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The moment she sensed the response from that conflicted soul, Shiro Emiya sent out a plea for help.
"Meliuchina, wake up! This is Emiya. London needs your support."
Chapter 247 The Great Red Dragon
"Meliuchina, wake up, it's Emiya."
There's a ghost! Mei is here, Mei is empty, Lin is here, is she...?
Melyuchina, far away in the Welsh war zone, was startled by the sudden sound beside her and jumped off her horse. Guinevere, who had come to the front lines with her, noticed the commotion and immediately turned her attention to the petite fairy knight.
Feeling embarrassed by being stared at like that, Mei Liuqina's face showed a hint of shame and indignation, but she quickly came to her senses.
Emiya? Is that Emiya Haku's voice?
Recalling the court magician who was a disciple of Quinn and a favorite of Europa II, Melyuchina finally realized that the other party was contacting her, and her brows furrowed slightly.
London needs support? Didn't I already say I would never help them fight Europa II? That was something we agreed on back then, so why are they calling on me again now?
Just as she was about to refuse, the words of Emiya Shiro that came from beside her ear made her face change drastically. She gripped the reins even tighter, and the veins on the back of her hands bulged. The words, such as the Sixth Beast causing a mob coup, the Purifier Knights being corrupted and joining the coup, and Bavanshi being on his way back to London and possibly being tempted, stirred up Meryuchina's already conflicted heart.
Looking at the little dragon's face, which made no attempt to hide her thoughts, Guinevere knew that Meiliuqina must have received some bad news. And there were very few people in the world who could make contact with her out of thin air. In an instant, she guessed who Meiliuqina was talking to and realized that something was probably wrong in London.
"London?"
Meiliuqina was startled by the question. She looked at Guinevere and nodded with a conflicted expression.
“Then you should go. I’ll take care of things here.” Guinevere spoke up, interrupting Melyuchina’s inner turmoil. “Don’t cling to your pride, Melyuchina. The people in London who are looking for you must have encountered a problem they can’t handle. They are trying to save that child, Europa, and you are doing the same thing. Don’t let yourself cause you to miss the opportunity to save that child, or you will regret it for the rest of your life.”
The tone of that experienced voice dispelled Mei Liuqina's inner turmoil.
Fairies are not complicated creatures. They will express their feelings directly to those they like, and they will never see those they dislike. Meiliuqina is one of the simple-minded fairies. Although she is particularly conflicted and awkward when faced with a dilemma, she can act faster than anyone else when she is enlightened.
Now, she has come to her senses.
She agreed to assist Quinn because deep down she also longed for Europa II to return to the form she loved most. However, due to the human moral education she had received over the years, she knew very well that from a human perspective, her actions constituted betrayal. But... she wasn't human, so why should she be bound by human thinking and morality?
I am a fairy, a descendant of dragons who should be flying freely in the sky, why should I be bound by worldly morality?
Whether accused of betrayal or becoming enemies with colleagues, all costs would be worthwhile if it could save Europa II.
"Guinevere, thank you, you are a good woman."
Melyuchina spoke from the bottom of her heart, but only drew laughter from the Queen of Ireland.
“I would prefer someone else to say this, Melyuchina. You are just a child. Don’t demand too much of yourself. Don’t take responsibility too seriously. The plan to betray Europa II and the plan to destroy Britain were all devised by that man. In the end, he, not you, will bear all the blame.”
"...Is this why His Majesty is so attached to him?"
"That's why we can't forget him, you know, the early days of Britain?"
Mei Liuqina shook her head blankly.
"Then let's go to London. Once we get there, you should be able to see it."
Upon hearing this, Melyuchina didn't ask any more questions. Time was of the essence, so it wasn't convenient to waste time talking. She was the strongest dragon, the strongest reinforcement in all of Britain that could arrive in London at the fastest speed to save the day. As long as she arrived, all problems could be solved. At that time, she would have time to consider the meaning behind Guinevere's words.
Then, the dragon that the fairy had transformed into took flight and disappeared into the sky as a streak of light.
The landscape of this small island receded beneath the dragon's body. At this moment, Meryuchina seemed to transform into a ray of light, shedding all shackles. The freely flying dragon traversed the entire Wales and spanned most of England in an instant. When the capital of this vast empire was reflected in the eyes of the fairy knight, the dragon, which even the wind could not keep up with, stopped flying and hovered high in the sky.
This is……
London?
Mei Liuqina's eyes widened.
Flames engulfed the once prosperous city, charring its pure white walls. Chaotic crowds fought and looted in the streets, the cries of children and women mingling with the frenzied shouts and roars of the rioters. The emperor's statue, standing in the main square, was bathed in flames like a sacrifice bound to the stake. Countless people were killed or wounded, and the blood flowing in the streets formed rivers.
Everything is burning.
"Is this what Britain looked like in its earliest days?"
Melyuchina stared blankly at everything, and after that brief moment of stunned silence, she sensed the malice permeating the city of London.
As a fairy of nature and a descendant of dragons, her perception of malice far surpasses that of ordinary people. With the advantage of her high altitude, Melyuchina carefully surveyed the entire city of London. Suddenly, she saw that the flames burning in the city seemed to have gathered into a twisted shape, a sight that only dragons soaring high in the sky could perceive.
A great dragon with six necks and six heads is clinging to the buildings of London in the form of flames, greedily absorbing the nutrients of this great imperial capital and corrupting the sanity of the creatures in the city.
With just one glance, Meliuchina knew she had come to the right place. Neither Quinn nor Emiya Haku had lied.
The legendary beast is indeed lurking deep within this great empire, attempting to use it to revive itself in the world. And now, the great red dragon from the Bible, the hypocritical great harlot, the evil beast known as the Sixth Beast, is about to take shape. It has already grown six heads, and on those six heads, Meryuchina vaguely saw words.
Morgan, Artoria, Gawain, Agravan, Gareth, Gahoris… Over the course of a thousand years, the names of those who were estranged from Europa II and should have been his family and pillars of support were names that Europa II deliberately abandoned in order to dictate the country. The kinship she sacrificed to continue Britannia became the food that fueled the growth of this beast.
Now, the beast's last head has grown more than halfway, and the raging fire that has engulfed the entire city has only one last area yet to be touched.
London Palace, the central palace built by Quinn.
At this moment, she seemed to finally understand why Europa II was so obsessed with Quinn. Because that man was Europa II's last spiritual sanctuary, the last piece of the puzzle that the Sixth Beast could never reach and therefore desperately wanted to obtain. As long as Quinn was obtained, the Sixth Beast would be fully revealed to the world.
Having learned all this, Meliuchina finally understood what she had to do.
The dragon, soaring high in the sky, charged into the burning sea of fire, into the flames born of malice.
The next moment, the nearly endless true ether accumulated within Melyuchina's body transformed into a torrential downpour, showering down on the burning city of London and the raging flames.
She wanted to stop the Sixth Beast from drawing power and offer her own small contribution to those in the palace who were battling the beast.
At the same moment that this magical rain fell.
Inside the audience hall.
The liberated true world has also pierced the emperor's chest, and it seems that all this farce has come to an end.
If Europa II were to fall from grace...
The true world pierced through the beast's chest, but the victory you anticipated did not arrive. A powerful tremor swept through the entire city of London, and a colossal tree formed from spiraling light rose from the ground.
The Holy Lance, the Anchor of Stars, is trembling.
Chapter 248 I Surpassed You
With Artoria and Mordred holding him back, Europa II had no chance to unleash the power of the Holy Sword. Coupled with Morgan's occasional magical attacks, the emperor, unable to fight against so many opponents, quickly revealed a weakness, giving Quinn the opportunity to plunge the liberated True World into his chest.
In a battle of this caliber, even a momentary opening can lead to defeat. Quinn lived up to expectations and seized the opportunity, piercing through Europa II's chest. The magic compressed within the blade was instantly poured into Europa II's body, and the True World was directly liberated from the emperor's shell.
This was a destructive force that even the clones of the Star Guardians could not withstand. It was an attack launched from the inside out. With such an attack hitting him, Quinn felt that victory was already in his grasp.
However, the sudden pop-up message from the simulator, which filled Quinn's entire field of vision, made Quinn feel uneasy. The strong tremor coming from his feet made him even more anxious.
"Gu..."
Crimson blood slowly oozed from Europa II's lips, and the emperor's armor fell away completely, revealing cracks in his fair skin like porcelain. Moonlight seeped out from these cracks, as if Europa II would be torn apart by the massive amount of energy suddenly poured into his body at any moment. These omens of victory were clearly being fed back to Quinn.
I have already struck the enemy; the power of the true world will tear apart the master of this world.
However, Europa II was not destroyed.
She trembled as she raised her left hand, touched the blade of the true world, and then forcefully gripped the demonic sword. In the next instant, a leaf fell from the towering tree of light that had sprung up into the clouds, landing on Europa II's head. His cracked body was instantly restored to its original state.
Large-scale land subsidence occurs in Belgium.
A chill ran through Quinn's heart. As if he had seen something filthy, he immediately released the True World and kicked his daughter in the stomach. The force of the kick sent Europa II flying. At the same time, the True World, which had been trapped inside Europa II's body, dissipated into countless starlight and re-converged in Quinn's hand.
"What did you do?" Quinn, who had regained his grip on the real world, swallowed hard, still feeling a sense of lingering fear.
The power of the true world has undoubtedly entered Europa II's body. Logically speaking, Europa II should be torn apart by this demonic sword at this moment, just like Sefalu's clone. However, the "sinking" message in the simulator pop-up window, as well as Europa II's restored body, seem to be mocking Quinn and ridiculing the true world, questioning the value of this super weapon officially designed by Type-Moon that can be used to clean up the earth and reshape the ecosystem.
Fortunately, just as Europa II got up from the ground, he spat out a mouthful of blood that shone with the flawless moonlight and his internal organs, and his body, which had just recovered, began to crack again.
"The empire is a product of the emperor's hands, isn't that what you once said?" Europa II swayed as she stood up again on the ground. A leaf fell from the Tree of Light once more, restoring her body to its original state. "I have merely brought those words to life, Father."
Large-scale land subsidence occurs in Belgium.
Damage transfer?!
Europa II's words, along with the pop-up window that appeared in his eyes, made Quinn realize the reason for the unreasonable situation that was happening to the other party.
The True World did not have no effect on Europa II; on the contrary, even at this moment, the liberation of the True World was still destroying Europa II's body. However, Europa II transferred the damage she suffered to another being, allowing another being to bear the blows of the True World for her. This being was the Imperial Ley Lines connected to her.
"You...know the power of the sword in my hand?" Quinn took a deep breath to calm himself down.
"of course."
Europa II did not hide anything, “We are connected by blood, Father. I dreamed about some things in my sleep. The image of the serpent goddess and the tall giant still lingers in my mind, as does the sword in your hand that does not belong to this earth.”
In the short time it took to speak, Europa II's body went through cycles of collapse and repair, and the towering Tree of Light kept shedding its leaves. At the same time, throughout Europe, large-scale land subsidence occurred one after another in the land within the territory of the Britannian Empire. The land sank, the sea level rose, and more and more land fell into the abyss of the ocean.
"No living being in this world can withstand the attack of that sword, except for the world itself, right?"
Quinn remained silent.
Morgan's eyes widened in disbelief. She had never imagined that her daughter had reached such a level in the field of magic; it was a miracle that even she herself could not achieve.
No wonder Odin of Norse mythology, as the chief god of the pantheon, possesses supreme authority, yet he has never dared to confront Europa II's majesty. Originally, he thought his daughter was at most at the level of a spirit origin, but with the support of the empire's territory, she became incredibly powerful. He never imagined that she would simply bind herself to the entire empire and become one with it.
The strength of an empire determines the power of its emperor, and all harm suffered by the emperor is borne by the empire.
"I am the Empire" was no longer a metaphor or description for Europa II, but the most direct statement.
Europa II smiled at her parents' behavior; the excruciating pain of her body being torn apart could not mask her excitement.
“Father, do you know? I witnessed everything you did twice. I know all your secrets and the core reason for your failure: death. No matter how strong or wise you are, there is an insurmountable obstacle: you cannot escape death.” Europa II raised the holy sword, blood splattering from the mangled body, but her aura grew ever more astonishing, and her tone became increasingly agitated.
“But I can! Yes, I have already tied everything I have to this country and this world. I have transcended death, I have transcended you! Only then will I be the victor in this battle!”
Starlight began to converge on the Star-Forged Holy Sword, but this time, she did not attempt to unleash the sword's power for a wide-range attack.
With Artoria and Mordred still on the field, Europa II was unable to unleash the full power of Excalibur through charging. Therefore, she chose another way to use the Holy Sword.
The magic compressed into the holy sword was exactly the same as the form of liberation of the true world just now.
Having taken a direct hit from Quinn, Europa II, through firsthand experience, deduced and learned the technique of compressing energy into the sword, channeling it into the enemy, and then unleashing it. She intended to retaliate with the same move, as if deliberately proving herself far stronger and superior to Quinn. (The remaining text appears to be unrelated and possibly machine-generated gibberish.)
However, when Europa II moved, the sword light flashing in mid-air was not aimed at Quinn.
Even with her body constantly breaking down and being repaired, she still rushed headlong into the weakest person on the field.
Mordred.
Chapter 249 Anchoring (Double Update)