Mount Ryudo was like a boiling cauldron at this moment. Countless black mud avatars shaped like Irisviel, emitting painful screams, were constantly gathering. Looking from afar, Mount Ryudo was like some indescribable monster; the mud dolls formed hundreds of tentacles piercing the sky, twisting and pointing upwards.
Soon, one tentacle after another broke through Gilgamesh's interception and latched onto the hanging gardens of babylon. Then, the mud dolls climbed onto the Hanging Gardens one by one, letting out shrill screeches as they charged toward the palace at the center of the Hanging Gardens.
Tohsaka Rin sat on the steps. She was truly exhausted. Today's intense battles had caused her immature mage circuits to overload several times. If someone could see through to Tohsaka Rin's mage circuits at this moment, they would find tiny cracks appearing in them.
Facing the mud dolls breaking into the garden, Rin calmly snapped her fingers on the steps. Immediately, high temperatures struck. Hundreds of Innocentius appeared, roaring, following Rin's activation in the previously mythical garden. However, with the appearance of hundreds of Innocentius, the garden now looked more like hell; the ground melted, the pillars melted, everything visible was melting, and even the air began to distort.
Rin covered her mouth and nose, trying her best to prevent the air from burning her. Finally, she took one last look at the hell before her, stood up, and walked into the palace. Upon entering, under Semiramis's operation, she was quickly transferred through a Magic Circle to the room deep in the palace where Caster was.
In the garden, the mud dolls tried to rush into the palace one after another, but they could not advance an inch in front of the hundreds of regenerating Innocentius.
Although the Innocentius were far from as large as when Tohsaka Rin supported them with magic power, relying on the high-quality gems provided by Gilgamesh, they still maintained a height of over 2 meters, with terrifying high temperatures exceeding 2000 degrees.
The Evil Saintess, who was an avatar of Angra Mainyu, was also hiding among the mud dolls climbing onto the hanging gardens of babylon. Originally intending to wait for an opportunity to sneak attack and devour the Servant, the Evil Saintess now had to reveal herself to deal with these Innocentius. The Evil Saintess knew that her time was running out; once the sealing ritual was completed, she didn't know when the next opportunity to escape would come.
The Evil Saintess, with a ferocious smile, stretched out her hand. Dozens of black mud threads formed by magic power appeared in front of the Evil Saintess.
"Remains, I grant you life."
The black mud threads wove together, forming a giant Hydra. Then, the mud dolls nearby began to break apart, turning back into black mud to fill into this giant Hydra made of threads. Filled with black mud, the Hydra stretched out its 9 giant heads and let out a heaven-shaking roar.
The Hydra crushed everything in its path, entered the garden, opened its bloody mouth, and took turns spraying black mud at the Innocentius in the garden.
The Innocentius rushed toward this behemoth one after another, roaring as they climbed onto the Hydra's body, raising giant flaming crosses in an attempt to destroy the Hydra.
The Hydra was not to be outdone. While absorbing the surrounding mud dolls to repair itself, it took turns extending its nine heads to tear at the Innocentius on its body, while also continuously spraying black mud at the distant Innocentius. Just like that, as the two immortal summons engaged in a frantic battle, more and more Innocentius were attracted to the Hydra. After a while, with most of the unguided Innocentius drawn into the battle with the Hydra, the path to the palace was opened.
The Evil Saintess stepped onto the palace steps, looking at the dim interior of the palace.
"Hehehe, Tohsaka Rin, I'm here!"
In the palace corridor, as the mud dolls entered, Semiramis decisively activated the defensive Formula inside the palace. Thousands of dragon tooth soldiers, accompanied by toxic purple mist, filled the entire palace corridor.
The Evil Saintess showed a mocking smile.
"Do you still intend to resist now?"
Then she stretched out her hand, and as a Magic Circle appeared in front of the Evil Saintess, a pitch-black Magic Cannon cleared the dragon tooth soldiers in the entire corridor.
"Tohsaka Rin, I know you can hear me. Don't you intend to see me, or are you afraid? Aren't you the one who claims to be the biggest mastermind of this Holy Grail War? Hahahaha."
Just as the Evil Saintess laughed wantonly, Tohsaka Rin's voice echoed throughout the palace.
"Angra Mainyu, your laughter is truly unpleasant. I am waiting for you in the palace hall. That is all."
In the hall, Tohsaka Rin draped Caster's Golden Fleece over herself to alleviate the damage to her mage circuits, sitting alone on the throne, resting her chin on her hand, silently watching the entrance to the hall.
Before long, the Evil Saintess slowly walked into the hall. Looking at Tohsaka Rin left alone in the hall, she mocked, "Hahaha, Tohsaka Rin, have you given up? Do you naively think you can stop me alone? Where are your Servants? Won't you call them out?"
"Ah, no need to rush. I don't want to fight half a Magus. I'll call them over right away."
The Evil Saintess suddenly thought of something and hurriedly raised her hand. A pitch-black Magic Bullet instantly hit the throne. The dust produced by the huge explosion temporarily obscured the Evil Saintess's vision.
When the smoke cleared, what first appeared before the Evil Saintess's eyes was a giant, petal-like Noble Phantasm, Rho Aias. Gilgamesh was standing behind Rho Aias, looking angrily at the Evil Saintess.
"Mongrel, I've finally caught you!"
"Angra Mainyu, surprised? Unexpected? Did you think I was an idiot? Other than Gilgamesh, other Servants would probably be contaminated by all the worlds evils the moment they were touched by you."
"Damn it, Tohsaka Rin, as long as I kill you—yes, killing you is the same."
The Evil Saintess howled ferociously while speaking. Then, dozens of magic circles appeared behind her. Borrowing the power of the Third Magic, Heaven's Feel, terrifying Magic Cannon-level blasts began to volley toward Tohsaka Rin.
"Mongrel, your opponent is me."
Gilgamesh simultaneously unfurled dozens of golden ripples, continuously projecting high-level Noble Phantasms to engage in a bombardment duel with the Magic Cannons.
Relying on the effect of the Golden Fleece, Tohsaka Rin, who had already recovered more than half, agilely cast Reinforcement Magic, flipped up from the throne, and nimbly dodged behind the throne.
Listening to the endless roaring in her ears and the constantly trembling palace, Rin depressedly held her head and crouched behind the throne, waiting for Semiramis to begin acting.
Under the palace, Semiramis yawned boredly, watching Caster, who was performing the ritual. Suddenly, the palace above began to tremble. Semiramis smiled sweetly, nodded at Caster in the middle of the ritual, and disappeared into the air.
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