"—Mash!!!"
It was an attack larger and more terrifying than any they had faced before.
Throughout this journey, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Lawrence had witnessed countless methods and attacks, but none could compare to this one.
Attila's Photon Ray, Oceannus's Great Maelstrom, Adelson's jeweled magic mirror covering London, the Lion King's Holy Spear unleashed at full power, Gilgamesh's Ea after releasing everything. None of them, not even all of them combined, could rival Goetia's Third Noble Phantasm.
There was nothing on Earth capable of resisting the energy of the Bands of Light. Everyone knew that.
Mash stood in its path, not because of Fujimaru Ritsuka's Command Spell. Fujimaru Ritsuka and Lawrence had been willing to stand beside her, but—
Mash let go.
She let go and shoved Fujimaru Ritsuka and Lawrence—the senior and elder who had accompanied her throughout this entire journey—backward.
Fujimaru Ritsuka had not expected Mash to let go. Her pupils contracted sharply as she cried out in terror, stretching her hand forward with all her strength, trying to grab Mash again.
But Mash had already turned around and unleashed her Noble Phantasm, making that enormous fortress appear within the Throne of Jade in the Temple of Time. It became the impassable chasm between Goetia's Noble Phantasm and Fujimaru Ritsuka and Lawrence.
There truly was nothing on Earth that could withstand the heat of the Bands of Light—but that was only on a physical level.
This was the protection of the spirit.
And what was more... there was the reinforcement of the Command Spell.
Her heart held no impurity, no hesitation. Though born into misfortune, she had been filled with happiness throughout this journey.
—That barrier had long since become unbreakable.
Goetia still maintained the posture of releasing his Noble Phantasm. Edmond Dantès, who had failed to enter behind