Chapter 90: Unlimited Blade Works!!!
In an instant, a black curtain enveloped both Jogo and Emiya.
Just as the mental landscapes within a Reality Marble differ for each individual, the innate Domains within a Domain Expansion naturally show distinct differences.
As a Cursed Spirit born from humanity's fear of the earth and volcanoes, Jogo's innate domain was naturally a mountain that evoked intense feelings of heaviness and despair.
Boom—!
The black ground abruptly shattered and cracked.
Uncontrollable lava sprayed out from the fissures, spreading along with the continuously widening cracks in all directions.
The spread was not limited to the ground; rock masses surged upward and enclosed the space like living things, finally sealing off completely at the dome, dozens of meters above.
With this, the entire Domain was utterly transformed into an enclosed prison.
Just like Jogo's Domain name, Coffin of the Iron Mountain, this suffocating space, narrowing from bottom to top, closely resembled a mountain lid pressing down on the two of them, and Emiya was the enemy trapped below, with nowhere to run.
The entire interior of the Domain was saturated with an orange-red color. Since the only light source in this space was the lava flowing through the rock fissures, while illuminating the surroundings, it also caused the temperature of the entire enclosed space to rapidly swell.
Jogo, who maintained its hand sign behind the blazing flames, had its terrifying face covered with excited smiles and the look of absolute victory.
"Feel honored to witness the strongest Domain Expansion I can unleash here!
Near volcanic lava, my Domain's intensity receives a massive correction. This is something you humans can never achieve. This world stands on our side!
As a Cursed Spirit, as a new human, I absolutely cannot tolerate that previous humiliation!
Therefore, I have decided to burn you to ashes right here, you arrogant brat!!"
As Jogo abruptly lifted the hand where two fingers were held upright, fierce lava burst without warning beneath Emiya's feet, completely engulfing him. Whether it was rock or lava, everything within this Domain would be manipulated by Jogo. Combined with the absolute hit effect that the Domain possessed, there was absolutely no way Emiya could dodge these attacks.
By the time Emiya, who frantically shielded his face with his arms, leaped out of the lava, his clothes had begun to burn uncontrollably, and his body bore many new scorch marks... though he already had plenty of such scars on him.
Inside Jogo's personal Domain, no matter how hard Emiya tried, he couldn't completely evade the opponent's attacks. The only way was to...
"I am the bone of my sword.
Steel is my body, and fire is my blood."
Without the slightest hesitation, Emiya began to use the complete, most exhaustive incantation to activate his Reality Marble.
Even if this would cause the foreign body rejection within his body to swell to another degree, as long as he could defeat this Cursed Spirit, everything would be worth it.
"It's not over yet!!!"
Towards Emiya, who was unable to move in mid-air, Jogo fiercely clapped its hands together, causing rock spikes several meters wide to simultaneously shoot out from the side walls toward his location.
"Rho Aias!"
The pink Barrier spread out in time to defend against the attacks from both sides, allowing Emiya to successfully land back on the ground.
But the ground wasn't safe either, as the extreme heat was rapidly melting the soles of his shoes, emitting continuous sizzling sounds.
But Emiya paid all of this no mind, still chanting the verse in a low voice.
"I have created over a thousand blades."
"Unknown to Death."
"Nor known to Life."
"Trace On!"
Behind his nearly incinerated clothes, his brightly shining Magic Circuits crackled with an overwhelming electric sound, yet Emiya still raised his hand toward Jogo's location. Dozens of blades shot out simultaneously, but they were easily blocked by the rock wall Jogo summoned with a wave of its hand. Even when they exploded, they did not affect Jogo in the slightest.
Trying to counter a Domain Expansion with physical means is undoubtedly a very foolish act.
"Have withstood pain to create many weapons."
"Waiting for one's arrival on the hill of swords."
Blue patterns began to spread across the ground beneath Emiya's feet—Jogo's Domain.
However, the sound of the electric current grew increasingly fierce, with visible electrical arcs flashing around Emiya, adding new marks to his already heavily scarred body. Not only was
his skin charred by the electric current, but his hair also began to turn whiter, a message that his Cursed Energy was being overdrawn.
Relying on Emiya's innate magical power to deploy a Reality Marble was, ultimately, still a stretch.
"What is this? Some powerful Cursed Technique, or some kind of special Domain?
It's useless! Only a Domain Expansion can resist a Domain Expansion—and when multiple Domains are deployed simultaneously, the more refined technique will control the battlefield.
How could a mere human's Domain compare to mine, which has the support of the world!
Even if you manage to activate it, you will only die in a deeper state of despair!"
Jogo leaned down and slammed its palm onto the ground, and the entire earth suddenly shook.
One turbulent lava flow after another began to shoot high out of the fissures, destroying everything around them while completely engulfing the ground in magma.
In short, Jogo planned to shatter all the rock where Emiya could stand, forcing him to fall completely into the lava, where he would struggle painfully and then die.
However, it was possible he would die instantly before even feeling pain.
"Be grateful. An ordinary sorcerer would have been burned to ashes the moment they entered the Domain.
You are already very impressive, Grade 1 Sorcerer, Emiya Shirou."
Perhaps due to some malevolent quirk of Jogo's, the explosions did not erupt directly beneath Emiya's feet, but gradually approached him from Jogo's own side, and the surging, spreading lava did the same.
Electric current and unbearable pain echoed throughout his body, and the screeching clang of metal made it nearly impossible for Emiya to hear the sounds outside.
Even so, he still forced one eye open to observe the lava that was almost touching his hand, and he grunted, reciting the final lines of the incantation—
"Yet my life has no end."
"My body, even so, is still made of swords!"
"Unlimited Blade Works!!!!!!!!"
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