Chapter 119: Divine Bulls taxi at your service
Under horrified gazes, a black-and-red tentacle pierced through Divine Ancestor Romulus's chest.
"————————!!!"
Completely unexpected, Romulus spat out a large mouthful of blood.
"Divine Ancestor… ugh…"
Blood began to continuously seep from Nero's left shoulder as well.
And that long, thin tentacle had sprouted from the wound on her back.
"What a… waste of effort, and it all ended up like this anyway. Even my final amusement in this era has been ruined."
Lev stepped forward, looking at Romulus—the one whose Saint Graph had just been shattered.
"I clearly tried my best to play the role of a proper royal magus, and yet you people keep doing such meaningless things."
"You… bastard…!!!"
Romulus used all his strength to swing the spear in his hand at Lev—but the very next moment, another black-and-red tentacle pierced through his wrist.
"Uaaaa!!!"
Nero screamed in pain.
Another twisted tentacle sprouted from her back, and the pain, as if tearing her body apart, relentlessly gnawed at her nerves.
"She… Emperor Nero… even killed Divine Ancestor-sama…"
"Look! On her back… that thing… that ominous aura…"
"Rome, just what in the world is happening!"
"We're going to die… Run, run, run, run!!!"
"Run away!!!"
At the moment Romulus died beneath the evil tentacle that had sprouted from Nero's body, the citizens of Rome, completely dominated by fear, could no longer endure it. They began to scream madly and flee in every direction.
The number of people trampled, struck, or crushed was beyond counting.
The city of Rome had become a scene of hell.
"What Roman Empire? Sorry, Rome is finished, from this moment on!"
Lev burst out laughing.
"Hahaha, look, this is the end of humanity, utterly disgusting, disgustingly extreme!!!"
"You are an evil magus!!!"
Nero shouted, swinging Romulus's spear fiercely at Lev.
"Oh? Even after the fragments of Andromalius were activated, you can still manage this much?"
Lev looked slightly incredulous.
"Looks like you really are like a Heroic Spirit, Nero Claudius."
"…Look at what you've done to Divine Ancestor, to me, to Rome!!!"
She wanted to continue swinging the spear, but the pain in her back forced her to stop.
"Of course it's destruction, what else could it be?"
Lev spoke calmly, unhurriedly.
"Stupid creatures like humans shouldn't exist in this world. You're just parasites on this planet, slowly killing it!"
After that, Lev looked at Nero, who was trembling in pain, and smiled as he said:
"So at the very least, your death will finally do something useful for this planet. Your body will become the breeding ground for my kin."
After saying that, Lev gave Nero a gentle smile.
"Farewell, Emperor of Rome."
…
[Ayo, this cart looks sick.]
[How the hell can an ox cart look this cool? Back when I was in the countryside I rode an ox cart once, almost flipped over.]
[Bro, do you have zero riding skill or what? Some dudes maxed out their riding skill and even ride huskies pulling sleds, charge into battle on pigs.]
[Stop it, stop it, I'm already picturing it in my head…]
[The two divine bulls pulling the cart in front, I think they're sacred beasts related to Zeus.]
[Actually it's probably just special effects. No way the production team found two bulls that huge…]
[Hey, why's this ox cart so cramped? Did the crew run out of budget or something?]
...
[System: 'Bruce-kun' has sent 5,000 Saint Quartz!]
[Message: Host, need some funding? I wouldn't mind installing a Watch Tower for Chaldea.]
[System notification: 'Young Master' has sent 10,000 Saint Quartz!]
[Comment: If it's about funding, you don't get a turn, little bat. Host, this Young Master request isn't much—just let the actresses enter my harem as concubines and we're good!]
...
[Courting Death, Young Master!!!]
[Yakamashi!]
[Fuck off, Young Master!!]
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Ethan looked at the transparent screen with boredom, on which the live comments from the livestream room continuously appeared.
It seemed that because they were going to attack the city of Rome today, the number of viewers in the broadcast room had increased.
There were already more than seventy thousand viewers.
"I'm telling you, my Gordius Wheel is a Noble Phantasm, an offering used to worship Zeus."
Iskandar, riding on Bucephalus, looked at the Gordius Wheel slowly rolling alongside them.
"And yet you're letting it pull along slowly like some ox cart—aren't you just using it like an ordinary wagon?"
"Mooooo————————!!!"
The two divine bulls also let out discontented roars.
"It's not like we had a choice—we had to move together with your army, couldn't go ahead on our own, so what do you expect us to do?"
Waver glanced over at Iskandar beside him.
"But if you're that dissatisfied, how about recalling your Noble Phantasm?"
"Brat, even though you've become a professor, you still don't understand anything."
Iskandar said seriously.
"After all, you're commanders in my army, and if you go parading around in that tattered horse cart, it'll dampen the morale of the soldiers. Morale is extremely important during a march—no, it's the most important thing, got it?"
Ethan felt a bit relieved.
Thankfully, the two divine bulls pulling this war chariot were a species that only obeyed Iskandar. Otherwise, Mordred might've flown straight into the sky in this cart already.
"Yes, I understand, King of Conquerors, Iskandar-dono!"
Mash nodded while pulling out a small notebook from behind her shield that she used for note-taking.
"Wait, Mash, why are you taking notes on this?"
Ethan asked in surprise.
"Because I figured we'd be interacting with more people who used to be kings and emperors later on, so I wanted to record what they say to see if there's anything I can learn."
Mash said, bowing her head slightly, a little embarrassed.
"Maybe it'll help senpai somehow."
"No, Mash, you're already helping me a lot."
Ethan looked at Mash with a serious expression.
"If it weren't for you, I probably wouldn't have made it this far."
"Senpai…"
"Ethan, Mash!!!"
Just as Mash stared blankly at Ethan, suddenly an urgent voice rang out from her wristband.
"D–Doctor?!"
Startled, Mash panicked and spoke.
"What's going on?"
"Ethan, Mash, the situation on your side is really bad!!!"
Dr. Romani's image immediately appeared from the wristband, and he spoke in an extremely worried tone:
"We've detected an enormous, unidentified magical energy reaction inside the city of Rome!"
"BOOOOOM————————!!!"
Suddenly, the ground began to tremble.
Everyone sitting on the Gordius Wheel shook along with it.
"An earthquake?!"
Mash immediately grabbed Ethan's hand to keep him from falling.
"No, it's not an earthquake."
Dr. Romani's expression became extremely grave.
"…Unbelievable… it's a tsunami!!!"