-35- Not on the same level!

"Roar—!"

As this kind of roar resounded in this space and reached the ears of Rozen, Mash, and Olga Marie, the three of them trembled simultaneously.

"What... what is that...?"

Olga Marie's face turned extremely pale.

"Mmm..."

Mash also tightened her grip on the shield, her fingers turning white from exertion.

Rozen's forehead also broke out in cold sweat.

From this sound, they could sense a violent force capable of stopping hearts, lowering body temperature, and halting blood flow.

Then, a dreadful sense of danger surged in their hearts.

The next second...

"It's coming...!"

Mash yelled.

"Bang—!"

Almost simultaneously, one of the walls in the building where they were hiding was instantly crushed, turning into debris that scattered around due to the explosion.

"Yaa—!"

Olga Marie let out a scream.

Rozen, however, fixed his gaze forward and saw a figure slowly walking in through the crushed wall.

It was a giant, standing over two meters tall, with bulging muscles, incredibly strong, wearing battle attire, wielding a stone axe with serrated edges, bare-chested, barefoot, and covered in pitch-black patterns of sweat.

"Roar—!!!!!"

The giant let out a roar that seemed to shake the air, transforming the sound into a gust of wind that blew towards them.

"...!?"

Mash stood before them, holding her massive shield, shielding them from the gust of wind.

"This... this can't be real... right...?"

Olga Marie retreated step by step, looking at the monstrous giant with fear on her face.

"It's... too much of a joke..."

Rozen's expression also became extremely strained.

From the opponent, Rozen felt a terrifying pressure that even Archer attacking him earlier didn't possess.

Evidently, the figure before them was a Servant.

From the irrational appearance, it should undoubtedly be a Berserker.

"The class suitable for heroic spirits who have fallen into madness during their lifetime..."

A Servant with this class would have the skill "Mad Enhancement," which grants them enhanced abilities in exchange for losing their reason.

Originally, this class was meant to strengthen weaker Servants.

However, the figure before them was far beyond the term "weaker."

"That's undeniably one of the top-level Servants!"

It could even be considered one of the top-tier among all heroic spirits.

Now, the opponent had manifested as a Berserker, sacrificing their rationality in exchange for enhancement.

An already top-level Servant was further strengthened.

Now, Rozen and his group faced this enemy.

Thus, Rozen understood.

"Compared to the previous Archer, this Servant is not on the same level!"

Facing Archer earlier, Rozen had almost been overturned despite the advantageous situation, let alone dealing with the monster before him.

So, Rozen had only one thought.

"Run!"

Rozen's voice echoed.

"We can't handle this opponent right now! Run before he goes berserk! The farther, the better!"

Rozen's decision received no objections from Mash or Olga Marie.

At that moment, without any hesitation, all three of them turned and ran.

"Roar—!"

Berserker let out an angry roar and chased after them.

......

"Bang—!"

In a corner of the burning city, the side wall of a building suddenly exploded, turning the broken stones and tiles into bullets that scattered in all directions.

Holding a cross-shaped shield, Mash was sent flying out of the shattered wall, her face filled with astonishment and pain.

"Roar—!"

Berserker, with its terrifying roar, swiftly closed in at an alarming speed.

Despite its massive size, Berserker's movements were as agile as a cheetah. It shot towards Mash while swinging the stone axe in its hand, aiming to cleave her.

"Clang—!"

The terrifying impact echoed as the axe struck the shield, emitting a frightful force that caused a shockwave to explode on the shield's surface.

"Ugh... Ahh...!?"

Mash, who blocked the attack, let out a distressed sound. Her delicate body couldn't suppress the astonishing force that landed on the shield. She was thrown back by the shockwave and crashed into the wall of another building, shattering it into pieces.

"Mash!"

Rozen, running out of the building, witnessed this scene and couldn't help but call out.

"It's... a monster...!"

Olga Marie also ran out, her face extremely pale.

"Roar..."

Berserker turned around at this moment, looking at Rozen and Olga Marie.

"...!?"

"Huh...!?"

Rozen and Olga Marie felt their scalps tingle and stepped back.

"Haaaa!"

At this moment, Mash's voice rang out. She leaped from the shattered wall, using her shield as a bullet, creating a strong wind as she charged towards Berserker.

With a "pong" sound, Mash's charge was stopped in its tracks.

"Roar—!"

Berserker continued to roar, completely irrational, but its posture when blocking Mash's shield strike showed that its combat skills from its past life remained honed.

Needless to say, this Servant hadn't lost its fighting prowess despite losing its sanity.

It was simply unfair.

"Now's the chance!"

Mash restrained Berserker's weapon and shouted towards Rozen and Olga Marie from behind her shield.

The two of them finally reacted.

"Run!"

Rozen abandoned his reluctance and took Olga Marie's hand, running in another direction.

"W-Wait... What about Mash!?"

Now it was Olga Marie who worried about Mash.

"Mash will be fine!"

Rozen firmly replied, dragging Olga Marie, desperately running forward.

"Fou!"

Fou had already landed on the ground and was leading the way ahead, running as well.

The two humans and the little beast ran deep into the city, only hoping to put distance between themselves and the disaster behind.

However, a new problem emerged.

"Huff... Huff... Huff..."

Rozen, exhausted, began to gasp for breath.

"You... You're still the same as before! You have no stamina at all!"

Olga Marie pouted and turned around to drag Rozen forward.

However, Olga Marie was also a girl and had no better stamina.

"It's foolish to compare our stamina to a Servant's!"

Seeing their speed slow down, Rozen didn't hesitate to activate a magic circuit.

"<Wolf Summoning>!"

Two large black wolves were summoned.

"Quick! Get on!"

Rozen pushed the bewildered Olga Marie onto one of the wolves and climbed on the other, then urged the two wolves into a mad dash forward.

"Haa...!"

"Roar..."

Behind them, Mash's battle cry and the enemy's furious roars continued to echo.

Listening to the sounds, Rozen's hand was on his back, holding a Command Seal.

Once they were out of the battlefield, Rozen would not hesitate to use the Command Seal to summon Mash back.

With this plan in mind, Rozen drove the wolf familiars, running forward.