Chapter 49: The Time of Birth Has Come, Let Us Correct All Things
The only source of light in the Temple of Time was an object resembling a black hole in the distance; a pale blue ring of light around its edge provided illumination. By this faint light, Gudako and Mash could clearly see the appearance of the Temple of Time. The entire temple was composed of rock that resembled tree roots, with eight large root systems forming a closed circle along with the passages between them. In the center of this ring stood a white building, entwined by the same root-like rock, connecting the eight root systems. It was a door leading to an unknown place.
"The main temple should be inside there, right?" Gudako said, pointing to the door in the center.
At that moment, the ground beneath their feet suddenly trembled. "What's happening!?" Mash looked down in surprise and discovered that the root-like ground beneath them was not rock at all. Cracks appeared on the "roots," and red eyes revealed themselves from within the fissures. They were a group of Demon God Pillars!
Huge, blood-colored, tentacle-like objects began to writhe. The eyes that opened on those tentacles released crimson beams of light, striking chaotically toward Shirou and his group. Seeing this, Mash immediately raised her shield to block at maximum speed. Boom, boom, boom—!!! After blocking the barrage with her shield, beads of sweat seeped onto Mash's forehead.
"Let me handle this." Shirou gently patted the girl's shoulder, then slightly raised his right hand. Brilliant azure light manifested in the sky, constructing thousands of Noble Phantasms. Then, a scene reminiscent of a meteor shower appeared before Gudako and Mash's eyes. While the scene looked beautiful, the destruction it unleashed was incredibly shocking.
In front of the door glowing with white light, a green figure appeared. "Hahaha, you—" The person's words were drowned out by the rain of Noble Phantasms falling like meteors, disappearing completely amidst the continuous explosions.
"Eh? Did someone just speak?" Shirou, confirming the Demon God Pillars were eliminated, looked toward the front of the door. Finding nothing there, he looked back at Gudako in confusion.
"Mm... it seemed to be Lev... but that's not important. Let's get to the Temple of Time quickly!" Gudako urged.
The three crossed the original ritual gate. In the pure white light, the world around them underwent a cataclysmic change. Before a throne that was pure, sacred, and solemn—yet also defiled—the three stepped onto the translucent white grass. Everything here seemed to have been purified by some power, but Goetia, sitting upon the throne and occupying Solomon's body, was the only evil. Behind him was a band of light composed of the past, present, and future. Its power was capable of completely incinerating the entire material
world; it was a power no Noble Phantasm could rival, a collection of thousands of years of magical energy.
Gudako looked at the face of Solomon (Goetia) which bore a mocking expression: "...Goetia!"
"Heh... indeed. We have met once before. Welcome to our temple, Master of Chaldea." Goetia's disdainful gaze swept over Gudako, Mash, and Shirou. "I permit your audience, yet I have never permitted you to kneel. Hospitality toward guests from afar is the joy of a king, but unfortunately, I loathe humanity. I have no rewards for your long journey, nor do I have any mercy to bestow upon you. All I have is the anger of 'why.' Why were you unwilling to wait even a mere few minutes? Why could you not wait until the hypothetical third Noble Phantasm created by us finished its startup calculations?"
Saying this, Goetia stood up. "I am one who exists as the Mage King Solomon, an organ created by the Mage King, ruling the nation alongside Solomon. I am also the primordial curse abandoned upon Solomon's death, nesting within his remains, obtaining a body via a summoning formula within it, becoming one who gained true wisdom, and thus, one who was hoped for."
A purple band of light wrapped around Solomon's body. When the brilliant light faded, it was replaced by the body of Goetia. A massive form composed of white, gold, red, yellow, and black—in terms of race, he was a singular, exotic individual who was, in the true sense, a 'being of unknown origin'!
Here— The Beast of Humanity (BEAST) was officially manifested!
"Then, allow me to let you witness it—" Goetia's figure drifted slowly into the high sky. He stretched out a gigantic palm, aiming it toward Shirou's group. He exposed a mocking expression: "Before the universe, tiny humans are as fragile as paper in fire. I am the one who uses you as fuel to sail toward the pole, the one who creates new stars, controls the 72 curses, and burns all history to ash. I am the Incineration of Human Order—the Demon God King, Goetia!"
In an instant, the remaining Demon God Pillars hidden beneath the Temple of Time surged out from the ground. One after another, they surrounded Shirou and his group from all directions.
"Recreate this planet—" As one Demon God Pillar chanted, the surrounding ones followed suit, one by one. Until Goetia opened his palm, pulling the infinite star-strings and beams of light in the current starry sky into his hand. After emitting wave after wave of terrifying energy fluctuations, Goetia spoke again.
"The moment our great undertaking is completed, the Pan-Human History you wish to save, possess, and continue will also vanish in an instant..."
The next second, pure white beams of light fell from the firmament, gradually converging into Goetia's palm.
"Hereby—" "Our great undertaking—" "Our ideal—" "Shall all be manifested—" "Know the true meaning of our birth—"
Endless energy converged in the void, responding to Goetia's call. Above the firmament adorned with the starry sea, it condensed into a massive blood-red sphere of light. It only required a single thought for it to erupt completely and incinerate the entire Pan-Human History! In doing so, it would forge a brand-new possibility: a new world.
"Humanity is of the past; this planet is about to welcome its true rebirth—" "Third Noble Phantasm, deployed—"
Under Goetia's loud declaration, the grand scene of destruction and reorganization within the vast energy played out repeatedly.
"Be incinerated like waste—『Ars Almadel Salomonis (The Time of Birth Has Come, Let Us Correct All Things)』!!!"
In an instant, an incomparably massive energy beam struck the location of Shirou's group. Those Demon God Pillars that had been surrounding them turned one after another into blood-red spheres of energy, re-gathering around Goetia and merging into his body, ready to be wielded. At this moment, they were collectively realizing the "Human Order Incineration Plan."
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