Centered on the tower, an immense mass of magical energy began to leak outward.
The golden wall only blocked things from entering; it did not stop things inside from coming out.
"Be careful, dodge! That thing has heat comparable to an Anti-Fortress Noble Phantasm! Whatever you do, don't get hit by—Andersen!" Feeling dozens of beams erupting from atop the tower, Roman rapidly warned everyone in Chaldea to evade them.
But before he could finish, he saw a beam strike where Andersen had been standing. Before Andersen or anyone else could react, Andersen vanished outright.
BOOM—!!!
With a deafening blast, Andersen's Saint Graph reaction vanished almost instantly. Feeling the sudden severing of their contract, Fujimaru Ritsuka stood there in a daze, his gaze still fixed on where Andersen had stood. All that remained was a massive crater.
"—Don't space out! The second wave is already here!" Though grieving, Roman still shouted to warn Fujimaru Ritsuka.
The roar came again, but this time, two people moved at once.
Anno and Artoria.
"O Holy Sword, answer my call—"
"Roar, Fifteen Fangs—"
Golden and silver holy light collided with a black storm, blocking the incoming radiance before crashing thunderously into the golden wall.
But.
Just as expected, even holy light capable of plowing the earth flat could not leave the slightest mark on that wall. It did not even tremble.
Just like Fujimaru Ritsuka and Anno's side, the battlefield on the other side had suffered devastating losses as well.
The tremors alone had killed large numbers of the allied army, and the subsequent holy light inflicted even heavier casualties.
Hassan of Serenity and Tawara Tōta had been struck by the holy light and were already out of the battle. More than half of Hassan of the Hundred Faces' persona clones had been killed, while