『This is… the true power of the King of Heroes…』
[It's beautiful! It's incredible! This is insane!!]
"The Great King who guided us…!"
(Hah, those stupid demons,) Fou muttered. (As if there's anyone in this world who can beat this guy in a war of attrition and mass!)
Every inch of the Demon God's airspace was a battlefield. But the demons, with their mere three thousand years of refinement, were no match for this judgment. They were simply being trampled. There was no counterattack. For every hundred cannons they destroyed, a thousand more were deployed.
The only way to stop it was to kill the King of Heroes himself. And that was a riddle they could no longer solve.
"I'll give them one last push! Ea! Call the Marduuk! We shall carve a path to the Throne while we kick them into the dirt!"
—Yes! Heroic God Marduuk! Grant us a perfect, flawless victory!!
『GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!』
A massive battleship soared in from the distance, transforming as it descended, reigning over the battlefield.
『I'm ready whenever you are!』
『All systems, all green.』
『Now, to take back the future for our children. Let's go, Marduuk.』
Marduuk roared. The Star-Cleaving Sword swept through the stars, light-speed missiles wove a tapestry of "filthy fireworks" out of the Demon Gods, and the spirits of Gugalanna and Irkalla pierced through the void.
The Smelting Pit boiled over.
The Information Room shattered.
The Observation Post was threatened.
The Control Tower was blown away.
The Armory rattled.
The Visual Star flickered.
The Life Institute hovered on the brink of collapse.
Even the Disposal Chute was bombarded with "disposable" Noble Phantasms.
"FUHAHAHAHAHA!! Do you understand now?! This is what it means to be devastated!! I shall give you the words you loathe and fear the most!!"
Gilgamesh deployed the Gil-Gil Machine, sweeping Mash and Rikka onto it as he accelerated in a straight line toward the heart of the temple.
"IT IS THE END!! Your schemes, your 'Great Work'—it all concludes here! Your path to victory, your sliver of hope! You won't even be able to lay a finger on the Master! For she, too, is a Beast of Humanity! FUHAHAHAHAHA!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!"
[Goetia…! I'm going to teach you the one and only reason you lost!!]
The golden machine tore through the vacuum.
"I've prepared the reinforcements! My members, run wild as you please! Show these shallow demons the bond of our pleasure!!"
With his left hand, Gilgamesh opened the gates to all parallel worlds. Every dimension was funneled into this single point in space-time.
"A battle for the fate of humanity—this is what we call a Final Conflict! Fight to clear our path! Our struggle existed solely to reach this very moment!!"
Gilgamesh was relentless, leaving no room for error as he crushed the demons. And then, a miracle began to weave itself together.
—The age of primates began and flourished for millennia. The Age of Gods ended, and through the Common Era, humanity became the most prosperous species on Earth. We are those who determine the course of the stars and carve our epitaphs upon them.
Summoning circles began to rain down like shooting stars. One by one, the Heroes appeared.
The principle that ensures humanity prospers longer, more certainly, and more strongly. —The Map of Human History.
Like the twinkling of infinite stars, the brave souls increased in number and began their assault.
In the world of magecraft, this is called the Foundation of Human Humanity. And Chaldea has protected it as their sacred mission.
『Summoning sequence, deploying! No catalyst, no summoner—they're manifesting of their own accord through a single point of connection! Is this a dream?! Is the equipment malfunctioning?!』
Rikka watched the scene unfold from the speeding machine.
—Gil! Look!
Across the golden sky, the "stars" of the Heroic Spirits were streaking toward them.
"Hmph! To come here knowing what it means to enter this space… I suppose I must praise their recklessness!"
[—They came! Everyone—!]
"Now, for the Promised Victory. Based on my oath as a knight, I swear to brandish this holy sword to cut through all despair."
A beautiful figure in blue, the bearer of the holy sword, stood tall.
"Listen, O brilliant Heroic Spirits etched into the history of man! With pride in your hearts, entrust your backs, your faith, and your lives to one another! To open the path for our contractor, unleash your brilliance here and now!"
She raised her glowing blade high.
"My True Name is Altria Pendragon!! In the name of the King of Knights, I bring you victory—!!"
—Gi-Gil! The King of Kni—The King of Knights! Altria is—whaaaaat?!
"—She certainly knows how to make an entrance! I'll have to interrogate her thoroughly later!!"
Every star had gathered at this point.
This was the battle to reclaim the future!!
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