Ex-Machina in Dimensional Travel

The red knight gave up thinking. The Noble Phantasm in her hand had finished charging, and she prepared to attack directly.

After all, the Purification Knights surrounding them had cut off any possibility of escape. No matter what, this group would not be able to fly away even if they grew wings.

The red "pillar of light" tilted forward once more, as though reenacting the earlier scene.

But this time, the indestructible magecraft barrier did not appear. Instead, a small golden semicircular shield suddenly covered the Chaldea group.

"What is that?!"

Mordred was startled. The "presence" emanating from that shield was incomparably familiar.

It was no different from the presence of that "fake" who had worn Gawain's appearance in her memories.

There was no doubt about it—this was that fake's power!

These people really were in league with each other!

The moment she saw that familiar "power," alarm bells rang in Mordred's mind.

She hurriedly looked around, wanting to find the "enemy" who could appear from any corner, but aside from the group before her, no one else appeared.

While she looked about, the massive crimson sword energy was steadily blocked by that tiny shield.

And this time, it was different from when Mashu's Noble Phantasm had blocked it earlier.

Mordred was shocked to discover that when her Noble Phantasm struck the shield, it was firmly halted in midair.

The torrent of magical energy that had been surging forward seemed as though Time Stop had been cast upon it, "freezing" in the air. The entire Noble Phantasm was like an ice pop, "frozen" solid.

"What is going on?!"

Mordred was utterly stunned. She tried to retract her Noble Phantasm, but no matter how hard she pulled, she could not move her sword even an inch.

Her weapon had been "fixed"