Chapter 222: What the hell is this, is this a harem anime.
The intense team competition was still continuing.
"The current situation is truly very serious!"
The commentator in the broadcast room, Merlin, looked at the situation on the field and spoke with an urgent, emotional tone.
"Right at the crucial moment when Bradamante confessed to Mochizuki Eikou, Artoria holding the Holy Lance suddenly intervened in their emotional problem! Who will our guest Eikou hold hands with in the end? The younger girl — Bradamante, or the more mature older sister — Artoria?"
"It is serious, since it's basically a shurafield… but why are you commenting exactly like you're hosting a dating show?!"
Beside him, El-Melloi II was still trying to maintain the dignity of a normal person, frowning as he complained.
Meanwhile, on the arena floor, Bradamante was clearly frightened by Artoria's sudden appearance, her small face showing obvious panic.
"Uwah… it's… it's the legendary King Arthur…"
She looked nervous and stuttered:
"Ah… if possible… could you please give me an autograph…"
"They're even bringing out autographs now, you people might as well stop fighting the Holy Grail War altogether, set up a table and hold a party already,"El-Melloi II complained angrily, "These people are even more troublesome than the students full of issues in my class?!"
"Oh oh, wait a moment, although contestant Bradamante is speaking politely, before Artoria's overwhelming presence, she has absolutely no intention of retreating — on the contrary, she even stepped forward to hold Eikou's hand. Too brave, truly a pure and steadfast girl in love!"
"I remember Bradamante already had a lover, how can she so straightforwardly abandon her boyfriend and cling to Eikou this much?!"
El-Melloi II asked in utter confusion.
"This must be traced back to the previous field trip…"
"Enough, enough, pretend I never asked, why are you even bringing past events into a live commentary?!"
But Merlin continued confidently:
"That day, when Bradamante saw Eikou kick the bug box into the trash can, at that exact moment, a strong emotion causing her heartbeat to accelerate surged within her. From that moment on, this girl started a new love."
"Maybe what got kicked into the trash was her brain instead, what kind of situation is this that can make someone fall in love?!"
On the arena floor of the coliseum, Bradamante had already begun an intense struggle with Artoria.
"Eikou, please agree to my request!"
Bradamante shouted loudly, her slender hands in knight gloves tightly gripping Eikou's hands, her small face flushed red, pulling and tugging him toward herself.
"Eikou, you are my Master, you must not run over to the enemy side."
Seeing him gradually being dragged away by the opponent, Artoria immediately did not dare to hesitate, her gauntlet quickly grabbed his arm and pulled him strongly toward herself.
Pop—
Eikou only felt his arm sink deeply into two warm, soft mounds, and with just the slightest touch, his skin was pulled into the enticing curves.
So big and soft!
He originally had no intention of switching over to the other team, but the moment Artoria pulled him into her embrace, his intention to stand on her side became even stronger.
And on the other side, Bradamante was also hugging him tightly. Although she wasn't as big and splendid as Artoria, the full body of the knight girl was still pressed tightly against him, creating a soft sensation that made a person go numb.
"Uwww…"
Being squeezed tightly between two beautiful women with perfect figures, Eikou felt he couldn't even get a word out.
Being fought over by two women who completely matched his preferences, he never expected that he would one day enjoy such bliss!
"Are you people acting out a harem anime?!"From the commentary room came the distant shout of El-Melloi II.
"BOOM!"
At that moment, a rough roar rang out beside them, like the shattering of a bell, as if a wild beast had just broken free from its chains.
It was Berserker Heracles!
Because Artoria was busy fighting over Eikou, no one was restraining the Greek hero in this berserk state anymore.
In the wild roar and terrifying aura like a collapsing mountain, everyone widened their eyes as if awakened from a dream, immediately entering combat stances. The chaotic formation from earlier quickly split back into two clear sides.
"Now is not the time to be fighting over me, focus on the target in front of us."
Eikou quickly separated himself from the arms of the two girls, raising his hand and preparing to activate his Skill to face the Berserker before him.
"Thank you, great Greek hero,"El-Melloi II suddenly said emotionally, "Thanks to you, this match didn't completely turn into some bizarre genre."
"Master, please give the order."
Artoria summoned back the Holy Lance, her emerald green eyes calmly observing the entire battlefield.
"Should we prioritize dealing with the enemy's Berserker, or focus on defeating the other contestants?"
"First—"
Eikou quickly worked his mind, analyzing which side they should fight first for the most effective strategy.
With the level of Spirit Origin of Artoria Lancer, plus his three Command Spells and the support of other Servants, they should have the ability to defeat Heracles.
But!
Hercules was a demigod with an immortal body. Having completed the Twelve Labors, he possessed up to twelve lives. This was clearly going to be a prolonged war of attrition. Even if Artoria could deplete all of his lives again and again, there was no guarantee that no unexpected event would occur in the middle.
"As expected, we should deal with Charlemagne and the others first,"Eikou shouted loudly, sweat pouring down from his chin, "only by doing so can we concentrate all our strength on facing Hercules."
In that brief moment, he glanced at the silver-haired girl in red standing beside him.
This Caren, from beginning to end she only summoned a single Erice, isn't this basically fighting against an AI?
No, how could she only have one Servant?
A very bad premonition suddenly flashed in Eikou's mind.
Perhaps Caren had been holding back on purpose from the beginning, just to see how they would fight Hercules to the death, wanting to wait until Eikou was exhausted before sitting back and reaping the benefits.
If he were to go all-out and risk his life against Hercules, wouldn't he just be letting her take advantage in the end?
[That was both the most pessimistic thought, and also the most reasonable assumption.]
[But deep inside, you still feel that Caren is not the type of girl who would truly do something like that.]
[Of course, with her personality, she absolutely could do it for real.]
"I can't worry about that anymore!"
Eikou gritted his teeth, and in the end still decided to follow his instincts, forcefully slapping his left hand onto the back of his hand marked with three Command Spells.
"I use a Command Spell to order you—Lancer, release your Noble Phantasm immediately!"
Entrust the enormous magical energy of one Command Spell to Artoria, prioritize taking down Charlemagne and those people!
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