Chapter 108. Japan is Destroyed.
["Roar!!!"]
[A roar echoed up to the blue sky, shaking the eardrums; the giant, as tall as a building, turned into a fierce murderous aura, like a sharp blade slicing the sea in half, crossing hundreds of kilometers, swinging down an axe!]
[Black Saber did not look back; she spun around and unleashed a mana burst, black light howling, as if the heavens and earth were being swallowed!]
[Boom boom boom!!]
[The two turned into two beams of light, clashing on the surface of the sea!]
[The sea roared, thunder cracked, like a mythical symphony!]
[Just a simple collision was enough to create waves several kilometers high!]
[In that moment, the sky was no longer magnificent, and heroes were no longer free!]
[Like a sonata of heaven and earth.]
[One black, one red, two bolts of lightning continuously collided at extreme speed, producing violent sounds.]
[After plunging into the deep sea, compared to the vast endless ocean, even a Servant could only stir up ripples.]
[The wreckage of countless warships floating on the sea became the battlefield for the two. On the satellite surveillance screen, they were just two small black dots, colliding like particles in a particle accelerator amidst the vast sea.]
But… on the Celestial Curtain.
[Indonesia.]
[Countless people crowded along the coast, staring at the tsunami as high as a dozen-story building, bewildered and despairing, with only one scream echoing through the catastrophe——]
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Not only that.
Even the category 6 storm that was originally supposed to divert toward India was knocked away by a single slash from Saber, stabbing straight into Yokohama Bay… spinning like a top, from category 6 turning into category 12, directly transforming into a super typhoon!
(Note: I'm not an expert or anything but how the hell did it spread over to India?????)
Even those who had witnessed countless real-world disasters couldn't help but twitch at the corners of their mouths.
Too tragic, truly too tragic…
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[Directly triggering a tsunami, submerging cities, sweeping away countless vehicles and houses.]
[Countless coastal villages nearby, fishermen on the road nearly went insane, screaming "run!" — the next second, they were lifted off the ground, hurled into the sky, then crushed by the storm.]
[Immediately after, the storm swept along the tsunami, rocks, steel beams, human bodies — the furious waves ravaged four cities!]
[Even a vast stretch of coastline was destroyed; those who tried to flee in panic were instantly vaporized, not even bone dust remained, only scattered atoms drifting between heaven and earth.]
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Many people in the real world felt sorrow and pity. But they were also relieved that this was happening in a parallel world, hoping their own world would never meet such an end.
...
[Even more terrifying was the area near Izu, where even within the city one could see, across the horizon, a storm like a giant sword piercing the sky, moving southward at high speed.]
[From time to time, black-purple light flickered within the storm, with bursts of sword energy escaping, directly splitting the ocean apart like Moses parting the sea!]
[The majestic, powerful battle scene, with surging waves, seemed like the most brutal death match.]
[And yet, it was as if the two were sketching out, stroke by stroke, an epic chapter.]
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"The strongest fleet of humanity was just wiped out like that…"
Tokyo, the Demon King dressed as a girl sneaking across in this world by the Black Rift, Kibutsuji Muzan trembled in fear, curling up in a corner, letting out desperate sobs.
He had thought that Tsugikuni Yoriichi was already monstrous enough.
Yet, it turned out, there were even more freakish monsters in the world?
It was too dangerous.
Even though those monsters weren't in this world, it was only a matter of time before they descended.
Just how on earth could he return here!
And yet…
Amid his fear, a trace of greed for immortality and power inevitably rose in his heart. Taking a deep breath, he cautiously glanced at the giant sword stabbed straight into the center of Tokyo, towering up to the clouds.
Sword in the Stone… The Caliburn.
Whosoe'er pulleth out this sword of this stone is rightwise king born of England.
She, Artoria, could do it — why couldn't he?
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"So tragic…"
At the ski resort, Tani Hijiri, who held dual nationality, showed a shocked expression, while also sighing in mourning, watching as Black Saber and Berserker clashed across the ten-thousand-mile-long sea, slaughtering each other, shaking the ocean for thousands of miles.
Remembering the painful, grueling training she endured as a child, the old scars from her childhood stabbed deep into her heart once again.
But, in the end, she had only been training.
Those two ancient heroes, on the other hand, were fighting to the death, gambling their lives.
Luckily, the nationalities of the two heroes — one was Ancient Greece, the other Britain.
She didn't need to feel torn, like when looking at some lake, wondering which side she should cry for.
(Note: I don't know who this is; I searched the Chinese name but couldn't find anything.)
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["BOOM BOOM BOOM...!!"]
[The clouds exploded with sounds stretching for several kilometers, a pillar of light pierced the sky and struck the earth, an immense pressure splitting the sea currents, blasting the charred, burly giant far into the upper clouds, who didn't fall back to the ground for an unknown amount of time.]
[The great hero from Greek mythology was once again extinguished.]
[He had lost another life in the 『Twelve Labors』.]
[Was this the third time…]
[Or the fourth?]
[It no longer mattered.]
[As if even the ocean itself was trembling, where Black Saber stood, the seawater receded, the currents halted, she walked step by step on the ocean floor, Black Saber's gaze calm like that of a god, making it hard to believe she was once the holy king.]
[In Izu, the locals still had no idea what was happening, and quite a few people were even curiously gathering to watch.]
[And then…]
[Black Saber, step by step, emerged from the ocean.]
[The seawater began to boil, as if some monster or ferocious beast was surfacing from the depths.]
[The Japanese still along the coast began to panic.]
[What the hell?!]
[We only came to watch the excitement, don't bring out Godzilla on us!]
[BOOM!]
[The sea surged and roared.]
[In an instant, a destructive purple-red light erupted, hundreds of millions of tons of seawater evaporated!]
[King Arthur of England's legend, stepped forth from the dried-up riverbed.]
[Step by step, waves of surging mana flames burned, melting the surrounding sand and rock, creating streams of blazing lava within hundreds of meters!]
[Then that pitch-black figure compressed the air, and with a burst of sound, instantly disappeared, leaving behind only a trail of molten lava.]
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Many people were dumbfounded, sucking in a cold breath.
"That direction?!"
"She's about to land!"
"Let me check the city's path…"
"Nagoya?!"
"If they really fight there, Japan is basically half-destroyed."
"Tch! Looks like it's not just the people of Fuyuki living in boiling water and fire, pretty much all of Japan is now."
Very quickly.
The viewpoint shifted to Japan's National Diet, where a large screen was playing behind.
What was once a bustling, noisy grand hall was now solemn and mournful, the upper echelons all tearful, a dense, heavy gloom filling the room.
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["Tokyo... is gone!!!"]
["...The preliminary estimate of casualties has exceeded eleven million, economic losses..."]
[The bespectacled secretary choked for a moment, then continued trembling: "We temporarily can't measure it, but we can confirm it exceeds 26 trillion USD."]
[All the parliament members immediately twisted their faces.]
[A few million commoners dead was no big deal, but 26 trillion…]
[Some wore fierce expressions — not out of anger, but because they really couldn't hold back their smiles — marvelous, truly marvelous; nearly all the parliament members in the Diet had been wiped out, just how many vacancies did that leave?!]
[When the time came, they'd surely have to rebuild Tokyo — how much fat could they skim off the top then!]
[There were also those who were genuinely grief-stricken.]
[Their trembling bodies were entirely due to heartfelt emotion, mourning endlessly in their hearts for the people.]
["Everyone, please remain calm. Tokyo may be the lifeblood of our country."]
[The prime minister, trembling, lit a cigarette, struggling to hold back his grief, and said: "But don't we still have Nagoya and Kyoto?"]
["At worst, we break in two — there's no need to despair. Let's await the day of rebirth from within the red flames."]
["Prime Minister."]
[Suddenly, a mustached man stepped forward, his gaze a bit hesitant.]
["What is it?"]
["Nagoya is gone."]
["What?!"]
[The prime minister's bloodshot eyes widened, he grabbed the man's shoulders and shook him hard.]
[The next second, he collapsed, unconscious.]
[The entire Diet immediately plunged into panic, chaos, frenzy, and sorrow…]
[Tokyo was one thing — after all, they had always looked down on them with half an eye — but Nagoya… goddamn it, weren't they headed this way next?!]
[Very quickly, without even needing a doctor, he regained consciousness, his eyes filled with anxious worry as he looked around at everyone in the chamber.]
["What now?"]
["They've reached Kyoto."]
[PFFT——]
[The prime minister, unable to believe it, immediately spat out a mouthful of blood and passed out on the spot.]
[Emergency resuscitation, transferred to ICU.]
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"Uhuhu, no, please!!"
In the real world, the rarely seen Higashi Yukihasu was also sobbing in grief, hugging her cheeks with both hands, tears brimming in her eyes.
Sobbing, trembling, as if in lament.
She had long since considered herself part of Japan.
Now, seeing the parallel world's Japan ravaged to this extent,
She felt as if her heart was being torn apart.
After a while, she picked up the phone and called her best friend, Ace Taffy.
Wanting to vent the pain of being trampled on.
(Note: V-Tuber.)
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[After landing at Izu, Black Saber and Heracles had fought all the way to Kobe.]
[Then they dragged each other to Nagoya.]
[By this point, it had become a global broadcast, proclaiming the descent of myth into reality; nations competed madly to cover the news, and even helicopters pushed to their limits couldn't keep up with the two combatants.]
[If even helicopters couldn't keep up, then of course the ordinary civilians in Nagoya couldn't either — they hadn't even fled the battlefield before the two Servants descended.]
[The Eastern Ward was completely flattened by the fourth minute, and the central district was officially wiped out by the tenth minute.]
[By the time the two Servants were satisfied and left, Nagoya had become a relic of history!]
[Bad news: Nagoya is no more.]
[Good news: There are still ten million displaced citizens who've lost everything and need aid.]
[The flames of war reached even Kyoto, leaving behind only a burned-out city and the wails of mourning amid the rubble.]
[Tokyo, Kyoto, Nagoya — arguably the three most critical economic centers of all Japan — once destroyed, the country was basically half-erased.]
[Add in the battles at Fukushima, Fuyuki, and the Tokyo economic belt…]
[The entire framework of Japanese civilization had been dismantled.]
[At present, the industrial system was entirely destroyed, the economy had collapsed, and 70% of the elite population was wiped out.]
[And at this point, only forty minutes had passed since the battle began.]
[If they wished, a supersonic journey around the globe, aiming to annihilate civilization — global destruction in seven days!!!]
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It was too tragic!
The whole world trembled before such godlike power.
Nothing made it clearer than the destruction of a modern superpower right before their eyes.
Watching the survivors wander with dead-eyed stares through the ruins on the screen, everyone in the real world felt their hair stand on end.
If something like this happened in reality…
They would have to worship the Masters like gods.
If the Masters ever bore grudges and started conducting insane experiments that led their Servants to destroy the world… no one even wanted to imagine it.