As the ordinary citizens evacuated, only around a hundred people remained in all of Snowfield City.
They were all assistants in the Holy Grail War, like Bazdilot's subordinates and Tine Chelc's Land Clan.
A third of them were police officers, including twenty-eight monsters.
Another third were mafia members of the Cottilio Family, where Bazdilot belonged. Even if they were not particularly strong, not a single one retreated. That was the bond between mafia members.
The final third were Tine Chelc's Land Clan. They had lived here for a thousand years. Although all noncombatants had evacuated, several dozen people remained to fight for this land.
Snowfield City had now become a battlefield.
All the Masters and Servants would fight here until a victor was decided.
Alcides was the first to make a move. With only a week left, the first target he chose was still Gilgamesh.
He had never feared Gilgamesh to begin with, and after gaining Jack the Ripper's demonic power, he was even more confident.
However, he did not want anyone else interfering while he dealt with Gilgamesh, especially that woman Hippolyta, who was always watching him.
He did not take her seriously at all, but if she appeared again while he was locked in fierce combat with Gilgamesh, she would still be troublesome.
Thus, Alcides deliberately chose a remote location.
At the edge of the marshlands, the demonized Alcides drew his bow and nocked an arrow, pulling the string to its limit as he gathered power for a single strike.
From over thirty kilometers away, the shot struck the hotel where Gilgamesh was staying, and the entire building came crashing down.
Fortunately, the angle had been right. Otherwise, it might have crushed the police station next door as well.
That arrow signaled that an all-out battle could now