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While I was lost in thought, the girl in front of me spoke: "What are you?"

It's not "who", but "what".

"...I am who you think I am."

Knowing full well that she could not explain her existence in this world, the Heroic Spirit simply gave up. If possible, she even wanted to avoid the upcoming battles as well, but this "delusion" was destined to remain unfulfilled.

[Choose one of three]

The indifferent instructions were conveyed, and the scarlet symbol also appeared on the three remaining "objects" in this confined space. One of them was himself—Ryougi Shiki, who touched the "root" and became a heroic spirit.

One is "oneself"—a figure who knows nothing yet harbors some fantasies about the future.

One is Kurogiri Mikiya...

Reason led the Heroic Spirit to quickly eliminate the easiest option, leaving only the present self and the past self. In other words—

"A choice between two options... I'm sorry, but I'm not like Caster."

He gripped the short sword in his hand with a reverse grip, his azure demonic eyes fixed on the "self" before him, who was also in a fighting stance: "I am not planning to be 'killed' like this."

The battle that belongs to "oneself" is about to begin.

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Distinguishing between the real world and the projected world can be incredibly simple, yet surprisingly difficult. Ultimately, this huge difference in difficulty stems entirely from the difference in the "method of determination."

It is undoubtedly extremely difficult to determine the authenticity of a world using something equally illusory, but it is much simpler to determine the authenticity of that world using something real.

Clearly, Lin Yi is currently adopting the second "simple" approach.

The subtlety of the projected world lies in its false internal integrity and its real external incompleteness—everything that evolves internally will be exactly the same as what happens in the real world. No matter how incredible the changes are, they will continue to operate according to the "inertia of the world" and will not crash like a computer's CPU freezing and becoming inoperable. In this respect, perhaps this projected world has reached the ultimate of "illusion".

However, once you bring something from the projected world into reality, no matter how tiny its component is, it is destined to be impossible to reproduce in the real world. The fundamental difference makes the two worlds completely different in terms of rules and composition, just like how you can never stretch what you see in the picture to observe it in reality.

Based on this principle, if you throw "real" things into a "fake" world, let them undergo some changes in the fake world, and then pull the changed "real" things back into the real world, if they still maintain the state before the change, then that world is obviously fake and doesn't need to be considered. However, if the change has indeed occurred, then there is no doubt that that world is indeed real.

As for what changes were made during this process, that was no longer within Lin Yi's scope of concern.

And so began the long "journey" of the two heroic spirits.

During the first deployment, the Heroic Spirit Caster was sealed as a "class card." After being pulled back to the real world through the Root and confirmed to be unchanged, a second deployment was carried out.

……

In the third deployment, the Heroic Spirit Assassin was regarded as someone who intended to harm Mikiya Kokutou and was killed by Ryougi Shiki. However, he was pulled back to the real world by the Root and was still alive, so he was deployed for the fourth time.

……

The fifth deployment...

The seventh deployment...

Eleventh deployment...

……

The fifty-ninth deployment.

Accompanied by a violent dizziness, the heroic spirit that reappeared in this familiar city did not make any futile attempts to escape or resist, but instead did the same thing as it had done dozens of times before.

"Defeat me and reclaim the peace of Fuyuki City, magical girls!"

Five minutes later, Illya, who hadn't focused on the battle at all, was defeated without any suspense and met the same fate as before. However, this time, the Servant who was sealed and turned into a Caster class card unexpectedly found that she hadn't "returned" but was still inside this world. Moreover, while Illya was in a sealed state, she saw a figure that had never appeared before.

The same "anomaly" also occurred with Ryougi Shiki, who was also thrown into this world at the same time. Could it be attributed to luck? This time, she was not killed due to Kokutou Mikiya's interference, but she also failed to kill the "Ryougi Shiki" in front of her. Instead, she was killed by the intruder who suddenly appeared the moment the battle began.

Upon noticing the newcomer's identity, the Heroic Spirit showed no joy whatsoever. Instead, he immediately issued a warning: "Idiot, run!"

[...Reverse location mechanism failed, confirmed codename: Caster, codename: Assassin, individual information has been interfered with by unknown factors]

The figure that had been standing still moved slightly, and after a moment it seemed to realize what was happening. Even without any "line of sight" to guide it, it still accurately "looked" in the direction where the passage had been established.

【世界转移通道建立中……10%……30%……50%……80%……100%，建立完成】

Should we proceed with the transfer?

It opens this eye, scanning the objects it can "observe": "Why not?"

Soul Leap: Chapter 318 Type-Moon Invasion (6)

Ryougi Shiki has every reason to be puzzled.

The first reason is that on her way home with this guy she had a slight crush on (Kurotou Mikiya), she encountered a human who not only looked exactly like her, but also had the same "Mystic Eyes of Death Perception".

The second reason is that, although it was due to external intervention, she was clearly the one who lost in this battle, so why did this guy in front of her seem so indifferent?

There is a third one, which is also the one that Ryougi Shiki finds most incomprehensible: Why would this person who looks exactly like her let Aozaki Aoko escape when she is facing a magician who has truly mastered magic and is far superior to a magician?

Perhaps she shared the same doubts, which is why, after subduing this "self," Aozaki Aoko didn't immediately use magic to put her to sleep or kill her outright. Instead, she asked in a curious tone, "Do you know me?"

"Magic? Qing, the user of the Fifth Magic."

"If you knew my identity, why did you let me escape?"

Meeting the mage's slightly mocking gaze, the Heroic Spirit unusually fell silent, and Ryougi Shiki subconsciously felt a certain feeling as she looked at this being who looked so much like herself.

It wasn't that I was unable to speak because I had run out of arguments; it was simply because I had already given up and didn't intend to say anything more.

So, what did she give up?

The question was answered the next moment.

"Unlimited Blade Works."

The few syllables uttered in a calm narrative tone triggered a powerful magical fluctuation that no one could ignore. Before anyone could react, a massive barrier, eroded by magic and mental imagery, pulled them all in. Moving aside the hands that were instinctively in front of them, Ryougi Shiki saw a desolate world filled with countless blades.

"...Realistic Marble".

Because of her background, Ryougi Shiki, who was not lacking in knowledge about magic, quickly recognized the essence of this "world". However, even though she had heard about it before, this was the first time she had come into contact with magic that was closest to magic. Therefore, when she noticed that she could not see any "death line" with her own eyes, she felt more confused than confused.

"It's not a problem with your eyes, it's a problem with this Realized Boundary itself."

Aozaki Aoko, who had somehow appeared beside Ryougi Shiki, offered an explanation. At the same time, she scanned the desolate plain surrounded by all sorts of swords with a serious gaze Ryougi Shiki had never seen before. This scene only made Ryougi Shiki feel increasingly strange.

If it were possible that a magician like her, who had never encountered a "realm boundary" before, would be confused upon first contact with it, then as the holder of the Fifth Law, there was absolutely no reason for Aozaki Aoko to react in this way to such a situation; it was almost as if...

"It's almost like experiencing a Reality Marble for the first time, isn't it?"

Meeting Ryougi Shiki's undisguised skeptical gaze, the mage smiled—though little of it could truly be called a "smile": "In a sense, this is indeed the first time I've encountered... an Inherent Marble that erodes the world not with its own mental image but with the mental image of others, and incredibly completely isolates the 'Root' from it."

"If possible, could you explain the principle behind this magic trick?"

He raised his head and looked directly at the figure that had appeared on the other side of the plain at some unknown time: "Also, inviting ladies in this way is quite unpopular."

The figure on the other end did not respond, or perhaps the raised arm itself was a response?

"Negotiations failed."

With Ryougi Shiki on edge, the mage stood directly in front of her and Kokutou Mikiya, who was also confused about why they had suddenly appeared there, and said in a low voice, "Leave it to me head-on. Find the dead line of this Reality Marble and 'kill' it. If I can't use 'magic,' I might not be able to deal with this guy."

"……I see."

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I don't know when it started, but being able to "see" this thing itself has become a rare enjoyment.

Opening my eyes, what I "saw" was no longer that empty, void scene that couldn't even be called "darkness," but a vibrant light—red, blue, green, cyan... every color that could be associated with my memory.

The framework of "magic" and "technique" is projected onto this empty reality as a "phenomenon," which is then captured and observed by this eye.

How wonderfully beautiful!

Raising his hand, he could not see the magical veins wrapped around his fingertips that were invisible in reality. These veins pulled at the countless projected individuals distributed throughout the entire field of vision, and under the guidance of the same will, they fell towards the leaping cyan individual in front of him.

I can't help but wonder, what breathtaking colors would emerge if these vibrant hues were intertwined and interwoven together?

Unfortunately, "cyan" seemed to resist the collision, so she repeatedly launched tiny colored threads to intercept many falling objects in advance. Although collisions still occurred, the degree was far less than what Lin Yi had expected.

More veins are wrapped around the fingertips, falling at an ever-increasing speed.

It was clear that "Azure" was already struggling to cope with this level of collision, but even so, it maintained absolute calm within a radius of several meters around it. Within that range, Lin Yi could not see any other color besides Azure.

Frowning, just as Lin Yi was about to further increase the number and variety of colors appearing in his eyes, he unexpectedly caught a glimpse of another unique color beginning to spread—

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"Die!"

Suppressing the burden that the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception brought upon her, Ryougi Shiki fiercely swung her short sword at the empty space in front of her. Although in reality it seemed that she had not hit anything, in her Mystic Eyes she could see with unmistakable realism the ever-expanding cracks on the barrier.

If you can see it, you can kill it.

With this mindset, Ryougi Shiki killed the "natural boundary," and just as she was panting and preparing to return to the normal world, she suddenly noticed a gaze coming from afar—a gaze that she felt genuinely disgusted by.

It's not so much like looking at "oneself" as it's looking at "an object".

Then, under Ryougi Shiki's defiant gaze, he opened his mouth and uttered two syllables in a flat voice.

“Aionion Hetairoi”

Soul Leap: Chapter 319 Type-Moon Invasion (End)

Having almost exhausted the last bit of power remaining in her body, when Ryougi Shiki finally "killed" the Reality Barrier containing countless "severents" once again, a surge of magical power brought a similar scene to her eyes once more.

“Nursery Rhyme”

"..."

"..."

If swearing were effective, the two mages and magicians trapped in this third "natural barrier" would definitely have the same "mmp" to say right now. However, judging from the fact that the other party doesn't seem to be swayed or change their mind because of a few words, all they can do is continue to persevere... or be crushed like insects.

Was it an inevitable ending? After squeezing out the last bit of magic power from the magic circuits, the mage who shattered the fifth Reality Marble also followed in the footsteps of the magician, losing all strength to resist. He could only watch helplessly as the sixth Reality Marble, which eroded reality, emerged and enveloped him, constantly squeezing him. Just as the mage began to feel his body gradually disappearing, the scene before him changed drastically.

A few seconds later, the mage and magician, who had broken free from the enchanted barrier, looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Although I don't know what happened, we should be safe now?"

Meanwhile, somewhere unknown.

Having escaped the "mud" that seemed to devour everything indiscriminately, Lin Yi opened his eyes and, as expected, "saw" this world—

In different worlds, it has different names depending on the rules of its manifestation and the way it operates. For example, in the spiritual world it is called "the Way of Heaven" and in the Origin world it is called "Nature". In this world, it also has a unique name.

【source】

What do you desire, visitor from afar?

There was no one there, but there was a "sound," and it was a "sound" that echoed directly in the depths of one's mind.

The "sound" itself does not carry any emotion, but the fact that it can make a "sound" on its own is already imbued with a strong emotional color. Thus, in this place where even the concepts of time and space have been lost, Lin Yi actually smiled: "Shouldn't it be what you want, rather than what I want?"

They fell silent, perhaps out of anger? Perhaps they were carefully choosing their words? Or perhaps they were preparing a thunderous strike?

Whatever it was, these things made Lin Yi happy, after all—he had "seen" them all.

We failed, therefore we cannot get what we wanted.

The "sound" rang out again, but this time it contained some emotions that had not been revealed before. The outline of a human figure slowly emerged in the center of the scene projected into the eyes, gradually becoming a complete form as the "sound" was emitted.

It opens its mouth and no longer uses "sound" as a medium, but directly uses "words" to convey the message: "You have won, so you can get what you want. In return, never set foot in this world again."

The outline finally took shape, and the smile on the humanoid face before him widened uncontrollably: "Sorry, I couldn't hear you very well. What did you say?"

She frowned and repeated herself in the same tone, and this time she got a response.

—A palm.

In this place where the concepts of time and space have been lost, movement itself is a non-existent concept. If that's the case, then when did this palm appear here?

Furthermore, it also tightly binds the "root will" that has no definite form to that tiny matter, and even forces it to constantly transform into matter.

The "Root Will," which was constantly struggling to break free from that palm, noticed the anomaly occurring in its body.

"Metal--?!"

Starting from the point touched by that palm, the silvery-gray metal gradually replaced the body, which originally lacked a fixed shape, and then slowly and steadily spread throughout the entire body—this was far from over. Along with the "Root Will" itself, the space called "Root" on which it depended for survival was also gradually stained with silvery-gray.

Realizing the terrifying nature of this transformation, the "Root Will" no longer hesitated and directly invoked the most primal power of this chaos. But just as that all-encompassing power was about to engulf the tiny being before him, his eyes opened.

No color was reflected in that eye; only a void, like a vortex, constantly swirling and contracting, just as—

The projection of the root cause.