With the annihilation of the last True Ancestor, the Earth was forced to reconsider its own children—humanity.
Humanity, deemed a mistake by the Earth, had once again triumphed over their enemies. This might have been due to the assistance of the other counter force or perhaps the inherent nature of the human collective itself; regardless, this was not good news for the Earth.
Up until now, the Earth had witnessed countless miracles created by humanity.
From the end of the Age of Gods to the moment humanity drew back the curtains of its own history, if the end of the Age of Gods was inevitable, then how were the other anomalies to be explained?
Humans always attempt to control things beyond the scope of their abilities.
The physical body of the first True Ancestor, the "King of the Moon," who had signed a contract with the Earth and become one of its children, was destroyed by humanity.
The "King of the Moon," having long realized she would be corrected by the counter force, left many footprints on the path to creating a new body; these footprints eventually became the True Ancestors and the so-called Twenty-Seven Dead Apostle Ancestors.
Although the "King of the Moon's" plan did not succeed, as the UO of the Moon (UO, or Ultimate One, being the strongest lifeform on each planet), she could not truly be killed. However, since no True Ancestor had yet reached the level of "hosting the 'King of the Moon,'" her revival remained mere empty talk.
The human Magicians who entered the end of the Age of Gods used every means possible to reach the root. Among them, three families utilized the Third Magic to jointly create a Holy Grail that could reach the root, and with the Holy Grail as the core, they gradually refined and established the ritual known as the Holy Grail War.
By summoning Heroic Spirits from the "Throne" to serve as Familiars and engage in continuous slaughter, they would eventually summon the greater grail to manifest the Third Magic and reach the Root through it.
However, by the time this ritual was held for the third time, it had already lost the ability to reach the Root because its core—the greater grail—had been tainted, becoming a "useless" thing that only distorted the wishes of others. Although it could open a hole to the Root, it could not allow anyone to truly reach it.
If everything up to this point was within the realm of human achievement, the actions humanity took next were somewhat beyond the Earth's comprehension.
Faced with the collective of the Seventy-Two Demon God Pillars, the Beast of "Pity" (Beast I), and the mastermind behind the "Proper Human History Incineration" incident, humanity should have been utterly powerless.
Yet, an organization called Chaldea reversed this desperate situation with just a single Master capable of Rayshifting, and the reason was simply the biological instinct known as the "desire to survive."
Singularity F: Flame Contaminated City, Fuyuki
First Singularity: The Wicked Dragon Hundred Years' War
Second Singularity: Eternal Mad Empire
Third Singularity: Sealed End of the Four Seas
Fourth Singularity: Dead World's Demonic Fog City
Fifth Singularity: North American Mythos War
Sixth Singularity: Divine Realm of the Round Table
Seventh Singularity: Absolute Demonic Front
Final Singularity: Grand Temple of Time
Having cleared nine Singularities, Chaldea faced the true test of human extinction—the descent of the Alien God and the Planetary Desiccation.
Since the Tree of Emptiness descended from the sky, seven Reality Marbles known as Lostbelts appeared on the Earth's surface, and the seven Crypters corresponding to them began to protect their respective Lostbelts.
First Lostbelt: Permafrost Empire
Second Lostbelt: Eternal Ice and Fire Century
Third Lostbelt: Unified Empire of Human Wisdom
Fourth Lostbelt: Genesis Apocalypse Cycle
Fifth Lostbelt: Ancient Ocean of the Gods / Interstellar Mountain City
Sixth Lostbelt: Faerie Realm of the Round Table
Seventh Lostbelt: Golden Forest Sea Travelogue
Humanity's prayer, unwilling to be destroyed, left the Earth speechless and filled with doubt; the endless natural disasters were like tools for tempering humans, making them gradually shine.
However, this will to survive regardless of the lives of others instilled fear in the Earth; to stay alive, they could even kill a sub-species ort.
This forced the immobile Earth to once again consider its future. Was its only option to wait helplessly for its own death, for the atmosphere to change and become unsuitable for animals, and for humans to have to evolve into a Human Species to adapt to the Earth's death?
In such a future, the Earth could only call upon the UOs of other planets to exterminate the lifeforms on its surface, thereby recreating its own children.
It's just that such a future was far too distant.
Now, humanity had overcome numerous hardships, and at this moment, even the True Ancestors and Dead Apostles had been completely wiped out by them. The revival of the "King of the Moon" had become a total impossibility.
With the "nature's defense mechanism against humanity" and the "spokesperson of the planet" already killed, what else could block humanity's path?
The Earth couldn't help but recall the contract the "King of the Moon" had made with it: "In place of you, who cannot move, I shall protect you."
Despite the other's impure motives, she and her "Moon People" had still become its avatars, leading the Earth to think further.
Since it couldn't give birth to its own UO, why not use the Great Source to recreate a "King of the Moon"? It simply needed to use all current means to create an existence infinitely close to a UO.
Using the residual information of the "King of the Moon" on Earth and sufficient magical energy, the Earth began to create a body at the core of the planet.
Beautiful blonde hair, crimson pupils, and an appearance no different from Crimson Moon.
After tens of thousands of years of gestation, a body far surpassing Arcueid Brunestud's was created at the core of the planet.
The bloodlust was weakened, the connection with the planet was restricted, and an anti-human trait was implanted into her body. There was no possibility of the "King of the Moon" reviving in this body, yet it possessed abilities identical to Arcueid Brunestud's.
She would be the protector of the Earth, the manifestation of the Earth's will.
However, for now, it was just an empty shell.
Because she was a pseudo-UO modeled after the "King of the Moon," the Earth named her—Akatsuki.
But this did not change the fact that she was the "King of Earth." As the manifestation of the Earth's will, gaia prepared to project a part of herself into this shell to serve as its master.
However, before gaia could act, a blood-red will suddenly emerged from within the shell. The aura within it was incredibly Familiar to gaia—it was the aura of alaya, the collective will of humanity.
Even if it was a pseudo-UO, alaya did not want gaia to possess it alone, so it projected a soul from another world into the body created by gaia to ensure the survival of humanity.
To fight for ownership of Akatsuki, gaia and alaya both manifested their consciousness.
Instantly.
A little golden-haired loli (alaya) and a Little Loli with long black hair (gaia) appeared on either side of Akatsuki.
"alaya!!!"
"gaia!!!"
"Little Lolis, there's no need to fight over me." Akatsuki moved, pressing her hands against the foreheads of the two Little Lolis, then spoke faintly, "There's no need to struggle for my sake. I already have a girlfriend."
gaia and alaya looked at Akatsuki together, their eyes filled with a bit of confusion. They suddenly felt that this "King of Earth" was a bit... narcissistic?
gaia took a step back, looking at her with a gaze that asked, "Where did you find this soul?"
"Just pulled one at random from a crack in the world. When I first pulled him over, he was still saying something about coming from the real world..."
gaia's lips twitched; she wanted to say something but ultimately just sighed.
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