Under the Mountain People's assault, the Purification Knights' encirclement was breached before long, opening a gap through which the refugees frantically fled.
In theory, this should never have happened.
After all, the Purification Knights were beings between humans and Servants. Though they were not Pseudo-Servants like Mashu, they were still far stronger than ordinary humans. The Mountain People, by contrast, were all ordinary humans. Compared with the Purification Knights, the difference should have been immense, making it impossible for them to break through so smoothly.
However, the Mountain People seemed to have fought against the Purification Knights before—and were extremely well trained. Whenever they engaged the Purification Knights, they would maintain teams of at least three, working together to restrain a single Purification Knight. By charging into the formation, they separated the Purification Knights one by one and defeated them individually, thus achieving impressive results.
The Mountain People clearly understood the Purification Knights' weaknesses. Their absolute obedience to the King and the Round Table, combined with their overly rational thinking, caused their actions to become rigid to a certain extent. As long as the Mountain People continued fighting through guerrilla tactics and adapting to circumstances, they could toy with the Purification Knights as they pleased.
This should be the result of Artoria〔Alter〕's training, right?
Thus, the Mountain People opened a breach with remarkable ease.
Of course, this was as far as they could go. They were completely unable to cover the refugees' retreat.
Artoria〔Alter〕 knew this clearly, which was why she had told the refugees to escape as many as they could, without demanding anything more.
Under normal circumstances, even if they managed to escape, more than half of the refugees would probably have been left behind in the end.
However, the people here were not only the Mountain People.