Having been suddenly ordered to use his Noble Phantasm, and then suddenly stopped when his magical energy had gathered to a certain degree, the magical energy began to rampage wantonly inside his body.
Siegfried was in a very bad state at this moment.
"Ha, the Black Faction's master really gave me a good show." Achilles glanced at the heavily injured Siegfried, who could no longer pose a threat to him, then turned to look at Sanzang and Kriemhild. "Now, can you let me understand what your situation is?"
"Since when did the Ruler Faction get an extra Berserker and a..." Achilles looked at Sanzang.
"Caster."
"Oh, okay, can you let me understand the current situation a little?" Achilles asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Unfortunately, no," Sanzang shook her head and replied. "Because the Red Faction Lancer intercepted the Ruler midway before, we have already determined the Red Faction to be an unstable factor in this Holy Grail War and refuse to disclose too much information to the Red Faction."
"Intercepted the Ruler?" Achilles raised one eyebrow higher than the other.
Because he had been arranged to track Spartacus with Atalanta from the very beginning, he really wasn't aware of this matter.
However, if his own master's faction really wanted to be enemies with the Ruler Faction, he wouldn't be afraid either.
After all, he was the free-spirited Achilles.
No matter who the enemy is, there is no fear.
The atmosphere here was tense, while on the other side, Chiron, forced to change his target from Achilles to engaging in a shooting match with the opposing Archer, felt a sudden thrill.
In terms of pure archery skill, Chiron believed his opponent was no less capable than himself.
However, things were not going well for Atalanta.
Every one of her attacks was countered before it could land, and there were even several times she had to rely on her beast-like instincts to dodge rather than having her head blown off by an arrow.
Yet, over on Achilles' side, he was still chatting with someone.
"Rider! What are you doing!" an angry Atalanta scolded her colleague. "If you just want to hit on women, do it after the battle! I'm under a lot of pressure right now!"
"Huh? Sorry, sorry! Big sister, I'll start right away!" Achilles raised his spear, aiming the tip at Siegfried, Frankenstein, and the other Servants.
"Caster, could I ask you to face the enemy together with the Black Faction's Berserker?" Kriemhild said to her companion, staring fixedly at Siegfried. "I feel that even I could defeat the current Q... Lord Saber."
After drawing the ominous-looking magic sword, Kriemhild planted the tip on the ground, holding the hilt in her hand.
Well, it looked as if she couldn't even lift the magic sword, which was taller than she was.
"...Since you put it that way." Sanzang immediately turned around, holding her khakkhara and looking at Achilles. "To be honest, I'm not good at martial arts. Could you please go easy on me? It would be even better if you could go extremely easy."
"...Ah, sorry, I'm a proponent of gender equality." Achilles revealed a brilliant smile. "The things I'm least good at are holding back and... going easy."
Is 'gender equality' meant to be used in this context?
Sanzang was stunned, and then her vigilance increased.
"Hey, Black Faction's Berserker, your attacks can't pierce his armor, so you just need to focus on blocking his attacks. Leave the attacking to me." Sanzang whispered to Frankenstein beside her.
"Gu-um!" Frankenstein nodded heavily.
At this moment, because of the sudden appearance of Sanzang and Kriemhild, Fiore had come down from the high ground to Daniel's RV to seek an explanation.
Of course, Chiron was still holding the high ground, sniping at Atalanta's attacks.
"Oh my, it's because Kriemhild can't let go of Mr. Siegfried. If she isn't allowed to resolve her inner conflict, Ms. Kriemhild will be like a ticking time bomb, and there's no telling when she might suddenly detonate, so I can only let her act freely."
Daniel shrugged innocently while explaining to Fiore.
"Although I know Ms. Kriemhild is obsessed with Saber and has endured for over twenty years to avenge him, why do I feel that her attitude when facing Saber is... off? It doesn't look like how one should act when meeting their lover, does it?" Fiore asked, somewhat confused.
"Oh, you're asking about that? Then I really must explain it properly." Daniel shook his head with a look of helplessness and sighed. "I only found out about the specific circumstances by accident."
"When Kriemhild was avenging Siegfried and used that sword to kill Hagen, Hagen revealed a shocking secret."
"Although the one who killed Siegfried was Hagen, Siegfried himself was willing to die to stop the conflict." Daniel shrugged and explained. "In terms of the reason, Kriemhild's revenge is meaningless, because the ultimate target of her revenge is the very person she was avenging."
"And it was because of that moment of distraction that she also had her head cut off."
"This is also the reason why Kriemhild descended as a Berserker class, rather than an Avenger class."
Ah, this...
Fiore was dumbfounded.
She didn't even know how to explain the current situation to Darnic.
Were they, the Black Faction, and the Ruler Faction neutral and friendly? Or were they in a camp that could become hostile at any moment?
Fiore could only repeat what Daniel had just said word for word.
Darnic, however, was already mentally prepared.
Now that Gordes had wasted two command spells, Siegfried's importance had greatly diminished.
Compared to the Ruler Faction, a mere Siegfried—he wouldn't mind discarding him if it came to that.
Furthermore, he didn't think Siegfried would just die under Kriemhild's sword like that.
Even though he looked weak right now.
However, just because he had become weaker didn't mean Kriemhild had become stronger.
As a master, Darnic could see some of Kriemhild's stat sheet.
Although not bad, there was still a certain gap compared to Siegfried.
Moreover, Siegfried was a Saber class, and in his life, he had the experience of dragon slaying; his swordsmanship was terrifyingly strong.
But Kriemhild... other than the series of schemes she planned to avenge Siegfried, she hadn't displayed any powerful combat ability in her life.
Therefore, this round should still be a solid victory for Siegfried.
And what Darnic needed to do was to stop Siegfried before he decided to deal a lethal blow, in order to ease relations with the Ruler Faction.
After all, the real Ruler was still sitting in his courtyard!
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