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As Shirou Emiya and Verethragna fought their decisive battle within Unlimited Blade Works, the three figures guarding the outside-Shuna, Erica, and Liliana-paced back and forth in restless circles.
Their anxiety was obvious.
Before Shirou Emiya had forcibly pulled Verethragna into Unlimited Blade Works, all three of them had clearly seen it.
His ultimate move had been broken.
He had fallen into a disadvantage.
It was precisely because of that scene that none of them could calm down.
"What should we do...?" Liliana muttered, her expression tense. "Lord Shirou's Chains of Heaven and God-Slaying Spear were both countered by Verethragna's pre-prepared Sword of Wisdom. I never imagined there would be a Heretic God like this."
From Liliana's perspective, Campiones normally held the informational advantage.
After all, before leaving their myths, Heretic Gods had no understanding of the modern world. That ignorance naturally placed them at a disadvantage.
Yet in this battle, Verethragna had somehow taken the upper hand in information.
That realization left Liliana shaken.
"I think Lord Shirou fell into a trap," Shuna said after a brief pause, her voice steady. "Otherwise, Verethragna wouldn't have been able to suppress him like that."
She analyzed the situation calmly.
"If that's the case, then there's nothing to worry about."
Her eyes sharpened.
"As long as the trap itself can't directly defeat Lord Shirou, the final victor will inevitably be him."
As Shirou Emiya's secretary, Shuna understood better than anyone how terrifying his combat experience was.
She knew how many methods he possessed to overturn desperate situations.
After a short moment of anxiety, her confidence returned completely.
Seeing Shuna's expression, Liliana and Erica gradually calmed down as well.
"Yes," Erica said softly. "We believe that too."
"Mhm," Liliana nodded. "Lord Shirou will definitely win."
After spending these past days together, both of them had developed genuine trust in Shirou Emiya.
Just as the three regained their composure, the battlefield in the distance suddenly changed.
Cracks appeared.
One after another.
Strands of violent magical energy overflowed from those fissures, carrying a destructive aura that caused the cracks to spread even further.
"That is-!"
Shuna and the others snapped their gazes forward.
The next instant, space itself shattered.
Unlimited Blade Works collapsed.
Shirou Emiya and Verethragna reappeared in the open world, along with an overwhelming sea of weapons suspended in the air.
"Why are the Prometheus Stone Slabs here?!"
Verethragna stared at the stone slab that had appeared behind him, stealing his authority, disbelief written across his face.
Before agreeing to this final battle, he had secretly observed Shirou Emiya for a long time.
The sudden appearance of the Prometheus Stone Slabs in this city had been a potential flaw in his plans.
Because of that, he had paid close attention to every anomaly around Shirou Emiya.
After all, within the Prometheus Stone Slabs, there still existed the authority of a sealed god.
Before that authority was released, the slab could not steal the authorities of other Heretic Gods.
In that state, it posed no threat to him.
Because of this, until the very start of the battle, Verethragna had not seen Shirou Emiya release the authority contained within the slab.
As a result, he had greatly lowered his assessment of the Prometheus Stone Slabs' danger.
After all, to use it properly, Shirou Emiya would first need to release the stored authority.
That would give him time to prepare.
Time to guard against it.
But that moment never came.
Shirou Emiya never took out the slab.
Never released the authority.
And so, during the battle, Verethragna's vigilance toward the Prometheus Stone Slabs dropped to its absolute lowest.
Yet even so-
He still fell for it.
And the moment he did, everything became clear.
"...It's a projection?"
Verethragna's eyes widened.
Not the genuine divine artifact.
A projection.
A weaker imitation.
He couldn't understand it.
How could he have known that Shirou Emiya had never intended to use the real Prometheus Stone Slabs in the first place?
This was something Shirou Emiya had only decided mid-battle.
Although confusion flashed through Verethragna's mind, it no longer mattered.
That was already in the past.
Right now, what mattered was identifying which authority had been stolen.
Then he realized it.
Not White Horse.
Not Warrior.
But-
"Phoenix?!"
"Damn it!"
Verethragna reacted instantly.
But it was already too late.
All around him, countless weapons carrying the concept of severing were already flying toward him.
"This is the Myriad Swords Returning to the Origin."
Shirou Emiya slowly clenched his fist, looking up at Verethragna in the sky.
This was the moment he had been waiting for.
"No!"
"I absolutely will not be defeated here!"
Even after losing Phoenix, Verethragna refused to accept defeat and immediately tried to flee.
But his speed was no longer enough.
The flying swords closed in rapidly.
In an instant, they caught up.
"No-!"
Piercing sounds rang out one after another.
Verethragna's body was impaled in mid-air by thousands of swords.
"The ultimate victor..."
"...is still me."
Shirou Emiya walked forward step by step across the heavily scarred ground, approaching the pierced War God as he calmly declared the outcome.
Then his legs gave out.
He collapsed to the ground.
Feeling the violent surge of power within him, Shirou Emiya understood.
Pandora's Dark Rebirth Ritual had begun.
As his consciousness faded, he knew he would once again descend to the Netherworld.
Once again, he would meet his foster mother.
Pandora.
In his hazy state, voices reached him from afar.
Shuna.
Erica.
Liliana.
"You came just in time," Shirou Emiya murmured softly. "Shuna. Erica. Liliana."
With that, his consciousness sank completely.
When Shirou Emiya awoke again, a familiar ceiling entered his vision.
"...Same ceiling," he muttered. "Looks like I'm back at Lucrezia's house again."
He couldn't help but complain.
His mood, however, was clearly excellent.
"Even though that cheap foster mother saw through my ability to retain memories and got curious about me..."
"It doesn't really matter anymore."
After all-
"I'm already a Campione."
"Even if she discovered my outsider identity and refused to perform the Dark Rebirth Ritual for me, I wouldn't lose anything."
"And yet..."
"She completely ignored all of that."
"And even helped me obtain new authorities."
Feeling the overflowing power within his body, Shirou Emiya's lips curved upward.
Indeed.
What he had gained-
Was Verethragna's Ten Incarnations.
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