Rin and Gilgamesh began to lower the battlefield's altitude, which had now dropped to about 1,000 meters above the ground.
The 666 Beast, approaching the seaside, also discovered the Bridge Giant below the clouds, standing in the sea with only a third of its body exposed.
Perhaps out of curiosity, the 666 Beast actually abandoned Rin and Gilgamesh and lunged toward the Bridge Giant.
On the coastal embankment, Alice and Touko saw this through the gaps in the massive tsunami, and then the two of them smiled at each other.
"Success!" X2
As the 666 Beast lunged at the Bridge Giant in the sea, the Bridge Giant suddenly grew taller under Alice's control. Its massive head broke through the clouds in just a few seconds. This was exactly Alice and Touko's arrangement; just now, under Alice's control, the Bridge Giant had been crouching in the ocean. Now that it stood up, the Bridge Giant's height alone exceeded three thousand meters.
The Bridge Giant swung its massive hand, hundreds of meters wide, and firmly grabbed the 666 Beast, which was only a thousand meters long from head to tail, mercilessly crushing the 666 Beast into its chest with great force.
The 666 Beast struggled and roared in the Bridge Giant's embrace, its seven heads beginning to breathe out indiscriminately. Although the fourth form of the Bridge Giant's history could be traced back over a thousand years, it was still too low for the 666 Beast. As the 666 Beast's breath swept over the Bridge Giant, the crushing damage brought by higher Mystery began to manifest, causing the areas of the Bridge Giant hit by the breath to start cracking.
Facing this situation, Touko on the embankment smiled elegantly and turned to wave at Aoko, who was currently resisting the waves.
Aoko, standing on the beach helping Alice and Touko resist the waves, raised her left hand in an OK gesture. She then handed over the task of resisting the waves to Sakura and Fujino, who were waiting behind her, and began to chant loudly where she stood.
Accompanied by Aoko's chanting, a massive magic circle spanning several kilometers in diameter appeared above the head of the Bridge Giant. Subsequently, countless droplets of azure light rain fell toward the Bridge Giant, and the golden Bridge Giant turned azure under the empowerment of the azure rain.
The Mystery of the Bridge Giant, empowered by Aoko's Fifth Magic, was finally able to rival the 666 Beast. It was as if the Bridge Giant had activated magic immunity, significantly reducing the damage dealt to it by the 666 Beast.
The Bridge Giant throttled the third head of the 666 Beast, roaring as it pinned the beast directly into the sea. Its other hand, spewing steam without hesitation, continuously pounded the 666 Beast submerged in the water.
Accompanied by the Bridge Giant's bombardment, towering waves began to surge toward the urban area of Fuyuki City.
At this moment, Rin was standing beside Gilgamesh in the sky. Looking down at the Bridge Giant, which was pinning and pummeling the 666 Beast like it was discipline a child, she spoke with concern.
"Right now, the Bridge Giant is only bullying the 666 Beast based on its size. Once Aoko's magical energy is exhausted, the Bridge Giant will quickly be destroyed by 666! Gil, we must find a way to deal with this thing within that time."
Gil tapped the armrest of his throne. Then, a flash of brilliance passed through his eyes as he spoke to Rin with a hint of confusion.
"I used Clairvoyance to look into the future, but the interference was great. I only saw three scenes. The first scene was a strange angel fighting it; the second was an orange-haired girl brandishing a sword and severing its head; and the third was Solomon holding the Holy Grail, followed by a massive explosion!"
Hearing Gilgamesh's words, Rin thought in confusion, 'The angel is easy to understand; it must be me using my Reality Marble. But an orange-haired girl in the second scene? Could it be Touko? And the Holy Grail in the third scene should have been destroyed! How could Solomon have a Holy Grail...' The more Rin thought, the stranger it seemed, so she simply stopped thinking about it.
Rin sat on the vimana, a gate of light opening behind her as she began to continuously extract starlight.
At this time, Caren, having completed Rin's instructions, returned to the Tohsaka Annex out of breath with Martha. They happened to meet Illya, Weber, and their group, who had just returned to the annex.
Then, Da Vinci, who had been hiding in the laboratory for a long time, walked out and welcomed everyone into the annex.
Da Vinci brought out a tray filled with potion bottles, placed it before everyone, and said,
"I know you have many questions, but for now, be good and drink these potions to recover your magical energy. In an environment where the leylines are completely destroyed, you Masters won't be able to hold out much longer, right? This is for restoring magical energy."
Da Vinci nodded with satisfaction as she watched everyone obediently drink the potions. She then led them into a hidden laboratory, casually activating a device as she did so.
"Alright! Just wait patiently; Rin will explain everything when she gets back. Oh, and don't touch anything! I just activated the laboratory's defense system. But you can rest assured, this laboratory is protected by a top-tier Temple set up by Rin. It would remain unscathed even by a direct nuclear strike. Plus, it's powered by Third Magic soul fragments; theoretically, this place is now the safest spot in the world."
Lorelei, who was presiding over the Great Magecraft Ritual, nervously asked the intelligence personnel who had returned to report the battle situation.
"How is it going?!"
"The Witch's familiar has temporarily contained the 666 Beast, but the strategists believe the Witch cannot hold out for much longer!"
"Understood. Continue scouting!"
"Yes!"
The intelligence personnel crisply knelt on one knee to salute Lorelei. Then, the shadow behind him trembled strangely, and he disappeared from before Lorelei.
Lorelei raised her hand and bit her thumb nail. Then, looking at the Choir that was singing loudly, she leaped up onto the roof of a nearby house that was still relatively intact and gazed out at the distant sea.
On the sea, the Bridge Giant had already changed from its initial azure to a pale azure. Along with the change in color, the struggling 666 Beast dealt even greater damage to the Bridge Giant, and tiny cracks now covered the Giant's entire body.
In the sky, Rin, who had already absorbed her fill of starlight, radiated a blended light from her entire body. From a distance, she appeared to have transformed into a star in the sky.
Rin looked at the worsening situation on the sea, activated the earring on her ear, and said to Touko,
"Touko! It's about time. You all should retreat to the laboratory in the annex immediately! Leave the rest to me!"
"Take care!"
Upon receiving Rin's notice, Touko opened her briefcase without hesitation. As the briefcase opened, a pitch-black door appeared within it. Touko then signaled for Alice to enter.
Alice nodded, took one last look at the battle on the sea and Rin in the sky, then turned and walked into the briefcase.
Subsequently, Aoko, Sakura, and Fujino also received Touko's request and entered the briefcase one after another.
Touko unhurriedly lit a cigarette, took a few deep puffs, and then set up a Magic Circle on the ground. After a flash of light, the briefcase disappeared.
Then, Touko withdrew her magical energy and was subsequently swallowed by a towering wave.
With the death of the Touko at the seaside, Touko slowly woke up in a room in the underground laboratory of the Tohsaka Annex specifically used to house her spare bodies. After waking up, Touko casually grabbed a white lab coat from the wall and draped it over herself, then walked over and tapped on the briefcase within the Magic Circle to one side.
"Come on out, we're home!"
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