mtl008 Chapter 131 The Pot of This World
Chapter 131 The Pot of This World
Let's rewind to one minute ago.
On the outskirts of the Tohsaka residence, during the transfer to the safe house.
"Ughhhh!"
Irisviel, who was being supported by Hisayu Maiya, suddenly let out an extremely shrill scream.
Within the Conqueror King's inherent barrier, the King's army swiftly and decisively annihilated all the Assassins.
Quite coincidentally, all of Assassin's clones were present.
Therefore, Assassin's soul returned, and the Holy Grail, which had been holding the souls of five Heroic Spirits, was finally overloaded.
"Madam!" Wu Mi exclaimed in shock.
But she could no longer touch Irisviel.
In an instant, Irisviel's body lost its human form and transformed into a golden cup flowing with immense magical power, bathed in dazzling golden light.
The hole leading to the "Greater Grail" is about to open.
At the same time, in the front courtyard of the Tohsaka residence.
Arthur and Artoria stood facing each other, the magic power on their two Star Swords reaching its peak.
Just as the two kings were about to unleash their swords...
"Buzz!"
Arthur's intuition suddenly sounded an extremely sharp death alarm in his mind, an alarm that could pierce the soul.
This didn't come from the Artoria before him, but from beneath his feet... the underground magic workshop deep within the Tohsaka Mansion!
Arthur's perception of magic was terrifying. In an instant, he sensed the appearance of an extremely powerful yet nauseating curse filled with the purest malice in the world.
At this moment, it is flowing wildly towards the Tohsaka Residence like a high-pressure water pump, following the spiritual veins of Fuyuki City.
'This familiar feeling, this level of malice… is the Holy Grail here really like this too?'
"Duel paused, Artoria!"
Without hesitation, Arthur withdrew the golden light from his sword, a rare hint of anxiety flashing in his emerald green eyes.
"What?" Artoria was stunned for a moment, but then she also felt the terrifying tremor from the ground beneath her feet, a tremor that seemed to corrupt her soul.
"boom!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Arthur abandoned his opponent and instantly channeled an immense amount of magic power into his legs.
With a sonic boom, he transformed into a shooting star, crashing through the magnificent exterior wall of the Tohsaka Mansion and hurtling towards the basement!
Inside the underground core magic workshop at this moment.
Tokiomi Tohsaka stood in the center of the mercury field, holding his ruby cane high, his face radiating the ultimate fervor and excitement of a magician.
"Descend! Miracle leading to the Root! The Tohsaka family's long-cherished wish will be fulfilled in my hands!"
The moment he discovered that the Lesser Grail had appeared, Tokiomi Tohsaka realized it and immediately made his choice, heading to the underground magic workshop.
Using his supreme authority over the ley lines, he forcibly tore open the hole leading to the Greater Grail, frantically drawing the "miracle" within towards his own territory.
However, when I was filled with excitement and ready to welcome the sacred light of the source, what surged out from the passageway of the position was not golden magic.
"What...what is this?!"
Tokiomi's elegant expression froze instantly.
What came into view was an extremely thick, black swamp, as black as oil.
What follows is a barrage of hundreds of millions of vicious curses and wails, enough to instantly break a person's spirit!
In that instant, Tokiomi remembered what Arthur had told him about the Holy Grail War in another world before the Holy Grail War began.
The Holy Grail in that world is not an omnipotent wish-granting machine, but a vessel containing all the evil of this world!
"..."
He promised he would pay attention.
He thought he had paid attention.
However, when faced with the readily available temptation of the "source," this reserved magician ultimately abandoned his vigilance.
He was too arrogant, so arrogant that he believed that with the Tohsaka family's centuries of magical accumulation and the position here, he could control any unexpected situation.
Until this moment, that dark malice transformed into a torrent, shattering all his arrogance and confidence.
Regret gnawed at Tokiomi's heart like a venomous snake. This was not a miracle at all; he had personally opened Pandora's box that would destroy the world!
The Greater Grail was already corrupted during the Third Holy Grail War. Tokiomi's "forced extraction" was like puncturing a boil filled with highly toxic gas with a syringe.
The black mud flowed along the earth's veins, forming a terrifying backflow, like a pitch-black beast opening its gaping maw to mercilessly devour Tokiomi Tohsaka, who was standing there in a daze in the center of the position!
"No... the Holy Grail..."
Tokiomi's mind went blank; the blow from the collapse of his faith was even greater than the fear of death.
The filthy mire was about to touch the hem of Tokiomi's clothes...
"Wind King's Hammer!!"
With a loud shout, the solid ceiling of the basement was smashed to pieces from above by an extremely violent force.
The raging hurricane transformed into an invisible heavy shield, striking Tokiomi precisely in front of him and forcefully blowing back the first wave of scorching mud by half a meter!
Amidst the swirling pebbles, Arthur descended like a god.
He grabbed the back of Tokiomi's high-end custom-made suit by the collar, as if he were picking up a defenseless chick.
"Arthur?!" Tokiomi was still in shock.
"If you don't want to die, grit your teeth, Tokiomi!"
Arthur roared, grabbed Tokiomi with his left hand, and slammed the holy sword into the floor with his right.
The Dragon's Furnace pumped wildly, unleashing a burst of violent magic.
"BOOM!!!"
The moment the two soared into the sky, the unrestrained black mud went completely out of control, instantly dissolving the mercury array beneath the Tohsaka Mansion.
A jet-black "mudslide," radiating absolute malice, erupted like a volcanic eruption, smashing through the ruins of the entire mansion!
"Bang!"
Arthur grabbed Tokiomi and slammed him onto the edge of the forecourt, hundreds of meters away.
He had just shielded Tokiomi behind him when the two of them looked up at the same time.
The once magnificent Tohsaka Mansion has completely disappeared.
Instead, a black waterfall shot straight into the sky.
The black mud, seemingly threatening to engulf the entire world, completely dyed half of Fuyuki City's night sky a bleak, dark red.
"Phew...that was close." Arthur breathed heavily, his eyes becoming extremely serious as he looked at the gushing black mud.
Behind him, Tokiomi Tohsaka collapsed to the ground.
The ruby cane that symbolized the head of the family was broken in two, his carefully groomed hair was covered in dust, and he looked like an empty shell that had lost its soul.
Tokiomi trembled violently, all his elegance and composure vanished.
The image of Arthur's pre-battle instructions repeatedly overlapped in his mind with the hellish scene before him, plunging him into the extreme pain and self-loathing following the collapse of his faith:
"I...I actually...invited this curse with my own hands...the Tohsaka family's long-cherished wish..."
Deep in the dense forest.
Kiritsugu Emiya and Kirei Kotomine, who were locked in a life-or-death struggle, were also forced to stop their actions by this terrifying tremor.
Kiritsugu clutched his broken ribs, his pupils suddenly contracting as he stared intently at the black waterfall cascading into the sky in the direction of the Tohsaka residence.
That was pure, destructive malice!
The decisive battle was forced to a halt.
All the surviving Masters and Servants raised their heads at that moment.
—All the evil of this world has descended.