Hero? I'm just here to borrow power!

While listening to her sighs, Romani Archman remained silent.

Unlike Leonardo da Vinci, he had a more direct understanding and awareness of the significant difference in power between Servants based on their Spirit Origin rank.

At this moment, he was staring intently at the two rapidly approaching dots on the screen, and a bead of cold sweat had unknowingly seeped onto his smooth forehead.

“Saber…” he murmured in a very low voice, as if praying, or as if waiting for someone to appear.

……

Let's return to the battlefield.

As the smoke cleared, Ushiwakamaru, wielding his famous sword, unleashed his Noble Phantasm and launched a lightning-fast attack on Gorgon.

Gorgon's cold, vertical purple pupils finally moved.

She slowly turned her head, and for the first time, turned her gaze to the young female warrior who dared to attack her.

"Do you want to cut off my head?"

In Gorgon's eyes, Ushiwakamaru's resolute figure was reflected.

She seemed to be recalling the humans who, when she was Medusa, flocked to her Isle of No Return, hoping to gain the title of "hero" by killing her, this monster.

"madness."

Magic Eye, unsealed.

A powerful, laser-like ray of destruction burst forth from Gorgon's pupils in an instant.

For a moment, even the enormous halo and the sun in the sky paled in comparison to the demonic rays unleashed by Gorgon.

This is Gorgon's final demonic eye, the highest-level petrification demonic eye, also known as "Köberl."

The most famous samurai of the island nation? A human hailed as a king by the world? A martial artist who has reached the pinnacle of martial arts?

I have killed countless humans like you.

As Gorgon watched Ushiwakamaru being completely engulfed by the beams of the Demon Eye, his body rapidly turning into a gray stone statue from the edges, only this simple and cold thought filled his mind.

Ultimately, no matter how powerful humans are, they are still just humans.

However, seeing Ushiwakamaru, whose body was already petrified at the edges, still gritting his teeth and gripping his long sword tightly as if he wanted to strike him with his sword even before he died, Gorgon felt a sense of "irritation".

"A mere human being!"

Gorgon let out a deafening roar. It was the roar of a monster.

Amidst this terrifying roar, Ushiwakamaru's petrifying body was instantly covered in cracks, about to turn into dust and scatter in all directions.

"Lord!"

However, just as Ushiwakamaru was about to be completely shattered by this terrifying roar, Lancer Musashibo Benkei finally arrived in front of her.

At this moment, he actually transformed his own body into a shield, standing in front of Ushiwakamaru. He remained silent, like the legendary warrior monk who stood in rebirth, using his spiritual foundation to resist the power of the petrifying demon eye, and to buy his lord behind him the opportunity to unleash a final blow.

"Hai Zun..."

Ushiwakamaru, whose body was half petrified and beginning to crumble, looked at "Musashibo Benkei" in front of him.

Then, the determination in her eyes intensified.

"Noble Phantasm..."

"Dan-no-ura: Eight-ship jump!"

Despite having only half a body remaining, Ushiwakamaru still activated his final Noble Phantasm.

With an almost self-immolating effort, the immense magical power erupting from Ushiwakamaru's body allowed her to temporarily ignore the fact that her arm and leg had been shattered.

She transformed into a streak of light, instantly leaping out of the direct range of the Petrifying Demon Eye.

Then, under the relentless pursuit of Gorgon's countless snake hairs, her figure blurred several times in the air.

Just like the legendary Battle of Dan-no-ura, she appeared simultaneously in eight different locations. Her speed was so incredible that she created eight phantoms that they seemed to be real. Even Gorgon's Demon Eye could not lock onto her true form immediately.

"What……?"

Gorgon frowned slightly as he watched the eight figures attacking simultaneously from different directions.

Then, her endless snake hair opened its enormous maw. From each snake head shot out purple rays that resembled petrifying demonic eyes.

The overwhelming beams of demonic eye rays almost completely obscured the entire world, and the eight figures of Ushiwakamaru in the sky were instantly turned into stone statues in mid-air, before exploding into dust.

"Hmph, a mere familiar..."

However, before Gorgon could finish speaking, a real Ushiwakamaru figure leaped out from the scattered dust of the stone statues.

Those eight figures were all illusions created by her magical artifacts to confuse the enemy.

At this moment, in Ushiwakamaru's true form, the long sword called "Thin Green" had become scorching hot due to high-speed friction, and her entire body was also burning with a desperate flame under the extreme drive of speed.

She unleashed her final strike, as a Servant, upon the Beast Mother Goddess Gorgon!

Grand Order: Chapter 202 - From the Netherworld

It was clearly just a slash from a sword.

Yet, within this vast, absolute battlefront of monsters, a massive explosion erupted, as if the end of the world had come.

A fiery mushroom cloud shot into the sky, its dazzling light even overshadowing the sun.

A terrifying torrent of energy swept outwards, completely enveloping the massive, mountain-like body of the Beast Mother Goddess Gorgon. Countless demonic beasts within a radius of several thousand meters around her were instantly destroyed by Ushiwakamaru's self-destructive attack, which burned away her spiritual foundation, turning them into charred remains.

Whether it was the people holding their breath in the Chaldea control room or the exhausted Uruk soldiers on the city wall, everyone had the same thought when they saw this devastating scene.

This is probably the last and strongest power that a Servant can unleash when risking their life.

However, the result of all this was...

As the smoke from the explosion slowly dissipated, Gorgon's ominous figure, as massive as a mountain, once again clearly appeared in everyone's sight.

She slowly reached out and gently stroked her cheek with her slender fingers.

On that beautiful yet bewitching face, a tiny, insignificant wound, just made by the blade, was healing instantly at a speed visible to the naked eye, leaving no trace.

Unscathed.

For Servants, the size of their Spirit Origin almost determines everything.

Just like Byakuya, who was summoned as a Servant, before obtaining the Holy Grail, even his Noble Phantasm, when used at full power, could not truly defeat the fake "Enkidu," who had reached god-like status after possessing the Holy Grail.

Ushiwakamaru, whose Spirit Origin was only at the level of an ordinary Servant, could only leave a harmless scratch on Gorgon's beautiful face with his desperate attack, even if he burned his entire Spirit Origin.

"Even among the humans I've fought, she's considered to be quite skilled."

Gorgon's deep, magnetic voice rang out on the silent battlefield, filled with a condescending, judgmental tone.

"But that's about it."

Countless long, deep purple hairs rose up from behind Gorgon like venomous snakes, converging in the air to form ferocious, gigantic snake heads. These heads aimed at the battered walls of the monster battlefront in the distance, opening their fang-filled maws, within which destructive demonic light frantically gathered.

"Matthew!"

Upon witnessing this scene, Fujimaru Ritsuka, atop the city wall, decisively issued an order.

Upon hearing Fujimaru Ritsuka's command, Mash immediately gripped the massive Iris Shield tightly with both hands and leaped off the towering city wall without hesitation!

"Yes, senior!"

"Expand the Noble Phantasm!"

"Reveal...the ideal city that is now far away!"

A pristine white light barrier instantly unfolded on the shield in Mash's hand.

It rapidly expanded, transforming in mid-air into a translucent city wall radiating a soft glow, and the phantom of that wall firmly blocked all the petrifying demonic light emanating from Gorgon's hair.

"This Noble Phantasm?"

Even Gorgon, a god, was somewhat astonished when this illusory city appeared.

Even her divine eye beam, at the level of a supreme god, couldn't break through the seemingly illusory and fragile city wall in front of her in an instant.

There is no other reason.

What Mashu is unfolding is a replica of the legendary, unyielding holy city, the walls of Camelot.

This is an anti-evil Noble Phantasm; as long as the wielder's faith does not crumble, it will never be broken—the ultimate and strongest defense.

As the heroic spirits summoned by King Gilgamesh sacrificed themselves until Merlin was the last one left, the power of Chaldea from the distant future transformed into the final and most solid line of defense for this absolute demonic beast battle line.

However, even if Mash's shield was formed from the sacred Round Table, and even if its near-infinite defensive power could completely block the petrifying eyes of a god-level being.

However, both Mash, the user of the Noble Phantasm, and Ritsuka Fujimaru, the Master who provides her with a vast amount of magical power, have their limits.

"fire!"

At this moment, the Uruk soldiers guarding the city did not remain indifferent as they watched Mash struggling to resist the beams of the Gorgon Eye beneath the city walls.

They activated all the "King's Cannons" on the city walls, which were made from the treasures of Gilgamesh. Countless golden cannon fires, transformed from legendary treasures, streaked across the sky like a meteor shower, instantly engulfing Gorgon's massive body.

However, after the explosions and the dust settled, what greeted everyone's eyes was still...no injuries.

The Gorgon attacking the Absolute Beast Front at this moment is a true god.

Neither Ushiwakamaru's life-burning Noble Phantasm nor the "King's Cannon" on the city wall, which was powerful enough to destroy cities, could cause her any decisive damage.

"No way……"

From Chaldea's communications, Dr. Roman's extremely anxious voice came through.

"Goddess Gorgon... at this moment, she possesses at least two forms of immortality!"

Numerous analytical reports and data streams unfolded frantically on the screen in front of him.

After Ushiwakamaru and Musashibo Benkei sacrificed their lives to buy precious time for Gorgon's attack, Chaldea finally completed its initial analysis of the terrifying goddess before them.

"The legendary monster Medusa, after devouring her two sisters who were also goddesses, gained immortality from their divine cores. Furthermore, in this singularity, for some unknown reason, she shared the maternal divine power of Tiamat. Therefore, she also gained conceptual-level immortality from Tiamat! If we cannot break through this double immortality simultaneously, we will absolutely not be able to defeat her!"

Dr. Roman's almost desperate voice echoed through the communication channel.

……

One minute and fifteen seconds.

On the Absolute Warcraft front, Gorgon, braving the futile firepower of the "King's Cannon," advanced step by step.

The purple lasers shooting out from the countless snake heads behind her head have been relentlessly bombarding the light barrier that Mash has deployed for a full minute and fifteen seconds.

At this moment, Fujimaru Ritsuka had used all three bright red Command Seals on the back of her hand.

They transformed into a torrent of pure magic, flowing into Mash's body and continuously strengthening her spiritual foundation.

However, even so, Mash no longer had enough magical power to continue activating this Noble Phantasm that protected everything.

To engage in a tug-of-war of magical endurance with a genuine goddess whose magical power is virtually inexhaustible is undoubtedly the most foolish thing in the world.

"What's the point of such meaningless persistence? Just like that samurai, struggling in vain like a disgusting worm..."

Looking at Mash, who was clearly exhausted but still clung tightly to the Iris Shield and refused to fall, Gorgon's frustration intensified.

In her rage, she let out a shriek, and the beam of light emanating from her demonic eye immediately expanded, its power surging instantly.

This earth-shattering blow finally exhausted Mash's magic power, and she collapsed, unable to continue using her Noble Phantasm.

As Mash collapsed from exhaustion, the illusory Camelot wall also vanished.

The beam of magic eyes unleashed by Gorgon instantly pierced through the walls of the Absolute Beast Front. The once incredibly sturdy walls instantly turned into fragile stones after being breached, and then, amidst Gorgon's roar, they were completely reduced to dust that scattered in the wind.

Humanity's last line of defense... has fallen.

"The meaning of perseverance..."

The successive sacrifices of comrades, the depletion of ammunition and supplies, and the inevitable defeat...

However, despite hearing Gorgon's contemptuous roar, Fujimaru Ritsuka, standing on the half-collapsed city wall, did not show any "despair" on her face.

She even showed a relieved smile, as if she had finally persevered.

"We truly cannot defeat you."

Standing atop the collapsed city wall, Fujimaru Ritsuka's orange ponytail fluttered in the wind like a burning flame.

"Because in the initial battle plan, Miss Ushiwakamaru... and Mr. Musashibo had already decided to sacrifice themselves."

"Our goal is simply to slow you down. Because... I believe in that person. I believe he will come back!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka recalled the time when they first met, when Byakuya, who was already puzzled by the reverse summoning, reconstructed his spirit origin from the fake "Enkidu" and burst out of his body.