It probably won't be a fight tonight.
Looking at the tense atmosphere, Iskander's expression did not change even with two Noble Phantasms pointed at him from behind Gilgamesh.
But Takatsuki made this judgment.
After all, a free-for-all, everyone present were heroes with famous reputations in history, so they naturally wouldn't engage in street brawls like petty thugs.
"Let's go, Durandal, it seems today ends here."
Gilgamesh merely hung two Noble Phantasms behind him, not attacking, but simply standing on the streetlamp and verbally abusing. Iskandar didn't care, and even seemed to be on the verge of chatting all night. Watching the two still verbally sparring from a distance, Takatsuki directly prepared to leave.
"Mhm."
Durandal, like Takatsuki, was not good at verbal sparring. Her way of solving problems had always been through pure violence.
So when she encountered someone like Iskandar, she had no choice. It seemed there wouldn't be a fight now, so there was no need to stay.
But both Takatsuki and Durandal misjudged one thing.
Just as the two turned to leave, Gilgamesh, who had completely ignored everyone else and was focused on verbally sparring with Iskandar, suddenly shifted his gaze.
"Did this King permit you to retreat, mongrels!"
As Gilgamesh's words fell, the two Noble Phantasms that had been suspended behind him instantly launched towards Takatsuki and Durandal.
With a crisp sound, the sword aimed at Durandal was instantly knocked away by the Pandora in her hand.
On the other side, the Noble Phantasm spear aimed at Takatsuki was also deflected by the staff in his hand. At some point, the staff was enveloped in an unknown black energy.
"No way... he actually..."
Waver's eyes widened as he looked at the staff in Takatsuki's hand: "Is that magecraft?"
No matter how he looked at it, Armament Haki did not belong to anything he knew.
"What do you mean, Gilgamesh?"
Takatsuki turned around with a grim expression. He didn't expect that Gilgamesh, who had paid no attention to him before, would suddenly attack him. It seemed his understanding of these willful individuals was still too superficial.
When Gilgamesh's name was revealed, everyone around was greatly surprised.
"Gilgamesh, the oldest king? No wonder..."
Everyone else also understood Gilgamesh's previous actions.
Meanwhile, Tokiomi, who was further away, frowned deeply. He hadn't expected his Servant's true name to be exposed so easily.
"Insects, this King has not yet departed. Do you mongrels dare to leave without permission? Such disrespect is a crime punishable by death."
Gilgamesh paid no heed to Takatsuki's anger; in fact, even more Noble Phantasms appeared behind him.
This greatly astonished everyone else.
Most people still believed that each Servant only possessed one or two Noble Phantasms. Gilgamesh's act of mass-producing Noble Phantasms was truly shocking.
"So, you wish to start a war, King of Heroes Gilgamesh?"
Seeing Gilgamesh's attitude, Takatsuki naturally didn't show a good face. His original plan was to hide his strength.
However, if Gilgamesh went all out, Durandal alone would certainly be unable to stop him.
"A war? Don't think too highly of yourself, mongrel! Use your blood to entertain this King!"
This time, four Noble Phantasms were launched simultaneously, still within Durandal's manageable range.
"Durandal, go all out!"
Although he had previously told Durandal to avoid clashing with Gilgamesh, the current situation left them no choice but to act. Fortunately, if they made enough of a commotion, Tokiomi would recall him.
Durandal didn't reply, merely tightening her grip on Pandora.
In an instant, Pandora immediately transformed, covering her delicate body and forming a highly mechanical-looking armor.
Wielding a sword in both hands, Durandal parried two incoming swords and dodged the other two.
"Wow... Is that the armor of a future Heroic Spirit?"
Iskander exclaimed in admiration, looking at the armor formed by Pandora.
Takatsuki was actually a bit surprised himself, as Pandora didn't have such a mode. This current form could only be described as the form from Durandal's own memories.
Valkyrie armor?
"Hahaha! If four aren't enough, then how about this!"
The number doubled again, and more Noble Phantasms emerged from the golden gates, launching towards Durandal.
But even doubled, the quantity was still within Durandal's manageable strength. Takatsuki also continuously used Observation Haki to monitor the battle on the field, ready to provide support at any time.
However...
Is Tokiomi still not recalling him?
Watching the Noble Phantasms double again, for Gilgamesh, each attack required almost no physical exertion, but for Durandal, each attack was a threat to her life.
Takatsuki had miscalculated...
After he revealed the truth of the Holy Grail, Tokiomi fell into contemplation.
As the current head of the Tohsaka, his household naturally contained records of previous Holy Grail Wars.
So, he immediately went to look up those past records.
And he... truly found them.
The Servants who had appeared in the past, their records and histories, had all been thoroughly investigated and studied. Angra Mainyu was naturally no exception.
Just as Takatsuki had said, he was a person who bore the name of an evil god.
But unlike the myths, the one summoned was completely an ordinary person.
So, could such an existence contaminate the great holy grail?
The answer was unknown, like Schrödinger's cat; until personally witnessed, anything was possible.
But the probability... was high.
Because someone had already spoken of this, it implied that this might genuinely happen.
But it didn't matter...
Tokiomi instantly understood his own stakes.
He actually didn't need the wish-granting function.
An omnipotent wish-granting machine? It was merely relying on Fuyuki's vast ley lines to collect magical energy, and then using the Third Magic to realize wishes.
It was by no means omnipotent.
The reason it was advertised as such was entirely because...
It was merely a reason to draw in those Servants and foreign Masters to fight among themselves.
The Tohsaka's original goal was actually to summon Heroic Spirits, and then, when they returned, to use the created holes to reach the Root.
It was only because the Tohsaka alone couldn't complete this ritual that the big three came into being.
And if one were to reach the Root through the Holy Grail, then the wish-granting function would be unusable, because that magical energy would be used to create the holes to reach the Root.
So from the very beginning, Tokiomi didn't care about the so-called wish-granting machine.
The Berserker duo must be eliminated...
This was Tokiomi's thought, because even if he won, if the opponent went all out and destroyed the Holy Grail, then all his efforts would be in vain.