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When Noah decided to remove the sheath from Sakura Matou's body, the girls already understood.
For them, Noah had taken responsibility for Gilgamesh, the most troublesome opponent of all.
Although neither Rin Tohsaka nor Rider knew exactly what kind of power the sheath possessed, the fact that it had protected Sakura Matou from harm for more than ten years showed that its power was certainly worth anticipating.
Only Noah and Saber knew that Avalon's power was far stronger than Rin Tohsaka and Rider imagined.
In the legend of Arthur, this sheath had played an immensely significant role.
As mentioned before, if Artoria's Excalibur represented power itself, then the sheath known as Avalon represented protection itself.
Ever since obtaining Avalon, the Knight King named Artoria had effectively gained an immortal body.
The reason Artoria later died at the height of Britannia's prosperity was largely because she had lost this sheath.
Therefore, compared to Excalibur, the holy sword known as the strongest on earth, Avalon, also called Fairy Village, was undoubtedly even more important.
Artoria's Excalibur was ranked A++.
If the holy sword's power were truly unleashed, then after instantly doubling, Excalibur would be even stronger than most EX-rank Treasure Tools that had reached an exceptional level.
Yet Avalon was a genuine EX-rank Treasure Tool.
It required neither a doubling trait nor external enhancement. The Treasure Tool rank of the sheath known as Avalon had already reached the extraordinary EX rank.
Noah believed that as long as he possessed Avalon, even Gilgamesh, who held the prototypes of all Treasure Tools, would be unable to break through its defenses.
That was why Noah chose to reclaim Avalon.
Then the remaining question was