"Karna... the 'traitorous hero' in Indian mythology who inherited the blood of the sun god... Tsk, what a pain."
Darnic's biggest trump card was the Great Prince's second Noble Phantasm, 'Legend of Dracula', which was based on rumors, but these rumors also affected the heroic spirit's state to a certain extent. Once the Great Prince used this Noble Phantasm, he would turn from 'God's Shield' into 'Count Dracula', which was quite ironic.
And after turning into 'Count Dracula', the Great Prince's stats would be enhanced, and he would gain the legendary abilities of a 'vampire', such as creating familiars, turning into mist, turning into bats, and so on. In this state, the Great Prince would be extremely difficult to kill, but because of this, he would also be affected by the legends and gain the weaknesses of vampires, one of which was sunlight.
'We must kill Karna first!'
"The plan to win over Ruler remains unchanged, but since the Red Faction sent Lancer to attack Ruler, we have a great chance of winning over Ruler. Everyone, let's work harder. Also, Saber, Karna is in your hands."
"Yes!"
Siegfried's answer was simple but powerful.
After his concluding remarks, Darnic didn't know what else to say. After all, now the enemy was in the dark and they were in the light. Without information about the enemy, they couldn't make targeted arrangements. The only thing they could do was to continuously 'produce soldiers' and wait for the final battle to begin.
But at this moment, a homunculus pushed open the door of the conference hall.
"Your Majesty! A high-speed servant is approaching the fortress from the west. Our forward observation post has already been destroyed, and the interception force has also been completely wiped out just now."
'!!!'
Darnic glanced out the window, and after confirming that it was daytime, his expression instantly became a bit ugly.
'The people under the Clock Tower, those old, pedantic geezers, actually let a servant attack during the day. Are they crazy?'
"Have you confirmed the number of enemies?"
"For now, there is only one."
"Good! Lancer, I'll have to trouble you to take Assassin to scout the other party. Archer, you provide cover for Assassin."
Darnic's order made Lancer, who was slacking and gossiping in the corner, a bit stunned. He didn't expect that Darnic would send him out to fight. He originally thought that the other party planned to keep him confined to the castle.
"Okay."
But since the other party gave him an opportunity, he wouldn't let it go.
But Lancer seemed to have overestimated Darnic's integrity. After he left the castle with Li Shuwen, he always felt a prickling sensation on his back.
"Tsk! He said Archer would provide cover for me, but he's aiming his bow at me, isn't he?"
He complained in a low voice, but he didn't say anything more. No matter what, going out was an opportunity. Maybe he could discuss a transfer with the Red Faction's master at that time.
But he seemed to have thought too highly of it.
After reaching the interception point that Darnic had instructed, he quickly sensed the ground shaking. He glanced at Li Shuwen next to him, and the other party nodded with a serious expression.
The first battle between servants in the Holy Grail War was between Siegfried and Karna, but unfortunately, he didn't have the chance to witness it firsthand. At this time, he couldn't help but feel a little excited.
As for Li Shuwen, who had his hands behind his back, he was much calmer. Having gone through countless battles, he would not waver no matter who his opponent was, after all, for him, no matter who the opponent was, once the battle began, it was a matter of life and death.
The ground shaking became more and more intense, and the trees in front of them fell one after another. A man wearing a strange face mask and a strange restraint suit finally appeared.
'He looks familiar... Who is he?'
Lancer, at the same time he saw the other party, also began to filter through the few memories he had left in his mind, trying to find out the other party's identity and weakness, but before Lancer could think about it, the man with a smile on his face saw Li Shuwen and grinned even wider.
"Haha!! The Oppressor!!"
While laughing loudly, he madly charged towards Li Shuwen.
Without a word of nonsense, the short sword in his hand mercilessly slashed towards Li Shuwen's neck.
Li Shuwen's height was not tall to begin with. He was even almost a head shorter than Lancer. At this time, he looked incredibly small in front of the Berserker who was over two meters tall, but Lancer, who was standing behind the other party, felt that the other party's entire aura had instantly reached its peak when the Berserker charged.
"Watch closely!!"
Along with a low roar from Li Shuwen, he fiercely stepped out with his right foot, intruding into the area around the other party's body at an even faster speed than the Berserker. His right palm turned into a blade and viciously chopped at Spartacus's right wrist, which was holding the short sword...
"Crack~!"
The grating sound of bones breaking was incredibly harsh in the empty forest, but Lancer noticed that Spartacus's face, which was hit, did not show pain. Instead, he showed a 'happy' expression, but even this expression was fleeting.
His left hand blocked the other party's slash and at the same time shattered the other party's wrist, and his right fist, at the same time his foot landed on the ground, swung out fiercely——————
"Supporting Fist!"
Every successor of the Baji Quan was often a master of both Bajiquan and spearmanship. The reason for this was that the way Baji Great Spear generated force was extremely similar to Baji Quan. To master Bajiquan, one would often practice spearmanship, and Li Shuwen was demonstrating his Bajiquan skills to Lancer.
Lancer was already able to assume the basic stances of the Baji Spear in a decent way, and now he was trying to find the common points between Bajiquan and spearmanship.
At this time, in order to teach Lancer, he didn't even hesitate to use the enemy servant as a target to demonstrate the most basic of the Eight Forms of Adamantine in Baji Quan. The one just now was the first form——————Supporting Fist.
It didn't rely on the strength of the arm, but rather gathered the strength of the entire body to send out the fist, just like the most basic 'thrust' of the great spear.
Although it was just one of the most basic of the Eight Forms of Adamantine in Baji Quan, Spartacus's tall body actually bent, and his muscles even trembled like waves.
But this was not the end; it was just the beginning.
"Subduing Dragon!"
"Taming Tiger!"
"Splitting Mountain Palm!"
"Tiger Embrace!"
"Scout's Palm!"
"Bear Squat!"
After seven consecutive moves, the Berserker seemed to have become a doll that was being ravaged. His body stood there crookedly, but he still let out a terrifying laugh with his twisted neck, giving him the feeling of a protagonist in a horror story.
But Lancer was watching with great interest. He couldn't really say what he learned, but he could see some of the characteristics of generating force from the other party's punching moves. Lancer now wished he had a long spear in his hand to practice with.
As for Li Shuwen? He himself was expressionless, and his body was slightly bent. When his aura reached its peak, he used the last form of the Eight Forms of Adamantine——————
"Crane Step Push!"
The already crooked Berserker was pushed into the air and then sent flying horizontally.
"Bang!!"
Along with a terrifying crash, several trees that a person couldn't even wrap their arms around were directly broken, and Li Shuwen let out a long breath.
"Did you see that?"
At this time, he didn't feel like he had just gone through a big battle. Instead, he felt as if he was on a normal training ground, but as soon as he finished speaking, he frowned.
"What a monster..."
In Li Shuwen's low complaint, Spartacus stood up from the ground, spitting blood foam from his mouth.
"Oppressor!!"