"Saber, you rember, don't you? How Gilgash can arrogantly fire off a massive amount of Noble Phantasms like arrows, shooting them as he pleases.
That actually stems from the legend in the Epic of Gilgash where he acquired all the treasures in the world, which was then sublimated into a Noble Phantasm.
Similarly, in the era when Gilgash lived, the small number of humans were also a type of 'treasure' to him.
But in the modern era, where the human population has exploded, humans no longer have the value of 'rarity is precious.'"
Emiya Shirou spoke of the information he had obtained from his past-life mories. This included the differences between the Gilgash manifested in the Caster class in FGO and the one in the Archer class.
But in reality, they were the sa. Or rather, the only difference was that one manifested in the 27th century BC, and the other in the 21st century AD.
Because the Archer-class Gilgash once said that he had selected ten slaves in Uruk, intending to kill those who were valueless, but in the end, he couldn't bring himself to kill even one. It was simply because he felt that in Uruk, even a slave had the value of existence and was an irreplaceable treasure.
And the refusal to let anyone snatch his treasures... was the law Gilgash set for his country and himself.
Therefore, in an era where humans were treasures, Gilgash would work himself to death to protect them. This wasn't a difference in personality; it was simply that as a King, Gilgash would carry out his law.
In other words, when humans—the original treasures—ceased to be rare due to their sheer numbers:
"To prevent the treasures from losing their original value, there is only one thing Gilgash will do: purge humanity and restore the population to the scale of Uruk in the 27th century BC.
Summoning the Holy Grail and letting the curse within it descend upon this world... that is the reason Gilgash remains with Kotomine Kirei even after obtaining a physical body."
Shirou summarized: "It's not the status of a Servant that binds Gilgash to Kirei as his Master; it's that Gilgash, as a King, needs subjects to manifest his majesty."
Indeed, although he planned to destroy the world, Gilgash didn't intend to do it personally. In fact, in the various routes of the original story, if Caster hadn't fixated on Saber—who had long been "reserved" by Gilgash—and tried to steal a "treasure" right in front of him,
Gilgash might have continued playing the role of "Mr. Gold" passing through Fuyuki City for a while longer. He wouldn't have intervened in the Holy Grail War so quickly.
"You think you understand, mongrel?"
Just as Shirou was about to share more intel, a voice forcefully cut in.
"Since that is the case, surely you understand, mongrel?
Whether it is Saber or the Holy Grail, they are the property of this King. Knowing full well these belong to , you still dare to covet my treasures..."
At this point, Gilgash—who had been the subject of their conversation—appeared before them at so unknown mont. Standing atop a large tree and looking down at them, he watched with an extrely dangerous gaze.
Specifically, he looked at Emiya Shirou.
"What should your cri be, mongrel!?"
"I didn't expect our battle with Berserker earlier would attract you," Shirou said to himself after seeing Gilgash appear, ignoring the King's question.
"That truly was a miscalculation.
Or perhaps, Gilgash, you ca here on Kotomine Kirei's orders to investigate why Lancer's Command Spells vanished from his hand, and just happened to run into us?"
A performance. On the surface, his words seed like a complint, but in reality, they were laced with barbs. Of course, hidden within these words was Shirou's attempt to probe for information.
By saying "our" battle instead of "my" battle, Shirou wanted to know exactly when Gilgash had arrived. At the sa ti, this served as a reminder to himself.
While the Mind's Eye (True) projected from Archer and Saber's Instinct were useful, those skills were mostly reflected in combat to perceive danger. When it ca to detecting and scouting the surroundings, they were still not as useful as the life-detection flas of [Pseudo-Magician's Red]. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been oblivious to Gilgash's arrival until now.
As for the latter half of his sentence, Shirou simply wanted to provoke and agitate the relationship between Gilgash and Kirei.
Did Gilgash see through these traps in Shirou's words? He most certainly did!
After all, [Sha Naqba Imuru (The Star Which Sees All)], the Noble Phantasm that sees through all creation, is the sublimation of Gilgash's psyche. Even if he actively deactivated the Noble Phantasm, its nature still allowed him to see through many things.
So, would Gilgash fall for it? He most certainly would!
Because more than being deceived, Gilgash found it harder to accept soone misunderstanding that he had co here because he accepted an order from Kotomine Kirei.
"Hmph! Very well, mongrel, you have successfully enraged this King!
Originally, I only wanted to see what interesting things Kirei would pull out after losing that mad dog, but the result was just this uninteresting drivel.
Even if you mongrels hadn't criticized to my face and planned to trample the laws I set, I wouldn't have bothered with you ignorant mongrels! But now..."
Golden ripples spread behind Gilgash. Countless Noble Phantasms radiating exaggerated fluctuations of magical energy appeared before Shirou and the others alongside Gilgash's reprimand.
"This King has changed his mind!
Feel honored, mongrels! You have forced this noble King to step onto the field early to play with you mongrels!"
However.
[Gate of Babylon]!!
Soone was faster than Gilgash.
"Countering by striking first—
[Fragarach (Gouging Sword of the War God)]!!"
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