Begin the Extermination

The Servants appeared very close to the Demon Gods. The instant they materialized, Lev and Zepar, who had long been prepared, directly greeted them with scarlet beams of light.

However, because Jeanne d'Arc had unleashed her Noble Phantasm in advance, the beams did not inflict the slightest harm on them. The Servants simply charged straight at Lev and Zepar through the bombardment.

Along the way, Roman citizens constantly reached out to grab them, but they nimbly evaded every attempt. Still, this inevitably slowed them down. Worse yet, Servants were hidden among the civilians, and the two sides immediately became locked in an inseparable battle.

At that moment, Emiya activated his Noble Phantasm. Unlimited Blade Works, unleashed at full power, instantly enveloped Rome's central district, dragging more than fifty thousand people into his Inherent Domain in a single instant.

"W-What?!" Zepar, who had returned to human form and was continuously firing beams at the Servants, discovered that all the surrounding civilians had vanished. He was immediately dumbfounded.

Lev looked up toward the Floating Garden in the sky. "Had that girl anticipated from the start that we might use the civilians as shields when she brought Emiya here? With Emiya alone, she has temporarily rendered our greatest safeguard useless. How impressive..."

At this moment, inside Unlimited Blade Works.

Emiya floated in the air atop one of his projected swords. Looking down at the civilians below, who resembled machines that had lost their connection and become unresponsive, he shook his head slightly. "Good. It seems the Demon Gods' control is not that terrifying yet. But these civilians are already half-demonized. Releasing them would only create an even bigger problem."

Outside.

Artoria faced Diarmuid once again. After only a few exchanges, she was startled. "You have grown stronger again?"

During their last clash in