Without waiting for Bai Ming's orders, Mash charged straight out. She hurled the round shield, which was much taller than she was, and then leaped high into the air, kicking the face of the foremost Celtic warrior. After smashing away a large group of Celtic warriors, the shield flew back into Mash's hand.
"Then wasn't I hugged by Senpai for nothing just now?!"
Mash had learned that from watching Bai Ming fight—charging into the enemy ranks first, throwing out his brick, then making the brick fly back on its own. Bai Ming completely failed to understand why Mash cared so much about having been hugged, but seeing her tear through the enemy like an unstoppable force, he ultimately said nothing.
Meanwhile, Nightingale led the soldiers in a counterattack against the Celtic warriors.
Gunfire and artillery fire erupted in unison, but before the shells could even be launched, Jeanne d'Arc Alter controlled the dragon to blanket them in dragonfire. The scorching breath burned the already dry earth, bringing the Celtic warriors' charge to a halt.
"These soldiers are far stronger than the ones we encountered before..." During the battle, Mash clearly sensed that the soldiers attacking them now were a level stronger than those they had encountered in the wilderness. "Are they some kind of elite force?"
As Mash pondered in silence, a helpless male voice drifted over. "No wonder those people didn't rush into the tents and were stopped instead. So there are Servant-type beings here?"
The next instant, red and yellow light filled Mash's vision. A series of metallic clashes rang out against her shield, forcing Mash back step by step. Jeanne d'Arc Alter descended from the sky, sword in one hand and spear-banner in the other, and engaged the bare-chested man in battle.
Black light and alternating red