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Vol 2 Chapter 9: The First Battle

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Heracles picks up his bow and looks over to his opponents.

Heracles: "You all are free to attack me as you wish. I will not attack whatsoever until one of you lands a hit on me"

Mordred: "Is he mocking us?!"

X: "He is strong. I don't-"

Mordred rushes past everyone and starts slashing at the bowman.

X: "Mordred!!"

Mordred: "Attack me you fool!!!"

Heracles: "So this is Y/n L/n's knight? Your skills are definitely worthy of being a knight of the roundtable"

He casually dodges every strike while complimenting her.

Mordred: "Stop moving!!"

Her sword begins charging and prepares to fire until Heracles strikes it from above, burying it onto the ground. The blast explodes near Mordred, knocking her down.

X: "Not even a knight of Mordred's caliber can hit him?"

Amagi: "Hey X, can anyone wield Excalibur?"

X: "I'm the only one as far as I'm aware, but.."

She glances at Eucliwood who was watching Y/n's knight get mocked.

Amagi: "I think I have an idea. Hear me out"

Heracles jumps down from backing up after embarrassing Mordred.

Heracles: "You do not use your head to battle. The fact you get upset easily will get you killed you know-"

He is hit from the side by X who jumps infront of her daughter.

Mordred: "Father-?"

X: "Stand back. I'll take him on"

Heracles looks at the cut on the side of his body.

Heracles: "It seems I can bleed? Well, now that I've been hit, I shall begin attacking as well"

He looks around for someone but sighs in disappointment.

Heracles: "It seems Y/n will not be joining? What a let down"

X pulls out both swords at readies herself.

X: "All of you, remain on guard"

Mordred: "What do you mean disappointed?"

Heracles: "I was hoping to battle Y/n. Seeing that he probably won't be here, that's kind of a let down. I wanted to try my hand against someone more powerful if possible"

Mordred: "What did you say?"

X: "Don't fall for-"

Mordred took off once more but jumped in the air.

Mordred: "CLARENT BLOOD ARTHUR!!!"

She fires her Noble Phantasm straight at him but he quickly vanishes.

Mordred: "Huh-?"

An explosive arrow hits her in the side, nearly knocking her out.

X: "MORDRED!!!"

Another nearly struck her but a paper airplane flies straight into it while a few others shoot towards Heracles' direction.

X: "I told you not to fall for his tricks!!!"

Mordred was gasping for air as her eyes were wide from the power of the arrow.

Ahri: "I'll begin heal-"

Eucliwood: "BARRIER!!!"

Ahri's hands immediately shot up and forced a barrier strong enough to just barely block the next shot.

X: "He's not going to let you heal"

Eucliwood walked over to Ahri while holding onto her head.

Ahri: "Thanks"

Eucliwood nods while taking her scythe out.

X: "I don't know how much time I could buy you but I'll do my best. You focus on healing Mordred"

Ahri: "Got it"

X and Eu ran out the barrier, going straight for Heracles.

Heracles: "Good planning"

He drops down from the tree and goes to meet them.

Amagi: "Mordred, if you can hear me, I have an idea that could work. You should listen too Ahri"

Ahri: "Yes"

Mordred was in a state of shock but could still hear the captain.

X: "HAAAA!!!"

She swinged her weapon while Heracles blocks the sacred sword with his bow.

Heracles: "The other one"

Eucliwood swings her scythe which he dodges but notices something odd. She had let go of it.

Heracles: "Wha-"

X catches it from the other side and lands a powerful blow to the greek hero's back. He pushes it away with his free hand and goes to block his opposite side but sees her other hand empty.

Heracles: "Where's her sword?"

X: "NOW EUCLIWOOD!!"

Heracles: "Don't tell me-?!"

Eucliwood had Excalibur in her hands with the tip pointed straight at his spine.

Eucliwood: "EXCALIBUR!!!"

She uses her voice to force Excalibur to fire its beam point blank at Heracles' back.

Heracles: "AAAH-!!"

X: "Cross CALIBURN!!!"

She swings her other sword and scythe together, landing another crucial strike to his chest. After he falls to his knee, Eucliwood and X regroup.

X: "Looks like we landed some good shots"

They hand one another's weapons back while not losing their eyes off of the injured hero.

Heracles: "Those were some good hits"

He slowly rose back up as some steam began to exit his body.

Heracles: "Now, can you do that another 11 times? But even stronger?"

X drops a few sweat beats as she and Eucliwood realize he is back to 100 percent.

X: "You got to be shitting me? Of course he'd have God's Hand "

Heracles takes a step forward but gets hit by a cannon shot to the face. A dozen paper planes fly straight at the motionless demigod, exploding on contact.

Akagi: "They aren't the only ones here~ Kaga"

Kaga: "You got it"

The planes were reduced to small pieces of paper containing more secret bombs that continue after the first wave. From the smoke, Heracles pops out unfazed.

Heracles: "Your attacks did nothing-"

Amagi: "FIRE!!"

More fly towards him but the annoyed Heracles cuts them with a single blow.

Heracles: "Useless-"

Amagi: "NOW!!"

A second wave they had sent fly down to his feet, exploding under him which causes Heracles to lose his balance.

Heracles: "What the-?!"

From underneath the smoke, Mordred jumps up once more with Clarent over her head.

Heracles: "You-!!"

Mordred: "CLARENT BLOOD ARTHUR!!!"

She fires the Noble Phantasm and lands it straight over his head. After the dust settles, Mordred puts her sword over her shoulder with a smug smile.

Mordred: "That wasn't that bad?"

X: "WATCH IT!!!"

X barely makes it in time to tackle Mordred from a quick attack.

Heracles: "Now I'm a little ticked off"

Heracles climbs out the rubble with another weapon in hand. It was a sort of large axe.

Heracles: "Time to get a bit serious"

X: "We got-"

Before she could finish her sentence, the weapon struck her in the stomach. She was sent flying back and dealt significant damage to the L/n Rook.

Mordred: "Fath-!!"

Mordred was hit by the axe in the face, smashing her helmet to pieces. Following the strike, Heracles kicks her away as she tries her best to not pass out.

Amagi: "There goes our knights"

Amagi was nervous after losing their most powerful pieces. From the looks of things, Heracles didn't even lose a life. On top of that, he was too quick for any of them to register his movements.

Heracles: "It seems you are the one to be the biggest problem"

He went straight for Eucliwood and grabbed her by the neck. She quickly tried to free herself by swinging her scythe but Heracles grabs it and almost breaks her wrist. She writhes in pain, not uttering a scream as she drops her weapon.

Heracles: "That isn't your only weapon, this voice of yours is the real deal. I could break your windpipe for now"

Heracles squeezes her neck while the fox girls attempt to attack him, but he dodges their attacks without paying them any attention.

Heracles: "Don't worry, It'll heal once the battle finishes"

She pulled out a key from her sleeve and punched it into air. From it, a golden gate opened. Heracles was caught by surprise from the sudden appearance of a golden gate that he turned around to see if the Prince of Heroes had made his appearance.

Heracles: "Y/N!!"

Eucliwood: "Enkidu!!"

She uses her powers to release Enkidu to pin him down to the ground. Because he was distracted, Heracles had let go off Eucliwood before he could make his promise a reality.

Heracles: "Dammit!! I was tricked"

Ahri jumped down behind Eucliwood and put her hands on the Queen's back.

Amagi: "X, NOW!!"

The injured X nods and chucks Excalibur towards Eucliwood who catches it.

Ahri: "I'm enhancing your mana and powers!! This attack should take out all his lives!!"

An aura surrounds Eucliwood who brings the legendary sword up. X, who was still trying to fight through the pain from the previous attack, remembers Amagi's words before she landed the first blow on Heracles.

Amagi: "If she uses her reality warping powers, she could potentially force Excalibur to activate correct? I wonder if Ahri powering her up could possibly take him out the battle?"

X: "Couldn't I do it as well?"

Amagi: "He won't expect it if it came from her.. Could you two possibly switch weapons and test my theory?"

X: "You are our strategist. As ludicrous as your ideas may be, I'll still follow your instructions"

Amagi: "Then be our pawn. Make it so that Heracles prioritizes incapacitating you and gives Eu the chance to attack with a powerful attack"

X: "I got it"

X gets to her feet and looks over to Eucliwood.

X: "DO IT EU!!!"

Eucliwood: "Ex.. CALIBUR!!!"

She brings down the Noble Phantasm onto Heracles once more as the area is covered in a bright light.

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From the opposite side of the arena, Y/n stands on top of the building where his team had just left from while looking over the battle.

Y/n: "That's wonderful teamwork.. but can you take the rest of his lives?"

He patiently waits while noticing 2 auras around him.

Y/n: "So you two have no interest in battling my peerage? What disrespect.. *chuckles* but I commend you all for going straight for the head"

Female: "Why would we waste our time on lower beings than us? We know Heracles alone could take them out"

Male: "We are just here to watch over you, you know, so you don't cower out and try to escape from us"

The King of Kuoh began to laugh to himself as he went back to watching his peerage battle.

Y/n: "You mongrels are hilarious.. I can't wait to get my hands on all of you"

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Eucliwood falls back from exhaustion but is caught by Ahri.

Ahri: "Well you seemed to have exhausted most of your mana?"

She picks her up and senses something wrong.

Ahri: "Hold on!!"

She uses her tails to block a swing from an axe.

Mordred: "You two!!!"

The two go straight through a few trees before finally landing. Once Ahri's tails unravel, she releases Eucliwood after taking the brunt of the damage.

Ahri: "You.. okay?"

Eucliwood nods while checking up on the bishop fox.

X: "How the hell is he still standing up from that?!"

Heracles stands up from the smoke and dusts himself.

Heracles: "How reckless of me. To think I'd be hit by that same attack once more and lose another life? Truly a dumb move from my end"

Mordred: "How many.. more times do we have to hit this guy?"

Heracles: "That attack robbed me of 2 lives"

Amagi: "Two lives?!"

X: "That's it?!"

Heracles: "I had 12 from the beginning. You two 1 from that teamwork you both did and 2 from that one powerful attack. If you try that once more, it won't kill me again"

He stood in the middle of the battlefield while looking at everyone.

Amagi: "What now Amagi? Think.."

Heracles: "It seems you are the one who's concocted all these ideas. I'll let you continue battling and not attack you as I'd like to see just what you can come up with to take another.. but her"

He points towards the still recovering Ahri.

Heracles: "You seem to be another problem for me. My priorities will be Eucliwood. Followed by Ahri and X. The rest of you, I have no need to worry about you. If you get in my way, I'll dispatch you quickly"

X: "*sighs* So this is the power of a demigod? Amagi"

Amagi: "Yes?"

X: "This may be stupid but.. can you take your sisters and go after another target?"

Amagi: "You want us to leave?!"

X: "Take Mordred with you. I'm sure there are weaker gods than him. After all, he is one of the most well known there is.. He is only after us three so that should give you the time to hopefully take out atleast one other"

Amagi looked over to the battlefield and sees that Heracles really wasn't paying attention to them.

Amagi: ".. I'll do as you say"

Heracles: "You have my word, I won't go after either of you until I've finished my task here"

X: "You heard him. Mordred!!"

The Knight of Rebellion was barely getting back to her feet after another hit that could if killed her.

X: "You and the 3 foxes go find another enemy. Eucliwood, Ahri and I will take care of Heracles"

Mordred: "Wh-?!"

X: "JUST GO!!"

Mordred was upset but acknowledged that in the entire battle, she had only landed one hit that didn't really do much.

Mordred: "Fine"

Her injuries were quickly healed as Ahri slowly gets up as well.

Ahri: "That's my little gift to you.. Ow"

Mordred: ".. You all win this"

X: "We'll try"

She pulls out both swords while walking over to the other two.

Ahri: "Seems I'm going to have to use my offensive magic for a change"

Eucliwood brings her scythe to her side while nodding to Amagi.

Akagi: "I guess we'll be-"

Heracles: "Don't go in that direction"

Heracles stops them and points behind him.

Heracles: "Your best option to battle and have even a sliver of hope in winning is that way. Go over there and I assure you, you will lose painfully"

Amagi: "Could you atleast tell me who's this way?"

Heracles: ".. Caenis"

Ahri: "Caenis?"

X: "Who's behind you then?"

Heracles: "Apollon and Asclapious. I'd say they are the weakest links in our team"

Kaga: "You think we'd believe you?"

Heracles: "If you wish to go in that direction, well I won't stop you. Just be aware that Caenis is a vicious and unmerciful warrior"

Both younger fox girls looked confused on what to do and looked to Amagi for an answer.

Amagi: ".. We'll take your advice. Mordred"

Mordred: "I'll lead the way"

She ran off upset at the fact that she had to run away from a fight, but knew she wasn't doing much other than getting in their way.

Mordred: "Their teamwork is great together..."

Amagi: "Don't get yourself down Mordred"

Mordred: "Yea.."

They exit the arena as Heracles picks up his axe.

Heracles: "I'm thankful that they took my advice. You 3, you are now my opponents"

X: "We thank you for letting them leave"

Heracles: "They would only get in the way of our match. I'm sure my team will win by the way"

Ahri: "I got 50 bucks on ours.. I don't actually have money so I'll just have master pay you"

X rolls her eyes as she focuses back on the fight.

Heracles: "Well then, how about-"

Heracles stops and drops his axe as he grabs his bow.

X: "What is he-?"

He fires a shot a few feet away from the 3, blocking an incoming attack.

Heracles: "I thought I was supposed to take care of them? This is my battle. I ask that you leave"

??: "I'm tired of waiting on my turn Heracles. Look at you, you've already lost 3 lives!!"

A woman's voice was coming from the area Heracles warned the others not to go.

Ahri: "We got more problems now?!"

X: "Caenis?"

Another enemy appears with complete bloodlust in her eyes.

Caenis: "Let me have a taste of them too~"

The 3 stood on guard against the two as Heracles grabs his axe.

Heracles: "Arthur"

X looks towards Heracles who hadn't taken his eyes off Caenis.

Heracles: "Because I am your opposition, I cannot fight by your side"

He suddenly started walking over to them. Ahri was going to prepare an attack but X stopped her.

Caenis: "Oh? You want to battle me Zeus' brat?!"

She jumped down and locked eyes with the greek demigod.

Heracles: "I ask you not interfer in this matter, neither of you"

He stood infront of the group while Caenis held her spear infront of her.

Caenis: "I always wanted to test my strength against you"

Heracles: "I believe it is time I showed you the wrath of a god"

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