The battle continues.
Heracles ' axe clashed with Karna's spear once more, the shockwave uprooting all the remaining trees in the vicinity.
But this confrontation is different from the previous ones.
Karna took a step back, gripped the gun with both hands, and the tip of the gun once again ignited with the fire of the sun god.
"Brahma, curse me!"
A second golden meteorite was released from the tip of the spear and hurtled toward Heracles at a distance of less than fifty meters.
This distance is too close.
Heracles raised his axe to block, the side of the axe-sword positioned directly in front of the meteor. Golden light and the sun god's fire erupted simultaneously, engulfing Heracles completely.
His third life was consumed by the direct bombardment of the sun god's fire.
God Hand. Remaining lives reduced by one.
Heracles reassembled his body amidst the flames, but before he could even regain his footing, a beam of purplish-black light shot from his side.
Semiramis's Hydra poison.
The toxin precisely struck Heracles's newly reconstructed body, seeping deep into his Spirit Origin before he could even adapt to his new form.
His fourth life was completely consumed by Hydra poison.
Amakusa Shirou Tokisada stood in a temporary outpost dozens of kilometers away, one of the Command Spell on the back of his right hand dimming again.
"Brahma, cover the earth."
Karna's eyes shot out two dark red beams of light the instant he uttered the Noble Phantasm.
The light beam shot directly from the eye; although not very wide, it was extremely dense and moved at a very high speed.
Heracles dodged to the side, but the beam cannon's tracking performance far exceeded his expectations, tracing an arc in the air before striking his back.
His fifth life was pierced by the eye beam and perished.
Amakusa Shirou used up another Command Spell.
As a Heroic Spirit with flesh and blood, his magical power indeed far surpasses that of an ordinary Magecraft.
However, the rate at which his mana was consumed was also too high to sustain the full-force combat Servant four Servants.
Each time Karna unleashes his Noble Phantasm, he requires an additional supply of mana.
Each time Semiramis unleashes a poison spell, she also needs magical support.
Every time Atalanta bow and fires an arrow, each arrow depletes his reserves.
Needless to say, Achilles, despite the barrier cutting off external support, was still constantly consuming the magic power needed to maintain the contract itself.
Command Spell are being consumed at a dangerous rate.
And what were the results?
Heracles has been killed five times.
But the man was still standing.
Amakusa Shirou's gaze fell upon the spatial Projection of the battlefield.
Heracles rose from the dead for the fifth time, his body reforming in golden light.
Five lives.
They traded five lives for a significant amount of Command Spell and mana on the Red Faction.
Amakusa Shirou is still unsure who won and who lost in this deal.
Semiramis stood on a rock at the rear of the battlefield, purplish-black magic swirling around her fingertips.
Her expression wasn't good.
During that poisoning attempt, she could clearly sense that Heracles's body was becoming more resistant to the Hydra poison.
The first time he was poisoned, the toxin destroyed his Spirit Origin in almost a few seconds.
The second time, resistance appeared, but it still managed to kill the enemy.
If this trend continues, the third and fourth attempts will likely be completely ineffective in causing him fatal damage.
"This monster..."
Semiramis gritted his teeth.
However, the situation for the Red Faction is not optimistic either.
Just now, Heracles unleashed an offensive Noble Phantasm.
That was after Karna's third Noble Phantasm attack, when Heracles suddenly switched his fighting style.
He compressed the swinging motion of the axe sword to its limit, and nine almost simultaneous overlapping slashes were released from the axe sword, forming a fan-shaped destructive field.
Nine Lives.
The nine-hit combo has an extremely wide attack range. Although Karna's interference caused the attack to deviate from its original aim, it still grazed Achilles was standing nearby.
It probably didn't even unleash one-tenth of its power.
But it was just a graze.
Achilles ' immortality was forcibly broken.
His left side was almost completely torn apart, with fragments of armor and flesh flying everywhere. He was sent flying by the shockwave like a kite with a broken string, carving a trench tens of meters long into the ground.
If it weren't for the Andreias Amarantos preserving his Spirit Origin Core at the last moment, Achilles would have been eliminated on the spot.
"Rider!"
Amakusa Shirou acted decisively and used up another Command Spell.
"By the Command Spell, Rider Achilles, immediately withdraw from the battlefield!"
Achilles ' figure transformed into light under the power of the Command Spell and vanished from the battlefield.
He was already unconscious when he was teleported back to the temporary base. The wound on the left side of his body was slowly healing, but the injury this time was too severe.
It will take at least half a day before they can rejoin the battle.
Amakusa Shirou stood in the command room of the base, his hands resting on the table, his eyes closed.
The number of times Heracles resurrected.
He speculated that this was related to the God Hand Heracles underwent during his lifetime.
God Hand, twelve lives.
That means you can be resurrected at least eleven times.
Five kills have been confirmed so far.
It can be resurrected seven times.
Seven times.
How many effective attack methods does the Red Faction have left?
Semiramis's poison is nearing its end.
Atalanta's arrows cannot penetrate defenses.
Achilles, seriously injured, leaves the field.
Only Karna.
Only Karna's Noble Phantasm can still inflict fatal damage on Heracles.
However, each Noble Phantasm activation requires a Command Spell to provide additional magical energy.
At this rate of consumption, even if all Command Spell are used up, it's not certain that Karna can kill Heracles' remaining seven lives before his magic power runs out.
Moreover, Black Faction also has Archer.
If they can't even handle Heracles, how can they possibly face Archer, who possesses "Michael," later on?
Amakusa Shirou opened his eyes.
We have no choice but to take a gamble.
I'm betting on whether Karna's Anti-God Noble Phantasm can defeat the demigod hero Heracles in one blow.
" Atalanta, Semiramis."
Amakusa Shirou conveyed his orders to his two Servant through a contractual connection.
"Evacuate the battlefield immediately. The farther the better."
Semiramis paused for a moment.
" Master, what are you saying? Retreat now—"
"That's right."
What happens next will only affect you if you stay in the arena.
Semiramis was silent for two seconds, then turned and disappeared into the night.
Atalanta also jumped down from the treetops in the distance and quickly retreated.
Only two people remained on the battlefield.
Karna.
Heracles.
In the sky, Astolfo rode his Hippogriff, circling high above, watching with a bewildered expression Servant the Red Faction Servants retreated one after another below.
"Huh? They ran away?"
He scratched his head, his pink hair flying wildly in the wind.
"Is the Red Faction planning to retreat? But Karna is still down there..."
Astolfo glanced down.
Karna and Heracles were standing face to face, less than thirty meters apart.
Neither of them moved.
The air froze.
Karna slowly closed his eyes.
When he opened his eyes again, there was no hesitation in those green pupils.