“Rider！”

Joan of Arc suddenly spoke to Astolfo.

"With your Hippogriff's ability, you should be able to take everyone out of the Sky Garden, right?"

Joan of Arc's sudden words startled Astolfo, who was in a panicked state, and nodded reflexively.

"Hmm... Well! If it's a detachment...! ”

The Hippogriffs of Astolford possess the ability to be called trump cards.

It's not a rush to the Armor level, but a hidden performance called "Dimensional Jump".

———— "Hippogriff that doesn't exist in this world."

That's Hippogriff's real name.

As the name suggests, the Hippogriff itself is a species that should not exist, and its existence itself is very vague, and it is not even clear whether it exists or not, which is extremely ambiguous.

When Hippogriff's true name is liberated, the realization of its "non-physical existence" will become very strong.

As a result, Hippogriffs will erase their existence from their current dimension, and along with their riders, will switch into a vague posture and disappear, evading all forms of observation in the world, and may even reappear elsewhere.

Even if it was an attack that was so powerful that the gods and Buddhas were destroyed, under such an ability, it would not be able to hurt a single cold hair.

That's the true power of the Hippogriff, the ability to leap into dimensions.

The reason why Astolford was able to remain undefeated under the onslaught of Atalanta until Atalanta was summoned by Semiramis was because of this ability.

If you use this ability, you can really get people out of the Sky Garden.

But...

"Then you'll have to ride a Hippogriff!" Astolfo hurriedly said: "Now it's seriously overcrowded, even if you can think of a way to do it, but at most, it's just to bring everyone, and there is no way to bring the Great Holy Grail together!" ”

Hearing this, Joan of Arc smiled.

It was a smile full of holiness that was indistinguishable from the name of the saint.

"That's it." Joan of Arc pleaded with great sincerity, "Then, Rider, please take everyone out of the room." ”

"Huh?" Astolford was stunned.

“Ruler？” Ziggy, Fiore, and Corres were also keenly aware of the meaning of Joan of Arc's words.

"Miss Joan of Arc..."Minamoto Yoriko looked at Joan of Arc, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Do you want to stay?" ”

"Hmm." Joan of Arc smiled and nodded, and while supporting the barrier of the Holy Flag, she said, "I must stay, and this is also to keep the Great Holy Grail." ”

At the same time, it is also to save life on earth.

Don't let the sky garden fall to the ground.

Otherwise, an unprecedented catastrophe will surely cause great trauma to mankind.

Joan of Arc must save those who are about to die in calamity.

Even if it's not like Amakusa Shiro Shisada, who has a desire to help all mankind, Joan of Arc is also a saint.

"Please protect everyone and leave together, Miss Laiguang."

Joan of Arc met Minamoto Yorimitsu's gaze and chuckled softly.

"Rest assured, I'll take care of everything."

Whether it is the life of Fang Li, the existence of the Great Grail, or the safety of the people on earth, Joan of Arc will bear it.

Use another treasure you have.

"Joan of Arc!"

“Ruler！”

As if sensing something bad, Ziggy, Fiore, Corres, and Astolfo spoke almost in unison.

However, it was interrupted by Yuan Laiguang.

“…… Let's go. ”

Yuan Laiguang was silent, and then lowered his voice and said this.

“Berserker…？”

Everyone was stunned again.

In the face of such a crowd, Minamoto Raiguang said with a cold expression as the leader of the Genji clan.

"The enlightenment of the Holy Maiden, even if others would deny it, we should not deny it."

Such words made the people lose their words.

"Boom...!"

At this time, Basyum's poisonous gas turned into a wave and hit the barrier, causing the entire barrier to be shaken.

"Hmm...!"

Joan of Arc let out a low moan, then shouted at the crowd.

"While I can hold on now! Hurry up! ”

The urgent urging and the danger made everyone dare not delay any longer.

At that moment, Yuan Laiguang grabbed Fiore with one hand and Corres with the other, jumped and jumped on the back of the Hippogriff.

The masters of the red camp that the prosthetic hand behind Fiore was holding were naturally together.

“Rider！”

Yuan Laiguang spoke.

"Woo...!"

With tears in the corners of his eyes, Astolford freed the phantom horse's real name with a sobbing voice

"Come on! Hippogriff! ”

The Hippogriff let out a sharp cry.

"Buzz...!"

In the next second, Hippogriff's body turned into a vague phantom and disappeared.

At the scene, only Joan of Arc and the Great Holy Grail remained.

“Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa————！”

Outside the barrier, in the poisonous gas, Basium seemed to sense the escape of his prey, and let out a violent hiss again.

But Joan of Arc didn't care, just struggled to support the Holy Flag, and at the same time turned his head and looked at the great grail that was blooming.

Immediately, Joan of Arc smiled.

"Don't worry, my flame won't burn you."

With these words, Joan of Arc pulled out the sword that she had been wearing at her waist, but had never been unsheathed.

"Poof..."

With a tearing sound, Joan of Arc slashed her palm with the blade of her sword.

Blood flowed from his hands.

Joan of Arc, on the other hand, knelt down, closed her bloody palms, and closed her eyes.

She looked like a pious saint.

In the past, the saint was reduced to a prisoner of the British ranks, and was framed by the enemy and burned at the stake as a witch and burned.

This legend interprets Joan of Arc's burning at the stake as a conceptual crystallization of the attack.

The sword worn by Joan of Arc's waist is a subspecies of the inherent barrier, a treasure that crystallizes the world of mental images.

———— "The Holy Maiden of the Red Lotus (La_Pucelle)".

It's an Ex-rank special attack treasure.

Using Joan of Arc's sword, which she had never used in her lifetime, as a catalyst, it embodies the flames that have burned itself in the past.

The price of using this Noble Phantasm is life.

The effect is to destroy all existence at the cost of one's own life.

Now, in order to save humanity from the impending catastrophe, the saint resolutely uses this treasure.

A prayer resounded from his mouth.

"———— The heavens are the glory of the Lord, and the heavens are the great work of the hand of God————

"Language is conveyed ———— day, and knowledge is conveyed at night————"

"———— can neither talk nor speak, and cannot even hear voices————"

"———— warm light spreads all over the earth, extending to the far end of the world————"

"———— ascends from the end of the day to the end of the day————

"———— my end is here, my life is here, my life is here————"

"———— my life is equal to nothing, like a shadow wandering around————"

"———— my bow cannot be relied upon, and my sword cannot save me————"

"———— I would like to protect his footsteps with the only thing left————"

"———— Lord, I entrust this body to you————"

The flame of the red lotus began to burn around Joan of Arc.

Immediately, it exploded in one breath.

"———— despair will be followed by hope (L'espoir_vient_apres_de_sespoir) ————"

The fire of the red lotus burned the entire garden.