"This is the King's full strength, so die here with your ideal of pursuing the Holy Grail."
Maybe it was because he was too angry, or maybe he thought that the boy and girl in front of him would definitely die; Gilgamesh, who had raised his Sword of Rupture, Ea, high above his head, was cold in his words and expressionless at the moment.
The air roared with the sound of a hurricane, and the hilt of Archer's sword burst with an incomparably large amount of magical energy.
"Wake up, Enuma Elish!"
The Sword of Rupture, as he called it, was the beginning of the creation feat in the age of mythology. Its blade was given the task of splitting the chaotic sky and earth in half and giving the world a definite form. Now, the whirling sword is rolling up a gale of wind, ready to repeat the miracle of creation.
The golden Hero King proudly declared: "Bastards, look at it! This is the Star of Creation that splits Heaven and Earth!"
The sky is screaming, and the earth is roaring. The swollen beam of magic shook the laws of the universe and rushed out. Archer swung his sword down, not aiming at anyone specifically. There was no need to target anyone anymore. What is cut by the blade of the sword is by no means limited to any "enemy." Instead, this side of the world will be torn apart and shattered! With the swing of the blade, the world was directly sliced.
It was a red storm. The wail that was overwhelmed after the inhibition was desperately suppressed, and space itself was cut.
"Not good!" Saber exclaimed. She hurriedly rushed to Shirou's side, raised the holy sword to channel her magical power, and released it suddenly!
"Ex————calibur!!"
Boom————!
The golden light roared toward the red storm. After the golden light and the red storm came into contact, an unimaginably large shock erupted.
"Wow..." Feeling the huge wind and waves blowing in his face, Shirou hurriedly projected a sword and stuck it in the ground so that he would not be swept away by this terrifying gale. "What a terrifying power; this is Ea...!" Shirou muttered.
At this moment, Saber suddenly spoke to him without looking back. "Shirou, go quickly! Archer's power is too strong. Even if I release the power of the Sword of Promised Victory, I won't be able to resist it for long!"
The girl's blonde hair, which had been tied into a ponytail, became messy in the wind, and the fluttering strands of hair touched Shirou's cheeks.
"What are you going to do when I'm gone?" Shirou's sudden questioning made Saber stunned for a moment.
"Huh?"
She has always regarded herself as a Servant, but as the teenager is her Master, she has no intention of leaving when encountering a crisis of life and death.
"I have a way to defeat Gilgamesh," Shirou suddenly spoke again.
"What's the solution?" As soon as Saber blurted this out, she felt her body being embraced by the boy from behind. At this moment, Saber suddenly realized how petite her body was, and she couldn't help but feel a strange sensation in her heart. Then, a slightly troubled look appeared on Saber's face.
"Shirou, please don't do this kind of thing at this time... I..."
Before Saber's words were finished, the red storm rolled out by Ea had completely crushed the power of the holy sword and rushed toward the two of them mercilessly.
"Die!" Gilgamesh roared in a low voice.
However, at the moment when the attack from Ea was about to touch Saber, the area around the girl's body began to light up with a holy golden light. A fantastical world slowly unfolded at this moment. Saber seemed to be in another world, a realm shrouded in wetlands, woods, and mist, and in the center of the forest, there was a huge lake.
Saber in that world could not be disturbed even by the power of Ea. Not only was Gilgamesh stunned, but even Saber was shocked when she saw that the attack was ineffective.
"W-What's going on...?" At this time, she completely forgot her dissatisfaction with Shirou holding her, and her heart was full of doubt.
Suddenly, Saber reacted, understood something, and showed a happy look. "So that's it... Shirou, you're my scabbard!"
"..."
The word "scabbard" always sounds weird, but since it came out of Saber's mouth, it doesn't matter. That's right! The strongest EX-rank Noble Phantasm in Gilgamesh's hand, the Sword of Rupture, Ea, was resisted by Saber's scabbard—which was also an EX-rank defensive treasure: Avalon!
It is the Celtic legend of the Faerie Promised Land, an out-of-this-world wonderland that has no quarrel with the world. It was the secret of King Arthur's immortality, the ultimate guardian scabbard. After the sublimation of the legend and the condensation of the concept unique to this world, this treasure has become an immeasurable enchantment, placing Saber in the faerie country, free from all negative influences.
All physical interference, and even interference from parallel worlds or multiple dimensions, are blocked. This is the strongest guardian known in the world, which even the Five True Magics cannot touch. Rightfully so, Gilgamesh's perverse sword, Ea, is impossible to break through it.
"How is this possible?!" Gilgamesh finally fell into a state of rage. He clenched his teeth and waved the Ea in his hand in the direction of Saber again. All the remaining mana was used up by him, turning into a red storm and sweeping toward Saber!
Boom————!
But the red storm couldn't even shake Saber when it touched the light in front of her.
"How could I, the King, fail in such a place..." Gilgamesh muttered under his breath.
But Shirou didn't intend to give him time to think. He grabbed Saber's hands and raised the holy sword. "Give him the final blow, Saber."
"Hmm!" The girl nodded, letting Shirou assist the next move. The barrier of light vanished for a split second, revealing a petite body holding the holy sword aloft. The boy and the girl shouted out the true name of the Noble Phantasm together.
"Ex————calibur!"