Nobody knows how to be a villain better than me.

However, the moment she raised her hand, a metallic scraping sound came from her petite body.

What, what's going on...!

My body is immobile...!

As his sluggish thoughts creaked and turned, his eyes, staring straight ahead, were a blank gray.

This is……

Beneath the blurring vision, a golden shield, bathed in lightning, with the Medusa emblem at its center, had its eyes suddenly opened, its rectangular, purplish-red pupils meeting those of Beatrice in front of it.

Medusa's Shield!

At that moment, Angelica, who had been on high alert, realized something was wrong. She suddenly turned her head to the side, flashed forward, and blocked the attack with two giant swords that were being swung in a cross pattern.

"boom!"

In an instant, dust billowed up, and as the greatsword shattered inch by inch, Angelica staggered backward, blood spilling from her mouth, while Irisviel on her shoulder was also thrown into the air.

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"boom!"

A deafening roar erupted, lightning scattered, and a figure darted forward with lightning speed, catching Irisviel as she fell from mid-air and pulling her into his arms.

"Don't think about it!"

Angelica stomped her feet hard, forcefully channeling the remaining force of the shockwave into the ground. At the same time, as the surrounding landmasses cracked and bulged, she leaned forward and swung her hands down in a crossed motion.

Wow!

In an instant, driven by magic, the Heavenly Chains binding Irisviel's waist tightened and pulled backward.

"Ha, you?!"

Samael smirked, stretched out his arm, and gripped the chain at the front with his five fingers. His originally well-proportioned body instantly bulged with muscles, and the power of a landslide and tsunami erupted from the Chain of Heaven.

Angelica, who was not far away, was caught off guard and pulled to the other side like a cannonball.

At that moment, as Angelica was being pulled towards him, the ancient serpent's face turned grim. He made a fist with his right hand, and the Holy Lance gradually appeared, its sharp edge pointing directly at the waist and abdomen of the invading enemy.

Hmph, you want to compete with me in strength? Even if Gilgamesh himself came, I'd still beat him up!

"boom!"

Just then, the chains that were pulling on Samael suddenly tightened. A thick iron arm grabbed one end of the chain and pulled hard, stopping the uncontrollable Angelica.

creak...

As the two forces clashed, the Chains of Heaven emitted a teeth-grinding cracking sound, and the center of the chains crumbled inch by inch.

“Enkidu!”

Angelica steadied herself and, seeing the situation, immediately clenched her fists and shouted angrily.

Instantly, the Heavenly Lock, which was on the verge of its limit, was retracted and etherealized, thus avoiding being torn to pieces.

Caught off guard, Samael stumbled and leaned forward.

"You bastard, that hit me really hurt!"

At the same time, a gloomy roar suddenly arose, and a short-handled giant hammer, more than half a person's height, carrying purplish-red lightning, roared in.

When Samael came to his senses, he saw the ancient, gray-black hammerhead rapidly magnifying in his field of vision.

"boom!"

A deafening roar echoed across the land, and crimson arcs of lightning darted and struck wildly through the billowing dust.

Gazing at the terrifying pit beneath the smoke, Beatrice grinned maliciously, her eyes filled with the satisfaction of revenge.

Ok?

This doesn't feel right!

However, just as she was about to reach out and recall Thor's hammer, the information transmitted from the artifact caused the short, violent loli to change her expression and instinctively raise her iron arm.

boom!

In an instant, a stream of silvery-white light, condensed to its extreme, exploded outwards, and Thor's hammer, which had been striking forward, let out a mournful cry and flew backwards like a cannonball.

Ta-da!

Beatrice, who instinctively reached out to grab it, was violently shaken, as if she were facing a landslide and tsunami. The powerful impact caused the violent little girl to stagger back several steps.

Damn, damn, damn!

Overwhelmed by the sheer humiliation of being no match for her opponent, Beatrice's eyes turned red, and lightning and arcs of electricity crackled around her. She immediately grabbed Thor's hammer, leaped high into the air, and then swooped down like a meteor, intending to deliver a thunderous blow to her opponent.

However, as the smoke and dust ahead gradually dissipated, a strange flash of light sent a chill down the spine of the increasingly berserk and violent loli, and an ominous premonition instantly welled up in her heart.

"return!"

Just as Beatrice was about to break through the mist and rush towards Samael, Angelica's cold shout came from behind. At the same time, the Chains of Heaven, which had been winding their way in, wrapped around the violent loli's waist and pulled her straight back to her original position.

Bah Bah!

As the dust settled, Beatrice, who had fallen to the ground, climbed out of the humanoid crater, spitting out dirt and glaring angrily at the golden shield in front of her opponent, which bore the emblem of Gorgon in the center, cursing furiously.

"Despicable! Using that trick again! If you're so capable, throw away that broken shield and fight me one-on-one!"

"..."

Samael glanced at the furious little girl who was jumping up and down in anger, smiled meaningfully, and his lips moved slightly.

What do you mean?

Beatrice stared at the opening and closing of the lips, puzzled, and scratched her head in deep thought.

At this moment, Samael glanced at the golden shield in his hand bearing the emblem of the Gorgon goddess, and secretly felt a pang of regret.

The Sagittarius Cloth, the Athena Bow and Arrow, and the Medusa Shield are symbolic blessings that he received as King Theseus of Athens from the three pillars of Mount Ares: Themis, the goddess of justice and order; Athena, the goddess of wisdom and victory; and Medusa, the goddess of vengeance and judgment.

The Medusa Shield is a defensive artifact forged with a portion of the earth's power and possesses the petrifying power of Ana.

If you're not prepared, even high-ranking gods can be killed.

Unfortunately, the two opponents ahead of me were top-tier in terms of both their spirit origins and their weapons.

On the contrary, this Medusa Shield, strictly speaking, is not in its complete form.

According to established history, only by combining Athena's half of Zeus's shield with Medusa's power, and possessing all four divine powers of the sky, sea, earth, and abyss, could it truly become the strongest defensive artifact of Greece.

Today, this shield is nothing more than a flawed product forged from Medusa's divine power and emblem, severely downgraded.

Furthermore, petrifying someone requires a sustained gaze, a very demanding condition.

If you get distracted, all your previous efforts can easily be wasted.

It is especially troublesome when facing opponents with curse resistance, so its effectiveness against enemies is really mediocre.

As we all know, the berserkers of the Norse mythology, even after going berserk and losing their rationality, are not fools. They simply block out extraneous information, retain their fighting instincts, and their magic and physical resistance are multiplied, otherwise they would become even more troublesome.

Otherwise, if they only knew how to transform into wild beasts and charge recklessly, they would have become extinct on the battlefield long ago.

On the other hand, Beatrice possesses the top-tier talent of "Natural Body," which can nullify physical, spiritual, and mental weakening below A rank. Even Medusa's gaze can be weakened and dispelled to some extent.

With another "Hero King" lurking in the background, Samael doesn't have a completely safe environment to deal damage even if he wants to ambush this violent loli.

Besides, the other side wasn't stupid either; after using the same trick twice, they learned their lesson.

It seems unlikely that we can use Medusa's Shield to achieve a surprise victory in the future.

At this moment, Beatrice, clearly a bit slow on the uptake and slow to realize what was happening, finally understood someone's silent message after repeatedly comparing their lip movements.

"You just said... idiot?"

"Nonsense! You want me to drop my gear and fight you one-on-one? You think I can take on both of you by myself? Do you think I'm stupid? Idiots!"

"..."

Beatrice looked at herself, then at Angelica beside her, feeling utterly wronged and speechless. But her anger, coupled with the sarcastic remarks from the other woman, reached its peak, and the veins on her forehead throbbed.

"Angelica, you're not allowed to interfere. I'll fight him one-on-one!"

"Artoria!"

Beneath the sky raging with lightning, Samael roared, decisively throwing Irisviel behind him, and simultaneously stepping forward to meet Beatrice charging towards him, wielding Thor's hammer.

The King of Knights understood immediately and caught his Master in a steady princess carry before decisively stepping back.

"Don't think about it!"

But with a cold, fierce shout, Angelica leaped onto the Radiant Vessel Vimana, soaring into the air. Behind her, several golden vortexes opened, and swords, spears, and halberds rained down on Artoria in the bamboo forest.

"Get down here!"

However, as soon as Angelica made a move, a beam of blazing white light shot up from below and pierced directly through Vimana, the Radiant Ship beneath her feet.

"Boom!"

Instantly, the magnificent ancient flying machine, eroded by the blazing white light, began to crumble and disintegrate, emitting billowing black smoke as it plunged into the ground, transforming into a dazzling fireball.

"We agreed on one against two, why are you running away?"

"Stop looking down on others, you bastard!"

When Beatrice saw her opponent intercept Angelica right under her nose, she was furious and brought down Thor's hammer with tremendous force.

Under the intense wind pressure, Samael stared at the thunderstorm falling from above, his pupils contracted, and his gun tip suddenly turned, narrowly blocking the storm in front of him.

"boom!"

In an instant, gun and hammer clashed. Samael, who was hastily facing the enemy, was sent flying backward by the force of a landslide and tsunami. His feet, which were deeply embedded in the rocky ground, plowed a ditch a hundred meters long before he finally came to a stop.

"Come again!"

Having landed a successful blow, Biercui showed no mercy, using the raging lightning to accelerate forward. With her gigantic iron arm, she swung Thor's Hammer, drawing countless arcs of light, and grinned as she brought it down.

In a flash, Samael instinctively raised his left arm as he adjusted his posture, and the Medusa Shield materialized in front of him. The emblem of the Gorgon Goddess in the center slowly opened its eyes, casting a cold gaze upon Beatrice, who was plummeting from the sky.

However, the prepared and violent loli immediately turned her head to the side, avoiding the Gorgon's gaze, and the heavy hammer in her hand plummeted downwards.

"boom!"

Crimson lightning, dense as a waterfall, resembled a torrent of rivers rushing into the sea, crashing down with immense pressure.

Even with Medusa's Shield on its head, Samael, who was the first to be hit, was blasted into the ground by the terrifying power of the primal god. The battlefield, which was hundreds of meters in radius, sank dozens of meters in an instant, and the surrounding rocks were crushed into dust.

Even so, the seemingly powerful and violent lightning could not penetrate the golden shield even slightly.

creak...

Even Thor's hammer, which was pressing down, was lifted inch by inch amidst the tooth-grinding metallic tremor.

"Come back!"

At the same time, the Holy Lance Rungomminiad, shining brightly, transformed into a silver meteor, breaking through the raging lightning from the crater and shooting straight through the sky, forcing Angelica, who had risen to pursue again, to a halt.

"You dare to fight back!"

Seeing that her opponent, who was clearly at a disadvantage, was actually trying to do two things at once, intercepting both her and Angelica, she clenched her fangs so tightly that they almost broke, and the confidence on her face became twisted with humiliation. She roared angrily.

"Father, grant me strength—MegingjOrO!"

The Power Belt, Mechingiod, can instantly double the user's strength.

"Buzz!"

Instantly, a powerful, trembling aura, accompanied by rhythmic lightning, spread out. Beatrice's body, suspended in mid-air, twisted and pressed down, and the Mjolnir she wielded unleashed a tremendous force, violently breaking through the light barrier erected by Medusa's Shield and sinking the ground a hundred meters.

Boom...!

The violent force was unleashed in all directions, and the surrounding mountains collapsed one after another.

You idiot, you actually took a direct hit from Mejingiod and Mjolnir! I crushed you into dust, let's see how arrogant you are now!

Beatrice's Mjolnir was unstoppable, pressing down inch by inch. She grinned as she looked at the lightning-ravaged pit, eagerly anticipating seeing her opponent crushed into a pulp.

However, as a strong resistance surged upwards, the little girl's gaze, which had been looking down, froze on the side of Thor's hammer, her golden pupils, which had been overflowing with malice, suddenly contracted and froze.

Beneath the lightning, a pale hand was supporting the downward-pressing Thor's hammer, lifting it upwards despite the immense pressure.

How, how is it possible!

Beatrice was filled with horror, a bone-chilling cold instantly shooting from her tailbone to the top of her head.