I really didn't want to burn it.

This was a gamble against the will of Heaven (the restraining force). Knowing that there was an external enemy, Solomon still chose to destroy Gaia's safety net (himself) plan and let humanity fight for a future with less than a one in ten thousand chance of success!

From this day forward, humanity's fate will no longer be entrusted to an omnipotent God (the force of restraint).

Instead, humans must survive by their own will!

The age of mankind began the moment Solomon returned the ring.

"Is this your choice, Solomon?!"

Feeling her body dissipate, Goetia uttered a venomous curse.

But Solomon responded with an incredibly happy smile.

“Let’s go, Getia.”

Chapter 361 Koyanskaya: The Real Beginning

"Ha ha……"

Ritsuka knelt on the ground, panting heavily. She felt like she was dreaming, unable to accept the reality of Romani's sacrifice. She couldn't even be sure what the truth was.

"Senior! Are you okay?"

Seeing Ritsuka's terrible mental state, Mash quickly stepped forward to support her Master.

"Doctor...I...I..."

Feeling Mashu's touch and worry, Ritsuka began to try to calm herself down.

At this moment, Romani and Goetia's bodies were turning into specks of golden light, much like the Servants returning to Valhalla.

But everyone present knew that these two people were not returning to Valhalla at all, but rather their records were completely erased.

"It's all over. This is our end, Goetia."

King Solomon, or rather Romani, appeared very calm and spoke in a very light tone, like a homebody who could finally relax after a long day at work.

Goetia roared in despair, "No! Solomon! I haven't lost yet! As long as I can seize this last chance..."

"It's just your imagination."

"No way! We Beasts are not beings that can be deleted! You should know that, right, Li Ang!"

Goetia became more and more agitated as he spoke, and finally roared at Leon.

Ritsuka, Mashu, and the others all turned their puzzled gazes toward Li Ang.

"Who knows? Anyway, your story ends here," Li Ang said coldly. "You should be glad that at least you left as a human in the end. Let this collapsing Temple of Time be your tomb, King Goetia."

As if to confirm Li Ang's words, the Temple of Time began to shake violently, and the stone pillars that were originally used as decorations began to crumble and fall to the ground, raising clouds of dust.

"This is Chaldea!! I am Octavia, please respond!!"

Suddenly, the Chaldea members heard the familiar voice of a communications officer.

"Thank goodness, we've finally made contact!" Leonardo da Vinci exclaimed excitedly. "How is it? Can you pinpoint our location?"

"It's possible, but the imaginary space you're in is extremely unstable and shows signs of collapse! You must evacuate immediately! Da Vinci-san, what the hell are you in?"

The messenger, Octavia, shouted anxiously.

Leonardo da Vinci glanced at the disappearing Romani and gritted his teeth, saying, "I'll explain later! Please prepare an escape route!"

"We will open a spiritual energy transfer channel for you. Please evacuate as soon as possible!"

"Hahaha~~ Destroy everything!"

Goetia laughed and raised his fist, launching an attack on his opponent despite his half-annihilated body.

"Do you still want to continue?"

Ying Zheng spread his mercury wings and rushed over to exchange a punch with Goetia.

"It's already come to this, wouldn't it be better to just leave quietly?!"

Ying Zheng said unhappily.

"No way! I've finally gained real life! If I don't go crazy, I'll be wasting these few minutes of my life!!"

Goetia also let loose completely, laughing loudly as he continued to attack Ying Zheng, but all his attacks were blocked by Ying Zheng with a mercury shield.

"Is this what they mean by 'If I hear the Way in the morning, I can die content in the evening'? Then let me grant your wish!"

Ying Zheng wielded the mercury sword and slashed at Goetia.

"Honestly, this kid keeps causing trouble for others until the very end."

Romani sighed. He wanted to help Ying Zheng restrain Goetia, but unfortunately, he could no longer do so.

Not only because most of his body had disappeared, but also because the platforms around him had collapsed, and he himself was falling into the abyss of nothingness.

Under normal circumstances, Romani's situation is extremely dangerous. The price of falling into the abyss is either to completely lose himself and his self-awareness in the darkness, or to be torn to pieces by the distortion of space and time before that.

But for Romani, who was already on the verge of disappearing, this was merely another way of dying.

Moreover, given his current rate of disappearance, it's hard to say whether he will die from spacetime distortion first, or whether his body will disappear completely first.

"Ritsuka, my journey ends here. But your path is not over yet; you must reclaim the future of humanity."

"doctor!!"

Ritsuka reached out to Romani from the edge of the broken wall, trying to pull him back.

"Damn it!"

Li Ang immediately grabbed Ritsuka's waist and pulled her back.

"Leon!"

Romani shouted at Leon.

"you……"

Romani's lips moved as if he had something to say to him, but before he could utter a sound, he was swallowed by darkness.

Bah!

A giant fist made of mercury knocked Goetia to the ground with a single blow.

"Humph……"

Goetia let out a muffled groan, glaring at Ying Zheng with resentment, but he was too weak to get up again.

"That's it for now."

Ying Zheng announced his victory and then prepared to return to his own troops.

"Let's go! It's all over!"

Li Ang held the struggling Ritsuka tightly with both arms, preparing to leave the Temple of Time with the others.

Just when everyone thought it was all over—

Snapped!

A golden fox tail coiled around Goetia's mangled body and dragged him away.

"Leaving in such a hurry isn't a good habit~"

Koyanskaya and DD, who had been almost forgotten, appeared before everyone.

"Is it over? No, it's only just begun!"

At that moment, Miss Koyanskaya smiled.

"To think she'd show up at a time like this." Li Ang's lips twitched twice. "Mei Niang, I don't remember raising you into such a wicked woman."

Snapped.

Koyanskaya opened her folding fan and said with a smile, "Oh dear, it's as if Your Majesty has taught me anything other than the sexual positions of men and women."

"..."

Li Ang could clearly feel the strange gazes directed at him from others.

"I haven't even contacted you about DD yet, and you've already come to me on your own."

Based on the principle that as long as he doesn't back down, it's others who will be embarrassed, Li Ang continued to direct the conversation towards Koyanskaya.

"Your Majesty, your little maid..."

Koyanskaya licked her lips with the tip of her tongue, her golden eyes narrowing.

"Your Majesty, you just asked them what their purpose was, didn't you?"

Koyanskaya stepped forward and smiled brightly.

"Their original goal was to find and enslave 'monsters that do not exist in pan-human history.' They can absorb any creature with body hair and make it a part of themselves."

Li Ang knew that what Goyanskaya meant by "monsters that do not exist in the pan-human history" was probably referring to those strange things in the Lostbelt. He was more concerned about another word she used.

"original?"

"Yes, originally."

Koyanskaya blew a kiss to Leon.

"After meeting Your Majesty, a truly special being, I've changed my target~"

Chapter 362 Master, you are truly despicable.

Just as Koyanskaya finally stopped being a spectator and prepared to intervene, chaos erupted in the Chaldea control room.

The moment Koyanskaya made her move, Chaldea's monitoring system experienced a major malfunction.

Not only has Chaldea's control room lost contact with Ritsuka and Da Vinci once again, but all the monitors are displaying nothing but unreadable gibberish. Every staff member is filled with anxiety, and the situation is in complete chaos.

Today is an absolute disaster for Chaldea. Not only has the top leader (Romanes) disappeared without a trace, but the second-in-command (Da Vinci) and the only remaining Master have also lost contact multiple times.

It should have been a super organization dedicated to saving humanity, but instead it was as chaotic as a headless fly.

"Can't the barrier be broken yet?"

Da Vinci's deputy, Octavia, urged the others on.

"It will take a little more time to complete the analysis."

"What the hell is going on? I've never encountered this kind of interference before!"

Octavia bit her fingernails anxiously.

"Where did this magic spell come from?!"

"Oh~~ Ancient Chinese techniques, this method of use is really rare!"

A slightly languid voice came from behind.

"Miss Medea!!"

Everyone in the control room was quite surprised by Medea's arrival.

This witch from the Age of Gods has been in hiding ever since she entered Chaldea with Kiritsugu. Apart from greeting everyone during her initial self-introduction, the Chaldea staff haven't seen her much since.

"I was looking at documents in the archives when I heard the control room was in such a mess, so I came over to check it out. Anyway, I didn't have anything to do, and nobody had come looking for me."

Medea's seemingly casual conversation betrayed her underlying complaints to everyone.

"...I'm sorry."

Octavia apologized, her voice trembling.

It's not that no one sought out Medea, but rather that no one dared to approach her.

She was brought by Kiritsugu, and no one dared to approach her unless Kiritsugu gave the order. Furthermore, Medea's reputation in mythology wasn't very good, so the Chaldea side simply ignored her.

Medea wasn't really complaining, nor did she have any intention of bringing up old grievances in an emergency.

She sat directly in the seat that Da Vinci had previously occupied and started working on the keyboard.

Medea's study of materials during this period was not for nothing. Using Chaldea's special keyboard to write magic formulas was not a difficult task for a genius magician from the Age of Gods like her.

"Miss Medea, what kind of magic program is this?"

Octavia, who was standing to the side with nothing to do, asked in a low voice.