In Type-Moon, it all starts with adopting Sakura.

"heresy!"

"Kill them!"

"Give me back my life!!"

"I must get my revenge!!"

"The Glory of the Crusaders!!"

All sorts of soul roars echoed, and the previously dazed demons, as if sensing fresh blood, rushed towards them like madmen.

Upon seeing this, Gawain's expression changed: "Oh no! Those demons have discovered us!"

……

On the other side, inside the great temple of the pyramid.

Artoria, who had gotten separated from Percival, along with Ritsuka and Mash, did not find the so-called mountain village. Instead, they wandered around and ended up in the desert temple that Lovi had mentioned.

At this moment, the golden-haired knight king was extremely depressed.

If it weren't for her momentary anger, which led her to blast the gates of the Holy City three times with the Holy Lance, but Camelot remained unmoved and was eventually driven back by the Lion King's Holy Punishment, Ritsuka felt that Artoria would really have fought to the death there today.

After all, they had finally reunited, and before they could even express their feelings, they were interrupted by something like this. This was something that Artoria could not tolerate no matter what.

And what thwarted her plans wasn't someone else, but another version of herself.

Looking at the Lion King's cold and ruthless demeanor, Artoria felt annoyed. However, she had to admit that the Lion King was far stronger than her.

If we must compare the differences, she merely treated the Holy Lance as a substitute for the Holy Sword, a dispensable tool whose power was severely limited due to the seal on it. The Lion King, on the other hand, made the Holy Lance an integral part of her body, unleashing its full potential; she was a ruthless transmitter of the Holy Lance.

Because she didn't fully fuse with the Holy Lance like the Lion King, and then said, "I'm not human anymore!", she couldn't defeat that version of herself, which made Artoria very upset.

Even if you really want to explode at your other self, with over a thousand years of accumulated experience, as long as you're not a pig, you can possess a lot of wisdom and judgment.

At this point, even if she charged in, at most she would just be arrested along with Luo Wei, which would be pointless. The other side might not even lock her up with Luo Wei.

and……

There was no time to delay any longer; after all, she vividly remembered what her other self had said back then.

That guy beat his man to the ground and then wanted to take him back and "train" him...

It's possible that the other version of myself has already succeeded.

After all, it was still me. Thinking about it carefully, I was the one who got it, so it wasn't too much of a loss.

However, she still felt like she was being cuckolded, and she felt very uncomfortable, with a strange feeling that she had cheated on herself.

After much deliberation, realizing that continuing to fight head-on was not a solution, Artoria decided to seek outside help.

She's no longer the rigid knight queen; her moral compass has become extremely flexible.

only--

"Kuhahahahahahahahahaha! You people without light, you really make me laugh out loud. Is it the same side view of The Lion King? Interesting, interesting."

"It's truly unbelievable that you, as the counterpart of the Lion King, would actually go and fight against the Lion King. This is the funniest joke ever!"

Osmandis sat on his throne and began to laugh heartily, completely disregarding his image. He laughed even harder when he saw Artoria.

"..."

For some reason, when Artoria saw this guy, she would hallucinate that he was a golden-haired, arrogant hero who had proposed to her. These two guys were strangely similar, and both were the type she hated the most.

If it weren't for the fact that she needed him right now, Artoria really wanted to turn around and leave, or shoot this guy in the chest first.

"Sun King, we..."

Seeing this guy laughing uncontrollably, Ritsuka was about to speak, but was interrupted.

“Shut up. As the Sun King, the omnipotent Pharaoh, I already know that you are messengers from Chaldea and that you are the ones who repaired the five singularities.”

"And now we've finally arrived at the beginning of the sixth one, no, I should say it's almost over... In short, you've been far too slow, Chaldea!"

Osmandis rubbed his head, making sure that as long as he didn't move too much, he wouldn't fall again, and continued, "Because the Holy Grail of the Magic King that you've been searching for is already in my hands."

"The Holy Grail...!!"

When Osmandis casually took a golden cup from the throne, even Artoria's expression turned serious.

"Please calm down. I am neither the Magic King's lackey nor an accomplice to the burning of humanity."

"I found this cup in the desert after a lot of effort. I originally intended to give it to my best friend as a surprise, but he is not here right now."

"A close friend...?"

Upon hearing this word from Ramses II, Ritsuka and Mashu couldn't help but become curious.

"Hmph, my best friend is quite an amazing person. He is brave, strong, noble, and kind, just like my Nefertari and Moses. It is precisely because of his existence that this singularity has not developed to an irreversible degree, Chaldea's!"

His tone was filled with pride when he mentioned his close friend Osmandis. Then, his eyes narrowed as he looked down at Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others, and he said in a high-spirited voice, "In short, Masters from Chaldea! And the Red Dragon from Britain! Too slow, too slow! Before you even arrived here, the order of humanity in this era had already collapsed!"

'【I'm devastated...? What is this...?】'

Realizing something was amiss, Dr. Roman also sent his own projection, preparing to inquire about the specifics of Ramses II's situation.

"Oh? You are..."

Upon seeing Roman's projection, Ramses II seemed to have discovered something interesting and couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly.

'Um... what's wrong?'

Ramses II was about to ask Roman what kind of king he was, but seeing his cold sweat and cowardly appearance, he quickly lost interest and turned his attention to the people below the temple.

"It means exactly what it says. This era should have been a time of multiple forces fighting for the Holy Land. But the Lion King destroyed the Holy Land ahead of time and built the Tower of the End. The Lionheart King became a curse and a calamity. Now the whole world is on the verge of collapse and is about to be cut off by human history. Even the Magic King has given up on this singularity."

"If you had come earlier, it wouldn't have been so troublesome."

At this point, Osmandis seemed somewhat resentful about Chaldea's late arrival.

"However, even without you, my dearest friend and I were prepared to handle everything! Now, just when everything is about to settle down, you bunch of strangers have the audacity to show up here, seeking my help. How arrogant! Utterly arrogant!!"

"I only respect the brave. If you want my help, then come and prove it to me!"

"You mean... all I need to do is beat you down?"

Hearing Osmandis's incredibly self-centered words, regardless of what happened to Ritsuka and Mash, Artoria definitely couldn't hold back anymore.

She asked Ramses II.

"Hmph! What a boastful tone! If you can do it, then come on! As expected of the Red Dragon of Britain, you are indeed exceptionally arrogant. But I like heroes like you. So let's begin, shall we?"

Suddenly, Osmandis, who was laughing loudly, frowned slightly.

The perceptive Ritsuka sensed something was wrong and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong, Pharaoh?"

Osmandis did not answer, but simply frowned and gazed at the distant sky.

At this moment, not only Camelot, but the entire territory of Egypt was shrouded in this strange curse.

"Seriously... this is getting more and more troublesome. It really isn't just that Lion King. But... humph!"

Osmandis crossed his arms, a disdainful look on his face, and said, "To actually attempt to swallow the sun, what audacity!"

"What exactly happened?"

Seeing that Osmandis had relapsed, Ritsuka still politely asked, "What happened this time?"

"[Ritsuka, Artoria, something terrible has happened! This singularity has suddenly emitted an extremely terrifying energy. Even from a great distance, Chaldea can still detect its scale! It feels like... an aggregation of hundreds of thousands of souls?! How... how is this possible?! Why is there such a near-divine magical reaction besides the Lion King?!]"

'Now, the entire singularity is undergoing even more severe distortion!'

Roman, far away in Chaldea, stared in disbelief at the off-the-charts numerical results on the instrument.

"Don't make a fuss. The one without light is just a demon who doesn't know the sun's brilliance and tries to stand shoulder to shoulder with it! He just wants to be on par with the sun. Hahaha—there's just one more clueless person in the world. But... Chaldea's singularity is really doomed."

Osmandis laughed heartily on his throne as always, and then ruthlessly swung his scepter at Ritsuka and the others.

"Then without further ado, you shall begin..."

—Whoosh!

Before he could finish speaking, Osmandis's pupils suddenly contracted as a torrent of golden light rushed toward his throne the instant his words fell.

Artoria, who had been listening to his rambling on for ages, had completely lost her patience.

At that moment, all she wanted to do was rip the head off this noisy guy.

She prefers explaining physics to reasoning.

If this guy disagrees, beat him until he agrees to help.

However, I don't know if it's just my imagination.

thump...

Standing below the throne, Ritsuka and Mashu seemed to hear, almost unintentionally, the sound of something heavy suddenly falling to the ground.

"..."

A street corner in the city.

Bedivere touched his glowing silver arm and clenched his fist.

The explosion coming from the temple also caught the attention of Gaheris and Bose.

"Has a fight broken out?"

"Want to go have a look?"

The two of them began to discuss it. Bedivere, standing to the side, remained silent.

"King Arthur... Has another King Arthur appeared in this singularity besides the Lion King? It must be, after all, anything that can elicit this reaction from Excalibur must be the real King Arthur. Wait, before I came here, Merlin told me that I would encounter a surprise here. Could the surprise he was referring to be this King Arthur? Then, his instructions to me..."

Bedivere frowned, as if he had suddenly realized something.

……

Black waves surged in from afar like the sea, covering half of the desert.

Those pitch-black monsters were demons; they slid across the black mud, their terrifying laughter echoing endlessly.

"Bastard!"

Gawain roared, then swung his holy sword fiercely, "By the king's command, burn everything on earth to ashes! This sword is the embodiment of the inextinguishable sun's flame, burn! — Excalibur Galatine, the sword of vicissitudes!!"

With a swing of Gawain's holy sword, scorching flames swept out, and together with the already lurking Righteous Knights, they charged towards the attacking demons. They raised their weapons high and roared as they fought their way into battle.