The Once-Distant Ideal City
"Bang----!"
On the battlefield, the mercury-colored Two-headed Giant Dragon continued to rampage. Its two vicious maws, fierce enough to swallow even space itself, bit through the barrier on the seventh layer, scattering it like shards of glass.
Led by the Two-headed Giant Dragon, the army crossed the distant wilderness and entered the region where the Holy City stood.
An unstoppable momentum unknowingly spread across the entire battlefield.
Looking at the Holy City, which was practically within reach, the Mountain People soldiers' faces faintly revealed their excitement.
They were about to storm the Holy City and begin the battle to reclaim their faith.
But...
"Should be about time, shouldn't it?"
Riding atop the dragon's back, Luo Zhen calmly made this judgment.
At that very instant...
"Vmmm----!"
A buzzing sound suddenly rang out in the air, as if everything were trembling.
"...!"
The vibration made everyone present tremble inwardly.
"They're here!"
Artoria〔Alter〕was the first to abruptly raise her head.
"They're here!"
Joan of Arc〔Alter〕simply shouted it aloud.
"They're here!"
Bedivere cried out as if facing a formidable enemy.
"They're here!"
Serenity tensed her entire body as well, sensing a fatal threat.
Then, the sky brightened.
No, more accurately, the sky became even brighter.
The daytime sky seemed to be coated in a brilliant radiance.
That light descended without warning.
"Boom----!"
Amid thunderous noise, an immense, dazzling pillar of light descended from the heavens and fell toward the earth.
Seeing this, the Mountain People revealed expressions of utter terror.
That was because they recognized the true nature of the pillar of light.
"King of Lions' judgment...!"
Yes.
It was the Holy Spear's Judgment Light.
Now that the seventh-layer barrier protecting the Holy City had been destroyed, King of Lions finally seemed unable to sit still and released the Judgment