I Fell Flat on the Ground

"Whimper—"

A whine rang out.

Beasts knew best how to avoid danger. Leaving aside everything else, Heracles's massive build was even larger than a brown bear, the ruler of the forest. How could these vicious wolves dare fight him? The moment they saw him charge, they tried to flee.

But Heracles was simply too fast. His enormous body did nothing to hinder his speed. In the blink of an eye, he crossed more than twenty meters and cleaved the lead wolf in two with a single strike.

That was utterly brutal!

Chapter 2: I Fell Flat on the Ground

"As expected of the legendary Great Hero, Heracles! Such strength! Such speed! Einzbern is guaranteed to win this Holy Grail War!"

Inside Winter Castle several kilometers away, Acht witnessed the scene through Surveillance Magic. An intense look of excitement appeared on his withered face.

But Su Ning, who was at the scene, rolled her eyes as she watched Heracles slaughter the wolf pack like a heavy tank.

Acht was a mage. He simply had no understanding of what a true warrior needed.

Placing Mad Enhancement on Heracles had been an utterly foolish decision!

Although Rank B Mad Enhancement increased Heracles's Strength and Endurance by thirty percent, giving him an overwhelming advantage in raw power against other Servants, it also suppressed most of his skills.

Rank B Mind's Eye, Rank A+ Bravery, and, most importantly, his extraordinary martial arts that had surpassed mortal limits and reached the Divine Domain, thus becoming the Noble Phantasm Hyakume—all of them had been suppressed by the negative effects of Mad Enhancement.

Mad Enhancement could only increase Strength by thirty percent, while Hyakume could unleash nine simultaneous strongest attacks with any weapon. Though its attacks could not overlap like Tsubame Gaeshi or Mumei San Dantotsu, it was still terrifying enough.

Acht was truly throwing away the watermelon to pick up sesame seeds.

"Damn it, this is way too hard!"

"The opponents in the Fifth Holy Grail War were already strong enough—Artoria, Red A, Cú Chulainn, and Golden Flash. Zouken Matou was lurking on the sidelines, and All the World's Evil, the ultimate boss, was ready to destroy the world... Yet Acht actually had to drag me down too!"

"No! Once we get back, I'll kill that old bastard first! Then I'll find a way to remove Heracles's Mad Enhancement..."

Just as Su Ning was considering how to kill Acht, Heracles had already finished the battle.

"Let's go, Berserker. We're heading back!"

Su Ning snapped back to her senses, took one step forward, and then... fell flat on the ground.

In truth, Illya during the Fifth Holy Grail War was already eighteen, older than both Shirou Emiya and Rin Tohsaka, who were still in high school. But because she was an artificial human, she was only one meter thirty tall and looked like an elementary school student.

The snow had already risen above her knees.

At that moment, she truly missed the one-meter-eighty body from her previous life.

Just as she grimaced and shivered while pushing herself up from the snow, a huge hand nearly half the size of her body stopped before her.

It was Heracles.

Su Ning froze for a moment. Recalling the scenes in the anime where Illya acted together with him, she immediately understood what he meant and carefully stepped onto his hand.

Yes, whenever they traveled together, Illya usually sat on Heracles's shoulder.

Her field of view suddenly widened.

However, without Heracles's mountain-like body blocking the way ahead, the wind became even colder.