Two glowing arrows shot out from deep in the woods, hitting the Dragon Tooth Warriors carrying the Ark of the Covenant.
Dragon Tooth Warriors were just ordinary magical creations; skilled human soldiers could easily contend with them, not much different from skeleton soldiers.
So under the attack of two magical arrows, they scattered directly into a pile of bones, finally turning into specks of blue glimmer and disappearing.
"Who is it?!"
Seeing the Ark about to come to his side, only to be interrupted by baffling attacks suddenly, Jason flew into a rage instantly.
Turning his head to look in the direction where the arrows came from.
From the shadows of the woods, Takumi and his group walked out in battle formation. Among them, Euryale was sitting on Asterios's shoulder, and Artemis was standing on a tree; both were slowly putting away their bows.
Hiss, feels like there are quite a lot of people on the opposite side...
Although he had absolute trust in Heracles' combat power, Jason still subtly shielded Medea in front of him.
Medea: (￢_￢)
Medea cast a speechless glance.
Takumi and the others observed the battlefield, secretly clicking their tongues, their eyes becoming even more solemn.
Before their eyes was a "clearing" full of potholes everywhere. Fresh soil was scattered randomly across the entire battlefield. The pits smashed out by unknown weapons varied in size.
The larger ones were no problem burying two adults, while the smaller ones were enough to stuff a person in.
Scattered on the ground were trees and branches of various sizes and thicknesses. Looking closely, even trees thick enough for three or four people to hug were smashed to pieces by some terrifying force.
Plus the tree stumps exposed everywhere, it was enough to prove that this place was a dense forest not long ago, only destroyed into a clearing by the Servants' battle.
Arrows of the same model were densely inserted everywhere, presumably the effect caused by Atalanta's Noble Phantasm.
Looking up again, one could discover that the god-like man was still attacking the two slender figures jumping and hiding in the woods wildly and quickly like a bulldozer.
It could be imagined that if they continued fighting like this, the range of this "clearing" could expand a few more circles.
"They're here, all of them."
"By the way, are you afraid of them just because they have more people and you're not on the ship? My Master?"
"Who said that?! With the peerless general Heracles by my side, who can kill me? How could I be afraid!"
Jason, whose thoughts were seen through, stiffened his neck, stubbornly denying it out of anger.
"Yes, yes, yes. So can you come out from behind me?"
"Still calling me your wife; what kind of husband hides behind his wife?"
Medea sighed wearily.
Orion: "..."
The plush bear glanced at Artemis's back, feeling somewhat offended.
"Cough cough, I'm just preventing you from being sneak-attacked from behind by villains. You know, attacks from behind are far more dangerous than frontal attacks."
Jason coughed twice, moving reluctantly to Medea's side, standing on the same line as her.
"Heracles, ignore those two Archers for now; come back to my front!"
Feeling unsafe, Jason called out to Heracles.
Hearing this, Heracles stopped his actions, flashing in front of Jason.
Bringing Jason an unparalleled sense of security.
The two Archers, who had been struggling under Heracles, breathed a sigh of relief seeing this, hurriedly running over to regroup with Takumi and the others.
"—You finally came! If you hadn't come, I was about to bail!"
(?ω?)
David looked at the friendly forces with tears in his eyes, his hands trembling with excitement.
Well, not exactly excitement; accurately speaking, it was from tanking Heracles' attacks, shaking from the impact.
Heracles' brute force was incredibly powerful. Even in the Berserker class, losing his reason, his status as the strongest in melee combat was written into his settings.
So facing David's clowning, Atalanta rarely didn't undermine him.
After all, being able to tangle with Heracles for so long this time wasn't just due to the terrain advantage of the woods; more crucially, it relied on David's performance.
Otherwise, relying solely on Atalanta, an Archer, she would have been chopped to death by Heracles long ago.
"Sorry for causing you trouble in France."
Atalanta looked at Takumi, bowing somewhat apologetically.
"So you know what happened in the French Singularity?"
Takumi was slightly surprised. He didn't see Atalanta speak at all back then, thinking her consciousness was completely swallowed by the Madness Enhancement.
"Of course. The existence of Heroic Spirits is strange. Even though I was summoned here not much later than in France, I still obtained the memories from that time."
Atalanta thought Takumi was surprised that she remembered the experience back then, so she explained.
"Let's not chat."
Takumi didn't mean to talk much after listening but stared intently at Jason and the others' movements.
If it were the relaxed environment when meeting Euryale and the others initially, Takumi could chat as long as anyone wanted.
But in the current atmosphere, forgive Takumi for being unable to keep company.
Atalanta also knew the seriousness of the situation. Seeing Takumi didn't mean to chat more, she naturally wouldn't interrupt more.
Decisively like Takumi, she looked solemnly at the enemy camp.
Jason found it strange that everyone on the opposite side suddenly looked at him with shared hatred, frowning and looking thoughtful.
Atalanta and the others shouldn't have met the opponent, right? Why is there not even a bit of friction, directly unifying the front?
Even saying the enemy of an enemy is a friend, that's not a real friend!
Who entrusts their back to the other party as soon as they meet? No matter how you think about it, the normal situation now should be a three-way standoff.
Strange, truly strange...
Thinking about it, Jason focused his gaze on Takumi standing beside Asterios.
Takumi was unremarkable among a group of Heroic Spirits, but Jason still felt he was the biggest reason for the current scene.
'Forget it, no need to care about such boring things.'
Jason interrupted his thoughts.
Anyway, it's just a few more crooked melons and cracked dates (useless people). The advantage is still with me!
"Just right, you brought Euryale over, saving me the effort of finding you again. Perhaps I should thank you for this goal?"
A relaxed and mocking smile returned to Jason's face.
"Woo ah——!!"
Hearing this, Asterios roared, glaring fiercely at Jason.
"Whoa!"
Jason was startled, his body subconsciously stepping back a few steps.
Only after retreating did Jason realize what he had done, instantly becoming annoyed.
"Why are you roaring so loudly?!"
"Does roaring loudly make you powerful? To hang out in society, you need power, background. Which path are you from? What background do you have?"
Jason sized up Asterios as he spoke, then put on a look of sudden realization.
"Oh~, so it's the Minotaur, a monster destined to be defeated by a hero. No wonder you are shouting and screaming."
"Do you know who this person beside me is? This is the strongest great hero in Greek mythology! Even Theseus, who defeated you back then, absolutely can't compare to this great hero!"
"Also, a monster actually thinking of protecting others, heh, truly laughable."
Facing Jason's piercing mockery, Asterios's eyes instantly turned red, roaring even louder at Jason, his teeth grinding in his mouth.
Piercing friction sounds drilled out from between his teeth.
"Don't be distracted by him, Asterios. No matter what, you are protecting me right now; remember this!"
Euryale frowned, couldn't help glaring at Jason, and comforted the little bull at the same time.
"That's right, Asterios. Currently, you are not a monster but our companion. Whatever others say is meaningless; the key lies in who you think you are!"
Takumi also spoke up.
Takumi wasn't very clear about what bad things Asterios did in mythology, but in this Singularity, Asterios was a simple companion Takumi trusted extremely.
Anything else, Takumi was indifferent to and didn't care about.
"You are also a crew member I acknowledge; don't forget that!"
Drake showed no weakness either, smiling heartily and punching Asterios's shoulder.
"..."
Hearing these words, Asterios was actually a bit shy and didn't know what to say.
"My name is, Asterios. I will protect, Eury!"
So Asterios turned to look at Jason, glaring at him with eyes far more determined than just now.
"Say whatever you want. Heracles, take them out!"
Jason waved his hand boringly, then commanded Heracles to launch an attack.