Chapter 1688: Chapter 1151: A Criminal Unworthy of Humanity

"You, you are...?!"

At this moment, Matthew, who was struggling to fend off an unknown attack with her Noble Phantasm, displayed an expression of disbelief.

"You’re not Tamamo-no-Mae·Koyanskaya! You are... you are...!?"

Before Matthew could finish her sentence, another world-shaking roar exploded on the city gate she had deployed.

"Ugh...!"

The impact shook Matthew to her core, her organs feeling as though they were set ablaze, burning with frightening heat.

If not for Matthew’s incredible defensive power, she wouldn’t be able to continue standing in the face of such a terrifying attack.

"Haha!"

A voice full of excitement and madness echoed from the darkness once more. A sky-tearing and earth-shattering claw of light burst forth from the darkness, crashing towards the crumbling Chalk Giant City, seemingly intent on ripping it apart and exposing the girl hiding within to its mercy.

Unfortunately, this time, the attack failed to land on the Chalk Giant City.

"Snap!"

Accompanied by an abrupt snapping sound, both Matthew and the Chalk Giant City vanished from their original spot.

"Boom!!!"

The sky-tearing and earth-shattering claw of light slammed into the ground, causing a ground-shaking roar that made the entire world of the dark storm tremble violently.

Matthew felt the world before her blur, her vision shifting, and her location changed.

The sight of raging black storms was now replaced by a figure descending gracefully from the sky.

"Mr. Reiger!"

Recognizing the figure, Matthew’s eyes lit up with joy, and she exclaimed.

"Are you alright?" Although Reiger was facing away from Matthew, he could perceive her condition through the transparent world. While casting a reversal technique to infuse positive energy into Matthew for healing, he asked, "Why are you alone here? Where are the others?"

"I-I don’t know either!" Matthew dismissed her Noble Phantasm and obediently stood by Reiger’s side, accepting his healing. She responded to Reiger’s inquiry by saying, "Until moments ago, we were all fighting against Queen Morgan, but halfway through the battle, a black storm appeared and dragged us into this world!"

"When I regained my senses, everyone was gone, the master was gone, even Queen Morgan was gone, and only one person appeared here..."

Hearing this, Reiger roughly understood what had happened.

Just like during the previous battle with Koyanskaya, when everyone was pulled into her storm, cut off from the world, everyone trapped in the black storm was isolated, and they were all separated to different places.

This is an alternate space completely different from reality. Its operation is also different from the outside world. Entering this space could place individuals together or apart, and once inside, leaving or reuniting with others might prove difficult.

That he managed to reach Matthew and the one responsible for all this was likely thanks to the nature of the [Limitless Cursed Art].

[Limitless Cursed Art] is a technique for manipulating space at the atomic level, and he constantly expands an inviolable territory 24/7. The technique clashed with this alternate space, interfering with each other, allowing him to arrive directly at the core region of this space.

However, only Matthew was in this core region. No one else was present.

No choice.

The owner of this space only wished to see Matthew.

"Boom!!!" 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

The sky-tearing claw crashed down, its speed astonishing, its size terrifyingly large. It was as if a monstrous beast was swinging its claw onto the ground, the shockwave it created in an instant was enough to blow everything away.

If this claw struck the real world, even Camelot’s royal castle might be shattered in half.

"Swish!"

Reiger, carrying Matthew, teleported in another direction, appearing in mid-air.

"Mr. Reiger..."

Matthew felt a bit shy and embarrassed.

She couldn’t fly.

So she was being held in a princess carry along with her shield by Reiger, standing suspended in the air.

Reiger didn’t feel awkward at all, nor did he focus his attention on Matthew, instead looking down from above.

There, a massive pitch-black figure loomed in the storm, with a pair of eyes radiating frenzy, violence, and malice.

"Are you here to ruin my plans again, Reiger Brillhaut!"

A voice filled with murderous intent came from the other party.

Reiger had heard this voice more than once before.

But it was not Koyanskaya’s voice.

"Beryl Gate?"

Reiger squinted his eyes and spoke the other’s name.

That’s right.

It wasn’t Koyanskaya, not one of the [Evils of Humanity], the Beast of Pleasure, but Beryl Gate, an agent of the Alien God, who once acted alongside Bawan Xi.

"Have you recognized me?"

The giant beast in the storm — Beryl, let out a low chuckle, yet the laughter was still suffused with murderous intent.

"You didn’t expect it to be me, did you? Are you surprised?"

Beryl’s personality seemed to have changed somewhat, no longer pretending, but becoming crazed and bold, much like a beast exposing its fangs, roaring at its prey.