It was not only Pindo, Bedivere, and Percival who noticed the dazzling pillar of light on the earth. The Chaldea group noticed it as well—the radiance that darkened even the sky.
"Senpai, that was—?" Mash's memory had not failed her. She remembered seeing such a dazzling pillar of light before.
"That was Mr. Anno's Noble Phantasm!" Fujimaru Ritsuka frowned. "What happened over there? Why did Mr. Anno activate his Noble Phantasm?"
Beep beep—
"Ritsuka, what happened over there? I'm detecting a powerful magical energy reaction here." Lawrence opened the comm line and asked urgently, "Did a battle break out?"
"No, Miss Lawrence, we weren't the ones fighting." Holding the communicator, Mash looked at the holy light gradually fading in the distance and murmured, "It was Mr. Anno..."
"Anno? Have you found him?" Lawrence froze, then pressed for details.
"Not yet. But he's already within observable range. Miss Lawrence, can you calculate the distance between us and that enormous magical energy reaction?" Fujimaru Ritsuka kept his gaze fixed on the fading holy light as he asked.
"Let me check." Lawrence had become proficient with the instruments. "He's roughly fifty kilometers away from you. You could see that with the naked eye?"
"Yes. It was small in our field of vision, and it only lasted an instant, but we definitely saw it."
"...Pick up the pace. Your destinations are the same, so it would be best to follow him for now." After giving it some thought, Lawrence offered her advice.
"Sir Pindo, was that...?" Percival pointed toward where the holy light had vanished and asked the auburn-haired knight he was supporting.
"It should have been." A trace of delight appeared on Pindo's face. "Among the Knights of the Round Table, there are four wielders of Holy Swords."
"The King, Sir Anno, Sir