Chapter 163: Umbral Star Velber
[After that, Morgan, Mary, and Manaka Sajyou began their respective tasks. Mary used her Clairvoyance to investigate, while Manaka Sajyou searched the interior for the one who should have been inside the Starship—the Titan. Meanwhile, Morgan began crafting a 'Starship' for you.]
[According to Morgan's calculations, the completed 'Starship' would take the form of a throne. Normally, while sitting on the throne, you would be able to directly mobilize even more massive power from the World Tree and receive various buffs. Furthermore, this throne possessed a 'Starship Mode' capable of carrying you beyond the stars.]
Seeing this, Noah could only say that a throne—this was very much in Morgan's style.
Just like the throne Morgan had crafted in the Fairy Kingdom of FGO 2.6.
[Once the throne fully unfolded, it would transform into armor that equipped your entire body. After the armament was complete, this armor would distribute your massive Divinity, allowing every bit of your strength to be utilized, and it possessed extreme resistance against attacks originating from civilization.]
[Morgan temporarily set aside her plans for the Fairy Knights and put all her effort into crafting this Starship Throne for you.]
[As for Manaka Sajyou and Mary, even after a full search, they found no clues regarding the Titan.]
[At this time, you also began to realize that since the Starship had crashed down, the Titan should have come down with it. It was indeed strange that no sign of the Titan could be seen now.]
[After you realized this, you happened to walk toward the place where Attila was being held. You then happened to have the thought of going inside to take a look at Attila, and then you even more coincidentally encountered the scene of Titan Altera—shrouded in a black current with red light flashing in her eyes—coming to find Attila.]
[The moment Altera, shrouded in that black current, saw you, she tried to flee. Sensing her intent, you moved to stop her.]
[At that moment, by an extreme coincidence—as if two consciousnesses were fighting within Altera's body—her movement to escape suddenly stopped.]
[Titan Altera's consciousness briefly regained control, and once again, she let out a voice that only you could understand.]
['Save... save me.']
What a coincidence!
This Conqueror's Haki luck was truly too strong!
[Altera did not regain control for long, but that brief moment was enough for Attila to reach your side.]
[Though she occasionally showed the heart of a young girl, the King of the Huns was essentially emotionally detached. At this moment, however, she displayed a rare sense of fear that belonged to her maidenly side.]
[She told you that this thing wanted to devour her, that it was dangerous, and that it was 'bad civilization.' Then she added a warning for you to be careful.]
[You roughly understood her meaning and then drew the Holy Sword, Excalibur.]
[With your intelligence, it was impossible for you to think deeply about the reasons or meanings behind Altera and Attila's words. Driven by instinct, you drew the Holy Sword and directly released its full power toward the opponent.]
[That Black Mist gave you a sensation of extreme omen.]
[It was like a virus that had infiltrated civilization, something completely alien—a harmful substance that would be rejected by civilization.]
[The brilliance erupting from the fully released Excalibur instantly pierced through Titan Altera, who had not yet consumed much of civilization and was, judging by her size, in a completely weakened state.]
[However, the black current attached to her had already emerged from her body the moment before Altera was pierced.]
[At this moment, the closest thing to it was you. Thus, after leaving Altera, the Black Mist flew directly toward you and burrowed straight into your body.]
[In that instant, you heard a voice coming from the other side.]
['If thou invitest my descent, then give thy response.']
[Having heard these words, you also began to feel that something was wrong. You could clearly feel a force beginning to run rampant inside you, frantically trying to seize your body. And then, you heard a second sentence.]
['My name is Velber. I shall begin the harvest from thee.']
[The moment the black current calling itself Umbral Star Velber spoke its name, you felt for a moment as if you were almost under its control.]
[But at that time, an intense unwillingness caused your consciousness to return directly to the apex of your body.]
[Your terrifying Divine Might erupted from every one of your cells, and even this fellow calling itself Velber was temporarily suppressed by you.]
[You knew you couldn't suppress Velber forever. The time you could suppress it might not even last a hundred years.]
[Therefore, during this period, you used your rare and limited wisdom. First, with Mary's help, you handed over all the responsibilities that should be given to Morgan, and under Mary's arrangement, you helped her stabilize her power. Then, you entrusted Mary to Morgan's dreamscape.]
[Afterward, you said sorry to Artoria. Then, under Morgan's quite stubborn demand—and not knowing how to refuse bringing the Umbral Throne along—you rode the Umbral Throne she had built for you and flew beyond the planet. You found a void in space, fully armed yourself with the Umbral Throne, and triggered the Crown to self-destruct on the spot.]
[Umbral Star Velber was blown to death by you.]
[You died.]
Seeing that he had fallen here this time, Noah frowned.
The first point that puzzled him was the penultimate paragraph—Umbral Star Velber... was blown to death?
Although it might not be right for him to say this, that should be impossible, right?
Noah didn't know exactly what that black current was to Velber, but the main body of the Umbral Star hadn't even appeared. How could Velber die just because the black current was blown apart?
From this, Noah actually developed a hypothesis.
That was, the main body of the Umbral Star Velber might have already been destroyed...
Under such circumstances, the other two Starships might have been fighting Great Qin somewhere, and the situation likely didn't look good. Having lost its main body, Velber directly transmitted its final consciousness to the last and safest Starship, Starship Velber 02.
Furthermore, in order to recover itself, it tried to find a way to use its Vanguard's power to prey upon civilization.
If that were the case, then if the black current was blown up, Velber might truly be dead—the core of the hypothesis was that Velber's main body had an issue, and this was its final vestige.
Killing the remains would count as a complete kill; only then would this segment make sense under normal circumstances.
Otherwise...
—It couldn't possibly be that because he self-destructed, Velber suffered a backlash from his Conqueror's Haki luck, could it?
That would be too ridiculous.
So, for now, he would assume Velber was heavily injured and only a remnant remained.
"Though I arranged everything before leaving at the end, and even left Mary behind, and then died taking the enemy with me... compared to last time, the luck does seem good. You could even say the luck was very good."
After confirming his thoughts, Noah first selected the memory synchronization from the reward options.
After all, he didn't have any leap-forward power increases this time. That 'Label' was fine to look at in the simulation, but essentially, he would never choose it.
Moreover, he needed these memories to investigate things like those so-called underground Magical Beasts.
He also needed them to feel exactly what kind of sensation that Velber gave off.
There was nothing to hesitate about there, but Noah felt conflicted regarding the fact that, starting from the second volume, he could take one item from the simulation in each volume.
That Umbral Throne, crafted with Starship technology and the special material of a meteorite that likely wouldn't have landed under normal circumstances... should he take it or not?