Chapter 3 Enuma Elish

Do you still remember the object numbered 001 recorded in the "Destiny Atlas" of Shuoyue's golden finger?

[001: Angelica Endsworth]

[Character Information]: Doll (DOLL) of the Endsworth family...

[Hidden Information]: Insufficient conditions

[Record Conditions (2/3)]

1. Escape from Endsworth City (completed)

2. Successfully escaped for seven days under her pursuit (uncompleted)

3*. Hidden Conditions (uncompleted)

There is no doubt that if the "Destiny Atlas" is just an emotionless recording machine, it is not worthy of being a necessary golden finger for time travelers.

After achieving any recording condition, the golden finger called "Destiny Atlas" has a chance to issue a reward.

And the reward for Shuoyue who successfully escaped from Endsworth City and met the conditions is——

The crystallization of Endsworth family magic for thousands of years: replacement magic.

I didn't tell Shuoyue the secret and principle of replacement magic, but in the eyes of Shuoyue, who was not interested in studying magic, as long as "replacement magic" could be as convenient as the skill key in the game, it would be enough.

Although Angelica immediately launched a pursuit after Shuoyue escaped, this time, there was no need to stand still to protect her sister. With replacement magic in hand, Shuoyue followed the principle of "when the enemy advances, I retreat; when the enemy stays, I disturb" and fought a guerrilla war with Angelica. Until now, he has not been caught, and even caused a lot of trouble for his mother Shanshan.

But——

"It's not a solution to go on like this. As long as I am still in this world, Enzwas, especially Angelica who has seized the power of the King of Heroes, that mother Shanshan, can always find me."

Thinking of this, Shuoyue couldn't help laughing, "Emiya-san, who entrusted everything to me, really gave me a problem."

Hero King Gilgamesh.

The extremely powerful king who has all the treasures in the world, even the weapons that opened up the world are one of his endless treasures.

Just like an entangled fate, no matter which world line, the existence named "Emiya Shirou" will be hostile to the oldest hero king.

Thinking of this, Shuoyue stopped in front of a primary school. With the flow of magic power in his body, a magic circle with red lines was slowly outlined with him as the center. The moment it was formed, it merged into the ground and disappeared.

When the magic circle disappeared, Shuoyue raised his eyebrows slightly and turned his head to look in the direction of the church.

"The magic circle I set up was triggered... Angelica?"

While speaking, the white-haired young man kept moving, and another more complex and more bizarre circular magic circle spread out. The moment it wrapped the primary school, it disappeared again.

"Women who chase too closely are not popular... At least give men some private space."

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In the church

Angelica, who used the class card to obtain the power of the King of Heroes, was surrounded by golden ripples. The treasures in the King's Treasury (Gate of Babylon) poured out from the ripples, blocking the overwhelming magic beams outside, and finally destroyed the magic circle together.

The church was reduced to ruins in the aftermath of the battle, and Angelica, with blonde hair and golden armor, looked around expressionlessly. After confirming that the annoying bug did not appear, she reached into the golden ripples on the side and took out a compass from the King's Treasury.

Looking at the rapidly moving red dot in the compass, Angelica murmured:

"What on earth does this guy want to do?"

The Hero King's Treasury has the "original text" of all human wisdom, and this compass is similar to the prototype of a tracker. After collecting the traces left by the new moon, it can always show his position.

Unfortunately, as the original, its function is not as accurate as the later generations, and it can only show the approximate range of the object - this is why Angelica mistakenly entered the department store at dusk, allowing Shuoyue to buy more time and escape.

But this time, Angelica did not immediately pursue, but bowed her head respectfully and called softly:

"Lord Darius."

The space was replaced in an instant, and a simple little doll appeared on Angelica's shoulder. The white eyes stared at the blonde maid and made a low voice:

"Although it is unbelievable, I have to admit that Shirou Emiya, this guy has indeed learned the replacement magic of our Endsworth."

"At this time, he calls himself 'Shuoyue', Lord Darius."

The doll's head moved slightly, conveying a surprised emotion.

"Sakutsuki... Sakutsuki... I remember this is the name of the God Child Clan, isn't it? If I remember correctly, the Sakutsuki family, except for Sakutsuki Miyu, has been completely extinct, right?"

"That's right."

The puppet suddenly fell silent, and it was obvious that the person controlling it was confused. Angelica remained silent, and even though the matter of hunting down Sakutsuki was imminent, it did not stop Darius's sudden interest.

Perhaps in Darius's eyes, the importance of hunting down Sakutsuki was far less than his curiosity.

"Hmm... Is it because of his longing for his sister? And the sudden replacement magic. Speaking of which, how did he survive from the dungeon and take away the class card that I worked so hard to make is also a question... Hmm, it seems that someone can't wait."

The puppet's head suddenly drooped, and when it raised its head again, the person controlling it was completely different.

"Shuoyue... huh, have you finally given up on your past?" After sarcastic words in a mean tone, a younger voice ordered, "I've had enough of this cat-and-mouse drama, Anjie. Lika, I allow you to use that precious weapon to blast away the mouse’s hiding place.”

Only when facing this voice and this man, some "emotion" ripples appeared under Angelica's lifeless face.

"But, Julian..."

"Don't worry about the consumption of magic power, let alone the damage to the building." Her words were ruthlessly interrupted. The man on the other side of the doll looked out the window at the sunny city of Endsworth, his eyes filled with wind and snow. "As for Emiya Shirou... no, Sakusuki."

"He is no longer the person I knew, and it doesn't matter if I kill him - it depicts the last myth of old humanity and does not allow anyone to destroy it."

After saying this, the puppet lost control and fell straight to the ground, breaking into pieces with a "snap".

Angelica looked at the broken doll on the ground quietly, and after a long time, picked it up.

"As you command, Lord Julian."

A "sword" rose from the bottom up and stood in front of Angelica.

——Can this weapon really be called a "sword"?

Its posture is too strict and too weird. If the golden-blue hilt is still similar to a long sword, then its most critical "sword body" part is far from the sword defined by humans——

They were three rotating cylindrical blades. The blades were imprinted with ancient bloody lines, which respectively symbolized heaven, earth, and the underworld. Each of them rotated in different directions to show the proper shape of the world.

And the combination of these three blades means...the universe.

This is a treasure among treasures in the King of Heroes' treasury.

This is the sword named after the god in Mesopotamian mythology.

This is the thing between heaven and earth that splits the beginning of this planet, the sword that symbolizes the beginning and the end.

"Tell me about the original." The golden figure raised the original sword high, and in the mighty torrent of magic power, the cold voice said the true name of the treasure:

"The star that opened up the heaven and earth (Enuma Elish)!"

More than ten kilometers away, the magic beam that separated the world and reestablished order rushed out, tearing apart all creation along the way, and swallowed up the place marked by the tracking disk where Shuoyue was in the blink of an eye!