"O my flag, protect my compatriots—"
"Luminosité Eternelle!"
Jeanne d'Arc stood before Chaldea, radiant light appearing upon the great banner she raised in her hand.
She held the flag high, gazing at it with devotion, and then—
She suddenly drove the flagstaff into the ground before her.
Clang—!
Hummm—
A barrier of light spread out from Jeanne d'Arc, enveloping Chaldea, as well as the meteors continuously falling around them.
The Demon God Pillars' concentrated assault was, without surprise, blocked by that enormous, dazzling barrier.
"Damn it—" Demon God Flauros roared furiously. "Humans, you are so ugly. Why, why are you still so stubbornly determined to continue existing—why!?"
"Fine—since you wish to force us to use our full strength, then we shall use our full strength to annihilate you!!!"
Whoosh—
Amid Flauros's roar, a massive pillar rose before Chaldea.
The eyes upon that gray, misshapen Demon God Pillar flickered with eerie light.
"Melting Furnace—activated."
There was not a trace of emotion in the gray Demon God Pillar's voice. Like a machine, it declared with a thunderous rumble.
"We are the nine pillars that govern the Melting Furnace."
"—Gepard, Botis, Bachin, Saleos, Purson, Morax, Ipos, Aini, and—"
"I, Naberius!!!"
Rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble——
The nine Demon God Pillars of the Melting Furnace grew and stretched outward, surrounding Chaldea as they roared and shrieked.
"We nine pillars—understand melody."
"We nine pillars—compose songs."
"We are the seventy-two Demon Gods! Chaldea, we will never allow villains such as you to extinguish the lights!!!"
Jeanne d'Arc's barrier had already vanished. Now that a great number of Servants had been summoned to the Temple of Time, the Demon God Pillars could no longer focus solely on dealing with them, forcing each to fight on their own.
"Miss Jeanne d'Arc!" Fujimaru Ritsuka ran excitedly to Jeanne