It was a sky that burned infinitely like flames.

Huge gears hung helplessly in the dim curtain, turning meaninglessly.

Desolate plains, as far as the eye can see.

The maroon earth is empty.

In addition to the inverted swords in the field, thousands of famous swords have spread to the edge beyond the reach of human eyesight.

The short wind shuttled through wantonly, bringing the sorrowful roar of countless treasures.

Here, is the forest of steel, the tomb of the Infinity Sword.

Filled with despair and sorrow, the ideal end of nothing but killing and justice.

Quietly, standing in this isolated place, the knight in the red trench coat stood calmly in the center of the Infinity Treasure.

This body is no longer human, the posture of a guardian, but he does not know what he wants to protect.

No matter how frank and strong the back is, in the groaning on the other side, in the blood-spattered killing, you will still feel a trace of confusion.

In order to save people, it is necessary to kill people, regardless of whether the object is righteous or not, as long as it is the majority of people who are saved, they must wield the sword!

Is such vague justice really the salvation you hope for?

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“………… As you can see, you will face the Infinity Sword, the ultimate of the sword. Archer slowly raised his right hand, and as he moved, the swords that spread across the wilderness floated as if they had been pulled up.

"How long can you hold on?" At the sound of an order, all the swords suspended in the air were pointed at Shirou and shot away.

"Shirou !!" Rin exclaimed nervously.

In the face of this kind of attack, it was impossible for him, who was only a half-magician, to block it.

“Traceon。”

Without flinching, Shirou projected Archer's favorite warrior, Mo Ye, to resist the rain of swords.

The sword shattered.

It doesn't matter, just forge it again.

Fractured.

It doesn't matter, just strengthen your body.

Block: Block: Block, Block, Block.

Without taking a step back, he flicked off all the swords that came to strike.

It's not just because you will die if you retreat, but it's more important because of your own beliefs.

For him, the man in front of him was undoubtedly the goal he longed for, the end of his ideal, but it was precisely like this that he turned his back on his ideal, which Emiya Shirou could not understand and could not forgive.

After the rain of swords, Shirou, who was in tatters, panted and looked at Archer with a mocking smile on the other side.

"It's impossible to save everyone, Emiya Shirou." Projecting the twin swords of yin and yang, Archer walked slowly towards Shirou.

"If you want to save some people, you must sacrifice another part, this is inevitable, it is the axiom of this world!" Swinging the sword casually, ignoring Shirou's resistance, Archer's huge strength swung Shirou's entire body with the sword more than ten meters and fell heavily to the ground.

"Want to challenge the axioms of this world? What can you do when you're so weak? Relying only on that stupid stubbornness, ridiculously clinging to that disgusting hypocrisy, no one can be saved. ”

"Do you really want to be a hero?!"

"Not wanted! It's about definitely becoming! ”

His entire lungs seemed to be squeezed flat, but Shirou struggled to pump air into them, answering Archer's questions with a determined slash.

"I knew it! If you have to say why, for you, that's the only emotion! ”

"What did you say?!"

"You're just dreaming!"

While speaking, Archer kept chasing Shirou who was dodging everywhere with high-intensity attacks.

"The man who saved you, his expression is so happy! So you want to be like that, too! Your ideals are just borrowed! ”

Archer smashed Shirou's commander with a single sword.

Shirou is still at a disadvantage.

Although Shirou has been strengthened by Rin's mana, at the same time, after Archer has become Naraku's servant, he has no worries about fighting with the incomparably abundant mana supply.

"It's not!" Shirou firmly refuted Archer's claims.

"I was driven by the compulsive notion that 'I must exist for others', but I didn't notice the flaws, and I just blindly ran forward, hoping that everyone would be happy, which was nothing more than a fairy tale!" Archer's emotions fluctuated violently, "If you don't have this dream, you can't live, so let's drown with your ideals!" ”

At the same time, Shirou is seen by Archer again, and as Shirou stops his body and supports his body with his twin blades, the blood begins to accumulate under his feet.

"I-am (this body) ......"

Shirou gasped violently, but he still stubbornly raised his head again, desperately stimulating the magic in his body.

"the-bone-of-my-sword!!"

"You ......"

Seeing this, Archer was slightly taken aback.

"Haven't you recognized our gap? That's right, you got Rin's magic and strengthened yourself, but what about me? Now it can be said that it is the strongest state. ”

As he spoke, Archer glanced at the closed door of the Liudong Temple behind him.

"I didn't expect Berserker's magic to be so strong, and at the same time to be able to support me and Saber's magic needs, there is still a lot of room to spare, that is, you are fighting against you in the strongest or even stronger period in the future!"

"How's that going? I won't lose to you! It's okay to lose to everyone else, but even if I'm the strongest and stronger, I can't lose to myself! Ignoring the blood he was covered in, Shirou once again decisively attacked Archer.

"This guy ......" was not mentally prepared, and Archer, who rushed to the battle, seemed a little passive.

"It's not ......," Shirou shouted.

"The stupidity of insisting on the challenge even though you know you can't win." In the end, Archer is scolding Shirou at the same time, he is also scolding himself, he and Shirou are the same person.

"It's not a mistake!" As Shirou shouted his heart, the sword in Archer's hand shattered.

"That's exactly what I made!" Archer projected the cadre and Mo Xie, and fought with Shirou again.

"It's definitely not a mistake!"

Shirou misses Archer's swinging twin blades, and Archer is exposed.

“Archer！！！”

Then, with Rin's shout, white blades pierced Archer's body.

"I won, Archer!"

Shirou, who was still clutching the hilt of his sword, declared his victory to Archer, not only for this battle, but for the ideals he believed in.

"Ahh And, I lost. ”

Archer replied with a smile as if relieved, and there was a lot of meaning in his words.

"No matter what the future holds, I won't regret it! I'll definitely be able to get past it! ”

This is the oath of Emiya Shirou.

On that summer night, I made such a promise to Kiritsugu, who entrusted my dream to me, and now I solemnly say it again, it is a promise to the 'self' in front of me who can no longer achieve my dream.

"That's right, you have to cross it!"

“Archer……”

Rin looked at Archer with a complicated expression.

"I'm sorry, Rin, for disappointing you." Archer's voice was calm.

"Fool......" Rin Tosaka whispered.

"My own Servant did something wrong, but even I, the Master, will be scolded!"

"Our contract has ......"

"Stupid!! It was your unilateral decision, I never agreed to it, in short, I absolutely do not admit it!! Tosaka became angry as he spoke.

"Ah, then, please take care of me in the future!!" Archer said in a smiling tone, his words filled with joy.

"Yes!! Welcome back!! Rin Tosaka choked up.

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"Ahh

On the main hall of Yanagidong Temple, like a nobleman greeting guests, Naraku opened his arms and smiled and said to the three people who entered the temple.

"Welcome, three."