Illya looked at Francesca.
Did this sinister woman really know what was going on?
Francesca gave a thumbs-up. "Let's become besties, and then I'll tell you."
"Uh..."
This woman was a lunatic, wasn't she?!
The stage did not immediately show Illya's answer. Instead, the scene returned to the battlefield.
Rin watched the scene outside through the mansion window.
There was nothing left outside the mansion.
Although this place was protected, even the courtyard had become an unbearable sight.
The grounds that had once belonged to a prestigious mage family now contained only burning dead trees, shattered stone pillars, and broken walls. The air was thick with the remnants of charcoal and mana. Beyond that, mud falling from the sky continued to overflow.
"...Strange?"
Sakura was clearly inside the house, so why was that hole in the sky?
Although Rin did not understand what was happening, at least it gave her a chance.
At the very least, Sakura still had a chance to be saved.
"And that Golden Flash... damn it, he's treating my home like it belongs to him!"
Gilgamesh stood atop the highest stone platform, holding a golden cup in one hand and EA in the other as he laughed wildly.
At the foot of the hill stood Red A and Atalanta, with Artoria and White behind them.
Sigma was on the other side of the mountain path. His mana and Command Spells had both run dry, leaving him with no energy to defend himself, so he had simply hidden somewhere relatively safe.
Rin was furious, but there was nothing she could do.
Golden ripples opened in midair, and more than a dozen Noble Phantasms shot forth, cutting off every route of escape for the two of them.
Red A projected weapons in an attempt to counterattack, but his