"That esteemed gentleman... Did you intervene personally...?" Tokiomi trembled with excitement.
Although he didn't know exactly what had happened, Tokiomi understood that the greatest threat had been eliminated.
Tokiomi let out a long sigh, trying hard to calm the restlessness in his heart.
He knew this was not the time to rest.
Although the Greater Grail's system hadn't detonated, it remained in an extremely unstable state.
The massive void overhead was still there, and the black mud continued to flow.
If he didn't sever the connection immediately, the crisis from moments ago could return at any second.
"Lord Berserker, I must trouble you to guard me."
Tokiomi quickly adjusted his mindset, restoring his elegant and calm demeanor as the head of the family.
He walked to the center of the altar and thrust his cane into the core where Zouken had previously been.
"I am going to begin dismantling the Greater Grail's Magecraft formulas. This process requires absolute concentration and must not be interrupted."
"Leave it to me!"
Kaien patted his chest. Though his body was battered and torn, his spirits were high. "As long as I'm standing, not even a single fly will get in here!"
Tokiomi nodded, closed his eyes, and channeled his Magical Energy into the ground.
"System connection... Commencing analysis..."
His consciousness followed the Magic Circuits, diving into the massive and complex system of the Greater Grail.
This was a magnificent project built through centuries of painstaking effort by the Three Founding Families, its complexity rivaling the neural network of a human brain.
To safely dismantle it in a short amount of time was akin to walking a tightrope over a cliff; he could fall at any moment.
Tokiomi had originally prepared himself for a protracted battle, even ready to sacrifice his life.
However, when his consciousness truly entered the system's core, he froze.
"This... What is this...?"
In his perception, the core system—which should have been a tangled mess of encrypted formulas and defensive traps—
was now incredibly smooth and orderly.
The thorniest dead knots, the most dangerous self-destruct sequences, the difficult barriers that would have originally taken him hours to crack...
They had all been unraveled in advance!
Or rather, they had been directly straightened out by some higher-dimensional power.
The entire Greater Grail system was like a precision clock with its casing already removed, exposing its core components, quietly waiting for him to press the stop button.
He could sense within the residual traces of the formulas a masterful touch, handling the immense weight with effortless ease, as if it were a casual doodle.
"Is this also... that esteemed gentleman's doing?"
The shock in Tokiomi's heart was beyond measure.
It was something that could only be accomplished by an existence whose understanding of Magecraft had reached the absolute pinnacle, even transcending the rules themselves.
"It is truly... too perfect," Tokiomi couldn't help but praise.
With this paved road, a task that was originally almost impossible to complete was now as simple as a primary schooler's homework.
"Since that is the case, I shall respectfully accept this grace."
Tokiomi took a deep breath and output his Magical Energy at full force.
"Heaven's Feel, vessel of countless dreams and resentments..."
"In my name, in the name of the head of the Tohsaka Family, I command you..."
"Force shutdown!"
Hum—
Following his command, all the Magic Circuits within the underground Great Cavern simultaneously flared with blinding light, and then, in the very next instant...
They completely extinguished.
Above ground.
Three supreme powers finally converged.
"Star of Creation that Split Heaven and Earth・Enuma Elish!!!"
"Sword of Promised Victory・Excalibur!!!"
"Avici・Hell of Uninterrupted Agony!!!"
A crimson storm, a brilliant golden torrent of light, and black-red hellfire.
Three entirely different energies, yet equally capable of destroying everything, intertwined, coiled, and fused in the air.
Finally, they transformed into a tri-colored pillar of light capable of piercing the stars, viciously bombarding the massive void in the sky!
There was no sound.
Because sound could no longer convey this terrifying energy.
A terrifying, elongated vacuum zone was cleaved open between heaven and earth.
Only a vast expanse of blinding white light remained.
Within that light, it was as if the wails of countless vengeful spirits could be heard, along with the final, unwilling roar of the malice known as Angra Mainyu.
But in the face of the absolute power of these three Heroic Spirits joining forces, his curses were pale and powerless.
The massive void began to tremble violently under the bombardment of the pillar of light, its edges rapidly collapsing and shattering.
This star-piercing strike caused even the firmament to crumble.
The moment his giant hand, overflowing with black mud, crawled out of the void, it was instantly vaporized, leaving not a single speck of ash behind.
All the malice connected to the Reverse Side of the World was forcibly decomposed and eradicated by this power!
Rumble—!!!!
The delayed, deafening explosion finally erupted.
A terrifying shockwave swept across Fuyuki City, scattering the clouds and plowing the earth flat.
Ryuudou Temple was completely reduced to ruins, and even the peak of Mount Enzou was sheared off.
The city experienced a violent tremor. The residents, whose nerves were already on edge from tonight's battles, panicked and scrambled to find shelter.
However, because the connection to the Holy Grail system was gone, this terrifying explosion ultimately did not affect Fuyuki City's spiritual leylines.
Although damage was dealt, it was contained within a limited area.
"We succeeded..." Artoria panted, staring blankly as she felt the shifts in heaven and earth.
"Those two didn't do half bad." Gilgamesh gave a satisfied smirk, storing Ea back into his vault.
Yes.
It was over.
When the light faded and the dust settled.
That hideous void had completely vanished.
Above was the long-absent, clear night sky, accompanied by a bright, pristine moon.
"Is it... over?"
Sumire Kamado poked her head out from behind a large boulder, staring blankly at the sky.
There was no more black mud, no more malice—only the twinkling of scattered stars.
"Yeah... It's over."
Leaning on his Zanpakuto, which had reverted to its Asauchi form, Asuka stood amidst the ruins. He looked up at the moon, revealing an exhausted but relieved smile.
Looking at the clear sky, a glimmer of light finally surfaced in Kiritsugu's eyes.
"The Holy Grail... is gone?"
He had originally thought that this could only be ended through absolute destruction.
He never expected it to conclude in such a manner...
He looked up into the midair.
With the shutdown of the Greater Grail system, the cocoon of light binding Irisviel shattered as well.
Her figure slowly drifted down.
Although she remained unconscious and her body was still somewhat translucent, the terrifying signs of her being assimilated had vanished.
She actually survived?
Kiritsugu Emiya simply couldn't believe this outcome.
As a homunculus, Irisviel's soul and body had long been deeply integrated with the Einzbern Family's specialized magical constructs.
Her very existence was symbiotically bound to the Greater Grail system.
Now that the Greater Grail was gone, she should have perished. How could she...?
Ignoring the pain of his injuries, he stumbled forward and caught the falling Irisviel in his arms.
"Iri... Iri..."
This man, who hadn't shed a tear in a very long time, held his wife tightly as tears rained down his face.
He had gambled everything, even preparing himself to sacrifice her.
But in the end, fate had granted him a miraculous twist.
"Thank goodness..." Artoria watched this scene, a gratified smile appearing on her face.
Although there was no victor in this war, and although her wish was not fulfilled.
At the very least, she had protected this small sliver of happiness before her.
'I suppose this... counts as upholding my chivalry, doesn't it?'
Within the spacetime crevice, Zelretch of the Jewels nodded in satisfaction at the sight before him.
"It wasn't a waste of my effort to extract her Magic Crest..."
"Although doing so will somewhat affect her lifespan, she survived in the end, didn't she? Hoho."