"Rumble..."
This was no longer the sound of the ground shaking, but the trembling of the air itself.
Amid that sound, the enormous Floating Garden rose bit by bit into the night sky, bathed in moonlight and looking breathtakingly beautiful.
Amakusa Shirou Tokisada stood at the center, surrounded by the Servants of the Red Faction, all looking down upon the people below.
Karna held the Divine Spear blazing with flames.
Achilles wore a frivolous yet fighting smile.
Atalanta's gaze remained incomparably sharp.
The three Servants stood around Amakusa Shirou Tokisada, radiating powerful presences as they looked down in silence, with smiles, or expressionlessly.
The Magi of the Yggdmillennia clan were all frozen where they stood, unable to move another inch.
Darnic especially.
"You..."
As he gazed at Amakusa Shirou Tokisada, standing at the heart of the Servants' protection, Darnic's eyes slowly widened.
They filled with unprecedented shock and disbelief.
"You... you are...!?"
As though he had seen a ghost, Darnic staggered backward several steps in horror.
Because Darnic had seen that white-haired boy's face before.
During the Third Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City.
As a Master at the time, Darnic had seen the Einzbern Family's Servant. He had even confronted him face-to-face.
But... but...
"Impossible...! That's impossible!"
Darnic cried out in sheer terror.
"How could you be here!? How could you possibly appear!?"
Clearly, Darnic did not know that Amakusa Shirou Tokisada had come into contact with the Greater Holy Grail and, under its influence, gained a physical body and survived in this world.
He had survived for a full sixty or seventy years.
In response, Amakusa Shirou Tokisada showed a nostalgic smile.
"It has been a long time, Master from back then. Thanks to you, I spent a full sixty or seventy years searching for the Greater Holy