If March 7th didn't put a shield on herself, King's Bucket would kick her to death. But if she shielded herself, she had no way to use her bow and arrows to break King's Bucket's Toughness bar.
She could only keep taking hits, build up energy, and use her ultimate to reduce the opponent's Toughness bar.
Even though all she had to do was surrender, March 7th couldn't accept that she actually couldn't beat a trash can!
March 7th hated turn-based games! She hated turn-based games where she was the only one on the team even more!
The kid might not have been smart, but she was stubborn!
"King's Bucket! Come at me! This lady isn't afraid of you!"
March 7th used Taunt on King's Bucket.
"What?"
"Who?"
"Which Servant did you say Robin summoned?"
"Uh..." Stelle sat obediently on the sofa with her neck shrunk back, saying nothing. Her face was full of a forced smile.
She glanced up at the three people standing before her, then lowered her head again.
The Astral Express's navigator, Himeko.
Kafka, an old acquaintance among the Stellaron Hunters.
And Star Howl, a suspected spreader of Stellarons.
A suffocating sense of being suppressed rose within her.
If she'd known that returning to the Astral Express meant being surrounded by these three, the Trailblazer wouldn't have come home!
She might as well have stayed outside and watched March 7th duel King's Bucket!
"Um... Kafka, why are you here?" After gathering her courage, Stelle asked quietly.
"Yeah, Kafka, why are you here?" After her initial surprise passed, Himeko turned her attention toward Kafka again.
Kafka? Obviously a bad woman! She couldn't let her lead Stelle astray!
"Elio sent me. It asked me to find out what Chen Li was plotting. Why couldn't it see anything