Immortals and Divine Sons

"One-Tail Shukaku, Two-Tails Matatabi, Three-Tails Isobu, Four-Tails Son Goku, Five-Tails Kokuō, Six-Tails Saiken, Seven-Tails Chomei, Eight-Tails Gyūki, Nine-Tails Kurama—heed my call and fight for me!"

Iori's voice echoed through the night sky, like a divine decree descending from the gods and awakening the slumbering sacred beasts.

As he spoke, nine enormous phantoms slowly emerged in the sky. Their forms flickered in and out beneath the moonlight, like colossal beasts stepped out of myth.

A yellow tanuki gleamed with cunning in its eyes; a blue cat demon burned with undying flames; the gray turtle's back bore the marks of countless years; and the red ape crossed its arms over its chest in a provocative stance.

The pure-white monstrous horse trod upon empty air, the pale-purple slug slowly writhed in midair, and the light-blue giant insect beat its wings. The beast that was half bull and half octopus radiated savage fury from its eyes, while the red fox with nine tails exuded the majesty of a natural disaster.

The nine Tailed Beasts hung high in the air, their auras intertwining into an invisible pressure that made hearts race uncontrollably.

Their enormous forms and terrifying pressure instilled immense fear with nothing more than a glance, as though one stood before an irresistible catastrophe.

"What are those!?" Kotomine Kirei stared at the nine enormous demonic beasts in the sky, his body trembling involuntarily as he asked.

Those horrifying forms reminded him of the massive Sea Monster Gilles de Rais had summoned during the previous Holy Grail War. No—they were even more terrifying than the Sea Monster.

Karna narrowed his eyes as the colossal figures of the Tailed Beasts reflected in his pupils.

"So these are the Tailed Beasts you mentioned?" he said. "Judging by these auras, they are no weaker than supreme gods such