vncnus Chapter 116 Another Encounter at Dusk
Chapter 116 Another Encounter at Dusk
During the Twilight hour in Fuyuki City, the setting sun, like blood, dyes the entire city a heavy, dark red.
Arthur walked alone on the way back to the Tohsaka residence in Fukayama-cho.
As he stepped onto the Mien River Bridge spanning the two banks of Fuyuki City, a gentle breeze blew by, and Arthur's top-tier intuition, belonging to the red dragon, instantly issued a sharp alarm to him.
It's too quiet.
This transportation hub, which connects Shinto and Fukayama, is eerily deserted at this moment.
There were no endless streams of vehicles, no pedestrians returning home late; only a deathly silence spread across the bridge.
"...A barrier dispelled by bystanders?"
Arthur stopped, his emerald eyes narrowing slightly as he gazed at the center of the bridge.
At the very middle of the long bridge, two figures were locked in an extremely brutal standoff...
Just minutes earlier, Gilgamesh, who had retreated from the Einzbern Forest, was so enraged that his reason was almost completely consumed.
His pride as the only true king was first suppressed by Arthur's close combat and then dampened by Iskandar's forceful intervention, leaving him in dire need of an outlet.
Fate, at this very moment, brought Matou Kariya to his doorstep.
Yan Ye had only stopped on the bridge.
Because Arthur healed him from the injuries caused by the Crest Worms, freeing him from that hellish torment.
The long-lost sense of ease made him feel as if he had been reborn. He leaned on the bridge railing, looking at the lights of Fuyuki City, his heart filled with anticipation for the future.
Aoi and her two daughters don't need him, and Tokiomi Tohsaka isn't crazy.
He's already figuring out how to solve Lancelot's magical problem. Once he's ready to wait for the fate of his servant and that female King Arthur, he can leave...
However, just as he was basking in this hard-won peace, the King of Heroes descended.
Gilgamesh immediately noticed the scarlet Command Seal on Kariya's hand.
"So that's how it is. How dare a mere insect be qualified to be a Master?" Gilgamesh's crimson serpentine eyes flashed with cruel light.
He made no attempt to conceal his malice and appeared directly in front of Yan Ye.
Kariya was immediately flustered. Of course, he recognized the man in the glittering golden armor; he was Tohsaka Tokiomi's servant.
"Could it be that Tokiomi discovered my existence and sent him to kill me?"
However, Gilgamesh did not immediately use the Gate of Babylon to kill him.
Killing an unarmed ordinary person whose magic power is depleted is simply not enough to quell the King of Heroes' wrath.
He wanted to fight, to ravage those self-righteous heroic spirits.
"Summon your servants, you bastard," Gilgamesh arrogantly commanded. "Use your pathetic struggles to amuse this king a little."
Yan Ye gritted her teeth and did not answer.
His magical circuits had been completely depleted with the removal of the Crest Worms, and now he was just an ordinary mortal.
If we were to forcibly summon that Berserker, who is like a mad beast, the Servant, who has lost his mana supply, would instantly have all his life force drained!
He had no desire to fight any Holy Grail War!
"I...I had just begun to see hope of living a normal life!"
Kariya hesitated, fearing death, which is why the servant did not appear for a long time.
"snort!"
Gilgamesh sneered. His eyes, which seemed to see through everything, had already seen through the reality that Kariya would die on the spot once he summoned a Servant.
But this will only make him feel more bored and irritable:
"An insect should act like an insect. To sacrifice your life for my pleasure is your greatest honor!"
Before he finished speaking, golden ripples spread across the void behind Gilgamesh.
"Whoosh~"
"Pfft!"
A magnificent golden dagger slashed through the air in an instant, piercing Matou Kariya's calf with precision and cruelty.
The immense kinetic energy even dented a deep crater in the asphalt surface of the bridge.
"Aaaaaah!!!"
Yan Ye let out a piercing scream and fell heavily to her knees, her blood instantly staining the bridge surface red.
Meanwhile, at both ends of the bridge in the distance, the overseers of the Holy Church, who had been secretly monitoring Kariya Matou, also saw Gilgamesh appear.
They were so frightened that they broke out in a cold sweat and immediately frantically set up the highest level of "Immortal Dispelling Barrier".
"Too slow." Gilgamesh's tone was filled with extreme impatience as he looked down at Kariya as if she were a disgusting pile of garbage.
"Isn't it even worth using as bait?"
A second golden ripple appeared.
"Pfft!"
Another longsword pierced through Yan Ye's arm, pinning him to the bridge like a specimen.
The intense pain nearly made Yan Ye faint, but the hesitation and cowardice in his eyes completely disappeared in this extreme pain and despair.
Since I'm going to die anyway, if I'm destined to die here today, then even if it costs me my life, I'll still bite off a piece of flesh from this arrogant golden-haired guy!
"Berserker!!!"
With bloodshot eyes, Kariya raised the hand bearing the Command Seal without hesitation, determined to make Lancelot appear even if it meant burning out his last bit of life force!
At this critical moment.
"boom!!!"
A terrifying sonic boom, tearing through the air, suddenly came from the bridgehead.
The violent wind pressure slammed down like a heavy hammer on the open space between Gilgamesh and Kariya.
The berserk magic that was about to respond to the summons was abruptly interrupted by this extremely pure and domineering golden vortex!
Gilgamesh turned his head sharply.
When he saw the tall figure descending with the storm, his originally savage crimson eyes narrowed sharply.
Then, a twisted smile, a mixture of extreme ecstasy and boundless rage, bloomed across his face.
"Arthur!!!"
The King of Heroes' voice was filled with a chilling fervor.
Now, without that muscle-bound Iskandar disgustingly watching from the sidelines, this is his absolute stage, all by himself!
He could finally unleash his absolute authority as "King" without any restraint, and completely annihilate this outcast who had repeatedly angered him!
"You scoundrel, to die at the hands of me, who gave it your all, is the greatest honor of your life! This is the grave I have prepared for you!"
Gilgamesh spread his arms wide and laughed wildly, looking up at the sky.
The next second, the entire sky above the Weiyuanchuan Bridge was completely illuminated.
Hundreds and thousands of golden ripples, as dense as stars, covered the entire sky!
Those Noble Phantasms, shining with the glory of the Age of Gods, revealed their deadly fangs without reservation, all locking onto the tiny blond swordsman on the bridge.
However, this is not the end.
Gilgamesh clenched his right hand in the void, causing a terrifying distortion in space, as if a mirror had shattered.
He swiftly drew out a dark red divine weapon, devoid of a blade and composed of three cylindrical sections.
The sword that cleaves the world—Ea!
The moment this sword appeared, the air around the bridge began to groan under its strain, as if even the laws of the world trembled before it.
Faced with this world-ending scene that could drive any heroic spirit to despair, Arthur stood quietly in place.
He didn't look at the half-dead Matou Kariya, but instead fixed his emerald green eyes on Gilgamesh in mid-air.
There was no fear in his eyes, only an extreme chill and a deep sense of helplessness.
"As expected, I cannot stand your disgusting tyrannical behavior, Gilgamesh."
Arthur announced in a low voice.
He slowly closed his eyes, then suddenly opened them.
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
Deep within his chest, the Dragon's Furnace, the heart of the red dragon, began to throb wildly at a frequency that defied common sense in human physiology!
Suddenly, a massive, almost tangible, golden pillar of magic shot up from beneath Arthur's feet, tearing the oncoming sea breeze to shreds.
The blade of the holy sword revealed elven script that shimmered with starlight.
The magic that lingered in the surrounding space seemed to have received some supreme call.
They all transformed into countless golden particles, frantically converging towards the holy sword in Arthur's hand from all directions!