Roland was a little dazed at this moment, as if he was standing in the clouds.
In Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Killer Queen does not look that impressive compared to the various time-based final villains.
After all, facing a boss who stops and deletes time at will, turning others into bombs is cruel enough, but it always feels a little less oppressive.
Everything changed until the third bomb appeared.
Its appearance officially announced the fact that time does not only flow forward.
The loser eats dust. This ability to roll back the clock left a deeper impression on Roland when he first read the original novel, even more than the villains in other films.
The kind of horror that ruthlessly erases all factors, leaving only endless despair, is very unique.
If it weren't for the fact that except for the first time of activation, even the user has no memory of the subsequent activation, and the strict activation conditions, this is simply an invincible stand.
The changes in the Stand's abilities are closely related to the master's personality. When the soul was sublimated and the Stand fell into a deep sleep, Roland once heard the call of the Killer Queen.
It is asking about its own wishes.
Roland had thought deeply about this. He was not a born evil person, nor was he an abnormal person with character flaws.
How to move forward, how to deal with himself, and how to deal with his own desires?
These once confused him, but fortunately, he had many teachers around him.
Uryuu Ryuunosuke, who indulged himself and fell into the abyss, Kotomine Kirei, who was mentally defective and sought relief in extreme repression and struggle, Emiya Kiritsugu and Matou Zouken, who eventually lost their original hearts and gradually became distorted for the sake of their ideals, are all vivid examples.
In order to find the path forward that he should pursue, he must know where the 'back' is.
Looking back on my life, the opportunity was also very simple.
From the moment he was chosen by the Key of All Spirits, from the moment he contracted the first soul, it became the "after" that Roland should remember, and at the same time, it was also the "forward" that he should move towards.
The moment the two merged into one, Roland understood his answer.
He didn't need the ability to wipe out all his enemies, but he wanted a chance.
An opportunity to turn things around when you are in desperate situation.
Even if he faces enemies who can seal him, faces the hostility of the entire world, and faces goals with no end in sight, he can still grasp the possibility of change.
Just like the moment he held the substitute.
Suddenly, a mysterious feeling filled Roland's heart, and he subconsciously looked up at the sky.
The moon hanging high in the sky has begun to slowly fall. It has passed midnight and a new day has arrived.
Today is exactly the thirty-first day since Roland set foot in Fuyuki City.
Spirit Contract·Kirara Yoshikage, digested completely.
"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"
Gilgamesh gritted his teeth, unable to accept the scene in front of him. Saber was also horrified. In the face of this overly terrifying power, even he, as the King of Eternity, felt a trace of despair.
At first, he was still wondering whether Roland might have deployed Avalon, a treasure that could resist all interference against the scabbard holder himself and could do something similar.
But after Gilgamesh's second attack was also wiped out, he gave up the idea. It was too outrageous to let the past return to its original place and only interfere with individual individuals without affecting the power of other creatures in this world.
This could already be called a miracle, or even magic, or even something above that. Exercising this kind of power in the world was like exercising an inherent barrier, and it had to withstand corrections from the world. But Roland seemed to not feel this at all, and still leisurely approached Archer.
"It's not impossible, Gilgamesh. As a hero king, please don't lose your composure. If you still can't understand, let me teach you a lesson. No matter what time it is, you must learn to be in awe of the unknown."
The moment Gilgamesh was targeted by the fourth bomb due to his hostility, his defeat was already inevitable in this battle that had not yet ended.
No matter what kind of attack he launched on Roland, at the moment the result was achieved, time would flow back to before the attack, and Roland, who was not affected, would have already reached a more distant future. The more Gilgamesh struggled, the greater the distance between him and Roland.
Roland smiled meaningfully and said, "The power of the fourth bomb is to reverse time, but in essence, it erases the abnormal results from the past to the future. It is the power to manipulate cause and effect and fate. What really happened will not change."
"Your attack hit. This is a truth that cannot be erased. This cause and effect has been engraved in time. Even if the past time has been bound by my Killer Queen, this truth will not be changed because it is absolute destiny."
Looking at Gilgamesh who frowned because of his story, Roland's mouth corners gradually curled up: "King of Heroes, will these true destinies befall me who is already in the future after the moment of being attacked? Or will it be because time has been reversed and I have just arrived at this moment of the past for me, but the future for you? Why not, come and guess?"
"Could it be that..."
Gilgamesh's face changed drastically, and he subconsciously looked at the wound that suddenly appeared on his body and knocked him down.
"YES! YES! YES!"
Roland responded to his guess with a smile.
The next moment, a series of loud explosions exploded directly on Gilgamesh's body!
If it weren't for the golden armor on his body that could resist attacks from A-rank Noble Phantasms and silently took on most of the damage, Gilgamesh would probably be on the verge of death at this moment.
But even so, he was not much better off. Gilgamesh, who was blown back several steps, immediately covered his mouth with his hands, but blood still continued to flow out from between his fingers.
"This king will never admit such a fact!"
But even so, Gilgamesh did not lose his fighting spirit, and he shouted sternly.
"The world is nothing more than my court. Such an abnormal thing that subverts the rules of this planet cannot be allowed to exist!"
"I will never lose to you! If this is not a so-called curse, but true destiny, then come and see this blow!"
Gilgamesh's expression grew serious, and at such a close distance, he had a better way to attack.
Golden ripples spread out in all directions with Roland as the center, wrapping him up like a barrier. In such an encirclement, no one could escape, which made Gilgamesh, who had become very embarrassed, look proud again.
Roland raised his head expectantly and pointed at Gilgamesh.
"Your next sentence is—"
"Pleasure the king by being torn into pieces, bastard!"
"Pleasure the king by being torn into pieces, bastard!"
Roland and Gilgamesh's voices rang out at the same time. This situation of being completely seen through made Gilgamesh's face even gloomier.
But his confidence remained undiminished: "This is the cage I set up for you. As long as you make a move, they will chop you and everything in this trapped space into pieces. Whether it's you or the so-called Killer Queen, I can read your movements."
Hundreds of golden ripples spread out and enveloped Roland layer by layer. Even he himself could not see the scene inside. But this was exactly what Gilgamesh wanted. He sneered and said the words of ending.
"Take this! The King's Treasure in a 20-meter radius!"