Only half a body remained, its features unclear.
But it held a magic spear in its hand.
"Heroic Spirit...?"
Rin Tohsaka poked her head out.
"That empty shell is probably nothing more than a Noble Phantasm launcher." Gilgamesh recognized it at a glance. "Alaya's Counter Force has sided with The Evil of This World, while the Guardian refused the job. So when it was summoned, only black fragments remained. Hoh, what an interesting development. Quite amusing."
[What does that mean? Red A from the Fifth War couldn't be summoned, so there's only half a wreck left now?]
[But it's using a spear.]
[A Noble Phantasm launcher can actually be used like that?]
A bullet from the Black Spear fired out.
A second Noble Phantasm came hurtling over.
"Avalon!"
Artoria continued using her scabbard to block the attack.
Every single assault was completely deflected.
But then the enemy vanished.
—The black-shelled Heroic Spirit sank into the black mud.
"My detection range is only two hundred meters at most. King of Heroes, stop holding back!"
Artoria could defend against the attacks, but she had no way to lock onto such elusive strikes.
After all, even Avalon could not prevent an attack coming from another direction.
It could not be beaten head-on, but going around it was enough.
"Why are there suddenly so many more?!" Matou Kariya realized their numbers were increasing.
"All the World's Evil has also been gathering these beast hordes. The Ley Lines of the Far East are connected through the currents to the far side of the ocean. San Francisco, Los Angeles, Hawaii... the beast hordes over there have probably begun arriving." Tohsaka Tokiomi roughly guessed the situation.
"Ocean currents... the far side of the sea..."
Good.
Emiya Kiritsugu knew there was now one more place that had to