Chapter 37: Through the Millennium
As Artoria's words fell, the Grail began to shine brightly, even brighter than the rising sun, illuminating the vicinity as if it were day.
But what the eyes see is only the appearance after all, people like Sakura Makiri and Rin Tosaka, who have a keen perception of magic, can sense that there is a huge magic flowing out of the Holy Grail at this time, and they are terrified, if this magic power suddenly goes violent, they will not be able to escape death, and most of the world will probably have to be buried with them.
Zhou Xiaoning, as the "Creation God" in charge of the world, naturally perceived more things than the others. For example, Zhou Xiaoning sensed that the world origin in the Holy Grail was divided into three, and it was gradually transformed into the power of time. Zhou Xiaoning estimated that if the transformation of the origin of the world was completed, the accumulated power of time could indeed achieve the purpose of traveling through time and returning to the past.
It's just that it's not clear which point in time it will be sent to, after all, the time span of thousands of years is really long, and Artoria just said that she would go back to the day when she drew her sword and elected the king, and did not give the exact time, so this randomness is even greater. 24 hours a day, 1440 minutes, 86400 seconds, any point in time is possible, if she is a step late, then Artoria's previous efforts will be in vain, I really don't know if she can withstand that kind of blow.
"That's it, help people to the end, just escort her for a ride."
After making up his mind, Zhou Xiaoning immediately opened the time dragon pupil, used the power of the law of time to affect the power of time in the Holy Grail, and with all his strength, he finally set the time point of the crossing before Artoria pulled out the sword in the stone, as for whether it was a second earlier, a minute, or an hour, it was not something he could control.
It's just that in this way, when the time tunnel was opened, Zhou Xiaoning had no extra strength to resist the suction, and was forcibly sucked into the time tunnel.
Zhou Xiaoning has experienced many times of traveling between worlds, but this is really the first time to travel through time, and it still feels very strange.
Zhou Xiaoning has the protection of the law of time, although he is in the time tunnel, pushed forward by an inexplicable force, and cannot move freely, but at least his thinking is still active enough to know what is happening around him, and he can even take this opportunity to feel the power of time and deepen his understanding of the law of time. Artoria, by contrast, had no such chance, her time was frozen in the moment she entered the time tunnel, and no matter how long she stayed in the time tunnel, it was only a blink of an eye for her.
As Zhou Xiaoning's understanding of the law of time gradually deepened, he gradually could read some historical fragments from the colorful points of light around him, which were like fragmented pictures that could not be spliced together at all. But Zhou Xiaoning was happy to do it, because he found that this was conducive to understanding the law of time, and he didn't know how long he would stay in the time tunnel, if he didn't find something to do, he wouldn't have to die of boredom.
In this way, I don't know how long it was, Zhou Xiaoning suddenly captured a scene, only to see many people dressed as medieval Western knights, surrounding a sword stuck in a stone, as if arguing about something. And in an inconspicuous corner of this picture, Zhou Xiaoning saw Artoria's figure.
"This is it!"
Zhou Xiaoning's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly urged the power of time with all his might, wanting to take Artoria to move in the direction of the point of light he had just captured.
I have to say that Zhou Xiaoning's perception during this period of time is still very successful, and his mastery of the law of time has improved a lot, although he still can't move freely, but it is still possible to affect the force that pushes them and change the trajectory of progress.
"Puff~"
With a soft sound, Zhou Xiaoning and Artoria successfully passed through the time barrier and completed this time and space travel.
But what's interesting is that Zhou Xiaoning crossed over with his real body, but Artoria fused with herself at this time. Since they are the same person, there is no question of giving up their souls. In other words, Artoria at this time perfectly inherited all the memories and powers of the heroic spirit Artoria.
The whole process of fusion was completed in an instant, and it did not have any ill effects on Artoria, so that even the young man who was standing next to her and seemed to be close to her did not notice anything unusual.
"Now, Arthur, do you see the sword stuck in the stone, Lord Merlin, the great magician, said to the Bishop, that whoever can draw the sword will be the new king of Great Britain. You say, if I could pull out that sword, what a beautiful it would be! ”
The young man said eagerly, in his opinion, there is really nothing cheaper in the world to sit on the throne with a sword drawn.
"The sword in the stone, it's really been a long time......"
Artoria muttered to herself, a complicated look in her eyes.
In the original history, Artoria drew the sword in the stone and, with the help of Merlin, sat on the throne. To tell the truth, the sword in the stone is a divine weapon that is not inferior to the sword of victory in the oath. It's a pity that in a duel, Artoria was calculated and won in a way that violated the way of chivalry, and the sword in the stone was broken because of this, so there was the appearance of the sword of victory of the oath.
But for now, none of that had happened, and she probably wouldn't go up and pull out the sword again.
"Arthur, what did you just say?"
The young man looked at Artoria strangely, and he didn't know why, he always felt that his "Arthur brother" had changed, but he couldn't say exactly what had changed.
"It's nothing, I'm just wondering, who will pull out that sword?"
"Since you're so curious, why don't you go up and try it yourself?"
"I ...... Forget it, I'm not fit to be a king. ”
Artoria's eyes flashed with gloom, and to outsiders, she seemed to be humbling when she said this, but only she knew that she was a failed king, because Great Britain was destroyed at her hands.
"Arthur, how are you behaving today...... But forget it, I'll come back to you and ask you clearly, the sword has already begun, I'm going to go up and give it a try! ”
The young man's attention had been attracted by the sword in the stone, and his heart became more and more restless when he looked at the people who went up with confidence and then came down dejectedly. At this time, he still has the mind to care if Artoria is abnormal, it is more important to squeeze onto the stage quickly, otherwise if someone else pulls out the sword first, what will happen to him.