Or, why don’t you find another savior?

"Why would the Magic King ask you to surrender? Why would he kill you himself? The mystery of your life, which you yourself have not yet solved, may be the key to defeating the Magic King." Altria sighed softly, "My intuition tells me so. After all, even the great god Odin has given you his weapon, so you must be special."

Xijian couldn't help but make a joke: "I can't be the reincarnation of Odin..."

"That's impossible. The great god Odin is still outside the world, watching this burning planet with his eyes that can see through countless dimensions." She denied this possibility with reason and evidence. "Giving you the gun is the greatest interference he can make."

"...Okay." Xi Jian felt that what he had just said was very unfair to her.

"The gravity caused by the collapse of the singularity has disappeared, and the Holy Grail has been recovered by you. It's almost time to say goodbye." Altria reached out and held Shiomi's upper arm.

The Chaldean magic costume that had been replaced was put on him again, and the damaged parts were restored, along with the only remaining Command Seal.

Behind him, the sound of footsteps running up to the top of the tower could be heard one after another.

The first person to reach the top of the tower was Morgan.

Behind her is everyone.

"Then let us say goodbye here... I don't know if we will have the chance to meet again."

As Shiomi was saying goodbye, she felt Altria's arm suddenly exert force.

"Finally, as a personal apology to you, my only compatriot—"

Before Shiomi could react, his mouth was sealed by Altria's soft and dry lips.

Swah——

Two guns were pressed to the back of his head.

That was Morgan and Scathach raising their guns.

"Explain it, my husband?"

"I was worried that you would fight to the death here, but you ended up doing something like this. Master is very disappointed, my beloved disciple."

"Asshole! What have you done to our father?"

"Dad, it's the worst."

"Why don't we freeze Dad the next time we explore a singularity and thaw him out until the final battle?"

"Karen, your idea is a little dangerous!"

After letting go of Shiomi, Altria walked back to her broken throne, sat there, and watched everyone disappear in the light leaving the singularity.

The light gradually engulfed Camelot and surrounded the top of the tower where she was the only one left.

They could no longer meet again, and she couldn't help feeling sad when she thought about it.

I still want to lend him a helping hand...

Altria slowly closed her eyes to rest, waiting for her consciousness to fade away. As her thoughts faded away, she seemed to hear a voice.

"Please come over here."

She opened her eyes subconsciously, but was dazzled by the dazzling light. It took her a while to get used to everything here.

In the endless fields, flowers and grass grow together, as if spring stays here forever and time never passes.

In the distance of the sea of ​​flowers, there was a person sitting.

She walked slowly towards the person without any questions, wanting to know who the other person was.

Because there is no need to question or guess.

Altria knows that person better than anyone else, just as that person knows her better than anyone else.

The blonde girl sitting in the flowers spoke softly without turning her head:

"I didn't expect to meet you in this way. Can I hear your story?"

"Of course. But our stories are not much different, just like you and I are."

"Not everyone has the opportunity to listen to their own stories. Do you have plenty of time here, or are you in a hurry?"

"It is indeed urgent, but it is also true that we still have plenty of time, so... let me briefly tell you the story with Tianxi."

"Shiomi? That's really interesting."

As this conversation continued, the two sat in the warm breeze and talked quietly.

Ending - Magic King

Looking around, there is endless sea. Xi Jiantianxi is standing on the cliff by the sea, facing the sea breeze, his clothes fluttering in the wind.

"What's the matter with you breaking into my dream, Magic King?" Xi Jian asked without turning his head.

There was a man standing behind him, and you knew who he was without even looking.

"There's no need to get rid of me so quickly. You led Chaldea to resolve six singularities. I'm here naturally to congratulate you." The Magic King said. His voice was still mixed, vague and clear, just like him, full of endless contradictions.

"Thank you for coming here, but this dream seems to be wrong." Shiomi still stood there, feeling extremely peaceful in his heart, "This place... seems to be the island of Patmos."

As he spoke, a door opened in heaven, and a voice like that of a trumpet echoed:

"Come up here and confess your sins, and I will show you what must happen after this."

The voice might have been directed to Shiomi, but he calmly turned around and ignored the voice.

"You actually had the delusion of dreaming about listening to revelations. Do you really think you are a man sent by God?" The Magic King looked at Shiomi, and he didn't even look at the open door in the sky.

"It seems so. It may be because I have been reading too many scriptures recently. I dream about what I think about during the day." Xi Jian shrugged. "But it is not a good thing for me to hear it in a dream where you intervened."

"He thinks he has been called by God, yet he pretends to be dismissive. He is truly an extremely arrogant man," said the Magic King.

Shiomi shook his head and smiled casually: "Magic King, since you claim to have clairvoyance that can see through the past and the future, can you use those eyes to see through the cause of all this? Can you explain to me what the voice said my "sin" is?"

"..."

However, the Magic King remained silent. He looked at Shiomi expressionlessly without responding or making any statement.

"Even you can't see it, right?" Shiomi raised her hand and pointed at the Magic King. "So you said that you would only consider us as something that should be solved after the seven singularities are solved, but you wasted your precious time by interfering in my dreams--"

"Accept the Lion King's invitation and follow her to the end. This is your last chance." The Magic King said, "You are no longer a pure human being. There is no need to destroy yourself for those humans."

"You really devalue humans..." Xi Jian narrowed his eyes and laughed happily, "Have humans offended you in any way?"

"The Lion King said that you are on the road to the throne of God, so you should know very well what overcoming death means to humans. You have long been different from them." The Magic King's tone sounded more rational and calm than ever before. "You have escaped the death that humans have been destined to die from the beginning. You can stay in the Kingdom of Shadows, the Tower of the End, and any other place to witness the extinction of human history. Why do you take risks again and again for those worthless lives?"

Xijian pursed her lips and said, "Didn't you say it yourself? I have overcome death, and I know that I am very strong. Since I cannot die, of course I have to work hard for those who will die and will be afraid."

"Do you want to be the savior of mankind and be worshipped by the world like the Son of Man?" asked the Magic King.

"Forget about being a savior. Whoever wants to be one can be one." Xijian refused frankly.

The Magic King's clothes and hair fluttered in the wind. He stood there with a calm and serious expression, as if he was discussing an extremely important topic, but he was suppressing his anger because of the frivolity of the person he was talking to.

"In that case, you should join my army instead of throwing yourself into a battle you have no chance of winning like you are doing now." The Magic King held out his hand. "My temple will always be open to you. You will become a model for me to design everything on this planet from scratch."

"Oh?" Shiomi realized that this was an opportunity for him to find out the Magic King's true plan.

According to the information obtained from Atlas Institute and the analysis of Holmes, the burning of human nature has been completed, and the Magic King is now embarking on the next step of his business.

"You should have seen that, no matter how long or short-lived, human life is ultimately limited," the Magic King said, "Just like the little girl in your team, she has less than a year left to live."

"Mashu..." Xijian's eyes dimmed.

It was not his fault, nor was it his responsibility.

That was one of the "evil deeds" that Malisbili Animusphia left behind as a magus for the sake of all mankind.

"There are many humans like this. Even if they were not created in this way from the beginning, they still have a short lifespan." The Magic King said, "Don't you want to see them overcome death like you and move on to the next stage of evolution?"

"You have already burned the world, so how can humanity have the next stage?" Xi Jian sneered, "Or do you think that creating new life from scratch can cover up the fact that those lives have disappeared?"

He vaguely understood the Magic King's intention.

For some unknown reasons, this man who calls himself the Magic King is disappointed with human beings and even the life of this planet, so he planned the incineration of humanity, collected energy, and wrote his ideal history of the planet starting from 46 billion years ago.

And the power that he had obtained by accident was a good example in the eyes of the Magic King.

"It is not up to me or you to define the value of humanity. The right to decide the future of humanity should always be in the hands of humans." Shiomi lowered his eyes and looked at his fists. "I am one of them. Now and in the future, I want to continue to exist as a human being. That's all."

Bigger waves came from afar, hitting the rocks below the cliff, and the sound was like thousands of horses galloping.

Xi Jian turned his head slightly and looked back at the sky; the illusory door had disappeared.

“Hahaha…” The Magic King’s body trembled, “HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA——!!!”

The culprit who burned the human reason laughed out loud at this moment, as if he wanted to mock Shiomi's stubbornness and stupidity.

The laughter continued for several minutes, and Shiomi just scratched his ears.

This is a dream, even if he wanted to take action, he would have no chance.

"Have you laughed enough?" he asked.

"Then I will stay in the temple and watch you and the remaining humans continue to struggle to their death. The final singularity will be your destination."

As the Magic King laughed at her, the dream came to an end and Shiomi's consciousness began to blur.

Epilogue 2: Return to Daily Life

When I opened my eyes again, what I saw was the ceiling of Chaldea's personal room.

The numbers on the electronic clock beside the bed changed quietly.

wake up.

As he thought this, his hands seemed to be bound and he couldn't move.

Then Xi Jian remembered that Morgan and his master were in the same bed, and he was resting his head on his arm even though there was a pillow.

After all, after returning from the sixth singularity, days like this have become the norm.

Master obviously has his own room but he always stays overnight here.

Of course, Shiomi is also very welcome.

The warmth and softness in his arms under the quilt almost made him forget his previous dream, thinking that it was just pure sage time.

——The premise is that the Magic King does not appear.

That guy couldn't have a worse character. He actually chose to come to him in the dream he had under such circumstances.

After complaining a few words in her heart, Shiomi saw that it was just past six in the morning.

In Chaldea in Antarctica, the schedule here has always been to go to bed early and get up early. Now it is time to get up, but considering that it was not long since he finished exploring the sixth singularity, he felt that if he stayed in bed with Morgan and his master for a while and took a nap, he would not be disliked for being passive.

But his two arms were almost numb from being pressed down, and Shiomi still wanted to pull them back to ease the pressure.

At this time, the communication device placed in the room rang, and someone made a one-sided communication, and the prompt tone sounded continuously.

Feeling the pressure on his arm suddenly relieved, Shiomi pulled his arm away, slid down from the bed, put on some clothes and ran to the machine to turn it on.

He discovered that it was a visual message from Romani.

"I'm sorry to inform you so early, there's something wrong with the soil in the food crop cultivation room. When you get up, please take some time to come and check it out as soon as possible."

Chaldea has a special breeding room for growing food crops. When this institution was first established, it was believed that it could not rely solely on external supplies. Therefore, after some magicians and staff of Chinese origin mentioned this, the former director Maris Billy designed such a function for Chaldea.

Now that the burning of human resources has begun, how to carry out sustainable material production without external assistance is also an important issue that Romani needs to pay attention to at all times.

After all, the director also had to go to the front line, so he had to act as the director's agent in Chaldea and manage these matters.

As for the soil problem, it's not a big deal, nor a small one. In many cases, it can be solved by Chaldea's magic equipment, but Romani is always worried that the soil will lose its vitality and become like the situation during the decline of the Age of Gods.

The powers that Shiomi initially mastered became a life-saving straw in emergencies.

——Of course, apart from the two people in Shiomi's room, only Romani and Da Vinci knew about this.

After reading the message, Shiomi pulled his clothes and noticed two pairs of eyes falling on him.

Both of them woke up.

Morgan turned over, lying on his side and looking over here.

Scathach, who was sleeping in the innermost part, sat up, her long purple-red hair hanging on her firm chest, revealing her breasts.

"Sorry, I have to get up." Xi Jian scratched his cheek, "It's not urgent, I'll go to the bathroom to run some hot water, wash up slowly, and then go have breakfast."

He said the same words every day, but he was a little nervous.

After all, since returning from the sixth singularity, I have been partying almost every night these days.