#586Chapter 586: Holy Sword Transformed into Holy SpearAI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 586: Holy Sword Turns Holy Lance
While Cheng Tian and Qiu Qiu were enjoying their father-son bonding, other challengers gradually understood the nature of the Demon Castle's existence.
Its essence lay in its resemblance to a Reality Marble's encroachment upon the real world.
And the only thing capable of canceling out a Reality Marble is another Reality Marble.
Among the Servants, those who can materialize their inner world and replace the real world are undoubtedly rare... but in this battle, there just happens to be one who can do it.
That is Red A, also known as Shirou Emiya's "Alaya-Shiki Contract Evolution Type."
Shirou Emiya and Artoria are, to some extent, like Eevee; they can evolve into different future individuals through different developmental paths.
While the vast majority of people received images of the Fengyun Demon Castle and intended to delve into it by clearing stages, Red A had already grasped the Demon Castle's Reality Marble-like essence and planned to use his own Reality Marble to counter the Demon Castle's encroachment on reality.
Rather than actively entering someone else's advantageous domain, Red A clearly preferred to turn the battlefield into a situation more favorable to himself.
In truth, the entire battle situation was utterly chaotic. They had come to investigate the Holy Grail's contamination incident, but unknowingly, it had turned into a heroic charge through the Fengyun Demon Castle, and they even seemed to be enjoying it, oblivious to the strangeness of it all.
Yes, they never knew that this Demon Castle was created by Cheng Tian by plagiarizing the Black Mud's magical energy. They always believed it was a special trick conjured by the contaminated Holy Grail.
However, from the outcome, it made no difference.
Because whether Count Cheng Tian or Qiu Qiu 2.0 won, the Evil of this World would somehow re-aggregate to form a concrete curse vessel, and by merely defeating this specific vessel, the curse would be appeased.
Of course, this is only from the perspective of the Nasuverse itself.
As a person of Alaya-Shiki, Red A naturally couldn't continue to slack off when faced with a situation that could clearly threaten the regional survival of humanity.
"I am the bone of my sword..."
Red A's Reality Marble's forced incantation is quite long, so it's abbreviated here.
As the inner world replaced the real world, a scene completely different from the Demon Castle spread out, centered around Red A.
On the parched earth illuminated by the hazy golden light of the sun piercing through the clouds, countless sword-like weapons were embedded, like an endless series of sword graves.
At the same time, gigantic gears stood in the gap between heaven and earth, slowly turning, as if maintaining the operation of the world—
Reality Marble: Unlimited Blade Works.
The landscape presented by Red A's Unlimited Blade Works seemed to have swallowed the first half of the Demon Castle; the two scenes were forcibly stitched together like two pieces of a picture.
And similarly cut and stitched was the throne room on the highest floor of the Demon Castle.
The originally hazy, chaotic space, filled with disorder and destruction, suddenly had a portion replaced by the Unlimited Blade Works scene. This caused Cheng Tian and Qiu Qiu, who were in the midst of their father-son bonding, as well as the monsters and Servant groups they controlled, to be successfully exposed to everyone's view.
How to describe it? This scene was truly confusing.
Both Cheng Tian and Qiu Qiu should have been part of the investigation team, but now one was leading numerous monsters and the other was leading a large number of Black Mud Servants. The cursed aura emanating from their entire bodies immediately made everyone realize that both Cheng Tian and Qiu Qiu might have been afflicted, becoming part of the Holy Grail's curse... But the bigger question was, why were they fighting each other?
Could it be that even within the Holy Grail's curse, divergences could arise?
Couldn't understand! Truly couldn't understand!
However, sometimes there's no need to understand too much; the magical energy detection already provided a conclusion.
Both Cheng Tian and Qiu Qiu had become targets that must be eliminated!
"In the name of Lord El-Melloi II, I authorize everyone to... attack the materialized curse entities with full force!"
Waver, who knew that time was of the essence when facing a curse, said he was authorizing everyone, but his words were actually directed at Gray.
He wasn't arrogant enough to believe that merely having the status of an investigator gave him the authority to command all assistants.
However, things would not develop in the direction he expected, because in that chaotic space, there was a special individual who had a considerable bond with the challengers.
That was Rin Tohsaka's sister, Shirou Emiya's good junior, Sakura Matou.
Her current blackened pseudo-Servant state had already astonished those below.
Sakura Matou's disappearance was very sudden. Even Rider, who originally had a chance to notify others, quickly disappeared, so Shirou and Tohsaka had no idea about Sakura's problem.
Now she appeared in that scene clearly filled with human malice, and had even become a target to be subjugated. How could they easily accept this?
Even Red A, who had used his Reality Marble to segment the Demon Castle, hadn't anticipated the scene before him.
"Sakura!"
Shirou Emiya's soul-stirring roar clearly reached the chaotic space.
Sakura Matou, primarily responsible for summoning familiars to fight, first trembled slightly, then lowered her head and looked far away in the direction of her sister and senior, before revealing an evil yet sweet smile.
At this moment, she felt no compulsion, because she knew she was needed by Qiu Qiu.
The psychological illness caused by 11 years of physical abuse was not so easily cured. Sakura desperately needed others' "need," whether it was Shinji Matou, Shirou Emiya, or Qiu Qiu; as long as strong demand was shown, she would respond.
But because events unfolded too quickly, Shirou and the others didn't know what Sakura had endured, nor did they know about the pathological dependence Sakura quickly developed on Qiu Qiu when the old worm was crushed by Qiu Qiu's own hands.
"Sakura! I will! I will save you!"
The Master's intense feelings infected Artoria, and she, who had originally been hesitant, was also driven by this strong emotion to grasp the Mystic Code box handed to her by Gray.
And this Mystic Code, which could originally undergo multiple transformations, began to spontaneously unseal in Artoria's hands.
As the form of the Mystic Code changed dramatically, a long spear appeared in the sight of the others.
At the same time, Artoria also let out a painful groan, because her flesh was visibly expanding.
From an eternally fifteen-year-old girl, she transformed into a mature woman in her early twenties—
[Artoria Pendragon Saber, Spirit Origin temporarily changed—]
[Artoria Pendragon Lancer.]
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