Chapter 489 489: When the Curtain Finally Lifts

Unlike the previous battle.

Facing Gorgon, Emiya Shirou did not use Godspeed-the authority of the Phoenix incarnation.

It wasn't that he didn't want to.

He couldn't.

The prerequisite for activating the Phoenix incarnation was simple.

He had to be facing high-speed attacks.

The reason he could use it before was because his opponent had been Kingu.

Kingu's speed was not inferior to his own.

Only under those conditions could the Phoenix incarnation respond and activate.

But Gorgon was different.

Her body was massive.

Overwhelming.

Yet slow.

No matter how violent her attacks were, they did not meet the condition required to trigger Godspeed.

At the start of the battle, Emiya Shirou deliberately allowed several of Gorgon's magical energy beams to strike him head-on.

He didn't dodge.

He didn't block.

He took them directly.

The result was predictable.

His body was heavily damaged.

Severely injured.

However, Battle Continuation ensured that his combat ability did not decline in the slightest.

Pain existed.

Damage existed.

But his fighting strength did not waver.

Instead, those grave injuries activated another authority.

The Camel incarnation.

With his legs reinforced to their absolute limit, Emiya Shirou began to move.

He ran.

Using pure physical speed, he sprinted along the surrounding walls, changing angles constantly, slipping past Gorgon's attacks with precise timing.

Every movement was calculated.

Every step was deliberate.

From time to time, a blade flashed.

And with it-

A wound appeared on Gorgon's body.

Under the reinforcement of the Bull incarnation's monstrous strength, every strike Emiya Shirou landed carved out terrifying damage.

Wounds stretching over ten meters split open across her flesh.

They were deep.

Crude.

Brutal.

The pain they caused forced Gorgon to howl.

Because the weapon in Emiya Shirou's hand was the Scythe of Judgment.

Her immortality was suppressed.

No regeneration.

No recovery.

She could only endure.

Wound after wound.

Pain after pain.

"This battle ended long before it began."

Emiya Shirou's voice was calm.

Almost indifferent.

During their previous clash outside the Northern Wall, he had already seen through everything.

Gorgon's methods.

Her patterns.

Her habits.

He had analyzed them completely.

She had been exposed.

From the very beginning.

"This is merely a continuation."

"The ending that grants you death."

The moment Merlin's signal reached him, Emiya Shirou no longer delayed.

He surged forward.

Straight toward the already collapsing Gorgon.

"In truth..."

"You've been dead for a long time."

"You died outside the Northern Wall."

"No-!"

Unable to accept reality, Gorgon struggled desperately.

Her massive body thrashed.

Her rage burned.

But it was meaningless.

She could not stop it.

She could not stop him.

"Merlin."

The scythe was raised.

Pitch-black magical energy surged along its blade.

After sending the final telepathic signal, Emiya Shirou brought the Scythe of Judgment down.

The blade flashed.

And the goddess bowed her head.

Gorgon's massive body fell backward.

"How... could I... fail here..."

"I haven't... taken my revenge..."

"Are those your final words?"

Her body, completely defeated, was quickly swallowed by the Sea of Life.

The surface of the lake returned to calm.

Emiya Shirou stood still, watching the ripples fade.

A different light flickered in his eyes.

"So it's starting."

The instant Gorgon died, the world trembled.

He felt it clearly.

The sleeping Goddess of Creation-

Had begun to awaken.

The final battle was approaching.

And to play a decisive role in what was to come, Emiya Shirou himself had reached the moment of transformation.

The place he had chosen-

Was the Sea of Life before him.

"I'll ask again."

"Can you really block the modification and contract of Tiamat's Sea of Life?"

As if responding to his question, the sword embryo-

Using Emiya Shirou's Innate Spirit Garment as its core-

Let out a soft chime.

"...Alright."

"I'll trust you."

Stepping forward, Emiya Shirou approached the Sea of Life.

The reason he chose this place was simple.

Infinite magical energy.

And the lingering power of the Goddess of Creation.

Just as Rimuru's evolution into an Awakened Demon Lord required sacrifices-

An Awakened Hero would naturally require them as well.

He didn't know what form those sacrifices would take.

But replacing them with pure magical energy was undoubtedly viable.

After all, when magical energy reached a certain level, it became a universal wishing machine.

The Holy Grail itself was nothing more than sixty years of accumulated magical energy from ley lines.

With enough magical energy-

What couldn't be replaced?

With enough-

He wouldn't just evolve.

He could evolve into the most perfect state possible.

The Sea of Life could provide exactly that.

At the same time, by excessively absorbing the power of the Goddess of Creation, there was a chance his transformation would be influenced-

And become something even better.

As for the Sea of Life's modification and contract-

That was what the sword embryo was for.

It had absorbed the Warrior incarnation.

It possessed the authority-sealing capability.

With its current level of completion, resisting erosion from the Sea of Life would not be a problem.

At least-

That was what his intuition told him.

Ultimate Intuition never lied.

Without it, he would never have dared to jump in.

"Kingu is almost here?"

"That's fast."

Sensing Kingu's rapid approach, Emiya Shirou didn't hesitate.

He stepped forward-

And leapt.

Straight into the Sea of Life.

His body plunged downward and vanished beneath the surface.

Only a few seconds later, Kingu descended from the sky and entered the temple.

"Where are they!?"

He immediately saw Gorgon's defeat.

Her death was unmistakable.

Now, he searched for the one who had killed her.

Along the way, Kingu had been carefully monitoring the surroundings.

No escape routes.

No traces.

Nothing.

"...Then where did this thief go?"

After a brief moment of thought, the answer surfaced.

It wasn't Chaldea.

It wasn't a group.

It was one person.

Emiya Shirou.

Only he could have escaped right under Kingu's nose.

Realizing this, Kingu's expression twisted.

"I fought him before precisely because I feared this outcome..."

"And yet it still happened."

"What am I even doing?"

After a short moment of resentment, Kingu forced himself to calm down.

"How pitiful."

"I wanted to fulfill Gorgon's wish."

"But she died like this."

Then-

His lips curled upward.

"But."

"Her death means Mother has awakened."

Feeling the overwhelming aura rising from the Persian Gulf, Kingu's smile grew more unrestrained.

"The end of this world has arrived."

"Die."

"You foolish humans."

"The era of the New Humans has begun."

With that, Kingu rose into the sky and flew toward the Persian Gulf.

He didn't even spare the Sea of Life a glance.

After all-

He could never imagine-

That someone would willingly jump into it.

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