I really didn't want to burn it.

In Li Ang's mind, the best solution is to find the Beast's weakness and then strike it down.

Just like in the FGO CCC event, since there's a way to remove the demonic bodhisattva, don't be foolish and try to fight a fully buffed bodhisattva head-on.

Although there are some stubborn, bored, or challenge-seeking players who might try to fight the fully buffed Demon Bodhisattva.

But Li Ang believed that when faced with a real crisis of humanity, and when they couldn't use broken stones to get through, no one would be so bored.

However, Beast I Goetia's situation is a bit special. His key to victory requires a doctor to self-destruct, which makes things a bit tricky.

Especially for Mashu, the doctor had always taken care of her like an older brother.

Therefore, out of consideration for Mashu, Li Ang felt it was unnecessary for her to know about the doctor for the time being, and it would be better to wait for the person involved to tell her.

"We should find King Solomon first..."

Mashu excitedly looked around, trying to find King Solomon who was hiding.

"No need to search, I am right here."

A voice rang out above Li Ang and the other person's heads.

Mashu and Leon quickly looked up and immediately saw the white-haired, robed man floating in the air.

"King Solomon!"

Mashu immediately raised her shield, and at the same time, heavy armor was put on her body.

"Welcome to my throne. This will be your grave!"

Geitia, still in the Solomon pose, opened his arms as if welcoming Leon and Mash.

Mash roared at Goetia, "King Solomon, this time I will defeat you!"

"Hmph, ignorant girl."

Goetia didn't want to lower himself to Mash's level, so he shifted his gaze to Leon.

Compared to the excited Mashu, Leon was much calmer. While Mashu was speaking, Leon even had the leisure to look around.

"Li Ang, do you have any designs on my throne? Or are you looking for something?"

Goetia emphasized the second half of the sentence very heavily.

Li Ang estimated that the Thousand Years of Killing he had left behind should have succeeded.

However, Li Ang was not foolish enough to expose someone else's dark history on their home turf. He directly asked his question.

"That's strange, where are your Demon God Pillars? I haven't seen a single one of those huge Demon God Pillars."

Getia was taken aback when he heard Li Ang ask this question.

"Didn't you deliberately choose the opportunity when the Demon Pillars were not around to prepare to ambush me?"

Li Ang shook his head slightly: "No, my coming here was purely accidental."

With the affairs of the Tang Dynasty still unresolved, how could Li Ang possibly decide to tackle the final challenge?

"Then why..."

"I brought you here."

Li Ang, who was interrupted, did not show any anger. He slowly turned around and faced the newcomer.

"Kirshtalia, it really was you who did this."

The captain who was called out simply smiled faintly.

"I'm just inviting you to witness my heroic act of saving the world," Kirshtalia said confidently.

Li Ang rolled his eyes and asked, "So, you're the one who destroyed the Demon God Pillar?"

"It simply takes advantage of the fact that the Temple of Time exists independently of real time," Kirshtalia replied. "The current Temple of Time and the Demon Pillars are still in the Norse Singularity."

"This is really... interesting."

Li Ang quietly shielded Mashu behind him and took a step forward himself.

Through his senses, Leon could perceive that Kilshtalia's current state was very strange. The abundant magic power she possessed was unlike that of a human magician; rather, it was more like a walking Holy Grail.

"The final movement is about to begin. Li Ang, enjoy it."

Kirshtalia didn't take Leon seriously and stood face to face with Getia.

"Magician, are you planning to kill me?" Goetia smiled calmly.

Having already become the complete Beast, he is an immortal being. Not to mention the little magician in front of him, even if King Solomon himself appeared, he couldn't do anything to him.

“If you really want to die, I can help you,” Kirshtalia said calmly.

"what?"

Kirshtalia's reply, which showed no intention of killing, surprised Getia.

“My goal is to save humanity and all mankind, not to kill you. These are two different objectives, and I don’t want to waste time on unnecessary things.”

Kirshtalia shook her head slightly.

"The Human Order Burning Ceremony was initiated by me!"

"However, destroying a magic ritual does not necessarily require killing the initiator; it's just that it's the simplest and most convenient way."

Kirshtalia interrupted Geitia's narration.

"Forget it, you probably won't understand just by talking about it. Let me demonstrate it to you, the king of magicians, myself."

Kirshtalia spoke with a strong sense of disdain and sarcasm.

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At this moment, in Bianliang outside the Temple of Time.

"This is?"

Ritsuka arrived at the magic circle where the ceremony was being activated and was stunned to see the massive magic circle in operation.

She had never seen such a powerful magical ritual before, which instilled in her a fear of the unknown.

The Human Reason Burning Ritual might be one, but Ritsuka did not directly experience the activation of the ritual; she only witnessed the result of the technique.

"This is really surprising. Kirshtalia actually managed to come up with something like this."

Koyanskaya, now dressed in her Empress skin, arrived at the magic circle and stared in amazement at the running golden array.

"What exactly happened? Your Majesty, you should know something, shouldn't you?" Leonardo da Vinci stared intently at the Empress.

It's so strange that the Empress, who clearly has almost no concept of magic, could see such a complex magic formula.

Da Vinci already sensed something was off when he summoned Assasn earlier. Why was Her Majesty so certain that she had the qualities of a Master?

Masters aren't like cabbages you can find anywhere on the street; you can't just say you are one.

On the other hand, the behavior of the Kirshtalia line also puzzled Leonardo da Vinci.

The fact that the person hadn't set up any defenses around the magic circle struck Leonardo da Vinci as odd.

Given Kirshtalia's magical abilities, he couldn't possibly be unaware of magical spells that utilize magic circles, and that destroying the magic circle would directly dispel the spell.

Such an obvious loophole should absolutely not be allowed in Kirshtalia.

“He doesn’t need to set up any defenses at all,” Her Majesty the Empress explained. “If someone were to forcibly dismantle the formation, all living things within a radius of thousands of miles centered on Bianliang would be directly destroyed by the rampaging magic. This is no joke.”

"Your Majesty, what exactly are you...?"

Seeing the Queen's clear understanding of magical rituals, Leonardo da Vinci instinctively tightened his grip on his wand.

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"Your Majesty, how do you know about magic?"

Leonardo da Vinci asked very seriously.

"This is not something I know," Her Majesty the Empress said with ease. "It was my attendant who told me."

"she?"

Da Vinci glanced curiously at Assasn, who stood behind the Queen like a wooden stake, his eyes filled with confusion.

Although the Queen's explanation was perfectly reasonable, Leonardo da Vinci felt something was amiss, which caused her attitude towards the Queen to change for the first time.

"Oh dear, oh dear. Did you give yourself away because you were too excited?"

Leonardo da Vinci's changing expression did not escape Her Majesty the Empress's notice.

The Queen knew very well that once the seeds of doubt were sown, eradicating them was no easy task. Once the first time, there would be a second, a third…

Because people unconsciously project their own suspicions onto the object of their suspicions, and even if they don't say it out loud, they will secretly verify it in their minds.

If she were truly innocent, that would be one thing, but why is it that Her Majesty the Empress herself is not clean?

"Never mind, this pseudonym will be useless soon anyway."

Regardless of the outcome of Kirshtalia's operation, Her Majesty the Queen has a premonition that she may not be able to continue sitting on the throne.

Therefore, whether Leonardo da Vinci had doubts or not is no longer so important.

While Da Vinci and the Queen were talking, Assasn slowly walked around the magic circle.

"I could sense His Majesty's magic power, so he must have gone in as well."

"Li Ang?"

The whispered "Assasn" reached Ritsuka's ears, immediately shocking the Chaldea Master.

"What is Leon doing here? Isn't he a match for Kirshtalia? Also, since Leon is there, does that mean Mash is there too?"

Ritsuka fired off three questions in quick succession at Assasn, and because they were so fast, Assasn almost didn't understand what Ritsuka was saying.

"...Sorry, I don't know."

After thinking for a moment and confirming that he hadn't misunderstood Ritsuka's question, Assasn answered honestly.

"Um...that's true."

Ritsuka thought of countless ways to respond to Assasn's speechless reply, but in the end she couldn't bring herself to say it.

After all, they genuinely didn't know.

"There's no point in dwelling on this here. Let's go and see for ourselves."

The patterns on the magic circle on the ground flickered and emitted light, and Da Vinci was certain that the magic circle was still functioning normally.

"catch me."

Da Vinci gripped his staff with one hand and stretched out the other towards Ritsuka.

"so?"

Ritsuka tilted her head, and before she could react, the Empress and Assasn grabbed her one after the other.

The four of them stood in a row in front of the door that floated in the void of the magic circle. Ritsuka thought they were all behaving a bit foolishly.

"Um, we still need..."

Before she could finish speaking, Ritsuka felt a blur before her eyes, and in the blink of an eye, she found herself in a vast aerial temple.

"It's actually here!"

Looking at the long staircase, Leonardo da Vinci's surprised tone revealed a sense of familiarity.

"Da Vinci, do you know this place?"

Ritsuka found it strange; it was the first time she had ever seen such a bizarre place. How would Leonardo da Vinci know about it?

"This is... Solomon's throne! The place where that king who destroyed humanity resides!"

Leonardo da Vinci's voice trembled slightly.

If Da Vinci had known that the magic circle led to the final boss, he would never have entered, much less brought Ritsuka with him!

"They're actually going to have to confront King Solomon directly..."

Leonardo da Vinci rubbed his head in frustration.

Chaldea is currently in its worst state, with almost all of its Servants, except for itself, injured, making it impossible for them to defeat King Solomon.

As expected, the real world isn't a video game; there's no scenario where supplies are always available before a major battle.