But after hesitating for a moment, he put it back.
He planned to first see what weaknesses the woman before him had. Pulling out Ea now would really cheapen him.
Gilgamesh returned to his throne, Vimana, crossed his arms over his chest, and continued probing her with Noble Phantasms.
Only, he increased the quality of the Noble Phantasms from their original A+ rank to A++.
Though they were already the strongest means in his treasury aside from Anti-World Noble Phantasms.
Because he knew that ordinary A-rank Noble Phantasms could no longer do anything to the woman before him.
But Mio Takamiya no longer wished to passively receive his attacks. Although she could not dodge in order to protect the humans and town behind her, that did not mean she wanted to keep taking hits like this.
Mio Takamiya transformed Camael in her right hand into its cannon form and fired a massive flame cannon at maximum power.
At first, Gilgamesh did not think much of it. Only when Mio Takamiya's massive flame cannon pushed through the A++ Noble Phantasms and reached his eyes did he realize something was terribly wrong.
He was struck head-on.
The aftershock dissipated.
Mio Takamiya lowered Camael in her hand and dispersed it, turning it into particles that vanished from her grasp.
At the critical moment, Gilgamesh hastily summoned the highest-grade A++ defensive Noble Phantasms from the Gate of Babylon, along with all manner of shields, to block the attack. That was why he had not suffered severe injuries, though a lock of his hair had been scorched black.
After all, Camael specialized in flames. It would have been strange if it had not burned something.
And hair was one of the easiest things to catch fire.
Gilgamesh lowered the hand that had been shielding his