group all the way to the Holy City and saw that holy, snow-white wall of Camelot!
At the city gate, Saint George stood holding his weapon, waiting for them!
Beast Nero explained to everyone that he had taken Gawain's place. Furthermore, Saint George was a dragon-slaying saint, making him highly incompatible with Beast Nero, who was the Great Red Dragon of the Apocalypse!
Hearing this, everyone braced themselves for a bitter battle! 』
『 .....』
〜Myriad Worlds livestream Chat〜
[ Gabriel (Gabriel DropOut): "Is this guy… Michael's human vessel?" ]
[ Raphael (Gabriel DropOut): "It seems so, at least in that world." ]
[ Tohru (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid): "Dragon slaying… Heh, another annoying fellow who riles up dragons!" ]
[ Kazuma Satou (KonoSuba): "Is this guy very strong?" ]
[ Tezcatlipoca (Type-Moon): "Tsk tsk, he's called a Christian Saint. You tell me if he's strong or not." ]
[ Vodka (Detective Conan): "Hmm? Why do I smell a traitor?" ]
[ .....]
〜Detective Conan World〜
Vodka looked puzzled.
Was it just his imagination?
He always felt that this guy named Saint George didn't seem like he would become Chaldea's enemy, and might even become an ally.
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『 Countless pumpkin soldiers surged out from the gates. Just as everyone prepared to fight, Saint George actually began to slay those pumpkin soldiers!
Not only did he not attack them, but he also greeted everyone in a friendly manner.
Beast Nero was dumbfounded. Saint George was specifically summoned to slay her, so why… Could his brain have short-circuited?
"What exactly are you doing?" Beast Nero looked at Saint George with an unfriendly expression.
Saint George remained silent for a moment before frankly admitting that he was summoned alongside Jacques de Molay, and they were supposed to slay Beast Nero together.
But…
"De Molay has become corrupted. She plans to use the Demonic Beast Lilim Harlot to summon the fictional evil god she worships, the Mother of the Abyss."
Beast Nero's expression changed. That fool actually dared to summon such a thing?!
Once that kind of entity manifested in this world, what this Singularity would turn into was beyond anyone's imagination! 』
『 .....』
〜Myriad Worlds livestream Chat〜
[ Nyaruko (Haiyore Nyaruko-san): "Eh? Is it Shub-Niggurath! Is she going to that world? Woo, that's cheating! I want to go too!" ]
[ Randolph Carter (H.P. Lovecraft): "The Mother of the Abyss… As expected, there are Outer Gods in that world too? The Black Goat of the Woods, the Outer God spawned from the darkness of Azathoth, the source of all things… Wait, now that I've said it, those entities won't come to finish me off, right?" ]
[ Ainz Ooal Gown (Overlord): "A Cthulhu Outer God… Truly terrifying to the extreme." ]
[ Red A⦍EMIYA⦎ (Type-Moon): "What a bunch of madmen, summoning all kinds of things to Earth!" ]
[ Lady Avalon (Type-Moon): "Don't get so excited, don't get so excited~ It's not her true body descending anyway. Speaking of which, it's a bit of a pity it's not her true body~" ]
[ Tohsaka Rin (Type-Moon): "Just how much do you love watching a farce! If that kind of thing comes, you won't be able to run either!" ]
[ .....]
『 Saint George indicated that they could put the matter of Beast Nero aside for now. The more important task at hand was to stop De Molay from summoning the Outer God!
Under Saint George's lead, the group entered the interior of the Holy City.
They saw that the holy, snow-white walls had long been completely corroded away. Flesh and decaying tendons had thoroughly infested the entire palace!
The palace was also filled with countless unspeakable, chaotic entities!
Seeing the arrival of the group, De Molay showed no surprise or fear—
Because her summoning circle was already complete~
"In the name of the Mother, the Son, and the Fallen!"
"Ia! Black Goat of the Woods! She who nurtures a thousand young, she who is responsible for the harvest!"
"Please hear my plea!"
Within the pitch-black magic circle, a terrifying and ominous figure emerged—a massive mass of flesh like a dark cloud, tentacles covered in eyes writhing wildly, and a large mouth dripping with slime!
In just an instant, the entire space was shrouded in omen and evil! 』
『 .....』
〜Myriad Worlds livestream Chat〜
[ Mordred (Type-Moon): "You bastard! How dare you turn Father's… Britain's Camelot into this state! Unforgivable!" ]
[ Kizaru (One Piece): "Wait… What is this thing?! It really scared this old man~" ]
[ Natsuki Subaru (Rezero): "Blegh! Blegh! So disgusting, so disgusting! What on earth is this thing?!" ]
[ The Doctor ⦍11th⦎ (Whoniverse): "This thing… is truly a terror beyond comprehension." ]
[ Trisolaran Leader (3-Body Problem): "What level of civilization is this again?" ]
[ .....]
〜OVERLORD World〜
Great Tomb of Nazarick—
Ainz's dark, hollow eyes stared at the unspeakable monster being summoned on the screen.
Indeed, even in different worlds, these chaotic gods existed…
Tribute to the Black Goat, a super-tier magic above the tenth tier, which could sacrifice seventy thousand people in a single strike and summon the Dark Young of the Black Goat…
After thinking for a moment, Ainz felt it was better to use this kind of power sparingly. After all, these unspeakable entities never seemed to be anything good.
—
〜Demonbane World〜
A chaotic figure emerged from the darkness, gazing at the Dark Young of the Black Goat on the screen.
In just a brief moment, countless surrounding multiverse worlds began to shatter under its pressure.
Fortunately, that pitch-black figure returned to the deeper depths after just a moment. To him, this unspeakable avatar was far too insignificant.
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