Typemoon: Starting Out as the Lion King [151]
Credits: skel
At the moment Alaric summoned the Holy Lance, Gilgamesh gave a slight nod.
Merlin, hiding behind a stone pillar, clasped his hands together, wearing an expression of nostalgia and emotion.
When Rhongomyniad fell into Alaric's palm, the cold touch made him pause momentarily.
At this moment, Rhongomyniad seemed to have lost all its mystery and power, leaving only an empty shell to contain his magic energy.
The rest of the authority and power lay dormant, and even Noble Phantasm activation was impossible.
Even so, Alaric felt no disappointment.
Alaric knew full well that Rhongomyniad was in a special state, adjusted by the Lion King, to allow him to wield it normally. Rhongomyniad had essentially been hollowed out.
And that was enough—
Step, step.
Gripping the Holy Lance, Alaric strode toward Gilgamesh with great determination!
Seeing this, Gilgamesh raised an eyebrow. Several staffs floating behind him immediately gathered magical energy, aiming to launch magical blasts at Alaric!
Zzzt!
Almost at the exact moment, Gilgamesh unleashed his magical blasts, pitch-black radiance surged around Alaric, intertwined with scarlet lightning.
As Alaric infused his magic energy into Rhongomyniad, the blackness swiftly enveloped the spiral spear, emitting crimson halos.
It was like crimson lightning.
Facing the incoming magical blasts, Alaric swung the Holy Lance!
Not only had he mastered endless combat techniques under Lancelot's tutelage, allowing him to handle most weapons with ease, but his experience with the Ruyi Jingu Bang from Sanzang had also proven invaluable.
Both being anchors of the planet, the Ruyi Jingu Bang and Rhongomyniad shared certain similarities. Although Rhongomyniad could not change size at will like the Ruyi Jingu Bang.
Swish!
The spear's tip moved like lightning.
And since it was lightning, it was beyond the scope of human vision to perceive.
But before that lightning, an even denser barrage of light attacks formed—a towering wall of magical energy formed in an instant, carrying overwhelming momentum as it surged forward.
When dealing with someone like Alaric, Gilgamesh may not have been using his full strength, but he was far from careless. He had chosen the most appropriate attack method.
The saturation attack formed by dozens of staffs could obliterate houses in an instant and devastate mountains!
But before that wall of light, lightning struck.
The speed was so fast that the human eye could not track it. The Holy Lance precisely struck each beam of magical energy, shattering the dense wall of magic in less than a blink of an eye!
The only victim was Merlin, who was caught in the aftermath of the scattered attacks.
One wave had barely subsided when another began.
Even though Alaric had neutralized this wave of concentrated attacks, Gilgamesh's thought alone summoned another barrage of saturation strikes!
Zzzt!
Alaric's figure shot forward like a rainbow, instantly closing the distance between himself and Gilgamesh.
As the saying goes, "The longer the weapon, the stronger the advantage." At this range, the Holy Lance could now reach Gilgamesh!
Without hesitation, Alaric swung the Holy Lance with lightning speed!
The very air tore apart!
Clang!
A crisp clash echoed, accompanied by a shockwave—Gilgamesh had pulled out a huge axe, directly blocking Alaric's lance!
"King Gilgamesh, you can even use this kind of weapon?"
Alaric, holding the Holy Lance in one hand, casually locked eyes with Gilgamesh.
Hearing Alaric's utterly irreverent remark, Gilgamesh smirked. "Fool! This king is a master of all arts. Naturally, nothing escapes my grasp!"
Before his words had fully landed, Gilgamesh suddenly exerted strength, slightly deflecting Alaric's Holy Lance. "A certain degree of skill and physical prowess, but still lacking against a true warrior!"
With just this one exchange, Alaric had gauged Gilgamesh's current power limit. Without using the Gate of Babylon, relying solely on this giant axe and his strength—
He could not defeat Alaric!
Knowing this, Alaric would not waste such a golden opportunity!
But before Alaric could launch another attack, the golden portals of Gilgamesh's Gate of Babylon shifted direction, surrounding both Alaric and Gilgamesh from all sides.
Nearly a hundred staffs emerged, their magical energy so immense and dangerous that even Alaric felt overwhelmed!
Gilgamesh's fighting style was a straightforward, overwhelming display of power. Just the saturation attacks from his Gate of Babylon were enough to crush most Heroic Spirits!
Not to mention that Gilgamesh could also unleash Noble Phantasms, truly making him a one-man solution to any problem.
Boom!!
In the next instant, an indiscriminate barrage of attacks poured down, engulfing both Gilgamesh and Alaric in an instant.
However, Alaric knew very well that this seemingly indiscriminate saturation attack was solely targeting him. The illusion of Gilgamesh being caught up in it was merely caused by the scattered radiance.
The precision of Gilgamesh's control was down to the millimeter, allowing him to unleash Gate of Babylon's attacks at such close range without affecting himself!
And on top of that, Gilgamesh was still swinging his giant axe, launching attacks at Alaric!
Faced with this dual assault, it seemed impossible for Alaric to evade. Even breaking through would leave him exposed to some of the magical strikes!
Zzzt!
[Lightning Flash!]
With absolute explosive force, Alaric propelled himself forward, his speed even surpassing the magical attacks fired from the Gate of Babylon!
A streak of pitch-black lightning flashed past Gilgamesh's eyes. In this nearly impossible time frame, Alaric maneuvered behind Gilgamesh, attempting to avoid the attacks that even he found troublesome!
Boom!!
With the deafening roar, smoke and dust filled the air.
Gilgamesh didn't even turn around to face Alaric, boldly exposing his back without a care.
But Alaric did not attempt to continue his attack. Instead, he noticed that countless golden portals still surrounded him, their numbers even greater this time, sealing off all possible escape routes!
"No way out. I'll have to try something else—"
Seeing that the portals were still locked onto him, Alaric gripped the Holy Lance tightly, its black magical light flickering.
But to Alaric's surprise—
The attack didn't come.
"——"
Gilgamesh closed his grimoire, and the golden portals behind him vanished.
Seeing this, Alaric understood that this battle of proving himself had come to an end. He then withdrew the Holy Lance.
Like a rookie interviewing for a prestigious company, he waited for the verdict from Gilgamesh.
Step, step.
Without a word, after the fight ended, Gilgamesh leisurely returned to his throne. "Utterly boring. Is this the one you vouch for? Merlin, your standards are lacking."
Gilgamesh clasped his fingers together and gazed indifferently at Alaric and Merlin, who had crept out of the shadows. "Tomorrow, accompany me to the temple. The head priestess there is up to something and has been out of contact for a day."
Merlin, with a grin like an older brother teasing a younger sibling, said to Alaric, "Do your best, okay?"