Chapter 1153: The Sword That Pierces the Heavens
All the Oberons had vanished.
The remaining magical insects were also swept away by everyone.
But the tense atmosphere didn't diminish in the slightest; instead, it gradually intensified.
"Has... Britain been destroyed?"
Woodwose looked at the land beneath his feet.
At this moment, that land was shattered beyond recognition. Viewed from above, it looked just like a cluster of reefs in the ocean, with nowhere to even land.
Woodwose couldn't accept this at all.
He had only taken a nap!
How could it be that after waking up, his clan was gone, the country was gone, and even the land had vanished?
"In the end, did the Fairy Kingdom still end up like this?"
Gareth was also deeply distressed.
As the reincarnation of Ainsel, she had long foreseen the scene of the Great Calamity ravaging Britain.
Even this land, gnawed apart by the Abyssal Insects, had been seen by her from the very beginning.
But something like the destruction of the world would inevitably cause intense panic if spoken aloud, so she hadn't written it into her prophecies.
"Everyone, this is bad!"
Little Da Vinci's figure appeared as a projection on the deck, her expression extremely anxious.
"The Abyssal Insects are rapidly approaching! Even if the submersible accelerates at full power, according to calculations, we'll definitely be caught within three minutes!"
Even before they drew near.
The suction force that seemed capable of dragging the entire world down was already making everyone feel weightless!
"That's right, the key now is the Abyssal Insects. How to defeat them is the foremost problem we need to consider!"
Barguest glanced intentionally or unintentionally at Woodwose and Gareth.
"Hmph!"
Woodwose snorted coldly.
Unless the Queen spoke, he didn't want to respond to anyone!
"But even so, how are we supposed to defeat such a huge enemy?"
Gareth looked at the enormous void insect with a troubled expression.
Once this was mentioned, everyone felt deeply troubled.
None among them could handle such a terrifying creature!
Even if they had the will, they simply didn't have the capability!
"Forgive my rudeness, Your Majesty the Queen. If you were to fully unleash your Holy Lance, could it defeat the Abyssal Insects?"
Sherlock Holmes's figure replaced Little Da Vinci's, and he tentatively asked Morgan.
"No."
Morgan's face was somewhat pale.
Those insects had left a very strong psychological shadow on her.
So much so that she now completely ignored the conflict with Pan-Human History, her gaze toward the Abyssal Insects filled with hatred, wishing she could kill them immediately!
"The scale of those insects is thousands of times larger than the Cursed God. The power of the twelve Holy Lances is overwhelmingly insufficient!"
Ultimately.
Even she hadn't anticipated that the final enemy would be such a massive Abyssal Insect, so she hadn't made any targeted preparations in advance.
The Holy Lance was only meant to deal with the Cursed God; to handle the Abyssal Insects, it was truly beyond its capacity!
"Right now, those Oberons are merely terminals. The Abyssal Insect is its true form."
Morgan pondered aloud.
"I'm afraid the island gave him all its power before dying, and because it consumed the Cursed Tide, his strength has greatly increased. Killing those Oberons is useless now—we must completely destroy his main body to resolve the current crisis!"
"But if even the Holy Lance can't do it..."
"In this situation, not even Anti-Fortress or Anti-Country Noble Phantasms would help. Even Anti-World Noble Phantasms are useless. This is a planetary-level crisis—only an Anti-Star Noble Phantasm can truly be effective."
Morgan's judgment plunged everyone into dead silence.
At that level, only the Holy Sword could barely qualify as such.
But the Holy Sword in Eiji's hands hadn't yet woven its incantations and couldn't unleash its power!
"Since we can't win, let's escape now!"
A mechanical dragon with a steel-like luster descended from the sky, transforming in the blink of an eye into the petite girl, Melusine.
She bluntly suggested this to everyone.
"No, with all due respect, that's the worst strategy."
Holmes immediately interrupted her sternly.
"Anyone else can run, but we cannot! If the Abyssal Worm chases us into Pan-Human History, even if we resolve the Human Order Incineration in the future, the damage caused by the Abyssal Worm to Pan-Human History will be permanently etched onto the planet's surface!"
In other words.
We cannot let the Abyssal Worm enter Pan-Human History—we must defeat it here!
"Hmph, what does the fate of Pan-Human History have to do with us?"
Woodwose snorted coldly, mocking them.
"Anyway, our country is finished, so your world should be destroyed too. That's only fair!"
"Shut up, doggo."
At that moment, Eiji slowly descended from the air.
He glared fiercely at Woodwose.
"The Fairy Kingdom is gone. Your only place to settle is Pan-Human History, so you also have an obligation to deal with the Abyssal Worm!"
Melusine, Barghest, and Gareth all nodded in agreement.
"Who are you calling 'doggo'?!"
Woodwose flew into a rage.
"So, you have no objections to your obligation to resolve the Abyssal Worm?"
"Are you insane?! When did I ever say that?!"
Woodwose was furious.
Why did he have to face this bastard's mouth the moment he woke up?
Heavens, what crime did I commit?!
Nearby, Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others couldn't help but curl their lips into smiles.
The atmosphere instantly lightened.
"Eiji, do you have a plan?"
Holmes looked him up and down.
Seeing that he remained as calm and unruffled as ever, not the least bit anxious, Holmes relaxed slightly, already guessing the answer.
"Sort of."
Under everyone's hopeful gazes, Eiji nodded slowly.
"But whether it'll work or not depends on what happens next!"
"Cernunnos, give me the throne!"
Morgan's elegant brows rose slightly.
At this point, even she thought escape was the only option. She never expected Eiji still had a strategy!
As expected of my husband!
She lightly tapped the deck, and the throne floated over to Eiji.
Soon, Eiji successfully connected to the throne.
An immense amount of magical energy surged into his body all at once.
"This magical energy is truly potent!"
Eiji felt the vast, ocean-like magical power from the throne flowing within him, and his eyes lit up!
"Now, I feel like this might work!"
He leaped lightly into the air.
He then placed his right hand at his left waist, assuming a stance strikingly similar to that of a sword draw.
At that moment, the Abyssal Worm had closed in on the group.
No matter how much the submersible accelerated, the suction from the void held them firmly in the air—not only were they unable to move, but they were even being pulled backward toward the void!
The massive opening loomed right before their eyes.
Success or failure hinged on this single moment!
As everyone watched Eiji suspended in midair, their hearts leaped into their throats. The pounding of their heartbeats echoed distinctly across the deck, one after another.
"Haaah…"
Eiji took a deep breath.
Then, he channeled all the magical energy within his body into the Aurora Spark spell!
In the blink of an eye.
A colossal golden light-sword extended backward, breaking through the limits of their vision in mere moments and stretching into the infinite expanse of the sky!
This one strike.
Spanned across the earth and pierced through the heavens!