"mongrel...!!"
Amidst the smoke, Gilgamesh's voice was terrifyingly low.
The vessel stabilized once more.
The King of Heroes, appearing from the dust, slowly raised his head. In those crimson eyes, the previous contempt was gone, replaced by a rage and killing intent capable of burning the world.
"Unforgivable... Absolutely unforgivable, ahhhhh!!!"
"I shall make you... die without a burial place!!!"
This time, the golden ripples behind him were no longer just a few hundred; they covered the sky, densely occupying half the heavens!
Click, click, click—
At the core of those countless noble phantasms, a rotating sword composed of three black cylinders was slowly emerging.
As soon as that aura appeared, all the Servants present felt a palpitation of the heart.
That was Gilgamesh's strongest trump card, the Anti-World noble phantasm capable of cleaving the world—[Ea, the Sword of Rupture]!
At this very moment, blinded by rage, he only wanted to use this sword to completely wipe the mongrel who had shamed him, along with this entire city, off the map!
"Oh? Getting serious?"
Hansen narrowed his eyes, sensing the terrifying aura on that Ea capable of threatening the laws of the world.
The divine power within his body began to surge.
"A beam struggle, is it? As it happens, I know a thing or two about that!"
Just at this critical moment, as all of Fuyuki City faced the crisis of destruction.
The Tohsaka Family, basement.
Tohsaka Tokiomi, who had been monitoring the battlefield through his familiar, was now slumped in his chair, his entire body soaked in cold sweat.
Even through the screen, he could feel Gilgamesh's rage, which was enough to incinerate the firmament.
"The situation... has spiraled out of control..."
Tohsaka Tokiomi's hands trembled as he watched Ea, which had already begun to rotate on the screen.
If he released a noble phantasm in a place like this, not only would his magical energy be exposed...
The secrecy of the Holy Grail War would cease to exist, and it might even attract the interference of the Counter Force!
And...
He had an extremely ominous premonition.
Even if he released Ea, could the King... really defeat that monster?
If he didn't win, the Tohsaka Family would be wiped out tonight!
"No! I must stop him!"
Tohsaka Tokiomi suddenly raised his right hand, and the command spells on the back of his hand glowed intensely red.
Although using command spells on the King was highly disrespectful, for the sake of the Tohsaka Family's long-cherished wish and to save his own life, he could not care about that anymore!
"By the name of the command spells, I order you!"
Tohsaka Tokiomi's voice was hoarse and urgent, as if it spanned space to act directly upon Gilgamesh's saint graph.
"Calm your rage, my King! For your own safety, please retreat!"
Hum—!
As one red command spell forcibly took effect on the back of Gilgamesh's hand, a massive coercive force of magical energy instantly spanned space, descending upon the Berserk Gilgamesh.
On the battlefield.
Ea, which was accumulating magical energy, suddenly halted.
The massive coercive force, like chains, forcibly restrained the King of Heroes who was about to go Berserk.
Gilgamesh stiffened, and the wind pressure that had already begun to rotate was forced to dissipate.
"Tokiomi—!!!!"
Gilgamesh let out a roar of unwillingness.
"You cowardly Servant! How dare you... how dare you ruin my mood at a time like this?!"
Gilgamesh roared repeatedly.
He stared fixedly at Hansen below, his gaze as if he wanted to tear him apart alive.
The coercive force of the command spells made it impossible for him to resist, and the light of spiritualization began to appear on his body.
"That guy... is my prey!"
"mongrel! You remember this!"
"Even if I have to chase you to the ends of hell, I will personally tear you into pieces!!!"
"I'll be waiting, Goldie."
Hansen unyieldingly raised his middle finger: "Remember to bring more money next time. Streetlights are public property; you have to pay for them if you break them."
"...mongrel!!!!"
Accompanied by one last curse filled with malice.
That arrogant King of Heroes, after all, could not resist the shackles of the command spells, turned into golden light filling the sky, and with a heart full of humiliation and killing intent, disappeared extremely unwillingly into the night sky.
"Tsk, he ran away pretty fast."
Hansen looked at the empty sky and pursed his lips, still feeling unsatisfied.
He had even wanted to tank a shot of Ea to see what it was like.
With the biggest troublemaker gone, the port returned to that eerie silence once again.
The remaining few looked at each other.
"It seems tonight's side show ends here."
Hansen patted his bottom and stood up, casually crumpling the empty potato chip bag and tossing it accurately into a trash can in the distance.
Three points!
He looked down at Rider below.
He waved at Rider below:
"Hey, big guy, tonight's fight wasn't satisfying enough."
"Let's find a place another day, bring some good wine, and we can continue discussing the compensation for that driver position?"
Rider was stunned for a moment, then burst into earth-shattering laughter:
"Hahahaha! Good! Although being a driver is impossible, drinking is definitely not to be missed! Ruler, I've decided to make you my friend!"
"Time to go, time to go back to sleep."
As he finished speaking, Hansen stood up on his own, wrapped his arm around Irisviel's slender waist, and leaped down from the container.
He landed silently, with a dashing posture.
It seemed he wasn't the least bit worried about attacks from other heroic spirits.
Lancer: "..."
"Saber, drive."
Hansen snapped his fingers, and the King with the ahoge took a deep breath and glared fiercely at him.
But considering that he had indeed protected Irisviel just now and had faced Archer head-on and driven him back, she endured it.
"...Understood."
Boom—!
The silver Mercedes started up again.
Under the complex gazes of the various heroic spirits and masters, this chariot carrying a monster and a princess swaggered out of the warehouse district and disappeared into the depths of the night.
"Hoo..."
Not until the Mercedes' taillights completely disappeared did Waver slump onto the chariot, gasping for air.
"Saved... I'm saved..."
Iskandar watched the direction Hansen had left, not angry at being ignored.
On the contrary, his eyes burned with unprecedented excitement.
"Kid."
The King of Conquerors grinned, revealing a set of white teeth.
"This Holy Grail War... will definitely be interesting! Hahahaha!"
...
...
On the way back, the atmosphere in the car was somewhat subtle.
Irisviel was still immersed in the shock of just now, stealing glances from time to time at the man beside her who was resting with his eyes closed, her eyes shifting, not knowing what she was thinking.
Saber was driving with full concentration, though her hand gripping the steering wheel would occasionally tighten, clearly indicating her inner turmoil was not calm.
"Hey, Mr. Han Sen."
Irisviel suddenly spoke, breaking the silence.
"That golden heroic spirit from just now... if he hadn't retreated, would you have been confident of winning?"
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