Lily, who was fighting Martha, heard Shinji Matou's scream. Distracted, she was punched in the abdomen by Martha and sent flying.
Simultaneously, Servant Kiritsugu, who had been waiting for an opportunity nearby, suddenly appeared next to the mid-air Lily and activated his Noble Phantasm.
"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may!"
Accelerated by Time Alter, Servant Kiritsugu turned into countless afterimages and instantly appeared beside Lily, repeatedly thrusting his dagger at her in the air.
In the air, Lily already sensed her end. Relying on her Instinct, she adjusted the position of the Golden Sword in her hand.
As Servant Kiritsugu stopped, Lily began to slowly turn into Spiritrons and dissipate. Meanwhile, Servant Kiritsugu looked in disbelief at the Golden Sword piercing his chest, and then he too began to turn into Spiritrons.
Lying on the ground, Lily used her last ounce of strength to turn her head and look at Shinji, who was blinded and blindly swinging his longsword in the distance.
"Journey of Flowers!"
With Lily's final cry, she completely transformed into Spiritrons and flew to Shinji Matou's side, circling him to give him her final blessing.
With Lily's final blessing, a strange power began to bring a touch of coolness to Shinji Matou's eyes. Shinji Matou opened his blurry eyes and reached out, trying to catch Lily's final Spiritrons, but he could only fruitlessly grasp at the air.
On the other side, Servant Kiritsugu cast a strange look at the expressionless Kiritsugu Emiya before also turning into Spiritrons and completely vanishing from the world.
"Why?"
At the critical moment just now, it was Kiritsugu Emiya who used a command spell to make Servant Kiritsugu pause for a split second, allowing Lily's Golden Sword to pierce Servant Kiritsugu's chest.
Servant Kiritsugu naturally didn't know that from the moment he met Kiritsugu Emiya, the scene of Servant Kiritsugu betraying him during the Fifth War appeared in Kiritsugu Emiya's mind.
Kiritsugu Emiya calmly murmured toward the place where Servant Kiritsugu had vanished.
"There is only one Holy Grail!"
Meanwhile, Rin, who was watching the battle, closed the live broadcast of the battlefield. Then, with a thought, Rin disappeared from the Mysterious Garden.
In the center of the Spiritron World, a mountain towering into the clouds stood tall. At the summit was a magnificent temple shrouded in mist.
Lily and Servant Kiritsugu opened their eyes inside the temple. They immediately saw Rin sitting high on the divine throne in the center of the temple.
"Where is this?"
Facing Lily's question, Rin showed a smile like a little fox that had stolen a chicken.
"Welcome to the Throne of Heroes!"
Following Rin's words, in the almost infinite hall of the temple, a golden chair entwined with pure white flowers and a pitch-black chair flowing with blood appeared.
Then Rin pointed to the newly appeared chairs, gesturing for Lily and Servant Kiritsugu to take their seats.
"I know you have many questions, Lily. Let me give you a brief explanation first! You are a unique individual Servant, aren't you? You must have also realized that this world is artificial. This fake world is a self-sustaining Spiritron World I created! And this place is one of the cores of the Spiritron World—the Throne of Heroes!"
Then Rin stood up, walked down from the throne, and came to Lily's side. She took Lily's hand, transformed into her Ishtar Servant state, and flew out of the temple with Lily.
Coming outside, Rin pointed to the vast Spiritron World and continued to supplement Lily.
"Although I can't get your original bodies from the counter force—and even if I could, it would require their consent—I can use this world to capture unique individuals like you. Once the Holy Grail War you participated in is completed, I can completely stabilize this world. In the future, this place might even develop into a completely real universe!"
Listening to Rin's ambitious speech, Lily turned her head and asked calmly.
"Then why must I stay here?"
"Of course, I will pay you! I think you've already felt the charm of this world over these 50 years. Compared to the Hall of Heroes at the counter force, isn't my place more comfortable? Once everything is complete, as a reward for helping me, I will grant the Servants who join the Throne of Heroes a portion of this world's authority. Then, you can achieve whatever kind of life you want through the system. What do you think?"
"I... I..."
Rin looked at the struggling Lily and understood what she was worried about. It was nothing more than fearing Rin would use her for evil or... "No rush, you can think about it slowly here!"
After saying that, Rin leaned on ishtars bow and vanished into the horizon as a golden light, leaving the conflicted Lily behind.
At this moment, Kiritsugu Emiya, covered in wounds, looked at Shinji Matou, who had been strangled to death by the Beast-form Gudako not far away, and frowned deeply.
"Roar!"
Gudako let out a roar, casually threw Shinji's body into a nearby room, and slowly turned her head to stare at Kiritsugu Emiya with eyes like a wild beast.
It was as if he were being stared at by a natural predator. Just being looked at by Gudako like this, Kiritsugu Emiya unknowingly broke into a cold sweat, and his muscles couldn't help but tremble. In this state, Gudako exuded a pressure that made humans suffocate, while constantly instilling fear into the human heart. She was simply like a natural enemy to humanity.
Watching Gudako slowly walk toward him, Kiritsugu Emiya tried his best to move his trembling legs, but no matter how he tried, he failed.
Martha also stood not far away as if facing a great enemy, watching Gudako warily. Of course, she had no intention of saving Kiritsugu Emiya, who might be killed by Gudako.
Just as Gudako was less than five steps away from Kiritsugu Emiya, she suddenly fell straight to the ground and sank into a deep sleep. As Gudako fell asleep, the suffocating pressure also vanished.
Kiritsugu Emiya's legs gave way, and he sat on the ground in a pathetic state. With trembling hands, he took out a cigarette and lit it. After taking a deep drag and recovering slightly, he asked Martha, who had walked over to pick up Gudako.
"What exactly is she?"
Martha rolled her eyes at Kiritsugu Emiya. Not wanting to deal with him at all, she carried the sleeping Gudako toward the elevator entrance to the next floor.
Kiritsugu Emiya sat on the ground, lost in thought as he took a few more puffs of his cigarette, then climbed up and quickly chased after Martha.
A short while later, Martha sat in the elevator, looking gloomily at Kiritsugu Emiya, who was sitting and chatting with Gudako.
Gudako, who was chatting with Kiritsugu Emiya, keenly noticed Martha's gaze. She stopped her conversation and turned to Martha.
"Martha, don't be so hostile toward Kiritsugu!"
Then Gudako stood up, walked to Martha, and spread her arms.
"Martha, don't you think Kiritsugu's dream is great? It's actually saving the world!"
"But Master, I'm afraid this man just wants to use you!"
"It's fine! Look, Martha, I can't even remember who I am or what my name is, and I have no idea what my wishes are. Since I don't know anything, I might as well help Kiritsugu achieve his dream! That's saving the world!"
As she spoke, Gudako got more excited, and stars began to twinkle in her eyes.
Martha looked at Gudako and felt a headache. She rubbed her temples, stood up, walked out of the elevator hall, and headed toward her room.
"Whatever you say!"
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