Chapter 121. The World Declares Destruction, Will Replaces the Planet!
Watching the battle scenes grow ever more magnificent as the number of participants gradually decreased.
Most people on Earth realized that the Holy Grail War had reached its final stage.
Black Grail, nine Servants, Kaguya, Gilgamesh, parallel worlds, Beast... Along with each mystery being unveiled, rather than awakening the people like the sky clearing after the clouds part, it only deepened their confusion.
If only… they knew what happened during the Fourth Holy Grail War.
The true identity of Raku Sou, the reason why Kaguya ended up this way...
And the woman named Yukinoshita Haruno...
Countless netizens, overwhelmed, had endless speculations arise in their minds.
However…
At this moment, new disturbances appeared in the sky of the Celestial Curtain.
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["Beep beep..."]
[Warning signals echoed through research stations around the globe!]
[London, Seoul, Moscow, New Delhi, New York, Singapore… billions of people simultaneously horrified, hair standing on end, forgetting to breathe, staring blankly at the darkened sky.]
[Not only ordinary people, even the Lords of the Clock Tower with deep and profound powers were no exception.]
[They looked at each other in panic, their souls trembling.]
[No matter how much life experience one had, it could not withstand the terror of an entire civilization on the brink of annihilation. Even with feet still on solid ground, it felt like walking on a suspended floor in midair.]
[Just one forceful step, and the floor would collapse—then all humanity would perish without a trace!!]
["The end of the world is near…"]
[No one could stay calm. Many began to mutter deliriously, nearly driven mad, faces turned skyward, eyes filled with despair reflecting the twinkling stars above.]
[This was not a baseless extinction of civilization.]
[A colossal crimson magic circle enveloped the planet's surface, and the faint sound of ocean waves could be heard.]
[When the Most Ancient Heroic King Gilgamesh raised the Sword of the End, a raging judgment echoed across the entire globe.]
[This is...]
[The great world-ending flood!!]
["Rumble rumble...!!"]
[Near the Great Spirit Vein, along with rising salty seawater, the entire city of Fuyuki was engulfed by the floodwaters. Citizens of nearby cities screamed in utter madness.]
[In an instant, a massive surge of water poured in from all directions, swallowing everything.]
[All of Japan seemed surrounded by ocean, the vast island about to be completely submerged.]
[And this was only the first day the Enki sword was unleashed.]
[Tomorrow, the great flood would be even more fierce and devastating than today!]
[Just as the entire world was falling into despair, with major magical factions urgently discussing countermeasures, a flash of silver light appeared in the sky above Fuyuki City, without hesitation diving into the raging flood, searching for something.]
[Immediately after, Raku Sou, clad in tattered silver armor, surfaced carrying an unconscious white-haired girl.]
[There was no saving her anymore…]
[He slightly furrowed his brow, one hand casting Healing Magecraft, white light pouring into the body of Yukinoshita Yukino.]
[The entire process was no different from patching up a torn rag doll.]
[No matter how much Life Force was transferred in, it was all in vain.]
["Cough… Ra...ku?!"]
[After a while, Yukino woke up, coughing blood. As she tried to sit up, numerous wounds across her body were strained, countless cold blades scraping against her flesh, drawing more blood. Even the slightest movement brought excruciating pain.]
[At this moment, her life was like a dying candle in the wind, flickering and about to extinguish at any second.]
["Don't speak anymore, you need to rest now. Let me defeat it."]
[Raku Sou said softly, his eyes glancing at the "Source of Destruction" forming a magic circle in outer space.]
[It was the weapon for Earth's destruction released by Enki, the Sword of the End, suspended in the atmosphere, shimmering with dazzling light, made entirely of golden brilliance, stretching across thousands of meters, with even just a single segment the size of a skyscraper.]
[Centered on a neutral core, it operated layer upon layer in dense sequence.]
[To be honest, dealing with this thing isn't too troublesome.]
[But… Kaguya, my little sister, is this truly your goal?]
[Raku Sou narrowed his eyes and raised his hand. Endless deep blue mana gathered as he prepared to Projection the Sword of Promised Victory, intending to confront it with this salvation blade.]
[However, projecting a Divine Construct and recreating the "Concept of Salvation" would consume an enormous amount of energy.]
[There was still an unfinished battle between him and Kaguya…]
["Use this."]
[The frail girl stopped him. She shakily stood up, raised her hand, and drained the last bit of mana in her Magic Circuit. As a faint bluish light flashed, a Blood-Red Cursed Spear of extreme sharpness condensed into form.]
[She quietly lay back into Raku Sou's arms, her pale face carrying a smile as she passed Gae Bolg to him.]
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"Yukino really... I'm gonna cry to death!"
At that moment, the entire audience on Earth wept.
Silence, shock—indescribable.
Many girls had eyes swollen red from crying.
Who didn't realize that this was Yukinoshita Yukino's final song? After being rescued and regaining consciousness, she didn't care about her broken body or the sliver of life left in her, but only gave her all to the fate of Raku Sou and the Earth.
What kind of courage and spirit is that?
Unafraid of bloodshed or sacrifice, burning for the people until the very last second!
Even cold-blooded yokai were moved, transcending the limits of their species, filled with a reverent awe as if gazing up at a towering mountain.
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["Didn't I tell you to rest properly."]
[Raku Sou sighed. He gently scolded her, took the spear, then looked up at the sky. His Mystic Eyes of Death Perception flashed.]
[In an instant, on the colossal magic circle in outer space, twisted Death Lines appeared. Essentially, the higher the level of an entity, the harder it was to perceive, but that didn't mean it was absolutely unkillable.]
[At that moment.]
[A blinding blood-red light burst forth.]
[Raku Sou raised one hand and hurled the cursed spear with great force toward the massive magic formation. Gae Bolg instantly transformed into a wild beam of light, its sharpness ripping through the sky!]
["BOOM BOOM BOOM…!!"]
[The air exploded in tremors like a blood dragon roaring, piercing the clouds!]
[The sky lit up, then immediately darkened!]
[Countless glittering specks like stars scattered.]
[Numerous mechanical fragments fell like meteors, trailing fire, dyeing the heavens red—magnificent like an epic!]
[In such a scene, Raku Sou and Yukinoshita Yukino looked at each other and smiled.]
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Everyone's hearts were filled with emotion, choking up at this magnificent, glorious painting!
"I officially ship Raku Sou and Yukino with all my heart! You two should just get married in real life!"
"Worthy of being Raku Sou—no matter which world, the moment he acts, the sense of safety is overwhelming!"
"How could I possibly describe my feelings right now? This atmosphere is truly too beautiful!"
"This is such a blissful scene... if only it could stop forever at this moment."
"Carrying the whole world on your shoulders, Yukino—you've saved the world!"
"Best salvation couple ever!"
"It's such a pity that Yukino seems like she's going to die... otherwise, I'd love to see the husband-and-wife duo go Jump Kaguya!"
"Ehm, what if Kaguya ends up beating the two of them up instead?"
"No way, absolutely impossible~!"
"Wait a second, not to talk about who's going to win, but why does it suddenly sound like domestic violence?"
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[Countless burning satellite fragments fell, the two embraced each other tightly, smiling in the scorching air, silently savoring these final beautiful and peaceful moments.]
[Until the girl in his arms completely lost her breath…]
[Raku Sou was stunned for a moment.]
[Suddenly.]
[In the distance, a domineering, blinding black light shot straight into the sky!]
[Savage, violent, carrying an aura that withered all things.]
[Right after that, a divine purple light also surged upward, accompanied by the anguished neigh of Pegasus, struggling to dispel the overwhelming black light.]
[Two figures fought to the death, their aura erupting like a raging rainbow that reached the heavens.]
[This was a battle of myth.]
[It was Medusa of ancient Greece and the Red Dragon of Britannia!]
[Raku Sou did not move, for he had already seen the outcome from thousands of miles away.]
["So Medusa has also left…"]
[Raku Sou murmured, holding Yukino in his arms, as the image of that tall woman emerged in his mind—the one who had helped him so much, who had once patiently listened to all his burdens.]
[I too…]
[Raku Sou's eyes, always calm, now revealed a hint of sorrow. Looking at the white-haired girl's wrist in his embrace, her snow-white skin was turning faintly translucent, the irreversible spread continuing until it returned to the earth and sky.]
[Just like that, he watched his beloved dissolve into countless strands of white light, vanishing into the heavens.]
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"So this… is my ending after all…"
Yukinoshita Yukino whispered, her heart filled with complicated emotions, yet also a sense of fulfillment.
She had died on the path of fulfilling her ideals, died in the arms of the person she loved most—without a single regret. It was, in every way, the best possible conclusion.
Perhaps her heroic feats today would be engraved in the Throne of Heroes.
And in the end, she would be able to see her beloved once again.
In that case… my Raku Sou, when will you come to me?
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Amid the sighs of the crowd.
The scene suddenly shifted.
[On the other side of the battlefield, atop a mountain flattened by a dark light cannon.]
[A violent black figure staggered and collapsed. After a while, she powerlessly fell to the ground, her fingers twitching faintly, blood dripping with soft plops, staining the land in a desolate red.]
[Holy Grail, huh…]
[In the end, just a distant, unreachable dream after all…]
[Artoria muttered. Beneath her bloodied forehead, her amber-gold pupils gradually dissipated—a trace of release, a trace of regret.]
[Then, the light from the King of Knights slowly faded away, and she could no longer open her eyes.]
["Huuu~."]
[A mournful cold wind swept through, adding layers of sorrow.]
[Facing Artoria's corpse, a tall woman with long purple hair knelt with one knee on the ground, using her chain sword to brace herself from collapsing.]
[The final victor of this war was now unmistakably clear.]
[It's over…]
[After defeating the Saber corrupted by the Black Holy Grail and releasing her, Medusa, with broken armor, blood-matted hair, and a severed arm, gave a faint smile.]
[She leaned against the dunes, recalling everything since her summoning.]
[Gradually, she fell into slumber.]
[What a… beautiful dream it was…]
[In the end, she turned into light and disappeared.]
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"Ahh, my Rider and Saber are both gone too?!"
The brutal scene shattered the last illusion of the vampire girl.
She trembled, lit a cigarette, and even her hand holding it was shaking.
Every familiar character had died one after another—only Kaguya and Raku Sou remained alive.
"Happy ending," huh?
Fuck this damn Holy Grail War…
Could this be the most brutal Holy Grail War in history!?
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[A moment later, Raku Sou, clad in tattered silver armor, silently carried his sword and returned.]
[But…]
["BOOM!!"]
[Heaven and earth shook, as countless despairing thoughts from across the world surged like a storm and were drawn in.]
[On the surface of the planet, massive patterns of the Celestial-Scale Grand Ritual—Infinite Womb Realm—continued to spread, radiating an eerie black light.]
[A filthy black beam shot straight into the sky, piercing fiercely into the universe, as if foretelling an ominous fate that would bury the world. Kaguya stood calmly atop the throne, countless sinister blood-red markings appearing across her body.]
[On her smooth forehead, between the demon horns, a third eye opened.]
[A terrifying aura continuously erupted from her body, like ten thousand fires igniting—she bore the power of wind, rain, thunder, and lightning.]
["Onii-chan, it's over."]
[Kaguya calmly looked toward the figure rushing toward her.]
[Everything was already too late.]
[With Sword of the End from Gilgamesh serving as the prelude, the world had been declared destroyed—this allowed Kaguya to complete her transformation into a beast and undergo the leap of life!]
[She had become a complete Beast, using Womb Realm to replace the planet's concept, able to dominate all things on Earth, creating calamities at will!]
[In other words, Kaguya was now the master of the planet.]
[She possessed the concept of fortitude, a Beast that propelled human civilization forward.]
[——She was the Bodhisattva of demonic nature.]
[Shinomiya Kaguya.]
[Noble Phantasm: The Absolute Desire of This World (Angra Mainyu/CCC)]
[Type: Anti-Star Noble Phantasm]
[Using All-Encompassing Celestial Net to replace the planet's will, with absolute greed, recreating the planet—controlling all earthquakes, volcanoes, torrential rain, storms...]
[Becoming a pseudo–omniscient and omnipotent Star God.]
[Granting trials to humanity, forcing them to move forward.]
[Recognized as The Most Benevolent Beast, and also the only possible chance for humanity to survive within the grand wish of the Beast—but the result is equivalent to total annihilation.]
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[Overlooking the Four-Colored Heavens, Rank: EX]
[Having undergone three hundred seventy million cycles of reincarnation, an unshakable will, reigning above the Four-Colored Heavens, gazing upon the world like a Bodhisattva devoid of thought and emotion.]
[Regardless of the scale or nature of the intelligent entity in question, it remains the supreme will that no known intelligence can shake.]
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[Mind Balance, Rank: EX]
[The excessive compassion of a Bodhisattva toward a future that does not exist.]
[Granting humanity a fair wager with the Bodhisattva.]
[Separating the body, mind, and soul of all humankind, placing their will in a bare-naked state (unprotected by mind or body).]
[Placing one side of the scale—the other side being the equivalent will of the Bodhisattva.]
[This was originally humanity's only ability to defeat the Bodhisattva.]
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[All-Encompassing Celestial Net, Rank: EX]
[Upon opening one's eyes, this place becomes an infinite corridor of will.]
[In the palm of the demonic Bodhisattva. At the edge of the boundless horizon, the Bodhisattva smiles.]
[All of humanity is a species that must be lashed forward.]
[Lost in bliss, enjoying peace, like bubbles melting within desire ——.]
[Evolution is the grand love with which the Bodhisattva saves all of humankind!]
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[Clairvoyance (Beast), Rank: EX]
[As a collective will that has undergone three hundred seventy million cycles of reincarnation, it has seen through both the past and the future.]