Sakura & Demon (3)

As soon as Berserker noticed the trio, he roared from atop his war elephant. His axes were swung wildly in some sort of rage-induced frenzy. It was quite obvious that their presence was not welcomed here.

" "So you have finally arrived, Fool of Owari. And I see you brought my ancestor with you." Or so my boss says." Medusa was the one that helpfully translated for the two people who didn't understand the language utilized by most Berserkers. It still raised a few eyebrows from them, though, especially when he referred to the Deity as his ancestor.

Unfortunately for the two, he didn't seem to want to clarify the matter, being content with just staring pensively at the pink-haired woman instead. Nobunaga looked at the Servant as well, more precisely at her chest, then at her own, and finally at the silent God with contempt while clicking her tongue.

"How do you two want to go about this?" Seth finally took his gaze away from Medusa to address his temporary companions. Aside from the two enemy Servants, they were being surrounded by a massive army of undead enemies as well as the Nobus.

They could only focus on one at a time. They couldn't fight the Servants at the same time they did the mob. Technically, he was able to, but he wouldn't be acting as their nanny again. Acting as a perpetual shield was his last job, not his current one, after all.

Not to mention that they have had barely any use, if at all. One was a resentful and ambitious regent, while the other was a useless and sick two-faced swordswoman. And so far, the only thing he would give credit to them for would be creating this whole mess in the first place.

His gaze was a clear indication that he wouldn't be resolving their problems, so they didn't even try to ask him to go against the two all alone. "I can feel Divinity from that girl, so I would take care of her. Oki—Saku—... forget it, you already know who she is. Okita, you go for that guy riding the elephant. As for you, God-san, you have area damage, so you take care of the army. Simple enough, right?"

Other than a displeased sound at having her 'nickname' brushed off like that, Saber showed no signs of opposing the plan. As for Seth, despite thinking that he got the most bothersome task out of everyone, didn't disagree either.

'Still... I knew it. The brat has Anti-Divine properties. She must have said it without thinking, but that was some good information. Nevertheless, I should be focusing on these rejects that can't properly rest.' Seth then shifted his gaze to all the undead that littered the area. They seemed to be a representation of Darius' army in life.

" "No matter what strategy you devise, it will all be futile against my unstoppable Takeda Cavalry!" Or so my boss says." After Darius roared impatiently at them, Medusa once again helped with the translation.

"You are riding an elephant, though. And you the only one with a mount as well. Who are you supposed to be, anyway? The father or the son? If you are the latter then this will be easier than I thought." Nobunaga relaxedly asked Okita's next opponent with an uncaring and unafraid attitude. She remembered fighting Takeda Shingen, who was the last daimyo with enough power to temporarily halt her advance. He was a bit of a headache, but the same couldn't be said about his son who succeeded him after his death. That brat was the epitome of failure, and save for some lucky victories, he was not comparable to his predecessor at all.

Darius once again screamed while making threatening gestures with his axes. As it was the custom, Medusa translated again. " "That is inconsequential! Men, attack them all!" I guess I should be moving as well..."

The Gorgon Sister prepared her chains to face Nobunaga, while Okita drew her sword and adopted a combat-ready stance to meet the Berserker Servant atop of the war elephant. As for Seth, he took control of the undead warriors temporarily to fight the Nobu army. Despite wanting to free them as soon as possible, he would need help to make things faster.

Saber was the first to move, doing a straight dash at Darius. Seth had some doubts about her getting sick mid-battle, but it seemed that wouldn't be the case... for now.

As for Archer, she took her gun with one hand and immediately began firing at Medusa. The Servant in question nimbly moved to avoid the bullets that would no doubt inflict pain on her while also deflecting the ones she couldn't dodge.

'My turn now, I suppose. I better make this relatively quick and avoid the route we were going to take.' He didn't notice it at first for some odd reason, but there was actually a third Divinity in all of this. He couldn't mistake it for someone else's; it was Cu Chulainn's without a doubt.

If they went ahead and met them, combat would surely ensure. Even if he said he didn't want to fight and decided to retreat, the blue-haired man would take it as an insult and chase after them.

His hands shook a bit at the prospect of having to kill or witness another death of someone he had come to regard as a friend even against what his sound mind told him to do. No matter if it was the real him or just a twisted version, it wasn't something he was willing to do.

'Sometimes I wonder what I have gotten myself into...' Seth pushed his thoughts aside after a short while, putting a bit of strength on his legs before jumping in the middle of enemy lines. He immediately commanded the skeleton soldiers to attack the Nobunaga lookalikes.

He didn't stay idle, though. His Wind Authority came into action, together with his Storm one. Dark clouds formed in the sky accompanied by the rumbling of thunder.

Not long after, tornados began to descend onto the land. Their pulling force soon lifted his enemies off the ground and into the spiraling vortexes of air, where they were decimated in a brutal way by either the lightning coursing through them or the cutting winds themselves.

As the shower of lightning was beginning to fall down upon the enemy army, Nobunaga concentrated on the enemy before her. Although a tiny bit of her focus was also on the display made by her temporary male companion.

A grin of anticipation appeared on her face—one that she had to quickly erase as the pink-haired woman lunged herself at her.

Archer was quick to jump backward, avoiding a flying kick thanks to that action. That decision was proven to be a correct one, as, as soon as the Servant's foot touched the ground, it cracked and caved in like it was cotton and not a hard surface.

"Tch. Damn gorilla woman. I better not get hit by that or I will be in trouble." That passing comment was obviously heard by Medusa, whose eyebrows twitched a little the moment she did so.

If Archer noticed, she didn't show it. Unperturbed, she materialized another arquebus while still in mid-air from the previous jump, and together with the other one that was already present in her hand, she began to fire them as if they were pistols at the pink-haired woman.

The said Servant hastily evaded the incoming bullets, swatting away with her chains the ones she couldn't. While it was true that the constant fire somewhat hindered her movements, it didn't leave her cornered enough not to retaliate.

Gravity soon exerted its force on Nobunaga, making her fall down on the ground. Medusa took advantage of this, and with a big stride, she was already centimeters away from Archer.

If there was something Medusa prided herself in, that would be her speed, so once she 'cornered' her opponent, she immediately started to unleash a flurry of punches and kicks. In response, Nobunaga quickly dematerialized one of her guns and unsheathed her sword. She then began to parry the incoming blows. Though that proved to be something challenging to do considering her enemy not only excelled in speed but in strength as well.

She kept retreating back as her enemy continued her assault, and yet that wasn't helping as much as she wished it would. Remaining still was suicide, while moving back was allowing the pink-haired woman to use her powerful legs as an impulse to hit harder. Nobunaga was sure the ground the Divine Servant passed by was nothing more than a destroyed mess.

Knowing this couldn't go on forever or she risked being eliminated, Archer decided to change her approach. Just when the pinkette was about to lunge at her again, Nobunaga materialized a floating gun at her side.

Medusa was surprised at the sudden development, and even more so when the gun fired by itself. Fortunately for her, and thanks to her reflexes, she was able to dodge the incoming bullet that would have otherwise made a hole in her chest.

Her luck went until there, though. Despite having avoided a fatal hit, the close distance between the two made it so that she wasn't able to dodge the projectile completely, resulting in her left arm now having a wound where the bullet grazed it.

The Divine Servant jumped back a few times to create distance between the two. She quickly took a peek at her injury. It was minimal, which was obvious at a mere glance. Even so, she still felt like microscopic animals were eating at her flesh with reckless abandon.

That allowed her to reach a simple conclusion: not get hit by those bullets at any cost. It might have been an idiotic one to the common folk. However, as a Servant, she had to capitalize on every opportunity to win, even if that meant being hurt in the process. Now, though, that chance was pretty much out of the window.

Which meant she would have to use... other methods, as much as she didn't like them.

The Fool of Owari wasn't that much of a 'fool' not to take advantage of her opponent's temporary distracted state, and so she did. She sheathed her sword once again before grabbing the floating gun she had used to wound her foe.

Like before, she started firing her guns at her enemy. The rapid-fire was enough to snap Medusa's attention back to Archer. Wasting no time, she started retreating in a zig-zag motion. With the roles reversed, Nobunaga followed up by chasing her while still shooting.

Medusa saw one relatively big humanoid falling from the skies in her direction, probably the work of the weird familiar man that was with their enemy, and who her boss called ancestor.

Seeing an opportunity in this, Rider did a quick jump over the incoming figure, which helped to act as a screen once she was back in the ground. She noticed it was already starting to disappear, so she had to be fast.

The Nobu was lying on the side after its crash with its strange face facing her, so she decided to kick it on its stomach with her powerful legs. The over three meters tall figure shot like a cannonball at the chasing Nobu, giving the Archer Servant a pause.

Nobunaga noticed that her clone wouldn't disappear in time before it crashed into her, so she had two options; either dodge or shoot it. Naturally, she chose the latter.

Coming to a sudden stop, she threw her left gun into the air before grabbing the right one with her two hands and taking an aiming position.

'Farewell!' Unlike before where she shot 'normal' bullets, her Magical Energy began to converge on the tip of her gun before being released as a relatively big white and red beam which had the objective of both eliminating her clone AND her enemy.

Her attack enveloped the incoming clone and continued unimpeded to where her opponent was. She confidently watched as the beam traveled a great distance before ultimately disappearing, leaving no trace of that Divine entity.

Her confidence didn't last long, though. She swiftly jumped back the moment she noticed a shadow behind her. When Nobunaga observed her opponent, she froze, literally. Gone were her circular pupils, now she adorned rectangular ones.

Archer immediately realized the identity of her opponent, making her curse for not being more careful before this happened.

Medusa's Mystic Eyes were capable of petrifying Servants with a Mana Rank of B or lower, and even those who possessed a B Rank, as Nobunaga did, could do nothing but stay rooted in place. She was even capable of hindering the movements of those with A Rank. It wasn't a surprise then that they were considered to be one of the most powerful Mystic Eyes to exist.

Archer watched as her foe approached with slow steps all the while she was unable to move or even look away for the matter. She was at the mercy of her opponent, and the pink-haired woman knew it, so she was in no rush.

Medusa only stopped when she was in front of the black-haired daimyo. "This is the end." She didn't offer more words as she found it unnecessary. Her chains were wrapped around her arm as she mimicked a knife form with her hand, ready to pierce Archer's chest.

'So this is the end of my ambition, huh...' Nobunaga closed her eyes, seemingly resigned to her impending fate. Rider took this as her cue to end the suffering of her enemy.

"Just kidding!" Archer suddenly snapped her eyes open while adopting a maniacal grin. A gun suddenly materialized in her hand once again, one that was pointing at her chin.

Before she could even move or react to the situation, Nobunaga fired her gun, placing a hole in her head.

Even as life escaped from them, the shock could still be seen in Medusa's eyes as her body dropped to the ground next to Archer. "I am sorry to say, scum. But I can alter my Parameters however I want, so your Mystic Eyes posed little to no threat to me wahahaha!"

With her enemy killed, she began to pay attention to the others' battlefield. At Okita's to be exact, since the other one was pretty much a one-sided massacre. 'Ahhhh...All that's well ends well!'