Blocking the expansion of the Sea of Life with an ice mountain barrier.
This was done to protect Uruk and restrict Tiamat's movements.
And now, Naoki would begin the second step of the plan to delay Tiamat—burning away the Sea of Life beneath her!
Under normal conditions, he certainly couldn't do it, but now, with the support of Mana from the Planet itself, he definitely could. Plus the power of the Holy Star Sword in his hand...
(Holding Tiamat back here until Uruk's preparations are complete.)
To achieve this goal, Naoki would use everything he currently had.
*CLANG!*
A Summon Magecraft ritual formation suddenly stretched out beneath Naoki's feet!
The bright red magic formation emitted a dazzling red light, and red lightning that seemed to rampage continuously surged and flickered at the edges of the magic formation.
It was the manifestation of an enormous amount of Mana overflowing. The Mana Naoki used to execute Summon Magecraft was so vast that even a magic formation with a diameter of over a hundred meters couldn't fully contain it.
The Sea of Life, the Returning Beast, the Enemy that Destroys Humanity—Enemy Factor confirmed, Factor reversed.
*BOOM!*
Blazing flames suddenly ignited in the magic formation, instantly transforming into a terrifying sea of fire!
*ROOOAAARRR!*
The roar of a dragon echoed through the sky. The blazing sea of fire gradually expanded, visibly forming the shape of a gigantic dragon swimming, spreading wings made of flames that covered the heavens.
The Concept of the Sun, the Holy Sword of the World Savior, the Red Dragon of Hope—Summoning Conditions confirmed!
Using the three above as intermediaries to fill the summoning concept! Constructing the summoning ritual!
"Open, the gate to the sea of stars!"
"Existence beyond the gate, come at my call! You are the Light of Hope that illuminates the earth, driving away darkness, cold, and death! And also the Star of Hope that saves the world and burns away all evil!"
The swimming red fire dragon, accompanied by a summoning like a divine prophecy, flapped its wings and soared high, then suddenly dove toward Naoki, who was right in the center of the summoning formation!
The dragon swallowed him in one gulp!
Its body coiled and transformed into a star like the sun!
The next second—
*BOOOOM!*
The Sun Star exploded!
A terrifying storm of fiery light swept through instantly. The environment, which had been chilled by the dark cloud-covered sky, suddenly surged in temperature as if inside a volcano!
And at the center of the storm.
Holding the Holy Sword glowing with light, emitting sunlight-like radiance over his entire body, Naoki, clad in shining golden armor, silently floated in the air.
Summon Magecraft · Pseudo-Star Spirit Summoning · Chain Concept Fairy Summoning—complete.
"Naoki?"
Arcueid's eyes widened, staring at Naoki before her in astonishment.
She could understand what had happened in front of her, but precisely because she understood, she was so shocked.
(Forcibly confirming the Sun Fairy I imagined, synchronizing the world-saving concept onto himself, merging to form a Concept Fairy representing the Sun and World Salvation...)
This was the true identity of the Fairy now fused with Naoki.
In fact, rather than a Fairy, it was more accurate to call it a God!
Since ancient times, the sun has been regarded as a symbol of hope. When the sun rises, the darkness enveloping the earth recedes, and the evils hidden in the darkness also vanish—the brilliant sunlight illuminates every corner of the earth.
And it is humanity's impression of the sun that drove the formation of Sun Gods in mythologies around the world. Though not all, most Sun Gods are positive deities. They battle evil gods, lead justice, and light.
Now, Naoki had imagined a Pseudo-Solar God from these impressions and legends himself, combined it with the world-saving concept, and summoned it into his body.
—The World-Saving Sun God.
This was truly an overly reckless act, nearly impossible even in theory. However, thanks to the support of the Planet itself right now, Naoki had succeeded in doing it quite powerfully.
If one day Naoki could become a Servant, then in this form, he would surely manifest in a Grand Class, because this was power truly sufficient to combat the greatest evil in the world.
"Release of the Thirteen Restrictions!"
Facing the colossal evil before him, Naoki, whose entire body was filled with dense divine properties, gripped the Holy Sword with both hands.
"[The World Salvation Verdict Begins]"
*CLANG!* *CLANG!* *CLANG!* *CLANG!* *CLANG!* *CLANG!* *CLANG!* *CLANG!* *CLANG!* *CLANG!* *CLANG!* *CLANG!*
The thirteen seals binding the Holy Sword were unlocked one by one. Countless stars of light gathered from all directions, forming a vortex that looked like both light and fire on the Holy Sword.
Then, targeting the Sea of Life beneath Tiamat, after glancing at Arcueid one last time, Naoki dove downward!
"Burn Away, Will of the World Savior."
"This is the War to Save the World."
The vortex of starlight and mirage fell like a heavenly fire meteor!
"Ex)—"
With the sun divinity and world salvation fully unleashed, Naoki shouted the True Name of the Noble Phantasm in his hand!
"—Calibur)!"
The Holy Sword slashed in one strike!
*BOOOOMMM!!!*
The world fell silent in an instant, but at the same time, it was struck by an unprecedented massive explosion.
Sunlight, which could only be safely observed from 150 million kilometers away, now filled the entire heavens and earth from an extremely close distance!
The extreme light directly robbed everyone's five senses. Aside from vision filled with white light, all other senses couldn't perceive anything!
The terrifying heat vaporized everything the light touched. The Sea of Life manifested by Tiamat's Authority, the countless Lahmu, the seawater of the Persian Gulf... all of it vanished forever from the world under this divine attack like the fall of the sun.
What remained was the totally scorched continental bedrock, turned into a lava zone under super high temperatures, and the Sun standing on the earth like a god, right beneath the enlarged Tiamat.
"AAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa—!"
Tiamat let out a scream that seemed painful. The instant loss of footing caused her body to lose balance, compounded by the massive horns embedded in her head—
*THUD!*
The Mother Creator knelt on the ground for the first time, with all four limbs touching the earth!
The Sea of Life was burned away.
Tiamat's body could no longer move!
Flying far in the air, gazing at the fallen Goddess, Kingu remained silent for a long time. Then, as if accepting his fate, he bowed toward Naoki with a tone full of admiration.
"Truly worthy of respect, my Master, for pushing Mother this far."
"Indeed, our Master."
Sitting atop the flying red dragon, Rei smiled: "However, even so, being able to do this is truly beyond my expectations. This might be a miracle that happens only once. Master probably won't be able to use this power again in the future."
Of course.
It was power that could only be used when facing humanity's greatest enemy, and after receiving maximum support from the Planet itself. That power was in no way something that could belong to an individual.
"Now we just need to wait. Master will continue maintaining this output to suppress the reformation of the Sea of Life, until the Uruk side completes preparations for the war against Tiamat."
"Can't he eradicate her now?"
"Of course not." Rei sighed. "Though I hate to admit it, but... that attack from Master probably didn't cause any damage to Tiamat."
Though the attack wasn't aimed at Tiamat, its residual impact surely couldn't be endured without injury. In theory, Tiamat, who was nearly at the center of the light, should have taken the most damage.
Yet in reality, as Rei said, Tiamat's body was completely unharmed.
And not only that—
*CRACK!*
On the pair of horns atop Tiamat's head, as if undergoing modification, the horns that previously had no additions now began sprouting protrusions one by one. Blue light spurted from them, and under Kingu and Rei's frozen expressions, those horns gradually lifted Tiamat back to her feet! In fact, her feet lifted off the ground, and she began flying into the sky!
"Mother... is flying?"
"The Earth Goddess, who should never approach the sky, is now flying of her own volition?"
Rei's face changed. She pulled the reins of the giant dragon beneath her and prepared to take flight—letting her fly would ruin Naoki's plan to hold Tiamat back. She had to bring her down!
(But with my maximum output...)
*BANG!*
A deafening sonic boom rang out. Tiamat, who had just flown not too high, suddenly staggered backward without warning!
Rei and Kingu were stunned.
And the next second, accompanied by another loud boom, Tiamat staggered backward again!
This time, Rei saw it clearly.
It was Arcueid!
*BAM!*
Another punch landed on Tiamat's head. Though it couldn't cause damage, the blow truly worked on Tiamat! Making her body fall a little more!
This was not Arcueid's previous power.
(Naoki is working hard. To suppress the Sea of Life, he has no extra energy left.)
(So... how could I let you fly! Making Naoki's efforts in vain!)
No need to hold back her power anymore. Let the bloodlust urge happen. Compared to herself eventually becoming a beast drowned in blood, Arcueid was more unwilling to fail her promise to Naoki right now!
(Let me bring you down!)
"Get back... on your knees!!"
With blood-red eyes, Arcueid roared as she delivered another punch!