The thousands of single eyes on the Demon God Pillar fired countless beams of light, forming a net that blocked Rin's path, forcing her to slow down and dodge.
"Annoying!"
Rin let out a soft, annoyed cry, flicking several gems from her hand. They coalesced into the Spear of Venus, and she instantly reached the Demon God Pillar, striking it and causing it to tremble.
The Demon God Pillar, which was Lev's incarnation, let out a sharp shriek after being attacked by Rin, and then the dense cluster of eyes on the Demon God Pillar emitted a purple light.
"The time of awakening has come!"
"Incineration Formula - Flauros!"
A massive amount of purple beams and dark purple, smoke-like magical energy engulfed Rin.
Just as she was preparing to accelerate again to seize the crown from Six Authorities' head, Rin, faced with the Demon God Pillar's renewed interference, could no longer suppress her rage. She forcefully crushed two gems in her hand, scattered the gem dust in front of her, and shouted loudly.
"You are annoying! Gem dust above, magical energy below!"
Rin's scattered gem dust transformed into blades following the Lights Execution, instantly shattering the Formula and beams fired by the Demon God Pillar.
Then, Rin suddenly changed direction, accelerated, and arrived in front of the Demon God Pillar. Clenching her fists tightly, she delivered a crushing punch directly into the Demon God Pillar.
"Augh!"
Struck by a fist with A+++ Strength, the Demon God Pillar let out a wail. A dent several meters wide appeared where Rin had struck it, and then the flesh, compressed to the limit, exploded as if it had been hit by high-grade explosives.
Meanwhile, Rin did not remain idle. Facing the Demon God Pillar that had blocked her twice, she angrily utilized her agile movement, constantly maneuvering around the Demon God Pillar and throwing punches.
In just ten short seconds, the Demon God Pillar that Lev had become was scarred and covered in holes several meters in diameter. Blood flowed continuously from them, and it collapsed onto the surface of the water, on the verge of death.
In the short time it took for Rin to deal with the Demon God Pillar, Aika had also begun her move. Under Aika's manipulation, Six Authorities' crown suddenly grew massive, encircling Six Authorities' entire body, and began to frantically extract the power of the True Moon from within him.
Roa, who was also experiencing the extraction of power, roared in anger.
"You deceived me! This is mine~ This power is all mine!"
Feeling the power within his body rapidly draining away, Six Authorities looked calmly at the White Princess, who was fighting King Arthur not far away, and sighed.
"What a fool. Wouldn't you agree, my King!"
It was unclear whether Six Authorities was sighing about himself or Roa.
The White Princess, who was fighting King Arthur, seemed as if the True Moon had manifested within her. As Six Authorities spoke, she turned her head and looked gently at Six Authorities. If Six Authorities had not been entirely focused on the White Princess at that moment, perhaps this scene would have been nothing but a hallucination to him.
"My King! I truly still want to live on as you said!"
In just those few short seconds, Six Authorities had been drained to the point of exhaustion by the crown. The composite entity of Six Authorities and Roa was now gaunt and emaciated, seemingly on the verge of becoming a dried corpse at any moment. If not for the Holy Grail within Six Authorities, he might have already been drained completely dry.
"Oh no!"
The King of Conquerors, driving his chariot, finally arrived at the battlefield at this moment. From the first moment the King of Conquerors saw Aika, he recalled the Fuyuki battle of years past, and then, upon seeing the crown, the King of Conquerors voiced his nervousness.
"Army of the King!"
Driving his chariot, the King of Conquerors chose to immediately charge near the Six Authorities and deploy his Reality Marble, using it to sever the connection between the crown and Aika.
As the yellow sands drifted across the sky, the connection between the crown and Aika near the Six Authorities seemed to truly be severed. Reverting to its original fist-sized form, the crown landed lightly atop the head of the Six Authorities, who collapsed into the yellow sand, his life force already utterly spent.
Simultaneously, King Arthur, who had been fighting the White Princess, suddenly regained the light in his eyes. Seizing an opening from the White Princess, he used his swordsmanship to force her back, then looked warily at the King of Conquerors' group and the White Princess opposite him.
Mordred first glanced at the surrounding yellow sand, then leaped down from the King of Conquerors' chariot. She playfully kicked the sand beneath her feet before boldly pointing her sword at King Arthur and shouting a question.
"Hey! You don't happen to be called Arthur too, do you?"
Hearing Mordred's question, King Arthur frowned. He nodded to Mordred and then, performing a knight's salute, announced his name to her.
"I am the King of Knights of Great Britain, Arthur Pendragon!"
Upon hearing King Arthur announce his true name, Mordred hoisted her greatsword onto her shoulder. A crazed expression appeared on her face as she shouted at King Arthur with a sinister grin.
"You're an Arthur too! You fake!"
With that, Mordred charged recklessly at King Arthur.
Baffled, King Arthur watched Mordred charge toward him. He nimbly dodged the Noble Phantasm she swung at him. Then, as they crossed paths, he flipped his wrist and slammed the hilt of his sword into her, catching her off guard. He reached out with his left hand, grabbed a gap in the armor on Mordred's back, and pinned her to the ground while holding his holy sword to her throat, shouting at the charging White Princess.
"Stop! We are not enemies!"
Pinned by King Arthur, Mordred surged with strength, using the neck guard of her armor to slide the holy sword away from her throat and gain some room to move. She then spun around and threw an elbow to distance herself from King Arthur.
"Fake—!"
King Arthur saw Mordred turn back to launch another frenzied attack. Having just broken free from Aika's control, he originally had no desire to fight these people, but Mordred's blatant hostility and the insult of being called a 'fake' made the sovereign King Arthur abandon his intention to stop the fight.
"It seems you are all nothing but lowlifes!"
With those words, King Arthur parried the Noble Phantasm Mordred swung at him and kicked her in the stomach, sending her back several steps clutching her midsection. King Arthur seized the opportunity to strike with his sword, and it looked as though he was about to decapitate Mordred.
Lily, who had already come to consider Mordred a friend, finally couldn't stand by any longer.
Utilizing a Mana Burst, Lily instantly appeared in front of Mordred, drawing Caliburn to block King Arthur's slash.
"The Golden Sword of Assured Victory!"
Seeing Lily's Noble Phantasm, King Arthur took a backstep to avoid being surrounded by the White Princess. He looked at the three ladies before him and asked Lily.
"Who on earth are you! Why do you possess the Golden Sword of Assured Victory!"
Mordred rubbed her stomach and glared at King Arthur with a ferocious expression, roaring.
"You fake, Father is the true King Arthur!"
"Clarent Blood Arthur!"
With a shout, Mordred raised her Noble Phantasm and triggered its release. Massive red lightning erupted from Mordred's Clarent, blasting toward King Arthur.
"avalon!"
Facing Mordred's released Noble Phantasm, the crack-riddled avalon at King Arthur's waist emitted a soft white light, forming a thin barrier that completely rejected Mordred's Noble Phantasm from outside the shield.
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