Fate/Magus Path

115 The Outcome is Decided

Gray sand, a pitch-black sun, and black flames burning at his feet, while a pure white tower looms behind him.

Endless magical power surrounds him, making the entire world seem like a mere backdrop.

This is a Reality Marble, also known as a domain.

It is the highest realm of magecraft, a magecraft that materializes the magus's inner vision of a landscape.

Once activated, it alters the surrounding space into a completely different scenery. The manifestation of the inner landscape means that the Reality Marble replaces both the self and the world without changing the boundaries. At this point, the size of the self and the world will swap, and the world will be completely contained within a small vessel. This small world is referred to as the World Egg, which also serves as the theoretical name.

In battles within a Reality Marble, it can either be a covering or a tug-of-war, depending on the abilities of both parties.

This powerful magecraft, which rewrites reality with the magus' inner landscape, known as Reality Marble, is the ultimate magecraft closest to the realm of true magic and has been classified as a forbidden spell by the Mage's Association.

This magecraft is defined as a subspecies of imaginary materialization, creating a boundary that shapes the caster's inner world to erode the real world. However, unlike imaginary materialization, the form of the Reality Marble cannot be freely determined. Since it is formed from the unique inner self of the caster, the caster cannot exert will over the construction of the boundary, but the Reality Marble can also affect unnatural things, which is superior to imaginary materialization.

According to the Mage's Association's research and analysis, the Reality Marble was originally a power that only fae and daemons could wield. However, after years of practice in creating their personal inner worlds, some advanced magus have made it possible to create a Reality Marble. Most of the 27 Dead Apostle Ancestors can use a Reality Marble, but overall, the number of magus capable of wielding this world-altering great magecraft is not many.

Apart from naturally occurring fae, other beings' created alternate worlds would be erased by the concept known as nature.

Therefore, maintaining a Reality Marble requires a massive amount of magical energy and cost, leading ordinary magus to be able to sustain it for only a few minutes at most, even if they manage to activate their Reality Marble without seeking external assistance.

In summary, this power can be seen as the ultimate embodiment of the realm of magecraft, a special power that even Aoko, as a Magician, would find hard to comprehend.

Thus, ending the battle in this manner is the best strategy.

At this moment, the inner vision manifests.

However, Roy's Reality Marble is not complete, as he has not been involved in magecraft for long, and his inner world does not fully manifest. Even the Reality Marble he can currently deploy relies on the training from Logos React and insights gained from his battle with Morgan and has not yet reached the level of perfect execution.

But even so, it is enough; it is still a Reality Marble.

Moreover, it is a Reality Marble initiated and supported by a Magician.

...

In an instant, a strange aurora descends.

From the white sandy sea, a pure white tower rises beneath Roy's feet, while a gigantic gray sculpture, bound and sealed by chains, stands over ten meters tall in the desert behind him. Under the glow of the aurora, every wing atop it shimmers with warm light. Roy stands before the statue, slowly extending his arms.