"…Odd Borzak?"
Kiritsugu Emiya was slightly stunned.
But soon, he retrieved the memory from his mind.
This mission, engraved deep in his heart, was something he could never forget, no matter when.
Although there was no need to explain to the girl.
But Kiritsugu Emiya was an extremely experienced magus killer, and he knew the principle of "using everything that can be used."
If he could extract information from the girl through conversation.
And delay time to observe the situation.
Then, for Kiritsugu Emiya, he might be able to gain a considerable chance of winning.
Being able to achieve this much just through conversation, Kiritsugu Emiya had no reason not to do so.
"…You know that magical bee user?"
Kiritsugu Emiya asked tentatively.
By observing Haruri's attack methods, he could see that she was also a magical bee user who controlled magical bees.
Recalling the mission on the plane.
Kiritsugu Emiya remembered that Odd Borzak was not only a Dead Apostle, but also a well-known magical bee user.
Back then, it was because if Odd Borzak was killed in the city, the magical bees he raised would lose control, causing a disaster.
Therefore, Kiritsugu Emiya and Natalia had no choice but to assassinate him on the plane.
——Could it be that this girl is related to that magical bee user?
——However, she doesn't seem to be a blood relative related to Odd Borzak…
——Could it be… she's that guy's descendant?!
Kiritsugu Emiya thought of this.
Just through Haruri's overreaction, he deduced the truth of the matter like following a vine.
After understanding this point.
He could also understand why Haruri was so angry and regarded him as a mortal enemy.
After all, that magical bee user was well-known.
And he was the family's biggest umbrella.
The consequences of the family losing him could be imagined without much thought, and it was surprising that Haruri was able to survive.
"It seems that we can't have a good talk. Even if I apologize to you, I suppose you wouldn't accept it… In that case, there's only one path for us…"
Kiritsugu Emiya's tone was quite calm.
As if he were talking about something very ordinary.
It wasn't the first time he had been approached by an enemy, and he was mentally prepared to fight to the death with them.
However, it was precisely Kiritsugu Emiya's attitude of taking life and death lightly that made Haruri furious.
The fire of hatred, yearning for revenge, was constantly surging.
"That's right! Kiritsugu Emiya, I'll make you experience the same taste! I'll let you know the feeling of never getting back what you've lost! I'll never let you off easily! I want revenge, all the pain and misery I endured back then, I'll make you repay me a hundredfold!"
Haruri poured out her long-suppressed emotions.
The tongue was unable to function properly due to overflowing anger.
Thoughts were boiling, unable to come up with any rebuttals, with only one thing certain.
She was going to kill the man before her.
To plunge this man into the most miserable situation.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the forest, the female assassin.
Facing the sudden, terrifying natural disaster.
With her power, she simply couldn't participate.
The female assassin knew the extent of the threat Ishtar posed to the world and understood how many innocent people would die if she wasn't stopped.
However, things had already gone beyond what could be solved with mere intention.
She could only barely hold onto the trees to withstand the black flood, avoiding being caught up in a battle of this scale.
It would be natural for ordinary people, even ordinary Heroic Spirits, to lose heart in such a situation.
However, she had not yet despaired.
Faced with such violent clashes of power, the female assassin was still searching for something she could do.
Life was nothing; she was prepared to offer it with both hands.
"That is…"
The female assassin suddenly sensed a familiar presence.
Someone else had entered the forest.
Moreover, it was someone the female assassin knew very well, none other than Moran, who had separated from her not long ago.
Ishtar was facing a situation where she was being attacked from three sides.
She was already annoyed by this.
"Come, Gugalanna!"
Ishtar looked at the snakes entwined around Gugalanna and reached out her hand as if taking out a weapon.
In an instant, the charm authority was activated.
She charmed the giant snake phantom shot by Alcides, transforming it from its very foundation.
Seven snakes wrapped around her fingers and intertwined, forming a "ritual implement."
It was a stone hammer-spear in the shape of seven snakes.
Then, to avoid the shadows, Ishtar drove Maanna high into the sky, beyond the stratosphere.
The shadows did not give up the chase.
They piled up masses of shadows as if building a tower, as if to drag the sky down to the ground.
The sight was shocking to everyone.
However, Ishtar had no intention of simply running away; she had had enough of the shadows to fly to this height.
Her idea was to eliminate this damned black thing.
Ishtar drifted and curved in the high sky, directing Maanna to dive and crash into the shadow tower.
The goddess Ishtar, as one of the gods, would not allow any tower to approach the realm of the gods.
No, that's wrong.
There is only one god here.
To declare to the world that the sky was hers, Ishtar's domain—Ishtar swung down her weapon with the full force of the dive.
[Seven-Headed Warhammer Sita]
A war hammer in the shape of seven snakes that Ishtar is said to have held in her hand at birth.
A war hammer that can annihilate the enemy simply by existing, was swung by Ishtar with all her might and divinity at the top of the shadow tower.
The divine radiance falling from the high heavens impacted the shadows.
The dark tower vanished as if evaporated, and this strike seemed to have had a considerable effect.
Ishtar nodded slightly at the sight.
Then, she planned to return to the temple to replenish her power and then eliminate Hassan of the Fathomless Rift's Spirit Base in one fell swoop.
But, before she could fly towards the temple.
The eliminated shadows gushed out from the ground like geysers.
Ishtar's eyes twitched: "Ahhh… this is going to torture me to death… I really have a bad relationship with things from the underworld…!"
In fact, it was impossible for Hassan of the Fathomless Rift's Spirit Base alone to create such a powerful shadow.
The reason why the shadow could reach this point.
It was because Hassan of the Fathomless Rift used his Noble Phantasm to connect the cause and effect of death with Ishtar.
The height of this shadow tower now represents the height of the arrogance caused by Ishtar's own radiance.
Therefore, Ishtar cannot eliminate it with radiance.
She was caught in the mechanism kill of this Noble Phantasm.