Medea's Bounded Field failed to contain the Super-Tier Spell.
Like giant mirrors shattering together, the walls of red hue were obliterated instantly.
For an instant, the entire city lit up as if a white star had come into existence, incinerating all and everything in its immediate surroundings.
By the time it was over, things had taken a much drastic turn than even the greatest Artificial Intelligences and Luck-backed Abilities could have predicted.
That's why Storyline Characters who had surpassed their timelines' restrictions were so abhorred by other Bubbles in the Multiverse.
Ainz Ooal Gown, despite being weakened by the Root because of his unnatural interference, was a behemoth to behold.
Of course, there were always existences more ridiculous than even the logic-defying ones.
Pillars of chains ground against each other as Enkidu's figure was revealed from within, utterly unharmed.
His eyes were green and serene, but now they were gaining a touch of intelligence.
It was like he was just coming to terms with the Counter Force summoning him for a clear purpose.
He lifted his right hand and saw a massive Command Seal materializing, taking shape of several vines.
Despite being a Lancer-Class Heroic Spirit, Enkidu didn't need a Master and could act freely. This was the ridiculousness of being summoned by the Counter Force itself to prevent humanity from meeting its doom because of the Grail Corruption.
That's also made Dark Sakura Enkidu's greatest enemy in the Holy Grail War.
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Looking at the Ruler Class Servant, through the Video Camera, Betty Shaw directed the scene to its audience.
His white suit had gained a few black marks. However, other than that, it didn't seem the ridiculously powerful spell had damaged him much.
Cameraman was a Glitch he had obtained before his Initiation Mission.
If he were to put it in one sentence, then the Cameraman sent his body outside the Happening.
Whatever happened beyond the Video Camera, which was also a part of his Glitch, happened in a completely different reality, given that he was recording it.
No matter how powerful one was, or how monstrous the Skill, Item, Spell, or Ability it was, once it was recorded and directed, it couldn't do anything to him.
Betty Shaw liked his Glitch quite much, as he was a Director in his previous life with hundreds of accolades in his name.
It was just that he didn't like violence.
Smiling, enjoying, and directing, Betty panned the camera away from Enkidu to cover the scene on the ground for his audience as well.
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Under the insect representing Zouken's Inheritance, Dark Sakura hung midair, her white hair flailing wildly.
The Rule Breaker was embedded deep into her chest, and the dress, a symbol of Grail Corruption and Angra Mainyu's Will, was torn there, undoing itself thread by thread.
However, the Noble Phantasm wasn't a trigger-type spell.
For the Rule Breaker to completely purify Sakura, sending the Grail Corruption back, Black or Medea needed to constantly keep it activated using their Mana, i.e., they needed to hold the dagger.
Holding the dagger seemed impossible, though.
On one side, Black and Medea lay, burned black.
Medea still held The Philosopher's Stone within her, along with the Pumpkin Juice, amplifying her HP. Little by little, she was regaining her sight, her burnt flesh gaining skin.
Black, being at the epicenter of the nuclear-like explosion, had only his torso remaining.
In the middle of his blackened chest, the Grail Heart thumped monstrously, the AI activating Biokinesis.
Slowly, flesh tendrils began flailing as his body regenerated.
Not too far, Kirei had received massive burns as well. However, just when Ainz Ooal Gown had blasted them with the Fallen Down Spell, Lancer had appeared next to him, shielding him.
Simultaneously, Kirei had used a Command Spell to make sure Lancer didn't succumb to the attack, resulting in the Heroic Spirit getting mild burns as well.
On their side, a few meters away, Rider stood in front of a fallen Shirou.
Defying all logic, Rider didn't have even one burn mark. However, Shirou was another tale altogether. His face was half burned, along with half of his body. He could barely see with his right eye, and even that was planted on Sakura.
Seeing their chances, both Ainz Ooal Gown and Betty Shaw made their moves.
The Character went for Dark Sakura, figuring out instantly that he needed to take the dagger out.
The Contestant went for the Inheritance for which he had truly come.
Suddenly, before Black could regain his entire body, a tiny eye appeared on his chest, its pupil reflecting the scene in the sky.
"Master…" Medea said, her voice shaking. She knew the ridiculous nature of Black as a Homunculus with high regeneration. But seeing him like that broke something within her.
All her life, people had betrayed her, called her a black witch, and looked at her with disgust.
Then, there was he. Her Master. Taking all the damage… shielding her.
"…?" Black guessed her thoughts, but didn't care for the ridiculous assumptions. Now that three of the four Resonances had taken place, even if he killed her, she would die loving him.
Medea… Black said telepathically. Call him.
Medea's concerned gaze suddenly magnified as her pupils dilated.
She knew her Master hadn't planned on revealing his trump card during this battle, counting only on her.
But, as she had already failed him, Medea refrained from giving any excuse.
And if it had already come to that — if she had already devoted herself to the one who had accepted her as she was — if she had already fallen in love with this man — then what did it matter how the rest of the world looked at her.
Medea the Grand Caster would make sure that all those who were here would rue the day they decided to go against her and her Master.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
Mana, grander than ever, exploded off Medea as she waved the staff in her hands.
Tiny spell circles appeared under the feet of everyone, including Ainz Ooal Gown, Betty Shaw, and Enkidu, binding their existence to their instantaneous position.
Then, with a distinct, screeching hum, a massive Spell Circle of Teleportation appeared in space.
And, tearing the space itself, growling like a mad beast, a terrifying, black existence walked out.
At last, Berserker was here.
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