But for Saber now, "Excalibur", which can take on such a heavy responsibility, cannot be used.
The disability of her left hand is the debt of the vow she made to fight with Lancer.
"Hey, Saber! It's not a good idea to go on like this. Let's retreat for now!"
Saber spoke angrily at the call of Rider from the chariot overhead.
"What a fool's errand! If you don't stop it here—"
"That's what I said, but there's nothing we can do! Listen to me first; retreat. I have my own way."
"..."
As a last resort, Saber delivered a blow with all her might and retreated with Rider to the shore where Lancer and Irisviel were. As Saber jumped back from the water, Rider's chariot landed on the ground with a thunderous roar.
"Well, everyone, no matter what countermeasures you want to take later, you must first buy time."
Without delay, Rider got straight to the point. Even the famous King of Conquest was not as calm and relaxed this time as usual.
"I'll drag that guy into a reality marble with my Noble Phantasm first, but even if I use my elite troops, I'm afraid I won't be able to destroy it... at most, it will be trapped in an Inherent Enchantment."
"What will you do after that?"
To Lancer, who had questions, Rider replied very simply.
"I don't know."
However, as you can tell from his serious expression, Rider was not joking. The expediency of buying time, even using the secret of the King of Conquest, could only go so far.
"After dragging something that big into it, my enchantment will only last a few minutes at most. O Heroes—be sure to come up with a winning strategy during this time. Boy, you stay here too."
Before he could finish speaking, Rider put Waver down from the driver's seat.
"Hey, hey!"
"Once the barrier is opened, I won't be able to understand the situation in the outside world. Boy, if there is any development, concentrate on summoning me; I will leave a herald for you."
"..."
Even though it was a time of alliance, Waver thought it was an extremely dangerous folly to be separated from his own Servant in front of two other Servants. Having said that, in this case, no matter how much you are on guard against the betrayal of allies, it truly won't help. Despite his inner trembling, the boy nodded reluctantly.
"Saber and Lancer, you are up next."
"... Well."
"... I see."
Although both of them agreed, their expressions were very grim. Everyone present understood that Rider's decision was only an emergency measure and would not solve the practical problem. Even so, Rider trusted the Heroic Spirits he had his eye on.
Once the decision was made, he did not hesitate at all and drove the chariot toward the huge Sea Demon without looking back. Soon, Saber watched as Rider's "Ionian Hetairoi" struggled; in front of the powerful Sea Demon, Rider's thousands of troops were inadequate. To stop the casualties, Rider had no choice but to undo the Inherent Enchantment.
"It is so difficult..." Rider sighed.
Seeing that scene, Saber immediately frowned, and the hand holding her sword tightened, but a sense of powerlessness remained.
"Damn...!"
Saber was anxious, desperate at the fact that she couldn't do anything about it. At this moment, from between the tall buildings, a spiral sword dragging a blue light shot toward the massive body of the Sea Demon.
"That is...!?"
Saber, who sensed something, immediately shouted.
"Get out of the way!"
Hearing this voice, both Rider and Lancer, being Heroic Spirits, sensed the uniquely shaped longsword shooting from afar. The magical aura mixed with it was incomparably huge, making them both feel horrified. Rider and Lancer were startled and hurriedly evacuated from the Sea Demon's vicinity as fast as they could.
The next moment they left, terrifying magic erupted!
Boom————!!!
An A+-level Noble Phantasm suddenly exploded as a "Broken Phantasm," and a mushroom cloud quietly rose! In the instantaneously evaporating seawater, every constituent molecule of the Sea Demon's body was exposed to the scorching impact. And Caster, who was at the center of the explosion within the thick flesh fortress of the Sea Demon, could no longer escape and could only watch his own destruction.
"No————!!!"
At Caster's desperate cry, the Sea Demon and the large expanse of water below were directly annihilated!
...
Archer, who was in the air chasing Berserker on the ship Vimana, had a lot of fun while opening the Gate of Babylon and projecting treasures at the fighter plane piloted by Berserker. Knives, spears, swords, halberds... as the Noble Phantasms shot out one after another, Berserker's speed was very agile, and he dodged them all between maneuvers. The dodged Noble Phantasms crashed into the city below, causing explosions one after another.
Boom, boom, boom, boom————!!
"Hmph, the escape is quite good." Archer smiled mockingly.
Then, his expression changed suddenly. Berserker, who had been "playing" with him, suddenly shifted his target and rushed toward Saber, who was standing by the river below. Suddenly being ignored by the other party was, for Archer, whose self-esteem far exceeds ordinary people, undoubtedly the biggest insult.
"You mad dog!"
Archer cursed as he steered Vimana to speed up, and soon approached a close range behind Berserker that was enough to kill with a single hit. At this distance, no matter how skilled the opponent's manipulation, it would be impossible to avoid the Gate of Babylon's treasure projection. Sensing this, Archer smiled playfully.
At this moment, from between the buildings in the distance, a blue light instantly approached, passing by the Vimana he was driving. Gilgamesh, as an Archer, immediately noticed that it was a spiral-shaped longsword. The twisted blade was definitely not an ordinary treasure.