"Triple-Linked Crane Wings!"
Archer leaned forward and charged toward Saber Alter, simultaneously throwing out the twin swords in his hands to release his signature technique. Just as Saber Alter swung her sword with one hand to parry the first pair of twin swords, another pair appeared behind her almost simultaneously. This forced Saber Alter to drop the mature Shinji and lean back sharply to narrowly avoid the second pair.
But Archer's third strike was not launched. Instead, he gave up on this almost certain hit and instead grabbed the mature Shinji and threw him toward Waver.
"Let's go!"
Dark Saber straightened up with a grim expression, staring intently at Archer.
"Are you looking down on me? Why did you forgo the final blow just to save that piece of trash!"
Archer casually wagged a finger at Dark Saber.
"Strategy, strategy, do you understand? My goal this time was to rescue Shinji, and I have achieved my goal. As for whether I attack you, it's not important."
Archer then turned to look at Weber and Gray, who were carrying the matured version of Shinji into the distance, and continued.
"See, in the time I've been talking to you, they've already reached safety, so I've won, haven't I? By the way, as the victor, I request a ceasefire. What do you think?"
"Go to hell!"
The magical energy on Dark Saber's sword surged. Holding the sword with both hands, she delivered a powerful horizontal sweep toward Archer's waist. Archer, who had been wary of Dark Saber, performed several nimble backward leaps, opening up distance while evading the strike.
Next, Archer materialized his bow and arrows, continuously shooting at Dark Saber while dodging, attempting to kite her.
Dark Saber shattered a counterfeit Noble Phantasm with a single punch, then unleashed a Noble Phantasm strike toward Archer, who was dodging everywhere like a flea.
Archer watched the light cannon surging toward him and smiled slightly. He then leaned back, falling into the large pit previously blasted out by Rin's Noble Phantasm, grazing past the light beam to avoid the hit.
Archer stood up and brushed the dust off himself. Looking at the light beam passing not far above his head, he complained helplessly.
"It's always me doing all the dirty and tiring work! Oh well, returning is fine too; this worldline is just too chaotic."
Then, Archer's expression turned serious as he began to chant... (Chant omitted!)
Dark Saber, pursuing Archer into the pit, looked up at the suddenly appearing crimson sky filled with giant gears and a ground covered in sword-type Noble Phantasms, and grinned.
"Hahaha! Are you finally going to face me, you flea!"
Archer stood atop the hill of swords and shrugged at Dark Saber. With a wave of his hand, countless sword Noble Phantasms manifested in the air, swarming toward Dark Saber at his beckoning.
Magical energy exploded from Dark Saber's body, much like a Super Saiyan transformation. A wave of air and dense magical energy surrounded her, forming a shield, allowing her to charge toward Archer right through the rain of Noble Phantasms.
Archer watched Dark Saber rushing toward him and instinctively raised his sword, but then he shook his head helplessly, sighed tiredly, and lowered his weapon again.
"Forget it, I'm already very tired. It's time for me to exit the stage. I just didn't expect Kiritsugu to become a Servant as well. What a strange worldline!"
"Ugh!"
Archer looked down at the Noble Phantasm piercing through his chest. Then, with a smile of liberation, he looked at Dark Saber, who was almost pressed against him, before turning into a mass of spiritons and dissipating between heaven and earth. With Archer's exit, the Reality Marble also collapsed.
Dark Saber looked uninterestedly at the disappearing Archer. Seeking a stronger opponent, she turned and walked toward the battlefield of the 666 Beast.
On the other side, Lorelei, leading the Choir and the elites of the Department of Magecraft Administration, looked at the Church's group not far away. She took the initiative to leave her group and walk toward the Church's people.
"Are you just hiding here to watch the show? That fellow over there is an enemy of your Lord. Aren't you going to eliminate it?"
Narbaleck gave a gentle smile to Lorelei, who was mocking them, and then reached out a hand toward her.
"Long time no see, Lorelei! I remember when I first saw you, you were only this tall!"
As he spoke, Narbaleck crouched down halfway and gestured at the level of his knee.
Lorelei's face darkened as she looked at Narbaleck. She gave a cold snort, tossed her ponytail, and turned back to her own group.
Ciel watched the departing Lorelei and asked Narbaleck respectfully.
"Leader! Are we really not going to deal with that monster? And what about the Tohsaka Family's request? Are we going to ignore that too?"
"There's no need. This whole mess was caused by those heretics in the first place. We don't need to risk our own people's lives to clean up after them. Besides, didn't I send Meilian? Dealing with enemies of that size is exactly his specialty."
"Yes, I understand!"
Lorelei soon led her team close to the battlefield where Rin was fighting the 666 Beast. Watching Rin engaged in combat with the 666 Beast in the sky, Lorelei clenched her fists with some frustration.
"Have you grown this strong in just a few months? Rin!"
Then, Lorelei found a high point on the ruins of a residential building and stood there to begin her pre-battle mobilization.
"Personnel of the Department of Magecraft Administration, hear my orders! Scatter around the battlefield and take responsibility for using reinforcement and weakening magecraft. The Choir, follow me; we will prepare Great Magecraft! Be careful when fighting such a monster. Of course, I'll say it again: even if you run away, I won't blame you, but from now on, you will no longer be a member of the Barthomeloi faction. Now, begin the operation!"
"Yes! For Barthomeloi!"
At this moment, Rin, who was in the middle of a fierce battle with the 666 Beast in the sky, suddenly felt her chest start to burn. Rin easily dodged
the 666 Beast's breath, then pulled out a jewel earring from her chest and hung it on her earlobe.
"Touko, what is it? I'm very busy here, make it short!"
"Rin! Lead the 666 Beast toward the seaside! Alice will be able to come ashore soon!"
"OK!"
After hanging up the communication, Rin made several gestures to Gilgamesh in the distance, and together with Gilgamesh, she began to lower the altitude of the battlefield.
Unlike the previous fierce battle at an altitude of several thousand meters, as the battlefield's height dropped, the terrifying state of the battle between Rin and the 666 Beast was finally revealed to the living beings in Fuyuki City.
Every collision created a massive storm that could uproot large trees. Any stray attack had a minimum power equivalent to a missile. The more powerful attacks either formed a meteor crater or a chasm cutting through the city. As the battlefield began to shift toward the seaside, the tsunami generated by the massive Bridge Giant walking in the sea followed suit.
Fuyuki City, this disaster-prone city, seemed to welcome every natural disaster today. By now, Fuyuki City had become unrecognizable under this repeated devastation.
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