Dark Sakura advanced toward the church, leaving nothing alive in her wake.
Fortunately, that stretch of road was not densely populated. Still, tomorrow's television reports would probably announce another few hundred missing people.
The spreading black mud soon reached the vicinity of the church.
Flames erupted the instant it touched the church's barrier.
The flames burned away a swath of black mud, but more and more surged in, until the barrier finally shattered under the strain.
The black mud continued its unhindered advance, soon surrounding the church.
Dark Sakura walked at the head of the procession like a monarch.
Several figures followed behind her: Artoria, Red A, Medea, and Cú Chulainn.
No wonder Illya had said the drain on Sakura Matou's magical energy was worse than she had imagined.
It turned out that Dark Sakura had not completely devoured those Servants back then, but had kept them as puppets instead.
Watching Red A follow beside Artoria, Yuan Shikai nearly lost himself in memories. It felt like being back in the Fuyuki Singularity.
The instant the church was completely surrounded, Gilgamesh boarded Vimana with Kirei Kotomine and burst through the church roof, attempting to break out.
But their escape was never going to go smoothly.
Vimana had barely risen fifty meters when it stopped, seemingly blocked by an invisible wall.
Vimana pushed its engines to full power, and visible cracks appeared in the wall.
It took only three seconds to break through.
The wall in the sky was a barrier Medea had prepared in advance. Although it could only hold Vimana back for a moment, that was enough.
Sakura Matou had already seen Vimana before, so it made sense that she would prepare for it.
The three seconds Vimana spent breaking through the barrier gave Red A enough time to prepare.