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When Medusa took over Nakime's Single Eye and magnified her vision to lock onto all positions in this space, Gilgamesh's speed, no matter how fast, could only come to a halt.
"Got you."
Medusa stared at Gilgamesh, the power of Cybele causing every cell in Gilgamesh's body to fall into a deathly stillness.
"Mystic Eyes of Petrification, when did you see me?"
Gilgamesh only felt her thoughts about to stop. Emiya Shirou could still break free from Cybele's restraints with infinite magic, but Gilgamesh was completely unable to do so.
The reason for this was still the limitation of magic power.
Her Master, Shinomiya Kaguya, was only an Lv3 after all. The magic power she could provide was already fully exhausted just by letting Gilgamesh fight.
One second she was talking to Kisaragi Rin, the next second the battle had taken such a turn.
Shinomiya Kaguya witnessed everything, and amidst her shock, she also pondered what exactly had happened!
"An unavoidable Skill similar to Lock-on? A one-time binding Item? Or perhaps solidified space..."
Paradise's Abilities were too numerous and varied. Gilgamesh, currently petrified, could not transmit her own information, so what could Shinomiya Kaguya discern with just her naked eye!
Just as Kisaragi Rin didn't know the effect of the Command Seal Shinomiya Kaguya released, Shinomiya Kaguya and Gilgamesh also wouldn't know what Kisaragi Rin did with that Command Seal.
In the orthodox Holy Grail War of the Fate World, an Heroic Spirit's True Name and Noble Phantasm effects are extremely important intelligence. In this player's Holy Grail War, the most crucial intelligence to know is what the Command Seals unlock!
Whether it's Equipment or Items produced by Paradise, or Skills and Bloodlines chosen by themselves, the changes players can bring to Heroic Spirits through Command Seals are simply too many.
It was for this reason that Shinomiya Kaguya had previously been unwilling to make a move against Kisaragi Rin and Yukinoshita Yukino's combination, only wanting to wait for Soichiro Kuzuki to make the first move and probe what Abilities the opponent possessed.
Unfortunately, plans never keep up with fate... Shinomiya Kaguya never expected this opponent to be Kisaragi Rin, nor did she expect to fight him in the Fuyuki City of another world!
If it were a pokémon battle, where one side's pokémon were knocked out with star eyes, Shinomiya Kaguya might be able to accept it a bit more. But it was the Fate World, where dark and grim settings occupied the majority.
Looking at her last Command Seal, Shinomiya Kaguya began to hesitate about what to unleash.
Spatial Transfer, Guardian Barrier, Otherworld Summoning, Dispelling Negative Effects... just to clear Gilgamesh's current bound state, Shinomiya Kaguya had too many Equipment and Items that could achieve this.
But what then?
What made Shinomiya Kaguya hesitate was that she only had one Command Seal left on the back of her hand!
No matter how many negative effects were dispelled, Medusa and Esdeath would always stand on the ground.
If she couldn't strengthen Gilgamesh's combat power again, what good would it do for Gilgamesh to break free from her restraints? It would just be using a certain Huiyue Skill that, in most cases, could only delay her death by a few seconds.
This remaining Command Seal was Shinomiya Kaguya's last hope for a comeback.
In such a tense moment, Shinomiya Kaguya gritted her teeth, but still couldn't make up her mind.
"Damn Kisaragi, it's all because of this mission mode. If my Abilities weren't restricted, I would have long since trampled you underfoot..."
Shinomiya Kaguya thought, feeling depressed.
Although from the perspective of acquaintances, whether this battle was won or lost, there was no longer a life-or-death crisis, but there was something even more terrifying than death in this world: social death.
If she lost to Kisaragi Rin, Shinomiya Kaguya felt she might as well have died at Scáthach's hands earlier.
Shinomiya Kaguya was hesitating, but the battlefield would not stop for her.
Giving Gilgamesh no chance, Medusa's Cybele stared intently at her body.
Then Medusa's crimson lips parted slightly, and the True Name of her Noble Phantasm, accompanied by a bloody declaration, echoed throughout the world!
"Forced Seal: Pandemonic Temple - A!"
At this moment, the Phantom of the Demon God once again condensed behind Medusa, and the invisible domain of the Pandemonium Cētus also spread over Gilgamesh.
Medusa merely squeezed her fingers, and blood seeped from Gilgamesh's body.
This was a very good timing. In Medusa's view, the moment Cybele's Evil Eye caught Gilgamesh, the Immortal-Slaying Blade in her hand should have cut off Gilgamesh's head.
The reason she didn't do so was because her Master had already given a command via team communication.
"Esdeath, Medusa, Gilgamesh is still quite important to us, so we can't kill her for now. Besides not killing her, heavy blows are fine. Beat her as miserably as possible..."
Kisaragi Rin didn't want to kill this Gilgamesh.
The reason, of course, wasn't because she was good-looking.
It was for two reasons.
Firstly, the bet that had been confirmed between them. If Gilgamesh was killed, where would Kisaragi Rin get his rightful prize? Would he really go to the Gilgamesh under Emiya Shirou to demand it?
In Kisaragi Rin's speculation, other Gilgameshes might not have even seen this Noble Phantasm.
Secondly, for future battles, if Gilgamesh was willing to help Kisaragi Rin, it would be much easier to deal with either Soichiro Kuzuki or Emiya Shirou.
For example, Gilgamesh could seize ownership of King's Treasure, preventing the Gilgamesh under Emiya Shirou from freely unleashing Noble Phantasms... Due to these two uses, Kisaragi did not order Esdeath and Medusa to instantly kill Gilgamesh. Afterwards, he turned his back and calmly said to Shinomiya Kaguya: "I thought you would bring me more surprises."
However, before doing all this, Kisaragi Rin needed Medusa and Esdeath to make Gilgamesh realize her defeat as much as possible.
Hmm... beat her up a few more times.
No matter how feminized she was, this was a genuine Gilgamesh, and her personality was truly troublesome.
If Gilgamesh wasn't beaten into submission, Kisaragi was truly afraid she would keep calling him 'mongrel' and refuse to pay him any attention.
Medusa, sitting on Pegasus, tightened her left hand into a fist again, and Gilgamesh's arm bled like freshly squeezed juice.
"Tastes good."
The blood turned into gas and returned to Medusa's side with the domain of the Pandemonium Cētus. After tasting it, Medusa shook her head and gave a very high evaluation.
For some reason, Medusa felt quite displeased the moment she saw Gilgamesh.
And before she caught Gilgamesh, she had endured quite a few Noble Phantasm attacks.
Although she had the Inherent Skill - Self-Repair, getting hurt still hurt, especially with the bloodsucking effects carried by Gilgamesh's Noble Phantasm. When attacked, there was a feeling of flesh being torn.
"Do you surrender?"
Esdeath asked casually, but the ice in her hand had already gathered, piercing towards the bound Gilgamesh.
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