Chapter 200
“…This is the power of veteran idols.”
After the song ended, the atmosphere on the scene, which had become a little quiet due to the two songs in the second game, was ignited again - even if he was just standing in the backstage passage, Fujimaru Ritsuka could feel the crazy atmosphere coming from outside.
"And this is when all the audience outside are colleagues and not their fans - they are really amazing to be able to turn the scene into this with just one song." Fujimaru Ritsuka patted his face and looked back at his companions standing behind him, "Let's go, it's our turn next -"
"Let us tell a story about the Savior."
"Hand in hand"
Victory
Fujimaru Ritsuka led Mashu to the other side of the stage, turned around and faced Kirshtalia with the original A group - just like the Lord of Pan-Human History led his servants, starting from the pure white and vast frozen land, and challenged, flattened, and destroyed the seven news belt worlds led by the seven hidden "Crypters" one by one.
"Let go of your hands"
Defeated
——Go forward boldly, the last defender of mankind, Fujimaru Ritsuka, you are the last hope of this world.
——Light of Chaldea, may you once again become a signpost for travelers.
——Please take us together and move towards the new and brilliant future.
The magicians who belonged to the original Group A looked at the two girls opposite them and smiled gently.
At the same time, the stage lights that originally only shone on the performers on both sides began to light up from the center of the stage and quickly spread out - it was like a new world, illuminating the entire competition venue.
『Hora
あのclockの音にEARを成まして』
And in the end, the seven people who had been standing on both sides of the stage, as if with opposing positions, stood together in the center of the stage with their backs turned to each other, as if they heard again the sound of the parade bell that had once resounded across Britain - and uttered the last line of the lyrics from the depths of their chests.
——As those musicians said, this song is not actually about the journeys that Fujimaru Ritsuka experienced, but the story of Artoria Custer, the savior of the fairy country Britain, shared in their database by the New Chaldea Records.
——But this is still a story about the savior.
——Just as Merlin told the story of the King, they will also tell the story of the Savior.
——From the first savior to the last savior.
——All the stories are in their hands, waiting for the bell to ring to announce the arrival of the savior.
"Semi-final group two, popularity statistics for the third match are complete." Bi Guan He Huan stood in the middle of the three groups of contestants who returned to the stage. "The results will be announced now. The outcome of the third match will affect the final promotion results of the semi-final group two—"
"Three, two, one."
On the big screen behind everyone on the stage, two different colored statistical bars representing the popularity of QUARTET☆NIGHT and AMP48's A Group continued to grow behind their names - although the scene had become quiet, the impact that QUARTET☆NIGHT had previously caused here had obviously not subsided.
——But the first column to stop was the one belonging to QUARTET☆NIGHT.
"You guys are really amazing." Having already qualified for the finals, Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at the statistics column representing Group A on the screen that was still growing. He turned off his headset and explained to his opponents on the stage how he won. "But the semi-finals are a popularity contest - popularity is equivalent to audience voting, and it is a mechanism where you can win as long as you have the advantage in numbers."
"I think you all have come to our Animusphia Office to borrow help, right? What we have the most here is people - but we are different from you. You will move towards the top spontaneously, but we are limited to this one-time, one-night miracle "story"."
"No matter what, there is only this one competition - we will use any means to get to the final stage."
"No, it just means we are not strong enough." After hearing Fujimaru Ritsuka's explanation, Shourenji smiled and shook his head at her, and also turned off the headset and responded to her words, "If we are strong enough, even if everyone wants to vote for their own firm's team at the beginning, we can still grab their attention and turn it to ourselves."
"Besides, this is allowed by the competition system - since you will only appear this once, I hope you can get what you want on the final stage."
"Thank you for your understanding." Kirshtalia touched her chest with one hand, thanking QUARTET☆NIGHT who left the stage last, and then led her teammates to the other side of the stage, waiting for Soleil, the final opponent, to appear. "Are you ready?"
The moment Soleil appeared, the golden torrent of magic power that was previously only visible to Chaldea's magicians through enhanced magic or by activating their optic nerves with magic power appeared before everyone's eyes.
——And the idols were as usual, no one seemed uneasy about the unusual scene before their eyes, and even Bikan Hehuan, who was in charge of hosting the finals, took a step forward and made an action as if he wanted to pick up the newly formed Holy Grail.
"That is our homeland that can heal all wounds and all resentments - show it!"
"Simulated expansion. Hypothetical expansion—"
"The already distant ideal city "Lord Camelot"! "
"The unforgettable fantasy city "Camelot Image"! "
At the moment when the Holy Grail, at the center of the vortex of the magical torrent, transformed from a ball of golden light into a solid object—
The walls of the two chalk cities rose in opposition, shielding all the humans in the audience seats and on the stage; at the same time, the white-haired knight who once held the Holy Grail once again held up the newly formed Holy Grail in the golden torrent of magic.
The golden torrent that blocked their vision dissipated - however, until this moment, the idols in the competition venue within this anomaly were still not surprised by what was happening before them.
"Sounding like the 'rage' of thunder, ringing like the 'sigh' of a raging fire, the six bells teach people that the way of the true king is revealed." The orange-haired girl savior stared directly at the Holy Grail in front of her and established the last step of the ceremony in her own way.
——In the fairy kingdom of Britain, the savior who appeared as the son of redemption rang six bells made from the corpses of the six fairies who first killed the sacrifice in the news belt.
And now, Fujimaru Ritsuka uses the prophecy of the fairy country Britain to match the six games in this anomaly - to establish the final step for the Holy Grail to become a physical object.
——The next thing to do is to complete the commission given to them by the restraining force.
"Ms. Medea's treasures are always effective in this regard."
The lightning-like dagger was held in Fujimaru Ritsuka's hand - and Kirshtalia also casually projected a small knife as a tool to be used next, and followed Fujimaru Ritsuka to Galahad who was holding the Holy Grail.
The bell echoed throughout the singularity - the Witch's Blade that destroyed the contract sank into the Holy Grail, tearing up the contract that the other worlds had established when they assimilated into the singularity; an ordinary knife sank into the dead spot that the Mystic Eye saw on the Holy Grail, and with the help of the Holy Grail's magic power, the other worlds that were caught in the singularity were sent out of here.
At the same time, another chalk city rises from the ground, isolating the two people who face the Holy Grail from the magical power that erupts after the Holy Grail is destroyed.
"…Okay, job done."
After the other worlds left here with the magic storm that was enough to destroy the anomaly itself caused by the Holy Grail, the members of Chaldea gathered together again on a land where all civilization was bleached.
"So since they were the ones who pulled us in here from outside this time, they can't just not give us a return ticket after the matter is resolved." Back in the control room, Fujimaru Ritsuka made a simple report while complaining to the adults who had stayed in the control room and were responsible for confirming the activation of various complex magic rituals.
"The reward is the delivery of the restraining force here, so they are probably responsible for sending us away from here." Lansemello handed a cup of hot drink to Fujimaru Ritsuka, "But didn't you say before that you had something to discuss with the two who have already left?"
"I'm going to ask the suppression forces here to help us contact them. Since the suppression forces here have a way to contact them and let them bring us here, then they should face the possibility of us using this connection to find them."
"Nice to meet you, from the Chaldea of the Astronomical Department's "Animusphia" news zone. I am Alaya from this world."
"As the restraining force of pan-human history of your world says, I am here to deliver the reward for this commission and to send you back to the place where you originally stayed in the starry sky before coming here."
In the control room, Chaldeas, which had been without power for some time, automatically lit up with a blue fluorescent light, and the electronic female voice on the radio informed the people of Chaldea of the words of Alaya in this world.
"We hope you can help us contact Alaya and Gaia who originally contacted us." Roman, on behalf of Chaldea, conveyed Fujimaru Ritsuka's idea to Alaya who was staying in Chaldeas, "We have some things to confirm with them - before that, please leave us the corresponding reward for completing this mission."
"I see."
So the Alaya of this world left the magic reward belonging to Chaldea first, and after the two inhibitors who were contacted arrived at the Chaldea control room and met with them, He left Chaldea first.
"Fujimaru wants to talk to you." Lansermello, who was more familiar with them, pushed Fujimaru Ritsuka in front of them after seeing them appear, and instructed the Chaldean employees to get ready to get rid of gravity and "leave the world". "Also, this time, please launch us from the ground."
"Since you can find us in the sea of stars, I think you wouldn't mind talking to Fujimaru about the issues she's concerned about on your way out, and then find a way to get back on your own."