Or, why don’t you find another savior?

Her voice seemed to contain a momentary and prolonged confusion, so fast that it seemed like an illusion.

"Holy spear, tell us the end! 'Spear that shines at the end'!"

This was the second time facing the Lion King's Holy Spear. After the last failure in the desert, Shiomi had already drawn a conclusion.

With his current strength, there is no way to completely resist a treasure of this scale.

At least, they need to have equal strength.

But even so, it doesn't mean we should just sit there and wait for death.

Once again, Shiomi used runes to write similar but different spells, repeatedly superimposing the same magic, using runes to create runes, and instantly completing the construction of multiple defensive spells.

He anticipated the possibility that the Lion King would release the Holy Spear from the beginning, so he made preparations on his way here.

But even so——

The barrier formed by Rune still cracked at the moment of contact. It was only a matter of time before it was broken through. Should he seek other ways at the cost of serious injuries? Wait for his companions who should have already reached the top of the tower?

Shiomi's expression became distorted with pain as he overloaded his magic circuits to repair the cracks in the barrier.

Until a quiet voice sounded behind him.

"Gray, Rave, Crave, Deprave, Grave me, Grave for you."

"The simulated personality has stopped, the magic power collection rate has exceeded the specified value, and the second stage restrictions have begun to be lifted."

That was the sound of Gray chanting and Yade activating.

Using the Holy Lance against the Holy Lance, it seemed like Morgan had taught her a good lesson.

Even if the user's status cannot be compared, it is definitely feasible now that Shiomi is trying his best to resist most of the force.

"This is a fight for survival! Holy Lance, weigh anchor! 'Spear that shines at the end'!"

"that is……"

The Lion King showed a slightly surprised look.

Chapter 70 Return of the Holy Sword

Shiomi's magic barrier is a one-sided defense.

It can block attacks coming from the front, but allow attacks from behind to pass through. It is a defensive magic that was originally performed to cooperate with companions.

In just a few days, the Holy Lance clashed twice at this singularity, and Shiomi could no longer describe his feelings here in words.

The singularity that began to collapse due to the appearance of the Tower of the End, the already dark sky, was illuminated by the brilliance of the holy spears that excluded each other.

The Lion King knew that Morgan possessed magic that could rival the Holy Spear, and was prepared to respond if Morgan used the Holy Spear to attack the royal city.

At this moment, Morgan was being held back by Aguguiwen.

The Lion King, who intended to end the battle before that, failed to notice another thing.

Or maybe she didn't know at all.

Among the Chaldean group, there was such a girl.

Her village has been passing down a cause for thousands of years, and the girl is the embodiment of this cause.

The light of the end canceled each other out and shattered into feathers that scattered everywhere.

The top of the tower was illuminated by dazzling light.

At the end of the collision of the holy spears, Gray fell backwards and rolled on the ground for several rounds. The Lion King was pushed in front of the throne, and his feet sunk deep into the ground, leaving two eye-catching marks.

Only the attack of the Holy Spear was blocked. The Lion King stood up expressionlessly, ready to launch a counterattack at any time.

Shiomi slammed her palms at her, and two red spears spun and flew towards her from both sides. The Lion King, who had exhausted his strength, had to hastily counterattack the two spears and lost his balance.

The ground beneath his feet began to shake restlessly, and magic attacks continued without stopping.

Lightning, frost, fire, and strong wind.

Wave after wave, squeezing the magic circuits and summoning more magic power, many great magics centered on the Lion King exploded.

Finally, under the tide of attacks, the Lion King, who had lost his balance, fell backwards onto the broken throne.

The spear of God pierced through the smoke and dust and came towards him. The Lion King just raised his head to meet the dangerous shot.

Cha——!

The gun passed by her cheek and pierced through the throne, not only her face but even her hair was not hurt.

"What do you mean? Do you think that showing me such mercy will make me give up?" The Lion King slowly raised his hand holding the gun.

"He is really stupid. He has a weapon that can kill the goddess, but he shows mercy again and again."

I have heard it before, but it seems like I have just heard the sound.

That was similar to the sound that Yad made when he stopped simulating a personality.

In Blackmoor Village more than ten years ago, Yarde had spoken in the same tone.

"You are……"

A knight in silver armor, supporting the dying Bedivere, walked towards this side from behind Gray.

Knight Kay, King Arthur's sworn brother, should have died at the hands of the Knights of the Round Table who chose to follow King Arthur along with other knights when the Lion King entered this singularity.

To be more precise, it is the personality model of the Sealed Holy Lance. Morgan personally selected Kai, who was the least interested in military exploits and mysteries among King Arthur's confidants, as a copy of the personality.

In order to fight against the Holy Spear of the Lion King, Yad used up all the magic power he had accumulated for a long time, allowing the simulated personality that sealed the Holy Spear to appear in the form of a Servant.

Of course, there are more reasons why it appears at this time than just this.

When he arrived at the sixth singularity, he sensed the presence of the Lion King, causing Yad to enter an unprecedented state of hibernation.

It wasn't until the situation reached a critical point that Yad was revived.

Of course, the special environment of the Tower of the End is also the reason why Kai's simulated personality appears.

"Even if it happens again, I will not support your so-called plan, Altria." Kai took Bedivere's left hand and carried him on his shoulder. "It's just that there is an idiot who wants to see you one last time, so I came out to help."

"That's enough... Thank you, Mr. Kai."

Bedivere got up from Kai's shoulder, fell to the ground, and struggled to stand up and kneel on one knee.

"You are……"

The Lion King looked behind Shiomi, at the knight who was kneeling on the steps, still in human form, and the Holy Lance almost slipped from her hand.

"Bedivere, one of your knights." Shiomi drew out Gungnir and made way for the Lion King who wanted to get up.

"Beddy... Will..."

The Lion King held his head.

Surprised, confused, and distressed.

She had lost her memory of the holy sword, along with the knight who had been grieving over her death, a part of her that she had forgotten.

"I have committed a sin... Because I didn't want to lose the king, I committed a foolish sin..." Bedivere raised his silver arm, and the Holy Sword of the Star was peeled off from it. His breath became weaker and weaker. "In that forest, I hesitated about your order. If you return the Holy Sword to the lake, you will really die..."

He used up his last bit of strength, raised his head, held the holy sword in both hands, and presented it to his king.

"This time I can finally... return this sword..."

Bedivere, who was able to wander around immortal for 1500 years because of the holy sword, will disappear the moment the holy sword is returned.

Even so, he was determined to give up his life in order to atone for the sin of failing to carry out the king's order.

"...Look up. The holy sword has indeed been returned to my hands. Be proud of this, Bedivere. You have indeed completed the mission entrusted to you by your king..."

When the forgotten knight returned to her and when the lost holy sword fell back into her hands, she finally remembered.

That forest, that hill.

The face of the knight who had been worried about the king and cried until the very end, now gradually disappeared in front of her.

"The Knights of the Round Table are full of such stubborn people... After all, their king is the same. He had the opportunity to draw the Sword of the Chosen, but he still jumped into hell without hesitation."

Kai seemed unhappy and turned away.

"Even so, up to now, I don't think that's wrong, Brother Kai."

Lion King...Altria used the tone of the past to call that figure a simulated personality of her adopted brother.

"I know. That's why I followed you and joined the Knights of the Round Table."

Kai's voice faded away as he walked towards Gray.

Watching all this silently, Shiomi put away his gun and looked at Altria with mixed feelings as she stood up holding the holy sword.

"I'm sorry to trouble you, Xijian Tianxi." said Altria.

"It's not a big deal, as long as you're willing to admit that you were wrong." Xi Jian smiled.

The Lion King put away his holy sword and calmly refused:

"That's something I couldn't do, and even now I think what I did was right."

Chapter 71 In the Light

As if the tone was the same as always, Shiomi felt a sense of trouble and he slowly raised his hand.

After taking back the Holy Sword and getting rid of the restraints of the Holy Lance, she seemed to be still the same as before. Facing Altria who held both the Holy Sword and the Holy Lance, Shiomi was not sure if she could hold on until Morgan and the others arrived.

"It doesn't matter anymore, teacher..." Gray dragged her tired body and slowly walked over here, "King Arthur... doesn't intend to fight with you."

A faint smile appeared on Altria's face. She would not admit her mistake, and the tone just now was just a teasing to Shiomi.

"I have to admit that you are right about another thing, Tianxi."

Shiomi breathed a sigh of relief and guessed what she was talking about.

"Ah."

"My choice is 'happiness for the next visitor to this planet'. After nothing exists, the future of this planet will be handed over to future visitors. To future visitors, whether humans or me, they are nothing but things of the past."

Knowing all this, she made her own lonely choice.

Yet, even though he himself could not understand it, he still extended an invitation to his compatriots to go to the end together.

"…To paraphrase what you said before, even if humans will eventually perish, I don't want it to be in the form of human incineration. At least it should be like stopping breathing in a dream, heading towards the end of primates." Shiomi touched his head and said what he was thinking, "So whether it's you or the Magic King, I will do my best to deny it."

"This is a very ambitious goal. My plan has been blocked by you. I'm sure the Magic King will also face the same result."

Altria nodded slightly, and she held out her hand to Gray who had walked up to Shiomi, motioning her to come closer.

Gray, slightly puzzled, walked forward with Shiomi's encouragement. Altria put her hand on Gray's shoulder, and as if something was taken away, Gray felt that the resonance between her and King Arthur was disappearing little by little.

"What is this?" Gray asked.

"This is not an act of apology at all. My sister arbitrarily imposed fate on a group of people, and it finally happened to you. I only took back what I could take back. I can't do anything about the results that have already happened."

Even though she has regained her humanity, Artoria still retains the power of a god.

With this power, she severed the "fate" between Gray and herself.

The hair that had turned golden due to the resonance returned to its original pure silver.

"In the end, I finally did something good."

Shiomi supported Gray, who finally couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep due to exhaustion, and picked her up.

"Because of your efforts, I was freed from the shackles of the Holy Lance, but all this was not meaningless." Altria just smiled at this. She looked at Shiomi and said, "I know a truth that only I, the Storm King, can know."

"What kind of truth?" Xi Jian asked.

"About the truth about the Magic King. You told me that the Magic King once appeared in front of you and said that if he could solve the seven singularities, he would consider you as a real problem that needed to be solved." She said, "Your understanding is biased. The Magic King's real meaning is that the seventh singularity is the Magic King's absolute confidence."

"Because that singularity is the only one that predates the time when the Magic King lived, and is the original dawn when humans were still in the dark ages?"

"That's right. The other six Holy Grails, as well as the messengers who claim to be the Demon Gods, or the magicians who are scattered around the world as the descendants of the Magic King and live until the time of awakening, are all beings that have lived in human history from the time of the Magic King until 2016. But only the seventh Holy Grail was sent to the past by the Magic King himself. It was the first step in the burning of human principles and completely destroyed the foundation of human history. Only that Holy Grail can help you reach the Magic King's Temple that does not exist in the correct time."

Every word that Altria said at this moment was crucial, and Shiomi had to cheer up, forget the tiredness after the battle, and remember every word she said in his mind.

Perhaps it was because his expression was too solemn that Artoria couldn't help but remind him:

"Don't look so serious. Even if I became the Storm King and gained the same vision as the Magic King, I still can't figure out one thing, which is your identity."

"about me?"