The Giant Elephant and the Shadow Servants were still holding back Mahoraga, while Eichi observed every change on the battlefield, making the appropriate responses as quickly as possible.
The Cursed Energy stored in the Holy Grail was continuously drawn out by Eichi to compensate for his consumption.
Another Shadow Servant, Archer, was summoned.
Suddenly, Eichi felt his Cursed Energy consumption sharply increase by a large margin.
A hint of a smile appeared on his lips.
The moment of the decisive battle had arrived.
In the next second, Eichi took a deep breath and then vanished into the darkness.
The chaotic battle continued.
Mahoraga's powerful adaptability had carried it from being suppressed at the beginning to now fighting with ease.
It seemed it would not be long before Mahoraga adapted to and overcame the current situation.
However, Eichi would not give it that chance.
Finding an opportunity, he emerged from Berserker's shadow.
Appearing suddenly, Eichi held nothing back. His right leg, strengthened by Cursed Energy, kicked Mahoraga's calf with full force.
Black Flash.
Crack.
The sound of bones cracking rang out.
But it was Eichi's.
Intense pain shot from his foot, but under the effect of Reverse Cursed Technique, the injury quickly healed.
The attack worked. Mahoraga, struck in the calf, staggered and lost its balance.
Lancer stepped in and thrust his spear with full force toward Mahoraga's right shoulder.
Mahoraga swung the Sword of Exorcism, but Lancer showed no sign of dodging.
The spearhead pierced Mahoraga's shoulder. It was clear that Lancer, with only Grade 1 strength, was not enough to truly injure Mahoraga.
The Sword of Exorcism cut into Lancer's body, but because Mahoraga had lost balance, it could not exert proper force and failed to cut Lancer in half.
Whoosh.
A pitch-black arrow struck Mahoraga's right shoulder, denting the skin.
Whoosh.
A second arrow followed, striking the tail of the first.
Puff.
A tiny wound, not even a minor injury, appeared on Mahoraga's shoulder.
Lancer immediately followed up.
Tracking that tiny wound, Lancer successfully pierced his spear into Mahoraga's right shoulder joint, breaking through a single point to affect a larger area.
The spearhead jammed the joint, making it difficult for Mahoraga to exert force with its right hand.
Then Lancer directly wrapped up Mahoraga's right arm.
Eichi returned behind the Giant Elephant through the shadow.
Regaining his stance, he raised his right hand marked with a Command Seal. Cursed Energy surged as he began to summon.
At the same time, Berserker seized the opening, gripping his axe-sword with both hands and bringing it down with full force toward Mahoraga's left arm.
Puff.
Under Berserker's full-power strike, burning Cursed Energy, the axe-sword cut into Mahoraga's left arm.
But it only cut in.
Mahoraga had already adapted to slashes.
In the previous battle with Toji, it had completed its adaptation to cutting attacks.
Although Berserker's slash contained Cursed Energy and differed from Toji's attack, it was still a slash.
Therefore, the damage from Berserker's full-power strike was very small.
Even so, the immense force interrupted Mahoraga's attempt to regain balance.
Mahoraga exerted force, and the foot Eichi had kicked earlier stomped heavily onto the ground.
Mahoraga began to stabilize its center of gravity.
Eichi's initial command, to give Mahoraga no chance to breathe, was faithfully executed by the Giant Elephant.
The Giant Elephant lifted its upper body with its two front legs.
Then it charged at Mahoraga.
The Cursed Energy within Eichi's body poured out frantically and recklessly, and the energy stored in the Holy Grail for many years surged into him like a floodgate opening.
Under the impact of the rampant Cursed Energy, his body endured immense pressure.
Ding.
The wheel on Mahoraga's head rotated. This time, it adapted to the Giant Elephant's strength.
Unable to interfere with Mahoraga through brute force, the Giant Elephant raised its trunk and began to gather power.
At the same time, Berserker abandoned his weapon, grabbed Mahoraga's left hand, and pulled back forcefully, trying to drag it down.
However, having adapted to the Giant Elephant's strength, Mahoraga was not significantly affected.
Its powerful recovery completed the healing of its shoulder injury, and Lancer's spear fell to the ground.
The figure of a Heroic Spirit appeared before Eichi.
A massive amount of Cursed Energy was instantly output, then instantly replenished.
The huge flow crashed through Eichi's body like a flood.
Unable to bear it, his body began to burst with blood.
Splat.
Mahoraga's Sword of Exorcism in its right hand struck Lancer again. The immense force, which even Archer's arrows could not halt, forced Lancer to withdraw from the fight.
However, as Mahoraga dealt with Lancer, the Piercing Ox arrived.
A terrifying charge, fully wound up, struck Mahoraga's waist, and Berserker also vanished at this moment.
The long-distance acceleration gave the Piercing Ox immense power, and Mahoraga was knocked dozens of meters away.
The sharp horns pierced into Mahoraga, and tremendous force transmitted through them.
Although the body did not break, the impact dealt heavy damage to the spine and internal parts.
With its waist injured, Mahoraga temporarily lost control of its lower body.
Because Eichi had used the Piercing Ox against it in earlier battles, he had been prepared for this strike to be ineffective.
Fortunately, it still had some effect.
Previously, Mahoraga had too many things to adapt to, and the Piercing Ox's attack, which appeared only once, was not among the highest priorities.
Moreover, Eichi had canceled the taming ritual shortly after the Piercing Ox's strike. Being shut down and awaiting the next summon, Mahoraga had not completed its adaptation to the Piercing Ox.
The Giant Elephant completed its charge then, caught up, and began releasing water blades with full force.
Unlike the usual wide, flood-like spray, this attack consisted of compressed, small water blades.
Although Eichi did not understand water-related techniques, with Blood Manipulation as a reference, some simple methods were still easy to employ.
The water blades targeted Mahoraga's right hand, attempting to disable the Sword of Exorcism, which dealt higher damage.
Unfortunately, Mahoraga's defense was too high, and with only a few seconds of charge, the blades could not cut through.
However, they at least caused the Sword of Exorcism, which was striking at the Piercing Ox, to veer off by a few degrees.
The Piercing Ox was not to be outdone. It opened its large mouth, bit Mahoraga's waist, and tore with force, preventing recovery from the waist injury.
The young girl in front of Eichi, Artoria, raised the longsword in her hand.
Golden magical energy surrounded her, and the radiance on the blade gathered continuously.
"By my Command Seal, Saber, release your Noble Phantasm with full power."
"Again, by my Command Seal, Saber, annihilate the enemy before you."
"Finally, by my Command Seal, Saber, bring me victory."
Three Command Seals vanished in an instant, and golden radiance surged, illuminating the entire world. Night instantly became like day.
Ding, the wheel rotated, and Mahoraga completed its adaptation to the Giant Elephant's water blades.
Eichi finally had enough energy to begin healing his blood-soaked body with Reverse Cursed Technique.
Mahoraga sensed the immense threat not far away.
Its left fist smashed full force into the Piercing Ox's head.
Crack.
The sound of a skull cracking rang out, and the Piercing Ox was instantly severely wounded.
Eichi canceled the Piercing Ox's summon, preventing it from being completely destroyed.
At the same time, he took out a new Heroic Spirit chess piece, preparing to fill its vacancy.
Mahoraga's waist injury rapidly recovered after the Piercing Ox disappeared, and its lower body, which had been uncontrollable, began to regain sensation.
The Giant Elephant's trunk and snake tail attacked Mahoraga's arms from left and right.
After the Piercing Ox disappeared, Mahoraga rotated its body, and the Sword of Exorcism drew a massive sword light.
This strike simultaneously severed the Giant Elephant's trunk and the head of the great snake on its tail.
The Giant Elephant used its final means, pressing forward recklessly to suppress Mahoraga, whose lower body still could not exert full force.
But this caused no trouble for Mahoraga, which had already adapted to the Giant Elephant's strength.
It swung its arms repeatedly, iron-like fists leaving wounds all over the Giant Elephant, and the Sword of Exorcism carved hideous gashes into its head.
A golden chess piece in Eichi's hand transformed into a pitch-black figure and flew into the sky, robes spreading into wings.
The Black Divine Dog materialized from spirit form and bit Mahoraga's leg, only to be kicked away.
The moment the figure flew into the air, Eichi canceled the Giant Elephant's summon.
Whether for Shikigami or Cursed Spirits, the head is a very important part.
He worried that the Giant Elephant, constantly struck in the head, would be completely destroyed.
"Divine Dogs."
Eichi formed the Divine Dogs hand sign.
Beside him, Artoria's longsword was already raised high.
In just a few seconds, the Grade 1 strength Black Divine Dog, two Grade 1 Shadow Servants, and two Special Grade Chimeras were all defeated by Mahoraga.
And Mahoraga had completed several adaptations.
But Eichi did not panic, because the moment of victory had arrived.
Sensing the immense destructive attack ahead, Mahoraga bent its legs and leaped into the air.
If the attack could not be stopped, then escape its area of effect.
At that moment, a pitch-black figure appeared silently.
The Black Divine Dog shot in like black lightning, and its sharp claws struck Mahoraga just as it leaped.
Due to the Black Divine Dog's powerful stealth, Mahoraga had allowed it to approach quite close before sensing it.
At the same time, several pitch-black arrows also struck Mahoraga.
Mahoraga swung a punch at the Black Divine Dog.
The Black Divine Dog did not dodge, continuing to interfere with its movements.
The Semi-Special Grade Black Divine Dog was blasted away like a cannonball, but its objective had been achieved.
The sudden interference greatly slowed Mahoraga, which had been preparing to dodge Artoria's Noble Phantasm by moving, and another attack descended at that moment.
The magician who had flown into the sky released Cursed Energy with full force.
There was no intricate manipulation, no varied techniques, just a simple, almost self-destructive continuous barrage of Cursed Energy cannons poured down on Mahoraga.
The immense impact pushed Mahoraga, which had just left the ground and was interfered with by arrows and the Black Divine Dog, back down.
Mahoraga began to adapt again, but this time it ran out of time.
In front of it, Artoria had already aimed and swung the divine weapon in her hand with all her might.
"EX-CALIBUUURRRRR."
The hundred-meter distance vanished in an instant. A golden torrent enveloped Mahoraga, and the brilliant light, like stars, transformed into a towering pillar that rose from the ground.
The curtain was torn apart the moment it touched the pillar of light.
The radiance of King Arthur, Artoria, appeared in this world for the first time.
(To be continued.)
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