The instant the voice faded, the earth began to shake.
Gawain had passed his judgment on Mordred.
A long, lingering toll rang out from afar, as though heralding the sinner's death.
Once. Twice. Three times. Four!
The great bell of judgment tolled four times, each clearer and louder than the last.
Beneath its tolling, the solar totem behind Gawain gradually solidified and expanded until it became a second sun in the sky.
Mordred raised her head and stared straight into that dazzling, blazing sunlight.
Her Third Noble Phantasm consumed an enormous amount of magical energy, but it was also a composite Anti-City Noble Phantasm that combined self-enhancement with tremendous firepower.
Against Gawain and the other Knights of the Round Table in particular, its power could even double beyond its base rank of A++, reaching A+++.
Although she would lose the Noble Phantasm's enhancement the instant after delivering her final strike, that would be enough.
Still... the pressure radiating from that gorilla was pretty intense too. He even seemed to have her beat.
But then again, things had already come this far. Who had time to worry about that? In other words... Screw it!
Bottom line, I've got the advantage!
Mordred opened the telepathic channel of her Master-Servant Contract and addressed Kairi Shishigou, who was watching from the distant spectator stands:
"Master, back me up with your Command Spells!"
Kairi Shishigou replied, "No problem. How many do you want?"
Indeed, despite all the days that had passed since the fighting began and the nearly ten fierce battles they had fought, Kairi Shishigou still possessed Command Spells he could use to support Mordred.
By contrast, Gawain's Master, Reika Rikudou, had long since exhausted hers to sustain the life of the grievously wounded Jack the Ripper.
And Shishigou had not one or two