Buzzing—
Behind Gilgamesh, golden radiance flickered wildly.
This time, it was no longer just a few exploratory noble phantasms.
"Gate of Babylon," fully open!
Hundreds, thousands, several thousands!
Dense golden ripples instantly filled the entire night sky, as countless Age of Gods noble phantasms emerged with cold glints. Each was a crystallization of human wisdom and mystery, and each possessed the power to pierce through a tank.
"Die, mongrel!!"
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh—!!!
A rainstorm.
A golden rainstorm of steel.
Countless noble phantasms turned into a golden meteor shower, screaming as they tore through the air, completely covering Hansen's position.
However, facing this rain of noble phantasms that even Hercules would have to avoid, Hansen didn't even take his hands out of his pockets.
Only a faint blue light flashed in his eyes.
"AT Field."
Buzz!
An octagonal golden light barrier appeared out of thin air three meters in front of him.
Clang clang clang clang clang clang—!
noble phantasms capable of piercing city walls bombarded the light screen, erupting in a deafening symphony of clashing metal. Sparks flew, and dust rolled.
But that seemingly paper-thin barrier of light didn't show even a single crack.
Regardless of whether Gilgamesh projected C-rank or A-rank noble phantasms, the moment they touched the field, all kinetic energy was forcibly neutralized, and they fell powerlessly to pile up into a golden mountain at his feet.
"Is this your treasure?" Hansen stood on the hill of noble phantasms and kicked away a gem-encrusted demonic sword with a look of disdain. "If it's only at this level, you might as well sell them at a scrap yard for some cash, Goldie."
...At the same time, Fuyuki City Civic Center.
This was the planned location for the Holy Grail's descent, and the core where magical energy was currently converging.
In the empty underground hall, it was so silent that only the sound of dripping water could be heard.
Kiritsugu Emiya wore that trench coat blackened by gunpowder smoke, his hand tightly gripping the magically modified Calico M950 submachine gun as he leaned against a massive support pillar.
His breathing was extremely light, and his heartbeat was forced down to the limit by magecraft.
On the other side of the hall, steady footsteps came from the darkness.
Tap, tap, tap.
Kirei Kotomine wore a bulletproof black priest's cassock, three sharp Black Keys held between the fingers of each hand, as he walked expressionlessly out of the shadows.
The two men who had sought each other for a long time finally met in this place of endings.
No pleasantries, no trash talk.
For people like them, words were redundant.
Bang bang bang bang—!
Kiritsugu struck first, darting out from behind cover as his submachine gun spat fire, spraying mana-reinforced bullets toward Kirei like a rainstorm.
Clang clang clang!
Kirei advanced instead of retreating, his Black Keys weaving an impenetrable defense. With reaction speed exceeding human limits, he actually deflected all of the bullets.
"Time Alter - Double Accel!"
Kiritsugu's pupils contracted as he chanted the incantation.
The flow of the world slowed in his eyes, and his speed instantly surged. Turning into an afterimage, he maneuvered toward the flank at high speed while drawing the lethal Contender pistol.
Just one shot.
As long as that one "Origin Bullet" hit, the opponent's Magic Circuits would be completely ruined.
However.
Buzz—!
On the back of Kirei's hand, a bright red command spell suddenly lit up and then faded away.
"Command Spell, reinforce physical body."
Facing the Magus Killer who possessed time manipulation magecraft, Kirei Kotomine unhesitatingly consumed a precious command spell in exchange for instantaneous supersonic explosive power!
Boom!
Floor tiles shattered.
Kirei's figure vanished into thin air, and when he reappeared, he had already closed in to less than a meter from Kiritsugu!
That Bajiquan heavy cannon, capable of splitting mountains and cracking stones, blasted toward Kiritsugu's heart with a piercing wind pressure!
"What?!"
Kiritsugu only had time to hold the gun across his chest.
Thump—!
With a muffled bang, the gun body made of special alloy instantly twisted and deformed.
Kiritsugu was sent flying like a ragdoll hit by a truck, slamming hard into the wall behind him and kicking up a cloud of dust.
"Cough, cough... pfft!" Kiritsugu slid to the ground and spat out a large mouthful of blood, the agonizing pain of broken ribs blurring his vision.
"Kiritsugu Emiya."
Kirei Kotomine shook the blood from his hand, a look of extreme pleasure appearing on his deadpan face. "Is your so-called justice of saving the world only at this level?"
...The Great Bridge battlefield.
"mongrel! You have thoroughly enraged this King!!"
Gilgamesh, unable to win after a long attack, finally lost his patience.
The King of Heroes' pride made it impossible for him to accept that his noble phantasms were being blocked so easily.
Rattle, rattle—
The crisp sound of chains rang out in the void.
Dozens of silver chains with wedges at the tips shot out from the golden ripples like predatory snakes, instantly winding around Hansen's limbs and torso.
"Enkidu."
One of Gilgamesh's most trusted noble phantasms, its binding power grows stronger the higher the target's divinity.
Hansen raised an eyebrow, but he didn't dodge.
Although it was a specialized attack against gods, everything must follow basic laws.
The local Counter Force had already been crushed by him; in a situation of overwhelming stats, so-called counters were nothing more than a joke.
Clack clack clack!
Enkidu instantly tightened, binding Hansen firmly like a cocoon and suspending him in mid-air.
"Hahahaha! No matter what heaven-defying methods you have, before these chains that can even bind gods, you are nothing but a lamb to the slaughter!"
Gilgamesh laughed wildly, his right hand grasping at the void.
A strangely shaped sword with a cylindrical blade, wrapped in a red storm of wind pressure, appeared in his hand.
"Sword of Rupture, Ea."
An Anti-World noble phantasm capable of tearing the world apart.
"Since you like defending, then vanish for this King along with this world!!"
Gilgamesh held Ea high as a terrifying mana storm began to converge. Space itself let out an overburdened scream under this power.
"Enuma Elish—"
A red storm of wind pressure formed at the tip of the sword—a simulated black hole capable of pulverizing all of creation!
However.
Hansen, bound in mid-air, suddenly sighed.
"Muda muda muda...!"
Hansen looked down at the silver chains tightening around him, a mocking curve appearing on his lips.
"You know absolutely nothing about true strength!"
The next second, Enkidu emitted a violent tremor.
Hansen's arms suddenly pushed outward.
"Serious Stretch."
Snap—!!!
Those chains of law, said to be inescapable even for gods, couldn't even hold for 0.1 seconds against such absolute, brute physical strength.
Silver fragments exploded and flew like raindrops!
"What?!" Gilgamesh, who was charging up, froze, his eyes nearly popping out. "How is this possible?!"
This wasn't over yet.
Hansen, having broken free, instantly vanished.
"Dimensional Walk."
When he reappeared, he was already standing in front of Gilgamesh, their noses nearly touching.
Gilgamesh:!!!
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