The time had already entered the latter half of the night.
As the last ordinary vehicle within sight disappeared from the eyes of the Servants.
Amidst dazzling beams of light, the Servants standing on the Fuyuki City Bridge had already changed into their battle attire.
Together, they took a step forward, treading onto the roadway of the bridge.
Father and son, King and thief... Artoria and Mordred, reached the center of the roadway step by step.
"Father King..."
Frowning, with a look of disgust on her face, this was Artoria's response to Mordred's address.
"Tsk, still the same as always, not changed one bit..."
"You too, Mordred."
A hint of pained sadness flashed across Mordred's face. Mordred, who both deeply loved and hated the King, upon hearing Artoria's voice, which was devoid of emotion and even somewhat cold, spoke again in an almost pleading tone.
"Father King... can you not give me even the slightest possibility? Even a lie, even just comfort..."
"I am truly sorry, Mordred... I will not speak any lies to you..."
"Why, why, why... Why is it that only with me, you cannot tell a lie? Even a single false word, even just a single kind comfort, I could accept. Why won't you even grant me that!"
Watching Mordred's emotions begin to spiral out of control, Artoria, with a composed expression, once again shattered Mordred's love, leaving behind only hatred.
"Because I am the King!"
Yes, precisely because Artoria was the King, she could not speak any kind lies or offer any comfort when it came to Mordred...
She could not, and would not, give Mordred any hope.
Revealing her fangs, Mordred, whose emotions had gradually calmed, seemed to have lost the will to converse with Artoria.
After baring her teeth and shouting "I will never give up" at Artoria, the battle officially began...
This time, without the support of the Demon Pillars and Solomon.
At the beginning of the battle, Mordred was clearly at a disadvantage.
It couldn't be helped. Artoria, who had used the Spirit Base of the Three Knights Classes, and Mordred, who had used the Spirit Base of the Rider Class, were weaker than Artoria in terms of stats due to their direct roles.
Although the Rider Class could provide a mount to compensate for performance, Mordred had lost Prydwen.
In the final burning attack launched by Leonidas.
Prydwen, already battered and bruised by Artoria in the previous battle, had been completely shattered.
Having lost the mobility advantage provided by Prydwen and being suppressed in stats by Artoria due to her Class, It was not surprising that Mordred was at a slight disadvantage.
In fact, before this battle, Mordred already knew she would not be her Father King's opponent.
But so what?
She was the "super troublesome child" who feared nothing!
Mordred's greatsword swung wildly.
Crimson wounds, like strangely beautiful scarlet flowers, began to bloom on Mordred's body.
With both body and soul scarred in the battle, Mordred suddenly grinned... her eyes filled with an incomparable look of longing.
As if returning to the Battle of Camlann a thousand years ago...
Upon that towering mountain of corpses... Father and son, King and subject... met their fated end...
Stumbling, she raised her greatsword.
Mordred, who could barely stand, raised the shining Sword of Kingly Radiance, burning her last trace of mana, and unleashed scarlet lightning...
Just as Mordred was about to swing this sword and strike down Artoria...
The brilliant Excalibur, in the hands of a panting Artoria, pierced Mordred's heart...
"Father King... I... I won't give up... I will never give up..."
59. Fuyuki City, which always catches fire...
The wine glass that fell from the sky onto the roadway shattered.
The bright red wine, like blood, was a sacrifice...
The moment Artoria slew Mordred and achieved victory.
Above their battlefield, the battle between Solomon and Gilgamesh began.
Hundreds of golden ripples unfolded behind Gilgamesh.
That brilliant golden radiance illuminated the steel beams of the bridge, making them shine with splendor.
The next second, like the roar of an entire army group's artillery, hundreds of Noble Phantasms, like cannonballs, were fired in a saturation attack towards Solomon.
Seeing Gilgamesh, who was going all out and showing no mercy from the start, Solomon, with a perpetually faint sadness in his eyes and a blank expression, suddenly turned and leaped off the bridge before the Noble Phantasms could reach him.
In the interval as Gilgamesh adjusted the exit position of the Gate of Babylon, he fell into the dark river water.
Raising an eyebrow slightly, he waved his hand and summoned the golden Sky Ship - Vimana.
Staring intently at the dark river surface, a vague sense of unease rose in Gilgamesh's heart. He quickly boarded the golden Sky Ship and ascended into the sky.
One second... two seconds...
Time passed little by little, and the water surface remained as black as ink.
Suddenly... with a flash of scarlet light, it lit up from the lake.
More than a dozen tentacles, covered in bizarre, large eyeballs, roared and broke through the dark, cold river water, announcing their arrival to Fuyuki City.
"Damn it... to bring these杂碎 into my domain, Solomon, you are too reckless."
The chaotic, crimson magical energy spread relentlessly.
The roars of the Demon Pillars caused sirens to blare throughout Fuyuki City.
Marisbury, who was standing at the bridgehead confronting Kirei Kotomine at this moment, smiled silently upon seeing this scene, and then began to chant...
Feeling the vibration of the bridge beneath his feet and witnessing the bridge continuously cracking.
After sending Mordred away, Artoria, whose body was covered in wounds both large and small, glanced at the golden Ship of Heaven above her head, then leaped directly off the bridge that was about to break amidst the roars of the Demon Pillars...
At the same time, in the Matou Family, in front of the Fuyuki City surveillance system that Sakura and Orochimaru had built.
Looking at the situation that had begun to spiral out of control, Sakura, biting the nail of her thumb with a grim expression, said angrily.
"These guys... do they really have to make such a scene for the whole world to see? Old Man of the Mountain, you..."
"I cannot, I cannot hide the scene they have created for you... but you don't need to worry... someone is taking action."
As soon as he finished speaking.
Marisbury, standing at the bridgehead of Fuyuki City Bridge, almost simultaneously finished his chant.
On the other side of the Earth, in the warehouse of the Animsphere family in London, England, used to store inherited items.
Chaldeas - Prototype Unit 1, a pseudo-Earth environment model created in 1990.
As Marisbury chanted on the other side of the Earth... it was lit up.
Although this Chaldeas prototype had been temporarily abandoned and sealed by Marisbury due to insufficient funds and materials...
As long as Marisbury willed it, he could still unseal it and utilize this top-tier masterpiece for a short time.
Above the lit-up Chaldeas, Japan, which was projected onto it, was rapidly magnified, followed by Fuyuki City...
And as the projected image was zoomed to its apex, a beam of light was instantly projected from Chaldeas towards the sky.
The starlight of Fuyuki City began to shine brilliantly. As if by some magic, people awakened by the roars of the Demon Pillars couldn't help but look up at the sky... Then, every ordinary person who saw this brilliant starry sky fell under Marisbury's Suggestion Magecraft the next second.
Fuyuki City fell silent once more.
But the battlefield began to boil.
The moment Marisbury completed his spell.
The eyeballs covering the bodies of the roaring Demon Pillars simultaneously shot out deadly beams of light outwards.
Noble Phantasms collided with beams of light, and clusters of fire bloomed across the sky.
Stepping on the bodies of the Demon Pillars, as if stepping on the stairs to a throne.
Solomon, with no emotion on his face, now like a cold machine, returned to his throne surrounded by demons.
And as Solomon appeared in his rightful place, every attack launched by the Demon Pillars became no less than a Great Magecraft meticulously prepared by an ordinary Magus.
On one side, tens of thousands of beams of light surged like a tide, while on the other, a golden king, weaving through them, his Noble Phantasms extending endlessly.
Gilgamesh and Solomon's 'warm-up' became increasingly intense.
Amidst countless collisions, stray attacks fell like raindrops towards the riverbanks... With explosions sounding one after another, the riverbanks of Fuyuki City began to burn fiercely.
Amidst the raging fires burning on the riverbanks, ignoring the scorching heat of the environment, stepping on the melting asphalt road.
Marisbury's battle with Kirei Kotomine and Berserker immediately commenced.
However, compared to the battle here, Gilgamesh, riding the Ship of Heaven above the river, and Solomon, controlling the Demon Pillars, were undoubtedly more eye-catching.
Sitting on the throne formed from the bones of Baal, the first in order, Solomon, who was using most of his energy to expand the exit of his Inherent Skill to allow more Demon Pillars to descend, tapped the seat of the throne lightly with his finger.
He touched the ring on his left index finger, then released his hand.
Gilgamesh, completely unaware that he had narrowly escaped death, looked as if he was already tired of this battle that only brought 'fireworks' to the sky.
The Gate of Babylon was unable to break through the Demon Pillars, and as the strange red magical energy spread across the lake, the Demon Pillars increased in number, and Solomon's aura grew stronger with each new Demon Pillar that appeared.
On the frozen lake, Artoria, blessed by the spirits, stepped onto the surging water and looked up at the battlefield...
She was observing, she was thinking, she was waiting for an opportunity...
However, if Gilgamesh were to know Artoria's thoughts at this moment, Artoria would surely face Gilgamesh's wrath.
For a king like Gilgamesh, even if Artoria was a 'treasure' he fancied, his pride would never allow others to participate in his battle... especially not a 'righteous' encirclement that Artoria was contemplating.
His magical power surged violently, and the Star of Revelation was immediately activated.
Kirei Kotomine, who was fighting Marisbury, felt his body go weak as a large amount of magic was drained from him, nearly causing him to stumble and fall to the ground...
However, it wasn't long before the Command Spells on Kirei Kotomine's forearm began to disappear one by one, transforming into pure magic and replenishing Kirei Kotomine's body.
Kirei Kotomine, who needed to maintain three Servants in battle, managed to persevere.
60. The Ancient Nuclear Bomb and Artoria's Unwillingness...
Boom! Another seaside villa was hit by a 'stray projectile,' and the amount the insurance company had to pay the Matou Family increased by one.
However, Sakura, who was watching this battle with Orochimaru, Kurumi, and King Hassan in front of the surveillance system, did not show a happy expression. Instead, she looked quite depressed.
This was because those guys at the top had already started expanding the battlefield.
As more and more Demon Pillars appeared in the lake...
The Miyou River was no longer enough to serve as the battlefield for Gilgamesh and Solomon.
Especially after Gilgamesh activated the Star of Revelation and began unleashing various Noble Phantasms in a counterattack.
The Demon Pillars, densely packed in the riverbed, naturally began to move towards both banks.
Perhaps feeling that the time had come, or perhaps King Hassan simply disliked the atmosphere of parting.
Just as Sakura and the others were anxiously observing the situation.
King Hassan, who was behind Sakura, disappeared without a trace.
Beneath the vertical passage that the Matou Family had excavated, ostensibly for subway construction, which led directly to the Ley Lines.
Zouken Matou, using the Great Holy Grail, had created a Pseudo-Holy Grail that was now shining brightly.
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