[Fate] Falling Sun

On the broken bridge stood two golden figures.

"You're here after all, King of Heroes." Shi Yu's hero was still talking to him in a flat tone. "Although it was not my intention, the time has come for me to have a showdown with you."

"I said earlier that there will be a moment, right? Or, do you want to ask me to spare your life? That's fine too. This king is very magnanimous, and he is even more lenient to those who have gold value. As long as you hand over your golden armor and sharp spear to my treasury, it's a simple condition, right?" Although it was such a proud tone, the Oldest King's vigilance was not relaxed at all.

"It's an insatiable desire. Even though you already have so many treasures, are you still looking for new ones?" He held up his Thunder Spear, ready to start the battle. "Unfortunately, both the golden armor and the sharp spear are necessary to defeat you."

"Then I will take it without hesitation──Come on, hero of giving. Subdue under the overwhelming power of the oldest king!" The hero king said arrogantly, with his arms wide open, behind him The door of the treasury has already been opened to the amount of an entire wall.

The next moment, countless weapons shot out from the King's Treasure and rushed like a rain of arrows. The God Son of the Sun narrowed his eyes and saw clearly the trajectory of these deadly storms in an instant. Cut down with a sharpshooter.The King of Heroes has seen this kind of skill before—it was the martial arts shown by the mad dog-like Berserker in the first battle.There are not many people who can reach the top level of martial arts, but he saw two in this battle. Should I say luck or misfortune?

"It's only to this extent, King of Heroes." The white-haired young man said calmly, exuding a coercion that cannot be ignored. "It can only be said that the height of being a king makes you lazy." The hero Shi Yu saw at a glance that the king of Uruk was just trying out his skills, and random shooting was not enough for a hero who is proficient in martial arts. It's like a child throwing stones.

"Oh? I didn't expect that your mouth would be so clever." The golden king raised his right hand high, and with a flick of his finger, several golden swirls suddenly appeared around the white-haired youth. "The lock of the sky!" There were golden chains shot out from the door. Although the son of the sun dodged the bound range in time, the locks chased Karna like a rattlesnake.

Then he split open with the sharp spear, but the sky lock wrapped around the sharp gun and was tightly entangled and could not move. Then, when the other sky locks were also wrapped around the white-haired young man, he resolutely gave up the sharp gun and jumped back , the Thunder Spear turned into flames and disappeared after the master let go, and reappeared in his hands after the Son of Sun waved his arms.

"...It turns out that there are indeed many treasures hidden in your treasury." When the sky lock tightly bound the sharp gun, he instantly understood—if locked by that thing, he might never be able to use it again. escaped.

"It's very sharp. Although you are annoying to dodge like a monkey, this thing is your natural enemy." Gilgamesh was severely beaten in the face by this weapon before his death. It is known as a weapon against gods, divine nature The higher the heroic spirit, the higher its binding effect. "Come on—it's time to hide and seek?" A large number of sky locks chased the sun's god child madly.

While dodging the sky lock, the white-haired youth shot the gold earring into the air.

Brahmastra Kundala

Brahma, curse me

Like a meteor shower, a large ball of fire appeared above the two of them, and then shot small fireballs to the ground from time to time, knocking down the locks of the sky randomly.And Karna took advantage of this opportunity, surrounded the magic spear and himself with flames of specialized magic power, and launched a series of offensives against the King of Heroes.

Unable to concentrate on controlling the orbit of the Sky Lock, Gilgamesh could only take out the corresponding weapons from the treasury and engage in hand-to-hand combat with Karna.It is indeed dazzling for the King of Heroes to switch all kinds of weapons, but in the eyes of the poor, those treasures are just the king's collection to show off.In the case that the given hero uses magic power to greatly strengthen his own attack power, even if the King of Heroes holds a weapon that can restrain him, it is still difficult to suppress the violent power of the sharp gun's crazy offensive.

Leaving aside Berserker, who has the most powerful attack power among the seven servants, Karna, who has revealed his real name in front of the King of Heroes, has fully recovered and upgraded his martial arts without a crown.In terms of hand-to-hand combat, the attack power is even stronger than Saber, not to mention Lancer who now uses magic power to release double the special attack.

Coupled with the relationship of Archer's new master, the overall performance of his servants is not as high as that of the previous master; although Lancer's master is also half a catty, the advantage of both masters is that the magic value is very sufficient, the key lies in the servants How to use this advantage to fight for victory.

If this continues, it will only be a matter of time before Karna is bound by the chain of the sky, or Gilgamesh is defeated by Karna's martial arts.

But the ancient king did not rely on overwhelming martial arts and treasure collection, but also relied on his own wisdom to become such a powerful hero king.He understands that the current Lancer is in a state of full power, and also understands that there are limitations in this state.

Sitting and waiting is not Uruk's style.After the two sides collided violently with their weapons, he said loudly to the powerful opponent in front of him. "Sure enough, I didn't disappoint me──Shi Yu's hero. This reminds me of my friend who had to fight with all his strength back then."

The king of gold calls out the king's law key Babili, and the complicated lock pieces are reassembled and rotated to find the deepest treasure through the vast king's treasure storehouse.He raised his right arm, and a weapon he had never seen before emerged from his hand.

It was before the world was even formed, it was used to split the chaos and form the holy object of heaven and earth.

"It's an honor—you are indeed an opponent worthy of this king's sword Ea." This is the King of Heroes' highest praise to Sun God Son.The black and red sword began to spin, and the wind pressure from it split the surrounding bridges and roads.It is undoubtedly the strongest weapon of the King of Uruk, even stronger than Saber's holy sword.

"It's really time to make a break, King of Heroes." Sun's god son jumped into the air, and the endless magic power allowed him to deploy the magic spear that had been specialized in magic power.

Seeing this, Assassin, who was fighting with Saber at the side, immediately used his inherent time control to take Ritsu away from the battlefield—in a few seconds, the Fuyuki Bridge would definitely be completely destroyed.

"Knowing this is the mercy of the king of the gods──" Karna bathed in the red lotus formed by the flames, and spread all the wings on his back, like a phoenix reborn from the flames.

"Indra, let's look at you with admiration." The dazzling golden armor on the white-haired young man shattered into shining fine sand at this moment, and flew to the thunder spear in his hand, transforming into the original appearance of the legendary god-killing spear appearance.

"Extermination is just one blow." He pointed the sacred gun body that gathered specialized flames in the direction of the King of Heroes, and the god-killing gun opened its jet-black wings. The huge energy continued to expand, and the lightning seemed to compress It seems to be constantly flashing in the center of the gun body.

Vasavi Shakti

"Burn it up──Sun disk, submit to death!"

In an instant, the divine power released instantly was so strong that the sharp spear exploded and turned into pieces, and the impact of energy covered the entire earth.

It was the god-made weapon given by Indra, the god of thunder, after defrauding Karna of the golden armor. He was deeply impressed by his noble sentiments and felt ashamed. Because it was so powerful that it could knock down even the gods, he promised to only use it. A god-killing spear.

EnumaElish

"The Pioneering Star of the World's Deviation"

At the same time, the oldest king released the most powerful Deviation Sword Ea, countless wind blades flew in all directions, and all the surrounding buildings were easily cut off like mud.

The two destructive forces collided and wrestled with each other, and the shock wave from the collision went from near to far, up to the heaven, down to the underworld, and the Fuyuki Bridge had already begun to disintegrate.If we continue to work hard, I am afraid that the entire Fuyuki City, no, the entire Japan may be razed to the ground.

At this time, in order to protect the Black Holy Grail from being affected, the Black Saber also used the fallen holy sword to liberate the treasure. Unlike the original Excalibur, the sword in the lake uses magic power to convert it into a light slash, and the fallen holy sword It is the darkness that devours everything—like a black hole, including energy.

A burst of light exploded from the middle of the river like a star explosion, which was the result of the simultaneous collision of three forces.

The black-haired girl by the river bank closed her eyes, the huge wind pressure made her almost unsteady.

"Is it over..." Mio knelt on the ground slumped, it seemed that the high-speed absorption of magic power just now made her collapse instantly.

"It was a wonderful performance, thank you for your hard work."

Behind the girl, a pair of strong arms pulled her up, and the figure that appeared from behind Mio spoke to her softly.

But the girl froze in fear when she heard this familiar voice, and now she couldn't move.

"I've been looking for you for a long time──" Ryuunosuke Yusheng whispered in her ear, then put the dagger in his hand directly into her chest, and then pulled it out, "Ah, what a miracle! Sure enough Your color is the most beautiful I've ever seen...!" From her chest, blood sprayed like pillars.

"─────────" It is indeed the brightest and most beautiful flower of life. It is shorter than the epiphyllum, but it is the flower that appears most often on the battlefield, releasing the fragrance of the soul.

When Caster was eliminated, Ryunosuke Yusheng did not die, but temporarily left all the residences, places of work, and related people related to him, just like the way he left after committing crimes in different cities.But the difference was that he was still in Fuyuki City, quietly waiting for the unkilled target he was thinking of.

『This must be love──! 』Usei Ryunosuke is an alien in human skin that cannot be understood by ordinary people. His attachment to Amane Mio has exceeded his usual cognition, so he thinks it is the expression of his love, and he believes so with.

In the end, he found her when the city was about to be destroyed──

Ah, God, what a romantic encounter this encounter is.

"You..." The girl didn't even have time to scream, and she saw herself being killed by her former colleagues.Her eyes widened and she fell into the river full of black mud.

Bit by bit, her body, which gradually lost its body temperature, was engulfed and covered by the black mud until it was completely submerged in the filthy blackness.

In the dark eyes that had lost their light, there was still a little bit of consciousness remaining.Her right hand twitched, her lips moved in a muffled manner, and the Command Seal left on the back of her right hand suddenly disappeared into light.

boom.

Ryunosuke Uyuu was delighted to see the blood on his hands on the embankment. A second after Mio fell, a gunshot hole appeared on his forehead, and he fell backwards on the ground.

"Mio──!!!" Ritsu yelled excitedly, and Assassin who came a step later held his gun and pulled his Master.

"Don't get close to those black mud." Emiya warned Riri in a deep voice, while the boy continued to break down and shouted the girl's name.

On the river surface where only the steel skeleton of the bridge piers remained, there were two figures left.

"You...you actually!" The King of Heroes, whose armor was almost destroyed and covered in scars, stared at Karna floating in mid-air in disbelief.

The Black Holy Grail behind the King of Heroes has long been melted down, and the original flow of black mud has also been interrupted.If the blow just now had been aimed at the King of Heroes, it would have wiped them out immediately.

The white-haired young man just hooked his thin lips slightly, and the Sun God Son who had lost his golden armor was soaked in blood, like a kite with a broken string, falling from mid-air.

Karna's goal from the beginning was not the King of Heroes, but the Black Holy Grail behind him.

After the Holy Grail is destroyed, all the followers will be forcibly sent back, and Black Saber will also be recalled to the original era. The King of Uruk and the Hero of Giving also cannot escape the fate of disappearing.

But just as the God Son of the Sun lost all his strength and fell, the last words from the Master clearly awakened his consciousness.

『In the name of the Command Seal──Karna, I live! 』

The white-haired young man opened his eyes suddenly, the intruding magic power stopped him from falling, and gradually regained his strength.The Command Spell is interpreted as "the master crystallizes this powerful magic power and sends it to the servant as a magic power supplement" and executes it.

"In the name of one swipe of the Command Seal...Karna...to live..."

The girl's voice became indistinct, and at the cost of two strokes of the command spell, the Sun God Son was temporarily recharged to 40% of his magic power at high speed, and he temporarily gained the ability to persist that would not disappear immediately.

Then, he rushed to the river bank at high speed and asked Ritsu who was kneeling on the ground and crying loudly.

"Ri, where's Mio?" Karna couldn't hide the panic in his heart, because he had already noticed that the magical connection between Mio and himself had become very weak——almost to the point of disappearing.After he swept over the dead Ryunosuke Yusheng and the blood-stained dagger that fell to the ground, he immediately understood.

"She fell into...inside..." Ritsu wiped away tears, pointing to the river formed by the black mud, sobbing.

"I see." Leaving only one sentence, the Son of the Sun slid down the river bank and jumped into the polluted abyss full of curses and resentment without hesitation.

***

Die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die--

The curse-filled whisper was like the whisper of a wraith, and the girl didn't even move her brows.She has encountered the same situation many times, but since entering the Holy Grail War, she has almost never encountered such a situation as a ghost crush.

However, the current situation is not in bed.The girl's whole body is currently being corroded by malice and curses, and it will probably become fertilizer in this black mud in the near future.But she, who had been fatally injured, was unable to get up from the mud again, and could only drift away with her consciousness to end the remaining fire of life.

He died again, but this time he will really be taken away by the god of death.

The girl's eyes were tightly closed, recalling the unwillingness and indignation when she faced death.I have worked so hard until now, I am a little sorry for Ritsu and Karna, I did not expect it to fall short like this.

Are you unwilling?yes.

Dissatisfied?yes.

But what can happen now?

I always feel a little tired... It's not bad to just sleep like this.Although my whole body hurts like hell, it doesn't seem to matter... I'm going to die anyway.

『────────」

Just now, there seemed to be some noise?Covered by a heap of cursed murmurs in her ears, but she was still aware of voices beyond that.

"──Mio! 』

That was... Karna's voice.Is it an auditory hallucination?he should now...

What should it be?The girl twitched suddenly, she still couldn't open her eyes, so she had to try to use telepathy to see──

"...Lancer? 』

The message from the girl allowed the white-haired youth to grasp her location in an instant. He pushed aside the black mud vigorously, stretched out his palm, and scooped up her nearly unconscious body.

Unable to open her eyes, she has gradually lost all kinds of bodily functions, leaving only a little sense of touch, hearing, and the words that can be conveyed in her mind. She feels that someone is enclosing herself in a warm embrace.

『──I finally found you. 』The mellow voice was indeed Karna, he stroked the girl's cheek with his fingertips, as if trying to shake off the excess black mud.Even though, she will no longer open her eyes.

"...I'm sorry, I have to trouble others to collect the body even when I'm dying. 』The girl let out a bitter smile. It is estimated that her soul will be harvested by death soon.But fortunately, there are still people who can talk to her before she dies, which can be considered lucky.

"...Mio, have you given up? 』

『What are you talking about──Karna, we have come to an end...I. 』

The girl knew very well that her body wouldn't last long, and now she was able to talk to her consciously, which was probably the last flashback.

But the other party just kept silent, and the girl seemed to feel that the arms around her were tightened a bit.If she could see Karna's current expression, maybe she could understand the other person's current mood—no, maybe it would still be the No. [-] expression that has remained unchanged for thousands of years.

『However, at this moment, I can still talk to you──I am really lucky. 』

The girl's consciousness is being lost bit by bit.

"I used to think before, if the journey of life comes to the end, who will be by my side?Or, die alone with nothing. 』

"Finally, if Karna is by my side...thank you. 』

"...Mio, do you still remember that you were willing to grant me a wish? ’ His deep voice touched the air, bringing up the matter abruptly.

"Ah... yes, if it can still be done.I am willing to accomplish what you wish. 』

『Live──will you?Mio, this is my only wish. 』

The hero who has always given without desire or demand made such a wish.

The Son of the Sun God, who never interfered with the will of others, made such a wish.

Is this goodwill only for the Master's original wish?no.

Is this God’s mercy to man?no.

This is the request of "Karna" himself.

He couldn't accept such an ending for the Master he swore to protect.

Karna has a big heart that accepts most injustices and accepts them as the consequences that fatalism takes for granted.

But this is the only thing he can't back down.

Just like his mother Kunti asked himself to swear not to kill his own brothers, except for Arjuna, who was his old enemy that he had to face in this life.

There are very few things he is attached to, but if he is concerned about it, he will cling to it no matter what.

This is probably one of the few human-like places in Karna.

But the girl agreed, she reluctantly pulled the corners of her lips, and tried her best to smile one last time.

At the same time, her chest, which was gradually getting cold, suddenly felt warm.

she will survive-

In his heart, forever.

The author has something to say: First of all, I wish you all a Merry Christmas~!

The final decisive battle is finally finished. Both the battle and the follow-up are brain-burning things.

When chatting with friends, I mentioned that Little Sun is actually a Tibetan Mastiff-level husky, with high attack power and cuteness to heal its owner.But my friends thought he was a St. Bernard at all.Ah, yes, fierce and old lady, that's the same too, Saint Bernard.

Oh, by the way, did you know that St. Bernards are rescue dogs? (tilt head)