"This mana... it's not Ea..."
Damien summoned a gust of wind to clear the surrounding smoke, revealing the state of Ryudou Temple.
The mountaintop had completely vanished.
Aside from the gate and courtyard, all buildings and even the mountain itself had collapsed under the previous attack, leaving only molten ruins and broken walls.
"Legend has it that the Vimana carries the most ancient nuclear warhead."
Damien realized that Gilgash was far different from what he had expected.
"But sothing's off, isn't it?"
Damien recalled that unleashing the Vimana's primordial nuclear warhead required invoking its True Na.
While Gilgash's Gate of Babylon held the prototypes of nearly all Noble Phantasms, he shouldn't be able to unleash their True Nas.
So, what was happening now?
"Heh heh heh, hahaha!"
High above, Gilgash laughed, clearly pleased with his handiwork, "Did you think I ca here unprepared?!"
Dozens of Command Spells had been expended on Gilgash by Kirei Kotomine in a single go.
In the original story, he hadn't used them because he deed it beneath him.
Neither the King of Conquerors nor Artoria was worthy of his full effort.
But Damien was different.
He posed a genuine threat to Gilgash.
Even when serious, Gilgash had little confidence in defeating him.
Thus, he chose to amplify his power.
Over thirty Command Spells not only granted Gilgash imnse mana but also broke his limitations, allowing him to unleash the True Nas of the Noble Phantasms in his Gate of Babylon for this battle.
"I am now unmatched!"
That was Gilgash's sole thought at this mont.
Damien, the Demon King from another world... blast them all to ashes!
"Who allowed you to stand so high?!"
But Gilgash's declaration of invincibility was short-lived.
"What's that?"
Sensing a terrifying killing intent from behind, Gilgash's expression changed.
Turning around, he saw Shion's figure, sohow appearing behind him.
Boom!
Her blade struck, and though Gilgash dodged in ti, the Vimana beneath him was cleaved in two by Shion's strike.
"You damned woman!!"
Gilgash hovered in the air, his winged golden boots... Hers' sandals... keeping him aloft.
"You've thoroughly enraged !"
A barrage of A-rank Noble Phantasms materialized behind Gilgash, their True Nas instantly unleashed.
In an instant, countless beams of light engulfed Shion.
A re A-rank Noble Phantasm couldn't kill Shion, but an unleashed one was another matter.
"Damn it!"
Before the light fully faded, Gilgash glanced in a certain direction.
There, Shion stood, battered but alive.
"That was close. I almost didn't make it."
Shion thanked the Ice Empress beside her. Without her intervention, Shion might have been finished.
[Analysis Progress: 52%]
"Damien!!"
"Hm."
Damien nodded to the Ice Empress, "Go for it."
"Roar!!!"
With Damien's command, the Ice Empress unleashed her full power, transforming into a massive erald ice scorpion.
Locking onto Gilgash, she unleashed a storm of ultimate frost that surged toward him.
"Huh?"
Damien was surprised. He hadn't expected the Ice Empress to be so bold, charging in her true form.
"What's that?"
Gilgash couldn't miss such a commotion.
[Rho Aias]
A pink-white, flower-like shield unfolded in layers, shattering six of its seven layers before successfully blocking the Ice Empress's ice blast.
"It's not over yet!!"
Seeing her attack blocked, the Ice Empress ignored Damien's orders and charged with Wrath of the Ice Monarch, "Break for !!"
Boom!
The final layer of Rho Aias shattered completely.
But Gilgash, standing behind it, had already vanished.
"Where'd that guy go?"
The Ice Empress searched around but couldn't find him.
"Can he summon such a monster?"
anwhile, Gilgash perched on a tree, his gaze fixed warily on the Ice Empress searching for him.
On his head was a Greek-style helt... Hades' Helm of Invisibility.
"But when it cos to Noble Phantasms for dealing with monsters, I have an endless supply!"
[True Nine Lives]
In an instant, nine laser-like beams struck from all directions.
"!!!"
The Ice Empress felt a chill down her spine.
Instinctively, she activated Ice Monarch's Aegis, forming layers of icy armor over her body.
Boom boom boom boom!
What followed was a reversal of roles.
The Ice Empress went from attacking to defending, while Gilgash took the offensive.
One Noble Phantasm after another was drawn from his arsenal and smashed against the Ice Empress.
"Damn it!!"
Her massive size left her no room to dodge, forcing her to charge head-on.
"Ugh..."
Damien shook his head.
Even the Snow Empress turned away.
It was too embarrassing to watch.
"Go help her, Shion."
"Haha! How pathetic, Ice Empress!"
Shion rallied her Kijin, "Alright, crew, let's go!"
"Oooh!"
Soon, Shion and the other Kijin spotted a defensive gap in Gilgash's onslaught.
"Now's the ti!"
Over a dozen Kijin charged at him from all sides.
Unfortunately, Damien had ordered them not to kill Gilgash until the analysis was complete.
Otherwise, the battle would have been much easier.
"But..."
"Not killing him doesn't an we can't beat him within an inch of his life."
"Cut off his arms and legs!"
"Hm?"
Gilgash noticed the encroaching Kijin.
He had seen Shion's prowess.
If every Kijin had that level of close-combat skill, he couldn't let them get near.
[Brionac]
A crimson light flashed from Gilgash's hand, revealing a blood-red spear... the fad magical lance of Lugh, the Celtic god of light and sun, from the Tuatha Dé Danann.
"Danger!"
"Retreat!!"
The Kijin's combat instincts were razor-sharp.
In an instant, they sensed the terrifying power of that blood-red spear.
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300 Power Stones = 2 BC
500 Power Stones = 3 BC
700 Power Stones = 4 BC
1000 Power Stones = 5 BC
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