Berserker

People often speak wise words, but seldom they follow.

-Frankenstein, Noblesse

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The location of Berseker was in the Einzbern forest. The virgin forest, or rather mountain range, found at the outskirts of Fuyuki city. About thirty kilometres to the west of Fuyuki, because the Einzbern's refused to develop this area, it was literally a sea of trees.

When the small group of Izayoi, Shirou, Gil and Rin got there they saw Bazett with a Class Card in her hand, getting ready to enter the mirror dimension. She got pissed after she saw the group as she already warned them not to get involved in all this.

Bazett: "What are you kids doing here?"

Izayoi: "When did we say, we aren't going to get involved."

The rest of the members in the started laughing at Izayoi's remark.

Bazett: "Whatever kids? I am leaving. Install: Lancer."

Bazett suit transformed into a dark teal outfit similar to Cu Chulainn's and two spears, one red and one yellow appeared in each of her hands. Izayoi instantly recognized the identity of the Heroic Spirit's identity whose power Bazett was using.

Diarmuid Ua Duibhne, the son of Donn, foster son of Aengus Ôg, and first warrior of the Knights of Fianna. He is known as Diarmuid of the love spot, due to a magical love spot granted to him by a young girl. Any woman who gazes upon the spot instantly falls in love with him, which eventually leads to an encounter with Grainne, the bride of Fionn mac Cumhaill. Gráinne, having fallen in love with Diarmuid at her wedding party, placed a geis upon him to run away with her.

It has been said that even while at large, Diarmuid stuck to his fidelity to Fionn and did not lay a finger on Grainne. They were pursued relentlessly by Fionn, but after much blood was shed, he decided to recognize their marriage, granted Diarmuid a proper title and land, and welcomed them back as subjects.

Sometime later while hunting with Fionn, Diarmuid was fatally injured by a Demon Boar, the reincarnation of his half-brother. Fionn, who had the ability to transform spring water into a powerful healing agent was with him, so he had no fear of death. Fionn only needed to walk a few steps to the nearby spring, but with jealousy and hatred towards Diarmuid on his mind, he split the water twice. By the third time he went to scoop water, Diarmuid had already succumbed to his wound.

The story of his tragic love affair Diarmuid with Grainne would later become the model for the story of Lancelot and Guinevere.

But, the biggest question was, How the hell there are two Lancer cards? The Lancer card of this Holy Grail War has already been captured by Izayoi and his group. The answer was obviously one guy, Zelrecth.

Bazett disappeared to the Mirror World leaving them behind.

Izayoi: "Gil, let's go there too."

Gil nodded and a magic circle appeared beneath their feet and the next moment, they were in Mirror World. In there Bazett had already started fighting Berserker but attacks from her spear didn't seem to be damaging him at all.

This was because of his Noble Phantasm God Hand. God Hand: The Twelve Labours is a "hidden ability" possessed by Heracles, a continuously active-type Noble Phantasm that grants him a "body that knows no death." It is a blessing of the gods representing immortality, as well as being a curse, that was granted to him for completing his twelve labours in life. It is the ability that required attacks of the highest grade to harm him and prevented him from even being scratched by anyone during the Age of Gods. It lacks an overt external manifestation such as a weapon or armour, but in attributing a shape to it, can be said to be the body of the user itself. It transforms the body into a tough suit of armour that acts similar to conceptual weapons in practice, colouring his body like lead and covering it with strange protrusions. It provides the three effects of resurrection, attack-nullification and ability to have immunity against any attack that he has experienced before.

Berserker struck his sword at Bazett but it was dodged easily by her. In these few moments of the battle, she had figured out that the attacks of her spears wouldn't do any damage to him. She jumped backwards to come up with a strategy to defeat him but before she could think anything she saw Berserker flew around fifty meters back and crashing into a nearby tree.

Izayoi: "Do you want to have all the fun?"

Izayoi appeared in front of Berserker, "Don't tell me that's all you got Heracles."

There was a large hole in Berserker's chest, that attack by Izayoi has taken his three of Berserker's twelve lives.

Berserker: "AAAAAAAAAA.", the hole in Berserker's chest healed in a few moments and he got up and grabbed Izayoi again.

"After all you have been through, you don't deserve to be treated like this Heracles.", Saying this Izayoi punched him again this time taking all his all the rest of his lives.

Before disappearing, for a few moments, the effect of Mad Enhancement was lessened and Heracles said his final words.

"T-thank y-you."