lost narrative poem

Chapter 307 The Evil Of This World

And the surrounding scenery——

The black mud rolled with waves like the sea.

There were mountains of dry corpses everywhere, sinking into the sea.

The sky is red, as red as blood.In the black mud rain, the dark sun dominates the sky.

"Where is this place?" Emiya Kiritsugu tried hard to find that feeling of incongruity, trying to figure out what was going on. He felt that he had overlooked something very important, or that he had forgotten something very important. thing.

Why do you appear here?

Didn't you fight before?Where has Kotomine Kirei gone now?

"This is the place where your wishes can come true, and it's the inside of the Holy Grail you're after..." Irisviel answered such a question with a smile.

This is... a place where wishes can come true?

Emiya Kiritsugu raised his head subconsciously, and looked at the black vortex in the sky. At the beginning, he mistook it for a pitch-black sun, which was the center of the world, a " hole".

The unfathomable darkness inside, the density seems to be able to crush everything.

"..."

"..."

Emiya Kiritsugu stared at the terrifying "hole" in the sky, and remained silent for a long time. After all, as long as he was a normal human being, he would not think that "hole" was a good thing, and he didn't feel that he was losing his mind. You can really make your wish come true here.

And there is another most important question, that is, if the preparation of the Holy Grail has been completed, it means that Irisviel must be dead. This is an inevitable logic... Then, the black Irisviel in front of me— —

"who are you?"

The man turned his head, raised the magic gun in his hand, and pointed the black muzzle at the person in front of him.

"I am Irisviel, you can just think so."

Facing the muzzle full of murderous intent, the woman in the black dress smiled a little lonely, as if expressing pity for Emiya Kiritsugu who pressed him for the truth.

……

……

In the real world, Xia Ran and Saber are struggling through the flames burning like purgatory, and the empty music auditorium is in front of them.

With my eyesight, I can clearly see the Holy Grail, which is shining with dazzling golden light in the flames. It floats high, and in the blazing flames, something like black mud is continuously dripping from the inside. .

The floor on the stage is already overwhelmed. A large amount of black mud is falling down like a waterfall from the sky, and most of it has flowed into the lower underground space. However, there is still a large amount of black mud forming turbulent waves on the first floor. .

Xia Ran has also done her best, from ordinary protective magic to mind shield, relying on the alienated domain effect created by the annihilation breath of obsidian pod shell, which greatly strengthens the barrier, coupled with this raging black The waves haven't completely become the climate, so they can bring Saber all the way here.

To be honest, the black mud made him feel really disgusting and heavy, and it seemed that even magic power and spiritual power could be directly corroded...

Although he was not harmed, his mana was burning mana at a speed beyond his means at this moment. This was the first time he had encountered such a problem after he got the obsidian pod shell.

However, it can be sustained for a short period of time. Although he is not sure about swimming in the black mud directly, it is not too difficult to support it for a period of time by relying on various defensive methods.

——Although Gilgamesh was directly involved in it, he was not injured, and the black mud could not digest him.But Xia Ran really doesn't have that self-confidence, he is not as evil as Gilgamesh, his heart is dirtier than black mud.

"Ah..." When she saw the gleaming gold container for the first time, Saber understood it almost instantly, and couldn't help but choked up and bit her lips tightly. "Irisviel..."

Sure enough, it was too late, Mingming vowed to protect her with the sword, but failed to do so.He broke his oath, just like he failed to save Britain.

And most importantly, she couldn't forgive herself, she couldn't accept that even more than an hour ago, Irisviel's voice and smile were still so real and clear... It was only an hour before and after!

How could Saber have imagined that before she set off, she told Irisviel cautiously in Liudong Temple, that side was actually a farewell...

If I didn't do anything, would Irisviel still live in Liudong Temple?

Once such a thought is born, it can no longer be contained, and self-blame and regret are like poisonous snakes, gnawing at Artoria's heart.

"There is no time to mourn Irisviel now..."

Xia Ran's calm voice rang in her ears——

"This is the cursed black mud full of "all the evils of this world". It has the destructive power to burn all life. If you let it flow, do you know what the consequences will be? "

"..."

"..."

"All the evil in this world..."

Saber repeated the name in a daze, she first looked at the auditorium that had been half-submerged by the black waves, and then subconsciously looked at the magician in front of her: "Did you know this kind of thing a long time ago?" ?”

"Yes, during the third Holy Grail War 60 years ago, the Einciberen family's illegal call not only made the game invalid at that time, but also polluted the colorless power in the Great Holy Grail..."

Xia Ran didn't even bat an eye, and answered the knight girl's question like this. Although she didn't lie, she selectively answered some parts and concealed some parts, and used some small speaking skills.

"Once the Holy Grail is summoned and the passage is opened, the polluted black mud inside will pour into this world, just like now... For more specific situations, you can ask Caster if there is still a chance, because she During this time, I have been studying the nature of the Great Holy Grail."

"Is that so..."

The knight girl felt lost, she felt that she understood.

If this is the case, then the other party is no wonder. The other party probably did not know about such a thing because of the research of the magician of the age of gods, combined with the information of the Holy Grail War 60 years ago, and probably did not really confirm this until now.

It's no wonder that the other party has never talked about it. After all, before witnessing it with their own eyes, who can believe that the Holy Grail is filled with Heixiang?

Even Artoria herself never believed her in the past, even during that time, the other party repeatedly said sincerely that she did not want to obtain the Holy Grail...

However, she also felt very ironic about these words at the time. Who would believe such a pale lie?

But now, in her messy thinking, she seemed to finally understand something, but at this time, it was too late to regret, or regret was useless.

The Holy Grail War cannot be stopped, and no matter what, the summoned heroic spirits cannot appear in the world forever, live in peace with each other, and live in peace... In other words, after the Holy Grail War started, the end of Irisviel was already It is doomed, this is an unchangeable fate.

Unless the Holy Grail War can never end, and no heroic spirit dies, otherwise, it is only a matter of time before Alice Viel, who is the little Holy Grail, loses the normal functions of her body and disintegrates to give birth to the Holy Grail.

"What should we do now, Master?" She took a deep breath, tried to restrain her emotions, gritted her teeth and looked at the magician. "Since you have known about this problem for a long time, you should have made corresponding preparations, right?"

"I did it, but it's useless now..." Xia Ran shook her head, "Caster and I never imagined that something unexpected would happen to Irisviel tonight, and the preparations we made before are useless now... "

"This..." Saber immediately blamed herself even more, the knuckles holding the sword of vowed victory were clenched tightly, until they turned white.

"It has nothing to do with you. Actually, I already knew about your plans for tonight. I just thought it would be better to let the couple get together for a while. I just didn't expect Gilgamesh to intervene..."

Xia Ran seemed to see the girl's thoughts at a glance, so she explained it straightforwardly.

"Master, you don't have to take responsibility on yourself, I understand that this is all my fault..." Artoria smiled reluctantly, and said through gritted teeth, "So at least for now, let me remedy it. "

"Then, Saber—"

Xia Ran sighed, narrowed her eyes and looked forward, raised her right wrist, revealing the magic crystal tattoo on the back of her hand.

"In the name of the command spell, liberate the holy sword and destroy the holy grail."

The next moment, the whirlwind disperses the surrounding flames in an instant, and the real outline of the golden sword appears from the center of the dispelled Wind King barrier.

Without saying a word, Saber gritted her teeth, held up the holy sword, and with the support of the magic power of the Command Seal, poured a large amount of magic power into the sword of the vowed victory——she did not resist this order, but cooperated with all she could.

The next moment, the released flood-like light waves roared out, and all the black mud in the middle of the distance from the auditorium to the stage seemed to be evaporated under the impact of high temperature and heat in an instant.

The slash of light, which was unabated in the slightest, was accelerated to the limit, like a giant's hand sweeping across everything and destroying buildings, it cut across the entire music hall and hit the Holy Grail floating in the sky above the stage.

Without any suspense, the golden container that once belonged to Irisviel's body quickly lost its form in the flashing heat, and then completely disappeared.

Maintaining the posture of swinging the sharp sword, Saber subconsciously closed her eyes, not daring to face up to this cruel scene.

The flash of the Holy Sword that destroyed the Holy Grail not only shattered the entire stage, cut the entire music auditorium, and even split the entire civic hall in two.

The building, which had already been burnt from the inside, could no longer withstand such a blow. The superstructure was destroyed, and the roof without support fell half into the auditorium like an avalanche.

Then, Xia Ran saw the terrifying "hole" in the exposed night sky through the raindrops of rubble or building debris.

In the cold winter night when snowflakes are falling, the dark sun that appears is like a symbol of the end of this world.

Its substance is actually a real "hole".

In other words, the altar hidden in the Advent Ceremony, and the magical channel connected to the magic circle of the "Great Holy Grail" under Mount Enzo on the east side of Miyama Town——

The interior of the Great Holy Grail, which has absorbed the energy of the earth veins for 60 years and now has obtained the souls of four servants, has been filled and turned into a huge magic vortex. This is the true body of the black "hole".

The Holy Grail is only the key to open the "hole", and it is also the control device that keeps the "hole" in a stable state.Originally, the non-attribute power was only used to create a breakthrough leading to the "outside". Since the liberation of this holy sword burned down the stabilizing device, it dyed all of them with a black curse color .

At this moment, the black mud is like a waterfall, falling in large quantities from the top of the ruined civic hall.

The tsunami-like black mud engulfed the auditorium on the first floor, and then turned into a river through the entrance of the clubhouse and gushed out of the building, spreading to the surrounding blocks...

"Wait here..."

Xia Ran gently placed the girl's petite body among the ruined walls on the second floor, and then gave an exhortation in the same tone, then turned around and flew towards the Holy Grail, while slamming the rusty magic knife in her left hand. Dab it.

His own blood instantly stained the blade red, and the magic blade suddenly let out a bloodthirsty humming in excitement...

The blade is dyed red with the user's own blood, and the power of the magic knife is briefly stimulated. At this moment, there is nothing that cannot be cut by the ebony blade.

"I hope the energy-absorbing effect will be stronger...but it's time to return anyway." Xia Ran murmured to herself as she quickly approached the dark sun in the sky.

(End of this chapter)