Fate: Emiya the Host

She gave a disdainful laugh, lifting her long hair.

"Attacks of this level also want to cause me trouble?"

The hair that spread out turned into countless chains to intercept the arrows.

When the two made contact, explosions sounded one after another without end.

The air currents began to grow violent.

"Senpai, be careful!"

Mash held her shield, protecting the two in front of her.

From the dark place where he was peeping, Cú Chulainn sighed.

'Isn't this the perfect chance to escape?'

'Not escaping, and also not ambushing, completely without the least bit of combat sense.'

After dozens of arrows quickly disappeared without a trace, Medusa waited for the next wave of attack, but unexpectedly the opponent showed not the slightest movement.

So she let out a mocking laugh, "Turns out you're a coward."

"Luckily, my prey didn't run away, otherwise your life would be in danger."

Medusa looked at the three with eyes as gloomy as snakes.

"Senpai," Mash planted her shield, "Please give the order."

"Order…", Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at Mash, then looked at Olga Marie, and found they were both waiting for him. So he took a deep breath, "Go, Mash."

"Understood!"

Mash leapt, arriving on the same plane as Medusa.

Then came nothing but continuous beatings.

Rather than saying it was a spear, it was more like a scythe taller than a person, carried with ill omen, being fluently swung by Medusa.

Her monstrous strength was displayed to the fullest.

"Truly, not bad resolve."

"Could it be this is your first time joining battle as a Servant?"

Every time she suffered an attack, Mash would retreat.

Medusa, at ease, swung the ominous spear in her hand.

"Truly adorable, let me, as your senior, teach you what the battle between Servants really is."

"However," Medusa smiled enchantingly, "the price is death!"

The spear was swung even more fiercely, each strike making Mash's face show pained expression.

"Mash!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka was at a loss, dumbfounded.

Olga Marie was the same.

Too fast, by naked eye, the spear's trajectory could not be caught at all.

Even with preparation, the strength of a Servant still made her feel she had no way to begin.

"Idiot," Cú Chulainn sneered.

He was referring to Medusa.

The spear was being played with like that.

If it were him, the opponent wouldn't last three rounds.

"How about it, how about it?"

Medusa laughed excitedly, "Is it painful? But it's still not enough~"

Medusa, like an older sister, kindly reminded, "Be careful, my spear is one that annihilates the undead. If you're pierced, then there's no way it can ever be healed."

"In other words, as long as I stab you once, you'll be a failure of a Servant for life."

Medusa's expression turned fanatic, stabbing at the shield with all her strength.

In an instant, mana burst forth, intense magical power clashing.

"Ah!", Mash was directly blown away.

"Mash!"

"Don't come over, Senpai!"

Mash stood up again, lowering her head and charging forward.

"Ahhhh!"

"What?", Medusa's expression changed slightly.

The spear's tip gathered magic power, stabbing out.

RUMBLE! RUMBLE!

Purple magical power surged from the shield, blasting away Medusa's spear of annihilating the undead.

"Oh?", Dog Brother grew interested.

Looking at it this way, there was still something of value.

He even wanted to go out and help, but unfortunately Shirou still hadn't given the order.

"Tch!", Medusa, displaying extraordinary agility, leapt in front of Fujimaru Ritsuka.

Mash, sensing beforehand, blocked her.

Once again, the same situation, the spear was blasted away.

Medusa retreated onto her chains that blocked the path, eyes dark, "You really piss me off, you naive brat."

Mash's expression was firm, blocking in front of Fujimaru Ritsuka, "Senpai will be protected by me!"

"Mash," Fujimaru Ritsuka was deeply moved.

Medusa gave a cold smile, flicking her long hair again.

"I'm bored of this."

The chains extending from her hair surrounded the three in a tight circle.

"Then let me strangle you all to death with my hair."

The chains quickly contracted.

"This is really bad."

Olga Marie couldn't think of any way to escape.

"Don't worry, Senpai. I will absolutely protect you!", Mash was ready.

Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded firmly, "I believe in you, Mash."

"Honestly, if I came any later, I couldn't stand by without preparing to act," Cú Chulainn's impatient voice appeared from above.

This made Medusa's strangling pause for a moment.

"No helping it, at least consider the difficulties I face as a human," Spending some time, Shirou finally arrived.

"This really is…", Cú Chulainn scratched his head in distress, "Your previous appearance made me overlook that you were human."

"What kind of cold joke is that?", Shirou shot back with a question mark, "If I'm not human, what else could I be?"

Their indifferent behavior enraged Medusa, "Tch, Caster? So there's still a Master alive."

She became on full alert, "Why? You should have no reason to help these drifters."

"Why? Of course it's because compared to the likes of you lot, they're more pleasing to the eye," Cú Chulainn's answer was taken for granted.

And Shirou, after watching for a while, finally said, "Seems Saber is the same as well."

He was somewhat disappointed.

He had thought maybe there was a chance of meeting the one summoned by Manaka.

But now, looking at it, none of them had any memories.

Of course, Shirou still held onto a sliver of hope.

After all, Artoria wasn't dead yet. Maybe she would carry memories.

"Saber?"

Medusa sneered as if she understood, "Don't tell me you think relying on these three drifters you can defeat Saber?"

"That's not so certain," Cú Chulainn glanced at Shirou.

"What should we do, Director, a new Servant and Master have appeared," The three felt surrounded, attacked from both sides.

Only…

"Fou!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka hadn't expected Fou to suddenly jump down. For a moment she didn't catch her.

Then she could only watch her run onto Shirou's shoulder, stretch out her tongue and lick his face.

"Don't do that, it tickles," Shirou petted this primate killer.

Its true name was Cath Palug, holder of the Logos of Compariso, the "Beast IV."

On the same level as Demon God King "Goetia" and the creation god "Tiamat."

It was said it would never easily approach anyone.

It only drew close to Mash and Fujimaru Ritsuka.

Unexpectedly, upon first meeting, it clung to him.

Probably because, in a certain sense, he and Fujimaru Ritsuka were counterparts.

"Ah, the male version of… Senpai?", Mash blinked her eyes.

"Ma… male version?"

Olga Marie was shaken by this unexpected thought. Looking carefully, touching her chin, she said, "Indeed, really does look a bit alike."

"That…", Fujimaru Ritsuka had just wanted to speak.

"I say, looking down on people should have its limits, right?"

Medusa said coldly, "To ignore me so completely, you don't think two against one makes you my opponent, do you?"

"Hmph, to deal with the likes of you, you think two against one is necessary?", Cú Chulainn used a Rune.

He hadn't gotten to fight enough earlier.

But Shirou told him to wait, then jumped in front of Medusa himself.

"Lancer."

That a Master would come swaggering right in front of her was completely unexpected, Medusa couldn't react for a moment.

Shirou glanced at the people she had petrified, sighed, "Right now, is it still in time to undo it?"

In a certain sense, he didn't want Medusa to kill people.

Even his earlier attack had been a kind of obstruction against her.

Unfortunately—

"As expected, too late…", Shirou gave up the last trace of hope.

Maybe, among the Servants here, there wasn't a single one he knew.

If that was the case, then including Saber, he would show no mercy.

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