Rotating Sword of Victory / Medusa Surrenders

His goal was very simple: kill Jeanne d'Arc first! Then he would kill the Red Faction's Servant!

Having already eaten his fill, Vlad III's strength was terrifying! The bat he had transformed into arrived beside Jeanne d'Arc in the blink of an eye.

"Whoosh—!!" Jeanne d'Arc knew that Vlad III hated her, so she waved the Holy Banner in her hand and shook off a large swarm of bats.

"Useless, useless, useless, useless!"

Vlad III suddenly transformed back into human form, grabbed the Holy Banner with one hand, and used the other to grab Jeanne d'Arc of Arc by the neck, lifting her up.

'The speed has increased?!'

Jeanne d'Arc was very surprised. She could clearly feel that Vlad III was now about twice as fast as before.

A flash of sword light, Sigurd severed Vlad III's hand. He adjusted his glasses and said calmly, "Your opponent is me."

"My target is Ruler, Saber, get out of my way."

Having absorbed blood, Vlad III's regenerative abilities had become much stronger. Even though his arm had just been severed by Sigurd, he recovered immediately. He said in a chilling tone, "If you still want to stop me, then I don't mind killing you now."

"Come on, Vlad III." Sigurd did not back down. He said calmly, "Let me see your strength as a vampire."

"Hahahaha!!!" Vlad III laughed wildly as he attacked without any mercy.

Sigurd decisively drew his sword and slashed forward! Jeanne d'Arc also joined the battle, fighting alongside Sigurd.

'As expected, Vlad III's strength has become exceptionally powerful after using his second Noble Phantasm.'

Mikaela did not act rashly. He looked at Vlad III, who was fighting Joan of Sigurd Jeanne d'Arc by himself, and felt quite solemn.

After absorbing Darnic's entire body, Vlad III's power increased significantly, and he was now absolutely capable of fighting against top-tier Servant.

That self-healing ability that can ignore most attacks, the power to freely manipulate the body's structure, and unimaginable strength and speed.

Even if Sigurd and Jeanne d'Arc attacked together, they wouldn't be able to defeat him in a short time.

"What do I do now?" Red A came to Mikaela's side. Since Jeanne d'Arc d'Arc was currently engaged in close combat with Sigurd and Vlad III, he could not Projection his Noble Phantasm to use Imaginary Number Space Collapse.

Moreover, Red A had just had a brief close-quarters battle with Vlad III, and the result was naturally miserable. He was no match for Vlad III in terms of speed and strength, although he could still pick up a knife and fight if it came down to it.

However, Red A felt that since Mikaela hadn't even gone to fight, why should he rush up like he was on steroids and go head-to-head with Vlad III?

"Um, is there a way to solve this?" Seeing Red A approaching, Mikaela pointed to the other side, where the Willow Man was still holding the Crown of Wisdom and said calmly, "Although I don't think it's that simple to solve, if it were you, you should be able to stop him."

"Are there any other options!?"

Seeing that the champion was still roaring and relentlessly wielding the Crown of Willow Man's Wisdom, Red A shrugged, indicating that he was powerless to do anything about it.

"Then you go and deal with Medusa." Mikaela touched the Oath of Judas on her back and said calmly, "If you can capture her alive, then do so; if not, then forget it."

To be honest, Mikaela was quite envious of Medusa's Spirit Origin, since he himself didn't know whether Valkyrie's Spirit Origin was temporary or permanent.

It's better to be prepared than not. Prepare the Medusa Spirit Origin now, so that if something strange happens in the future and causes your Valkyrie Spirit Origin to disappear, you can put the Medusa Spirit Origin on top of it.

"Medusa?" Red A scratched his head. To be honest, this challenge was quite stressful, since this Medusa was somewhat different from the one he knew.

However, there was indeed nothing else to do at the moment. Red A nodded slightly, entered spirit form, and jumped towards the shoulder of Crown of Wisdom.

After seeing Red A leave, Mikaela also prepared to deal with Vlad III's current situation. He hadn't attacked yet, but had been sitting on the sidelines, not because Vlad III was particularly troublesome.

Rather, he wanted to see what kind of attack methods vampires used, since there were also beings called Dead Apostle in this world.

With his current strength, although he is not afraid of most of the Dead Apostle, he will not have to be on the defensive if any Dead Apostle cause him trouble.

PS: "Second update."

P. S.: "I'm thinking, should I just stop at five chapters today, get some rest, and try my best to update ten chapters tomorrow?"

Chapter 238 The Excalibur Galatine (Third Update)

"Hahaha, this feeling is so wonderful, so wonderful that I want to sing a song!" Vlad III laughed wildly. He was now completely suppressing Jeanne d'Arc, while also dealing with Sigurd with ease.

'Master, how is it? Can we start fighting now!?' Sigurd appeared to be attacking desperately, but in his mind he was communicating with Mikaela.

That's right, Jeanne d'Arc was fighting desperately, while Sigurd was actually taking advantage of the chaos. It wasn't that he didn't want to fight, but rather that Mikaela was recording Vlad III's condition so that she could find the right moment to strike him dead.

Mikaela dislikes pointless battles; she prefers to analyze others' situations and then use her abilities accordingly to launch attacks.

Take Gilgamesh for example. If Mikaela were to engage him in a battle of equal strength during the Fourth Holy Grail War...

Even though Mikaela was linked to the Greater Holy Grail and possessed a lot of magic power at that time, although there was a possibility of victory, she was almost certainly doomed!

So, knowing that a head-on confrontation would result in defeat, why not conceal your strength, seize the opponent's weakness, and then chop off his elbow and head?

'Alright, you can begin the attack now.'

After Mikaela memorized all of Vlad III's attack methods, he also instructed Sigurd to begin displaying his true strength, so that Jeanne d'Arc would no longer be passively attacked.

"Clang--!!"

Having received his Master's permission, Sigurd began to show his true strength as a dragon slayer. He blocked Vlad III's spear, and Rune Magecraft, as an aid, enhanced his body.

His strength and speed increased dramatically in an instant!

"I should be able to start taking action soon. As for the Dead Apostle, they are basically vampires in different skins. So first..." Mikaela thought for a moment, then crushed a card, and an ordinary-looking katana appeared in his hand.

"Hmm." Mikaela gripped her katana tightly, activated the speed-enhancing Primal Runes, put away her Valkyrie Noble Phantasm, and then charged towards Vlad III.

Vlad III, who was fighting Sigurd, naturally noticed Mikaela's movements and remained very wary of her.

After all, the last time he faced him at his peak, he didn't gain much of an advantage and was almost killed by the opponent's 'individual'.

Now that he knew he was Saber, Vlad III remained wary of Mikaela. When he saw Michaela take out something that resembled a 'sword', he immediately transformed into a bat, intending to dodge the attack.

"Hiss!!!!"

Mikaela's katana struck the bat that Vlad III had conjured. Unlike Sigurd, who casually killed dozens of bats, Mikaela's bats fell to the ground, turned into mist, and then gathered together again.

Instead, the moment Mikaela's katana struck the bat, the bat let out a very human-like scream, as if water had been poured into hot oil. The bat was sliced open, turning into blood that flowed onto the ground.

The bat transformed into human form, Vlad III's expression turned extremely grim. He stared at the black katana in Mikaela's hand and said in a deep voice, "This sword actually contains sunlight."

"It's just a little bit." Mikaela looked at Vlad III's abdomen, where it seemed to have been cut open and blood was flowing out.

"However, from this point of view, the sunlight is indeed like a deadly poison to you."

Mikaela casually tossed the katana aside, then looked at Vlad III's slowly healing abdomen with some doubt and asked, "Could it be that being hit by a weapon exposed to sunlight slows down your recovery?"

"Saber, you really are my greatest rival?" Vlad III removed his hand from his abdomen, now that his injuries had healed.

"You flatter me. I'm just an ordinary person."

Mikaela didn't feign modesty; instead, she said quite naturally, "Everything I have is borrowed. If I lose it, I'm just a fragile, ordinary person."

"Ordinary people? That's utterly laughable. If, as you say, those who borrow power are all ordinary people, then what am I in this state?" Vlad III gripped his spear and charged toward Mikaela.

"I have no idea."

Mikaela shook his head. He only knew that it was better to keep a low profile. He crushed the card again, and a giant sword appeared in Mikaela's hand.

"Hmm!?" Sigurd looked at the weapon in Mikaela's hand with some surprise and said, "This is Holy Sword forged by fairies?!"

"That's right." Mikaela nodded slightly, raised the greatsword in his hand, and looked at Vlad III, saying, "I believe your sixth sense has already guessed what kind of sword this is, but I'll still give you a brief description."

"This is the sister sword of Excalibur, the Holy Sword of King Arthur's legend, the Excalibur Galatine."

"Unlike the Excalibur, which gathers the light of the planets, the Excalibur Galatine, represents the sun!"

Having said that, Vlad III immediately transformed into a bat and rushed towards Jeanne d'Arc, already anticipating his fate.

Vampires are most afraid of the sun! After using their second Noble Phantasm — Blood Heritage —they can practically be said to be forever cut off from sunlight.

Now, the Holy Sword representing the sun— the Excalibur Galatine— is in Mikaela's hands. If Vlad III cannot kill her instantly or escape this place, then he is doomed to die!

As for instantly killing Mikaela? Vlad III felt that suicide would be faster, although it was unlikely that he could commit suicide now.

Escape this place? Vlad III could not escape. After seeing that Mikaela could freely use the Noble Phantasm of other heroes, he immediately realized that he should probably grant her request.

Obediently leave the stage with Darnic, and then try to find other Holy Grail cores.

Instead of confronting Mikaela head-on! This led to his inevitable death, while Darnic's death was meaningless.

But! At least for now!!! Vlad III's jaw dropped; even in death, he'd drag Jeanne d'Arc down with him to terrify hell!!!

"Jeanne d'Arc, activate your Noble Phantasm." Mikaela reminded Jeanne d'Arc, while simultaneously unleashing the power of the Excalibur Galatine.

"Excalibur Galatine, the Excalibur Galatine!"

Jeanne d'Arc felt somewhat helpless as Vlad III lunged at her. Did he hate her that much?

She was just following the rules. The Black Faction was wrong to do it in the first place! If you hadn't used that Noble Phantasm, I wouldn't have called back the Red Faction's Servant.

Although Jeanne d'Arc had no choice, she still activated her Noble Phantasm.

She planted the Holy Banner in the ground and proclaimed, "My Luminosite Eternelle (Luminosite Eternelle)!"

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P. S.: "I'm having writer's block, I need to work on the outline = =."

PS: "Is it because things have gotten busier lately? I'm already getting a headache after just three chapters."

Chapter 239 Medusa's Surrender (First Update)

The energy surge representing the sun instantly engulfed Jeanne d'Arc and Vlad III.

However, Jeanne d'Arc activated her Noble Phantasm and forcibly blocked the impact of the Excalibur Galatine, but Vlad III was not so lucky. Although he had absorbed everything from Darnic earlier.

But he was ultimately just a vampire, and he was terribly countered by the Excalibur Galatine. He wanted to attack Jeanne d'Arc, but Jeanne d'Arc activated her Noble Phantasm at that moment, so he couldn't hit her at all. Therefore, he could only let out a very piercing scream in the impact of the 'Solar Energy' and finally turned into a pile of ashes.

After the attack ended, Mikaela casually tossed Excalibur Galatine aside. This sister sword to Excalibur, like the katana from before, turned into specks of light and disappeared from the world.

"This is really..." Sigurd stood beside Mikaela, quite surprised to see his Little Master calmly take out a Holy Sword.

However, he can now understand why Mikaela carries the scent of his wife.

Not knowing Mikaela's real name, Jeanne d'Arc withdrew her Noble Phantasm and looked at Mikaela with some resentment, saying, "Saber, could you please not attack me along with me next time?"

"I didn't want to either, but Vlad III is fixated on you. If we don't attack him along with you, it will be more troublesome to get rid of him in one go." Mikaela said without any remorse. He looked at Hassan of the Hundred Faces and Hassan of the Arm who appeared beside him and sighed, "Besides, it's really quite frustrating. I didn't want to kill them all at all."

"..." Jeanne d'Arc's lips twitched slightly. She took a few steps back, seemingly wanting to get away from Mikaela.

This Saber, who claimed she didn't want to kill everyone, actually devised a plan to deal with the enemy as soon as they decided to fight her, and then killed them all and scattered their ashes!

"Master, should we check her out?" Hassan of the Arm asked Mikaela.

Hassan of the Hundred Faces also cooperated by splitting off an 'individual' and looking at Mikaela, saying, "Although the Excalibur Galatine is very effective against vampires, it cannot guarantee that Vlad III will definitely die."

Clearly, Hassan of the Hundred Faces had decided to 'die,' intending to use this 'individual' to see if Vlad III, who had turned to ash, was truly dead.

After all, Hassan of the Arm and Hassan of the Hundred Faces felt guilty. They had originally prepared for a war of attrition, but as the battle progressed, it suddenly turned into a final showdown.

Well, at least Hassan of the Arm killed Caster on the other side. What about me? I didn't do anything. Even my proudest achievement, intelligence work, didn't yield much result.

"No need, I can sense that he has already left the scene." Mikaela shook her head slightly. Vlad III's recovery ability was indeed very strong, but when the Nichirin Blade struck just now, his recovery ability was obviously reduced by a lot.

Now struck head-on by the Excalibur Galatine, which possesses the power of the sun, Vlad III is beyond dead.

"Hey! Hey! Hey! You guys are done over there! Come help me out!!!" Cú Chulainn shouted as he saw the battle had ended, "I can't hold on much longer!! In another ten minutes or so, this guy will probably double in size again!!"

At this moment, the Willow Man has already been beaten to a pulp by the Crown of Wisdom. If he were to grow twice as strong, Cú Chulainn's Noble Phantasm would probably be completely destroyed by the opponent!

"Understood." Jeanne d'Arc put away the Holy Banner and ran towards Cú Chulainn.

"It's truly astonishing to see that giant," Mikaela said, following behind Jeanne d'Arc. "Looking at the Crown of Wisdom, he exclaimed, "To be honest, if he had reached his full potential and worked hard to protect humanity, it would have been an excellent Noble Phantasm."

"No... For this world, if he continues to grow, then he will be the greatest natural disaster." Jeanne d'Arc looked at the Crown of Wisdom and said in a complicated tone, "I can understand the meaning of Avicebron's creation of him, but I absolutely do not agree with his existence in this world."

"Personally speaking, the so-called Heroic Spirit are people from the past. We are people who have passed away and have come to this world as spirits."

"If we integrate into this society and advance and retreat together with it, then I think it's acceptable."

At this point, Jeanne d'Arc glanced at Mikaela, clearly referring to the Mikaela Heroic Spirit who had gained a physical body.

Although she didn't know the other person's real name, he wasn't arrogant or conceited. Instead, he seemed like an ordinary person, yearning for a simple and happy life.

Even when he participated in the Holy Grail War, he was only there to heal his own injuries and help his friend obtain the Holy Grail Core.

He had no ambition to dominate the world, nor any dream to change it; he simply wanted to live like an ordinary person within the general public.

I believe that when the world faces its end, the other party will also step forward to save it...

Thinking of this, Jeanne d'Arc felt a pang of sadness. She recalled the scene she had witnessed, stopped in her tracks, and, ignoring Mikaela's surprised expression, took her hand and said earnestly, "Saber, although I don't know your real name, I wish you a peaceful life like this for the rest of your days."

"Ah, thank you." Mikaela was a little confused, not knowing what Jeanne d'Arc was doing, but he still thanked her and said, "Didn't I tell you my real name? My name is Mikaela."