Chapter 25. The real world is unfathomably deep, the faint silhouette of Servant Yukino!
The real world.
Chiba City, Happiness manor.
On a small bed, a young man wearing a white feathered outfit lay still, his face pale.
"Raku-kun, are you feeling any better?"
The beautiful landlady's eyes were full of worry, two braids hanging down on her shoulders. Her soft white hands wrung out a warm towel and gently placed it on the young man's forehead.
"…I'm fine now, thank you, landlady."
Raku Sou gave a strained smile.
It really was bad luck.
No — it was because he had been too impatient for success.
Just by looking at the existence of the Supernatural Disaster Countermeasures Bureau, it was obvious — this world was absolutely not simple.
If human society could remain peaceful, it was surely thanks to those who stood at the top, forcibly suppressing all evil spirits.
Miko Midoriko created the Shikon Jewel, the Nine-Tailed Fox created the Sesshouseki, throwing the world into chaos...
Who among them wasn't a powerhouse beyond Fourth Tier?
Under the sun, undercurrents surged, countless great terrors were all hiding, biding their time.
And yet he had dared, in this crossover world with a setting of gods and demons, to erect the Celestial Curtain that shook the entire world.
It was truly reckless arrogance.
When the Celestial Curtain enveloped the globe, probing attacks exploded everywhere.
There were intercontinental missiles, anti-evil arrows, Taoist spells, ninja arts, divine spears, demonic swords...
However, because the Celestial Curtain was outside the atmosphere, 6,947.2 kilometers from the ground, over ten thousand probing attacks all missed. The number of people who could hit the Celestial Curtain could be counted on one hand.
The essence of the Celestial Curtain was illusion; it couldn't be destroyed by just a few Tier Four or Tier Five attacks.
At that time, Raku Sou was still very calm, leisurely enjoying the benefits.
Along with more and more people looking up at the Celestial Curtain, Divine Authority Jade also soared like crazy.
Unlike placing a small advertisement on the Observer Network, this thing could be seen no matter where you were.
Just seeing it would give rise to thoughts.
If there were doubts, faith would arise.
You couldn't ignore it — everyone around was talking about it in astonishment.
In a short time, billions of people across the world were affected.
Faith surged nonstop, converging like a storm, refined by the void into Divine Authority Jade.
One hundred thousand...
Two hundred thousand...
Three hundred thousand...
In just half an hour, Divine Authority Jade had surpassed the one-million mark.
Don't even mention creating a Servant, even actualizing a True Heroic Spirit was enough.
Although only limited to third-rank Heroic Spirits, to actualize higher ranks would require far too much Divine Authority Jade.
In this world, without Counter Forces intervening, a Heroic Spirit's Noble Phantasm could be fully unleashed.
Noble Phantasm of EX Anti-Army rank "Ionioi Hetairoi: Army of the King" could truly crush a modern military city.
Noble Phantasm of A++ Anti-Fortress rank "Excalibur: Sword of Promised Victory" could directly destroy a modern city.
What was there left to fear?
Raku Sou naturally thought that by tomorrow, he could enhance himself to the starting point of Tier Five.
But with just a bit of carelessness, joy turned into sorrow...
A pair of giant mysterious hands suddenly reached out from God-knows-where, attempting to pull the Celestial Curtain down to Earth.
How could Raku endure that?
At that moment, he became furious, directly burned one million Divine Authority Jade, and intervened in the spatial dimension.
Normally, that much Divine Authority Jade could only create a few peak Tier Four beings, but if Raku Sou focused it all into a single purpose, the limit could go very high.
Don't even mention Tier Four, Tier Five, even touching Tier Six for a brief moment was possible!
Very quickly, those gigantic swirling hands skimmed across the atmosphere, like a shadow drifting around Earth's sky!
But no matter how infinitely they stretched, they still couldn't grasp the Celestial Curtain hanging in the sky. It was as if the two existed in separate dimensions, like flowers in a mirror, the moon in the water — unreachable in the cold and silent void of the universe.
Seeing that one strike had failed, those mysterious hands dissipated — and even actively retreated.
Earth also returned to silence, the surging undercurrents seeming to transform into still waters.
The big shots hiding in the shadows were all shocked and stunned, unable to see through that Raku Sou was just a paper tiger.
Otherwise, if they had taken turns attacking, the final outcome might not have been so certain.
But through this battle, Raku Sou had engraved deeply in his heart the image of those mysterious giant hands.
He noted the enemy into his little black notebook — and would take revenge once he became stronger.
"Raku-kun, I'll go now, if you feel unwell anywhere, just call me."
The beautiful landlady gave a gentle smile.
"Umu."
Raku Sou lightly nodded. Under his gaze, that graceful silhouette quickly vanished from sight.
The landlady was a pretty good person. Later, when he had excess Divine Authority Jade, he could help her fulfill a few wishes — it wouldn't cost him much effort anyway.
"Void, scan my body. Check for any aftereffects or traces. If there's no problem, heal my injuries directly."
Raku Sou gave a serious command.
"Bzzzzt... (Acknowledged)"
Following a faint ripple of silver light, a mystical radiance fell upon him.
Every cell in his body was bathed in divine energy, continuously mended and healed. The sensation, so pleasant it felt like ascending, made the young man let out a soft moan.
Not long after, all injuries were healed — he had returned to peak condition.
[Creator: Raku Sou]
[Life Rank: Celestial Human Realm (Tier 3 - Early Peak)]
[Bloodline: Ancient Red Dragon (Diluted)]
[Available Secret Techniques: Isayama Swordsmanship, Isayama Spell Overview, Mana Burst…]
[Theoretical Lifespan: 819,7 years]
[Divine Authority Jade: 72.361,01]
"Eh? My Life Rank has broken through?"
Raku Sou rubbed his eyes in surprise, feeling a bit delighted inside.
Unexpectedly, even without using Divine Authority Jade to strengthen himself, his power had still increased.
Perhaps, during the healing process after being wounded, the effect of destruction and rebirth had been achieved.
This good news really improved Raku Sou's mood quite a bit.
Although the amount of Divine Authority Jade saved wasn't much, it had opened up a new path.
Currently, with more than seventy thousand Divine Authority Jade left, he didn't plan to use them — they would be reserved as an emergency contingency.
"Time, hurry and move faster…"
Raku Sou looked up at the sky, his eyes fixed on the majestic and unmoving Celestial Curtain, and softly muttered.
According to the progression he had modified, the next Master and Servant pair would be an Assassin combination.
Specifically, Sasaki Kojirou.
Unlike the original version written by Kinoko Nasu, in order to add more flavor to the character roster, Medea not summoned him through rule-breaking methods, but instead designed a dedicated Master for Sasaki Kojirou.
At the same time, unable to bear the content related to Matou Sakura, Raku Sou deleted all segments involving her.
No — to be precise, he deleted the parts where she was raped by worms, abused, and mistreated.
Moreover, she was not taken away from the Tohsaka family, but instead was given an entirely new backstory.
Her identity was the biological younger sister of the Master of Archer — that is, Raku Sou's biological sister in the show.
That character…
Was Shinomiya Kaguya.
Once this Fate/stay night anime finished airing completely, it would also mark the conclusion of his grand-scale overarching plan.
Beside Raku Sou, a figure with hair as white as snow gradually began to condense.
On his wrist, the fiery red Command Spell formed from the Killing Stone stirred slightly, as if coming to life.
The public had already developed a conceptual understanding of the Servant version of Yukinoshita Yukino from the future, and had also subconsciously accepted that Raku Sou was her Master.
This created a miraculous chemical reaction.
He didn't need to construct a Throne of Heroes — merely relying on the collective subconscious of the public, the murderous aura of the Killing Stone could transform into Yukinoshita Yukino — the Archer from Fate/stay night, coming from the future.
However, the time was not yet ripe — her potential had yet to reach its limit.
Once Unlimited Blade Works appeared and Yukino's power peaked…
At that moment, he would be able to fully manifest the Yukino of the future.
But for now...
Just let the Celestial Curtain continue broadcasting…
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Author's Postscript: Regarding the power system in this story — it follows canon scaling, where the gap between tiers becomes wider as you go up.
As for the energy system in this story — it follows a general rule, where the distance between the levels gets wider as you go higher.
Tier 4 and Tier 5 are the levels of Servants.(Servants are exceptions, not bound by the limits of Masters, Counter Force, etc., because the existence of Noble Phantasms causes the power ceiling to vary greatly.)
Tier 6 is the level of Divine Spirits,Tier 7 is Main God,Tier 8 is the standard for Lostbelt God Kings.
True Gilgamesh + Ea can rival a Divine Spirit-tier, or Excalibur at full power from the King of Knights can touch the divine level.
Main Gods at Tier 7 have world-ending power — equivalent to the dinosaur-killing asteroid from 65 million years ago — 10 km in diameter, capable of destroying Earth's entire ecosystem.
Tier 8 — King of a Lostbelt, basically the aggregate of an entire pantheon's strength, able to destroy a whole continent.
Tier 9 — Transcendent, can blast apart an entire planet.
The gap between each tier is like heaven and earth.
Overall, the power progression still feels fairly reasonable.
In the early stages, it's not difficult for the protagonist to reach Servant level, but reaching world-ending or planet-busting levels will take a bit longer, because the power gap is just too massive.