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Chapter 407 Holy! Holy! Holy! The Lord Almighty

"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory. At the sound of the one who shouts, the foundations of the threshold tremble, and the temple is filled with smoke."

—Isaiah

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This voluptuous woman is Draco, whose face is identical to that of Nero Jr.—in other words, a larger version of Nero. If Nero Jr. were here, he would recognize her as the strange woman who appeared in his nightmares.

Draco has a bewitching appearance, yet he exudes a repulsive aura that keeps strangers at bay—an aura of calamity that could be considered an enemy of humanity and a catastrophe for civilization.

She held out her hand.

Similar to the dragon-like monsters that ravage the outside world, this place is filled with them. The monsters continue to multiply in their crimson lairs, their dark scales and gleaming fangs either writhing and staggering or merging together in a harmonious symphony.

These monsters, like the embodiment of greed and crawling chaos, had hundreds of enormous mouths that silently yearned to devour the mortal world. But the moment Draco reached out, they suddenly fell silent as if they had received a command.

"Hmph. Pass it on; I need to know more about that Sword Emperor."

Upon hearing the woman's command, the greedy monsters that destroyed cities and devoured civilizations opened and closed their huge mouths, immediately responding with strange sounds.

The next moment, the Beast Avatar split into more individual magical beasts. They were spiritually connected to each other, becoming each other's invisible eyes and ears, spreading the news of the outside world to countless humans in Rome. The reputation and fame of the Sword Emperor were also conveyed along with the desires of the humans.

"Oh? They crushed Rome's largest coalition army and gained immense fame... Could it be a hidden third pillar of the gods, besides the ancestral god and Amor?"

The God Ancestor's spirit origin is not at its peak, and Amor, a pseudo-god servant, can only exert limited combat power. However, if the Sword Emperor is a god-level combatant with a large number of spirit origins, then things will be troublesome.

While analyzing and contemplating the current situation, Draco's gaze wandered outwards. She certainly didn't want to face three divine beings simultaneously before evolving into a fully grown beast.

At this point, Rome had been completely transformed into a demonic lair, a breeding ground for monsters. The entire city had become a beast's nest, much like the Time Temple of Getia. However, only the city center remained standing, preventing the final step of this beastly realm from being completed.

The God Ancestor, and that wicked Amor who aided and abetted the evil, also stored their power in the Pantheon in the city center. They were the stubborn rocks and nails under her feet that hindered her from fully evolving.

In fact, long before this, she should have already been conceived as a fully grown beast, but unfortunately, she was suppressed by the god Romulus as soon as she was born into this world.

For more than a year, the Divine Ancestor's own spiritual origin has been constantly activating the Noble Phantasm called "Quirinus's Throne".

This seat is inherently sublime, connected to incredible divine power. Therefore, it could easily isolate the endless howls of the Beast of Calamity from the mortal world, enough to sever Draco's magical connection with the outside world when he was still in the juvenile form of the beast.

After all, it was essentially the power of Quirinus, one of the three supreme deities of Roman mythology.

Legend has it that Romulus, the founder of the ancient Roman kingdom, mysteriously disappeared in a thunderstorm during a military parade in the Arena at the age of 54 after reigning for 38 years. It is said that he ascended to the sky and became a god, known as "Quirinus". Therefore, his full divine name is "Romulus Quirinus".

The practice of deifying kings after their death seems to have been quite common in ancient civilizations, not only in ancient Rome, but also in neighboring ancient Egypt.

However, the key point is that the progenitor of the gods that Draco encounters in this singularity is not Quirinus, who is biased towards the supreme god, but Romulus, who is biased towards humanity.

Even though it gained strength surpassing the top tier through massive local advantages, its divine nature remains weak.

Therefore, a year ago, in order to suppress the growing beast, the god Romulus used the Pantheon, the abode of the gods worshipped by all the people of Rome, as the center of the ritual site. In addition, he paid the price of semi-permanently fusing his own spiritual foundation with the throne of the Pantheon, so that the god could not take any other action except to sit in this place.

This created an amazing barrier, preventing Draco from absorbing the magic of the Grail derivative (the Lesser Grail) from the outside world.

Even if Draco cleverly managed to split off a half of himself (Nero) from Rome at the critical moment when he was about to be sealed away, and try to strengthen connections with the outside world, it wouldn't work.

The consequences of this series of actions were as Chaldea and the others later witnessed—over the course of more than a year, the Roman army continuously strengthened itself with the help of her golden cup, absorbed the growth resources of the Calamity Beasts for its own use, and the number of Servant-level combat forces increased dramatically.

It wasn't until this escape and recovery that she finally reclaimed the power that had been stored in the Golden Cup.

"Hmph... These scraps are far from enough. Don't think you've won; the outcome is still uncertain."

In Draco's hand, a golden cup, one of only two in this singularity, shimmered with magical power. "When my magical beast army recovers the magic that you humans fed to the army, and supplies it to my growth until I reach my full form... that will be the end of human civilization."

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[The investigation is over, senior! During the Holy Grail War in this singularity, all the minor Grails that appeared have lost their magic and their original effects. Da Vinci deduces that, currently, apart from the golden cup in Nero's hand that remains intact, the only genuine one left is the golden cup in the Beast's hand.]

"understood."

Emiya landed gracefully, his feet on the uneven ground beside the hills near the main gate of Rome. He could clearly see the wide and towering city walls extending north and south from the west of the Tiber River, enclosing and protecting the low-lying areas between the hills.

However, the monsters didn't care about the significance of these walls to Roman civilization; they were merely monstrous creatures that desecrated the world. So they ignored them, crushing the walls and trampling the land, like writhing, towering hills rolling forward and invading the human world.

Soaring in the sky not far away is the giant dragon that Meiliuqina has transformed into. She is happily releasing her magic power. With a long roar, she rushes into the ferocious wave of the magical beasts, fighting with an irresistible momentum, roaring with radiant magic cannons, and stretching out her iron wings and sharp claws that stir up storms as she comes against the tide.

Emiya withdrew his gaze and asked, "Pope Ruoan, at this point, is our alliance agreement still in effect? ​​I would like to ask whether the plan regarding the power of faith has entered a stage where it can be put into trial use?"

Joan and Constantine had already arrived at the nearby battlefield, along with the Chaldean Servants and personnel operating in separate squads on other battlefields in the Italian peninsula.

However, Pope Juan della Signoria's presence is particularly crucial. She is not only the core initiator of the faith-based transformation and support for the war effort spread in the Eastern Roman Empire these days, but she is also involved in whether the "Second Coming of Michael" plan, which is considered a trump card, can be successfully implemented.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty the Sword Emperor! The plan will definitely be put into operation smoothly... However, I would still like to thank Your Majesty the Sword Emperor and everyone in Chaldea for such an efficient response. Since we have allies from the future providing their full assistance, I will naturally do my best as well." Ruoan bowed slightly, her voice trembling slightly, as if this was her first time experiencing such a terrifying monster battlefield, but her expression remained unwavering and resolute.

"Is everything alright?" Emiya's voice was slightly low, as if he were hinting at something.

Ruo An blinked, immediately realizing that Emiya might be worried about the instability of her Spirit Origin. "...Don't worry, at least in this battle, there will be no problem."

Emiya remained silent. So, this means we can only hold on this one time?

Constantine also fell silent, gripping his sword tightly without uttering a word. Constantine was not oblivious; after being involved in the plan for some time, he gradually realized that the issue of Joan's spirit origin as a fictional character was not something that could be easily resolved.

But for the greater good...

Of the group, Pope Ruoan remained composed. "Then, according to the plan, the first step is for me, as the Pope of a religion, to unite the Catholic faith across the world—'Holy, holy! All for victory!'"

Spirit Origin Mode, switch.

Ruoan's original white papal robe and red shawl have been transformed into a blue cross-strap ribbon shawl and a luxurious satin slit skirt, with a magnificent, shimmering halo inlaid with a crescent moon appearing behind her head, giving her a divine aura almost like an angel.

This is a brand new Spirit Origin model that aggregates an excessive amount of faith achievements.

"The second step is to construct a temple where the Lord's glory will descend—'Let the Lord's majesty fill the earth!'"

As Emiya stared at the scene, he suddenly heard the sound of countless people praying in unison. It sounded like a replica of what Emperor Karl had done in the previous singularity, except that Christianity was still not the mainstream faith in this singularity, and its scale was slightly smaller.

A magnificent and glorious scene appeared out of thin air. Behind Pope Ruan, a shimmering religious temple was faintly constructed. The sky was instantly filled with light, so dense that it was almost impossible to open one's eyes. The golden light that pierced through the haze was accompanied by the fantastical effect of angel feathers falling. In a trance, heaven was appearing in the distant sky.

Emiya was amazed by the sight, thinking to himself that the Church of Christ was indeed a top-tier special effects lighting team, ranking among the best of all religions in the world.

Constantine, himself a believer, and others of faith, were deeply moved by this sight, silently reciting the scripture in their hearts: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory! At the sound of the one who calls, the foundations of the threshold tremble, and the temple is filled with smoke..."

Then, as expected, Emiya saw something similar to the previous singularity.

Ruoan summoned an angel.

The temple was filled with light and feathers that formed angels with light wings. Some were floating objects made of just a few pairs of wings, while others were huge humanoid figures with wide wingspans.

Emiya only glanced at these things a few times when he saw them for the second time. He had fought against them when he fought Emperor Karl last time, and they were weak.

However, it's okay for fighting those magical beasts.

However, this was the first time Constantine had seen an angel, and he excitedly recited from the Bible: "Isaiah 6:1, 'In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, exalted, and his robe covered the entire temple. Above him stood seraphim, each with six wings: with two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew…'"

Emiya Shindo, a follower of the Cross, was quick at matching questions to descriptions. He didn't think these things matched the general public's impression of angels. He had heard that real Old Testament angels were all strangely shaped creatures, not the kind of chubby babies with tiny chicken wings on their backs.

The angelic creations flew towards the monster horde of demonic beasts. Emiya stared wide-eyed and realized that these angels were indeed all highly skilled lighting technicians, practically walking on top of each other as ultimate flashbangs.

As soon as they approached, they unleashed a barrage of holy light attacks into the monster horde, creating a blindingly bright holy domain.

Emiya glanced around, and to avoid further tormenting his eyes, prepared to break through the blockade from another direction and explore the ghostly city of Rome.

BB suddenly spoke again, "[Senior, we've received a mental link communication request from Miss Amor! She has successfully breached the city walls and reached the Pantheon, where she has joined up with the ancestral god!]"

"Did you make it?"

Emiya wasn't surprised. Amor had been worried about the Pantheon and wanted to check on the situation of the Ancestor of Gods. Now that the blockade of the Italian peninsula had been lifted, Amor used her position in the Pantheon to transfer there. This kind of operation was nothing to the gods; their positions were like teleportation points that could be freely controlled for use in descent.

[Amor says he needs his seniors' help to destroy Rome and stop the Beast from further improving the 'Beast Realm'!]

"...In that case, isn't she worried about problems with the Pantheon?"

[What she meant was that the Divine Ancestor's spiritual foundation was nearing its limit, and Beast's growth could no longer be suppressed. Aside from acting as a thorn in Beast's way of constructing its domain, the Divine Ancestor had almost no effect in suppressing it. It would be better for you, Senior, to intervene; the destruction of the domain would be far more effective. She and the Divine Ancestor would be able to relocate before your attack.]

"Very well—Pope Ruoan, please grant me some faith blessing!"

"Mmm," Ruoan seemed to be chanting some kind of hymn. "Sword of the Spirit, rise!"

Emiya calmly drew his holy lance, Longinus, and then, following the same method as before, continued to forge the sharp blade of the Crimson Cross Sword using the Noble Phantasms from Unlimited Blade Works.

He still hasn't unleashed the full power of the Godslayer. Putting everything else aside, Rome isn't exactly a serious target. He'll wait until the Beast reveals its true form before unleashing his ultimate attack.

Then, the power of the blessing from the sword, like a tangible holy light, adhered to Emiya's crimson cross sword, acting as a binding agent. Emiya clearly felt the difference... not only was its destructive power enhanced, but it was also more durable and wouldn't shatter after just one strike.

“Then, I swear here,” Emiya said, raising his sword. Thick, heavy magic, as deep and boundless as the ocean, shot straight into the sky, and crimson lightning crackled and exploded in the air.

"I will sever everything in this world!"

The ancient Roman capital, along with the ever-expanding "Beast Realm," was like a piece of fresh red meat placed on a chopping board, cleanly and decisively sliced ​​in two along the fleshy texture!
(End of this chapter)