The trigger was about to be pulled.
"Stop!"
Kiritsugu Emiya's pupils contracted slightly. He instinctively rolled out of the way, but no attack came.
Sola stood at the edge of the ruins, her face pale, holding a handgun she had gotten from somewhere.
"Sola..."
Kayneth's voice trembled.
He looked in that direction, at the woman who had once been his fiancée.
"You... how..."
Sola did not look at him. "Move."
Kiritsugu Emiya did not move. His experience and judgment told him that Sola's handgun had no bullets.
Sola gritted her teeth. "I said move!"
Kiritsugu Emiya looked at her. "I bet your handgun has no-"
He did not finish, because his gaze suddenly turned toward the horizon.
There, everything was fiery red.
Something more terrifying had appeared. The sky itself was burning!
"..."
Kiritsugu Emiya frowned. "You're lucky."
With those words, he disappeared into the shadows of the ruins.
Kayneth knelt on the ground, looking in that direction.
"Sola... I..."
"Don't talk."
Sola came over and supported his arm. "Can you walk?"
Kayneth froze. In his memory, Sola had never been so gentle.
He nodded blankly.
The two staggered away into the ruins.
The Grand Duke left the Great Hollow covered in flames. Before long, the golden vessel Vimana hovered above the Great Hollow, its golden radiance contrasting sharply with the fiery red below.
Gilgamesh stood at the prow, his scarlet eyes looking down at the red-haired Angel undergoing a transformation.
His lips wore their usual arrogant smile, as though everything before him was merely a farce for his amusement.
"Heh. An angel? Looking like that?"
Messmer said, "I declare thee evil."
Gilgamesh said, "Mongrel, who are you calling..."
Before he could finish, flames came rushing at his face.
"Pseudo-Destructio Sodomae."
Messmer's Noble Phantasm was released in an instant. The