924 -912- The Epic of Mythical Heroes
When such words came out of Rozen's mouth, Solomon laughed disdainfully.
That laughter, without a doubt, was extremely ugly.
It wasn't the compassion of a wise king, nor the indifference of a sage. It was just the pleasure of a pure, homicidal maniac.
Compared to Cu Chulainn, this king was the true king of evil, the king of slaughter.
Therefore...
"Cry out for help!"
"Utter your timid voices!"
"It's time to drown in the sea of despair!"
"This is the only redemption for you all!"
With Solomon making this assertion, all the demonic pillars in the pitch-black magical fog began to rampage.
"Boom!"
Amidst the avalanche-like roar, the smoke carrying formidable power rushed towards Rozen and his companions with the combined strength of all twenty-eight demonic pillars. If touched by that magical fog, even Servants would be crushed in an instant. Wherever it passed, whether it be rocks or debris, everything was ground into powder, losing any semblance of form.
"Spread out!"
Without hesitation, Rozen gave the command, prompting many Servants in the front to leap away from the ground like arrows, dodging the incoming fog.
"Ha!"
Only Mash remained steadfast in front of Rozen, raising her shield, activating her Noble Phantasm, allowing the magical barrier to block the oncoming black avalanche, guarding Rozen without stepping back.
Being protected by Mash, Rozen was not the least bit worried about his safety. As if entrusting his entire life to Mash, he gave instructions to the Servants.
"Medea! Apply magical reinforcement to everyone!"
Rozen immediately ordered Medea on the Argo to prioritize magical enhancement and support.
Despite her extraordinary abilities and limitless potential, Medea's opponent this time was undoubtedly the strongest mage, the king of magecraft.
Even the strongest magic would be ineffective against him.
Therefore, Medea had to focus all her abilities on enhancing and supporting, boosting the strength of the many Servants.
"Understood."
Medea immediately reacted, chanting the Rapid Words of Divine.
"Clang!"
"Clang!"
"Clang!"
Suddenly, Medea's magic took effect on each Servant, causing a burst of magical light to flash on their bodies, enhancing their abilities.
At the same time, Rozen clasped his hands together.
"————————————"
Chanting the pacifying mantra beseeching the war god Vaisravana, Rozen converted his magical energy into jutsuryoku, bestowing the protection of the war god on all the Servants.
As the Servants shone again, their abilities skyrocketed.
Only capable of enhancement and support, this applied to Rozen as well.
Thus, Rozen converted all his magical energy into magical power, wholeheartedly elevating the strength of the Servants, allowing them to surpass their limits.
"Good!"
Scathach seemed satisfied with this and leaped away to avoid the avalanche-like black smoke. At the same time, she drew runes in the air for the third time, further enhancing her own abilities.
"This way, we can continue the battle."
Karna also felt his power climbing.
Meanwhile, Medea quietly activated her Noble Phantasm to heal him. Karna calmly ignited flames, wielding his divine spear, and charged forward first.
The "Heroic Spirit of Charity" concentrated the flames behind him, then shot them out like a rocket, flying at supersonic speed.
This was Karna's most commonly used ability — "Mana Burst (Flame)."
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Mana Burst (Flame): A
Envelopes weapons in roaring flames, and even the body can burst into flames. Under full activation, the duration cannot exceed ten seconds. Otherwise, even it's master will be immobilized, and a top-tier magus will fall into a state of exhaustion, unable to use magecraft. With a large supply of mana, it can even be used to fly by jetting flames, reaching supersonic speeds in the air.
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This was the ability Karna had consistently used until now, allowing him to release flames continuously, causing astonishing damage.
In normal circumstances, Karna wouldn't be able to use this ability frequently.
However, as a neutral Servant summoned by the Holy Grail, with mana provided by the Holy Grail and a genius Master like Rozen who surpassed even top-tier mages, Karna could continuously use this ability at full power.
Therefore...
"O Flames."
Karna soared through the air like a flame jet, wielding his divine spear. He scattered numerous fireballs like a meteor shower, raining down on the demonic pillars below.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
In explosions, the meteoric flames struck the demonic pillars below, dispersing the magical fog and setting several demonic pillars ablaze.
The demonic pillars wailed and seethed, each turning numerous eyeballs on their bodies to glare at Karna.
"Rumble!"
Amidst the rumbling, purple flames exploded around Karna, engulfing him, burning the great hero who had lost his golden armor.
This was a tactic that Lev had once used.
However...
"To use flames against that Son of the Sun, you are all too naive."
With such mockery, the young hero wielding the Indomitable Blade charged into the group of demonic pillars.
As the only hero present with a Noble Phantasm capable of dealing immense damage to demonic entities, Rama knew he would become the main attacker against the demonic pillars.
Without hesitation, he rushed into the group of monsters.
Of course, the enemies knew that the Noble Phantasm of this young hero was terrifying for them. Therefore, one after another, all the eyeballs on the demonic pillars turned towards Rama.
Unfortunately, the demonic pillars didn't have the chance to attack.
"I won't let you harm Lord Rama!"
Sitting unnoticed on the Argo, Sita drew her bow and shot countless arrows.
"Another female archer? Quite intriguing!"
Atalante, seemingly developing a sense of rivalry against Sita, also used her divine bow to release a whirlwind of arrows.
"Splurt!" "Splurt!" "Splurt!"
Sita and Atalante's arrows pierced through the numerous eyeballs on the demonic pillars fixated on Rama, causing the demonic pillars to scream in agony.
The remaining demonic pillars, on the other hand, were all drawn to the attention of another Servant.
"Roar!"
Heracles charged into the group of demonic pillars even faster than Rama, and his axe-sword in hand seemed to expand, becoming incredibly massive.
This was because an invisible psychokinetic blade had been added to it.
Surprisingly, Rozen had applied the power of "Magic Resilience" to Heracles.
"Splurt!" "Splurt!" "Splurt!"
In an instant, Heracles, like a cannonball, continuously charged through the group of demonic pillars. Each swing of his gigantic psychokinetic axe-sword left a massive scar on the demonic pillars, causing all of them to roar in response.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Rama rushed in.
"Take this!"
The young hero unleashed his Noble Phantasm without the slightest hesitation.
"Rakshasa-Piercing Immortal (Brahmastra)!"
A burst of lightning emanated from the Indomitable Blade.
