Sector of Beasts

...Fujimaru, Mash! Wake up, are you guys all right!?

Ouch... Yes, Doctor! Rayshift successful!

But we encountered strange interference we've never experienced before during the Rayshift... That image was...

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Oh good. Senpai is all right, too! Now, about the situation here...

On it! I'm monitoring you guys. You've definitely arrived at Temple of Time.

And these are the same readings I measured a million times in Mesopotamia.

A Spirit Origin that doesn't fall under any of the seven classes. The Beast of Calamity, known as one of the Evils of Humanity.

The reading I'm getting throughout that entire space is... Beast-Class.

You've got that right. Looks like you've wisened up a bit, Chaldea.

The fact that you were lucky enough to make it past the Seventh Singularity is an accomplishment worthy of praise from me.

You are...!

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Should I say, "Hi, it's been a while?"

But there's really no need for greetings, or for us to catch up.

I know how your battles with the other Demon God Pillars went. I'm impressed to see an inexperienced Master like yourself has made it this far.

It may surprise you to know that I am very well-acquainted with the subtleties of human nature. That's why I can admire Fujimaru's effort.

Honestly...

Your persistent survival is...hideous. It makes me sick!

Why can't you just lie down and die! It's so simple, anyone should be able to manage it.

...Professor Lev. I will not ask why you are alive.

But there is one thing I do want to know:

When you approached Director Olga Marie, was your intent to destroy Chaldea and humanity even then, from the very beginning?

That is such a "Mash" question. But there must be something else you'd like to ask, no?

"He must have been on humanity's side, at least in the beginning."

"Surely Lev Lainur was originally an honest man. He must have been seduced by the King of Mages at some point." Isn't that it?

I want to know too, Professor Lev. You were working for Chaldea even before I joined.

The Foundation of Humanity could not be restored solely with Chaldeas.

It was Sheba, which you developed, that allowed us to get this far.

It's hard to believe that you had been working for Solomon from the beginning.

Yeah. It's hard to believe you were able to deceive me for four years. When did you become a Demon God Pillar?

Oh, my. What a pleasant surprise, Romani Archaman. And you too, Madame Da Vinci.

What familiar faces. I never expected to chat with you guys again.

You are all concerned for my reputation...rather, human rights. You seem to be so preoccupied with things like that.

But that is unnecessary. So, you want to know when I started serving the King of Mages?

Kekeke...hahahahahaha! Beginning 3,000 years ago, of course!

From the moment the plan was set in motion, we were already in place throughout the world!

Lineages destined to birth a Demon God Pillar in a hundred years, in five hundred years...

...or even one thousand years later! I just happened to be the one designated for 2017 A.D.!

We were like seeds planted in the ground.

An original Order, handed down through generations of mages. A certain "way of being" that must be protected absolutely.

Our Grand Order is the rule that the King of Mages created for this very moment.

While human mages established their own principles and theories and passed them down to their descendants...

We, whose power was born of the King of Mages, survived through the generations until the designated time.

We etched a curse into our genes to host the Demon God Pillar, and continued our lineage until our appointed era arrived.

And in 2017, at the point where I awakened as the last designated Demon God Pillar, your history came to an end.

All necessary resources had been collected. But...

You Chaldeans insisted on surviving. Why? What made you do that? Did I miscalculate somewhere?

No, that's not it. It was because an impostor managed to slip past my watchful gaze.

Am I right, Romani Archaman? Seems I underestimated you.

Or, maybe you were playing the fool in front of me, so things would turn out the way they have?

If so, that's really a shame. I thought we were friends.

Medicine and sorcery. We may not have walked the same path...

But at least I showed respect for your good nature and the vain efforts you were making.

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Of course not. There's no way you could have detected Romani's nature.

After all, he didn't trust anyone around him until I was summoned to Chaldea.

...What?

Romani may be an ordinary person, but on one certain matter, he demonstrated more patience than any genius could!

"I don't know the reason." "I don't even know who the enemies are." "There's no guarantee that it's even going to happen."

He threw his entire life away, believing in the "crisis of mankind" he only saw in a dream.

He continued to wait, believing that something that couldn't possibly happen would, in fact, occur.

He couldn't let his enemies know that he'd noticed. So he couldn't tell his allies, either.

And since he didn't know how to prepare for that moment, all he could do was study everything he possibly could.

That's how Romani Archaman spent more than a decade: in a hell of his own creation, where he could not rest, even for a moment.

Such a man would never show his true nature, even to a friend!

This fool even kept telling himself that he was worthless trash, or scum, or something like that!

Uh, well, you think so? I don't think I'm THAT self-degrading...

...Humph. Of course I kept an eye on his suspicious behavior.

That's why I made a move to kill him with the Command Room explosion... But even that failed because THAT Master intervened.

What? Is that true, Senpai? You saved the Doctor's life...?

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...Whatever.

Our king is tied up right now. The final calculations will be done in a few hours.

Normally, I would ignore you all.

But this is a good opportunity. I'll tidy up my own loose ends right here.

You have absolutely no chance of making it to the Throne, and I will prove that right now!

Hear me: my name is Demon God Flauros, one of the 72 Demon Gods, the one who governs information!

I was caught by surprise last time, but I'm full of energy today! I'll enjoy seeing how much you've bettered yourselves!

Lev Lainur has transformed into a Demon God Pillar! Master, your orders, please!

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Yes...! Here I go, Master!

It's pointless. Everything you do is pointless! Ha, ha, ha. Ha, ha, ha, ha. Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!

It can't be...! The Demon God Pillar has reappeared! It wasn't restored, or healed... It...

An entirely new Flauros has been born...!

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What was that? What was that impact just now!?

Something hit us from the outside! The second reactive theory unit has sustained over sixty percent damage!

We've lost the northern observation room! Detecting excessive pressure in the observatory dome!

T-minus five minutes until collapse...! If the dome is destroyed, we won't be able to hold the Command Room!

Chaldea will enter foam-state and be swallowed up by the Temple of Time!

Pseudo-Spiritron computing efficiency have fallen out of the qualia zone! We're losing reactive theory strength!

Cut off all power to external facilities! Reroute everything to Chaldeas and the reactive theory units!

We need to maintain the Command Room's functions! Leonardo, what about the resources you have saved up in your workshop!?

I've transferred them to the Spiritron calculation supercomputer. My secret stash should cover it!

But this will all be futile, Romani! The attackers are Demon God Pillars!

Six, seven, eightEight Demon God Pillars have wrapped themselves around Chaldea!

I could fight directly, but I'd be able to take out maybe one at best!

And that won't solve the problem at hand! We'll need to destroy the Singularity before Chaldea gets smashed to smithereens!

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! That's impossible! Impossible, you hear?

I am immortal. We are inexhaustible. This entire space IS us!

Come. ComeMy kindred, show yourselves!

More Demon God Pillars... No, these are...

Yes, we are the 72 Demon Gods, and they are us!

You killed me. But what of it? There will always be 72 Demon God Pillars, no matter what you do to us.

As long as the Throne exists upon this land, our number will never decrease!

If you want to kill me, you'll have to eradicate all 72 of us.

But what chance do you have of that? Where is your army? There is nothing on Earth that can stand against us!

You haven't caught us. You've merely thrown yourselves into your own graves!

Ha, ha, ha! You're like moths to the flame! I commend your enthusiasm!

We're not getting any transmissions from Chaldea...! Master, what should we do...?

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I've underestimated you! I see you still have the guts to meet your enemy's gaze!

But that's enough. I understand you don't know when to give up! That might have worked up until yesterday!

The last Master. The last human, Fujimaru.

We have the utmost respect for you! You were supremely entertaining!

We laugh at your resistance in the first Singularity. We laugh at your zeal in the second Singularity.

We laugh at your adventure in the third Singularity. We laugh at your quest in the fourth Singularity!

We laugh at your advance during the fifth Singularity! We laugh at your survival in the sixth Singularity!

And the seventh Singularity... Well, that wasn't very pleasant.

It was a poor show... Not the least bit entertaining. Let's just forget it entirely.

In any case, your fight has been truly amusing! And the fact that it was utterly pointless makes it even better!

You fought all this way and it was worthless! You fought up until now, and even still your end will be utterly pathetic!

It has been a spectacular show! Thank you, and goodbye!

Chaldea will meet its end here and now! Ha ha, hahaha!

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Senpai...!

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No. Calling it pointless is ludicrous. Isn't it a bit too early for you to be giving up?

This battle was a long journey that took you back through human history. However, you never once fell to despair.

That because you had so many encounters on that journey.

Even if this entire planet became the battleground for the Holy Grail War.

Even if everything on this land had turned into eternal ruinous grounds.

Even if countless powerful enemies stood in your away at the end of your journey.

You never gave up. You looked forward, knowing our fate has not yet been decided.

This is no different. Now... let the battles begin, Master.

Wasn't this meant to be a story about us taking back our future together?

Gahhhh!? What's going on!?

Why isn't Fujimaru gone!? Why does Chaldea still exist!?

Why? Why are our bodies crumbling!?

All eight Demon God Pillars have been destroyed! We did it! Way to go, Da Vinci! You're amazing!

What trick did you have up your sleeve this time?

You should've let us know you had such a powerful secret weapon!

No, that wasn't me. That was

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Primates have flourished for thousands of years.

The Age of Gods has ended, and through time, mankind has become the most prosperous beings on Earth.

And so we shape the future of this planet, and inscribe its history on the surface.

For that, we nurtured knowledge, produced many resources, and saw countless lives reincarnated.

It is a map to prolong mankind's survival, and to ensure its everlasting prosperity.

In the world of magecraft, this is called "Humanity." Those at Chaldea have been charged to protect it.

...Is this a dream? Are my sensors broken? There are summoning spells being activated all over the Singularity!

There's no catalyst...no summoners. They're materializing autonomously, following the thin threads of fate that intertwined when you crossed paths!

Ten, twenty, thirty Spirit Origin signatures! And still increasing! Fujimaru, this is...!

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Eastern terminal nerve system, aflame. Number of enemy Servants rising.

Western autonomic nerves, damaged. Twenty-four enemy Servants confirmed.

Inconsequential. No matter how many of them there are, they're just extensions of man.

They are not a colony like us. They must live separately, and fight individually.

Destroy them. Eliminate them. Remove them. Mere Servants are no match for us.

I cannot see anything that would be capable of destroying the 72 Demon Go

Eastern terminal nerve system, destroyed. Demon Gods one through eight cannot maintain nominal values.

Western autonomic nerves, destroyed. Demon Gods 26 through 33 cannot maintain nominal values.

...Left and right base thoracic cages damaged. We recommend retreating from this space.

What's going on? Why are we being overpowered?

How are humans, who reject mutual understanding, fighting together like this!?

...Yes. It's true that we are life-forms who are obsessed with self-interest.

And it's no different as a Heroic Spirit. In fact, it is because we are Heroic Spirits that we cannot abandon our convictions.

But... There is one human who believes in us.

A human who still believes that we are heroes, even after meeting so many Heroic Spirits and witnessing so many battles.

What Heroic Spirit could ignore that call?

O Lord. I shall raise my flag once again for the salvation of a nation... Nay, for the salvation of this world.

Hear me! Heroic Spirits, mighty warriors who have gathered here!

Though we may be rivals, or from completely different eras, we must stand together now.

Not to prevent the Incineration of Humanity, but to open up a path for our contractor!

My True Name is Jeanne d'Arc! In the name of the Lord, I shall become your shield!

So many... Those are... Those shooting stars racing across the sky...

Yeah, they're Servants! This is amazing. They just keep coming!

And I have no idea why, either!

Maybe they were able to get in because this Singularity exists outside of time? No, it doesn't matter!

Among the Heroic Spirits you met on your journey, the Heroic Spirits who fought alongside you

I'm sure there are some who had planned only to lend their power for a short while...

And yet they've all come to help you out!

This is a sight so rare you could live a thousand lifetimes and never see it again!

The Servants' attacks are pinning the Demon Gods in place!

Every single one of the 72 Demon Gods has been engaged. We can eliminate them right now!

Open a path to the center, Fujimaru! We only have a little time left!