95: Chapter 95 The Meteor Shower in the Extreme Sky!

The nearly cracking, panicked shout of Dr. Roman exploded from Chaldea's dedicated communication channel!

"How is this possible?! The Spiritron radar in the Control Room is about to burn out! Around the coordinates of the Grand Temple of Time, three... no, seven... no, that's not right, there are dozens, hundreds of unknown summoning circles appearing spontaneously!"

Da Vinci's voice was also filled with disbelief: "Without the guidance of a Holy Grail, nor the magical energy supply from Chaldea... these Heroic Spirits are actually relying on their own magical energy to forcibly break through the end of time and manifest across boundaries?!"

Before the viewers in the livestream could figure out what was happening...

At this very moment!

A battle song titled "Outbreak" began to play in the Grand Temple of Time without any warning!

The impassioned violin melody was like a blade tearing through the darkness before dawn, accompanied by a grand orchestral swell that made one's heart stop. This incredibly blood-pumping melody declared to all players that the moment known as "Counterattack" had officially arrived.

A crisp, holy voice, yet carrying an intense will capable of burning the entire universe, ignored all barriers and resounded throughout the entire Grand Temple of Time!

"Listen, the gathering of the stars!"

A massive war banner embroidered with lilies descended from the sky, carrying holy radiance, and slammed fiercely into the broken ruins in front of Mash!

"— — My spear shall protect my comrades. My Lord, let this body be at Your command!"

[Luminosité Eternelle!]

A golden, invincible barrier expanded instantly! It blocked the Demon God Pillar's world-destroying barrage completely!

The Demon God Pillar Flauros stared fixedly at Jeanne dArc with its countless eyes, emitting a roar of unbelievable shock: "Ruler?! Impossible! This temple is located outside of time. Without the summoning of a Holy Grail, how could a Servant possibly descend here relying on their own individual magical energy?!"

However, Jeanne dArc completely ignored Lev's impotent rage.

The wild wind blew through her golden hair as the pure white saint turned around.

In her azure eyes burned a conviction identical to, or perhaps even more dazzling than, the one from the First Singularity.

"Long time no see... Master of Chaldea."

She smiled brilliantly at Mash and the other, then turned to face the endless void and the sea of stars, gripping the flagpole tightly with both hands and raising the holy banner, which had been baptized by the flames of war, high into the air.

Her crisp and soul-shaking voice, accompanied by the crescendo of "Outbreak," exploded in the ears of all ten million players across the server and throughout the entire Grand Temple of Time:

"[— — Listen, you Heroic Spirits gathered in this realm, each worth a thousand, unstoppable by ten thousand!]"

"[Even if you were originally incompatible enemies. Even if you are heroes from different eras who could never intersect!]"

"[— — However, for now, please set aside these grudges and entrust your backs to one another!]"

"[Not to stop the incineration of humanity, but to pave the way forward for our contractor!]"

"[My true name is Jeanne dArc! In the name of the Lord, I shall become your sturdy shield!]"

Accompanying Jeanne dArc's call that shook the sea of stars, a single, extremely brilliant point of starlight suddenly lit up in the endless, dead void above the temple.

Then followed the second, the third, the tenth... the hundredth!

Like a miraculous [Meteor Shower of the Highest Heavens], dragging magnificent trails of light, they tore through the dark dome of the Grand Temple of Time, which had remained unchanged for ten million years!

Every meteor represented a Heroic Spirit who had forged a deep bond with the player during the past seven Singularities!

The space above the temple shattered crazily like a mirror!

"Rumble—!"

A massive pirate ship broke through the void. Francis Drake, the Pioneer of the Stars holding dual pistols, stood at the bow laughing wantonly:

"As long as there is the scent of treasure, I can sail my 'Golden Hind' even to the end of time for you!"

"I have arrived! Even at the end of the world, my theater shall be the most magnificent!"

Nero, the Roman Emperor wearing a red dress, brandished Original Fire and descended from the sky amidst a sky full of rose petals.

"Don't you dare touch a single finger of my adorable Master! Watch me chop you all into firewood!"

Mordred, the rebellious knight, carried a greatsword shining with crimson lightning and let out a wild, beast-like laugh.

Not just them!

Jing Ke, Lu Bu, the great hero Arash, Spartacus, Nightingale...

Amidst this soul-igniting symphony of "Outbreak," those Heroic Spirits from the past seven Singularities—from the burning Fuyuki to the Absolute Demonic Beast Front—who had once fought alongside the player, cried and laughed together, and eventually departed with regret or relief, had all transformed into brilliant meteors breaking through the dimensional wall!

Dozens, hundreds of golden rays crashed down like a rainstorm into every corner of the Grand Temple of Time, forcibly tearing out lines of defense as solid as a fortress in this desperate, fatal situation!

This was the romance unique to "FGO"—a miracle surpassing logic and reason, known as "Bond"!

"Waaah... Everyone! Everyone hasn't forgotten us!" Inside the VR pod, A-Dai's tears had already broken their dams; she was sobbing uncontrollably before this heavy bond that spanned time and space.

"It's lit! Damn it, I've got goosebumps all over!" PD's eyes were also red-rimmed at this moment, gripping his controller tightly as if he wanted to pour all his strength into it.

The comments in the livestream poured down like a waterfall.

"For the Saint of France! Charge!"

"Your Majesty Nero! We will protect the glory of Rome!"

"The Great Hero! Arash!"

The entire FGO player community was completely boiling over at this moment!

In this online gaming world filled with cold numbers and the stench of money, when had they ever seen such a soul-shaking performance?

Those paper-thin characters that should have only been "code" and "NPCs" in the eyes of the players had crossed the boundary of life and death, just to stand in front of them, the "players," at this end of despair.

And at the peak of the CG performance, the system's incomparably solemn announcement descended before the eyes of tens of millions of players across the server like an oracle.

[The miracle of Bond has manifested!]

[Multiple Heroic Spirits detected establishing defensive lines throughout the temple, engaging in full-scale combat with the Demon God Pillars! The system is analyzing the Quantum Record Bands... Analysis complete!]

[Epic limited-time battle unlocked: Final Suppression War (Global Raid)—officially started!]

Rules that made all players go crazy unfolded one by one, accompanied by an extremely cool UI interface.

[You are not fighting alone. At this moment, in various Quantum Record Bands (parallel worlds), tens of millions of real Masters who are with you are taking over the tactical command of those "Masterless Heroic Spirit Defense Lines"!]

[You will form joint assault squads of up to 20 people!]

[Every effective kill you make in the dungeon will reduce the Demon God Pillar's total HP bar of 30,000,000 (shared across the server) in real-time!]

In Chu He's livestream, this lore-hunter gasped, his eyes erupting with unprecedented fanaticism and shock.

"Genius! It's simply an incomparably genius design! Old Thief Gu actually used this reasonable and epic-feeling plot patch of 'Masterless Heroic Spirits on other defense lines' to perfectly fill the logical loophole of 'why different players would appear in the same single-player plot to raid'!"

"In the plot, we are the sole Master protected by the Heroic Spirits. But in gameplay, we are joining forces with countless silly netizens on different defense lines to tear apart the Demon God Pillar's server-wide HP bar!"

Accompanied by the system's final roar, the previously insurmountable 30 million HP bar instantly turned into a huge, fragrant cake in front of the tens of millions of players across the server.

The identities of hunter and prey were completely reversed at this moment!

[Raid Battle—officially started!]