When the battle fully erupted, Lancelot's fighting style exceeded the expectations of the three people fighting against him.
Originally, they thought that this foremost Knight of the Round Table, who bore the title of the Knight of the Lake, who had once defeated enemies with just a tree branch, and who possessed the powerful Knight of Owner, would fight with superb martial arts and extremely exquisite swordsmanship.
As a result, once the battle officially began, this knight completely abandoned most of his techniques and martial arts, relying purely on his raw strength and beast-like instincts to unleash continuous attacks like a raging tide. He even ignored Cú Chulainn, who was harassing him with Rune magecraft attacks, and Sasaki Kojiro, who was attacking from the side with his sword.
Mash, facing all of Lancelot's attacks, struggled to hold up her large shield, enduring with great difficulty and effort.
And even though the longsword in Sasaki Kojiro's hand slashed through Lancelot's body time and time again, the injuries the opponent suffered would heal in an extremely short amount of time.
Even attacks on vital points like the throat, eyes, or even the heart could not hinder him.
"There is still a very obvious difference between this and fighting a real living creature. As expected, my swordsmanship is still lacking."
Sasaki Kojiro felt somewhat helpless. The only thing he had to be proud of was his swordsmanship. Just a moment ago, he had unleashed his secret sword technique, Tsubame Gaeshi. Although it had indeed caused massive damage to Lancelot and nearly cut him in half, the opponent's healing speed was absurdly exaggerated, recovering from all damage in just a few seconds.
This left him completely helpless. Now, he could only futilely swing the longsword in his hand. Although he could not win, this was the only way he could interfere with Lancelot's attack frequency and reduce the pressure on Mash.
"This guy is clearly holding back."
Cú Chulainn, who was launching attacks through Rune magecraft, watched this scene and said so.
"Ha! You call that holding back! If not for Sasaki Kojiro helping from the side and your Rune magecraft, Mash wouldn't be able to hold out at all!"
Olga Marie said somewhat incredulously. How could Lancelot's crazy, reckless attacks, which completely disregarded the damage to his own body, be considered holding back?
"As I said before, he is no longer a Knight of the Round Table who can listen to reason, but a Berserker who has abandoned his past glory and is left with only the obsession in his heart. That's why he adopted this fighting style. If it were Lancelot fighting with his own martial arts, that little girl wouldn't have been able to hold out for so long. The shield in her hands would have been taken away long ago."
Cú Chulainn shook his head. Just as he said, there had been several opportunities before where, relying on Lancelot's style of fighting without regard for physical injury, he could have directly disarmed the girl of her shield. However, he did not do so and instead kept using this mindless fighting style, which already counted as holding back.
"Damn it! You, dead last over there, where are your Command Spells? Hurry up and use them! This isn't the time to talk about knightly honor, you aren't a knight yourself!"
Olga Marie stomped her feet and shouted at Caelus, who had been drawing on the side and recording this battle.
Caelus stopped drawing. He did not look at Olga Marie, but instead looked at King Arthur, who had been watching the battle, and asked, "King Arthur, your knight is holding back."
"It is of no consequence. Since this is Sir Lancelot's own decision, I respect his choice."
The black-clad King said calmly.
She knew why Lancelot had abandoned his martial arts in this battle. First, because the little girl carried Galahad's will. Second, because of Lancelot's determination to die. Third, because he believed he had obtained this nearly immortal body. Under the premise that he could not discard this power, he decided to fight them as fairly as possible, and thus abandoned his martial arts.
"Director, you see, even King Arthur has no objections to her own knight holding back, so don't be so harsh."
"Whose side are you on, anyway!"
Olga Marie now wished she could rush up, grab that guy by the collar, and interrogate him to see whether he even understood what was happening right now.
Fujimaru nervously watched the changes in the battle. This would not do. Even if they managed to barely defeat Lancelot, the King Arthur who came after would be an even more difficult opponent. If Mash's stamina was exhausted here, how could they fight that powerful King Arthur?
"Should I use a Command Spell?"
Fujimaru looked at the Command Spells engraved on the back of their hand. The only way to turn the situation around now was with the Command Spells. Cú Chulainn's Noble Phantasm could not be released casually, it was meant to counter King Arthur. If it were released now, the subsequent mana supply might be insufficient.
There were only two ways to break the stalemate now. One was for their side to use a Command Spell to strengthen their combat power and find a way to completely shatter Lancelot.
The other was to have Lancelot's Master use a Command Spell to restrict his combat.
Fujimaru looked at Caelus, who was drawing with an indifferent expression, and knew that asking the other party to use a Command Spell would probably be very difficult. That person did not care at all about the outcome of the battle between the two sides.
"Caster! Is there any way to turn the situation around now? Do you have any other means!"
Fujimaru decided to first ask Cú Chulainn, this legendary hero, for advice.
"It's simple. Let the little girl and Assassin tie down Lancelot first, and I'll go capture the opponent's Master and coerce him into using a Command Spell."
"Why didn't you do this sooner? Forget it, now isn't the time to ask that. Fujimaru, have Mash and Assassin tie down Lancelot. Don't let him break away from the battle, then let Caster go capture that guy whose brain is clearly malfunctioning!"
Olga Marie ordered. Fujimaru thought about it, it seemed there were no particularly good alternatives right now, so they nodded and agreed to this strategy.
She focused entirely on the battle situation, preparing to use the Mystic Code on her at any time to provide support and keep Lancelot tied down.
Cú Chulainn stopped using Rune magecraft to attack and quickly arrived at Caelus's side. Crossing his arms over his chest, he said with a smile, "Little brother, you should've heard our loud discussion just now. So, are you going to cooperate willingly now, or should I make you suffer a little before you cooperate?"
Caelus looked at the smiling Cú Chulainn in front of him and said, "You, a God King from Norse mythology, why are you wearing the skin of a hero from Celtic mythology? As far as I know, the two of you don't seem to have any connection in mythology."
The smiling Cú Chulainn's expression instantly stiffened.
"Holy crap! What!"
(To be continued.)
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