The sudden attack in the Light Screen footage immediately prompted everyone to act.
Mash was the first to raise her shield and stand before Gilgamesh. With the power of the Shield of Snowflakes surging forth, she formed a protective barrier and successfully blocked the tidal strike Tohsaka Rin had unleashed with a lift of her hand.
However, the tremendous impact still plowed two furrows over a meter long beneath Mash's feet. The girl's slender body trembled as she could only grit her teeth and endure, showing just how powerful Tohsaka Rin's attack truly was.
Without a doubt, it possessed at least the power of a B-rank Noble Phantasm's True Name release, perhaps even approaching the force of an A-rank Anti-Army Noble Phantasm's True Name release. It was terrifyingly powerful.
Even though Mash had blocked the attack, the force it unleashed overturned the surrounding ground.
At that moment, Fujimaru Tachibana retreated while holding Fou and Ishtar. They would only be a burden in this fight, so all they could do now was fall back.
Naturally, this left Ishtar extremely displeased. The mistress of the heavens was now as weak as a butterfly—what an embarrassment. She was truly the very definition of letting everyone down at a critical moment.
As Mash blocked the attack, Ereshkigal made her move as well. Crying, "Don't underestimate the power of the goddess of the underworld!" she summoned an irregular golden energy spear shaped like a bolt of golden lightning, a weapon formed from the power of the underworld.
Ereshkigal swung her spear-sword, and with the underworld's blessing, the power of its goddess released lightning that swept directly toward Tohsaka Rin.
It was the very lightning that had repeatedly struck Ishtar in the earlier Light Screen footage.
Tohsaka Rin's response to such an attack was simple and