Chapter 38. Avalon: The Everdistant Utopia
["Trace on!"]
[Yukinoshita Yukino murmured, magical energy surging forth, her right hand wrapped in lightning-blue light like a thunderbolt.]
[Under the enhancement of Reinforcement Magecraft, any object held in her hand would have its very nature reconstructed. She gripped the soft scroll tightly, countless blue lines of light flowing across its surface, making it hard and indestructible.]
[This scene was like a miracle!]
["Who the hell are you people, and why do you want to kill me?!"]
[She screamed in fury, demanding answers.]
[Medusa withdrew her pity, speaking coldly.]
["Blame yourself for seeing what should not be seen."]
["Killing someone just for that..." The girl was utterly enraged.]
[BOOM...!!]
[The purple figure suddenly burst forth, skillfully stepping on every surface that could provide leverage, her high-heeled boots stomping the ground with brute force, blasting debris in every direction, thick dust billowing.]
[— As a monster from the Age of Gods, who had survived countless hunts from powerful warriors, Medusa had mastered the art of using her strength.]
[She knew exactly how to kill someone as fast as possible.]
[She didn't crush Yukino's head earlier simply because she didn't want her to die disfigured.]
[Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh...!!]
[A barrage of attacks came crashing down like a storm, chains lashing wildly, like raindrops falling.]
[A dominating and majestic aura filled the air, the atmosphere howled, stirring up violent gales.]
[Each area was bombarded one after another, smoke rising in torrents.]
[The girl's figure struggled to dodge, and though some chains couldn't be avoided, she roared and forced them away with all her might, sparks scattering in every direction.]
[The fierce battle ignited the blood of anyone watching!]
[Even though she had to go all out to repel the sharp chains, her muscles ached, joints nearly dislocated, yet in her eyes burned a dazzling flame.]
[This was the struggle of a drowning person reaching for life — the battle of a beast cornered!]
[With unwavering determination to survive, even the weak may raise their sword against the strong!]
[Whoosh!!]
[But the moment she repelled all the chains, the serpent-like figure exploded forward.]
[Like a dragon coiling through the air, she hovered midair and kicked Yukino directly in the lower abdomen.]
"Yukino!!"
At Celestial Curtain, Yukinoshita Haruno felt her heart tighten, screaming out in panic.
That was the embodiment of Medusa from ancient Greek mythology — a single kick with force greater than hundreds of tons carried by a semi-truck. Yukino could be blown apart into a mist of blood.
What now...
[At that crucial moment, the girl had already reinforced her body with Reinforcement Magecraft.]
[BOOOOM...!!]
[Accompanied by a deafening explosion, the air trembled violently, forming a clearly visible shockwave, as if she were a soccer ball kicked by a pro, her body carved a trench nearly a hundred meters long across the ground!]
[The entire sequence was fluid and seamless, leaving viewers stunned by the grandeur of the spectacle.]
["Kh… kh…"]
[Yukinoshita Yukino groaned, her whole body aching, almost to the point of fainting from the pain.]
[But she didn't hesitate — gritting her teeth, she endured and forced herself up, sprinting toward the nearby warehouse.]
["Please… stop being so stubborn already…"]
[Medusa murmured softly, sensing the intense will to live from the other girl, her hand gripping the weapon involuntarily trembling. Sometimes, she wished she could just be a heartless executioner.]
[This young child wanted to live so badly…]
[In just a blink of hesitation, the girl had already dashed into the warehouse.]
Under the tense gaze of countless people, the camera slowly panned downward.
[On the dark warehouse floor, an eight-pointed star magic circle lit up with a radiant blue glow.]
In that moment, countless experts and professors around the world simultaneously took a deep, sharp breath.
That familiar summoning magic circle—wasn't it precisely the ritual used to summon a Servant?
Celestial Curtain would never broadcast such footage without purpose.
No doubt about it...
Yukinoshita Yukino was one of the two Masters whose identities had never been revealed!
All across the globe, countless people clutched their chests, overwhelmed with emotion, murmuring in disbelief.
"We should've realized it sooner…"
"Haruno the big sister was deeply involved in the Fourth Holy Grail War. As her younger sister, Yukino couldn't possibly escape that fated whirlpool…"
"What exactly happened ten years ago that dragged the entire Yukinoshita family into the Holy Grail War?"
Who would she summon?
A Caster — the Servant class that specializes in magecraft…
Or perhaps the most powerful class — Saber!
[Chains gleamed with purple light, slithering skillfully from behind like serpents!]
[Yukino clenched her teeth, instinctively raising the reinforced scroll to block.]
[CLANG!]
[The two weapons collided, a harsh screech ringing out, sparks bursting forth and illuminating the dark warehouse. But in the very next instant, the scroll exploded with a thunderous blast, disintegrating into countless white fragments, scattering across every corner.]
["It's over."]
[Rider's eyes held a tinge of regret — clearly, this girl was clever.]
[But she was utterly ignorant of magecraft…]
[If she had trained just a bit more, then with Medusa intentionally holding back, there might have been hope for escape.]
[On the ground, Yukinoshita Yukino glared at the one who was about to kill her.]
[Clutching the bloody wound on her chest, she gritted her teeth and said through her pain: "I was just saved... I haven't even fulfilled my dream... and now I have to die meaninglessly?"]
["How could I ever accept that!!"]
[The girl screamed, her entire body gathering magical energy at her wrist.]
[In a flash, three ornate red lines took shape, their strange beauty captivating and otherworldly.]
[The summoning magic circle suddenly activated, cold air spreading out, a strange, gloomy light flaring to life!]
[A radiant light hovered inside the girl's body, countless glowing green pathways linking together, the mysterious aura of nature adorning her beauty — and with a cry filled with desperation, the form instantly materialized.]
[It was a sword sheath — ornate to the extreme, engraved with the letters of the Fairy race, adorned with blue patterns!]
[The most powerful holy relic in the mortal world, the Noble Phantasm known as the Land of the Fairies, The Everdistant Utopia — "Avalon"!]
[With it as the catalyst, there was no doubt that she could summon the undefeated king who bore the holy sword!]
The background music surged intensely, as if praising a sacred hymn, stirring hearts and thrilling souls.
Everything felt frozen in time!
Time itself seemed to stop in this very instant.
Countless people were so overwhelmed, their scalps tingled and goosebumps exploded across their skin.
That... that was...
The sacred breath expanded from the heavens down to the earth, that noble ideal seeping into the souls of tens of billions of people.
Everyone stared blankly at the Celestial Curtain, unsure why their very souls were trembling so violently.