Are you alright?
Mash landed beside the Jaguar Man, shield held horizontally in front of her.
" Mash!"
"I've come to your aid."
Immediately afterward, a black figure swept past from the other side.
Ana brandished her long-handled scythe, the chain at its base extending freely and ensnaring an approaching harpy.
Then she pulled hard.
The harpy was pulled over by the chains, and Ana's scythe slashed across its body.
The black blade sliced through the harpy's body, and black smoke billowed from the wound.
The harpy let out a shriek and tried to struggle, but her wounds refused to heal.
The slit cut by the sickle grew larger and larger until the entire body was split in two and vanished into the air.
"That is..."
The Jaguar Man stared at the scythe in Ana's hand.
" Ana's Noble Phantasm, the Harpe."
Merlin's voice came from afar.
"It has a strong effect against magical beasts, and wounds inflicted by that scythe have the property of being irreversible."
"It can help you take on more monsters."
Ana didn't speak, but silently swung her scythe, the chains flying through the air, binding and slicing the approaching monsters one by one.
The wounds inflicted by the Harpe are completely irreparable.
The monsters began to feel an instinctive fear of Ana and dared not pounce on her as recklessly as before.
The situation has finally improved a lot.
However, this only resulted in a stalemate, making it difficult to achieve a significant breakthrough.
Meanwhile, on Kingu's side...
His expression changed the moment his gaze swept across the battlefield and landed on Ana.
He looked utterly hideous, and then he recognized Ana's true form.
That was Medusa in her childhood.
"..."
" Human Order has actually resorted to such tactics to deal with Gorgon?"
If it were her, she could indeed perish together with Gorgon.
In other words, as long as Ana is around, the Gorgon is destined to lose.
"Well."
"It seems I won't be able to protect Gorgon this time."
He looked at Gorgon, who was confronting Ishtar in the distance.
His expression became complicated.
Ritsuka stood at a distance, with only Tomoe Gozen and Merlin protecting her.
She was also observing the situation on the battlefield.
Ishtar's situation isn't good. Her Noble Phantasm earlier, and she hasn't recovered her mana yet. She was also ambushed by that eagle just now.
The Jaguar Man were besieged by Kingu and the monsters. Although Mash and Ana came to their aid, the situation improved considerably, but it was only a stalemate.
Kotori and the mysterious being flew far away and disappeared from sight.
"What to do..."
Ritsuka bit her lip.
She looked down at her hands.
There are three red Command Spell on the back of his hand.
Ritsuka no longer hesitated.
She raised her right hand and pointed it in Ishtar's direction.
"In the name of the Command Spell,"
A red Command Spell on the back of her hand lit up, transforming into a red beam that shot towards Ishtar in the air.
The magic of the Command Spell entered Ishtar's body, and her body shuddered violently.
A large amount of pure magic replenished her depleted magic pool, and her fatigue instantly dissipated by more than half.
Ishtar glanced back at Ritsuka.
"Well done, Ritsuka."
The corners of her mouth turned up in a smile.
"Today I'll show you the power of the goddess Ishtar."
She disarmed the seven-headed warhammer, Sheeta, from her hands.
Instead, it was Maanna who took her place.
Then Ishtar activated her other Noble Phantasm without hesitation.
Suddenly, a huge circular portal was torn open in the sky, with a diameter of at least a kilometer.
On the other side of the portal lies the void of space, a pitch-black background dotted with stars.
And there is also an incredibly massive celestial body.
The star emitted a warm yellow light, and its surface was covered with flowing clouds and strange terrain.
"W-what..."
Ritsuka Fujimaru tilted her head back, looking at the enormous spatial portal in the sky, her voice trembling.
"That's... a planet?"
A golden spear appeared in Ishtar's hand, a manifestation of her divine power.
From the great heavens to the great earth!
She threw the spear at the enormous star opposite the portal.
The golden spear flew into the spatial portal and merged into that conceptual Venus.
Then, the massive star began to contract in size.
Its volume gradually compressed, eventually transforming into a purple energy arrow that was loaded into Maanna's magazine.
Ishtar held up a finger and pointed at Gorgon.
Gorgon also felt a tremendous sense of crisis.
Her vertical pupils suddenly contracted.
"That Ishtar is absolutely insane--"
"How dare she use divine authority like that?!"
The power contained in that arrow was such that even with the Holy Grail's blessing, she would surely die if she took it head-on.
Left with no other choice, Gorgon had to fight back with all his might.
She poured all her magical power into the red magic circle in front of her.
"Forced Sealing of the Pandemonium!"
Dark red light condensed in the center of the magic circle, forming a thick, dark red beam that shot towards the purple arrow.
Meanwhile, on the other side, there was Kingu.
Although he already knew that the battle was almost certainly lost.
But he still wanted to try one more time.
"Mother, call forth the voice of origin!"
The power of the earth surged once more, and countless chains rose from the ground, converging into a massive chain barrier before Gorgon.
Ishtar drew back the bowstring.
The pressure released by the purple energy arrow distorted the surrounding space.
"Smash it, 'Mountain Shattering, Star's Fuel'!!"
The arrow shot out instantly, transforming into a purple beam of light. The power of this strike made the entire world pale in comparison.
Everyone who witnessed this scene had the same illusion: a celestial body was falling towards the Earth.
The purple beam of light collided with Gorgon's dark red beam of light.
The moment of impact, the dark red light cannon was completely crushed without a doubt.
The purple beam of light continued forward before crashing into the Kingu chain barrier.
The chain barrier lasted for less than a second against the beam of light.
All the chains shattered simultaneously, turning into golden fragments that dissipated into the air.
However, these two layers of obstruction were not entirely meaningless; at least they slowed down the purple beam of light.
But it was still useless; the power of this Noble Phantasm was far beyond reason.
The resistance of Gorgon and Kingu could only buy them a brief respite.
The purple beam of light struck Gorgon's body.
"Aaaaaaaahh...
Gorgon let out his final scream.
Her enormous body was instantly vaporized by the purple beam of light, with more than half of it being evaporated.
Scales, snake body, muscles, bones—all were reduced to ashes before that extraordinary energy.
Even if the Holy Grail were still inside her, there would be no way to save her from this injury.
The pillar of light dissipated, leaving only the upper half of Gorgon's body in place.
Her lower body had completely disappeared, and her purple eyes were gradually losing their luster.
"I... lost..."
"To think... we lost..."
She cast her last gaze in one direction.
It was directed towards Ana.
The girl with the same long purple hair as her and Anna locked eyes for a moment, and Ana's eyes held a complex mix of emotions.
Gorgon seemed to understand something from that look.
Then the rest of her body began to glow.
Golden energy specks drifted from her body, like fireflies, slowly floating in the air.
All the golden specks of light floated towards Ana, merging into Ana body one by one.
Ana didn't dodge or move; she just stood there, letting the points of light enter her body.
" Ana!"
Ritsuka Fujimaru called out to her.
Ana simply shook her head slightly, and the last golden light merged into Ana body.
The Gorgon disappeared, and the battlefield fell silent.
The moment the monsters saw Gorgon disappear, they all stopped moving.
They stood there blankly, seemingly unsure of what to do, and then one by one they began to disappear.
Nemean Lion, Cerberus, Hydra, Caucasian Eagle, Pegasus, Giants, Dragons...
Their summoner is gone, and they, as summoned creatures, have lost the foundation of their existence.
Kingu stood there, looking in the direction where Gorgon had disappeared.
His arms hung down at his sides.
His lips moved slightly, but he ultimately said nothing.
"... it's over."
Merlin's voice broke the silence.
" Gorgon, the Goddess of Demonic Beasts, exits the stage."