It had to be said that the King of Lions had indeed been preparing for this battle.
She had used the "Holy Grail" to set up layers upon layers of barriers around the Holy City.
She had used her power to create a large number of Purification Knights, increasing the Holy City's military strength.
All of these were the King of Lions' doing.
Naturally, the royal city where she resided could not possibly have weaker defenses than the outside.
At the very least, although the number of Purification Knights stationed here was inferior to the main force outside, there were still quite a few of them.
Moreover, all these Purification Knights were far stronger than those outside. They had already reached the standard of regular Servants.
It was obvious that these Purification Knights had all been carefully adjusted, specially created to guard the royal city and serve as the King of Lions' royal guards.
Faced with these royal guards, Luo Zhen and the others were inevitably hindered somewhat.
After all, the royal city had limited space. Not only was Luo Zhen unable to summon his familiars at will, even Artoria〔Alter〕could not casually unleash her holy sword.
However, the problem was still not that serious.
"Boom—!"
Amid an explosive roar, flames erupted across the bodies of the royal guards, blasting them all to pieces.
"Charge!"
Luo Zhen had somehow arrived at the very front of the group. As he charged forward, his eyes seemed to ignite, transforming into a pair of scorching fire eyes.
Luo Zhen used the power of the Explosive Magic Eye to blast the attacking royal guards away one after another.
As for the royal guards charging in from outside his field of vision, they were likewise blown away.
"—Namu Hachiman Daibosatsu—"
Luo Zhen abruptly brought his palms