The Sanctuary of Saint George-The Dragon King's Sigh; Gilgamesh vs. the Lion King / Father and Son Kill Each Other-Rin and Gilgamesh vs. Martha and the Lion King!

The magus's companions also noticed the miserable state he was in and cried out in grief and fury.

"Roland!"

Then, together with the other magi, they began using wide-area magecraft without restraint, clearing the area.

Such scenes began appearing frequently throughout Fuyuki City's urban districts. The generations of hatred accumulated between the Mage's Association and the Holy Church kept erupting in this now-isolated city.

Shirou Emiya, who had originally planned to take Kallian out shopping, gritted his teeth as he stared at the mall that had become a battlefield before him. His clenched fists cracked loudly!

"Stop it!"

Shirou Emiya's furious roar failed to stop the magi who were slaughtering ordinary people.

"Big brother, if you want to do it, then do it!"

Shirou Emiya looked at the calm-faced Kallian beside him, then spoke to the empty air at his side.

"Lancer, please. Stop them!"

Following Shirou Emiya's words, the Lion King appeared atop East Stallion. With a sweep of her lance, a tremendous storm erupted, sending the magi who had ignored Shirou Emiya sprawling.

"Damn! It's a Servant! Retreat!"

Seeing a Servant appear and knowing the strength of the Servants in the Fuyuki Holy Grail War, the magi abandoned their companions who were still fighting fiercely inside the mall and fled without hesitation into the nearby alleys.

Suddenly, the explosions inside the mall stopped. The Executor who had been left wearing only her underwear seemed to have been hit by a truck, smashing through the third-floor windows and crashing down in front of Shirou Emiya, battered from head to toe.

The female Executor covered her mouth as blood kept pouring from it and struggled to rise from the ground. Having gone mad with killing, she glared hatefully at Kallian and Shirou Emiya before raising her Black Key to slash at Shirou Emiya.

"Heretic! Urgh!"

Seeing Shirou Emiya frozen stiff beside her, Kallian grabbed him without hesitation and turned to leave the street. At the same time, she called to the Lion King.

"Lancer, I'll leave this place to you!"

Kallian dragged the dazed Shirou Emiya to a street not far from the mall.

"Big brother, do you understand now?"

Shirou Emiya recalled what had just happened. Memories from his childhood then kept flashing through his mind—the struggling crowds, the towering blaze. How similar they were to the scene before him now.

Then Shirou Emiya raised his head and looked at the thick smoke rising throughout the city. He clenched his fists tightly and nodded firmly at Kallian.

"Kallian, thank you!"

At Tohsaka Villa's courtyard, Rin stood watching the city district in the distance, where smoke billowed into the sky. Rin knew that Lorelei's magi had begun searching for Aiga's whereabouts. Yet thinking of those innocent civilians, she hesitated before turning to Gilgamesh.

"Gil, am I wrong to stand by and do nothing?"

Gilgamesh lounged lazily in a garden chair, a glass of red wine in hand. He took a slow sip, then gave Rin a surprised glance.

"Rin, are you a savior? Or are you an ally of justice? Or are you already strong enough to decide everything? Right now, you should be worrying about how to defeat those mongrels!"

Rin understood that Gilgamesh was not wrong. She was neither a savior nor some righteous person, and she was nowhere near strong enough to decide everything. Yet as she watched Fuyuki City become a battlefield, she could not help feeling distressed.

Gilgamesh seemed to have guessed what Rin was thinking. He rose from his chair, slowly walked over to her, then opened a golden ripple and summoned a golden cup filled with wine from within it, placing it in Rin's hand.

"Have a drink. Didn't you send your little sister and disciple to accompany that witch in finding a way to resolve this barrier? Trust them. Though I think you're simply doing something unnecessary."

"No, Gil. Destroying the barrier isn't as simple as merely destroying it. We also need to hold back Sajyou Manaka and her Servant!"

After saying that, Rin lowered her head and looked at the pale golden liquor in the golden cup. After hesitating for a moment, she raised the cup and drained it in one gulp.

After finishing the wine, Rin's face flushed faintly with a trace of drunkenness. She casually tossed the golden cup to the ground and said to Gilgamesh.

"Gil, I'm really pissed off right now! Let's go find those irrelevant people's Servants and take them out!"

Gilgamesh froze for a moment, then burst into laughter. He casually summoned Vimana and took Rin flying toward the city district.

"Hahahahahaha! That's the spirit!"

After saying that, Gilgamesh sat upon Vimana's throne, propping up his cheek with one hand as he muttered to himself.

"Very good, Rin. Worthy of being my friend who slaughtered gods alongside me. Come, this time I'll accompany you and turn everything upside down!"

Rin seemed to sense something and turned to look at Gilgamesh seated on the throne. However, the wind was too loud for her to hear his muttering clearly, so she could only give him a few puzzled looks.

The Lion King casually flung the magus's corpse impaled on her lance aside, then lowered her visor and raised her head toward the golden speck of light steadily approaching through the sky. Surging battle intent burst forth from her body.

Chapter 93: Saint George's Sanctuary—Dragon King's Sigh, Golden Flash VS Lion King

Vimana slowly descended before the Lion King.

Looking at the Lion King before her, Rin wondered with some confusion, Is this person the Lion King, or Lancer Alter? But feeling the overwhelming battle intent radiating from her and remembering the purpose of this trip, Rin knew that a battle was inevitable.

Rin and Gilgamesh stepped down from Vimana. Then Vimana turned into a cluster of light and returned to Gilgamesh's treasury.

"Gil, it looks like you've found someone worth fighting!"

Gilgamesh gave the Lion King a frivolous glance. As Star of Omniscience and Omnipotence activated, all information about the Lion King entered Gilgamesh's grasp.

"Hahahahaha, another mongrel calling herself King—and a divine spirit at that. Hahahahaha! Die, mongrel!"

Hundreds of golden ripples appeared behind Gilgamesh, opening this battle.

The Lion King lightly tugged the reins, controlling East Stallion as she nimbly dodged and weaved through the golden downpour.

Rin, meanwhile, was not idle either. She continuously chanted sacred hymns. As she chanted, enormous magical energy surged from her body, and she slowly floated into the air, expressionlessly watching the Lion King battle Gilgamesh.

While avoiding Gilgamesh's storm of Noble Phantasms, the Lion King continuously unleashed fierce winds that formed wind blades and flew toward Gilgamesh, forcing the unwilling-to-move Gilgamesh to summon multiple shield-type Noble Phantasms before himself.

The Lion King seized the instant Gilgamesh summoned his shields. She leaped from East Stallion and drove The Spear of the End in her hand straight toward Gilgamesh without hesitation.

Gilgamesh paid no heed to the Holy Lance thrusting toward him. He continued firing Noble Phantasms while calling softly.

"Rin!"

Rin, who had remained vigilant while floating in the air, murmured.

"Saint George's Sanctuary—Dragon King's Sigh."

At that moment, magic circles unfolded in Rin's eyes, forming two enormous arrays roughly two meters across. As they appeared, space itself seemed to split apart. A dazzling white beam instantly burst from the spatial rift before Rin's face and collided with the Lion King's The Spear of the End.

The instant The Spear of the End in the Lion King's hand collided with Dragon King's Sigh, she felt an enormous force crash into her, forcibly halting her thrust.

At the same moment, Gilgamesh's Noble Phantasms arrived at the Lion King's side. Just as she was about to be struck, the Lion King exerted sudden force through her arm and knocked Dragon King's Sigh off course. The diverted Dragon King's Sigh blasted away the Noble Phantasms flying toward her, but its deflection also destroyed a vast stretch of ground.

As the ground was destroyed by Dragon King's Sigh, the Lion King let her guard down and was struck on the shoulder by a Feather of Light. Feeling the heavy blow, she nimbly evaded the Noble Phantasms that came at her again and pulled back.

After putting some distance between them, the Lion King clutched her shoulder and stared grimly at the Feathers of Light slowly drifting down from the sky.

Because the Lion King did not understand the magecraft known as Dragon King's Sigh, she had not known that objects destroyed by it would be transformed into Feathers of Light. That ignorance had cost her a small price.

The moment the ground was destroyed, it transformed into Feathers of Light that gently drifted onto the Lion King's shoulder armor. Thinking them harmless, she was struck with immense force the instant they touched her. Her shoulder armor shattered instantly, and even her shoulder suffered considerable damage.

The Lion King looked at The Spear of the End in her hand, then raised her head toward the troublesome Master and Servant before her. She leveled her Holy Lance, seemingly intending to release her Noble Phantasm.

Gilgamesh also noticed the Lion King's intention. With a casual snap of his fingers, countless chains extended from the golden ripples surrounding the Lion King and bound toward her.

Facing the incoming Chains of Heaven, the Lion King had no choice but to abandon her plan to release her Noble Phantasm. She kept dodging and knocking aside the chains, while Rin seized the opportunity to unleash Dragon King's Sigh once more, firing it repeatedly at the Lion King.

Just as the battle began, Shirou Emiya realized that his magical energy was being rapidly drained. At the same time, Martha also sensed the Lion King's overwhelming battle intent.

After greeting Kallian and Shirou Emiya, Martha hurried toward the battlefield.

Shirou Emiya and Kallian also rushed anxiously toward the site of the battle.

Gilgamesh looked smugly at the bedraggled Lion King hanging in midair from the Chains of Heaven.

By now, the Lion King's armor had been damaged in many places, exposing her mature body.

"Hahaha, so that little girl looks like this when she grows up? Hahaha! I permit you to survive as one of my treasures! Hahahahaha!"

Looking at the smug Gilgamesh, Rin shouted at him anxiously.

"Gil, get out of the way! This person doesn't have Divinity! Your Chains of Heaven are useless against her!"

Gilgamesh froze at her words. Hearing Rin, the Lion King stopped pretending as well, broke free of the Chains of Heaven, and hurled the Holy Lance in her hand at Gilgamesh with all her strength.

"God, why have you forsaken me?"

A massive magic circle appeared in the air centered on Rin's face, radiating red-black light. It slowed the Holy Lance, while Rin unleashed Dragon King's Sigh again and knocked the Holy Lance off course.

Gilgamesh watched the Holy Lance brush past him. Somewhat angered, he took out Ea, seemingly furious that the Lion King had made him lose face before Rin.

At that moment, Rin looked at Gilgamesh strangely and began to wonder which era of Gilgamesh she had summoned this time.

Rin had not guessed wrong. The Servant incarnation of Gilgamesh before her was from just after he had ascended the throne. Since this was one of his younger periods, his temperament was not only cruel, but he was also unexpectedly careless and self-centered at times.

However, after descending and receiving memories transmitted from his main body, this Servant incarnation treated Rin better than the one from the Fourth Holy Grail War. Perhaps it was because this version of him had not yet become friends with Enkidu. In fact, Rin was likely the first friend this stage of Gilgamesh had encountered.

"King of Heroes, could you extinguish your anger?"

Gilgamesh, who had raised Ea and was about to activate it, looked at the suddenly appearing Martha. Not only did he have no intention of stopping, he increased his magical output. As Ea spun faster and faster, a crimson magical storm violently surged forth from it.

Looking at Ea in Gilgamesh's hand that was about to be unleashed, Martha shook her head. She glanced toward the Lion King, then leaped before Rin to prevent Rin from interfering with the Lion King.

Without hesitation, the Lion King recalled her Holy Lance. The instant Ea was released, she released her own Holy Lance as well.

"E Turn! The Star of Creation!"

"Holy Lance, Anchor Aweigh! Shine forth, The Farthest Lance~~~!"

The crimson magical energy that represented the severing and destruction of the world collided madly with the golden magical energy that represented the pillar of the world and holiness. A tremendous boom echoed throughout Fuyuki City. The terrifying magical energy released by the collision made even the battling magi and Church personnel stop and turn toward that dreadful clash.

The roaring light shattered everything. The wind pressure and overflowing magical energy generated by the collision instantly pulverized everything within several kilometers.

Kallian and Shirou Emiya, anxiously rushing toward the battlefield, were blown away to unknown destinations by the sudden wind pressure.

Using Fuyuki City's seaside location, Martha activated Saintess of the Waterside and Natural Body (Ocean) to withstand the aftermath of the collision, all while vigilantly staring at Rin, who calmly resisted the shockwaves with Saint George's Sanctuary.

"What a formidable girl!"

Chapter 94: Father and Son Killing Each Other—Rin and Gil VS Martha and the Lion King!

Time returned to just now, when Gilgamesh and the Lion King had been fighting fiercely.

On a distant high-rise, Archer and Assassin faced each other across the air.

Archer stood atop the railing of the rooftop, looking at Assassin on another high-rise not far away. He shrugged.

"Why do you insist on causing trouble for me? I hate trouble!"

After saying that, Archer leaped into the air, materialized a longbow in his hand, and fired three swords without hesitation. They flew toward Assassin in a triangular formation.

A flash of light appeared in Assassin's hand, and a Calico M950 automatic pistol appeared there. He immediately unleashed a barrage of bullets at the swords in the air, then made several nimble jumps to reach the signal tower atop the building, evading Archer, who followed behind the swords.

Archer spun Gan Jiang Mo Ye in his hands and looked with mild surprise at the pistol in Assassin's hand.

"Modern weaponry? Are you a modern Servant? Forget it. Once I deal with you, I'll know everything!"

With that, Archer charged at Assassin, who stood atop the signal tower. Before long, the two Servants engaged in a fierce battle atop the signal tower a hundred meters in the air.

Assassin used Scapegoat again, transferring an ordinary person from below to his own position to take Archer's slash in his place.

Having stained his hands with innocent blood again and again, a furious roar burst from Archer's heart. He roared.

"Assassin!"

Then he threw Gan Jiang Mo Ye in his hands toward Assassin.

"Crane Wing Triple Strike!"

Facing the pair of Gan Jiang Mo Ye and Archer rushing toward him, Assassin calmly activated his Noble Phantasm.

Pluck the Blooming Flower When It's Time.

Time slowed in Assassin's eyes. It was not that Assassin had slowed time itself, but that he had accelerated his own time. Instantly accelerated, Assassin evaded the supposedly unavoidable Crane Wing Triple Strike, flashed behind Archer in several swift movements, and raised a strange gun toward the center of Archer's back.