When Karna's Noble Phantasm was activated, Shirou Kotomine knew it, after all, the magical energy required to use that kind of exaggerated Noble Phantasm was extremely exaggerated, but what he didn't expect was that Lancer died after releasing his Noble Phantasm?
Shirou Kotomine, who was retreating under Shakespeare's cover, was stunned when he suddenly learned of this through his Command Spells.
"Yo~ Master? Did something interesting happen?"
For Shakespeare, the biggest benefit of becoming a heroic spirit was probably that his body was strengthened. He wouldn't be affected when writing while running, and when he noticed the man next to him acting strangely, he didn't hesitate to lean in. He knew that the other party wouldn't mind.
And the result was as he expected. Although his behavior was a bit rude, Shirou Kotomine just turned his head with a bitter smile on his face.
"Lancer has retired."
At this point, the smile on his face became even more bitter. Among all the Servants, the two he had the greatest expectations for were Assassin and Lancer.
And Semiramis had perfectly completed the previous plan and summoned her Noble Phantasm, 'False Hanging Gardens of Babylon', and it was precisely by relying on this Noble Phantasm that she completely suppressed the defensive facilities that Yggdmillennia had prepared for a full sixty years.
It should be known that Shirou Kotomine and Yggdmillennia were different. In terms of funds, the difference between the two was like heaven and earth, but what he didn't expect was that Lancer, whom he had the greatest expectations for in terms of personal combat power, would retire so early.
'Forget it. With Lancer personality, he would never be careless in battle. So with his personality and strength, the opponent he fought would probably have died with him in that last strike, right?'
Although it was just a guess, the only thing he could do now was to console himself in this way, but then he unconsciously quickened his pace.
'Although Lancer retirement was an unexpected development, one of his tasks has been completed. Now that the Yggdmillennia castle is completely destroyed, we can directly take the 'Greater Grail'...'
Karna's retirement can be said to be completely unexpected, but it was already a foregone conclusion. There was no point in him dwelling on it, so he simply began to think about how much advantage he could gain from the other party's sacrifice.
Shirou Kotomine's way of thinking seemed a bit cold-blooded, but for him, he was even willing to sacrifice himself for 'that wish', let alone just something like this.
And compared to Shirou Kotomine's bitter face, Shakespeare, who was standing beside him, showed a strange blush on his face after the initial shock of hearing the news. Then he took out a small notebook without saying a word, and the pen in his hand seemed to turn into a flash of lightning under his operation.
There was no doubt that his inspiration had come.
As he himself said, his purpose for participating in this Holy Grail War was not for the Holy Grail, but to watch the battles between heroes of various eras as a 'bystander' to stimulate his creative inspiration.
And there was no doubt that the most interesting ones to him were Karna and his current Master, and he also had to add Lancer, whom he had recently discovered.
And a warrior as powerful as Karna actually retired at this time?
What on earth happened?
What was Karna thinking during the final battle of the Holy Grail War?
Countless ideas popped up in Shakespeare's mind in an instant, and what he needed to do now was to record all of these fleeting flashes of inspiration in his mind, which even made him forget to 'eulogize' as he usually did, but it was a good thing.
Otherwise, even with Shirou Kotomine's generosity, facing a guy who kept singing 'odes' even though his strongest ally had died would probably make his blood pressure rise.
"Semiramis, what's the situation outside now?"
'Lancer has cleared all the obstacles. If you need it, we can immediately take out the 'Greater Grail'.'
At this time, Semiramis did not know about Karna's retirement, but even if she did, what she was going to say would not have changed, after all, all the plans had been decided dozens of days ago.
"Good. Have the 'Hanging Gardens' fly to the ruins of the Yggdmillennia family's castle. We're going to complete the last step of the plan!"
'Please look forward to it, Master~'
With Shirou Kotomine's command, the 'False Hanging Gardens of Babylon', which had been floating in mid-air and consuming power with 'Crown · Wisdom of Light', finally started up again and its flight altitude continued to descend.
But would Caster allow the other party to succeed so easily?
Almost at the same time as the 'Hanging Gardens' moved, 'Crown · Wisdom of Light', which had only been standing on the ground and throwing stones, also started to move. It was obvious that it also knew that it couldn't continue to idle.
The previous consumption battle with the opponent was to stall for time and strengthen itself, but since the other party had launched a full-scale attack, it also had to participate. After all, once the other party succeeded, Caster alone would not be able to defeat the opponent.
The silver-black giant was running wildly on the ground, and with its movements, countless trees grew bizarrely in the places it stepped on, and it itself leaped up as if to grab onto the 'Hanging Gardens' that was constantly descending.
But at this moment, several stone slabs that were originally surrounding the 'aerial fortress' were manipulated and surrounded it, and then a dazzling flash of lightning flashed again, but this time, it was not an attack but a 'barrier' that was formed to completely trap the opponent.
Although it was just streaks of purple lightning, at this time, they had turned into unbreakable chains that completely trapped the silver-black giant.
And with the giant's continuous attacks, the purple chains were constantly flickering and looked like they were about to break, but they still stubbornly held their target, and at the same time, the 'Hanging Gardens' was also constantly descending until it reached above the castle ruins.
Semiramis, who was standing in the center of the ritual site, was chanting an unknown spell with a serious expression, and with her chanting, the magical crests on the ground were lit up one by one until they were completely connected, and the terrifying magical energy almost materialized, and with her command, all that terrifying magical energy was poured into the magic circle on the ground.
Then an incredible scene appeared.
On the ruins of the Yggdmillennia family, a huge 'ball of light' rose slowly from underground.
If a person who didn't know the situation saw this scene, they probably wouldn't be able to connect this strange 'ball of light' with the 'Greater Grail', but those who knew would know how terrifying the magical energy contained in this seemingly glowing ball of light was...