"Ah... ah..."
At that moment, every Crimson Realm Denizen on the battlefield let out a dazed sound.
It was excitement.
It was emotion.
"Alliance Leader!"
"Alliance Leader!"
"Alliance Leader!"
"Alliance Leader!"
One Crimson Realm Denizen after another seemed to have forgotten the danger they were in. Ignoring the enemies before them, they looked toward the boy descending from the sky as though on a pilgrimage.
The Flame Haze Warriors, too, could not suppress their agitation as they gazed up into the sky.
"That is..."
Shana tightened her grip on Nietono no Shana.
"The Creation God..."
For the first time, Wilhelmina also shifted her gaze away from Pheles.
"'Serpent of the Festival'..."
Zofie's expression became graver than ever before.
"Hey, that guy's really bad news. I can feel divinity coming from him. This is very bad."
Even Aqua seemed frightened as she hid behind Jeanne.
But Jeanne no longer had the leisure to concern herself with that.
Staring at the boy descending from the sky and looking at that familiar face, Jeanne's expression changed constantly.
In the end, a name slipped from Jeanne's lips.
"Amakusa Shirou Tokisada..."
The Saint who had been the greatest mastermind behind the Red Faction during the Holy Grail War, who had sought to use the Holy Grail to save all humanity, had suddenly appeared in this world.
As Fang Li watched the boy slowly descend before the Three Pillars, his Ice-Blue Demon Eyes flickered.
"Alliance Leader!"
Black Catty, Shudenan, and Belphegor were all startled.
Yet before they could speak, Tengusa Shirou raised one hand and stopped them.
"I know what you wish to say. For the second phase of the Imperial Mandate, to open the gate to the Interdimensional Gap and retrieve my true body, I should have continued conserving my strength rather than appearing here.