Half an hour later, Naoki woke up.
Outside the Matou residence, seeing Naoki come out of the room, Arthur, who was guarding the door, immediately stepped forward and said, "Master! Great, you're finally awake!"
"Sorry to make you worry, Arthur. Although it might be a bit rushed, let's go to Sajyou Manaka now."
Go now?
Arthur frowned upon hearing this: "But Master, your body—"
"I'm almost healed now. Besides, Misaya gave me a healing Magecraft with long-lasting effects."
Naoki said while unbuttoning his collar. A few runes emitted a faint green light on his chest. Arthur felt a bit relieved after seeing this, but what puzzled him was a red mark near Naoki's collarbone.
"Master, what is this mark?"
"Cough cough cough!"
After coughing a few times, Naoki turned his head aside and said, "This is a personal secret, don't ask. And now is not the time to talk about this, let's hurry to Manaka, if you keep delaying..."
"Yes, I understand."
Although still a bit curious, Arthur is someone who knows how to prioritize. The first thing he needs to deal with now is indeed the matter of Manaka.
It has been several years since the Holy Grail War, but the cause and effect created under its influence must be ended this time.
Bowing and picking up Naoki, Arthur said, "Let's go, Master. This time I will definitely end everything."
"No, just the two of us." Naoki shook his head and smiled, "Come on, Arthur, let's end the issues between us and Manaka, and also end the joke of the Holy Grail War."
"Understood, Master!"
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Mount Enzou.
Inside a large underground cave.
*SWOOSH!* *SWOOSH!* *SWOOSH!*
*SWOOSH!* *SWOOSH!* *SWOOSH!*
One by one, Noble Phantasms shot out from the golden ripples of Gilgamesh, destroying the endless black waves like a Gatling gun, shooting and killing countless monsters that emerged from them.
Behind him, Iskandar sat leaning against the stone wall, one hand missing and one eye blind. Diarmuid also leaned against the stone wall. Compared to Iskandar, his injuries were clearly more serious, with wounds deep enough to reveal bones all over his body.
"This is truly a mistake. I never expected such monsters to be lurking in this mountain... Thank you for protecting us, King of Heroes."
"Fool, since you stand on the land of this king, you are my people. Without my permission, who allowed you to die?"
As he spoke, several Gates of Babylon that had been opened to nearly a hundred golden ripples fully opened, surpassing a hundred. The golden ripples floating behind Gilgamesh directly reached three digits, and countless Noble Phantasms were fired as pure artillery shells. The golden meteor shower completely cleared the black waves and the sea of monsters in the entire area in front in an instant!
However—
"It's useless, Archer."
The next moment, the empty area was once again occupied by the same entities. Manaka sat on a pile of corpses and said with a smile: "No matter how many times you kill, it's useless. Archer, why don't you give up protecting the two burdens behind you and fight me with all your heart and soul, how about it?"
Although they are not the same person, they are both Gilgamesh. Manaka is well aware of the strength of this Servant. During her last resurrection, just in case, she sent Ramses II and the evil Arash to face him. However, even so, both still failed to completely defeat him.
The Gilgamesh here pays more attention to the use of Noble Phantasms than the one she encountered. His close combat ability seems weakened, but his destructive power has greatly increased. Moreover, Manaka is still not in her complete state, and for the time being, the balance can only be maintained by Gilgamesh.
Facing the lowly provocation from Manaka, Gilgamesh curled his lips in disgust: "Your voice reminds me of the goddess I hate the most. A woman confident in her own beauty is just a bad thing. And the sin of making me unhappy is unforgivable!"
If there weren't two injured people behind him needing protection, and if EA didn't need to be deployed, Gilgamesh would have definitely unleashed EA and cleared the entire area!
However, even he never expected such a situation to occur before entering Mount Enzou. Although he limited the use of Sha Nagba Imuru (The Omniscient Omnipotent Star) for fun, he would occasionally face situations slightly beyond his capability. If the Omniscient Omnipotent Star were used normally, he should have been aware of the presence of the evil beast in front of him.
'Haha, there are times when I feel sad about my own mistakes.'
As Gilgamesh was pondering this, a monster that managed to break through the barrage of Noble Phantasms appeared in his line of sight, then several Noble Phantasms fell from the sky, nailing the monster to the ground.
Seeing this, Manaka couldn't help but laugh and said, "What's wrong? Don't you have enough weapons? King of Heroes, your firepower has decreased."
"Damn woman..."
"Hey, King of Heroes." Iskandar's voice sounded in Gilgamesh's ears. "Although this is just a guess, you must have a trump card. Don't tell me that what you're throwing now is the limit of your ability."
"Nonsense! But I can't unleash that Noble Phantasm now. Too many bugs are bothering me!"
Hearing this, Iskandar immediately laughed: "In other words, as long as there are no bugs, you can unleash your Noble Phantasm, right? That's easy—the rest is up to you, King of Heroes."
Supporting himself with his only remaining arm, Iskandar stood up, raised his sword to summon his beloved horse, jumped onto the saddle, and roared with all his might!
"Assemble! My fellow countrymen! At this moment, we will once again carve our own legend into the history of this planet!"
"Ionioi Hetairoi!"
Yellow sand in the sky flew upon Iskandar's call!
Black waves, sea of monsters, mountain of corpses...all of them, including Manaka, were drawn into this mental world of only yellow sand!
In an instant, Manaka understood the current situation.
"Reality Marble? Is there really such a Noble Phantasm?"
A unique barrier that allows subordinates to be summoned as independent Servants to fight enemies continuously during their lifetimes, and the land where Alexander's troops rode together, the scene imprinted in the minds of all soldiers in the army, stretched out as a world of imagination, and eroded the world—this is the strongest Noble Phantasm of the King of Conquerors, Alexander the Great!
Standing at the forefront of the troops on his warhorse, Iskandar raised high the Sword of Cyprus.
"The enemy is a great calamity hostile to the world, and one of the seven evils of humanity! As opponents, we have no complaints! In this battle, let us conquer even the most evil existence!"
"All troops—Attack!!"
The iron hooves that crush the world this time set their sights on the princess of monsters.
This is the final conquest of the King of Conquerors!