"Mm...? Thanks, Archer."
White jumped in fright. She had braced herself to cry out, but she did not.
Red A had grabbed hold of her.
"Don't try to analyze that. The moment you understand it, you'll cease to be human."
Red A released White.
"Hm?"
Rin stood behind Red A. Emiya, the Heroic Spirit, had shielded Rin from most of the pressure, which was why she noticed it.
Why was White completely unaffected when Archer touched her?
"Gilgamesh...!" Artoria looked toward him as well.
This was also the first time she had heard that name.
Then Gilgamesh laughed loudly. "I possess the originals of every Noble Phantasm, but those are all nameless objects, not weapons I can wield."
Then Gilgamesh raised that cylindrical sword.
Its three blade segments began slowly rotating in different directions.
"However, this one is different. Without a doubt, it is a sword that none but I can wield."
A terrifying pressure descended.
As the sword began to turn, the heavy air seemed on the verge of overflowing.
"—The sword has no name. I simply call it EA."
"A pure contest of Noble Phantasm power?"
Artoria saw through it.
The light in her hand was gathering as well.
They were only twenty or thirty meters apart.
"—Exactly. Knight King, you have never fully unleashed your holy sword, have you? A release at such a trivial level is nothing more than child's play."
After taking out EA, Gilgamesh's voice rose several pitches.
He was practically Tiger squared—so overbearingly tiger that there was no limit to it!
Although Artoria had been using Excalibur all along, she truly had not unleashed it at full power.
"—Not at all. There is no need for restraint. I have long wished to test this sword they call the strongest. I will not permit