Fate: The Rise of Shikama Douji

Irisviel!!! Irisviel, wake up! Irisviel lay unconscious in Artoria's arms, and Artoria stared at her with a face full of concern. Kiritsugu Emiya, with his golden eyes, looked at Irisviel. Irisviel, as the vessel of the small Holy Grail، Gilgamesh, the powerful heroic spirit, now resided within the Holy Grail, and the mental pressure on Irisviel was unimaginable. Kiritsugu Emiya suddenly appeared in front of Artoria and reached out his hand toward Irisviel. Artoria tried to attack Kiritsugu with her sword, but her body was frozen, and she had no strength to move. She could only watch.

"You bastard! Don't you dare hurt Irisviel!" Artoria shouted through clenched teeth, but she was powerless and could only watch. She had never felt so incompetent before. Suddenly, Irisviel's chest glowed, and the small Holy Grail was forcibly extracted from her body by Kiritsugu Emiya. Kiritsugu placed his hand on the Holy Grail and crushed it with force. Artoria watched this scene with wide eyes.

"I'm sorry, Artoria... for everything. This time, I have to do this for both my family and the world." Kiritsugu Emiya stared at Artoria with a sorrowful look. Artoria was confused and didn't understand what was happening. Kiritsugu seemed familiar to her, but Artoria had no memories of him. A golden sword formed in Kiritsugu's hand, and in an instant, it pierced Artoria's heart. Artoria's eyes widened, and blood spilled from her mouth, staining Kiritsugu Emiya's white cloak. Artoria, at such a close distance, could finally see Kiritsugu's face clearly. Her eyes widened in surprise, and she whispered, "Kiritsugu..." Then, like a lifeless doll, she fell to the ground. The unconscious Irisviel also lay in Kiritsugu Emiya's hands. Artoria never understood what had happened until the very end. Her spiritual core was destroyed, and her body, as a servant, dispersed. Kiritsugu Emiya stared with a troubled expression at Artoria's corpse, which had turned into golden light.

"I'm sorry, heroic spirits... but I have to do this." Kiritsugu Emiya transferred Irisviel into a container and glanced at the remaining servants. Suddenly, a massive barrier enveloped the entire dock, making escape impossible. Tens of thousands of golden spears formed in the sky, and rider and Lancer stared at this scene with wide eyes. rider tried to activate her Marble Phantasm, but it was unsuccessful. It was as if the entire dock had been separated from reality and was no longer part of this world. They could only watch. The golden spears pierced rider and Lancer's bodies, but strangely, the spears only struck the servants. Even Assassin, with only one of his clones present, was targeted. The golden spears emerged from the barrier and destroyed all of his clones, even Caster, who was far away, met the same fate.

All the servants were eliminated. The power of Shikama Doji was truly overwhelming. Only 30% of his power had given Kiritsugu Emiya, as his vessel, such strength. Kiritsugu Emiya appeared before his past self. Kiritsugu Emiya (past version) stared at him with eyes full of hatred. To him, this man had ruined all his plans. The dream of saving humanity had been destroyed. Suddenly, the surrounding space changed, and Kiritsugu Emiya (past version) looked around in shock. They had been transported to an empty park. The unknown man pushed aside his cloak, revealing his face. Kiritsugu Emiya (past version) stared at him in shock. This man looked like him, only older. The golden eyes of the man stared at Kiritsugu Emiya (past version), and suddenly, unknown memories flooded his mind. Memories of his future self. Kiritsugu Emiya (past version) began to cry, like a child tasting defeat for the first time. After Natalia's death, he had never cried, but now, with these memories, his tears flowed. Kiritsugu Emiya (past version) looked at Kiritsugu Emiya with full understanding. Now he knew everything.

"Take this opportunity..." Kiritsugu Emiya said nothing more to his past self. The skin on his face cracked, and a piece of it fell to the ground. Beneath his skin, instead of blood, there was a dark, starry void. Kiritsugu Emiya turned into golden light and moved toward the Holy Grail. Kiritsugu Emiya (past version), clutching the soil tightly, watched the departure of his future self.

Due to the excessive use of power, Kiritsugu Emiya's lifespan had drastically decreased. His body began to crack, and his existence was like a shattered mirror, on the verge of collapse at any moment. Kiritsugu Emiya stared at the Holy Grail for the second time. A dark, corrupt aura emanated from it, as if millions of people were cursing him within that space. The hatred was so immense that an ordinary person would die just by being there. "How pitiful... I thought something like this could fulfill my wishes." Kiritsugu Emiya thought mockingly. The Holy Grail War had been ended by him in just a few minutes. Now, all that remained was the destruction of this filthy entity. A golden scythe appeared in Kiritsugu Emiya's hands. This scythe had a strange structure, as if oscillating between dream and reality, composed of a vast amount of conceptual information. Angra Mainyu felt threatened and tried to resist, but it was futile. It was easily destroyed. Kiritsugu Emiya finally breathed a sigh of relief. Suddenly, the hand holding the scythe shattered like glass, and the scythe fell to the ground, turning into golden light. Kiritsugu Emiya collapsed to the ground, as his legs had also failed like his arms. He lay on the ground and stared at the sky.

"Do you have any regrets?" Shikama Doji appeared above Kiritsugu Emiya and asked in an amused tone, as if eager to hear his answer. Kiritsugu Emiya smiled and stared at the moon. He raised his only remaining hand and clenched it into a fist.

"Of course not... Thank you, Shikama Doji, for this opportunity." Kiritsugu Emiya closed his eyes, and his body turned into golden light like a shattered mirror. He closed his eyes peacefully and fell into eternal sleep. His soul was destroyed, and his entire existence vanished. Even the information that constituted the concept of Kiritsugu Emiya was erased.