Emiya Shirou doesn't want to work overtime

Didn't he feel the absolute difference in strength?

If it weren't for Shirou Emiya's presence, the Black faction would never have had the chance to reach the entrance of the Church.

Even though Shirou Emiya overcame numerous obstacles and managed to enter, he was only in a state of near death, with almost no ability to fight.

Astolfo, the only remaining Servant of the Black faction, was captured by himself without any power to resist.

In any case, Black has no chance of winning this Holy Grail War.

Danic had anticipated this situation long ago. He knew from the moment he learned that only Astolfo remained on his side that the probability of Black defeating Red was almost zero.

The gap between the two sides is as vast as the sky and as immeasurable as the earth.

Red only used one day to set up the defenses, and Black was already unable to invade.

This is something the Red team is capable of doing.

They rushed directly into the church, were bound by chains, lost all power to resist, and were ultimately eliminated.

This is something that Black can do.

Whoever it is, will make the right choice here.

"But, I refuse."

As if afraid that Semiramis hadn't heard him clearly, Shirou Emiya responded with his resolute eyes.

And he raised his hand, which was gripping the knight's sword, once again, pointing it at Semiramis, who was standing in front of him.

"Why…?"

Semiramis murmured, her face filled with displeasure, and returned to her previous position, with countless magical light arrays unfolding behind her.

In almost an instant, the entire church was filled.

"If I had to explain why, it would be that humanity doesn't need saving!"

Faced with an attack that was impossible to dodge, Shirou Emiya did not hesitate at all and stepped forward with his knight's sword.

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"Bang bang bang bang bang!"

A terrifying barrage of artillery fire rained down from the sky, aimed directly at Shirou Emiya and Astolfo, unleashing its full force without reservation.

This time, the power of the magic light array is even greater than that of the light cannon in the town.

While it may not be as powerful as the Sky Garden EX-level beam cannon, each hit still reaches A-rank within the Holy Church.

Such a terrifying barrage of light beams was simply beyond the ability of Shirou Emiya and Astolfo to withstand.

Perhaps Astolfo's Noble Phantasm could ignore such an attack.

However, he was now completely chained up, and he couldn't control his mount. Forget about unleashing his Noble Phantasm, Astolfo couldn't even dodge.

He could only watch as Shirou Emiya charged in front of him, fearlessly rushing head-on into the countless, all-destroying beams of light.

Job placement skills

Base Construction: EX

As a magician, one can create a favorable position for oneself. By gathering specific materials, one can create a "sky garden" that surpasses even a "temple".

Even without the Sky Garden, Semiramis still possesses EX-level base construction capabilities, not to mention she is an extremely powerful magician.

Under Semiramis's construction, the entire Church of the Holy See became an incredibly sturdy magical workshop, which also served as the last line of defense for the Greater Grail.

"Boom!"

Amidst the deafening roar, the wall behind Semiramis collapsed suddenly, as if a flash flood had occurred.

Behind that wall.

A huge altar was floating there.

A spherical altar, radiating a soft glow like a small celestial body, floated in mid-air.

In contrast to the softly glowing spherical altar, a terrifying purplish-black poisonous gas suddenly emerged.

In the instant the wall collapsed, the purplish-black poison gas, which was so intense that one could feel their life slipping away just by looking at it, poured out towards Shirou Emiya and Astolfo.

A giant serpent appeared beside Semiramis after the wall collapsed.

The giant serpent possessed two brightly colored horns and a pair of sharp, claw-like forelimbs. Its outstretched fangs seemed to be coated with venom, and even a drop of venom on the ground would corrode and melt it, causing plumes of deadly poisonous mist to rise up and evaporate into the air, spreading throughout the space.

As the giant snake's saliva corroded the ground, bursts of poisonous gas rose continuously.

It coiled up and lowered its huge head.

A pair of eyes filled with ferocity stared directly at Shirou Emiya.

"gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

A deafening hissing sound erupted from the giant snake's mouth.

The hissing sound was so intense it seemed to infect the very air it touched, causing it to tremble violently.

Chapter 203 A Creature Even Gods Fear

"Bashum".

That's the name of a monster from mythology.

According to legend, there was a goddess in Mesopotamian mythology.

She is the goddess who rules the ocean and created all things in the world. She is the embodiment of primordial chaos and gave birth to all the gods, becoming their mother. She is known as the Primordial Great Mother.

This goddess is named Tiamat.

While Diamat gave birth to the gods, it also gave birth to monsters capable of opposing them.

There are eleven monsters, each a terrifying being capable of contending with a god.

One of them was a poisonous snake.

Legend has it that this venomous snake's poison could melt even gods, and its rank was no less than that of the Dragon God.

Legend has it that the moment this venomous snake was created in the ocean, the area it submerged in instantly transformed into a deadly zone.

The gods dared not approach this terrifying serpent, and thus asked Tiamat to seal it away.

As the oldest poisoner, Semiramis possesses the right to summon a terrifying monster that even he himself dares not summon casually, let alone touch.

This is the serpent summoned by the "Red" Assassin Semiramis through the power of "Sikera Usum".

Even Semiramis could not summon such a thing completely in an instant, so only the upper body was revealed.

But facing someone like Shirou Emiya, who, along with Shirou Amakusa and Tokisada, could create miracles, Semiramis held nothing back. Perhaps she was angry and embarrassed by Shirou Emiya's rejection, but at this moment, she unleashed her full power, solely to eliminate the threat that had appeared there.

Thus, the great monster of Mesopotamian mythology, the serpent named Bashium, which even the gods feared, was summoned at this moment.

The beam cannons arrived in front of Shirou Emiya the instant Bashium appeared.

At that moment, Astolfo saw a red light flashing on Shirou Emiya's left hand, which had previously been free of Command Seals.

"Appear before me in the name of the Command Spell! Ruler!!!!!!!!!"

"My lord is here!!!!!"

As Shirou Emiya finished speaking, a sharp female voice rang out from in front of him.

A banner adorned with irises shimmered with an incomparably holy white light, protecting Shirou Emiya and Astolfo just as the beam cannon was about to strike.

This is Joan of Arc transforming her EX-level magic resistance into defense against physical attacks by revealing the sacred banner. It is the embodiment of the legend of waving the banner on the battlefield and winning the final victory with near-unscathed victory.

With its EX-level magic resistance, no matter how much those terrifying light cannons bombarded it, they could not penetrate its defenses.

It even blocked the purplish-black poisonous fog.

"Shirou, Ruler!"

Looking in the direction of the sound, it was discovered that the Masters of Shishikatsu Kairi and Astolfo had also arrived at the Church of St. Petersburg.

Shirou Emiya's location was not far from the entrance of the Church. After all, Semiramis summoned Shirou Emiya at the entrance of the Church, but did not go deep inside.

They arrived at the church the very moment Shirou Emiya stood in front of Astolfo.

Joan of Arc's protection also extended to them.

"clang--!"

Astolfo struggled to break free of his chains and rose from the ground with his mount.

Because Semiramis has summoned "Bashum" and is using magic to continuously control the light cannon to fire, she is temporarily unable to spare the energy to restrict Astolfo's actions.

Moreover, with "Bashum" present, she no longer needs to restrict Astolfo.

Astolfo would have died of poison the moment she left Joan of Arc's defenses.

Even Mordred, who possesses A-rank Magic Resistance, would have died the instant she inhaled this poisonous gas had it not been for Shishikatsu Kairi using a Command Seal.

Surrounded by such terrifying poison gas, Semiramis had no worries about them making any moves.

Because all actions are in vain.

Semiramis did not believe that Joan of Arc could withstand these attacks indefinitely.

As long as she keeps unleashing her magical energy beams, it's only a matter of time before these people die.

"So the way to summon Jeanne d'Arc from so far away is to make a contract with Shirou!"

As the first eyewitness, Astolfo immediately understood why Jeanne was able to arrive at the scene so quickly and help Shirou Emiya withstand the attack.

After all, only Command Seals can achieve time-space teleportation.

Everyone looked in the direction of Shirou Emiya's left hand and saw the last Command Seal. Everyone present knew that Shirou Emiya had no more Command Seals, so the only possibility that he had suddenly acquired one was that it was given to him by Jeanne d'Arc.

"Gentlemen, now is not the time for idle chatter. I cannot withstand such attacks indefinitely."

When Joan of Arc heard Astolfo running off course, she couldn't help but call out to remind him that the situation was extremely urgent and every second counted.

While the holy banner is raised, Joan of Arc will be unable to launch any attacks. Furthermore, the banner itself will continuously accumulate damage from enemy attacks.

Her defenses are not capable of withstanding infinitely powerful Noble Phantasms of the Castle level.