The vimana slowly landed in front of the Lion King.
Rin looked at the Lion King before her, thinking with slight confusion, 'Is this guy the Lion King, or Artoria Lancer?' However, feeling the surging battle intent on the opponent and considering the purpose of her trip, she knew she had to fight regardless.
Rin and Gilgamesh stepped off the vimana, which then turned into a cluster of light points and returned to Gilgamesh's treasury.
"Gil, it seems there is an opponent worthy of you taking action!"
Gilgamesh looked at the Lion King before him with a frivolous expression. As Sha Naqba Imuru activated, all the intelligence on the Lion King was fully obtained by Gilgamesh.
"Hahahaha, another mongrel calling herself a king, and a deity at that! Hahahaha, die, mongrel!"
Hundreds of golden ripples emerged from behind Gilgamesh, marking the beginning of this battle.
The Lion King lightly pulled the reins, manipulating Destrier, and nimbly dodged and maneuvered through the golden downpour.
Rin, on the side, was not idle either. She kept chanting sacred songs. As Rin chanted, immense magical power emanated from her, and then she slowly floated off the ground, watching the Lion King, who was locked in a fierce battle with Gilgamesh, with an expressionless face.
While dodging the downpour of Gilgamesh's Noble Phantasm, the Lion King was not idle; she continuously released fierce winds, forming wind blades that attacked Gilgamesh, forcing him, who did not want to move, to summon multiple shield Noble Phantasms in front of him.
Seizing the moment Gilgamesh summoned the shields, the Lion King leaped from Destrier and thrust down with Rhongomyniad in her hand without hesitation.
Seeing the holy spear thrusting toward him, Gilgamesh was indifferent, continuing to fire his Noble Phantasms while whispering.
"Rin!"
Rin, who was keeping guard and floating in mid-air, murmured.
"Saint George Sanctuary — Dragon Breath"
At this moment, the magic circle in Rin's eyes unfolded, forming two massive magic circles about 2 meters in size. With the appearance of the magic circles, space seemed to crack as well. A beam of dazzling white light shot out instantly from the spatial rift in front of Rin, colliding with the Lion King's Rhongomyniad.
The moment the Lion King's Rhongomyniad collided with Dragon Breath, she felt a massive force, which forcibly terminated her thrusting motion.
Moreover, Gilgamesh's Noble Phantasms reached the Lion King's side at that very instant. Seeing that she was about to be hit by the Noble Phantasms, the Lion King exerted force in her arm, deflecting the trajectory of the Dragon Breath released by Rin. The deflected Dragon Breath instantly knocked away the Noble Phantasms attacking the Lion King, but as the Dragon Breath was deflected, a large area of the ground was also destroyed.
As the ground was destroyed by Dragon Breath, the Lion King, caught off guard, was struck on the shoulder by feathers of light. Feeling the heavy blow, the Lion King flexibly avoided the incoming Noble Phantasms and pulled away.
After pulling away, the Lion King covered her shoulder, looking with a grim expression at the feathers of light slowly drifting down from the sky.
Just now, because the Lion King did not understand the magecraft known as Dragon Breath and did not know the property that objects destroyed by Dragon Breath would be converted into feathers of light, she suffered a small loss.
Just at the moment the ground was destroyed, the destroyed ground converted into feathers of light, which lightly struck the Lion King's shoulder armor. The Lion King, thinking it was harmless, was hit as if by a heavy blow the moment the feathers of light made contact. The shoulder armor shattered instantly, and even her shoulder sustained significant damage.
The Lion King looked at Rhongomyniad in her hand, then looked up at the troublesome master-Servant duo opposite her, leveled the holy spear in her hand, and seemed to intend to release her Noble Phantasm.
Gilgamesh also discovered the Lion King's intention. With a casual snap of his fingers, countless chains extended from the golden ripples surrounding the Lion King, binding toward her.
Facing the incoming Chains of Heaven, the Lion King had to abandon her plan to release her Noble Phantasm and began to dodge and deflect the incoming chains. Rin also seized the opportunity to release Dragon Breath again, continuously sweeping fire at the Lion King.
Just as the battle began, Shirou Kotomine discovered that his magical power was being consumed in large quantities, and at the same time, Martha felt the Lion King's surging battle intent.
After greeting Caren and Shirou Kotomine, Martha hurried to the battlefield.
Shirou Kotomine and Caren also hurried toward the battle location.
Gilgamesh looked smugly at the Lion King, who was suspended in mid-air by the Chains of Heaven and in a sorry state.
At this time, the Lion King's armor was damaged in many places, revealing her mature body.
"Hahahaha, so that little girl grows up to look like this, hahaha! I allow you to become my collection and live on, hahahahaha!"
Rin looked at the smug Gilgamesh and shouted at him with an anxious expression.
"Gil, get out of the way! This guy, she has no divinity; your Chains of Heaven are useless against her!"
Gilgamesh was stunned upon hearing this. The Lion King, hearing Rin's words, no longer feigned, broke free from the Chains of Heaven, and threw the holy spear in her hand forcefully toward Gilgamesh.
"My God, why have you forsaken me?"
Centered on Rin's face, a huge magic circle floated in the air, emitting a red-black light, slowing down the holy spear. At the same time, Rin released Dragon Breath again, deflecting the holy spear.
Gilgamesh looked at the holy spear that brushed past him and somewhat angrily took out EA, seemingly annoyed that the Lion King had made him lose face in front of Rin.
At this moment, Rin looked at Gilgamesh with a strange gaze, starting to suspect which period of him she had summoned this time.
Rin was indeed not wrong. This Servant avatar of Gilgamesh before her was from the period when he had just ascended the throne. Because it was a relatively young period among his various age stages, his personality was not only cruel but often unexpectedly careless and self-centered.
However, this Servant avatar, which had received memories from the main body after descending, was actually better to Rin than the one in the Fourth War. Perhaps this was because at this age stage, he had not yet experienced becoming friends with Enkidu! Come to think of it, Rin was actually the first friend this stage of Gilgamesh had encountered.
"king of heroes, can you extinguish your anger?"
Gilgamesh, who was holding EA and preparing to activate it, looked at the suddenly appearing Martha. Instead of stopping, he increased his magical power output. As EA spun faster and faster, a red magical storm surged out from EA.
Martha looked at the EA about to be activated in Gilgamesh's hand, shook her head, turned to signal the Lion King, and then leaped to stand in front of Rin to prevent Rin from interfering with the Lion King.
The Lion King did not hesitate to recall the holy spear, and the moment EA was released, she also released her holy spear.
"Enuma Elish! Star of Creation!"
"Rhongomyniad, Anchor of the Storm! Luminous, Far-Reaching Spear~~~!"
The red magical power representing the cutting of the world and destruction, and the golden magical power representing the Pillar of the World and divinity, collided madly. The massive sound resonated throughout Fuyuki City, and the terrifying magical power emitted by the collision caused even the Magi and Church personnel, who were in the middle of battle, to stop and turn to look at the terrifying collision.
The roaring light shattered everything. The wind pressure and scattered magical power formed by the collision instantly pulverized everything within a radius of several kilometers.
Caren and Shirou Kotomine, who were anxiously rushing to the battlefield, were blown away without a trace by the wind pressure that struck instantly.
Martha, utilizing Fuyuki City's characteristic of being by the sea, activated'Saint of the Waterfront' and 'Natural Body (Sea)' to resist the aftermath of the collision, while vigilantly staring at Rin, who was calmly resisting the aftermath relying on the Saint George Sanctuary.
"What a formidable young girl!"
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