What to be careful about
What are you avoiding again
The answer is simple, the thing you need to be careful of and avoid is the same thing—Berserker's attack.
Although the time was short and although things returned to normal quickly, Shinji was still stunned for a moment by the appearance of Altria and the image of Illya holding the scabbard.
If it happened under normal circumstances, it wouldn’t matter if I was stunned for a while.
But now they are in battle, and the enemy is Hercules, the first warrior and the strongest hero in Greek mythology. Although he lost his mind due to frenzy and was targeted, it requires Medusa and Shinji to cooperate sincerely and seamlessly, and no one side can have problems.
Shinji used the "King of Death Penalty" to build a cage, compressing Hercules's movement space.
Medusa filled in the gap and prevented Hercules from breaking through.
It seemed ridiculously simple, but it hit Hercules' weakness.
Hercules is famous for his strength and is known as the "Hercules". If he was alive, he would have held up the sky with his own strength. Even in the complex Chinese mythology, only the divine turtle under the command of the goddess Nuwa could be compared to him when it supported the four poles with its four legs when mending the sky. Not to mention a mere steel cage, even if the 20,000 rafters of the "King of Punishment" plus the fully formed Gorgon monster were stacked together, it would not be enough for Hercules to dismantle it.
But the servant is not the original body after all, and will be limited by the container given by the Holy Grail. Although it is still powerful, and the strength attribute has reached A+, it is no longer an absolute and irreparable gap. Even with the bonus of the master and skills, there are still servants who can surpass it.
Medusa is one of them. Sakura's magic power adds up to A-level strength, and her "super strength" skill further increases her strength in a short period of time, giving her explosive power that exceeds Hercules. This is why Shinji wants Medusa to fill in.
However, the explosive power is only temporary and difficult to sustain, and Medusa's own quality is not as good as Hercules. In the narrow environment created by the rafters, she can have a slight advantage in a head-on confrontation, but once out of the special environment, Medusa is no match for Hercules.
Because of Shinji's distraction, the control of "King of Punishment" failed to keep up, and the tight blockade of the king had a brief gap. Taking advantage of this gap, Hercules broke through the cage and killed Shinji. Although he had lost his mind, his experience and feelings honed by crossing countless trials told him that the man was the key to suppressing himself and was an enemy that must be eliminated.
Medusa was standing forward and couldn't see Shinji's movements. She had no idea that there would be a gap in her blockade. By the time she realized something was wrong, it was too late. Don't think that Hercules is not agile enough just because he is huge. Size and agility are never inversely proportional functions. Hercules' agility is level A, the same as Medusa's. In a hurry, Medusa had no time to stop him.
At this moment, Shinji had just come back to his senses, and didn't even have time to materialize his weapons or armor, but the axe and sword of "Hercules" Hercules had already appeared above his head.
What saved him from danger was a sharp shout. It was Altria.
Shinji was stunned, but she was not. The moment Hercules rushed out of the cage, she moved.
The Knight King galloped, turning into a gust of wind that passed by, waving the "Invisible Sword" wrapped in the "Wind King's Barrier" and rushing forward before the axe and spear fell.
"Woo!"
The air is vibrating.
Artoria's "Invisible Sword" blocked the giant sword in Hercules' hand, which was almost like a rock.
A veritable explosion.
It was clearly the collision of steel and steel, but it easily tore through the air, producing an explosion that was no less powerful than that of modern weapons.
The wind pressure was the same, and Shinji, who was at the center of the collision, was inevitably forced to retreat by the shock wave. While retreating, he vaguely saw Altria's heroic eyebrows wrinkled, and his body retreated involuntarily.
Hercules avenged his previous defeat, and the second round of competition between Saber and Berserker ended with the latter's victory.
The violent giant doesn't know what a break is, nor does he know what tactics are. He will only pursue the enemy relentlessly.
With a rustling sound, the axe and the "invisible sword" kept colliding. With each collision, Artoria would step back. There was no doubt that Hercules had the upper hand in this pure power confrontation.
But this does not mean that Artoria will be defeated soon. Although retreating step by step, Artoria still defends very steadily, and each retreat is also to eliminate the power, stabilize the situation and exchange for a larger depth space.
You have to know that Illya is the Master with the highest magic power in the original world line, and the one who gives the greatest bonus to servants. Although she was taken out of Einzbern by Shinji early and has not completed the transformation of implanting magic circuits all over her body, her qualifications as a Master are still top-notch. With her support, Artoria's attributes are not much worse than Hercules. In addition, one is crazy and mindless, and the other is wise, knows how to consider the whole situation and plan tactics. Even if Artoria cannot beat Hercules, she will never lose easily.
Shinji has reason to believe that Artoria deliberately chose this head-on tactic, not only to save herself, but also to lure Hercules away, making it easier for Scathach and Sakura to rescue others.
That's right, Scathach and Sakura. How could they be left behind when Shinji and Medusa were already here
Among the four people in the group, the two of them had the highest level of magic, so they naturally took on the responsibility of saving people. Saving people is not like fighting, and being conspicuous is a taboo, so Scathach chose a dead corner blocked by rafters and shadows, and tried to restrain her aura as much as possible. Therefore, Illya didn't see it until Illya ran to Irisviel's side, and was surprised to find that a circle of healing runes had surrounded her mother, and the deep wounds that could be seen to the bone were also healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The girl, finally feeling relieved, bowed repeatedly: "Thank you Ying, thank you big sister."
"Big sister, hehe, I'll accept your thanks."
Illya's unintentional address made Scathach smile noticeably.
"Big sister, can you also save those two sisters? They are trying to save me and my mother..."
Illya glanced at the two unfamiliar women who were moved aside, not far from her mother, and requested in a low voice.
"They are a bit troublesome. Treating them the same way as treating humans will not only fail to cure them, but will make their injuries worse."
"Well, what should we do then?"
After hearing Scathach's explanation, Illya seemed very anxious.
"It's very simple. Just give them some blood to drink. For vampires, no other treatment is as efficient as sucking blood."
"Ah, oh, uhhhhhhhhhhh???"
PS: According to the "Records of the Grand Historian: Supplement to the Annals of the Three Sovereigns", the water god Gonggong rebelled and fought against the fire god Zhurong. Gonggong was defeated by Zhurong and was so angry that he hit the Zhoushan Mountain, the pillar of the world, with his head, causing the sky to collapse and the water of the Milky Way to flow into the world. Nuwa could not bear to see the lives of the living beings suffer, so she refined five-colored stones to repair the sky, broke the feet of the divine turtle to support the four poles, calmed the flood and killed the beasts, so that all living beings could live in peace.
PS2: Mind's Eye (Fake): Rank B. This is a danger avoidance ability based on intuition and sixth sense that Hercules has honed through many difficult adventures. Even if his rationality is taken away by frenzy, this almost instinctive skill is still effective.