But at that moment, all the aberrations around them closed in.
And Lord El-Melloi II shouted the final line of the incantation: "Thou who art clothed in the seven heavens of the three great words, pass through the wheel of restraint and appear—Rider!!!"
In an instant, it was as though someone had pressed pause on the battlefield.
"That is—"
Hephaestion in the distance also Realized that a certain Heroic Spirit had appeared behind her.
"How is that possible... without a Holy Relic... he actually summoned...?"
Dr. Heartless was Is also astonished.
The Holy Relic should have been burned.
Yet the Heroic Spirit who had appeared was unmistakably that person.
"But Mana Transfer from the leyline should be impossible too... Mm?!"
Dr. Heartless looked at Olga Marie.
Olga Marie's Saber had not been using mana from the leyline... she was supplying her own mana!
Which meant the leyline itself still retained enough mana to sustain that Heroic Spirit!
"Well now, quite the spectacle for my entrance," the Heroic Spirit remarked. "Hmm, could that one over there be—no, but this one here—"
Waver did not dare look at his Heroic Spirit.
He knew that Heroic Spirits would not retain memories from before.
The Nautilus had vanished.
Without the Nautilus's protection, the true ether of the Age of Gods began to Pour in.
The magi could still hold out for a while, however, so it was not an immediate problem.
"—Shall we fight together, Master?" the Heroic Spirit said.
"Ah... of course," Waver replied.
"So, are we saving the world?"
"More or less." Waver pointed toward the enormous mountain of flesh in the distance. "Get that thing out of here!"
Irena did not recite the rest of the incantation.
Waver knew why—because they needed to take down two Heroic Spirits at once.
"Gray!"