As the commotion on the southern Paris city wall battlefield grew quieter, one Egyptian military flag after another began to flutter atop the city walls.
Rin frowned, tapping her finger on the armrest of her chair, and asked with doubt.
"Did the opponent give up?"
Marie shook her head at the remark.
"The Dragon Queen's personality means she would never give up so easily. Perhaps the decisive battle is coming soon."
Marshal Gil smiled and said to Marie.
"If Your Highness is truly as you say, that would be great! Starting the decisive battle so quickly means that the enemy's forces in Paris are not strong!"
The King of Conquerors shook his head at the French optimism.
"Starting the decisive battle doesn't necessarily mean the enemy's forces aren't strong. Perhaps they're just tired, or our combat strength has already been exposed!"
Reines, in her Sima Yi form, nodded.
"The King of Conquerors makes a lot of sense. According to the information you provided about the Dragon Queen's personality, she does seem to be impatient. It's a pity I'm only a half-baked user of Lord Sima Yi's power and haven't inherited any of his strategic and tactical abilities, so I can't figure out the enemy's plans. If only Prime Minister Zhuge were here now!"
Rin shook her head.
"It's a shame Prime Minister Zhuge needs to guard the seal. If you hadn't dragged him to that volleyball match last time, perhaps he could have spared some time to give us advice through communication equipment!"
At this moment, Jeanne, who had been silent, suddenly let out a cry of confusion, then pointed at the Paris city wall and spoke.
"Look!"
Everyone on the command platform looked in the direction Jeanne was pointing.
Time rewound to just now.
Black Saber stood in front of Bradamante's warhorse, her back to Bradamante, and asked.
"Are you ready?"
Bradamante confidently patted her chest and spoke to Black Saber with a serious expression.
"My King, the Knights are ready to charge with you to the ends of the earth at any moment."
Black Saber showed no expression upon hearing this, only a surge of magic power around her. Red and black magic power appeared around Black Saber like an eclipse, and then, accompanied by a sonic boom, Black Saber's figure vanished from her original spot.
Bradamante held a short spear with a spearhead made of emerald crystal in one hand and a fist-sized shield also made of emerald crystal in the other, and calmly said.
"Follow my King—charge!"
The sound of hooves echoed, and Bradamante, leading hundreds of Knights, began to slowly accelerate, getting faster and faster. Soon, the entire Knights Order, like a single entity, charged towards the battlefield like an arrow released from a bowstring.
Boom!
A thunderous explosion rang out on the south wall of Paris, sending a group of Egyptian soldiers who were clearing the battlefield flying and attracting the attention of the giant beasts.
This commotion was precisely the anomaly Jeanne had just seen.
Clang Clang Clang~
The crisp sound of steel hitting the ground emerged from the dust. Black Saber, enveloped in an unfathomable abyss-like magic power, walked out of the dust, single-handedly holding Excalibur, and gave the giant beasts a cold smile.
"Excalibur!"
"Buzz!"
A torrent of red and black magic power erupted from Excalibur, annihilating everything in its path and striking directly at the center of the giant beasts. Subsequently, a towering pillar of magic light ascended into the sky, leaving a massive crater on the ground.
Hundreds of Innocentiuss and giant beasts were instantly vaporized by Black Saber's attack, leaving only 12 Stone Giants slowly recovering.
Meanwhile, the Knights who had arrived at the battlefield below the city wall directly charged into the stunned Egyptian soldiers, commencing a slaughter.
Black Saber glanced at the Allied Forces' Main Camp outside the city, raised Excalibur in her hand, and instantly charged towards the Egyptian soldiers on the city wall.
Allied Forces' Main Camp.
Rin, with a solemn expression, exchanged glances with the King of Conquerors, who was equally solemn. From the red torrent of magic power just now, Rin and the King of Conquerors had already figured out the identity of their opponent.
Shinji unconsciously gripped the knight's sword in his hand, his mind seemingly recalling the roaring torrent of magic power in Fuyuki City. Caren, even worse, hugged her arms tightly, trembling slightly in fear.
Shirou looked at Caren in confusion, not understanding why Caren would suddenly become like this. However, the feeling transmitted from Shirou's sixth sense caused a sharp pain to appear in his brain unconsciously.
Kiritsugu took a deep breath and murmured.
"I should have known that the Evil Queen and the Dragon Queen were those two! King Arthur Jeanne!"
Mordred rubbed her nose and sneezed, a strange look appearing in her eyes.
"That one on the other side is also some individual form of Father, right? That's the light of Excalibur, right? Why is it black?! No, I have to go see!"
With that, Mordred leaped down directly. Her command tower completed its full armament in mid-air, and upon landing, she charged straight towards the battlefield.
"Mordred~!"
Lily, seeing Mordred suddenly rush out, quickly picked up Excalibur and avalon and chased after Mordred.
Rin massaged her forehead, watching Mordred, that naughty child, act on her own initiative and suddenly attack. She quickly said.
"This is a headache, that naughty child! Iskandar, Mash, Jeanne, you all go help too. Marshal Gil, please take your cavalry to support the front line."
Then Rin looked around and turned to Marie Antoinette.
"Marie Antoinette, please ask Dion to go support them too! I'm afraid these forces won't be enough to deal with that guy. With Dion covering them, they can at least retreat!"
"Alright! Dion, please!"
Cleopatra, with a puzzled expression, leaned her face close to Rin and asked.
"Eh?! Wait! Who is that guy? Can't so many people defeat him?"
"Hmm! Many of us have seen that guy before. It's some kind of corrupted form of King Arthur, extremely strong... no, I should say abnormal!"
As she spoke, Rin couldn't help but look at Kiritsugu Emiya, one of the individuals who had contributed to Black Saber's birth. After all, if not for Kiritsugu, Black Saber should theoretically have been born in the First Singularity.
And in this timeline, the First Singularity had no fertile ground for Black Saber's birth, so the reason this overpowered individual, Black Saber, could be born was entirely Kiritsugu's fault!
Since Zouken Matou had long been dead, this blame could only be placed on Kiritsugu.
Seeing Rin's strange gaze, Kiritsugu took out a cigarette from his pocket, took a puff, and then recalled as he spoke.
"I don't know the true nature of this King Arthur! Her birth was entirely orchestrated by Zouken Matou! As for the Jeanne of the Dragon Queen, she should have been born here, and then became a Heroic Spirit! It's just that when we summoned her, she hadn't completed her revenge against France!"
"Different time periods in the Hall of Heroes?"
Rin stroked her chin, carefully pondering the clues Kiritsugu provided. The more she thought, the more something felt wrong. 'That's not right! If Jalter was a Heroic Spirit born in this time period, she shouldn't be able to enter the Hall of Heroes! And why is Jalter a Heroic Spirit? Could it be that, like in the original story, she was created by that goldfish monster Gil, rather than being Jeanne resurrected with a curse, as this side of France claims?'
Thinking of this, Rin suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and her expression instantly relaxed.
The most probable outcome emerged in Rin's mind: 'If it's not the Hall of Heroes, then it can only be the Throne of Heroes!'
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