Fate's Choice: Livestream at the Start Summoning Billions of Ravens

abyss?

Is it a place name? A code? Or a state of being?

The unknown gives rise to a fear that is deeper than despair.

The fervor that had just ignited online due to the arrival of a savior was instantly cooled down, as if doused with a bucket of ice water.

Instead, there was a thicker, more unsettling silence.

Vatican.

Inside the Sistine Chapel, Joan of Arc, having just concluded a high-level meeting with the special envoys of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, was preparing to depart.

Her eyes, which had turned pure gold, suddenly shrank to the size of pinpoints.

An unprecedented, bone-chilling cold rushed straight to the core of her consciousness through the connection to her spirit origin.

The enemy... is getting stronger!

That's a leap in... the level of life!

Like an ant, under her gaze, flesh and blood were stripped away, bones twisted, and in just a few seconds, it swelled into a primordial behemoth that would devour anyone it could.

This expansion is utterly unreasonable, violates the law of conservation of energy, and tramples on the logic of cause and effect!

Mirror World, New Delhi.

Glug... Glug...

Huge bubbles rose on the surface of the viscous black mud, and each bubble burst, spewing out more twisted, indescribable substances.

Those newly formed organizations are no longer simply energy entities.

They grew fascia, developed bones, and even began to mimic biological features.

Twisted tentacles covered in barbs, grotesque maws filled with sharp teeth, and... eyes.

In the live broadcast of the black sphere, a gigantic eyeball, a jumble of flowing black pus and stark white bones, slowly rose from the center of the filthy land of New Delhi.

It has no eyelids, no eyelashes, only a huge pupil that reflects chaos and madness.

It rotated, ignoring physical distance and dimensional barriers, precisely locking onto the camera that was broadcasting to all of humanity.

It's watching everyone in front of the screen.

At this moment, time seemed to stretch out.

Billions of eyes around the world met the gaze of that demonic eye from the abyss through their screens.

A mental shock!

The gaze of that "Eye of the Abyss" is itself a form of spiritual pollution that transcends dimensions!

It needs no sound, no action; its mere "existence" is enough to drag those with weak minds into the abyss of madness.

Millions of viewers worldwide experienced varying degrees of hallucinations, mania, and fainting simultaneously.

Panic has completely erupted!

This is no longer just watching a show!

That monster can actually crawl over the internet cable and kill people!

In the contaminated area mirroring New Delhi, more "Abyssal Creatures" are emerging from the ground.

Some of them resembled a walking mass of rotten flesh, while others were centipedes pieced together from countless skeletons. They came in various shapes and sizes, like a living collection of nightmares, and began to actively attack and devour all non-polluting substances within their range.

Just as the world was engulfed in apocalyptic chaos, the scarlet countdown numbers above the Tokyo Black Sphere suddenly began to jump faster.

drop.

drip.

Beep beep beep beep beep—!

[Time remaining until the "Beast" is fully born: 62:13:45]

[Time remaining until the "Beast" is fully born: 55:47:19]

[Time remaining until the "Beast" is fully born: 48:00:00]

The remaining seventy-plus hours were forcibly compressed to forty-eight hours by an unreasonable force!

Two days!

Two days later, the fully formed monster that connects the entire "Abyss" will descend!

Vatican.

Joan of Arc no longer hesitated.

The savior's duty does not allow her to place her hopes on mortal meetings and plans.

Her figure instantly transformed into a dazzling golden streak, tearing through space and teleporting directly from the Vatican to the skies above Tokyo in the mirror world.

The golden light shone brightly, and the sacred aura temporarily dispelled the gloom of this dead city.

Jeanne d'Arc, suspended in mid-air, used her Saver class privileges to issue a call to all participants in the Holy Grail War still in the Mirror World.

"In the name of the savior, declare a state of emergency."

"The threat posed by the 'beast' has exceeded expectations. All participants must immediately cease hostilities."

"Location: Tokyo, Assemble!"

……

A mirror image of London, atop the ruins of Westminster Palace.

In the makeshift open-air laboratory that Isaac Newton built for himself, a huge blackboard was covered with densely packed formulas that would drive any modern physicist crazy.

Suddenly, an invisible, malevolent force swept over.

On the blackboard, the formulas that represented the truths of the universe seemed to have been brutally erased by an invisible hand.

All that remained was a chaotic, nauseating graffiti.

Newton suddenly looked up, pushed up his glasses, and gazed toward the distant East.

For the first time, a flame called "anger" ignited in the eyes behind the lenses.

That was the fury of reason being desecrated.

……

A mirror image of Washington, D.C., amidst the ruins of the Lincoln Memorial.

Li Bai and Zhang Ruoxu sat cross-legged, meditating to recover the energy they had expended in their battle with Roosevelt.

The two opened their eyes at the same time.

"Such a heavy... foul aura." Zhang Ruoxu frowned deeply. He felt that the spiritual energy of the entire world was being polluted by a viscous power filled with death and resentment.

"Heh." Li Bai stood up and gripped the Azure Lotus Sword at his waist. "Those opponents before were merely 'human' in nature."

He looked up, his gaze seemingly piercing through thousands of miles of space, and saw that black land that was expanding wildly.

"This thing can no longer be called a 'living being'."

……

A mirror image of Shanghai, the penthouse suite of the Peace Hotel.

Funina was carefully savoring a delicate piece of tiramisu with a small silver spoon.

Suddenly, her hand holding the spoon froze.

His face instantly turned even paler than the napkin on the table.

"Waaah..."

Beside her, Lord Uther (octopus), Lady Hevima (seahorse), and Miss Shebeleta (crab), disguised as plush toys, simultaneously revealed their water element archetypes, swirling around her restlessly and emitting uneasy hisses.

They sensed it; it was a terrifying natural enemy powerful enough to make even the elements tremble and crumble.

Funina's body began to tremble uncontrollably, and the sweetness of the cake could no longer bring her any comfort.

That was a fear that came from the depths of one's soul.

The three groups of Servants and Masters did not hesitate for a moment when they received Jeanne d'Arc's call.

A mirror image of London unfolds before Newton through a portal composed entirely of mathematical formulas and geometric figures.

Mirroring Washington, Li Bai let out a long laugh, drew his Azure Lotus Sword, which transformed into a long azure rainbow, swept up Zhang Ruoxu, and soared into the sky.

In the mirrored city, Funnina, suppressing her fear, transformed into a vortex of azure water elementals and disappeared into the horizon, surrounded by her three familiars.

Three streams of light of different colors converged from three different cities in the mirror world toward the same coordinate—Tokyo.

Humanity's last line of defense is being assembled!