Chapter 496: Gilgamesh!

An earth-shaking huge roar came from afar!

That was the sound of a magical explosion!

A massive shockwave came from afar, shaking the entire building!

All the glass in the arcade shattered instantly!

Fragments flew like rain!

San Yue Qi instinctively threw herself onto Lin, shielding her with her own body!

Shards of glass hit her back, clattering.

Fortunately, as a Heroic Spirit, the glass couldn't hurt her.

After the shockwave passed, San Yue Qi lifted her head and looked inside the arcade——

That person had already turned around.

Sunlight streamed through the broken window, clearly revealing the person's face.

Golden hair, scarlet eyes, and an ominous aura emanated from his whole body.

He wore black armor covered in bloody red patterns, exuding an ominous aura.

A cold smile curled his lips, his eyes full of contempt and killing intent.

San Yue Qi's pupils contracted sharply!

That face, that profile, that lofty arrogance——

"Archer!!"

Gilgamesh!

That guy who she shot in the butt several times with an Ice Arrow during the Fourth Holy Grail War!

But now……

His appearance is completely different now.

Black armor, bloody red patterns, dark red magical energy swirling around his body.

His eyes lacked the previous careless arrogance, only cold killing intent.

San Yue Qi had no time to think, scooped up Lin, turned and ran!

"Run!!!"

Lin hadn't even reacted when San Yue Qi grabbed her and rushed out of the arcade!

"What's going on, what's going on, Banana!!!" Lin screamed.

"That guy!!!" San Yue Qi shouted while running, "Extremely dangerous!! Super dangerous!!"

Lin instinctively glanced back——

And her eyes almost popped out!

Behind the black-armored man, hundreds of golden ripples appeared in midair!

From each ripple protruded the tip of a weapon—swords, spears, blades, halberds—each exuding a terrifying magical aura!

"Those are…… Noble Phantasms, Banana!!!"

Lin's words had just fallen——

Hundreds of black-gold beams poured down like a storm!

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom——!!!"

The arcade was instantly blown to fragments!

Shockwave and fragments sprayed in all directions; the whole corridor trembled!

San Yue Qi held Lin and sprinted with all her might!

Her feet tapped the ground, her body as agile as a swallow, weaving through the flying debris!

A golden light shot from the side!

San Yue Qi tilted her body; the golden light grazed her cheek and blasted a huge pit in the wall behind her!

Another golden light smashed down from above!

San Yue Qi tipped on her toes, flipped midair holding Lin; the golden light grazed her back and hit the floor, instantly exploding the ground!

"Too close, Big Banana!!!"

Lin screamed in San Yue Qi's arms.

San Yue Qi gritted her teeth and shouted the slogan again:

"Smash—Wa—Ru—Do——!!!"

Time Stop!

San Yue Qi held Lin and landed steadily, looking at the frozen world around——

Those golden Noble Phantasms hovered in midair, each less than three meters from them.

The walls were pitted with huge craters, the floor blasted beyond recognition.

Lin, in her arms, kept a terrified expression, frozen in time.

San Yue Qi panted, quickly scanning the surroundings.

The arcade had completely vanished, replaced by a huge pit.

The black-armored man stood in the center of the pit, still holding his hand raised, his face still bearing that cold killing intent.

(No…… can't go head‑on……)

San Yue Qi gritted her teeth.

She only had seven seconds!

She held Lin and continued to sprint forward!

Through the corridor, down the stairs, sprinting across the atrium—

Time Resume!

Boom boom boom boom—!!!

A deafening explosion roared again behind her!

San Yue Qi turned around and saw that the corridor they had just run through was now completely reduced to ruins!

She dared not stop and kept running!

The moment she burst out of the mall's entrance, she glanced back—

The mall's second and third floors had been blown to pieces, riddled with holes.

The man in black armor stood at the edge of the third floor, looking down at her, dark red mana swirling around him.

He raised his hand.

Behind them, hundreds of Golden Ripples resurfaced.

San Yue Qi's pupils narrowed as she clutched Lin and fled wildly toward the deeper streets!

Behind them, a golden rain of destruction poured down again!

The street cracked open, and the ground trembled!

San Yue Qi shouted while running:

"Lin! Hold on tight!!!"

Lin clutched San Yue Qi's neck tightly, eyes closed, screaming:

"Who is he, banana!!! Why is he chasing us, banana!!!"

"Hero King… Gilgamesh… Archer of the Fourth Holy Grail War!!!!"

Behind them, the golden Noble Phantasm kept smashing after them!

Buildings on both sides of the street collapsed in the explosions, and the cracks in the ground multiplied!

San Yue Qi gritted her teeth and shouted again:

"Zawa Rudo—!!!"

Time paused again.

She cradled Lin and charged into an alley, winding through twists and turns, finally ducking into the entrance of an UndergroundParkingLot.

Time Resume.

The explosions outside kept going, but they were growing farther away.

San Yue Qi set Lin down; the two leaned against the wall, breathing heavily.

"Did… did we shake off, banana?" Lin asked uncertainly.

San Yue Qi pricked up her ears for a moment—indeed the explosions were receding, and the man in black armor seemed to pursue in another direction.

"It seems… temporarily safe…"

They exchanged a glance, both feeling a grateful relief of having survived.

But before they could catch their breath, a huge roar sounded again in the distance!

That sound was more terrifying than before, shaking the entire UndergroundParkingLot.

San Yue Qi and Lin looked up together through the parking lot's entrance, seeing in the distant sky—

A golden Light Pillar shot up into the heavens!

Another black beam collided with it!

The two forces intertwined, tinting the sky with a blend of gold and black!

San Yue Qi stared dumbfounded at that direction.

"What… is that…"

And faintly from the parking lot ceiling above them came a "sisi suosu" sound.

San Yue Qi's ears twitched.

The sound was light and fine, almost imperceptible amid the distant muffled explosions.

But she heard it.

"sisi suosu…"

It seemed something was crawling on the ceiling above.

San Yue Qi's body froze instantly.

She stayed pressed against the wall, her eyes slowly looking upward—the ceiling above was concrete, covered in dust and cobwebs, looking especially grim under the dim emergency lights.

There was nothing.

But the sound kept going.

"sisu… sisu…"

Getting closer.

San Yue Qi's peripheral vision caught Lin—she was still leaning against the wall, breathing, completely unaware of the movement above.

Lin's lips moved slightly, as if muttering to herself, but the voice was too faint to hear.

San Yue Qi raised a finger to her lips, making a "shh" gesture.

Lin froze for a moment, then followed San Yue Qi's gaze upward—

Then her eyes widened slowly.

On the ceiling, beside those few pipes, something was moving.

Very small.

Very many.

"Rustle rustle…"

In the darkness, several pairs of round, glossy black eyes lit up.

They hung there in the darkness, staring motionlessly at the two people below.

Each pair of eyes reflected the faint green light of the emergency lamp, like eerie green glass beads.

San Yue Qi's breathing halted for a second.

She saw clearly.