Oh no, I really became Cao Mengde!

The other shadow servant has a long and thin right hand and seems to be wearing a skull-like mask on his face.

These two shadow servants, one is Rider Medusa, and the other is Assassin Cursed Arm Hassan.

Now, Mashu was being beaten back by two shadow servants and was completely at a disadvantage. Moreover, he was already injured and the situation was precarious.

Mashu had just become a sub-servant, a combatant, after all. Facing two servants, even shadow servants who were inferior to the original body, it was difficult to deal with them.

If it was just Hassan, it would be fine. This Heroic Spirit was only cannon fodder in the Holy Grail War. But if there was another Heroic Spirit from the Age of Gods, Medusa, then Mashu would not be able to resist.

"What's going on? Why is Medusa here? According to the original plot, didn't they avoid her?"

Although Cao Mengde didn't know why Medusa, who had been avoided in the original work, appeared here, now was not the time for him to think about the problem.

He gave a direct order: "Ba! Go help that girl!"

"Yes!"

Tomoe Gozen didn't waste any time and transformed into his own longbow.

She drew her bow and aimed at Shadow Rider, who posed the greatest threat to Mashu. The moment she released the bowstring, a bright trail of flames cut through the air, like a meteor streaking across the night sky. The flames danced around the arrow, forming a magnificent beam of light, whizzing towards the target she was aiming at!

Don’t forget that Tomoe Gozen is actually an archer-class servant, and long-range attack is her job!

Melee is just a hobby.

Chapter 11 Chaldea's Surprise

On the Fuyuki Bridge.

Mashu was struggling to fight against the two shadow servants.

However, rather than being in a fight, it would be more like Mashu was being beaten unilaterally.

Ding!

clang!

Every attack from the enemy made Mashu look troubled, her heart filled with fear and anxiety, and beads of sweat oozed from her forehead.

Facing the enemy's attacks, she could only barely resist and had no way to fight back. The violent impact of each defense made her arms tremble, and the continuous attacks made her a little exhausted.

clang!

"Ugh!"

At this time, Shadow Rider used a heavy attack, directly knocking Mashu back several steps, and she almost couldn't keep her balance and fell to the ground!

Even people who don't know how to fight can imagine what the consequences would be if you fell during a fight.

Although Mashu's heart was filled with fear, she never thought of giving up. She kept adjusting her posture during the battle, trying to keep the shield stable.

Even though her body began to tire, she gritted her teeth and persevered.

Just because the person behind her is her senior and the director.

"Captain, what should we do now?!" Ritsuka Fujimaru, who was watching the battle not far behind Mashu, was very anxious. "If this continues, Mashu won't be able to hold on!"

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Mashu's physical strength had been almost exhausted, and it wouldn't be long before she would most likely be knocked to the ground by the enemy.

Olga Marie bit her fingers. She was also very anxious now, and her face was full of panic that she could not hide.

But she still pretended to be calm and said, "Romani! Can we retreat?"

Roman's projection appeared beside him, his face looking a little anxious. Judging from the flying movements of his hands, he was obviously using a computer to analyze the situation of the battle.

"It's difficult! If there was only one enemy, she could retreat. But Mashu is facing two enemies now. She doesn't have much chance to retreat as they attack her in turns!"

Then Roman cursed, “Damn it! Why did the Rider who we already got rid of catch up with us? That’s fine, but why did an Assassin Shadow Servant show up!”

In other words, Mashu is not very good at fighting, otherwise, with only the combat power of a Shadow Servant, she would not be in such an embarrassing situation now.

After hearing what Roman said, Olga Marie became even more anxious and almost bit her fingers.

"Romani, if I summon a Heroic Spirit now—"

"No! There is no spiritual vein of sufficient quality around, and it is impossible to summon a Heroic Spirit! Moreover, Fujimaru has already established a contract with Mashu, and there is no way to know whether her body can withstand the contract of a second Servant! As for you, Director..."

"I know! I am not qualified to be a Master! You don't need to remind me, Romani!"

Olga Marie yelled in frustration. This was what she hated most about herself: she had no talent as a Master, nor did she have the talent to take on Chaldea.

Ugh.

Roman sighed inwardly, she was well aware of the pressure Olga Marie was under, and her current bad temper was entirely caused by excessive pressure.

But he couldn't help her, and she had to deal with the pressure alone. As the director of Chaldea, she had to have such awareness.

Then, Roman said, "There is no other choice but to use the Command Spell."

"Command Seal?" Hearing Roman's words, Fujimaru Ritsuka raised his right hand, "Is it the red pattern on my hand?"

"Yes!" Olga Marie nodded, still biting her finger, "The Command Seal is a tool to restrain Servants, but it is also a tool that can enhance the fighting power of Servants."

Although the Command Spells can be replenished in Chaldea, they are rare consumables in the singularity. Every time they are used, one stroke is gone, and they cannot be restored.

Therefore, the Command Spell must be used only in emergency situations and at the final decisive moment of the battle.

And now is the emergency situation.

"I allow it! Fujimaru Ritsuka, use your Command Seal!" Olga Marie ordered, "Enhance Mashu's combat power!"

“Yes!” Fujimaru Ritsuka raised his right hand and said seriously: “Use the Command Seal to strengthen Mashu’s—”

"Wait! Something new has happened!"

However, at this moment, Roman suddenly exclaimed, interrupting Fujimaru Ritsuka's words: "An unknown attack has been detected flying towards the battlefield! And... no, it's already here!"

Following Roman's exclamation, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Olga Marie suddenly looked towards the battlefield.

A thin red line flew from nowhere, leaving a trail of fire, and shot directly into the body of Shadow Rider on the battlefield!

Bang!

At the moment of impact, a violent explosion occurred, and the flames directly engulfed Rider!

The impact that erupted directly blew Mashu and Shadow Assassin away.

"What's going on?!" Olga Marie cried out in horror, "Romani, what on earth happened?!"

“It seems like someone… no, a Servant is helping us!” Roman’s voice was somewhat excited. “The attack just now came from far away. Only a Bow-class Servant could do that!”

"This blow should have severely damaged Rider!"

As he was speaking, the flames faded, revealing Rider's figure. Compared to before, she was now missing half of her shoulder and hand, with a large gap in her body, and was in a state of severe injury.

Meanwhile on the other side.

After seeing Rider's condition, Cao Mengde exclaimed: "A beautiful blow! It directly destroyed half of the enemy's body! This will relieve the girl's pressure!"

"Well...actually, Tomoe was aiming at the opponent's heart (spiritual core), but the enemy sensed the danger and dodged, so I wasn't able to kill him directly." Tomoe Gozen felt a little ashamed, as she didn't shoot the arrow very well.

"Oh, it's okay. Anyway, you have completed my order perfectly." Cao Mengde didn't care at all. "It doesn't matter whether it is killed or not. As long as it is not missed, it's fine."

Cao Mengde's original intention was to let Tomoe Gozen relieve Mashu's combat pressure. She did accomplish this task and even exceeded expectations, severely injuring Shadow Rider and causing him to lose most of his combat ability.

"Almost, let's go over there, Tomoe."

"Ok!"

Suddenly, Tomoe Gozen handed his katana to Cao Mengde and said, "By the way, this sword is for you, Master. I don't need to use this one because I have the naginata. If you take it, you can also deal with those skeleton monsters."

Tomoe Gozen had discovered from the previous incident that his master had armed forces. Giving his extra weapons to his master would provide him with an extra layer of protection.

"Then I'll accept it." Cao Mengde didn't say much and took the sword from Tomoe Gozen.

The situation is different with and without weapons. Now he can kill the skeleton soldiers in a pile with a sword!

Then he casually said, "Does it have a name?"

"No, Master, please pick one."

"Is that so? Then let's call it [Blood Cherry]."

"[Blood Cherry], a very appropriate name."

......

Meanwhile on the bridge, Mashu realized that someone was helping her, so she regrouped and took the initiative to chase after the severely injured Rider.

It seems that he wants to vent all the grievances and pressure he has suffered before!

“Aaaaaah——! Die!” Mash roared and rushed forward, giving Rider a shield smash.

With the force brought by her anger, Mash directly knocked Rider away! Rider fell to the ground and rolled several times.

"It's Archer's attack!" Shadow Assassin realized the presence of other Servants and ignored Mashu. Instead, he looked around vigilantly, trying to find Tomoe Gozen.

The archer in the dark was as terrible as the assassin himself.

But the next moment, he did not find Tomoe Gozen in the distance, but saw a red figure nearby.

She was a prominent figure, her eyes were as red as a devil's, and she ran towards him with a naginata in hand, grinning fiercely!

And along with the sound of Senyou came——

"Are you looking for me?"

At this time, Shadow Assassin was extremely shocked, wondering how could an archer come over for close combat!

Shouldn't she be hitting them from a distance?!

Chapter 12 Do you have the courage to be the first?

Tomoe Gozen's fighting power is overwhelming. Facing Kage Assassin, she is not at a disadvantage at all, and every attack can hurt the opponent, while the opponent can't even touch her.

Rather, Shadow Assassin Cursed Arm Hassan's combat power is low to begin with, and he is better at intelligence gathering and assassination than direct combat.

What's more, Assassin is now a Shadow Servant, and his strength is only one-tenth of his original body, so it is normal that he cannot win.

If we can win, things will be serious.

"Damn it... The Holy Grail... is mine!"

When he realized that he was on the road to defeat, the suppressed Shadow Assassin roared, trying every means to make a last stand!

Then, he found Cao Mengde not far behind Tomoe Gozen. At that moment, he knew that man was definitely Archer's master!

So before Tomoe Gozen's naginata attack came, Shadow Assassin's body suddenly dodged like a ghost, causing the attack to miss.

"what?!"

Tomoe Gozen was a little surprised, as this move had never been used before.

When she was about to change her attack to deal with it, she found that Shadow Assassin did not take this opportunity to attack her, but instead rushed behind her? !

At that moment, Tomoe Gozen understood what Shadow Assassin wanted to do. He wanted to attack his Master!

"Master! Get out of the way!"

Tomoe Gozen shouted anxiously, and replaced his naginata with a bow and arrow, aiming at the shadow Assassin who was heading towards his master.

However, Shadow Assassin took advantage of Tomoe Gozen's missed attack and rushed towards Cao Mengde, and it took about a second before she could react.

And this one second was enough for Shadow Assassin to get in front of Cao Mengde, launch an attack and kill him!

"Delusion... Kokoro!"

Shadow Assassin freed his bandaged right hand, revealing a slender right hand that was glowing orange-red, and grabbed towards Cao Mengde's heart.

In order to kill Cao Mengde quickly, he actually released his own treasure!

"Oops!"

After Roman and others noticed this scene, they couldn't help but show a look of panic.

But they had no way to help Cao Mengde. Mashu was too far away and was dealing with Rider. The only person who could stop him was Archer!

However, facing the attacking Shadow Assassin, Cao Mengde was not at all panicked, and even had the leisure to smile.

"Rather than calling it a Noble Phantasm, it's just a more powerful attack."

As the remnants of Servants, Shadow Servants are unaware that they are Shadow Servants. Even if there is no possibility of releasing their Noble Phantasms, they will still release their Noble Phantasms at the critical moment.

The Noble Phantasm that can be released does not have the power of a Noble Phantasm, it is just an attack that is slightly more powerful than an ordinary attack.