Or, why don’t you find another savior?

As long as you can defeat the enemy in front of you.

Be it a god or a demon, Xiomi doesn't care.

He raised his hand to wipe the blood off his face.

"Are you unable to move at all, Goetia?" Shiomi opened the magic barrier to defend against the attacks of the Demon Pillars.

"This is the question I want to ask as well. Even if you use the Ten Commandments as ammunition, how long can your body withstand the continuous divine punishment?"

"Then let's give it a try. Who will collapse first, me or you—!"

The barrier that originally covered the body suddenly deformed and turned into a huge form of attack by Shiomi.

"8i, 'Greed' (Chemdah)!"

Chapter 10: Luxurious Tactics

The center of the Temple of Time was collapsing on a terrifying scale.

Whether it was the throne, the long stairs, or the body of the Demon Pillar covering this place, they were all constantly destroyed in the battle between Shiomi and Goetia.

Neither side cared about surviving anymore and were determined to kill the other side.

7i, "Lust" (Shakah).

6i, "ugliness" (Kaitul).

5i. "Cruel" (Akzeriyyuth).

More than half of the rings were consumed in Shiomi's hands. The powerful attack generated by each consumed ring caused irreversible damage to Goetia.

The Demon King's spiritual base output value keeps decreasing.

"Beast I, the spiritual base output value continues to decline, and it can no longer maintain the output value of the planetary level!"

Romani, who was watching the battle in the control room of Chaldea, unconsciously clenched his folded hands as he listened to the staff monitoring the battlefield constantly reporting the fact that the output value of Goetia's spiritual base had decreased.

That is indeed an extremely luxurious way of fighting.

Solomon used this gift from the Lord to perform a miracle only once during his lifetime.

However, Shiomi consumed it without hesitation as the necessary cost to defeat Goetia.

Unexpected ideas, amazing tactics, and the power to make it all happen.

Romani was not angry at all because of Shiomi's behavior. He was rather glad that he could give the ring to Shiomi, otherwise he would have no chance to witness this strange miracle.

There is no right or wrong with power; it just depends on what the person using it intends to achieve.

What's more, Shiomi is bearing an unimaginable burden.

——Just go ahead and fight, your choice is not wrong.

——So, the future of mankind and the world is in your hands.

Romani prayed silently in his heart for victory in this battle.

No one heard it.

It was impossible for Xiomi, who was galloping on the battlefield and fighting with the Demon King, to know.

"Ah--!"

When Shiomi saw that the great magic failed to freeze the body of the Demon King, he instantly turned around and stabbed with Gungnir with a fanatical smile, stabbing behind him with an incredible move.

It’s a pity that this was just an ordinary attack. Although it hurt Goetia’s body, it was not worth the other party’s attention at all.

It just widened the distance between the two sides and then shortened the distance again.

After being weakened six times in a row, Goetia realized that he could no longer continue to make detours and must focus on defeating Shiomi here. Letting this man continue to use the ring would be extremely disadvantageous to him.

By then, there won't even be enough energy left to activate the third treasure.

"I cannot understand why you or those heroic spirits continue to fight for worthless humans. What's the point? If you defeat me, humans will just go back to the same path as before, fearing death and repeating the same sorrow."

Goetia stretched out his hand and suddenly squeezed the surrounding space, forcing Shiomi to defend himself.

"After the mythological era ended and AD, humans became the most prosperous species on the planet." Shiomi whispered, "Does this prosperity seem sad to you?"

“If not sadness, what else could it be? Resentment, misunderstanding, discrimination, persecution, pity… How much has human history paid to develop to this day after crossing those singularities? Are you planning to turn a blind eye to it?” Goetia sneered.

Shiomi gradually strengthened his defense, preventing the space from being squeezed further.

"Are you different? Are you blind to the love, understanding, equality, protection and tolerance that have emerged in this history?" He suddenly lowered his voice and said, "4i, Adyeshach, this sephira is very suitable for you, Goetia."

He originally wanted to disturb Shiomi with words, but Shiomi seized the opportunity instead.

The earth also collapsed under this force. The space that was originally squeezed inward suddenly exploded outward, and the power accumulated in it gushed out.

It caught Goetia, who was maintaining the space control magic, off guard.

Both sides fell to the ground.

Goetia stood up again indifferently and looked at Shiomi who was half-kneeling on the ground.

The sixth ring.

Shiomi has gradually adapted to fighting under the divine punishment state, but if it goes on like this, the situation will only become increasingly unfavorable for him.

Goetia's own spiritual base level was too high, and weakening him in the end only made him defeatable.

Myself at that time...

"Give it a try."

Shiomi, who had made up his mind, caught a glimpse of dangerous magic emerging from beneath the cracked earth.

This is imaginary space.

The magic that is most suitable for this occasion is the magic of imaginary numbers.

As an existence that laid the foundation for future generations of magic, Goetia can easily perform the highest standard of imaginary magic.

He took advantage of the fact that imaginary space was not in the correct time and was able to send the Holy Grail to Mesopotamia, long before his birth, in order to awaken the goddess Tiamat.

This is not surprising.

Rather, Goetia was too confident in her own strength and initially disdained to engage in a full-scale magic battle with Shiomi.

Having been weakened to such an extent by the power of the Ten Commandments, Goetia finally seemed to wake up.

Or in other words, giving up unnecessary dignity.

As the imaginary magic power of the ground beneath his feet was torn out, Shiomi drew out the power of the two rings at once.

The divine punishment suddenly became more severe, but the degree of doubling was not enough to interrupt his actions.

Still within the limit of tolerance.

"3i, Sheriruth (Rejection); 2i, Iweleth (Foolishness)."

It was like a candle flame lit in a violent storm. Instead of going out, it became brighter and brighter, and finally turned into a blazing flame that burned everything.

In turn, it erodes the magic power that is like the tide.

"You bastard!"

Goetia saw that Shiomi's body had reached its limit, and also saw this desperate counterattack that was destroying his own spiritual foundation.

The entire Temple of Time was shaking due to this conflict, as if a catastrophe had arrived.

The vibration lasted for a while and then gradually subsided.

Shiomi clenched his fists and forced his body to move, launching a final attack towards Goetia.

His limbs were already numb, and blood was oozing out of not only his seven orifices, but his skin was like a piece of fine silk, with blood seeping out from underneath.

"Why? Why! Even with the divine punishment, you can still fight to this extent!"

Goetia struggled to get up and fight back, but was still a beat too late.

"1i, Bacikal. Let this last ring be denied along with your Lord."

The spear of light in Shiomi's hand at this moment is not Gungnir, but an imitation of its posture.

The gun almost slipped due to lack of strength and flew out with a sound.

The seemingly inevitable blessing runs through Goetia impartially.

But Xi Jian was no longer able to see this scene. He collapsed to the ground, with a pool of blood beneath him.

"... Goetia, the spiritual base output value has dropped to... level..."

The control room's communication was intermittent through the damaged communicator.

Chapter 11 The Final Battle

The Temple of Time was silent and still.

Shiomi was lying on the ground. He felt as if his body did not belong to him at all. His magic circuits, neuromuscular tissues were all completely damaged.

The damage was more serious than when he was hit by the Lion King's Holy Spear at the sixth singularity.

A true divine punishment...

At least there is no way for me to recover in a short time and continue fighting.

"...I see. They used the power of life and the Ten Commandments to construct the Tree of Life, and then reversed it, turning it into the 'Tree of Evil', denying the Lord's gift and, in turn, denying our existence."

The gun stuck in Goetia's chest gradually dissipated, and Goetia whispered as if he had suddenly realized something.

"It's indeed a genius idea. Even if Solomon saw it, he would praise your unprecedented technology." Goetia slowly stood up, standing on the edge of the upturned rock, looking down at Shiomi who was seven or eight meters below. "But! Squandering the Lord's gift and weakening my spiritual foundation with ten sephira, the result is nothing more than this!"

There is no doubt that Shiomi failed to wipe out Goetia.

But Shiomi had no such plan from the beginning.

"Your spiritual base... has dropped to the Servant level..." Shiomi's voice was so low that it was almost breathless, "You can no longer control the light belt."

"But before that, I can still use the power of the light belt to wipe you out and seal the Temple of Time." Goetia raised his hand, "It's just to delay the time for the third treasure to be fully activated. It's just a year. I can still wait for this time."

The edge of the light band became unstable. That was Goetia's power splitting off a part of it to use as a means of attack.

"This is the end of your journey, bringing an end to human history, a piece of my great work to reforge this star!" Goetia opened his arms, "The third Noble Phantasm, Limited Deployment - the time for its birth has come, and it will correct everything. Come, burn like grass! Ars Almadel Salomonis!"

The heat from the light band was gradually approaching, heading towards Shiomi's body.

That is what is condensed after the entire human history is converted into heat.

Even in a limited deployment, it is enough to rival the power of the Holy Sword of the Stars and the Holy Lance released together.

Having completely lost his ability to resist, Shiomi could only bear this result.

——At least Goetia was convinced of this.

After having his spiritual foundation weakened by the Ten Commandments in a "rebellious" way and having most of his power taken away, the seemingly calm Demon King was actually already beyond rage and only wanted to end Xiomi's life here.

Therefore, Goetia, who had actually lost his composure, did not notice the changes in his surroundings.

such as--

New enemies have arrived at the center of the Temple of Time.

"The Sword of Promised Victory."

"The Spear That Shines at the End!"

The counterattack that was now comparable to the third Noble Phantasm arrived and collided with the light band falling from the sky.

The equally powerful forces dissipated after a few seconds of confrontation, leaving only strong winds that hit the broken ground at the center of the temple.

"what?!"

Surprised, Goetia looked up at the source of the counterattack.

Morgan and Altria stood on the edge of two rocks extending in the same direction.

Altria held the Holy Lance in her hand.

Morgan, who was sitting diagonally opposite her, had one hand on his waist, holding the holy sword in a very calm manner.

——It was obviously the same as in Uruk, borrowing Altria’s weapon and releasing his real name.

"Finally I made it. Unfortunately I don't have such a large-scale treasure, so I can only let them take the spotlight."