At the Millennium Castle's main gate, which had not yet been attacked, Gudako was casually sitting on the ground, idly petting Fou.
Then, seeing Black Princess nearby, Gudako seemed to recall something and unconsciously increased the force in her hand, causing Fou, who was enjoying the petting, to yelp, jump up, and kick Gudako to the ground.
"Fou~Fou FouFou~!"
Gudako, knowing she had hurt Fou, immediately apologized with a smile,
"Sorry, Fou! I was thinking just now and accidentally used too much force!"
BB, who had long disliked Fou, seized the opportunity while Fou's attention was drawn by Gudako, instantly pounced on Fou, pinning him underneath her.
Then, the person and the beast began to fight.
As for why BB was at odds with Fou, perhaps it was because BB, inheriting part of the Beast Rank, was incompatible with Fou, who was also Beast Rank, or perhaps Beast Rank jealousy manifested in this way? However, all of this was commonplace in Gudako's eyes; BB, who frequently visited Chaldea, had fought with Fou many times before.
Gudako, watching BB and Fou wrestle, scratched her head and turned to walk towards Black Princess.
"Um... um!"
Altrouge looked up at Gudako, who was standing nervously in front of her. Knowing that Gudako was Rin's disciple, Altrouge smiled and said,
"You can call me Altrouge."
Upon receiving Altrouge's response, Gudako's small ponytail instantly perked up, wagging back and forth rapidly like a puppy's tail, making Gudako look even cuter.
"Altrouge!"
"Yes, that's right. Is there something you need from me?"
"Altrouge, you're a princess, right! Um, do you have any jewelry? The kind with gems!"
Hearing Gudako's question, Altrouge casually took off a bracelet made of a pile of small diamonds and platinum from her wrist and handed it to Gudako.
"Is it like this?"
Gudako took the bracelet Altrouge handed her, nodded happily, then plopped down next to Altrouge and said,
"Can I borrow it? When I return to Chaldea, I'll pay you back with money or something of equal value!"
Altrouge looked at Gudako with amusement, shook her head, and said,
"No need to return it, you can have it. It's not anything valuable; I just picked it up from a roadside shop."
Hearing that Altrouge had casually picked it up from a roadside shop, Gudako showed no particular reaction. After all, a bad example from above leads to bad behavior below. As the disciple of a world-renowned jewel thief and robber, Gudako's values regarding such matters were actually very similar to Rin's.
However, Rin was influenced by her dragon factor and Ishtar's saint graph, while Gudako was influenced by Rin's example.
After receiving the jewelry from Altrouge, Gudako sat unreservedly beside Altrouge, tore open the bracelet, and took off the small diamonds one by one. She then used the gemcraft taught by Rin to convert the small diamonds into a peculiar liquid-like substance.
Then, this liquid gradually solidified in Gudako's hand, forming a complete diamond the size of a fingernail. Having created the diamond, Gudako continued to activate her magic. With the injection and conversion of fire-attribute magical energy, the white diamond was quickly dyed red, becoming a fiery red diamond.
Afterward, Gudako held the red diamond and began to chant ancient Runic Script, making a final effort to craft this diamond into a Mystic Code capable of summoning the Innocentius.
On the city wall nearby, the Magus, who was operating a magic cannon against the Ghoul and Dead Apostle army below, also witnessed Gudako's spellcasting.
"What superb skill!"
The Magus exclaimed this in admiration, then, thinking of Gudako's age, a sense of disheartened resignation welled up in his heart.
Of course, not all Magi were as open-minded as this one; many Magi at this moment cast greedy gazes at Gudako, who, immersed in her spellcasting, remained completely unaware.
Fortunately, Altrouge noticed these Magi's gazes, and then those Magi who had shown greed soon felt their blood begin to stir uncontrollably within them.
Remembering Gudako's powerful backing, the Magi dared not act rashly, and could only reluctantly withdraw their gazes, lamenting the unfairness of the world in their hearts.
Altrouge gave a look to the Black and White Knights standing behind her. Understanding Altrouge's meaning, the Black and White Knights stood on either side of Gudako, shielding her.
"Rin's disciple seems to be a scatterbrain. Rezowall, Fenner, do you think I should make my move here?"
Rin, who had rushed back to the battlefield from the King of Conquerors, floated among the clouds in the sky, her figure completely hidden against the bright moon.
Rin had intended to unleash a Noble Phantasm as her grand entrance to attract the attention of the Ancestors, but seeing the slight anomalies already appearing in Tokyo, she abandoned her idea.
After all, the Tokyo leyline, which was suddenly being drained of a large amount of magical energy, was already heavily burdened. Not to mention that Rin had transferred two-thirds of the magical energy needed by that unruly child on the ground, who was indiscriminately firing Noble Phantasms, to the Tokyo leyline. If Rin were to unleash a Noble Phantasm now, a 'counterattack' natural disaster from the leyline would likely descend immediately.
Actually, the best way to deal with the endless tide of Dead Apostles and Ghouls below would be a large-scale Noble Phantasm or magic. However, due to the limited capacity of the leyline, large-scale destructive magic could not be used.
In this situation, Rin's best option should have been to use divine punishment rituals, but when Rin looked down at herself in her Ishtar state, the idea of using divine punishment rituals completely vanished.
Rin, possessing the unique skill 'Manifestation of Beauty', probably wouldn't achieve a good effect even if she used divine punishment!
Rin, unable to think of a suitable ritual, pouted unhappily. 1.O2.O, O, 3, 7 9 9 2
"Forget it, I'll try Shuai Shen's ritual!"
Saying that, Rin waved her hand, imbued the clouds with magical energy, and declared,
"Clouds above, body below, sever!"
Rin's declaration ended, and the magical energy in the clouds instantly transformed them into countless cloud-blades. With Rin's declaration, they fiercely struck the ground.
Soon, the cloud-blades descending from the sky ignored physical and mystical laws, piercing through the bodies of Ghouls and Dead Apostles, slicing them into scattered pieces.
Rin arrived on the ground with the cloud-blades, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Then, a flash of magical energy appeared in the dust, and another declaration rang out.
"Dust above, body below, sever!"
Compared to the cloud-blades that disappeared upon landing, this time the dust-blades, striking horizontally, displayed an even more terrifying killing ability in the open battlefield beneath Millennium Castle. Completely ignoring the bodies of Ghouls and Dead Apostles, the dust-blades flew forward rapidly without any obstruction. In the end, due to the curvature of the Earth, they flew into the sky, ceasing their slaughter of Ghouls and Dead Apostles.
Rin, who had never used 'Lights Execution' before, was also greatly surprised, never expecting this ritual to display such immense power in an open area.
With the density of Dead Apostles and Ghouls, that single dust-blade likely incapacitated thousands of them at once.
Seeing the effect of 'Lights Execution', Rin redoubled her efforts and stomped the ground, stirring up dust once more.
"Dust above, body below..."
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