—I'm going now, Gudoshi. Everyone.
[OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!]
To take back everyone's future.
To walk toward my own.
Even if he's crumbling, even if he's dying… I won't laugh at him. I won't despise him.
I will simply face him with my heart and soul, and I will crush him!
That is the only sincerity I can offer.
The very best I can do.
That—is my version of Mercy!
For a future where no one has to die, where no one is left behind!!
So—watch me!
Watch your best friend settle this!
Two sets of feelings collide.
For the sake of the convictions neither can yield.
The final conclusion of the Grand Order—
The battle begins here…!
[MY GREAT WORK!!]
Goetia's fist slams into Rikka's armor.
[Guh—!]
Rikka doesn't dodge. She takes the blow—a fist weighted with will and pride—head-on.
[MY IDEAL!!]
He kicks her with all his might, sending her tumbling across the grassy plain.
[KNOW THE TRUE INTENT OF MY BIRTH!!]
In an instant, he is over her, clutching her head and slamming it into the earth again and again. The ground heaves, the air screams, and space itself groans.
[—!!]
Rikka tears herself free with brute force and kicks him back.
[THIS PLANET SHALL BE REBORN!! ALL LIFE SHALL BECOME THE PAST!!]
Demon eyes manifest across his body, raining searing light down upon her. Rikka deploys her mud in a total defensive spread, but the sheer pressure of his spirit makes it impossible to nullify the damage.
[Guh…!]
[PRAISE ME!! MY NAME IS GOETIA!!]
He closes the distance, unleashing a relentless flurry of blows, systematically breaking her down.
[AAAAAAAAAGH!!]
Her armor buckles, dents, and screams under the assault.
[THE HUMAN ORDER INCINERATION RITUAL!! THE KING OF DEMON GODS!! I AM GOETIA—!!!]
A punch backed by every drop of his magical energy slams into Rikka's face.
[————!]
The left side of her Evil Dragon helm shatters. Rikka's eye is revealed—a slitted pupil, the white turned to black and the iris glowing a predatory crimson.
[IS THAT ALL?! MASTER OF CHALDEA! IS THAT ALL YOUR ANSWER AMOUNTS TO?!]
Goetia's voice thunders in her ears as she is blown back.
[IS THAT THE EXTENT OF YOUR LIFE?! O ERROR WE ABHORRED, O MISTAKE WE CREATED! DOES YOUR BODY REFUSE TO FOLLOW THE SOUL THAT WOULD NOT STAIN ITSELF WITH EVIL?!]
Is this the end?
[COME!! THE EVIL YOU MUST DEFEAT IS—]
No!
[STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU!!]
This is where it truly starts!!
[—Great Work? Ideals? True intent?]
Crimson circuits flare across Rikka's body and her Evil Dragon armor.
[Like I… Like I give a…—]
It is the glow of a Command Spell. A testament of her full power, carved into her own soul.
Now, she surpasses her limits—
[—DAMN ABOUT ANY OF THA-AAAAAA-AAAAAA-AAAAA-AAAAAT!!!]
Rikka, the Impossible Evil, lets out a primal roar!
Spreading her wings, she lunges at Goetia, delivering a desperate, full-body flying kick.
[GUOOH!!]
He is sent flying, the impact cratering his midsection.
[I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!! I don't care about me falling into Evil! I don't care what happens to me!!]
She bellows, moving faster than the speed at which he was blown away, catching up to him in mid-air.
[THE WORLD WAS DESTROYED!! YOU DESTROYED IT!!]
She seizes his head with all her strength—
[AND NOW YOU WANT TO STEAL OUR LAST REMAINING HOPE?!]
She drives him down in a vicious "Momiji-Oroshi" slam, brutalizing him without mercy.
[GUO… OOOOOOOOOH…!!]
[I didn't come here for small talk or some deep philosophical debate!!]
She grabs him by the horns, forcing him upright, and draws the Doji-giri Yasutsuna.
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