For Iskandar, it was perfectly understandable why Artoria was angry… everything was left unsaid but understood.
But for Artoria, it was rather annoying. She wasn't that superficial… she simply despised being evaluated in such a manner by these men.
Looking at the frivolous few before her, Artoria very much wanted to blast them away with a direct Excalibur.
However, before Artoria could lose her temper, another heavyweight arrived.
"I've only been away for a short while, yet so many mongrels calling themselves kings have appeared?"
"Enough is enough, mongrels!" Standing atop a streetlight, the renowned Hero King, Gilgamesh, addressed the group.
Seeing such arrogance in Gilgamesh, Iskandar was displeased.
He looked up, about to rebuke him.
But at that moment, Sora stopped him. "Your aggressive edge is a bit dull… let me handle this."
"Huh!!?" Iskandar scratched his cheek. He hadn't even said anything yet… how was his aggression lacking?
Then he heard Sora say: "Speaking of mongrels, you're the one, Gilgamesh, the oldest king of humanity. A demi-god, a half-breed… what else would you call that if not a mongrel?"
"Mongrel, what did you say!!?" Gilgamesh's gaze instantly locked onto Sora, his crimson eyes blazing with intense, deep-seated killing intent.
"Heh! It seems more and more ignorant fools are crawling out of the woodwork!" A savage killing aura emanated from Gilgamesh.
"Very well, I shall grant you death!"
Following Gilgamesh's words, several golden ripples appeared around him, and from the void within these ripples, weapons gleaming like gold emerged one by one.
"Wait, why are we suddenly escalating?" Iskandar was still bewildered by all this.
He looked at Sora questioningly: "Weren't you talking about Gilgamesh? Eh, wait!"
Iskandar realized. He looked incredulously at Gilgamesh. "So you are the legendary Hero King? I see!"
"You..." Iskandar was a bit speechless towards Sora. His aggressive edge was indeed stronger than Iskandar's, but this was a bit too much.
Still, since Sora seemed to be standing up for him, Iskandar wasn't about to betray him.
So Iskandar looked towards Gilgamesh ahead: "Hey, Hero King, you're a king yourself, don't you have some tolerance for this?"
"Hm?" Gilgamesh's movements slowed slightly upon hearing Iskandar's words.
Even though he still considered Sora's actions disrespectful, he couldn't easily dismiss Iskandar's words.
But then, Sora spoke again.
"Indeed, he lacks such tolerance. To be disliked by both his younger and older selves… that's Gilgamesh for you, the oldest brat of humanity."
And Sora's words were peak provocation.
Gilgamesh: I feel insulted.
Why did he felt insulted?
Because Sora stated the facts!
"Bastard!" Hearing Sora's words, Gilgamesh was absolutely furious!
"Sword of the Mountain!" Facing Sora, Gilgamesh directly deployed an A-ranked divine construct, the Sword of the Mountain.
A massive golden ripple expanded, and a fifty-meter-long giant sword emerged, slashing down at Sora.
"Wow, what a magnificent attack!" Iskandar was astonished by Gilgamesh's assault.
"Indeed! A very strong attack!" Artoria was also deeply shaken.
Meanwhile, Diarmuid gripped his spears tightly.
For him, an enemy like Gilgamesh was truly an unprecedented threat.
While Lancers generally had Protection from Arrows, what did that have to do with someone firing swords and spears?
Of course, unlike the others, Sora wasn't particularly fazed by Gilgamesh's attack.
"Time to test a new move."
Sora channeled Reiatsu into his eyes, which transformed into the Tenseigan, manifesting as eyes as brilliant as stars.
Then, he raised his hand.
A massive golden sword appeared in his hand as well.
Simultaneously, as Sora infused it with his Reiatsu, the sword extended wildly, turning into a giant golden lightsaber!
This was the Tenseigan's inherent ability: the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!
Wielding the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, Sora clashed fiercely with the Sword of the Mountain!
Boom—
A colossal explosion erupted, the air trembling violently as if in an earthquake, and a deafening shockwave radiated outwards.
Not only did the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion block the attack of the Sword of the Mountain, but it was also continuously pushing it back.
This was only natural. The Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion was capable of cleaving the moon… the Sword of the Mountain could only cleave mountains.