My mother's love song

“Oh, oh, oh, oh…!”

That's right, there is no reason to die. I hate this corrupt body. It's painful. In short, it's just pain. There has been nothing but pain for the past five hundred years. Life is nothing but pain. So, is it wrong to seek eternity? It's so painful, so painful, there is only pain when there is no satisfaction. How can a long life disappear without leaving a trace? How can I die in such pain? Looking back on the past five hundred years, it's like dust. I just don't want to die. Why, why is it so difficult! ! ! !

Although it was in such pain that its bones were burning, the piece of flesh was still crawling on the ground.

What an obsession this is.

It should be unable to move, no, it doesn't even have the ability to move, and it moves forward only out of resentment.

It is already a monster formed by pure obsession.

The insect rolled over with only the thought of "wanting to survive" in its mind.

"How ugly this is, Makiri."

Above this ugly thing that could not possibly exist in this world, a disembodied voice like a messenger from heaven was heard.

"What?"

In the shaky vision, the young child born from the Holy Grail filled with filth stood there.

""

Machiri stopped moving and looked up at the boy.

It wasn't him he was looking at, it was her.

In the insect's strange compound eyes, the dark cup of negativity turned into a pure white cup of heaven.

That was a face that existed in distant memory.

No matter how time passes, the golden saint of the Einzbern family will never fade and will always remain in my heart.

Two hundred years ago, in order to build the Greater Holy Grail, he sacrificed himself as a living sacrifice. He is a fellow citizen of the Holy Grail of Heaven.

""

From that day on, there was no sign of aging.

"Answer me, my enemy. Why don't you want to die?"

A voice that was raised only once, a voice that is remembered.

""

That simple question brought Makiri's painful thoughts to a halt.

Why, why don't you want to die?

Why is there no reason to die?

I can be freed from the pain if it ends, but why do I still suffer and cling to life?

“Oh…oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.”

I recall.

Yes. It was originally for a noble purpose.

That's right, Machiri Zorgen has only one dream: to eradicate all evil in this world!

When we realize that sin cannot be eradicated, we as human beings cannot be separated from sin.

When I learned that people cannot describe the appearance of an utopia.

If humans have limits, then the only way is to surpass humans.

The three people who first established the Holy Grail system made a common wish: to materialize the souls of all mankind.

To achieve this, they pursue the Holy Grail and achieve a world that is beyond human reach.

There is no reason to disappear before the miracle is achieved.

No matter how many times I am defeated, even if I realize that I cannot reach the destination with my physical body, as long as I am still alive, I will never give up.

"……Whoa whoa."

So, we have to survive.

Even if it turns into a monster that survives by sucking human lives.

Even though I know it is meaningless, I still keep searching.

Even in the future ahead, there will be no reward.

“Oh…oh, oh…!”

This was Makiri's original wish.

Compared with the unfulfilled wish, the wish not to die seems too insignificant!

"I seem to remember it."

In a trance, the woman with silver hair and red eyes in Makiri's eyes turned back into a young girl with black hair and black eyes.

“Oh, hahaha…!”

The poisonous insect, whose time was approaching, still asked the evil beast without giving up.

“…A world without evil…Haha, hahaha, is it possible?”

Rhodes answered him calmly.

"God is dead."

Chapter 010: Two words written all over the book

"God is dead."

After Rhodes said this, a roar came from the void, as if to tear his soul apart.

“Ohh, ohhh, ohhhhhh!!!”

Just like the moment when a butterfly emerges from a chrysalis, the insect named Matou Zouken dances wildly with joy.

Yes.

It has been thousands of years since humans bid farewell to the gods and ascended to the throne of primates.

What we have gained through countless years of cold and heat is the growth of the human species.

A mere five hundred years is nothing.

How could a miracle be achieved by spending such a short period of time?

Our wishes are even more distant, dazzling and noble, and they will definitely be fulfilled somewhere in the future.

The journey has just begun

The evil worm said.

"Eat... me... the king I'm waiting for! Let my knowledge become your flesh and blood! Let my obsession become your strength!"

Without hesitation, the evil beast nodded.

"I received your enlightenment."

The next moment, it was as if someone had activated a space-type stand.

With a click, the insect's head disappeared, leaving only a flat arc-shaped cross-section on its trunk.

Then came the second and third bites, clicks.

The last of the three people who started the search for a miracle disappeared without a trace.

The magician became a part of the beast 666 with his long-desired goal.

……

"“All the gods are dead: now we must aspire to live like the Supermen.” Let these words be our last will in the great hour!

Thus spoke Zarathustra.

"Thus Spoke Zarathustra"

……

As a beast hatched from the Holy Grail of Negativity, Rod has the same operating mode as the Fuyuki Holy Grail and can become a complete form by swallowing the souls of seven servants.

In addition to devouring the souls of servants, Rhodes can also evolve by swallowing humans, but that requires a very large number.

Rhodes had no interest in becoming a complete beast, so he extremely restrained himself from doing so.

By the way, if the swallowed unit is strong enough, it will not disappear, but can continue to exist in the form of Alter.

"call."

After finishing his long-awaited meal, Rhodes stretched.

He felt the strength in his body increase slightly.

One of these aspects is the increase in HP.

Putting aside the powers and skills that Beast possesses, Rhodes himself is a walking Holy Grail.

He has almost unlimited magical power and absolute power over his servants.

Although it was easy for him to kill Mr. Jin, a kind-hearted citizen, in seconds during the Holy Grail War, his durability was not much different from that of an ordinary Master.

Not to mention taking another anti-personnel or anti-military weapon, if a passing priest gave him a baptism chant, Rhode would bid farewell to this beautiful yet cruel world forever.

To sum up, Rod is a typical glass cannon.

Swallowing the soul can slightly increase Rhodes' health, this is one of the reasons.

More importantly, after swallowing Matou Zouken, he inherited all of his skills and became able to use Matou's secret techniques.

Normally, he doesn't have this ability.

Although eating a human soul would increase Rhodes' strength, he would not gain the other party's abilities.

However, the old bug is special.

The magic that is passed down by the Matou family has the characteristic of absorption, and its attribute is water.

Please note that water-attribute magic does not mean the ability to launch water element attacks or heal injuries.

The attributes in Type-Moon are more metaphysical concepts, for example, water means "flow".

Due to these characteristics and properties, Matou's magic has the characteristic of "definitely sending the results back to one's own body".

In this way, after eating Zouken Matou's soul, Rod was able to absorb the opponent's skills.

This is also one of the reasons why Rhodes chose Matou Zouken.

Although he had no interest in using bugs to invade humans and absorb nutrients, the other magical properties left by the old bug were still worth mentioning.

For example, the technique that the fearful old man just used to protect himself

Separate your soul and body [body and spirit] and place them in a safe place.

As long as his soul is not stolen, he can be resurrected again no matter how many times he is raped.

This technology is somewhat similar to the lich's life box in fantasy works. In the Type-Moon world, Zouken Matou is undoubtedly the best among humans in using it.

Although the worm with the soul attached to it was sleeping somewhere else, his old man's body was no different from that of an ordinary magician.

The spirit is the operating system, the body is the organism, and the soul is the character's memory data.

Matou Zouken's secret technique is equivalent to the operation in science fiction works of instantly backing up character records and uploading them to the terminal server.

It can be said that this technique is a perfect match for Rhodes who has high attack and paper defense.

After that, Rod only needed to find a suitable container to store his soul and he could roam freely in Fuyuki City.

Mom no longer has to worry about me being taken away by a gun.

"Emm... What container should I choose to hold my soul?"

While Rhodes was looking up the knowledge left by Matou Zouken, he held his chin and talked to himself.

“It seems that it is not limited to familiars or creatures. Even objects, such as a sword or a coin, can be used to attach souls.

But...if someone steals your house, at least the creatures have a chance to escape, but the items will just have to wait to die."

While thinking, Rhodes returned to the first floor of the mansion from Zouken Matou's secret magic workshop.