"Hmm, we're short on personnel for the Prince raid…. Should we wait a bit more?"
"What will you do after this situation is over?"
Manaka said with apparent interest.
"I'll cook for Francesca."
"……. What kind of cooking?"
"Mapo Tofu-level cooking! You have no idea how fun it was to see her pained expression every time she ate it, saying her stomach was burning."
It seemed she had now become Kotomine Manaka.
"Is she alive?"
"Yeah, unfortunately, she couldn't switch bodies, so she's scheduled to suffer forever. You have no idea how cute she looks, making a face like she stepped in shit whenever she sees me!"
"You've become quite twisted."
"Yeah, tell me about it."
Then, someone shouted.
"You guys are already here?"
"Hello, long time no see, everyone."
They were Boudica and Emiya Shirou.
"Hah? We arrived later than Shirou."
"Hohoho, but it's enough that I was faster than the gorilla!"
"You!! You're still planning to call me a gorilla even here!"
"If you're a gorilla, I'll call you a gorilla. What's the problem?"
"Hah, raising my blood pressure even at a critical moment…."
"How youthful."
"Indeed."
The red archer and potato knight were just smiling smugly.
'Seems like everyone's roughly gathered….'
"Shall we now hold the King Arthur Raid! Prince, from now on, use your full power and crush all the enemies~"
"Yes, then shall we begin?"
Then, a whirlwind concealed Excalibur, and at the same time, blades of wind could be seen.
It seems the Wind King's Barrier has been strengthened by the Grail's enhancement.
It wasn't just a concealing function, but a situation where it concealed and increased attack power and range, so it wasn't the usual Excalibur.
Truly treated as an abnormal Excalibur, Manaka smiled broadly and explained.
"Even if I die, the Prince won't stop. He was made that way from the start. Yes yes, the Grail's performance seems quite good."
This was different from how Jeanne d'Arc Alter was made.
The Altria forcibly made with the Grail gave off such overwhelming magical energy that it was almost an illusion that it might be the aura of Heracles's Megaros.
Archer had quickly aimed with his bow and a Noble Phantasm arrow loaded, and the others were prepared to use their Noble Phantasms immediately if needed.
"Akira, it's dangerous, step back."
Even Tiamat among them was on guard.
That meant the power of the false King of Knights was that formidable.
"First Holy Grail Contest! I'll start the King Arthur Raid~♪"
As Sajou Manaka said that, a black beam of light came.
It was presumed to be a normal attack at Excalibur Morgan's output, and the black beam came towards our side.
"What the hell!?"
Artoria swore violently and tried to push it back with the Wind King's Barrier but couldn't, only buying a few seconds.
Tiamat fired a laser from her mouth, and at the same time, placed a curse on King Arthur with her Mystic Eyes, but it seems it was offset by his considerably high magical energy and his status as a higher-level Evil of Humanity.
And Emiya fired a spiral sword arrow to snipe, but it was blocked by a circular barrier of high Magic Resistance around King Arthur, and Gawain used his Noble Phantasm Excalibur Galatine, but it failed to deal any damage and was offset.
He was truly invincible.
Or perhaps it was blocked due to a pattern.
"The purity of his Magic Resistance and magical energy is too high! Because of the defensive barrier made of Magic Resistance, Noble Phantasms aren't effective! It seems we'll have to settle this in extreme close combat!"
"Even Mama's curse isn't working…."
Should I just make an Evil of Humanity?
Then I remembered that I had summoned the six classes of Evils of Humanity for the Prince before.
Is this the result of compressing that?
I never imagined Tiamat's curse wouldn't work.
And as the aura of the protective shield changed, Archer used his Noble Phantasm.
"Caladbolg II!"
Kwaang!?
With a tremendous explosion and simultaneously, the black beam advanced, and Emiya shouted.
"Damn it, all Masters evacuate! This has gone beyond the scope of a normal Servant!"
"A target that even curses and debuffs don't work on…."
"And unlike that black Excalibur, it has transformed into a demonic sword specialized in destroying stars…. To face that, only an external existence…."
"Do we have any external existences among our Servants?"
"We don't…."
"Wait, come to think of it, isn't there a chance to summon another Servant?"
Since he's a Saber. That meant he could summon other Servants too.
Then, Manaka shouted.
"Yeah, no~ The Prince was created by summoning and making them kill themselves as a Grail wish~ It's impossible, right?"
"……. Then there's another way."
I took out a Grail and spoke.
You think you're the only one who has it? I have one too.
"Huh? Why didn't I think of that?"
Manaka was also momentarily flustered, as even her Clairvoyance that could see the future couldn't observe me, so from Manaka's perspective, a major variable had appeared.
The Servants I would summon are a total of 2….
The Old Man of the Mountain and Scathach.
This Alter won't die easily…. Although being a warrior tribe is unavoidable, the possibility of summoning was quite low.
I prepared an incantation using the Grail.
Whether they would be summoned as Servants or in a living state was unknown, but if even one of the two was summoned, it would be a definite advantage.
"Everyone, cover me while I summon!"
"Got it!"
"I'll make sure the opponent doesn't get an opening."
And the two Archers fired ranged shots, and King Arthur swung his sword to deflect the arrows while Tiamat deployed a protective shield.
Afterwards, Artoria and Mordred charged at the opposing King Arthur and attacked by swinging their swords.
And Medea quickly drew a magic circle for me, and I recited the incantation.
"Fill, fill, fill, fill, fill.
Repeat five times each. Simply shatter the filled times.
I declare.
Your body shall be under me, my fate shall be with your sword.
Follow the Grail's will, follow this intention, this principle, then answer.
Swear here.
I am the one who shall attain all that is good for eternity, I am the one who shall suppress all that is evil for eternity.
You are the seven heavens clad in three great words,
Come forth from the ring of restraint, guardian of the scales!!"
And from that light, one woman appeared.
"Amusing. To think you'd forcibly summon me here…. My True Name… there's no need to say it, I suppose. Once I deal with that fake, I'll return to where I was, but I'll help for a moment."
Then, Scathach kicked her spear, sending it flying towards King Arthur.
"It's useless."
Due to the Magical Energy Release made of Magic Resistance and sword aura, the spear lost its power and was deflected along with the black beam of light.
Afterwards, as Scathach began to engage in close combat, King Arthur started to be pushed back.
It was due to the swift assaults and the coordinated attacks of Artoria and Mordred, with Emiya and Chiron providing ranged supporting fire.
King Arthur seemed to be gradually pushed back yet remained completely unharmed.
While Artoria and Mordred's swordsmanship was somewhat lacking, King Arthur seemed to be focused on defense, so they couldn't land a decisive blow.
"Ex-"
Then, at the sight of King Arthur attempting to use his Noble Phantasm, everyone panicked and began focusing simultaneous fire to suppress him.
As a result, the Excalibur Noble Phantasm temporarily stopped.
He became focused on defense.
"We lack a finishing blow. If even one person falters, a Noble Phantasm will definitely fly. Keep suppressing him to the end!"
"Understood!"
"Got it."
"How many minutes do we have to keep this up!?"
At Mordred's urgent voice, I spoke.
"I'll fight too."
Projecting the Judgment of Shamash, I aimed the twin pistols at King Arthur and spoke.
"Guns now…."
Along with Artoria's words, one more person joined the battle before it became a complete mess.
Fuyuki was burning, and if I were to bring out Gungnir, it was clear Japan itself would burn, so I couldn't do this or that, which is why I projected this instead.
Bang, bang!
The energy of flames flew towards King Arthur, and King Arthur swung his sword, easily blocking the fiery bullets.
It seemed to be at minimum output, and the power wasn't high but minimized and fired as bullets, so it was likely blocked by his Magic Resistance and Magical Energy Release.
But that created an opening, and Scathach, seeing it, hesitated for a moment then.
"Master, can you fire continuously just like before?"
"I can. Why?"
"Understood. Then while the Master attacks the forgery, we will all attack simultaneously with our Noble Phantasms. That's the best plan."
"My Noble Phantasm isn't that powerful, so I'll step back."
At Chiron's words, Scathach spoke.
"Right, if everyone except Chiron and the Masters here uses their Noble Phantasms, I think the possibility of taking him down is quite high, but honestly, I wonder if he'll even fall after being hit by Noble Phantasms."
Scathach thrust her spear again, and Artoria stepped back for a moment to say one thing.
"We have no choice but to try once, right?"
"Yeah, it's worth a try!!"
And so, we prepared to execute the plan as agreed.
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