Salomon Singularity

Salomon: The Grand Time Temple (冠位時間神殿) was the Final Singularity (終局特異点) of the Human Order Incineration Incident, occurring in A.D. 2016.

Setting
The Singularity occurred in the year 2016 within Ars Paulina. During his reign and lifetime, Solomon created seventy-two familiar called Demon Gods, which are collectively known as Goetia. Goetia was created as both the foundation for human magecraft, and a ritual to watch over humanity. He ruled alongside Solomon, but despite seeing and experiences the things, they both reached different conclusions about humanity. He came to hate both humans and Solomon; humans for the atrocities they committed; Solomon for ignoring the suffering and cruelty of humans, and wishing to not correct them despite his God given powers. When Solomon died, Goetia continued to exist as a primordial curse. He proceed to incarnate himself through a summoning spell, and took control of Solomon's corpse. Believing the fear of death is why human life is meaningless, he sought to recreate the planet so death doesn't exist. He conceived a plan to destroy humanity so he could gather and use 3000 years worth of magical energy travel back to the planet's genesis. There he will absorb the energy into himself, and recreate the planet as per his vision. As the first part of his plan, Goetia implanted Demon Gods as a curse into distinct mage lineages where they'll be passed down until they're awakened at their appointed era. Afterwards, he went to Ars Paulina, a reality marble and workshop existing outside space and time, to await the Demon Gods's awakening. Once they were all awoken, he proceeded to activate the Singularities to fracture human history, thus initiating the Incineration of Humanity. With humanity incinerated, Goetia gathered the magical energy into Ars Almadel Salomonis, creating the band of light seen throughout the Singularities.

History
As Ritsuka and Mash Rayshift to the Singularity, they both see a vision of someone speaking of how they cannot bear the endless suffering of humanity, which they are subjected to due to their clairvoyance exposing them to all the horrors of the past and future. They decide that the only way to rectify the repulsive state of the world is to destroy humanity, and that to achieve this, everything must be redone and perfected from the beginning, from true nothingness. Their plan is to recreate the planet from its very origin, which requires the massive amount energy generated by incinerating all life across 3000 years.

Waking up from the vision, Ritsuka and Mash find they have arrived at Time Temple. Leonardo da Vinci tells them that she is getting a reading of a Beast throughout the entire space. Lev Lainur Flauros appears, confirming this and commending Chaldea for getting past the Seventh Singularity. He expresses his surprise that Ritsuka made it so far despite their inexperience and disgust at their persistent survival. When questioned if he had intended to destroy Chaldea and humanity from the very beginning, Lev reveals that he has been serving Solomon for 3000 years: Demon Gods were implanted in mage lineages until they were awakened at their appointed era under their own Grand Order. He was the one designated for 2016 A.D., and when he awoke as the last Demon God, humanity was incinerated.

Lev is curious as to why Chaldea continued to survive, whereupon Da Vinci reveals Romani had spent a decade preparing for the Incineration of Humanity that he envisioned in a dream, all the while being unsure of who was friend or foe or who to trust until Da Vinci's summoning. Lev had found Romani's behavior suspicious, thus he had tried to kill him in the Control Room explosion, a plan that had been thwarted thanks to Ritsuka's intervention.

Unconcerned, as Solomon's final calculations are due to be complete in a matter of hours, Lev transforms again into a Demon God Pillar to stop Ritsuka and Mash from reaching the Throne. The pair kill him, but he is immediately reborn, mocking them for their futile efforts. At the same time, Chaldea is attacked by eight other Demon Gods, and Flauros reveals the entire space is in fact made of Demon Gods. "As long as the Throne exists, there will always be seventy-two Demon Gods." However, he is thwarted in his next attempt to kill Ritsuka by the sudden arrival of Jeanne d'Arc, who heralds the autonomous summoning of many Heroic Spirits to the Time Temple through their connection with Ritsuka, having answered the call of humanity's last Master because they believed in them. Jeanne rallies the Servants to clear a path to the Throne and they begin to defend Chaldea and engage the Demon Gods, killing the Pillars as endlessly as they can regenerate.

With the help of the Orleans Singularity Servants, Ritsuka and Mash are able to defeat Naberius and the Demon Gods administrating the Melting Furnace. Together with the Septem Singularity Servants, they defeat Flauros and the Demon Gods administrating the Information Center. . With the Okeanos Singularity Servants, the pair defeat Forneus and the Demon Gods administrating the Observatory. . The Servants of the London Singularity help the pair defeat Barbatos and the Demon Gods administrating the Control Tower. . Ritsuka and Mash are aided by the America Singularity Servants in defeating Halphas and the Demon Gods administrating the Armory. The Camelot Singularity Servants help defeat Aamon and the Demon Gods administrating the Gazing Star. . The Servants of the Babylonia Singularity help Ritsuka and Mash defeat Sabnock and the Demon Gods administrating the Chamber of Life.

As the Servants aiding Chaldea continue defeating the Demon Gods, Baal asks Solomon to activate Ars Almadel Salomonis to incinerate the Heroic Spirits. Solomon assesses that they would keep returning as long as Ritsuka exists, reflecting the Demon Gods' own immortality as long as Solomon himself exists, and thus they only need to kill Ritsuka.

After conquering the seven terminals protecting Solomon's Throne, Chaldea is shocked to learn of an eighth terminal. They are uncertain how to proceed as the Heroic Spirits who aided Ritsuka and Mash with the previous terminals were connected to the Seven Singularities. With no such connection with this terminal, Ritsuka and Mash prepare to battle alone. However, a number of Servants from the minor Singularities and Singularity candidates arrive to help the pair defeat Andromalius and the Demon Gods administrating the Trash Heap.

With the Demon Gods' activity diminished by their constant fighting with the Heroic Spirits, a path is now open to the Throne. On the way there, Da Vinci confirms that no Demon Gods are detected ahead, before beginning to discuss Romani about the Solomon they are up against. Romani dismisses the notion that Solomon is a fake, as the Reality Marble that is the Time Temple was created from Solomon's Magic Circuits. However, Solomon shouldn't be considered "real" either, raising the possibility of him being controlled by someone. He cannot be an Alter as Solomon had neither the will nor the emotions for either good or evil. Romani restates his previous theory that Solomon may have had a human-like concept of good and evil, and became evil upon manifesting into a different class. However, upon reaching the Final Singularity, he rejected that theory because the inside of Solomon's body is, in fact, not Solomon. He further explains that after resurrecting Solomon's corpse, "Solomon" implanted the Demon Gods in preparation for the Incineration of Humanity. Afterwards, he created the Time Temple, which exists outside time, and there he waited until the year 2016. Ritsuka asks Romani what the inside of Solomon is, but he only answers they can ask "Solomon".

Upon arriving at "Solomon"'s throne room, he welcomes Ritsuka and Mash and asks them why they've come when the final calculations for the First Virtual Noble Phantasm, Ars Nova, are nearly complete. He explains he possesses three Noble Phantasms: the First is Ars Nova, and the Second is the Temple itself, Ars Paulina. The Third, he reveals, is Ars Almadel Salomonis: the light bands in the sky that were created from the energy gathered from incinerating humanity when he fractured history with his Singularities. "Solomon" needs it all to achieve the "ultimate position" and conquer death itself if humans will not.

Ritsuka demands he reveal his true identity, to which he answers that his body is Solomon's. "Solomon" then fights Ritsuka and Mash, intending to kill Ritsuka since they serve as the anchor for the Heroic Spirits in the Singularity. After the fight, Mash notices a strange reading on his Spirit Origin, and Ritsuka notices one of his rings differs from the others. Impressed by the pair, "Solomon" decides to reveal his true form as Demon Gods cover the Throne. He identifies himself as a Beast of Calamity, the first familiar created by Solomon that served as the foundation of human magecraft. He ruled alongside Solomon and continued to exist as a primordial curse after Solomon's death. He then took control of Solomon's corpse and incarnated himself through a summoning spell. With his true form unveiled, he identifies himself as Goetia, the Human Order Incineration Ritual and King of Demon Gods, and Beast I..

He recounts that Solomon was granted omnipotence and omniscience by God, possessing Clairvoyance capable of seeing past and future and all the knowledge in the world. Goetia saw everything that Solomon saw, and he witnessed many atrocities as a result. Tired of all the suffering, he announces he no longer cares for humanity or the future, and states the planet was a mistake due to life being finite. He declares his plan to travel back to the genesis of the planet and absorb all of its energy to create a new planet without death. The Incineration of Humanity was to gather 3000 years worth of magical energy so he could accomplish this feat.

Ritsuka and Mash attempt to defeat him before he can activate Ars Almadel Salomonis but they are too late. Goetia reveals that he presented Mash with visions as he has some uncertainty about his plan, and wishes for someone to understand him so he can be utterly sure of his plan. He believes she shares his wish to create a planet without death as she herself had been created with a limited lifespan and should know life is meaningless, with humans living in fear of their inevitable death. He offers to let her join him, but Mash rejects him, as she has learned to the contrary through her experiences with Ritsuka on their journey. Goetia condemns her for this, and launches Ars Almadel Salomonis. Mash manages to protect Ritsuka with the full potential of Lord Camelot, but the heat of Goetia's Noble Phantasm vaporizes her with only her shield remaining.

Goetia declares the struggles of Ritsuka and the Heroic Spirits meaningless, immediately preparing to launch Ars Almadel Salomonis again. However, he understands the anger Ritsuka must be feel towards him, so he will allow them to punch him. Just they are about to do so, Romani suddenly arrives. Goetia, for the first time, is shocked when he senses a familiar Spirit Origin. Romani removes his glove to reveal Solomon's tenth ring, which Solomon had sent to the future and been used by Marisbury Animusphere as a catalyst to summon Solomon in the Holy Grail War of 2004. He further explains that after winning the war, Solomon's wish had been to become human. However, before all his power left him, he foresaw the Incineration of Humanity, only to subsequently be powerless to stop it.

After thanking Ritsuka for their help, Romani manifests as his original self, Solomon, having abandoned his wish to the Holy Grail. Goetia mocks him as a mere Heroic Spirit, believing only the living Solomon could stop him, before attacking him in hatred and rage. However, with all of his rings now present, Solomon activates the true Ars Nova to sacrifice his existence and place in the Throne of Heroes to remove Goetia's immortality. As he begins to fade, Romani reveals Goetia was originally a spell created to watch over humanity, but Goetia turned away from that duty after witnessing the suffering and atrocities of humans. Rejecting Romani's belief that human life is not merely suffering, Goetia again moves to kill Ritsuka to remove the Heroic Spirits, intending to activate Ars Almadel Salomonis before the union of the Demon Gods that comprise him completely collapses. Romani tells Ritsuka it is now up to them to defeat Goetia before finally disappearing.

With Solomon's sacrifice, the Time Temple begins to collapse and the Demon Gods are thrown into disarray: they begin to self-destruct, be thoroughly destroyed by the Heroic Spirits, some changing sides and a few others even fleeing. Goetia's body begins to crumble away due to the effects of Ars Nova destroying the union of the Demon Gods. Even when only three Demon Gods remain, he refuses to admit defeat and attempts again to kill Ritsuka while questioning why they fight. Ritsuka protects themselves with Mash's shield, empowers themselves with a Command Spell and punches Goetia, shouting that they fought to live. Goetia realizes Ritsuka was just another human who feared death yet still fought to restore humanity. He then crumbles away while laughing at the absurdity of it all.

With Goetia seemingly gone, Ritsuka hurries back to the Rayshift point before the Temple completely collapses. However, they're stopped by Goetia in a half-faded human form, made of all that remains of the seventy-two Demon Gods. He admits his entire plan was thwarted the moment Solomon sacrificed himself with Ars Nova. He decides to kill Ritsuka, despite knowing it is a meaningless decision he would not have made before. Due to gaining mortality, he now understands human mentality and thus wants to kill Ritsuka to protect his pride. After Ritsuka defeats him for the last time, Goetia disappears, understanding human life is short yet fascinating. Ritsuka continues on their way, but the path beneath them collapses before they reach the Rayshift point.

Meanwhile, in the aftermath of Mash's sacrifice, Fou locates her soul in the place beyond life - revealing his true name as Primate Murder and his nature as a Beast. He then expends the majority of the Magical Energy that he collected across the centuries of his life to transplant his Force of Providence into Mash's soul, perfectly resurrecting her and granting her a normal human lifespan. However, the act deprives him of both his sapience, leaving him as nothing more than a common animal. In the end, he congratulates Mash and the people of Chaldea for defeating the Beast IV without violence.

Mash then arrives just in time to save Ritsuka. Together, they return to Chaldea.

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