The falling blood made the sea boil.
The Great Flock was stirring.
The Sea Creatures Come Ashore
Before the attack could land, Sea Creatures burrowed up from the ruined ground.
This was the seashore. Sea Creatures had been swimming and hiding nearby.
When Skadi bled on shore, the Sea Creatures would be summoned by her blood.
And when Skadi manifested as a Heroic Spirit, that bloodline, like a curse, became one of Skadi's traits as well.
"Is... mar..."
Skadi's blood would passively summon the Great Flock to protect "Ismar" and bring Ismar back to the deep sea.
"Your attack wasn't very effective." Iskandar's Ox Cart pulled up beside Gilgamesh.
"Hmph."
Gilgamesh snorted.
His gaze had remained fixed on Skadi.
Just now, he seemed to have seen something else.
"Come to think of it, how did you see through her identity?" Iskandar asked curiously.
"—Anyone with decent eyesight could see it. This King is not like you mongrels."
Gilgamesh had no interest in Iskandar.
"Oh, I see. Some kind of Clairvoyance ability, perhaps? For an Archer, seeing through it should be rather easy."
Skadi had not actually hidden anything.
The humans of Arknights had gradually evolved from animals under the influence of so-called Originium.
That was why Arknights humans were jokingly called "Terra critters."
So anyone with the eyesight to see through bloodlines could roughly tell whether someone was a rabbit, fox, Orca, or something else.
Gilgamesh had taken a liking to this rare beast at first sight.
But when they met for the second time, Gilgamesh felt that she was not the Orca he had initially seen, but something else entirely.
She resembled a sea monster like Leviathan even more.
"Something is approaching!"
At that moment, Emiya Kiritsugu received a transmission from Maiya.
"Hmm...?"
Emiya Kiritsugu looked through his sniper