There were still several people on the field: an unidentified young man who had remained an observer the whole time, Artoria, Mordred, and Gawain, as well as Li Shuwen and Arash in the distance.
Ramesses II in the distance also seemed ready to join the fight.
Lin Yun could see a massive amount of energy gathering atop the Radiant Composite Grand Temple, forming something like a sun.
Kiritsugu Emiya looked half-dead, but that was mainly a side effect of using Unlimited Blade Works at four times the normal speed.
Strictly speaking, he hadn't actually suffered much damage.
Even so, he was unconscious now.
Elsa Saijo, Arash's Master in the distance, had already died from sheer terror.
As a result, Arash had entered that strange state.
Arash had chosen the Bard as his target.
Come to think of it, the Bard had barely done anything earlier.
Or rather, while the Bard had been singing to "exorcise" the spirits, he hadn't really joined the fight at all.
Just as he had when he first appeared, Arash instantly used the materials around him to create a huge number of arrows, then fired them at the Bard at machine-gun speed.
The Sea Demon's "intimidation" had just left the Bard a little flustered—or, more accurately, the sheer terror had been truly horrifying.
Unfortunately, although the Bard wasn't technically a proper combat class, he had trained across multiple worlds during this time. Combined with the boost from Li Bai's legend, even if it was only the effect of being a Faker, it was more than enough.
The Bard swung the longsword in his hand as if performing a drunken sword dance. His movements looked slow, even erratic, yet he somehow managed to knock away almost every arrow fired at him.
Yes, every single one.
And just