Comics: Starting from Killer Queen

“It’s not possible to save everyone.”

Araya Soren's tone was very calm, just like usual, except for the rage burning in his eyes.

"In that case, how can those who have not been saved be saved? This question will never be answered, but if the root can be opened and the world can end, then death can be recorded and witnessed at the end of the world."

"Those who were not rewarded and those who were not rescued, in this case, their values ​​will also be re-evaluated, and those who died meaninglessly will also be given meaning."

Facing this sad tone, Kotomine Kirei listened without even frowning.

From worldwide relief to worldwide death, Kotomine Kirei knew only too well the reason for such an extreme contrast.

Because of arrogance.

Whether it's Emiya Kiritsugu or Araya Souren.

They do not think that all living beings are equal to themselves. In their ideals, they are gods and saviors, and all living beings are just background boards waiting for them to save them.

But unfortunately, the limitations are there, their strength is at that level, they can't go up or down, making it impossible for them to become heroes who save everything.

Therefore, with the erosion of time and the distortion of the real world and dreams, they gradually became perverted.

It is almost impossible to make the whole world happy. For example, people like Kotomine Kirei are destined to never get ordinary happiness. These people cannot let go of their obsessions and cannot find a way to save everything, so they can only go to extremes.

Zouken Matou, who has dreams, wants to elevate the life forms of all mankind and thus put an end to malice. Kiritsugu Emiya, who is just a mortal, chooses to become a judge and constantly makes "necessary sacrifices" for the sake of fairness in a broad sense. The desperate Araya Soren is looking forward to the end of everything.

Since the value of happiness is different and the value of human beings is different, those who should not be saved are saved, while those who should be saved die.

So, he broke down.

There is no salvation in this world, which cannot make him feel at ease. He wants to eliminate the filthy human beings for his own sake. As long as the world ends, people can be given meaning as a whole and have common salvation.

That is the perfect world of death. In that world, all beings are equal, no matter what kind of existence they are.

Kotomine Kirei now understood why he had the illusion of looking in a mirror when he looked at Araya Souren. If he had not met Roland and had not known the principles of heaven, he would have become the same person as him. Although they were pursuing different things, they ultimately reached the same destination.

He shook his head and concluded in a heavy voice.

"You don't hate humans. You just love the ideal image of humans in your mind too much. This barrier itself foreshadows this. In the repeated deaths, you hope that these dolls may gain enlightenment and find meaning."

"Even if you know the ending, no matter the length of life, you still hope that they can face it calmly. You love such human beings so much that you cannot forgive those human beings in reality who clearly do not have this kind of awareness but can find happiness."

In the cycle of the world, the finite and the infinite are equal, and it is precisely because there are unredeemed people that there are saved people.

To live in such a world and to be happy, one must be aware.

Kotomine Kirei said to himself: "In other words, the rules you really desire are

——The enlightened are always happy. "

Araya Souren avoided Kotomine Kirei's sight and looked up at the ceiling, as if he wanted to see the sky outside the barrier.

"Kotomine Kirei, you really are someone who understands me. So... when we are only one step away from each other, why do you want to hinder me?"

Between two people whose essences are already broken, they can understand each other's determination just through words.

Kotomine Kirei admired this view, but his tone did not show any determination to do it. He was just evaluating it from an objective perspective.

After coming to this conclusion, Araya Souren realized that the other party was his enemy.

"So it seems that you took the initiative to look for me for something. Was it the being who was walking into the barrier with Ryougi Shiki that gave you salvation? I don't understand. The conclusion that the enlightened are always happy is perfect. What else can he promise you?"

A suffocating pressure suddenly appeared around Kotomine Kirei's body, and the distressing pain that made his blood seem to boil eroded Kotomine Kirei's body and mind.

Araya Soren said in a dry voice.

"Furthermore, I didn't expect you to be so stupid. This is my body. Although you are my understander, since you are unwilling to walk on this path with me, killing you can only be completed in a moment. Now abandon that delusion, we can still cooperate, Kotomine, are you going to help me or not?"

Faced with such a threat, Kotomine Kirei, who was half-kneeling on the ground, showed no emotion at all, as if he was performing some kind of ritual.

"2, 3, 5, 7, 11..."

Araya Souren, who had studied in the Clock Tower, knew that this was a prime number, but he didn't know the meaning of the other party reciting these things. Was it some kind of secret code or a prayer?

But for some reason, despite feeling a suffocating pressure on his body, Kotomine Kirei raised his head incredibly and gave his answer with a tone that was clearly filled with contempt.

"You can't kill me. Before the ritual is completed, all your actions will only speed up that person's journey to heaven. Moreover, as far as I know, Lord Roland is not the kind of person who will obediently break through like a challenger just because the other party has established a base."

"You've fallen."

Araya Soren said this in short but emotional words.

No matter what, Kotomine Kirei's life could not be spared. Araya Souren slowly stood up, ready to completely compress the space in front of the opponent and kill him.

But until now, Kotomine Kirei had not uttered any words to beg for mercy. He stared at Araya Souren's actions. Suddenly, his gaze froze and the corners of his mouth involuntarily curled up.

"Ok?"

Such strange behavior made Araya Soren immediately turn his head and look to his side.

In his unique vision, a toy-like small car with a skull on it suddenly appeared beside him from nowhere, and between the opening and closing of its bones, it was speaking words that sounded like judgment.

“—Look here!”

“Su——!”

Before the deafening explosion sounded, Araya Soren immediately adjusted his spatial position. In this almost infinitely overlapping space, he was the master of everything.

"Bam—!"

The violent flames and explosions were trapped by the golden barrier, which maintained the internal balance. However, seeing this scene, Araya Soren did not feel the slightest bit of joy.

He twisted his neck, like a jerky gear turning, and scanned the pairs of scarlet eyes that gradually emerged from the surrounding darkness.

Inside this ten-story apartment building, there are strange noises made by the moving tracks everywhere.

"Show me here, show me here..."

That weird little car, there’s more than one!

By the time Araya Sōren realized this, it was already too late.

The next moment, the deafening explosion turned into a huge sun, with a clear glow like a sharp sword, directly tearing apart the apartment that served as a carrier, tearing apart the dark night with heavy makeup and making it seem like daytime.

Along with it, there were also the sounds of countless small cars, which were like the death cry.

“—Look here!”

Chapter 180 Kotomine Kirei's Substitute

As an external carrier, the entire building itself began to collapse in the face of such a horrific explosion.

Red, heat, flame.

In the face of the thunder-like explosion, even if one was not shattered into pieces by the thick flames that seemed to have condensed into substance, one would be blown away directly.

In an instant, even though Kotomine Kirei was inside the barrier, he could only hear the beast-like howling sounds around him.

But he was not nervous at all, and even wanted to laugh. Encountering such a crisis at the most critical moment was the best proof of fate's favor.

His cause is just!

However, although the car did not approach his position, under such a violent and surging tide of flames, even Kotomine Kirei's well-trained agent body would inevitably be seriously injured by the aftermath.

However, Kotomine Kirei believed that he would not end up like this. This judgment was not due to blind confidence in the illusory fate, but a conclusion based on his observations over the past few days.

As the most powerful barrier master in the world, this explosion is not enough to destroy Araya Soren's foundation.

"Don't be afraid, King Kong, snake and scorpion, Dai Tian, ​​Ding Jing, Wang Xian!"

Amid the rubble that fell like rain, between life and death, a man with a stern look stood up, and with an oppressive and distressed voice, he began to save everything.

With each spell, Araya Soren's voice would get louder, and in the end, it sounded like a roar.

“Su——!”

With the final spell, Araya Souren raised his arms again.

What responded to him was the devil's hand that could even destroy space.

The flat golden barrier continued to rise, forming a three-dimensional structure, and suddenly spread out. The bright golden light turned into strips of light, piercing into the flying rubble and forcibly pulling it back.

The spreading explosion seemed to be grasped by an invisible hand, and the flame continued to act after spreading into a circle.

Next, there is the complex jigsaw puzzle.

The rope transformed by the golden light of the barrier widened and thickened again, pulling the fragments back to their designated positions. Before the smoke and dust completely dissipated, all the unerased wreckage was pulled back.

The barrier created turbulent waves in the form of a ring, and golden tentacles continued to extend out, surrounding each floor, binding it, maintaining the main building, and allowing the golden light to cover the surface of the wall and act as filler.

The separated layers of buildings turned into part of the tentacles in the blink of an eye. The remnants of steel and concrete, integrated with the golden light, were like blooming steel flowers, with countless living stamens extending from the inside, constantly extending and climbing, making a loud clanging sound.

The next moment, although it was fragmented, the apartment, which was indistinguishable from the fully deployed Six Paths Barrier, was even more silent and powerful than before.

Although the apartment that blocked the carrier was destroyed, Araya Soren was definitely not feeling well. Although the broken wreckage could still barely maintain its integrity, the mystery of the barrier was greatly reduced because of this situation. Those special spatial designs that were carefully arranged to drain the mind and trap the target also lost their value due to the lack of a carrier.

Araya Soren, who was using all his strength to maintain the apartment, was also feeling bad. Although the car from inside did not leave him any scars, it was the price of facing the first wave of explosions. The scorching flames were licking his body with heat even through the solid barrier. The barrier with only one layer was no longer a defensive shield or protection layer, but a cage that imprisoned his body and a furnace that would roast him.

If the barrier had not been deployed in time, his plan would have ended in a ridiculous way before it even began.

Moreover, such an action would undoubtedly inform the enemy of their own weakness. What was more troublesome was that the internal enemy had not yet been eliminated.

Kotomine Kirei slowly walked out from the corner. Even with his temperament, he couldn't help but stir up some waves. The heads preserved in glass around him were intact, just like the center of a storm, and they were obviously specially protected.

"What a powerful force, Araya. Your obsession is indeed amazing. However, after maintaining such a large barrier, you should not be able to easily manipulate space to kill me directly now."

Kotomine Kirei's hoarse, trembling voice echoed in the apartment.

Although Araya Souren still had a cold expression, the fact that he did not directly kill his enemy Kotomine Kirei as before had already proved this point.

"But even so, you can't kill me. Now that the Six Paths Barrier has been fully deployed, I am not someone you can kill."

The solemn priest was not surprised, he just rushed towards the other party quickly, and when he raised his hands, the six black keys were pinched between his fingers. With a burning murderous intent, he pierced through the cold wind and air, and set off a soul-stirring roar in the silent night.

Along with this low roar came Kotomine Kirei's answer without a trace of emotion.

"That's enough. After all, what I asked for was never to kill you."

Golden lines rose from under Araya Soren's feet, forming three circular rings that overlapped each other and floated between the ground and the air. The thrown black key was bounced away by the flowing atmosphere before it touched Araya Soren.

Araya Souren walked towards Kotomine Kirei without fear. He saw that Kotomine Kirei was a master of killing skills, but he still could not defeat himself.

He did not use magic like Aruba that could directly destroy the material world. It should be said that he had not learned any magic for the purpose of killing.

From the beginning, he was only interested in collecting death.

Therefore, what he is best at is fighting. If Araya Soren, who has experienced the turbulent times, only uses his body to fight, there will be very few people in the world who can surpass him.

What's more, his barrier itself is very suitable for close combat. As long as a creature touches the lines that form the circle, its ability to move will be instantly taken away.

Therefore, in close combat, Araya Souren can be said to be invincible.

But on the other hand, this is the only trick he can rely on.

Just when the conflict between the two was about to break out, Kotomine Kirei reached into his sleeve without hesitation, pulled out a cold gun, and fired at Araya Souren!

"boom--!"

The bullet roared towards Araya Soren with a dull sound.

"Guns are useless to me..."

As soon as Araya Zonglian spoke out his depressed words of denial, his expression suddenly changed.

The bullet spun wildly, emitting a hot breath, but was firmly blocked by the solidified atmosphere until it lost all kinetic energy and fell downwards, but the trace it left behind did not disappear so quickly.

In the golden circle, those harmonious lines began to twist strangely.

Although he usually behaves like a monk of the Tendai sect, the power of Araya Sōren comes mostly from his identity as a magician.

Blue electric light flashed on his skin, which was a sign of distortion of the magic circuit. Although he was already covered by the origin and would not be affected by the physical hardship, a moment of stagnation could not stop it.

"This is... the power of origin!"

Ripples of waves appeared on Araya Soren's face, and unspeakable shock swelled in his heart.

"This is a relic left by a lunatic like you. It was a gift given to me by that adult. I never thought it would be used on you."

Kotomine Kirei threw away the gun in his hand and said calmly.

"However, I know that this will not kill you. After all, being a magus is just a trivial identity of yours. You are essentially a monster whose origin has become a phenomenon."

Araya Soren is not Kenneth, and the connection between the barrier and magic is not that deep. The impact of the origin bomb is only temporary at most and will soon be offset by the stillness. The golden ring still appears beside him, and except for the initial tremor, there is no effect at all.

"But, fortunately, what I have never asked for is to kill you."

Following Kotomine Kirei's words, everything in this world changed in an instant.