Kayneth walked over to Waver and looked down at the student slumped on the ground. "Stand up."
"Professor..."
"Stand up."
Kayneth held out his hand.
Waver instinctively took it and was pulled to his feet.
Then he was surprised by Kayneth's gesture... Yes, Kayneth had long since ceased to be alone. He also had to shoulder the El-Melloi family Banner.
As Waver forced himself to remain calm, Kayneth swept his gaze over the army arming itself. Even at this point, he still had no confidence... But this was already the limit of what he could do. The rest would depend on them.
With that rather pessimistic thought, Kayneth addressed the Masters. "Listen. The battle ahead is not one you can take part in."
Waver opened his mouth to say something, but Kayneth raised a hand to stop him.
"You would only be throwing your lives away in a battle between Heroic Spirits. All the more so in a battle between tens of thousands of Heroic Spirits and an angel. The shock waves alone would be enough to reduce you to ashes hundreds of times over."
His gaze briefly settled on Waver before quickly shifting away.
"So you will stay here. Use your Command Spells now."
Tokiomi Tohsaka frowned, following Kayneth's train of thought. "You mean..."
"Enhancement."
Kayneth cut him off. "Except for those children. Their Command Spells have another use. Every other Master, use all your Command Spells on enhancement. Let those fellows take your power into battle."
He looked at the fiery red sky. His red irises could not hide the bloodshot veins left by six days and nights of working under intense pressure.
"This is all we can do."
Waver lowered his head and looked at the three red markings on the back of his hand.
Three Command