'We are going to lose...'
David and Atalanta looked solemnly at Heracles wreaking havoc in front of them.
The two of them had used all their tricks, but so far they had only taken down two of Heracles' lives. There were still ten lives waiting for them.
Then they sorrowfully discovered that their attacks no longer worked on Heracles.
Whether it was Noble Phantasms or other attacks, nothing could affect Heracles anymore.
Even David's Noble Phantasm was the same.
In the early stage, he could still use [Hamesh Avanim] (Five Stones) to stun Heracles. The first time, he even hard-controlled Heracles for more than a minute.
But even though the power of his Noble Phantasm wasn't enough to kill Heracles instantly, Heracles didn't trigger the resurrection of his Noble Phantasm.
However, resistance inevitably developed in Heracles' body. The second hard control time was shortened to about half a minute.
Later, Heracles even saw through David's Noble Phantasm by instinct, smashing the stones thrown by David with the axe-sword in his hand, rendering [Hamesh Avanim] completely useless.
David had actually anticipated this. After all, what he threw were just ordinary stones, which couldn't compare to the hardness a proper Noble Phantasm should have. Once seen through, it was easy to shatter them before being hit.
But this flaw was hard to call a real flaw. After all, unless the opponent knew David's intelligence in advance, the "first-encounter kill" effect could basically take down one opponent per encounter.
Unfortunately, they encountered Heracles, a stronger mechanism monster. Not only could he not be killed, but he also developed resistance to his Noble Phantasm. It was simply outrageous.
"■! To actually attack me while Heracles was unconscious, simply too excessive!"
Watching the two Archers struggling under Heracles, who was getting better and better, Jason touched the bruised lump on his face, full of resentment.
Looking closely, one could also discover an arrow stuck in Jason's butt.
Taking advantage of Heracles fainting to take out Jason first—this plan was naturally correct.
After all, Atalanta, who was on the same ship (Argo), had intelligence and knew Heracles was invincible. Picking Jason, this soft persimmon, to pinch first made sense no matter how you thought about it.
But how could they know that while Jason was slippery, he also carried a Holy Grail?
When Jason saw Heracles actually knocked down by a few stones, he sobered up immediately and ran to the side in a flash.
While running, he took out the Holy Grail and summoned several Shadow Servants to block the focused fire attack from the two Archers.
Although Shadow Servants were just degraded versions of Servants and couldn't compete with real Servants on the same stage.
But Jason summoned a huge quantity!
A bunch of pitch-black things surrounded Jason tightly, running around. The two Archers couldn't take Jason down in a short time.
Even though the two rushed and even used Noble Phantasms to attack Jason, he still dragged it out until Heracles woke up.
Great, back to square one. The two had to continue fighting Heracles.
"Why did you follow me too? Didn't I tell you to stay on the ship?"
Jason rubbed his face, baring his teeth and asking the purple-haired girl beside him.
Although Medea (Lily) acted in time just now and saved his dog life under the combined attack of the two Archers, this didn't mean Medea could ignore his orders and follow him casually!
"Because Lord Hector discovered Drake's group. The opponent also brought Euryale along."
Medea said gently, simultaneously walking behind Jason quietly.
"Followed so quickly? Are they hacking?! I only encountered these two guys by coincidence thanks to sailing at night and luck!"
Jason looked surprised, his tone full of displeasure.
He didn't suspect Medea was lying to him.
Before going onto this island, to prevent anyone from running away with the [Ark of the Covenant], he dispatched Hector to watch the movements on the island.
At the same time, he ordered Medea to monitor the entire island. Regardless of entry or exit, she would get a response.
"Don't know, but judging from the information transmitted back by the familiars, they are already rushing here."
Medea smiled and grabbed the arrow on Jason's butt.
"Heh, just saves me the effort of finding them—OWW!!!"
Jason sneered, just about to mock them, when Medea behind him suddenly pulled hard.
With blood and flesh, the arrow on Jason's butt was pulled out by Medea.
Jason shook all over, jumping up fiercely, simultaneously emitting a scream similar to Tom Cat.
Standing stiffly without moving, it took a good while before he finally felt much better. Jason then turned his head to look at the culprit.
"Hiss... damn it, indeed a witch! Are you trying to murder your husband?!"
Jason sucked in a breath of cold air with a head full of cold sweat, staring fiercely at Medea.
"How can you say that? I just saw the arrow on your back was an eyesore, so I acted slightly to help you relieve the pain."
"Even if you want to pull the arrow, you don't do it like that?! Look at what's on the arrow in your hand!!"
Jason pointed with grief and indignation at the arrow still carrying flesh and blood in Medea's hand.
"Just some insignificant stuff. This minor injury can be solved as long as I cast a healing spell!"
Medea casually threw away the arrow in her hand, saying with a smile.
"So do you want me to help you recover from the injury first?"
Magical light flickered on Medea's hand.
"...No need. Right now they can't free up their hands. You should summon your Dragon Tooth Warriors first and carry the [Ark of the Covenant] over there back, lest it gets snatched away again."
Looking at Medea's eager eyes, Jason was silent for a while, then said decisively.
On the other side.
The two still circling under Heracles.
"They are taking the [Ark of the Covenant] away. What do we do?"
Seeing two Dragon Tooth Warriors already lifting the Ark, Atalanta said somewhat anxiously.
"How about we retreat first?"
As the main force against Heracles, David suggested somewhat wearily.
"Where there is life, there is hope. This saying is quite right. No matter how we think about it now, we can't stop them. Rather than that, we should retreat first, gather some reinforcements, and start over."
Heracles was really too difficult to deal with. In terms of combat power, the two of them were just Archers, not as comprehensive as the opponent. Fighting head-on wouldn't work.
So they also tried Talk no Jutsu.
Knowing Jason wasn't completely a bad person, they had said long ago that sacrificing gods would only lead to the destruction of the world, trying to make Jason give up on his own.
But facing the two's persuasion, Jason seemed not to hear it—accurately speaking, not "seemed," but really completely failed to recognize their persuasion.
Talk no Jutsu was output several times. Seeing Jason act like this, how could the two still not understand?
Someone must have tampered with Jason, then used him as a tool!