Chapter 598
Jack the Ripper vanished—his Master used Command Spell to teleport him away.
The Demonification Great Hero was not disappointed and slowly looked around.
Those who remained were police officers, each carrying what appeared to be Noble Phantasm or weapons.
No matter how you look at it, what followed was a one-sided humiliation, but the police did not escape.
The moment when both sides were about to clash—
Someone, who made the atmosphere of the battlefield vanish, gracefully descended from the distant sky.
"Guha... Guhahahahahahaha! Haha..."
A golden shadow so conspicuous even in the darkness—there is only one like him in the world.
The police and the demon looked up and saw the golden archer with his arms crossed.
The King of Heroes looked at the Great Hero who had grown horns and wings, and a pleased smile appeared on his face.
"You're really... how should I put it, you've become quite the man, you bastard!"
But even though you're a bastard, I never imagined you'd end up in such a chaotic state!
He stood atop the church bell tower, looking down over the entire street, and spoke in the same voice as always:
"I was wondering what rare sight this was that prompted me to come and see it, but I never expected it to be such a delightful thing."
So that's how it is! Maybe you actually have a talent for being a clown! Hahahaha!
"Has he arrived, mighty king?"
Alcides smiled, completely unfazed by the provocation, and released his bow.
Then, at the very moment he was about to launch his attack—
"...?"
A figure appeared behind the golden archer.
A red-haired boy appeared silently behind the King of Heroes.
Because he was focused on the battlefield below, he was completely unaware that someone had infiltrated behind him. He only turned around after noticing the black-clad demon's gaze.
He was met with Shirou Amamiya's Time Control - Triple Speed Punch.
"Bang!!!!!"
Fully armed, the King of Heroes flew out like a spinning cannonball, crashing heavily through the building next to him.
"Mr. Shirou... what have you done!?!"
Haruri shouted frantically in her mind.
According to the original plan, they should have eliminated Gilgamesh by launching a sneak attack from the shadows...
"No, it's because that face was just too infuriating, so I couldn't resist... Sorry."
Shirou scratched his cheek sheepishly.
Seeing Gil's smug face again after so long, he was a little excited... But that won't do.
But what's done is done, there's no point in regretting it now.
On one side was the hostile gaze cast by the Demonification Heracles.
On the other side, towering flames of fury overflowed from the ruins of the building that buried the King of Heroes.
Shirou, immersed in both murderous intents, waved casually.
"This is a rare opportunity, so both of you come at me together."
Volume 8: 375 Magic Mirror, who is Gilgamesh's strictest father?
The top floor of the "Crystal Hill" casino hotel.
The brown-skinned girl stared wide-eyed as her strongest Heroic Spirit was sent flying by a single punch.
"Gilgamesh... hey hey hey hey!?"
Tiné Cherk.
She is King of Heroes Gilgamesh's Master, and also a girl who sincerely bows to him as a subject.
She was a witch from Snowfield, Miko whose "completion" took generations to complete in order to seek revenge.
She, Tiné Cherk, was created as a sacrifice so that one day she could reclaim the land that was rightfully hers.
The girl has twelve older brothers and nine older sisters.
However, all of these older brothers and sisters have already been "incorporated into the land."
These sacrifices, made to assimilate the Magic Circuits of the human body with the spiritual veins of the land, finally granted Tiné the Magecraft power to surpass that of her father.
Then, the next generation of descendants, whether sons or daughters, all those of good character, will follow the same path of fate as their predecessors.
This cruel cycle will continue indefinitely until the family reclaims its land or is completely wiped out.
But--
The Holy Grail War thwarted one clan's plans.
The Magecraft probably seized the land from Tiné's ancestors precisely for this ritual.
And now, those usurpers are about to achieve their long-cherished wish.
The land-guarding clan immediately elected Tiné as their new clan leader and began teaching her about the Holy Grail War and the Magecraft used in battle.
Everything was for the purpose of making Tiné Cherke the Master of the Holy Grail War.
Moreover, it is true that they revered Tiné as if she were their chieftain.
Tiné is not a pitiful puppet who only knows how to be instigated and manipulated by her tribesmen.
She herself was also aware that she had to completely exhaust her life to face this Holy Grail War.
Even if it's a thought controlled by a destiny passed down through generations.
Later, Tiné won Gilgamesh's sovereignty from the foreign Magecraft and became a glorious King of Heroes.
Gilgamesh is the strongest being who surpasses all others, Heroic Spirit Killer; this was stated in the knowledge I was taught.
But now, the King of Heroes was sent flying by a single punch without any reaction, leaving Tiné speechless.
The character who defeated Gilgamesh was a boy with bright red hair.
They were neither like the ominous black archers who called themselves "Alcides," nor as dazzling as King Gilgamesh.
But--
He looks like an ordinary, unremarkable boy, so why...?
Tiné's keen intuition as Miko told her: if Gilgamesh was going to lose, it would be because of this person.
"Lord Gilgamesh will lose... How could such a thing possibly happen?!"
The girl quickly shook her head, trying to shake off the disrespectful thought from her mind.
"But... who exactly is that Heroic Spirit? Why did it suddenly attack Gilgamesh?"
Just as Tiné mustered the courage to contact the Servant--
The ruins burying Gilgamesh's body suddenly exploded like a volcanic eruption.
"Boom----!!!"
The enormous explosion shook the entire block.
That was the manifestation of the original hero's rage; the ruins exploded like buried explosives, spraying debris in all directions.
At the same time, countless swords, spears, and halberds shot out from the center of the explosion.
Each weapon was a genuine A-rank Noble Phantasm, imbued with True Ether from the Age of Gods, transforming into a golden rainstorm that fell upon the red-haired boy.
However, those deadly blades, capable of easily slaughtering ordinary Servant, failed to touch the attackers in the slightest.
The red-haired boy stood still, not even assuming a defensive stance, maintaining his hands in his pockets, and then—
An equal number of swords emerged from behind him, knocking down the projectiles of "Gate of Babylon" one by one.
"It's the same ability as Gilgamesh and Enkidu!?"
Tiné thought to herself, "This is impossible."
Gilgamesh and Enki were the strongest heroes of the Mythological Era, which is why they possessed such firepower.
But how could this boy, dressed in modern clothes, do the same thing?
Gilgamesh reappeared.
His figure was spotless; it was truly unimaginable that he had just been brutally beaten and sent flying.
However, the veins on the king's forehead indicated that what had just happened was not Tiné's hallucination.
"You bastard, how dare you bury me, who should be looking down at the sky, into the ground...!!"
The King of Heroes, literally meaning someone whose hair stands on end in fury.
He was standing at the highest point of the city in a great mood, looking down at the countless humans below, who were like garbage, when he was knocked down from there by some unknown guy.
Am I still forced to stand below and look up at the other side, as I do now?
This utter humiliation is so terrible that even killing him a billion times wouldn't be too much of a disgrace!!
While the Golden King was consumed by rage, the Black Demon, Alcides, also launched his attack.
He drew his large bow and shot an arrow at the red-haired boy.
This arrow embodied all of Alcides' skill and power.
Unlike the King of Heroes's Noble Phantasm, this attack targets a single point for breakthrough.
It doesn't pursue coverage, but only absolute penetrating power. If the boy were to use multiple Noble Phantasm to counter it as before, he would be easily pierced through.
Okay, so how are you going to deal with this?
As Alcides thought this, a smirk appeared on his face.
The red-haired boy remained unmoved.
He drew a sword from the void and placed it on the bow that appeared in his palm, then shot the demonic sword.
"------!!"
The arrows formed from the demonic sword collided in mid-air with the arrows shot by the black demon, and the resulting shockwave shattered the glass curtain walls of the surrounding buildings.
"..."
Tiné felt like her brain was about to melt.
The newly emerged youth not only possessed abilities similar to Gilgamesh's, but also Martial Arts on par with that Great Greek Hero.
With a single, casual shot, he interrupted Alcides's arrow, which was powerful enough to destroy an entire building.
Is he also... an archer?
Or perhaps... he isn't an archer, yet possesses a wide array of skills comparable to those of Great Hero from the Age of Gods?
In any case, the boy's strength was unfathomable, Tiné believed he had not yet shown his true power.
Alcides thought so too.
"That's interesting. I'll play along with you."
Although using the demonic power stolen from Jack the Ripper would also work, the Black Archer had a sudden inspiration and decided to defeat his opponent with purer power.
He raised his bow high and pointed the arrow at the boy.
"If you can handle even this, then I'll acknowledge you as a strong person."
As he said this, Alcides drew the bowstring to its full limit.
"Nine Lives (Nine Lives)"
In the instant before his Noble Phantasm True Name Release, the ground beneath his feet shattered.
Hundreds of Noble Phantasm attacked him, destroying the surrounding ground as well.