#591Chapter 591 Recovering the Souls of the Last Two ServantsAI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 591: Reclaiming the Souls of the Last Two Servants
This was a powerful attack that could only be created within the limited Demon Castle scenario, with the pseudo-infinite energy provided by the spiritual pulse, and after directly facing the state of the shining Spear of the End.
It could be said to be a specially limited, unique strike, and also the strongest attack Cheng Tian could currently unleash.
And the targets, naturally, were Red A and Berserker, the two remaining Servants.
There would be no additional negotiations, nor would Cheng Tian give the opponents more time. He swung his hand downwards with a fierce motion.
Gungnir, which had been hanging over everyone's heads like the Sword of Damocles, began to fall—
And as it descended, it split into the Demonic Spear and the Holy Spear, heading respectively towards the two remaining Servants.
Red A and Berserker naturally wouldn't sit idly by.
As Red A manipulated his abilities, a large number of sword graveyards rose from the ground, flying continuously towards the Holy Spear aimed at him, like flying swords controlled by a Sword Immortal, attempting to break the Holy Spear through brute force.
On the other side, Berserker's response was much simpler; he merely roared and charged directly at the Demonic Spear.
As Heracles, the great hero from ancient Greek mythology, Berserker possessed a special Noble Phantasm called "Twelve Labors". The effect of this Noble Phantasm, in short, was that it allowed Berserker to ignore all physical and magical attacks below B-rank, while also granting him an additional twelve revives.
Moreover, Berserker's instant revival also came with an additional effect: "ignoring the cause of the previous death".
For example, if Berserker was killed by a Holy Sword beam, after reviving, he would become immune to Holy Sword beam attacks.
Yes, it was that unorthodox. Therefore, theoretically, one would need to prepare twelve distinct types of methods, all capable of killing Berserker, to truly defeat a maddened Berserker… But at this point, we must discuss some extra-theoretical methods that could bypass Berserker's resistance and continuously strip him of multiple lives.
Gilgamesh's Ea, Saber's Excalibur, and even Berserker's own Nine Lives had all effectively achieved the result of eliminating Berserker's remaining lives more than seven times in a row, giving him no chance to revive.
And the Demonic Spear Gungnir possessed such an effect.
From the moment the Divine Spear Gungnir split into twin spears and aimed at Red A and Berserker, they were already "fated" to be executed by the spears; this was a conclusion at the causal level.
Unless they also had methods similar to Rho Aias to reverse causality, or used a Demonic Spear like Cu Chulainn's for a mutual destruction, everything was already decided the moment the Divine Spear was activated.
Berserker, swinging the slab of rock in his hand like a door, fiercely struck at the Demonic Spear. His body, tougher than steel, could not prevent it from piercing through him, directly pinning him to the ground.
The Twelve Labors began to take effect, with a visible self-regeneration mechanism working on the large hole in his heart.
But to Illya's utter astonishment, the Demonic Spear, maintaining its ephemeral state, was continuously burning the large hole in Berserker's chest. The Twelve Labors were indeed taking effect, but the moment they did, Berserker's life was immediately taken again by the Demonic Spear.
Meanwhile, Red A, using flying swords to block the Holy Spear, also projected a Noble Phantasm shield that resembled a blooming flower—
Rho Aias, also known as the Seven-Layered Shield of Heaven, was the only defensive armament that Emiya Shirou (Red A), whose attribute was "Sword", specialized in.
Theoretically, this petal shield had up to seven layers of defensive barriers, and was a relatively rare shield that could completely block the Gae Bolg's thrust, and also provide effective defense against the projectiles from the Gate of Babylon.
However, it was facing Gungnir, the Holy Spear destined to take his life.
Having fought Lancer previously, Red A could even more deeply feel this ominous presence from the side of fate.
"…Minister Arthur is truly merciless."
Red A, who could no longer clearly see the future direction of this world, already knew that an unavoidable fate was approaching. Therefore, he made his final resistance.
One hand maintained the petal shield, blocking the Holy Spear's assault, while the other began to project a new Noble Phantasm.
Accompanied by the injection of magical energy vibrations, a golden sword, extremely similar to the Sword of Promised Victory, appeared in Red A's hand. The moment the projection succeeded, Red A's own magical energy was almost depleted.
Although he possessed a highly compatible "Sword" attribute, perfectly projecting and replicating King Arthur's Holy Sword was still too difficult. So Red A settled for projecting a simplified version of the golden sword held by the King who was forever etched in his heart during his boyhood, a time of only scattered memories.
When he manifested as "Nameless" in the Moon Cell Holy Grail War, Red A had used this special projection.
The seven-layered barrier of the petal shield was eventually torn apart, and Red A, using the recoil force, gripped the hilt with both hands and swung mightily at the Holy Spear Gungnir—
"Permanent Faraway Golden Sword!!!! (Excalibur Image)"
The golden beam, enough to cause PTSD in the current timeline's Emiya Shirou, roared once again.
Not only the Holy Spear, but also Cheng Tian and his companion in mid-air were targets of the attack.
The Type-Moon world's Saber selection criteria of "being able to release a beam with a sword" was clearly not a joke.
However, Red A had Rho Aias, and Cheng Tian had his Heart Barrier.
The multi-layered Heart Barrier, like an AT Field, stood before Cheng Tian, making him unmoving when facing the beam, like a hard rock embedded in the center of a river, capable of diverting the surging water.
Ultimately, it was merely a simplified version of Excalibur, still unable to shake Cheng Tian, the Lord of the Black Holy Grail.
But as an excellent magus, Tohsaka Rin, Red A's Master, was ultimately not as inexperienced as Emiya, nor did she overly trust the Twelve Labors as Illya did. Her continuous use of Command Spells forcefully injected new energy into Red A's meager magical energy reserves.
"Oh?"
Seeing this, Cheng Tian also rolled up his sleeve, revealing a series of black mud Command Spells he had taken over from Cu Chulainn.
Command Spells contaminated by the black mud's rules could even empower one's own skills.
An arm full of Command Spells was simply incomparable to Command Spells with a maximum of three uses.
After the baptism of the beam, the energy on the Holy Spear was significantly dissipated, but it still had residual power, and Red A's body was not as durable as Berserker's.
Following in Berserker's footsteps, Red A also sat down on the ground with an open heart, blood already gushing from his mouth.
He wondered if his counterpart in this timeline would once again drown in the delusion of "becoming a hero of justice".
This was the thought that flashed through Red A's mind in the instant before his Spirit Origin completely collapsed.
The last two heads entwined on the Black Holy Grail were finally fully lit.
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