[Note at the beginning: The title does not represent the ending. This title, like "Victor of the Moon," is actually a Craft Essence name from FGO. I put it here because it sounds cool.]
The Herrscher of Thunder, who had already begun to move, suddenly felt an incomparably tyrannical force erupt from Aaron in front of her.
Magnetic Field Rotation?!
No, not just Magnetic Field Rotation, there's another energy... This kid is playing dirty?!
Aaron, relying on the explosion of energy and potential to break through from [Current Push] to [Magnetic Field Rotation], now gave the Herrscher of Thunder a terrifying sense of oppression.
She could sense that the opponent's Magnetic Field Rotation power was below hers, yet the Herrscher of Thunder felt—that he posed a massive threat to her.
No, impossible. In terms of power, my Magnetic Field Rotation is stronger.
And I don't just have Magnetic Field Rotation. The boost from the Herrscher Core combined with Servant powers should overwhelm that heavily injured man.
But why... why am I so uneasy!
The Herrscher of Thunder, who had abandoned attacking and started retreating with all her might, only now realized she had made a move she found incredibly repulsive.
She... actually wanted to stop fighting instinctively after the opponent erupted with terrifying power?
This... doesn't this mean that deep down, she was afraid of this guy?!
The Herrscher of Thunder is an 'Apostle of God,' and the man before her is just a maggot borrowing the power of a Honkai Beast to strengthen himself.
Whether in power or status, I am far above him. But now, how could I have such shameful thoughts!
The Herrscher of Thunder, wanting to glare at him in anger, happened to lock eyes with Aaron, who raised his head in mid-air.
And at this moment, Aaron's pupils, turned crimson due to the Honkai Beast transformation, emitted a murderous aura that the Herrscher of Thunder dared not meet directly.
A Herrscher should be the Apostle dominating Honkai Beasts, but now... in terms of aura, I'm actually being overwhelmed by a man I should be dominating?
Unacceptable.
Such a thing... how could I possibly accept it!
The Herrscher of Thunder suddenly realized why she had such a ridiculous and pathetic thought.
Why she felt an 'fear' that shouldn't exist towards her 'lower kin' after Aaron erupted with powerful energy and oppression.
The reason was simple—her mere 1% [Perfect Realm] was warning her to avoid his edge.
Facing other enemies, the Herrscher of Thunder might have considered actually acting according to the conclusion drawn by the [Perfect Realm].
But now, humiliated and angry, she felt she couldn't swallow this pride.
I had driven this man into a desperate situation, and just because he broke through to Magnetic Field Rotation power, I completely cowarded out?
Another power... Hmph, combining two powers, thank heaven if they don't conflict. Why should I fear this man?
The advantage is mine. His speed is now equal to mine; catching up to me is only a matter of time.
Rather than being caught by this guy then, I might as well...
—Decide the victor right here!
Seeing the killing intent on the Herrscher of Thunder growing thicker, Aaron actually felt more relieved.
It had only been ten seconds since breaking through to Magnetic Field Rotation. logically, even with the breakthrough, he shouldn't immediately possess incomparably tyrannical power.
But because of the combination of his power explosion and [Ittou Shura], a move that overdrew potential, coupled with days of using [Galvanism] to accumulate power and [Current Push] to stimulate his body, his body had adapted to this power in advance.
30,000 Horsepower... 50,000 Horsepower... 100,000 Horsepower... 150,000 Horsepower...
When Magnetic Field Rotation reached the number of 150,000 Horsepower, the increase stopped.
But what Aaron truly cared about wasn't the horsepower increase after the breakthrough, but another additional ability.
[Perfect Realm]. This was the ability Aaron truly cared about.
Unlike Raiden Mei's sudden breakthrough due to emotion, Aaron, who had been preparing all along, inherently possessed stronger tactical thinking than Raiden Mei at this stage.
And simultaneously, he differed from Raiden Mei in another aspect.
Raiden Mei had noticed the anomaly in her body—Aaron had discovered this long ago.
But knowing that saying anything now was useless, after that night, he pretended not to notice.
And because Raiden Mei realized there was another personality in her body, one that was definitely not benevolent, in Aaron's eyes, Raiden Mei had been subconsciously suppressing the newly broken-through Magnetic Field Rotation power and the [Perfect Realm].
Otherwise, she wouldn't be unable to stabilize even a 1% [Perfect Realm] and have to rely on the System's welfare to keep it from sliding from 1% to an even more shameful number.
Completely different from Raiden Mei emotionally, although Aaron deliberately suppressed the power of [Current Push] to prevent a breakthrough, it was preparation for the subsequent breakthrough.
Deep inside, he never 'denied' the power within him.
Whether it was the power of the Honkai Beast, the power of the Teigu, the abilities granted by the System, or his own tactical thinking—these were all powers he could utilize for survival.
To survive, unifying the powers within his body and operating them perfectly was Aaron's top priority.
So the event the Herrscher of Thunder imagined—that 'Aaron's power would conflict due to two forces erupting simultaneously'—was impossible in Aaron's eyes.
In these past few days, he had already envisioned the changes his body would undergo after breaking through Magnetic Field Rotation and using [Ittou Shura].
Undoubtedly, after breaking through to this powerful realm, using [Ittou Shura] would unleash extremely strong power, but this excessive power would also place a heavy burden on him.
Just as [Ittou Shura] had side effects, overly strong power would inherently cause the user's body to overload, bringing pain and other negative effects.
Aaron, currently sprinting, was already starting to bleed from muscles tearing due to the excessive power.
But Aaron felt no panic whatsoever.
Having obtained the [Perfect Realm], it was surging alongside his power.
Only unlike Magnetic Field Rotation, Aaron seemed to have greater talent in the [Perfect Realm].
1%... 5%... 10%... 20%...
In the end, breaking through to a 30% [Perfect Realm], he had already calculated the subsequent battle situation.
The Herrscher of Thunder advancing instead of retreating obviously plans to gain an advantage by controlling the air and then attacking me... Even considering she might be feinting, with my personal agility now far exceeding hers, I can react in time.
Sprinting to her side will take three seconds. As long as we engage in three seconds, the advantage the Herrscher of Thunder gained through distance will vanish.
Of course, the Herrscher of Thunder starting to ascend now would indeed cause Aaron a certain degree of trouble once she floated into mid-air.
But the problem was, she needed time to ascend.
The contradictory actions of the Herrscher of Thunder—initially planning to retreat, then rushing back as if blood rushed to her head—wasted the ascent time that was most precious to her.
And sprinting at my current speed... Tsk, still not enough.
No wonder she feels she still has the advantage. With the cards I've shown, I indeed can't blast her down directly before she ascends.
But since earlier, I've been hiding one trump card without using it.
Looking at it now, she seems to have forgotten... No, perhaps she doesn't know about this at all.
The four Command Spells I seized from Kayneth and Kariya Matou indeed cannot dominate the Herrscher of Thunder, who has activated her Noble Phantasm and gained the trait 'As one of the Thirteen Apostles of God, cannot be ordered by any existence other than God.'
But the problem is, Command Spells can be used to strengthen the Master themselves besides ordering Servants.
After leaving this world, these Command Spells will be useless anyway, so now...
—I'll use all four Command Spells simultaneously for acceleration!
As four Command Spells empowered Aaron, the Herrscher of Thunder saw a streak of light rushing towards her at incredible speed.
Not good!
The Herrscher of Thunder, reacting too late, couldn't make any moves in time.
"Magnetic Field Rotation 150,000 Horsepower..."
"—Whale-Slaying Tyrant Fist!"
A punch threw out, and the electromagnetic shield in front of the Herrscher of Thunder was instantly shattered by Aaron with the most direct power.
Th-This is impossible?!
Even though she was somewhat mentally prepared, the Herrscher of Thunder hadn't expected the electromagnetic barrier reinforced by Magnetic Field Rotation to be smashed in one hit by the opponent using such a simple and crude method.
Seeing the shattered barrier, the Herrscher of Thunder reacted immediately.
Drawing the cursed katana Teigu was obviously too late. Now—she could only use Magnetic Field Rotation power, stronger than Aaron's, to confront him head-on.
Combining Magnetic Field Rotation with Herrscher Authority, the Herrscher of Thunder slashed a hand-blade at the enemy before her.
But in Aaron's eyes, while the speed of this strike was decent, the openings were simply too large.
The weakest among the strong Aaron had fought... oh, that would be Seryu and Zank.
But even among them, one was a member of the elite Ubiquitous guard, and the other was a Teigu user who could go toe-to-toe with Akame for a short time using foresight.
Technique-wise, the Herrscher of Thunder's strike right now, compared to those two Teigu users Aaron defeated... was a bit lacking.
Plus, this was the batch with the worst technique among those Aaron had fought.
Compared to Lancelot, Artoria, and Diarmuid—the three Servants Aaron fought earlier—the Herrscher of Thunder's technique was basically getting crushed.
Facing the attacks of those three, the previous Aaron might have felt immense pressure.
But now, with the [Perfect Realm], Aaron had become more outstanding in move response.
Meanwhile, comparing the Herrscher of Thunder's combat skills to the heroes Aaron fought earlier...
In her current state, does she really have any combat skills to speak of?
A casually thrown hand-blade; the Magnetic Field Rotation power was indeed tyrannical, but the problem was this move had no variations. Once dodged, it was truly dodged.
Feels like this woman turned off the [Perfect Realm]... Whatever, ignore it.
Although they were in mid-air, it wasn't difficult for Aaron to condense an ice barrier via freezing power as a stepping stone to change his position.
Easily dodging the hand-blade, Aaron clasped his fists together and smashed them down onto the Herrscher of Thunder's shoulder.
With the electromagnetic barrier already shattered, the Herrscher of Thunder, unable to condense a barrier in time, could only rely on Magnetic Field Rotation slightly stronger than Aaron's to forcibly tank the hit.
Aaron's strike didn't use the Whale-Slaying Tyrant Fist, but simply relying on [Ittou Shura] combined with Magnetic Field Rotation + Honkai Beast constitution strength bonus was enough to achieve his strategic goal.
Fighting the enemy in the air was still too troublesome.
Only by standing on the earth could Aaron, who couldn't fly, display his strength more perfectly.
Accompanying the power of the strike, the Herrscher of Thunder was blasted directly by Aaron from the air into the concrete ground below.
Not giving the Herrscher of Thunder a chance to take flight again, Aaron immediately manipulated his power to charge downwards after blasting the enemy down.
"You guy... actually dare to...!"
Blasted into the ground, the Herrscher of Thunder, now humiliated and furious, used Herrscher Authority combined with Magnetic Field Rotation to blast the ground with full force.
As lightning created by Herrscher Authority began to scatter, the ground around the Herrscher of Thunder was instantly decomposed by her strike.
Simultaneously, Aaron, falling from the sky, felt his movements restricted to a certain extent.
Relying on the properties of the electromagnetic field combined with Magnetic Field Rotation, the Herrscher of Thunder unknowingly used an ability similar to Magnetic Field Celestial Lock to bind the opponent.
And Aaron, bound by the opponent, could even feel that the Herrscher of Thunder's power to decompose chemical bonds was beginning to take effect on his body.
"Hah, so troublesome. But at this stage, there's no need to hold anything back."
Looking at the Herrscher of Thunder before him, angry yet radiating fear, Aaron tilted his head and began to drive the power within him.
"Asking you to obediently get out of Mei's body... seems unlikely."
"Forget it, I'll just beat you. You should behave once knocked out. As for how much pain Mei will feel when she wakes up, that's not something I should worry about right now."
"What nonsense are you talking about, human? Don't forget, I can still use Spirit Commands... You bastard!"
The Herrscher of Thunder, who originally planned to use [Guts] to recover injuries and [Valor] for a final burst, saw the skill in the shared skill slot and bristled instantly.
From the start of her engagement with Aaron until now, she hadn't used Spirit Commands.
And precisely because of this, she discovered—Aaron had swapped the [Spirit Commands] shared skill for [Basic Weapon Usage Technique] without her knowing.
This kind of skill... what the hell is the use of this skill at a time like this!
"Oh, by the way. When Mei came to me last night to change skills, I roughly guessed she had this idea. She probably feared you'd use [War Fog] to escape the battlefield, so she had me swap the skill for Spirit Commands yesterday."
"And simultaneously, if I sensed something wrong today, I could find a chance to swap Spirit Commands for a useless skill. She, whom you view as useless, had actually started acting for your defeat long ago."
"That crybaby... actually... Guh!"
Distracted by Aaron's words, the Herrscher of Thunder took a knee strike directly to the stomach from Aaron, feeling as if her internal organs were about to fly out.
Aaron's body had indeed been hit by her attack, and the current Aaron was verifiably starting to decompose.
But the problem was, before Aaron's body completely decomposed, the Herrscher of Thunder felt she would absolutely be beaten into a coma by the opponent's attacks.
This guy... my judgment before was correct.
This guy is a complete lunatic.
Can't win.
I can't win against this kind of lunatic... and I have no need to risk my life against him!
In an instant, the Herrscher of Thunder took out the Teigu [Dimensional Formation: Shambhala] that Aaron had given to Raiden Mei and prepared to pour mental energy into it.
But the moment she took this action, Aaron had already punched her right wrist, knocking the Teigu directly out of the Herrscher of Thunder's hand.
"I was guarding against you using this Teigu to run away. Why do you think I went to such lengths to fight you at zero distance—it was to give you no chance to use this Teigu."
Tossing the Teigu back into his storage space, Aaron grabbed the Herrscher of Thunder by the neck, just like several days ago, and lifted her off the ground.
"You... maggot..."
"Then, what does that make you, defeated by a maggot?"
Aaron's muscles were still dissipating, but in the Herrscher of Thunder's eyes, Aaron's dissolving body combined with his incomparably ruthless expression and radiating murderous aura made the dissolving effect seem to turn the berserker before her even more fiendish.
Clearly, my power should be... stronger than his...
Why... did things turn out like this...
The moment her consciousness faded completely away, the Herrscher of Thunder still couldn't accept the fact that she was easily beaten by the opponent.
But regrettably, no matter what she thought deep down...
—It couldn't change the other ending that appeared after both sides gained new power simultaneously.
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