Unable to resist for even a moment, the previously indestructible city wall in the hands of Animusfia and Nero was easily shattered by the red-gold light emitted from Boudica's sword.
Yet Romulus saw more than the others.
The destruction of the barrier that held Rome's sins was not beyond Romulus' expectations.
He did not appear in the world as Quirinus——the title of Lancer. It was precisely to deal with the sins accumulated by Rome for thousands of years since his beginning.
Let the [beast] that brings harm to the world be killed in the cradle.
First, a beast with seven heads and ten horns came from the sea and appeared in the world, leaving a mark on those who followed it.
Then came [Babylon the Great] riding on the beast—the mother of evil and all abominations in the world.
After seeing that Nero was determined to abandon the false prosperity, Romulus no longer worried about [Babylon the Great] wearing purple robes and holding a golden cup, but only had to deal with the seven-headed and ten-horned beast that was transformed from Rome itself. .
It would be better to say that the destruction of that sinful karma suited Romulus's wishes.
However, Romulus was quite surprised that the man who broke Rome's sins did not belong to Rome.
What surprised Romulus even more was that before the blood-stained city wall was destroyed, the blood stains on it actually disappeared.
Rather than saying that the blood-soaked city wall is evidence of sin, it is better to say that the blood on the city wall is evidence of sin.
After all, the city wall itself was only the last line of defense to guard the city of Rome, the sacred border (Pomerium).
What Boudica did was undoubtedly burn away the sins of Rome.
The red-gold light engulfed Romulus, and then shot straight into the giant tree behind Romulus.
However, the Noble Phantasm released by the broken Boudika Ringi did not ravage everything like the Noble Phantasm released by Artoria Alter that Mash and Fujimaru Ritsuka had seen before. The earth swallowed up and destroyed.
The giant tree that was transformed from Romulus's spear and symbolized Rome itself was not destroyed by Boudica's noble phantom. Instead, it continuously absorbed the torrential red-gold light.
Until Boudica's spirit body shattered and disappeared into the red-gold light.
The giant tree that symbolized Rome began to shake violently after absorbing all the light.
If you look carefully, there is a huge amount of light accumulated in the crystal-like red canopy.
Then the trembling of the giant tree became more intense. If it could only be detected through the senses before, now one can easily see the swaying red crown even from thousands of meters away.
Eventually, all the crystals on the giant tree's crown shattered at the same time, revealing the original, lush leaves underneath.
And those broken crystals turned into crystal dust that was even finer than snowflakes, floating in the air, shining brightly in the sunlight, and finally annihilated.
For a moment, the city of Rome and Vienna, which had been like a hell on earth under the reflection of the red crystal canopy and the blood barriers that kept appearing out of thin air, once again restored the Animusfia and Neon far away on the banks of the Tiber River. The beautiful scene that Rome should have in Lu's impression.
"so beautiful......."
Mashu stretched out her hand to try to catch the crystal dust falling from the air, but the tiny, slightly shining particles annihilated themselves before falling into her hands.
"finished?"
Nero asked heavily and in disbelief.
At this point, the four servants who were originally summoned by the restraining force to help her have all sacrificed their lives.
"...Instead of taking the victim's position and inflicting the harm as it should be - instead of just resisting the crime itself? What a broad and respectable mind."
However, a deep and deep male voice that sounded at an inappropriate time broke Nero's guess.
"God Ancestor——!"
Nero turned his head in disbelief and looked at the place where Romulus had been engulfed by the light. He saw that the strong man like an iron tower was still standing there, even unscathed.
"Are you actually still alive?"
"Of course Rome (me) is still alive, my son. Indeed, under such a heroic attack, we [Rome] will not survive under any circumstances——but the real attack of the queen The thing is not [Rome], but the sin that entangles and imprisons Rome (me).”
Romulus opened his arms to embrace the noon sun in the sky.
"In other words, that queen never wanted to destroy Rome (me) from the beginning."
He then pointed to the giant tree behind him and the surrounding city of Rome and Vienna.
"Just look at this scene and you will understand. Rome is still intact here——————!"
"hateful......"
Nero gritted her teeth and once again clenched the alien sword [Primal Fire] in her hand, and raging flames ignited from her blade.
Unexpectedly, such tragic sacrifices could not win the final victory of this battle.
But that difficult city wall no longer exists. If this is the case, no matter how powerful the divine ancestor who built the city of Rome is, she still has a chance to defeat Romulus.
"No, Your Majesty——"
Animusfia stretched out her hand to stop Nero who was about to jump out.
"If I guess correctly, there is no need to fight between us anymore, God Ancestor Romulus."
Animusfia turned her attention to Romulus, who was motionless in the face of Nero's hostility, with a half-smiling expression on his face.
"..........What?"
After hearing these words, Nero's face was full of disbelief.
"Exactly that——————!"
The promise from Romulus deepened the confusion on Nero's face.
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At the same time, on the other side, Leif, who was standing on the mountain overlooking the battlefield, snorted coldly after seeing that the giant tree that could reach the sky easily destroyed all the "Crowns".
Sure enough, it would be too naive to rely on Rome to defeat itself.
Those disgusting Roman emperors and monarchs were untrustworthy from the start.
Fortunately, he didn't put all his bets on those ridiculous Romans.
"It's full, it's full, it's full!"
Surrounded by many shadow followers and holding the Holy Grail, Leif opened his eyes wide and poured all the magic power into the summoning circle in front of him.
"Appear————! Destroyer, Conqueror, Destroyer of Rome!"
Two figures gradually appeared amidst Leif's excited calls.
