"Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa----!"
A terrifying shriek kept rising from the poisonous gas, stabbing at everyone's eardrums.
"Uwaaaaaah----!"
Sieg, Fiore, Caules, and Astolfo all clutched their ears, crying out in agony.
Even Jeanne and Minamoto no Yorimitsu bit their lips and resisted with all their might.
At that moment, Bašmu attacked.
"Rumble..."
Like an avalanche, the raging poisonous gas surged forth under the lead of those violent serpent eyes, bearing down on them like vast tidal waves.
"----!"
Minamoto no Yorimitsu, Sieg, Fiore, Caules, and Astolfo all stiffened, able only to watch helplessly.
Jeanne alone reacted.
"Everyone, get behind me!"
With that cry, Jeanne slammed the Holy Banner in her hand into the ground.
"O my banner! Protect my comrades! Luminosite Eternelle!"
The protective Treasure Tool was unleashed. The Holy Banner shone brilliantly, transforming into an enormous barrier that enveloped the group and the Greater Holy Grail.
The avalanche-like poisonous gas immediately crashed heavily against the Holy Banner.
"Rumble----!"
The thunderous roar rang out, leaving everyone inside the barrier with blank minds, nearly unable even to think.
The violent poisonous gas battered the barrier created by the Holy Banner like waves crashing against a reef.
"Ugh... nghhh...!"
Jeanne could not help letting out a pained sound.
Bašmu's Poison was simply too powerful. Even Jeanne's Treasure Tool could only barely hold it back.
Although Jeanne's Treasure Tool could convert extraordinary Magic Resistance into physical defense, damage would continuously accumulate. Once that damage exceeded the critical point, the barrier would shatter immediately.
Jeanne could feel the damage accumulating upon her Treasure Tool from Bašmu's Poison increasing at an astonishing rate.
Poison so deadly that even Gods feared it was not something that could be stopped so easily.
At this rate, Jeanne's Treasure Tool would shatter sooner or later.
And when that happened, it would be