And so, I suppressed King Arthur by firing my pistols in rapid succession.
"I don't care who wins, good luck!"
Wait, shouldn't this end if Manaka dies? I thought... but it was an unknown factor to begin with.
"Hmm... you know? I'm saying this because I suddenly got a creepy feeling. Even if I die, the Prince will fight to the end, right? It's not that a magical energy path is connected; it's being maintained continuously by the Grail. I don't think it will have any meaning."
I had no choice but to ask a question in response to my doubts about Manaka's words.
"No, aren't you going to fight?"
"Why would I~ It's just a transaction anyway, and I'm not a mage so evil that I'd destroy the world~ Hmph!"
Evil? Let's think about Manaka's achievements.
Hmm... I think she killed her family. I remember she was a mage who didn't care if everyone except the Prince died.
I remember she didn't care if people she wasn't interested in died, and if she got interested, she'd either feel intrigued and experiment on them or fall in love with them, one of the two.
"You really don't trust me, do you?"
"Yeah."
I was having a conversation with the distant Manaka while continuously firing my twin pistols at King Arthur.
"I never imagined not being trusted would hurt my heart like this."
"It's because Manaka's achievements are so great."
"Well, that's true. If you've seen many Manakas, it's natural to think that way."
So you're not denying it?
If she had denied it, I wouldn't have been able to trust Manaka, but because she's being honest, I'm starting to trust her a little.
However, her karma can't be erased...
I don't know if that was a declaration of neutrality, but I focused my attacks on King Arthur.
"Receive my Noble Phantasm, forgery!
Thirteen restraints released – Round of Avalon start!
"This is a fight to live."
───Approve, Kay.
"This is a fight against a foe stronger than oneself."
───Approve, Bedivere.
"This is a fight that does not violate humanity."
───Approve, Gaheris.
"This is a fight to save the innocent."
───Approve, Gareth.
"This is a fight for the truth."
───Approve, Agravain.
"This is a one-on-one fight."
───Approve, Palamades.
"This is not a fight against a spirit."
───Approve, Lancelot.
"This is a fight against evil."
───Approve, Mordred.
"This is a fight without personal desire."
───Approve, Galahad.
"And, this is a fight to save the world."
───Approve, Arthur.
『Sword of Promised Victory - Excalibur』"
"This ends it! 『My Beautiful Father's Rebellion - Clarent Blood Arthur』"
"Aaaaaa!!"
"The gods dwell in Izumo. This is emancipation and a token of atonement, the divine treasure, the Mirror of Yata─.『Suiten Nikkō Amaterasu Yano Shizumeishi (Water, Sun, and Heaven-Shining Light of the Eight Plains Pacifying Stone)』“
"It's not a particularly strong Noble Phantasm, but I'll show you!『Unpromised Sword of Victory - Sword of Boudica』"
"Take this! 『False Spiral Sword - CaladbolgⅡ』"
"Let the night recede before this radiance. The unchanging guardian that illuminates the earth! 『Sword of Victory That Rotates - Excalibur Galatine』"
"My training, my ultimate technique── 『Death-Piercing Spear of Barbed Death - Gáe Bolg Alternative』!"
And the forgery King Arthur allowed my attacks for a very brief moment and unleashed his Noble Phantasm.
"『Excalibur - The Sword That Destroys the World[Forgery]』"
And a tremendous explosion occurred as the black beam of light, golden beam, red lightning, blue laser, small beam, spiral arrow, solar ray, and red spear collided.
Due to the overwhelming collision of magical energy, a huge crater formed in the middle of the terrain, all the trees around were broken and blown away by the shockwave, structures were completely half-destroyed, and most of the mud could be seen evaporated.
And because the forgery King Arthur allowed the pistol bullets, while his armor wasn't pierced, damage accumulated in the same spot, and it could be seen that a hole was pierced through.
But even after using so many Noble Phantasms, the attack range wasn't allowed, and Gáe Bolg could be seen bouncing off and embedding in the ground while emitting tremendous heat due to the collision of Noble Phantasms.
Even the causality reversal was blocked by that Noble Phantasm in one hit.
It was practically nullified by the collision of numerous Noble Phantasms, but the fight had become a situation where it was unknown who would win.
"We pushed with our Noble Phantasms, but I never imagined it wouldn't decide the match…."
"How tenacious. I won't be able to use this spear for a while."
"Perhaps it's because the motif is King Arthur…."
"Yeah, that's true. Is it because the motif is Father that it's so strong?"
Strangely, when the Knights of the Round praised Artoria, Artoria could be seen blushing slightly.
"Anyway, let's all seriously think about how to deal with that forgery first!"
There was a hint of tsundere smell, but anyway, the important thing was the enemy in front of us, so we looked at King Arthur again and began exchanging attacks and defenses.
Despite the attacks of numerous Heroic Spirits, he was exchanging blows with his sword using infinite magical energy backed by the Grail's magical energy, and doing so quickly.
His wounds naturally healed, and the defensive gear made of magical energy could be seen regenerating.
Even though he was wounded, and even though numerous heroes and legendary figures were fighting, he had no wounds at all.
Strictly speaking, the only damage inflicted was from being hit by my twin pistols.
And the most important thing was Tamamo's Noble Phantasm.
Although the bounded field was deployed and providing minimal help to allies, since it was specialized for prolonged battles, it could be seen being quite helpful.
The magical energy that normally recovered was recovering faster than before, allowing us to focus on dealing damage in battle.
The problem, however, was that the three Masters who were no help had no choice but to retreat.
During the process, Emiya was nearby providing escort while sniping, and it seemed he was planning to block with Rho Aias if things got dangerous.
As the engagement time grew longer, we grew tired, and the forgery King Arthur showed no change in expression, as if he didn't tire.
The surroundings had already been devastated by the black sword aura for a while, and by the time Emiya returned, everyone could be seen tired, but stopping the fight would be after dealing with that forgery.
And I thought for a moment.
If I used Gungnir now, it was clear allies would get caught in it, and even if I fought in close combat, I was considerably inferior in combat ability, so I couldn't recklessly engage in close combat.
The first weapon wasn't a combat weapon to begin with, the second wasn't a combat weapon so excluded, the third was the Key of Judgment which transforms into various forms of weapons according to the user. And while it would disintegrate targets hit by its ranged projectiles at the atomic level, it was questionable if it would be effective in this world, but it was clearly the most useful weapon.
The fourth and fifth... they're hibernation facilities on satellites, so they're meaningless.
The sixth... it's questionable if it would even hit, and the seventh could only be used when there are no allies.
The eighth can interfere with consciousness, but the side effects could be severe, so I had to exclude it.
The ninth, the Key of Tansu... Black hole creation, singularity construction... Somehow I feel like the black hole would be split in half... For now, it's the second choice.
The tenth isn't even worth considering.
The eleventh... it could weaken the opponent under constraints, but the problem is that in this process, it applies to allies and oneself as well.
The twelfth isn't even worth mentioning.
So, only the Key of Judgment and the Key of Tansu remain...
For now, I projected the Key of Judgment and transformed it into a sniper rifle.
And it sucked up magical energy at a tremendous rate, compressed lightning formed in the sniper rifle, and I prepared to snipe the forgery Arthur.
But...
He seemed to have Intuition like Artoria, with excellent survivability, so he cut the ground with a faint magical energy sword aura, raising dust, which worsened my sniping view, forcing me to stop sniping.
"I can't shoot like this..."
"He has Intuition!? Is that weapon that powerful?"
In response to Artoria's question, I nodded, and Artoria spoke.
"When I activate my Noble Phantasm, can you take the opportunity to shoot?"
"Well, the chance of hitting would definitely increase."
Artoria seemed to have made up her mind and deployed her Noble Phantasm.
"Thirteen restraints released – Round of Avalon start!
───All approve.
『Sword of Promised Victory - Excalibur』"
"I'll help too! 『My Beautiful Father's Rebellion - Clarent Blood Arthur』!!!!"
And so I focused on sniping, everyone retreated, and the forgery King Arthur instantly deployed his Noble Phantasm while releasing black magical energy.
"『Excalibur - The Sword That Destroys the World[Forgery]』"
And as the golden light and red lightning clashed with the darkness, a tremendous shockwave occurred, but I lay prone on the ground and prepared to snipe.
The collision of Noble Phantasms blocked my view, but it was clear that the view would be visible for a brief moment after the Noble Phantasms ended, so I waited.
"Aaaaa!!!!"
And with Tiamat's support, she stopped our side from being pushed back, and Scathach went behind the enemy and deployed her Noble Phantasm.
"This ends it! ── 『Death-Piercing Spear of Barbed Death - Gáe Bolg Alternative』!"
And King Arthur twisted his body, twisting the direction of Artoria and Mordred's clashing Noble Phantasms to reflect them towards where Scathach was.
At the absurd Noble Phantasm phenomenon of the forgery King Arthur adjusting and reflecting the magical energy of the Noble Phantasms, Scathach cursed and quickly retreated backward.
And in the midst of that, Gáe Bolg's Noble Phantasm became useless and bounced off due to the Excalibur Noble Phantasm, and by the time the Noble Phantasms ended, the forgery King Arthur was visible, and underneath him, what appeared to be Medea's bounded field or binding magecraft was subduing the forgery King Arthur for less than a second, and I aimed for that opening and fired the lightning bullet.
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