Therefore, rather than saying that it is a door for the arrival of the outer gods, it is better to say that it is a door for locking the outer gods, a treasure for sealing the outer gods, and Van Gogh’s "treasure against people" for himself!
Defeating the Servant in the Holy Grail War will not cause the Outer Gods to descend, nor will it completely turn the starry sky covered by the moon and stars into a passage for the Outer Gods or an opened door. What is truly worthy of attention has always been the judgment made by Duanmu Ye at the beginning, Van Gogh's own self-awareness, and Van Gogh's own mental state.
After sorting out all his current thoughts and completely clearing away those sudden doubts, he saw the starry sky whirlpools in the distance, large and small. The six largest starry sky whirlpools were just the most obvious whirlpools. Above the night sky covered by clouds, there were countless whirlpools of all sizes. Could those also be the Servants he defeated, the "guardians of human nature" he defeated?
Despite this, Duanmu Ye had to admit that in that moment, Nia Latotep's interference in him again did work, causing him to feel some self-doubt and despair. But it was precisely because of this self-doubt and despair that Duanmu Ye was able to confirm that he had not become the same as them, and that his initial judgment was correct.
Of course, Duanmu Ye did not rule out the possibility that Nyar Ratotep had predicted his prediction. Duanmu Ye did not intend to conduct in-depth research on this behavior of you predicting me and I predicting your prediction. In such a situation, all his thoughts might fall under the guidance of Nyar Ratotep, and he would really become a pawn manipulated by him.
There are not many ways to deal with this kind of guidance at the second or fourth level. Doing nothing after giving up is one way, and being firm in your heart and not letting your thoughts and heart be distracted by external interference is another way.
Duanmu Ye had no intention of giving up, as he had to complete the Holy Grail War. Therefore, the only option left for him was to stick to the judgment he had made before Nia Ratotep interfered with him. Although he possessed his power at that time, he had not interfered with him until he met Matou Kariya...
The true unfolding of his power was not the first contact with Gilgamesh, but the illusion he inadvertently used during his contact with Matou Kariya. In that illusion, Nya Latotep became interested in the script for the first time, and briefly controlled his body to watch Matou Kariya's final dying struggle.
My judgment of the Star-Moon Night Noble Phantasm occurred before I was completely targeted by Nyar Latotep. Even at that time, I had not yet been tainted by the power of the Outer Gods and was still a pure and good citizen...
Thinking of this, Duanmu Ye chuckled and shook his head. So many things had happened in just two days, but now, these things were about to come to an end.
Letting Van Gogh stay in the Yellow House was not only to allow her concepts to maintain their original integrity, but also to prevent her from being targeted by Benaa Latotep after the three Old Ones, "Cthulhu", "Hasta" and "Ussum", and to prevent her from being truly used by him.
When Yog-Sothoth intervened, his wish to survive was indeed realized to some extent. At least he would not die so easily before completing the task assigned to him by that adult.
However, he could not return to normal life after the Holy Grail War ended, hoping that the Holy Grail would distance himself from it. He could only wait for the Holy Grail War to be successfully launched in the United States, and hope that he could live until the eve of the Holy Grail War in Snowfield City in 2014, and go to Massachusetts in North America to summon Abigail.
Although such a plan was somewhat presumptuous, Duanmu Ye, who was unaware of Yog-Sothoth, could only think of this. The only way to retrieve his soul from Abigail was to end all the Holy Grail Wars before that, and then allow the Holy Grail War in Xueyuan City to proceed smoothly.
Because of this, Duanmu Ye still had twenty years of good life ahead of him, at least until 2014. There was nothing wrong with working for a very reasonable Outer God like Yog-Sothoth.
However, with the premise of clearing the Holy Grail War, the meaning of making a wish to the Holy Grail has long been lost, and there is no desire to reach the root, but Duanmu Ye also has the idea that he must obtain the Holy Grail.
It was not to make any other wishes to the Holy Grail, but to wish that Van Gogh could exist as she wanted, at the cost of enduring pollution. It did not matter whether the Holy Grail could do it or not. What was important was that he did not intend to give the Holy Grail away just because it was useless to him. He did not think that defeating Saber would lead to the formation of the seventh star vortex, and then the arrival of the Outer God would happen here.
There is one wish that the Holy Grail is sure to fulfill, just like it granted Gilgamesh and Kotomine Kirei incarnation, recording the existence of Van Gogh, and allowing her, an unrecognized Servant fabricated by the Outer Gods, to become a truly existing Heroic Spirit, recorded in the Holy Grail's data, and connected with the Seat of this world.
This was Duanmu Ye's selfish motive. He didn't tell Van Gogh what he was thinking at the moment, because he could sense that she didn't approve of the form he had composed. What Duanmu Ye wanted was to make Van Gogh a genuine heroic spirit, a real person, someone who was not Vincent van Gogh or Clutie van Gogh, but simply an ordinary girl called "Van Gogh"...
......
The night remains the same, but also bright.
The snow that fell during the day covered Dongmu with a thick layer of snow at night. Duanmu Ye was walking in it with a lot of thoughts in his mind, but his steps did not stop for a moment.
A golden light suddenly appeared before his eyes. Duanmu Ye raised his head and saw the familiar golden-haired young man, but at this moment he seemed even younger than he remembered and than the last time they met.
Doubt and confusion made Duanmu Ye frown slightly, but after seeing the gorgeous sword in the blond young man's hand, he finally understood what had happened.
"Even the spiritual base has been altered to carry such a sword. It's really convenient to have the Holy Grail as your backup."
Duanmu Ye chuckled. He had known for a long time that Arthur had changed his Master. Compared to Emiya Kiritsugu's way of doing things, it was somewhat extreme for a noble savior like Arthur. Even though he would also use some conspiracies and schemes to deal with various wars and conflicts, compared to Emiya Kiritsugu who was able to give up even his relatives for the sake of justice, Arthur was as noble as a saint in front of him.
Arthur remained expressionless when asked this question. Although his appearance had not actually changed, his age and body shape were frozen at the moment when the sword in the stone was pulled out. Even though he had experienced many vicissitudes of life and some parts of him had changed a little, but in the final analysis, before he picked up the holy sword of salvation, all his experiences were training for becoming a king.
So, if there is something that has changed in Arthur at this moment, Duanmu Ye thinks that it is probably because Arthur at this moment lacks some saintly qualities that only a savior can possess, lacks some of the glory of the perfect prince in the fairy tale, and is coated with a layer of shadow that only a dictatorial king can have.
Duanmu Ye was not sure whether the changes were caused by the changes in his spiritual base after he picked up the Sword of the Chosen King, or because of the contamination by the outer gods, and he did not need to be sure.
At this moment in the entire Holy Grail War, only he and Arthur are left. All they can do is fight the final decisive battle instead of having a heart-to-heart talk again.
Arthur raised the long sword in his hand and remained silent, without making any verbal response, but what he could express was never just words and expressions, but also the sword in his hand.
"The Holy Grail...I can never give it to you!"
Duanmu Ye, who had wanted to start a war like this, had even prepared to create an illusion, but Arthur's sudden words still left him speechless.
Without paying any attention to his words, the illusion created based on Arthur's state of mind instantly pulled the two of them into Camlann Hill under the bloody dusk. The sudden change even made Arthur's face a little more gloomy.
"You despicable fellow, your behavior is truly despicable!"
Even if he hadn't said it, Arthur could still clearly understand why the other party had brought him to this place, but it was obvious that he was destined to be disappointed...
The Sword in the Stone, emitting golden light, has the same ability as the Sword of Promised Victory to convert the user's magic into light. It is even sharper than a holy sword like the Sword of Promised Victory. After all, this is the sword of the king who carries the last mystery of the entire Britain. It is the beginning of his life's great achievements. Its existence and concept are actually far superior to the Sword of Promised Victory.
Countless tiny rays of light inadvertently shot out from the tip of the sword, just like a machine gun firing out some rays of light that were so tiny that they could not be any tinyr.
Suddenly, Duanmu Ye felt that his body was penetrated by something that was difficult to capture with the naked eye. Although he did not feel any pain, this was the first time he had encountered such a feeling in the Holy Grail War that had developed to this point.
"I see... Like Diarmuid's Great Rage, this sword has the power to bring victory to its wielder. However, compared to his sword that guarantees victory upon first sight, this Sword of the King is a sword of everlasting victory."
Duanmu Ye chuckled, a very eerie laugh.
Although there was no change on Arthur's face, his heart was already in turmoil.
Could he also have clairvoyance? Otherwise...why did he even know the contents of this sword, and so accurately?!
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I have deleted it several times and it has been delayed until now... I feel like the temperature has dropped in the past two days and my brain has cooled down. It feels a bit watery. Please forgive me qwq. It will end tomorrow and it will not be the same as today qwq
Water, Wind, Flower: Chapter 106: Eyes Observing from the Dark, a Decisive Battle in the Dark
"What did you do?"
"Ah, it seems you've completely adapted to the power I gave you. You can even detect my little movements. Uncle Kirei, perhaps you have the talent to become one of us~"
Kotomine Kirei didn't say a word. The black mist covering his body looked like Assassin's breath-blocking skill, but Assassin had already left the scene. Compared to the skill that only Servants could possess, this breath-blocking ability was more like something similar to magic.
As an agent of the Holy Church, Kotomine Kirei was naturally taught not to learn the magic of the heretical Magic Church. However, through the hands of his father Kotomine Risei, who also worked for the Holy Church, he became a disciple of Tōsaka Tokiomi, who was supposed to be on the opposite side, and learned the healing magic he had always wanted to learn.
The complete acceptance of his self-distortion due to the suicide of his wife Claudia Ordessia allowed Kotomine Kirei to completely let go of his prejudice against magic, especially healing magic. He was even more specialized and excellent in magic than other magics he learned from Tōsaka Tokiomi.
It was not because of any other reason, but simply because his wife's death made him realize that he wanted to gain emotional distortion from the pain of others, no matter whether it was the pain of life, the pain of illness, or the pain of being worse than death. Even if someone committed suicide in front of him, like his wife, with his super high-level healing magic, he could personally pull them back from the brink of death.
Committing suicide means not being able to go to heaven. The pain of living a life worse than death can make Kotomine Kirei feel more pleasure. He even doesn't mind fulfilling the Lord's teachings. After enjoying the pain, he personally sends them to heaven.
After all, unlike many other agents of the Holy Church, Kotomine Kirei not only mastered the baptismal chants of the Holy Church, but also a considerable degree of magic. Although he often did not have the intention to use it, not using it and not having it were two completely different concepts.
Therefore, when faced with such provocative words from Sakura Matou beside him, he did not have any thoughts and rejected such provocation after a period of silence.
"I'm not interested in becoming you. The path I've taken has never changed. Even if someone like me is destined to go to hell, I don't think there's anything wrong with what I've done."
Kotomine Kirei paused, his golden pupils flickering beneath his white hair, reflecting the shadow of the purple-haired girl.
"Someone once told me that I might have a talent for learning magic, but in the end... he was kidnapped and had some extremely cruel memories instilled into him. He almost died from a mental breakdown caused by the constant denial of his own cruelty."
"You're wrong, Uncle Kirei. All I did was use this appearance to tell him some of the truth about the Matou family. He was the one torturing himself, and he was the one who collapsed. I didn't do anything!"
Sakura Matou's words were accompanied by a very obvious laugh, as if this laughter was her own background music, emerging from her words all the time.
Kotomine Kirei looked calm. He didn't care whether what Matou Sakura said was true, nor did he care what kind of torture his teacher had suffered. After all, he didn't rush to the scene in time, and not long after they met up, Caster came to attack him with his summons.
Even so, Kotomine Kirei still felt somewhat helpless about her little trick just now.
"Those vortices in the sky just shifted slightly. Although I've had some doubts about the magical fluctuations above my head since the day before yesterday, now that you've resurrected me, I seem to be able to see those magical vortices that I couldn't see before..."
"But just now, I noticed some subtle changes in those large and small magic vortexes. I can't describe what they are, but I can feel that something is almost able to break through the starry sky, but it quickly returned to silence."
Kotomine Kirei's mouth corners slightly raised, and he seemed to be somewhat pleased as he looked at the girl beside him who was much bigger than before, and spoke again.
"The only thing I can think of is you, the devil. I'm afraid you had some conflict with that Caster just now?"
The Fuyuki Grand Theater in the distance flickered with light as he spoke, like a flash of light on the ground, with golden spots flickering continuously, but neither Kotomine Kirei nor Matou Sakura cast their gaze in that direction.
After a simple eye contact, Matou Sakura couldn't help but burst into laughter. Although she knew a character that would suit her taste, that was in 2030 after all. Now she was like a lonely puppy thrown into a cardboard box on the roadside. At the moment she was rejected by Duanmu Ye, Matou Sakura urgently wanted to create a toy that would stand opposite Duanmu Ye.
The more toys she has, the better. However, her possessed power is limited after all. Being able to sustain the main body's descent while supporting the consumption of two followers is already the limit of this body.
Therefore, when a follower suddenly awakened and rebelled against her, she would not take back the power she had placed on him. On the contrary, she would make the power that belonged to her more compatible and develop it into a part of his ability.
This way of creating enemies for yourself seems extremely undesirable, but for her, it is a rare source of fun.
After all... the fact that your own followers use their own power to resist you... is simply laughable, isn't it?
Of course, she had no intention of coming into contact with Duanmu Ye anytime soon. Mastering Cthugha's flames combined with Hastur's wind field was enough to cause her some pain. Fortunately, Duanmu Ye hadn't discovered anything other than the Explosive's self-destruction, so the threat to her naturally hadn't reached that serious level. Even if Duanmu Ye could skillfully use the powers of those two guys, it wouldn't cause her any serious harm...
But...if it was just Duanmu Ye alone, it would be a bit boring for her. Now that they have completely fallen out, any further interference with him would only be met with a ruthless rejection like just now. It would be really boring to just watch him do something. Therefore, training a local who could pose a threat to Duanmu Ye on her behalf became what she wanted to do at this moment.
And such a candidate naturally fell on Kotomine Kirei, a man whose values were very much in line with hers. Having him work for her was a win-win situation!
Therefore, when Kotomine Kirei asked her with a smile, Matou Sakura couldn't help but burst into laughter. She knew that Kotomine Kirei was very smart, and it was precisely because of his intelligence that he would pursue deeper madness after falling into madness.
"Don't you think those magical vortexes look like something from your world?"
While wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes, Matou Sakura noticed that there was a thoughtful look on Kotomine Kirei's face, and the next moment after he finished speaking, she saw Kotomine Kirei muttering something.
"Starry Night... So that Caster is Van Gogh..."
Hearing this answer, Matou Sakura couldn't help but laugh even louder, but what she received was a somewhat puzzled look from Kotomine Kirei.
However, Matou Sakura did not respond, because she had clearly told him her real name so blatantly, and Kotomine Kirei had clearly seen the jellyfish girl with Duanmu Ye, but the first thing he thought of was Caster...
But Sakura Matou could also understand that in this world, people's cognition seemed to be fixed on a certain level of content, and they could not change their gender or even appearance as freely as they did. It was understandable that she thought Van Gogh must be a man, but unfortunately, the truth was that Van Gogh was the girl, and that Caster was not the Caster of this Holy Grail War, but an Adventer.
Despite this, Sakura Matou had no intention of exposing such things except for laughing out loud. Letting a person maintain the arrogance of self-awareness is a necessary prerequisite for having fun, but out of kindness, Sakura Matou stopped laughing and reminded Kotomine Kirei in an extremely serious but still somewhat joking voice.
"Then you should take a good look at that Van Gogh. Maybe you'll see him again in the next Holy Grail War~"
Following Matou Sakura's words, Kotomine Kirei cast his gaze in silence towards the distant Fuyuki Grand Theater. What was taking place there seemed to be the final decisive battle of the Holy Grail War. The extent of the battle was so great that even the theater, which had not been destroyed by a tsunami, suffered a considerable degree of collapse...
......
The Sword in the Stone, which shone with a gorgeous golden light, surprised Duanmu Ye a little. Although Diarmuid had some shadows of Saber the moment he picked up the magic sword due to some specific reasons, his spiritual base reaction was still Lancer after all, and he did not become something else because of holding the magic sword.
However, at this moment, Arthur, who took out the Sword in the Stone, had obviously undergone some changes in his spiritual foundation. He was no longer a savior, nor was he a "prince" in the eyes of others, but a real king, a king with his own obsession and paranoia.
As the sword of the knight and the symbol of the King's Choice, the existence of the Excalibur is more in line with Arthur himself than the Sword of Promise and Victory, which proves the "Sword of the Stars". Although this ceremonial sword is given a rather luxurious decoration, its weapon performance is lower than that of the Sword of Promise and Victory, but as a symbol of the king and power, the Excalibur can still exert the same power as the Sword of Promise and Victory in Arthur's hands.
It can be said that at this moment when the Holy Sword of the Stars is sealed, it is understandable to take out such a sword as a substitute. After all, to put it bluntly, Arthur's job has not changed at all. He is still Saber who controls and carries the Sword in the Stone. It's just that his spiritual base has undergone some changes, that's all.
The tentacles extending from the yellow cloak on his body destroyed every place they passed by. They were like sharp strips of cloth or thick steel bars that penetrated every place. Arthur, who was holding the Sword in the Stone, gradually shed a drop of sweat under such resistance.
"What's wrong, Arthur? If it's just this extent, then you should use the sword in your hand to give you one last chance and then leave the scene obediently!"
Faced with such a decisive battle, Duanmu Ye no longer had the idea of keeping a calm voice and giving silent pressure to the opponent. He used the power of Wusum to control Arthur. As long as he let him use the one-time holy sword on him, the outcome would be clear.
This battle will not change because Arthur changed his spiritual base and appeared here. Just dealing with the sharp blades and tentacles formed by the extension of his body is already his limit. Now that he has given up his identity as the savior and no longer has the special attack threat to humans, Arthur is like an ant trying to shake a tree. For Duanmu Ye, there is no possibility of winning.
Arthur, aware of this, knew very well what he could do, but he still felt a little troubled that the other party even knew that the Sword in the Stone in his hand could unleash a power that was no less powerful than the Sword of Promised Victory.
Compared to the pressure of not being able to communicate, every word the other person said in this conversation was a heavy blow to him. Arthur couldn't think of any other way besides clairvoyance to so easily see through a Noble Phantasm. Even if it was a true name, it should only reveal one's own true name...
But soon, a yellow figure quickly passed by in his sight, and its thick tentacles avoided all the light paths of the Golden Sword of Victory and hit his abdomen squarely.
The sound of armor shattering reached his ears, and then he fell backwards, hitting the walls of the theater heavily, which served as a buffer for him to be knocked away.
The opponent did not stop attacking. The wind blowing across his cheeks was like an invisible blade, leaving extremely obvious marks in his armor over and over again. Even his delicate face was cut with dozens of blood marks of varying sizes.
He had never faced such a difficult enemy before. Even monsters bigger than him had never been as difficult as this Caster.
But at this moment, Arthur, trapped in the wall and smoke, raised the corners of his mouth to an extremely obvious degree, and the sword in the stone in his hand also emitted a strong brilliance...
Water, Wind, Flower: Chapter 107: The Final Battle! But Caster Picks Up the Holy Sword?!
The tiny sparks of light flickered in the darkness, like the only stars illuminating the shroud. Arthur gradually lifted the magnificent sword. As he slowly rose from the ruins, starlight began to rise from the surrounding ground towards the sky...
"Oh?"
Duanmu Ye did not choose to pursue the victory. As Arthur's famous sword, the existence of the Sword in the Stone symbolizes the royal power and mystery of Britain. This power is limited to this world. Even if it can achieve the same power as the Sword of Promised Victory, it will not be able to withstand Arthur's magic and will collapse because the Sword in the Stone itself is not a holy sword forged by the planet and the six-winged elves.
There is no need to worry too much about disposable Noble Phantasms. After all, now that he has lost the special attack of "Threat to Humanity", Duanmu Ye does not think that only B-level Noble Phantasms can cause him too much trouble since he can also ignore the damage of B-level Noble Phantasms.
Of course, Duanmu Ye couldn't just stand there and let Arthur use that one-shot attack on him that was comparable to the Holy Sword. After all, although the intelligence panel said that the Golden Sword of Victory could exert the same power as the Sword of Promised Victory, even the assessment of the Noble Phantasm's level was just stuck at a B-level Noble Phantasm that he could ignore with the protection given by the "Noble Prince of the Wind".
You know, Gilgamesh once suffered a loss because he didn't realize that he could ignore Noble Phantasms below B-rank. At this moment, it is unknown whether the Golden Sword of Victory that Arthur is using with all his strength will be the original B-rank Noble Phantasm, or will temporarily reach the A++ level of the Sword of Promised Victory.
Because of this, Duanmu Ye would never entrust his life to such an unknown number. The only one who could do such a thing was Naya Ratotep, not him, Duanmu Ye.
Duanmu Ye chose to run out of the theater at the first moment. He was unaware of the fact that the Golden Sword of Victory released magic with the same power as the Sword of Promised Victory. He would not easily assume that the two were the same and pour out all of Arthur's magic at once. Such behavior would be too stupid.
Put yourself in his shoes. If it were Duanmu Ye, when using such a sword, he would definitely choose another attack method that he had never used before, instead of foolishly releasing powerful magic power as before, as if to prove to the world the gap in strength.
Therefore, Duanmu Ye started to run away... Knowing that the durability of the winning gold was only once, he just needed to keep a distance and wait for Arthur to use up such an opportunity. Then, with a little control, he could make Arthur, who had lost his sword, surrender without a fight.
"Let's put an end to this, Caster... There's no point in running away!"
The upturned corners of Arthur's mouth seemed to be intentionally covered by the rising light. Looking at the fleeing figure, Arthur took a long breath, and Irisviel's voice gradually emerged in his mind.
"What's going on, Saber? Did Caster give you any trouble?"
Arthur was not moved by the seemingly concerned question. Feeling the magic power continuously surging in his body, the sword in the stone in his hand gradually began to show golden cracks.
"I'm going to use my Noble Phantasm, Ellie. If your body can't take it anymore, you must tell me!"
There was a hint of emotion in Arthur's eyes. Through the contract, he could sense that Ellie's body had reached its limit. If it were not for the existence of "Avalon", she might even lose her "human" form at any time and turn into a holy grail with no possibility of communication.
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