Gudako crouched on the ground, using the tentacles inserted into the earth behind her to adjust her position. She locked onto The Enlightened One in the sky and continuously spat out mana bullets containing that eerie magical energy.
The Enlightened One sat upon the lotus throne with his hands clasped in prayer. The Bodhi tree behind him blotted out the sky, and the massive halo also floated behind him, emitting thousands of rays of brilliance.
Under the brilliance emitted by The Enlightened One's Noble Phantasm, everything except the area covered by Gudako's magical energy continuously evaporated into spiritrons, then boiled into a mass of spiritron soup.
In the Spiritron World, the entire specialized space used for the Holy Grail ritual began to teeter and was on the verge of shattering under the aftershocks of the battle between Gudako and The Enlightened One.
At the same time, just as Gudako began to affect the physical world, organizations such as the Clock Tower, the Wandering Sea, the Atlas Academy, and the Church all observed this ominous and bizarre magical energy suddenly appearing in Chaldea and began their respective actions.
The 'Old Director,' who was conducting the first trial run of the fate system, exchanged a glance with the Doctor. They then abandoned the fate system and ran swiftly toward the elevator leading to the inner sections of Chaldea.
Rin sat on the throne at the center of the Throne of Heroes, her chin resting in her hand. Her expression was no longer the leisurely one she had held at the start of the battle; it was now heavy with gravity. Having made a certain decision, she turned to Sakura and Fujino.
"Sakura, Fujino, I'll leave the follow-up execution of the plan here to you!"
Without waiting for their reply, Rin pressed the system's exit button without hesitation. Her form in the Throne of Heroes dissolved into a cluster of spiritrons and vanished from the Spiritron World.
In reality, Rin slowly opened her eyes while lying in the Life-support pod. Ignoring the dizziness from the sudden memory influx, she immediately glanced at the slot where the system should have been. As expected, it was empty.
Rin roughly forced open the pod's hatch and climbed out of the nutrient-filled tank, using her magical energy to levitate toward the control console.
Reaching the console, Rin looked at the screen filled with red warning messages and closed her eyes. Soon, the entirety of Chaldea manifested in her mind through her perception.
"So it really has affected reality?"
Ignoring the precision instruments nearby, Rin accelerated instantly, creating a terrifying sonic boom. Enduring the tearing pain in her physical body, she quickly reached the entrance to the passage leading to the underground spiritron computer.
Seeing the thick, locked blast doors, Rin raised her arm and condensed the Spear of Venus, pressing it against the gate and firing.
In the spiritron computer installation hall, Da Vinci had already reached the control console with the help of defensive puppets. Her hands were a blur as she constantly tapped the keyboard, sending command after command into the spiritron computer.
However, the focused Da Vinci didn't notice that the defensive puppets around her were dwindling. Only a few remained to guard her, while the rest had been torn into scrap by the group of indescribable monsters.
Da Vinci picked up an alchemy staff she usually used for experiments and smashed a small tentacle emerging from the keyboard into a pulp. She casually wiped her hand, adjusted her glasses which were slipping due to sweat, and returned her full focus to the keyboard.
"Fast, I have to be faster!"
Eerie tentacles finally spread to the control console. A massive tentacle crushed the last few defensive robots around Da Vinci and swept toward her.
In that critical moment, the sealed hall doors began to melt. Then, a golden spear of light streaked past Da Vinci, pinning the tentacle to the spiritron computer's casing.
Rin flew into the hall and landed beside Da Vinci. With a silent understanding, she didn't disturb her, instead taking over the job of the defense robots to protect her.
Rin frowned as she watched the bizarre monsters and tentacles dissolve into bloody water under her magecraft. 'What is going on with these monsters? Why are they attacking me? Logically, these things shouldn't attack me! Am I not the subject protected by the system's defense mechanism?'
But no one could answer Rin's questions. The constantly spawning tentacles and monsters continued to surge like a tide toward Rin, who was protecting Da Vinci. Meanwhile, some monsters began heading toward the outside world through the passage Rin had broken open.
In the Spiritron World, the space dedicated to the Holy Grail War finally shattered, unable to withstand the battle between The Enlightened One and Gudako. For some reason, the Spiritron Holy Grail, which Rin had heavily sealed, broke free and appeared between The Enlightened One and Gudako.
In the void after the space shattered, The Enlightened One and Gudako both stopped and stared at the Holy Grail between them. Gudako let out a roar first, extending countless tentacles to seize the Grail.
Watching Gudako try to seize the Grail, her opponent, The Enlightened One, remained unmoved and allowed her tentacles to wrap around it.
"God of the Old Ones, there is no need to flaunt your power before me. No matter what strength you hold, I shall not fear. I simply continue my meditation, waiting for the moment to arrive."
The Enlightened One watched calmly as Gudako absorbed the Holy Grail into her body. Once she finished, he opened his eyes and spoke serenely.
"The time has come! When the Heavenly Wheel proclaims, all sentient beings and all suffering shall return to me. Under Great Enlightenment, humanity shall become one here."
"Amita Amitabha!"
As The Enlightened One's ultimate Noble Phantasm was activated, the halo behind him, 'Chakravartin', began to lose its form, turning into a golden vortex that spun continuously.
Behind Gudako, who had absorbed the Grail, the phantom of the Beast 666, covered in tentacles, manifested. It roared and unleashed seven breaths toward The Enlightened One, while a mass of tentacles wriggled out of Gudako's shadow to strike him.
At that moment, Infinite Light and Boundless Buddha Light emanated from the golden vortex behind The Enlightened One.
According to the Brahmanic thought of India, all humans are reincarnations of Brahma. This means that all humans are essentially the same person—if such a thought holds true, it is inevitable for all of humanity to achieve Buddhahood. This is because the ultimate reincarnation of all humans will be The Enlightened One (Buddha). This is the reincarnation that saves all sentient beings from suffering, 'making all humans become me'.
Based on this theory, The Enlightened One's Amita Amitabha is an ultimate anti-unit Noble Phantasm. It concentrates a massive energy equivalent to the principles of human creation onto a single enemy, serving as the final liberation to free them from pain. As human history continues and the human domain expands, its power will increase. No living being can resist this massive damage; theoretically, no one on Earth can withstand this Noble Phantasm's attack.
Representing the human principles of tens of billions of people from birth to the present, the most compassionate and pure Buddha light illuminated the entire Spiritron World. Whether they were humans or Servants in the Spiritron World, all instinctively let go of their obsessions and immersed themselves in this great light.
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