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-Town of Fuyuki.
3rd POV*
Lawrence watched as Gilgamesh bombarded him with his treasures. This is probably the only moment in this war where Gilgamesh was serious in trying to take down someone. The battle between Lawrence and Gilgamesh was even crazier than Shiki and Karna, the reason? Gilgamesh's weapons are too lethal, each of them can twist the earth and dry the ocean.
Our boy Lawrence was just tanking everything with a smile on his face though. If one took a closer look at him then they might be able to notice that Lawrence is currently much bigger than his initial size while golden barrier was circling around his body. "Ludicrous! Why are the Noble Phantasms getting canceled?!" Gilgamesh roared in anger.
He witnessed a nonsensical sight of his proud treasures being turn null by the barrier of the mongrel, even within his treasury, there was no absurd weapon like that. Most of them can tank a heavy blow or two but there was none that can hold against thousands of Noble Phantasms. Be aware that Gilgamesh were only throwing A+ Noble Phantasms because he already deemed Lawrence as a threat from the start.
"King Gilgamesh, I would love to chat with you if you were the sane one. Sadly you were summoned as an Archer not as Caster, it would have been more entertaining" Lawrence presented his disappointment to Gilgamesh by shaking his head, he seemed to disregard any kind of feeling the King has. "Silence! Just being able to meet me is an honor itself! You mongrel should be grateful for that" Gilgamesh snarled in irritation.
Lawrence thought about it and nodded his head, it is indeed right. Gilgamesh was quite a great figure so being able to encounter him is already a huge honor for anyone. Unfortunately, this is the Holy Grail War where same legendary figures are also present. His presence doesn't matter anymore considering that figures with equal worth are here in this war.
"As expected, although you still have that admirable wisdom on you, it did not come close to the one Caster has. What a letdown" Lawrence sighed before his body was encased by silver chains that came out of the golden rifts. "Oh? You're using your treasured friend to bind me? Am I special now?" he chuckled feeling the intense grip Enkidu has on him.
Gilgamesh sneered hearing his words, "Barely, you who are a worm is not worthy to accept this binding. Learn proper manners mongrel, your inanity is appalling" he grabbed Caladbolg inside his treasury and activated the Noble Phantasm. He could not afford to simply throw weapons right now as those don't even work.
The Caladbolg started spinning at high speed threatening to break everything with it momentum. Gilgamesh released the Noble Phantasm creating a vortex that sucked all thing on the spot. Space itself quaked from the intensity of the attack, mountains were even erased on the process showing just how absurdly strong the thing was.
Gilgamesh narrowed his eyes sensing the outcome of that attack, he released a click of tongue watching as Lawrence escaped from the dust with literally no damage done on him. "That was a cute attempt King Gilgamesh, if I wasn't careful then I might get torn into pieces" Lawrence chuckled mentioning that. "Hmph, quit the farce mongrel. You did not even consider that as an attack" he said.
This surprised Lawrence as never thought that the King would admit that his attack was not effective, he was too prideful to admit that! "Woah, woah, does desperation help you ease your mind? You became rather calm after knowing you can't damage me" he asked in surprise. "Don't push your luck. I am merely accepting one single fact, and that is… you are a disappointment" Gilgamesh said shaking his head.
Lawrence raised his eyebrow at the statement. "Care to explain?" he asked calmly not really bothered by it. He is more interested to what the King will say about him. Gilgamesh narrowed his eyes for a moment before speaking. "Despite being the strongest person here, I would have to respect the girl you had more than you" Gilgamesh spoke looking at the direction of Shiki.
"And why is that?" Lawrence became even more interested hearing that. He is aware of the weakness of his existence and he wanted to know whether the King could decipher him within just a short time of meeting. "Because you are hollowed. You don't possess any characteristic that made you interesting, it is as if something inhumane is trying to live a human life. It's sickening" Gilgamesh stared at Lawrence with utter disgust.
That statement made Lawrence smile, 'As expected, even without being a Caster, he is still a King with wisdom' he thought gazing at Gilgamesh with acceptance. "You follow norms like reading book, it made your actions easy to predict yet unpredictable at the same time. Your woman is the contrary to you as she is slowly learning emotions, I can relate to that" Gilgamesh looked melancholic saying that.
"Your wisdom exceeds my expectations King Gilgamesh, I applaud you for reaching close to the truth. Unfortunately you were wrong with one thing" Lawrence said shaking his head. Gilgamesh raised his eyebrow at that, he was confident that his conclusion was the right one. He gestured Lawrence to continue. "I am not inhumane trying to be a human but rather, I lost my original human side so I am trying to regain it back"
Gilgamesh could not help but widen his eyes at that, he swear he was right when he thought that this being was not human at all. Hearing that he was in the same species as him before is baffling even for the King. "Regain you say? Stop your clowning, you yourself should be aware that it is not possible. The only way your current farce could continue is because of the existence of that woman" Gilgamesh snarled.
Lawrence scratched the back of his head hearing that, "Well, I can't say I agree with you but if you say so. You calling her as woman must mean that you aren't aware of her real identity. Even I am sure that your Naqba thing won't be able to perceive her" Lawrence said smiling gently at Shiki who just bitch slapped Karna.
Gilgamesh narrowed her eyes at Shiki after what Lawrence said, words of Lawrence are not meant to be underestimated as he has value perception higher than anyone else. He was trying to look for clues to what Lawrence was saying. But when Gilgamesh tried to peek at Shiki's origin, his whole body shivered in fright.
He widened his eyes in shock to what just happened to him, he never felt fear before. Even in the face of Gods in his Myth, there was nothing that could make him fear. But just now, he experienced immense fear when searching the origin of Shiki. "What was that you bastard?" he looked at Lawrence asking for asnwers, that is not normal at all!
Lawrence was slightly surprised that Gilgamesh did not call him mongrel but still smirked when he saw the fear etched on his face. "Shocked? Hahaha! Your reaction is priceless King Gilgamesh" Lawrence laughed loudly watching Gilgamesh touch his face. "Stop this foolishness! Who is that woman? Is she the same as you?" Gilgamesh asked angrily, he was pissed for being mocked like that.
Lawrence stopped messing around sensing the seriousness in Gilgamesh's face. Although he don't know whether EA could destroy this Bounded Field, he doesn't want to test it either. "Akasha" Lawrence simply said however Gilgamesh understood a lot of things just from that. Gilgamesh widened his eyes in astonishment. "Surely you don't mean…" He muttered trying to see if Lawrence was just joking.
Sadly the man just grinned happily successfully taking Gilgamesh by a surprise. "Unfeasible! The Swirl of Root doesn't possess a consciousness!" Gilgamesh shouted in denunciation, he simply refused to believe that is possible. "That's what I initially thought but look at here. Akasha's daughter on full display. Isn't it mesmerizing?" Lawrence smiled gently at Shiki.
Gilgamesh was about to refute again but when he remembered the illogical things happening before like no Grand Servants appearing or Counter Force stopping the descent of the most Evil Man in the world. "Counter Force is on your side?!" Gilgamesh asked astounded by that thought. "Hah, what can I do? She is literally my woman right now" Lawrence laughed.
Gilgamesh turned quiet this time, he crossed his arms and just gazed at Shiki seriously. He already recognized what frightened him earlier. It was Shiki. Not Shiki or SHIKI but rather the original Shiki. The Shiki who knows everything in the world, grown bored and went to sleep so that it could experience even just a slight of enjoyment. It is 'Ryougi Shiki' or rather VOID Shiki.
"This is not a thing to joke around bastard, make sure to take care of that disaster" Gilgamesh said snarling at Lawrence. "Hehe, should we really be wary of her?" Lawrence asked while smirking. "Hmph, of course you the abomination is the most dangerous. It was foolish of me" Gilgamesh said before his body turned into particles. "Goodbye King Gilgamesh, I hope to have a nice chat with you next time" Lawrence waved his hands to Gilgamesh who just closed his eyes. And just like that, Servant Archer forfeited from the War.
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