The wind stung his face.
Falling straight down from thousands of meters high, the sensation of weightlessness without any safety measures swept through his entire body.
If it were an untrained ordinary person, it would be possible to die from fright at this moment.
But Takumi, possessing Romulus's power, felt no fear in his heart.
Perhaps this is the confidence power gives?
Takumi genuinely didn't believe that he, possessing this power, would die just from falling from thousands of meters high.
Just as the torrent of light from [Photon Ray] was right before his eyes.
It had already illuminated Takumi's face in colorful hues.
Takumi always had a kind of ruthlessness and recklessness, which was why he unleashed his Noble Phantasm in such an unconventional way, launching an attack with unrivaled super-mass in one go.
Like Altera, Takumi wouldn't retreat, wouldn't use circuitous methods.
...Besides, once it had fallen less than halfway, Takumi could no longer control whether to stop this attack or not; at most, he could only adjust the falling direction slightly. So—
Victory or defeat lies in this one move!
"Command Spell!"
'Unleash the power of this Noble Phantasm without reservation!'
The command in his heart was issued, and the last Command Spell turned into a red light, enhancing the giant tree beneath Takumi's feet.
Adding explosive power to this attack that already seemed like the sky collapsing.
Like a stream of water parted by a long blade.
The light stream of [Photon Ray] couldn't stop the fall of the tree reaching the sky at all; it merely blasted away its outermost layer of "bark," then flowed away to both sides along the trunk.
From the beginning, Altera shouldn't have taken this attack head-on. An absolute mass weapon, plus the kinetic energy from falling from a height...
How many Noble Phantasms in this world were stronger than this attack?
Altera stood in place.
Her emotionless pupils reflected the tree reaching the sky bathed in the rainbow torrent of light. It looked so magnificent.
BOOM!!!
Mountains collapsed and the earth cracked; the world turned upside down.
On the other side, the soldiers who were still fighting fiercely, upon discovering this battle of gods, suddenly felt their fighting was meaningless. So they coincidentally dropped their weapons and found a safe place to watch the show.
Watching the tree reaching the sky fall, their hearts were all in their throats. They stared unblinkingly ahead, every single one of them unconsciously swallowing their saliva.
From kilometers away, they prepared themselves for the impact.
First came a tremor that shook both their bodies and hearts.
Then came a deafening, prolonged loud noise.
Immediately after, before they could recover, a wave of air carrying countless dust and stones swept along the ground.
A small number of people were even blown back two steps by the "raging wind and giant wave."
After the dust passed everyone.
"To be able to see this scene, this life was worth it!!"
A soldier suddenly clenched his fist with a face full of fanaticism.
The soldiers next to him looked at him like he was crazy, but after thinking carefully, they realized this seemed... to really be a scene one could only see once in a lifetime?!
"This is exactly what I wanted to see, gah!!"
So the soldiers who convinced themselves fell into a carnival.
---
The location where the giant tree fell.
Crack——
This was a shattering sound only Takumi could hear.
It signified that the Spirit Origin in his body had thoroughly shattered under his unrestrained usage.
After all, Takumi thoroughly enjoyed himself this time. As if releasing all the grievances he suffered in previous fights at once, he just outputted damage recklessly.
Resulting in Romulus's Spirit Origin shattering after just one activation of the Noble Phantasm.
Uh, part of the reason was also that Romulus acted the full set, having indeed taken the Noble Phantasms of him and Nero head-on, so the Spirit Origin itself was damaged.
But none of this mattered anymore.
The golden Holy Grail floating in the air in front of him proved that one Noble Phantasm strike was enough.
Watching the Spear of Nation Building in his hand disappear into particles of light.
Takumi sighed with some lingering desire.
What powerful strength! He could actually only use it once!
Just had a taste and it's gone!
"Performer~!"
A familiar charming shout came from the distance. Takumi turned his head to look.
Wasn't that red figure running towards him Nero?
Takumi breathed a sigh of relief and waved at Nero with a smile.
"Performer!"
But he saw Nero throwing herself into Takumi's arms without stopping, causing Takumi a burst of surprise.
His hands stopped awkwardly in mid-air, not knowing where to put them.
"...Your Majesty?"
Feeling Nero's tight embrace, especially the squeezing of two soft slimes, Takumi inevitably had a slightly strange reaction.
But then Takumi felt the girl's trembling body, and a warmth also transmitted from his chest.
Realizing what happened, Takumi then focused his gaze on the girl in his arms.
He found that Nero's clothes were actually similar to his own, tattered everywhere.
Her smooth golden hair was scattered like that night, but mixed with various dust, twigs, and leaves.
Takumi's gaze instantly softened, and that bit of thought was immediately suppressed.
"I didn't expect my status in Your Majesty's heart to be so high?"
Takumi gently hugged Nero with his hands, saying jokingly.
Although he liked Nero very much, that was because he had played the game and watched the anime, so his natural favorability was high.
But in reality, he had been in this Singularity for less than a week...
Even grinding favorability in games isn't this fast, right?
"Of course! You are my only personal bodyguard! My most beloved subject!"
Nero raised her head, staring with slightly red eyes, and said without hesitation.
Then she buried her head back into Takumi's arms, rubbing against him coquettishly.
Takumi's body stiffened.
Satisfied in his heart, because being hugged by the girl he liked was indeed very happy.
But also awkward in his heart, because Boudica was looking at them with a beaming smile...
Boudica, who had walked over at some point, sized Takumi up.
'The wounds on his face are eye-catching... but this is the proof of hard work, right?'
Boudica, who didn't dislike hardworking people, had a very high initial impression score for Takumi, especially the wounds all over his body, proving that he played a decisive role in the battle just now.
"You must be that Master, right? Just now, after seeing you, Nero was so happy she even forgot to dodge attacks."
Having finished sizing him up, Boudica looked at Nero teasingly, with a face full of "shipping" smile.
Such a Nero was something she had never seen before!
"Look, she was in such a hurry to see you that she even forgot to bring your Noble Phantasm. I brought it over for you."
Boudica handed the flag to Takumi, not forgetting to expose Nero.
Causing Nero to raise her head abruptly, glaring at her angrily.
"Thank you, Boudica. Thanks to your help at the end."
Breaking free from Nero's embrace, Takumi hurriedly took the flag, thanking her sincerely at the same time.
To be honest, the intensity of this battle somewhat exceeded Takumi's imagination. If everyone hadn't arrived one after another and been so reliable, it would be hard to say if he could stand here now.
"Eh? I shouldn't have met you, right? Do you even know my identity?"
Boudica looked Takumi up and down, a little puzzled.
"About this, I can only say I know what you guys look like, but I can't say I know you personally."
Takumi smiled awkwardly.
Regarding this clichéd question, Takumi didn't know where to start, so he could only explain briefly.
"By the way, Performer, where were you knocked to by Altera before? I looked several times but didn't see a trace of you."
Nero said, glancing twice at the dissipating giant tree beside them.
And rejoining the battlefield in such a familiar way...
"Let's talk while walking. I still have something I haven't picked up."
Takumi turned around and took the Holy Grail floating in the air into his hand.
Boudica and Nero had no objections; they also wanted to know what happened.
The sun had hung in the west at some point, just like in the First Singularity, casting dim yellow light on the earth.
But unlike before, this time Takumi still had time to chat more with others.
"Where should I start? Actually, there's nothing interesting. It's just that my luck was good this time and I didn't die on the spot due to an accident..."
...
"Oh! So it was indeed Lord Divine Ancestor who saved you. I said this Noble Phantasm looked familiar!"
"Yeah, thanks to him; otherwise, I would still be buried in the ruins."
"And looking at the Noble Phantasm I just released, you can tell the Divine Ancestor went easy on us quite a bit when fighting us."
"Umu, even though I went all out, I couldn't even make the Divine Ancestor get a little serious..."
"Truly unwilling!"
"—But being taken care of by Lord Divine Ancestor makes me a little happy..."
"Haha, I actually think the Divine Ancestor was quite satisfied with your performance. After all, you made him log off reasonably to go hide."