"Hmph, utterly foolish."
Kirei Kotomine stopped his wild laughter and looked coldly at the scene, his eyes filled with contempt for those who overestimated their own strength.
"Vainly attempting to resist all the world's evils with a physical body?"
"Even the strongest Heroic Spirit would have their mind crushed in an instant by this massive curse, becoming nothing more than a blackened puppet that only knows how to kill."
Kirei Kotomine asserted, a hint of regret in his voice: "It's over, Ruler. Your arrogance has buried you."
The black mud surged, eventually forming a giant black cocoon in the center of the void, completely enveloping Hansen and cutting off all presence... Meanwhile, inside the black mud.
This was a space of pure mental darkness.
Countless malicious whispers exploded in Hansen's ears.
"Die... die..."
"Kill them all... kill everyone..."
"Jealousy... hatred... destruction..."
It was a mental pollution sufficient to make a saint fall in an instant, the sum total of the negative emotions of six billion humans.
In the depths of that darkness, a pitch-black figure covered in ominous red incantations faintly emerged.
That was the will lurking inside the Holy Grail, Class Avenger—Angra Mainyu.
"Hee hee hee... has another delicious soul delivered itself to my door?"
It sensed Hansen's incredibly powerful soul strength and pounced toward him with a sinister grin.
It wanted to completely assimilate this outsider and become its perfect vessel for descending into the world.
"Become a part of me! In this despairing world, let us together—"
Slap!
A crisp and loud sound of a slap abruptly interrupted Angra Mainyu's roar.
The black-red phantom was sent spinning seven hundred and twenty degrees in the air by this slap, stopping in mid-air with a look of utter confusion, its originally condensed form half-shattered.
"So noisy, you bastard."
Hansen stood in the endless darkness, hands in his pockets, looking calmly at the phantom before him.
Forget being polluted, not even a speck of dust had touched his body.
That faint, holy platinum glow acted like a layer of absolute defense, isolating all curses and malice.
"You... what kind of thing are you?!"
The malicious will inside the Holy Grail, Angra Mainyu, felt fear for the first time.
It let out a terrified scream, its voice changing pitch.
As all the world's evils, it could perceive the essence of a soul.
In its vision, how could the man before it be human or a Heroic Spirit?
He was simply a blazing sun walking the earth!
Dazzling more than the midday sun, deeper and more unfathomable than the darkest abyss!
Before this power, its so-called malice was like a single drop of ink facing the ocean.
"Me?"
Hansen tilted his head and cracked his neck, producing a series of popping sounds.
"Just a Monster King who is one for fun."
[Ding! Duplicatable target 'all the world's evils' detected.]
[Ability: 'Source of Evil (UR)': Able to absorb, transform, and release all negative emotions and curses in the world; as long as malice exists in the world, it can regenerate infinitely; absolute pollution authority, tainted individuals will invert into a 'Blackened' state, their will completely dominated by all the world's evils.]
[Ability duplication in progress...]
[Successfully duplicated UR-grade ability: 'Source of Evil' Lv1!]
[Current ability slots occupied: 1/30.]
[Consuming origin points...]
[Ding! Duplicated ability 'Source of Evil (UR)' has reached max level, merged into the main body as an innate ability, ability slot occupation cleared!]
[Current ability slots occupied: 0/30.]
Obtaining a new ability and refining it instantly still took only the blink of an eye.
Among them, the 'Blackened' effect was something Hansen took quite a liking to.
As everyone knows, a redemption arc makes you three points weaker, but blackening makes you ten times stronger.
Pollution?
This is a powerful buff!
Hansen suddenly opened his mouth and took a deep breath.
UR-grade ability—
Ultimate Devour!
Before the black phantom could even try to run, it was forcibly pulled over by this suction, twisting and deforming as it turned into a streak of black light and dove straight into Hansen's mouth!
"No... NO!!!"
"Let me go! I am all the world's evils! I am humanity's sin... g-guilt..."
"AAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!"
...The real world.
Kiritsugu Emiya closed his eyes in despair, waiting for the end of the world to descend.
Kirei Kotomine spread his arms, preparing to embrace the birth of a new world.
However.
The constantly expanding cocoon of black mud suddenly began to contract violently, like a deflated balloon.
The previously arrogant wails of the vengeful spirits instantly turned into a pitiful plea for mercy.
"No, don't... h-help..."
Zzzzt—
In the center of the overwhelming black mud, it was as if a giant vortex had appeared.
All the black mud was uncontrollably pouring back toward that center!
It was like a bathtub having its plug pulled.
Within a few short seconds.
The black mud that was enough to submerge the entire city had actually vanished completely.
Even the floor had become polished and bright.
In the center of the vortex.
Hansen let out a burp and patted his abdomen, which showed no sign of bulging.
"Burp—"
A wisp of black smoke rose from his mouth and dissipated into the air.
The entire place was deathly silent.
The fanatical smile on Kirei Kotomine's face froze, and he murmured: "Truly... an existence that transcends common logic..."
The Excalibur in Saber's hand lowered slightly, and her golden ahoge drooped a bit messily.
She looked at the man who acted as if nothing had happened, an indescribable feeling of helplessness and... security welling up in her heart.
This was her man.
He could even eat all the world's evils as a snack.
Damn it, this time, it's a complete defeat!
A strange desire to win has increased!
"He... he ate it?" Rin's mouth hung wide open, her jaw nearly dislocated.
"Alright, the crisis is resolved."
Hansen pulled out a tissue from his pocket, elegantly wiped his mouth, and cast a 'kindly' gaze toward the priest, who could no longer feel any pleasure.
"Now, it's time for us to settle the final score."
"...Settle the score?"
Hansen did not answer the dying priest's confusion, but instead raised his hand and snapped his fingers.
The next second, a film-like projection appeared above everyone.
In the study of the Tohsaka Mansion, an elegant middle-aged Magus stood with his back to his disciple, holding a wine glass and dreaming of the future.
And the man named Kirei Kotomine expressionlessly picked up that Azoth Sword, thrusting it hard into his heart from behind, and turned the hilt with a smile... "NO—!!!"
Tohsaka Rin suddenly snapped her eyes open and let out a heart-wrenching scream.
Her small face was deathly pale, her whole body trembled violently, and large tears poured from her eyes.
"No... this isn't real... this isn't real!!!"
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