"My, my."
"Surely you didn't think such a fragile cage could stop my black mud?"
Justeaze, possessed by malice, raised her head and looked toward Adelson in the air, mockingly speaking in a strange tone.
"We never thought it could hold you forever. As long as it can stop you for a little while, that's enough!"
"During that time... we'll kill you!"
"Mr. Anno, everyone else! Please!"
Adelson already looked somewhat drained of magical energy.
Compared to the Noble Phantasm he had deployed last time, this one had greatly improved in both the quality of its gems and the amount of time it could last. As long as there was enough magical energy being supplied from within, it could completely trap this thing here.
No.
For the safety of the people outside, they had to trap this thing here until it died!
"Shirou. Are you prepared?"
Anno looked solemnly at the black mud surging toward them and spoke to Shirou Emiya beside him.
"...Yeah."
Shirou Emiya merely nodded, and white armor identical to Anno's appeared around his body.
Anno smiled.
His helmet appeared in his hand.
"It's been a long time since I felt like I had to give it my all—[risk my life]."
Click—
He put on his helmet and gripped the Holy Sword once more—behind Anno, his silver-and-red cape whipped wildly in the wind brought by the black mud.
"—Here I go!"
—Boom!!!
Anno's figure vanished from beside the others almost instantly.
"Wha—"
Rin Tohsaka jumped in fright and looked up, only to find that a crater had appeared where Anno had been standing—the result of the explosive force with which he had launched himself.
And Anno had already charged into the black mud.
Holy light blazed, spreading into the shape of the Holy Sword, and Anno slammed