"Is this your path of kingship?"
If anyone was shocked by the scene before them, it was undoubtedly Artoria.
She was not afraid of the power of Iskandar's Noble Phantasm.
Rather, it was because this Noble Phantasm itself had already shaken the very foundation of her honor as the King of Knights.
Unadulterated and wholehearted support.
The profound and boundless emotional bond with subjects, reaching even the realm of a Noble Phantasm.
As an ideal King, this was a Noble Phantasm the King of Knights could never obtain throughout her life until the very end.
'If only, if only I could also...'
Artoria thought of her own Knights of the Round Table.
She was not without followers.
But compared to Iskandar, she couldn't even unite her subordinates.
"The so-called King!"
As if responding to Artoria, Iskandar roared: "Refers to one who lives more freely than anyone else, a figure whom all revere!"
The rows of mounted Heroic Spirits echoed his words, striking their shields in unison and cheering.
"One who embodies the aspirations of all brave warriors, standing proudly as an example, is a King."
"Therefore!"
Filled with overwhelming confidence and pride, Iskandar, though standing below, seemed to be at the highest point, looking down upon all Heroic Spirits.
"A king is not alone."
"For his will equals that of all his followers combined!"
"Yes! Yes! Yes!"
The Heroic Spirits' unified roar shook the entire battlefield.
No matter how powerful an army or how thick a city wall, they could not withstand Iskandar's comrades, their surging battle intent was enough to cleave heaven and earth.
"Charge!!!"
"Show your path of kingship before me and my heroes!"
"Oh Demon King from another world!!"
'That's right!'
Perhaps Iskandar's Ionioi Hetairoi was simply too shocking.
Artoria suddenly realized.
Rin also possessed the power to summon strange Servants.
Before, she didn't understand how he did it.
But now...
With Iskandar setting the precedent, the existence of Shion and Ice Empress found a reasonable explanation.
"Indeed, a captivating declaration, Iskandar."
Rin still stood alone on the other side of the desert.
However, his voice reached everyone's ears without delay.
Especially Iskandar, his declared opponent.
"I must thank you."
Rin slowly raised his right hand, then clenched it: "Thank you for providing me with such a magnificent stage."
"Crack!"
As Rin's words fell.
A sound of shattering glass came from above everyone's heads.
"What?"
The sky, it cracked.
This phenomenon startled Iskandar.
He wanted to repair the Bounded Field, but found that the Bounded Field didn't need repairing at all.
"What's going on?"
"Crack, crack crack crack~"
Even though the Bounded Field was undamaged, the spatial cracks grew more numerous and larger.
"Bang!"
Finally, after a crisp shattering sound, a large amount of crystal-clear snowflakes fell from the sky, instantly covering the boundless hot desert.
"Snow?"
"It's snowing?"
However, before everyone could express their surprise, more changes appeared before their eyes.
The desert churned, thick tree roots broke through the earth, shooting skyward.
Green shoots sprouted from the tree roots, and in the blink of an eye, the color of life covered the entire desert.
"Boom!"
Yet, it wasn't over!
Flames surged, sand dunes began to melt, and a volcano spewing thick smoke rose from the distant ground.
There was also strong wind, sudden rain, thunder, shadows...
All sorts of different, even contradictory, magical attributes suddenly appeared within Iskandar's Bounded Field.
Then, they bloomed like flowers on someone else's territory.
"Crack! Bang!!"
Behind Rin, a slender, delicate jade hand swept across, violently shattering the endless desert landscape.
"Crack crack crack crack~"
This crack did not stop there, but extended to both sides.
This scene was as if someone had torn the distant heaven and earth in half with some great power, splitting it into two!
"How, how amazing."
"Are these the opponents Rin-sama encountered in the other world?"
At the same time, in the Ogre village of the Cardinal World, all the residents were looking up, gazing at the scene of another world reflected in the sky.
When Iskandar displayed his Bounded Field, not only were Artoria and the others deeply shaken, but even the monsters from the other world felt the heroic spirit of warriors from an ancient era.
It was admirable and inspiring.
Though in different worlds, their hearts resonated with this loyalty.
"Thump, thump, thump!"
Within the Bounded Field, from the shattered spatial rift behind Rin, figures surged out like a tide from that dark world, then spontaneously gathered around Rin, forming thousand-man phalanxes.
"The enemy's numbers exceed 30,000!"
"Every single one of them possesses combat power no weaker than a C-rank Heroic Spirit, and among them are elites comparable to B-rank, and even peerless heroes on par with A-rank!"
5,000 Goblins versus 30,000 C-rank Heroic Spirits—our side is clearly at a disadvantage.
But!
He also possesses an advantage that Iskandar does not!
"Rumble~"
The ground began to shake, and the first to change was the distant volcano.
A colossal creature stepped out from within it.
It was fifty meters tall, covered in sharp, crimson fur, with lava flowing across its body like veins, pulsating like a heart. This was Homura, one of the Eighteen Wolf Guards personally named by Rin!
And behind it, dozens of equally massive wolves brought unprecedented pressure to Iskandar's army!
"Woosh~"
A long wolf howl, and the sun, high in the sky, suddenly had a piece missing.
Darkness began to descend.
The biting cold wind, Yukina through the ice, like Fenrir, the giant wolf from Norse mythology, its scarlet beast eyes greedily gazing at the heroes from ancient times.
"Another one!"
Looking at these continuously appearing ancient beasts, Artoria had no reaction, but Gilgamesh's expression grew increasingly grim.
As a Heroic Spirit from the Age of Gods, Gilgamesh understood the terror of divine beasts and demonic beasts better than Artoria.
(To be continued.)