Invincible Defense

The Lion King flew backward into the sky, summoned a pure-white Pegasus, and mounted it. Riding the Pegasus higher into the heavens, she began releasing the Holy Lance's own power before diving toward the Servants on the ground.

"O lance that shines at the end!"

She was not a Heroic Spirit or a Servant, merely a deified Artoria. Naturally, she did not possess anything like a Noble Phantasm. Yet the Holy Lance itself held power equivalent to one; she only needed to release it.

Although most of her power was maintaining the Tower of the End to carry out the Holy Extermination, even pouring all her remaining magical energy into strengthening the Holy Lance would make it far stronger than the strike she had used against Mash Kyrielight on the training ground.

"Holy Lance, speak of the end—Rhongomyniad!"

Holy radiance wound around the lance like ribbons of light, forming rings around it. As it dove toward the ground, the lance grew larger and larger, becoming a colossal spear of light measured in kilometers.

At this point, few of them could continue using Noble Phantasms. The main fighters had used theirs against the Lion King earlier and had yet to recover. The situation was utterly critical!

Mash Kyrielight's face went pale as she looked at the Holy Lance, whose tip alone was over ten meters long. Still, she resolutely stepped in front of everyone and released her Noble Phantasm toward the sky.

"The Lord Camelot, Distant Utopia!"

Holy City Camelot manifested once more. Its steadfast, indestructible defense shielded everyone from the Holy Lance's Noble Phantasm.

The shield held back the enormous Holy Lance. Mash Kyrielight's petite body did not retreat even an inch. Though she felt crushing pressure the instant they made contact, she still blocked it perfectly.

An unwavering conviction,