U-Olga Marie followed the direction of Adam's pointing finger with a puzzled frown.
"..."
"..."
She blinked at Lev, wondering if her eyes were deceiving her.
"Adam, if I'm not mistaken, that's Lev, right?"
Adam gave a firm nod, confirming her suspicion.
"Exactly. It's Lev. That garishly green outfit is pretty unmistakable."
The confirmation only deepened U-Olga Marie's confusion. She stared hard at Lev, brow furrowed.
"Wasn't this guy supposed to be dead? Did someone like him actually manage to come back from the dead?"
Adam paused for a moment, glancing back at the Chaldea group behind him before he began explaining the current timeline to her.
"Marie, the situation here is more complicated than it looks."
"Lev hasn't been revived. I crossed over from a parallel world."
"This world's timeline is set in 2015. We're inside Singularity F."
U-Olga Marie seemed to catch on at last. She glanced down at the Chaldea personnel below and quickly spotted 'herself' among them.
U-Olga Marie: "..."
Olga Marie: "..."
Now certain she truly stood in a parallel world—and right in the middle of Singularity F—U-Olga Marie turned her gaze back to Lev. Her eyes grew cold. Far beyond cold. It was raw, naked killing intent.
"Can I twist his head off?"
She was ready to strike on the spot. Even as Director and a Servant, she instinctively deferred to her Master in combat, so she asked for Adam's opinion.
Adam raised an eyebrow in genuine surprise. He hadn't expected the usually timid U-Olga Marie to speak with such viciousness.
Then again, it made perfect sense. The man before them was one of the greatest enemies in Olga Marie's life.
Adam shrugged indifferently.
"You can reduce him to ashes if you want."
With her Master's approval, the corners of U-Olga Marie's mouth curled into a smile that was equal parts delighted and cruel.
She locked eyes with Lev and slowly rose into the air.
Lev stared blankly as she floated overhead. The scene matched exactly what he had pictured—using the Holy Grail to open a spatial channel, lifting Olga Marie skyward, and hurling her into CHALDEAS.
Only the unfortunate soul in question was different this time.
Lev studied her form and felt the overwhelming aura radiating from her, especially that deeply familiar presence so similar to his 'King.'
(Beast)
Memories of the old Olga Marie flooded back—the weak, incompetent woman who was all bluster on the outside but hollow within. The final thread of his sanity snapped, and he spiraled back into madness.
"Impossible! This can't be happening!!!"
"Olga! What the hell is that form?!"
"This power is blasphemy on you!!!"
"How could someone like you possibly be worthy of a force that shares its origin with the 'King'!!!"
Adam frowned, irritated by the rant, and opened his mouth to cut him off.
But U-Olga Marie beat him to it.
"Lev!"
"You're not qualified to pass judgment on my power!"
"I'm not the same person I used to be."
"The weak girl from the past is already dead!"
"I have been reborn."
As she spoke, she glanced back at Adam. Her fierce expression softened in an instant. Their eyes met, and the two shared a quiet, knowing smile.
Watching her like this, Adam felt a swell of emotion in his chest.
You've finally grown up, Marie.
U-Olga Marie turned her gaze back to Lev, eyes icy once more. She slowly raised both hands. From each palm emerged what looked like a miniature orrery.
"Let me show you exactly what kind of existence I have become!"
Vast torrents of black magical energy surged and coiled between the two instruments, building with terrifying force.
The moment she finished speaking, the cores of the devices erupted. The overwhelming magical energy blasted outward.
The two streams did not fly in straight lines. As they neared Lev, they began zigzagging at sharp right angles—striking, veering, striking again—delivering hit after relentless hit.
With nothing more than those two beams, she pummeled Lev continuously.
There was no need to describe what form U-Olga Marie had taken. It was the form of absolute destruction aimed straight at Lev.
Olga Marie watched the Servant who looked identical to her attack Lev and felt a profound wave of satisfaction. She cheered enthusiastically.
"Go on! Throw some ash right in his eyes while you're at it!"
Even with his body riddled like a honeycomb, Lev somehow still managed to scream.
"Impossible! I refuse to accept this!"
"Trash like you could never be worthy of power that shares the same origin as the 'King'!"
Lev's body suddenly warped and swelled in grotesque mutation. It twisted and elongated until it became a massive tentacle dozens of meters long, writhing with several grotesque eyes.
Demon God Pillar—Flauros of the Information Center has appeared.
Consumed by rage, Lev had abandoned his human body entirely and taken the form of a Demon God Pillar.
Yet U-Olga Marie simply chuckled at his desperate last stand.
"Small fry~"
She gave Adam a questioning glance.
Understanding her intent at once, Adam signaled with his eyes that she should go ahead without restraint.
With his permission, U-Olga Marie began preparing her next attack. At the same time, Adam had already called Mash to his side.
He stepped protectively in front of the Chaldea group and instructed her to deploy her defensive Noble Phantasm.
The three Chaldea staff members stared in confusion as Mash activated her shield.
"Huh? What's this about?"
"Why are we having Mash bring out her Noble Phantasm?"
Adam glanced up at U-Olga Marie floating in the sky. She was already positioning herself for the strike.
"Because Marie's attack this time covers a pretty wide area."
Hearing that, the three from Chaldea turned their curious gazes toward the figure high above.
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