What?! My anime figures have all come true!

"Everyone, the situation has changed. Gilgamesh... has been defeated."

Standing on the rooftop, observing the battlefield from afar, Izumo Tenka raised her hand to her earpiece and reported the situation to everyone.

"What did you say?!"

On the other side, Cassandra, who had just breathed a sigh of relief because the real Joan of Arc had arrived, felt her vision go black when she heard the news.

Why did she get such a blow right after we got some good news?

"That King of Heroes was defeated? How is that possible! He even used his strongest Noble Phantasm..."

The first person to ask a question was not anyone else, but Mashu, whose tone was full of surprise.

"I'm not entirely clear on the specifics, but it's clear that Gilgamesh's mana supply might have been compromised, which prevented her Noble Phantasm from being unleashed. Also, her body was unnaturally stiff... as if she had been ambushed."

Izumo Tenka recounted what she had seen and offered her own guesses.

"Tch! The Federation people are really unreliable!"

Cassandra muttered a curse under her breath.

Hohenheim Corporation: You expect a pharmaceutical company like mys to build a reserve of magic reactors capable of powering a demigod for an entire night in a short time? Those were all prototypes built for superhero experiments; it's a miracle they didn't all explode by now! "Wait, what happened with the sneak attack?"

Unlike Cassandra, Fujimaru Ritsuka was more concerned about the "sneak attack" that Izumo Tenka had mentioned.

"Gilgamesh's speed was actually enough to dodge the attack, but for some reason her body froze in place. Although I didn't see what kind of attack it was, Gilgamesh's expression suddenly turned very ugly, and she was muttering something..."

Izumo Tenka shook his head.

"Are there other enemies?"

Cassandra raised her hand to her forehead, her tone tinged with despair. The relentless, surging changes were making her feel like she was about to become 'body'!

"Let me see how things go... If things really get too bad, I'll step in to buy you all some time."

As she spoke, Izumo Tenka tugged at her white gloves, assuming a posture of preparing for battle.

"No! Let me delay the Dragon Witch and the Evil Dragon. My skills and Noble Phantasm are effective against dragons! Izumo-san's abilities are best used for rescuing people; not all the civilians near the battlefield have been evacuated yet!"

Giorgios interrupted and volunteered.

As for why he knew that the people hadn't all been evacuated yet?

Of course, some of the people who hadn't evacuated were live-streaming. Whether they were dead or alive, they wanted to broadcast what was happening to them! Now, the scene of King Flash's dream shattering in Paris was copied hundreds of millions of times for the whole world to enjoy.

That's the ultimate insult to your teeth!

"Ahhh~ That nuisance is finally gone~! Fafnir, burn this city to the ground!"

On the other side, Jeanne Alter was overjoyed after defeating Gilgamesh and immediately gave an order to Fafnir.

roar------!!!!

Fafnir raised her head and let out a deafening roar, then flapped her wings, preparing to take off and launch a terrifying dragon breath bombardment at Paris!

Its roar caused the number of wyverns across France to increase by a full third, and a large wave of wyverns appeared on the Orleans provisional government's side, preparing to attack the bunker where Pony was located once again.

The situation has really taken a sharp turn for the worse!

"Your Majesty! Here they come again! Wyverns! A huge flock of wyverns is flying towards us again!"

Looking at the two-legged dragons that reappeared on the distant horizon, the commander felt as if all the strength in his limbs had vanished. If he hadn't still had some backbone as a French soldier, he probably would have fled before the war even began.

"Why?! Why can't we kill all those monsters? Where do they all come from?!"

A soldier nearby shouted, filled with grief and anger, "It's Fafnir..."

Joan of Arc answered in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, everyone else turned to look at the saintess.

"Our Fafnir, though also a dragon who was once human, engaged in an ugly and superficial battle with her brothers because they refused to share the gold they obtained. In the end, the victor chose to become a non-human being."

"But one thing is different: this being has a curse of fratricide caused by human greed, which is the characteristic of 'the dragon slayer will eventually become a dragon'."

Glug...

Everyone couldn't help but swallow hard.

Doesn't this mean that those who kill Fafnir (the dragon) will eventually become Fafnir (the dragon) themselves?

"Your Holiness, what does this have to do with those endless swarms of wyverns?"

The commander asked, puzzled.

"Because Fafnir is not essentially a living being (a dragon species), but a 'natural' phenomenon, namely, the phenomenon of evil dragons, symbolizing the concept of evil dragons that occupy dangerous places and possess treasures in the cultures of European countries."

"Just as rain and thunder are sure to follow a storm, where the evil dragon Fafnir appears, wyverns and other dragons will naturally follow." "Therefore, as long as the storm (Fafnir) continues to rage, the thunderstorms (wyverns) will not cease!"

The whole world: ... (silence)

Jeanne d'Arc's explanation of the setting was broadcast live to the world by a bloodthirsty reporter accompanying the army, giving everyone a new understanding of how outrageous the power system in another world is.

Damn, all the weird mechanics are here!

"This evil dragon was already incredibly powerful; one breath from it almost overwhelmed Saber and Rider! And now you're telling me we can't just kill it? Whoever kills it will become a new evil dragon, but if we don't kill this dragon quickly, those wyverns will keep appearing..."

"Who the hell designed this shit monster?!"

"No matter how powerful an extraordinary individual is, no matter how powerful a nation is, when faced with an endless array of two-legged wyverns, their strength will eventually be exhausted."

"I see. Now I understand why it was sealed in that... that weird place called Imaginary Space. So you can't just kill it! You can only seal it or banish it!"

"So what do we do now? Even if we kill the evil dragon, there will be another one, immortal and indestructible..."

"Wait! There's a solution! If a Servant kills the dragon, although they'll eventually become Fafnir, the Servant will automatically leave the stage once the Holy Grail Ritual is over, and the curse of the dragon phenomenon will disappear along with the Servant... Doesn't that solve the problem?!"

"How can you be sure the curse will leave with you? What if it finds another host?"

"But at least that can solve the problem of wyverns everywhere in France!"

Then everyone thought of King Shan, who had just been defeated.

Given Angelica's Noble Phantasm output when she clashed with Enkidu, it shouldn't be too difficult to destroy this evil dragon. However, she was just being reckless and didn't even think about dealing with the evil dragon first!

As a result, she messed up and disconnected, while the evil dragon was still mass-producing units...

Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but feel disgusted with King Shan.

How come this supposedly awesome demigod is so weak...?

Angelica: It's the script! It's the script!