025, My Nickname Is Tyrant, Rin.

Rimuru had no intention of fighting him head-on!!

The moment he saw Ea, the Gleaming Sword, a description of it and its abilities surfaced in Red Fox's mind. "Looks like you really gained quite a lot last time. But if I remember correctly, this move has a casting time."

He calmly watched Rimuru completely draw the Gleaming Sword, his figure turning into an afterimage in an instant. "Do you think I'll let you use it?"

"I think you've misunderstood something." Feeling a sudden scorching heat by his ear, Rimuru withdrew and raised the Gleaming Sword. With a bang, he directly shattered the sweeping firestorm. It effortlessly pierced through space, and its immense force sent Red Fox staggering back in astonishment.

"The Gleaming Sword itself is a Noble Phantasm imbued with Divinity. It isn't like some forbidden spell that can't be interrupted while casting."

Crack! Rimuru held the Gleaming Sword before him, and the spiral fragments at its tip began to tremble and spin instantly—

"And Star of Ea..." Rimuru chuckled. "It's merely a technique that unleashes its power at maximum output. Perhaps it does need time to release and charge, but before that, it can still be freely used as a weapon to attack. After all... I'm not Gilgamesh, and you're not Shirou Emiya."

"Heh. A conceptual weapon born beneath a mere world. Since it can't be interrupted..." Red Fox smiled faintly as well, extending one hand to gather a ball of blazing fire. Then, he placed his other hand over the flames and pulled them apart. A completely crimson spear appeared in his hands.

The instant the spear appeared, every flame in the area began to boil.

"A spear?" Rimuru was slightly stunned. "I remember you being a spellcasting Sequence that used a grimoire, right?"

"No choice. I don't