The Detective Appears

Xuanzang Sanzang said in surprise, "If they really eat, that makes things easier. But since they're guards here, they can't be lured away by temptation. They're truly qualified guards!"

"Queen Nitocris said we can't use food to lure them now, so we can only force our way through."

Ritsuka Fujimaru settled on the plan and began summoning Servants on the spot. Gudao did the same when he saw this. With the Atlas Institute so close at hand, there was no way he would let this opportunity slip away.

Powerful Servants were summoned and immediately assumed a formation to force a breakthrough, hoping to defeat the Sphinxes one by one before they could converge. The results were remarkable.

Nitocris had originally thought the Sphinx pack would at least be able to hold Ritsuka Fujimaru back. They were bound to break through eventually, but she had never expected the other side to fight so shamelessly: twelve Servants, two Mash Kyrielights, Xuanzang Sanzang, Arash, Lancelot, and Bedivere—a total of eighteen people fighting together.

The Sphinxes, whose numbers had not even reached a hundred, immediately suffered a devastating blow and were dealt with in no time.

In less than ten minutes, every Sphinx was lying belly-up on the sand, their eyes vacant. The human parts of their faces were mostly black and blue, because Xuanzang Sanzang had figured that since they had human faces, they ought to be capable of being knocked unconscious.

And the result... could only be described as not very effective.

Nitocris wiped away a bead of sweat as she watched. She had not expected Ritsuka Fujimaru's group to be this powerful. Fortunately, when they had fought her before, they had not gone all out because they had been in the wrong over Da Vinci. Besides, they really were good people.