Chapter 1459 Victory and Defeat
*BOOOOOOOOOOOM!*
3,000 meters above the sky, the Floating Garden of Babylon suddenly shook for the second time, and this time, because of how big the explosion was, it was about to fall down.
At the same time, in one of the rooms in the floating garden, a powerful wave of impact spread out like ripples, causing all the light to leak from the gaps in the doors and windows, illuminating the surroundings.
No one knew how long this phenomenon lasted, but then it gradually disappeared.
Here, a fierce battle between two legendary heroes concluded.
Sand and dust fall from the sky from time to time, and the sound of rubble hitting the ground echoed throughout the room.
White smoke rose from a piece of scorched ground.
*Crackle!* *Crackle!* *Crackle!*
The floor was still cracking, and it spread everywhere.
It was utterly a scene of destruction, half of the Floating Garden of Babylon had turned into ruins, leaving with nothing and no one could see its previous beauty anymore.
In these ruins, Raikou was standing tall.
"Ha... Ha... Ha..."
However, even if Raikou stood tall at that moment, she gasped, showing how tired she was at this battle. The four avatars around her surroundings also disappeared and four Noble Phantasms that were wielded by the four avatars also returned.
Due to the "Minority World", the damage caused by "Vasavi Shakti" was halved along with three Command Spells that was given by Haru, Raikou was mostly unscathed, but her dress was mostly destroyed since it was impossible to erase 100% damage of "Vasavi Shakti".
After all, "Minority World" only controlled the minority, not the majority, so it could only control 50% at maximum, and more than that, it would be counted as a majority so using "Minority World" would be useless.
Even so, Raikou didn't care much about her dress that was destroyed by the earlier confrontation, but rather, she murmured in disbelief. She used magic power to return her dress back and said, "...You're still alive..?"
Raikou looked at Karna who had fallen and couldn't hide her surprise when she saw how Karna wasn't dead yet.
Even so, it wouldn't be long before Karna would disappear from this world since there was a huge hole in Karna's chest.
Because of this huge hole, Raikou could even see the back of Karna.
Faint light particles began to radiate from the outline of Karna's body and he knew what exactly happened.
"Ah... I lost..."
Karna lost.
The god slayer spear, under the head-on collision of the four avatars and Noble Phantasms of Raikou, disappeared instantly, but then in that very moment, Raikou stabbed her katana that was covered in the divine lightning, slaying and defeating Karna in one attack.
Then because of how powerful Raikou's attack was, it blasted Karna's heart along with causing a huge hole in his chest, instantly.
Now, Karna's spiritual core has been shattered.
In this battle, Karna was completely lost.
"Is this... is this the feeling of losing?"
A faint smile finally appeared on Karna's calm smile.
Looking at Karna, Raikou couldn't help but shake her head and say, "You're very strong.
In terms of power, Raikou wasn't as good as Karna after all.
It was true that Raikou was a top-level servant, a superb existence among all the servants, but it was still not as good as Karna, who could compete for the strongest seat among the heroic spirits.
The reason why Raikou was able to defeat Karna was that the "Mystery-Slayer" was able to break down Karna's golden armor and she also had the best master among the Holy Grail War.
If Raikou didn't have a "Mystery-Slayer" skill, then her odds of winning were very low.
However, even the "Mystery-Slayer" skill allowed Raikou to break through Karna's golden armor, she was helpless in the face of the God-Slaying Spear, Vasavi Shakti. In the end, she was able to withstand the power of "Vasavi Shakti" because Haru had given her the power of three Command Spells and supported her with the power of "Minority World".
With all of that, it was the reason why Raikou was able to defeat Karna.
It was also the reason why Raikou understood that without Haru's help, she would definitely fall under Karna's God-Slaying Spear and be destroyed by it.
Raikou wouldn't have had a chance to win this battle if there wasn't any support from Haru.
However, even if Raikou won because of Haru's help, she was using her power rather than Haru's help. She used her ability to defeat Karna so she was satisfied with this result.
It might sound like cheating, but it was also part of her luck to have such a wonderful master.
If Karna's master also used Command Spells then the result of the duel wouldn't be as smooth as it was now and Raikou would be tattered by wounds, because the attack of Vasavi Shakti would increase by the Command Spells.
Unfortunately, Karna's luck wasn't good since he didn't have a good master who could support him.
It was also due to this reason that Karna was quite satisfied with this result.
In his life, Karna had experienced various battles, but was there a battle where he could truly use all of his strength?
Indra's deception, Brahman's curse, and even his mother pleaded with him not to fight Arjuna.
Karna had never been able to go all out in any of his fights, showing how powerful he was and how all of his enemies were helpless in front of him.
Karna was a cheating character, even God needed to do deception to win against him.
Now, in this battle, Karna had used his best, and his opponent was almost the same as Arjuna, who was his nemesis, so even if he lost in this battle, he was satisfied since he was able to go all out.
Now, hearing Raikou's words, Karna shook his head and said, "In the battlefield, there's no strong or weak, only victory and defeat.
In this battle, Karna lost and Raikou won, it was that simple.
"I lost to you and your master, this is the result." Karna looked toward the sky and said, "Perhaps, after I lost my master, the result of this duel has already been doomed, maybe that is." Saying so, he looked at Raikou.
"I know that since I have been defeated, it is a little shameless to ask you a request, but even so, I hope that you can help me to complete it." His tone was very sincere and said, "I hope that you can rescue my master."
In the end, the only thing that Karna worried about was his master.
Raikou didn't speak but quietly nodded.
Karna showed a sincere smile, closed his eyes, and slowly disappeared under the light.
"...Thank you.."
Hearing such words, Raikou then turned and left.