Seeing that King Arthur had completely recovered, the fighting spirit that Diarmuid had just suppressed burst out again.
"Knight King! You've finally recovered fully. Now we can have a truly fair duel!" Even though Diarmuid had been knocked away, he spun in midair and landed steadily. Seeing King Arthur restored, he spoke immediately.
"Come then! Lancer… No, the Radiant Face, Diarmuid!" King Arthur responded to him.
The two clashed once again.
King Arthur's side of the problem was settled for now, but Lancelot was in deep trouble because Hundred-Faced Hassan had created more than ten clones just to kill him.
Other than the indestructible Arondight, Lancelot's other three weapons were already broken.
Tia noticed Lancelot struggling and wanted to rush over, but she simply couldn't get through.
"Master… Command Seals!" Lancelot's voice echoed in Tia's mind.
Tia nodded and activated a Command Seal without hesitation.
"By Command Seal! Make Berserker Lancelot return to the Saber class!"
"I'll help you too!" At that moment, Kayneth suddenly appeared beside Tia using the Moon Spirit Marrow fluid and, without hesitation, grabbed the hand Tia was using to activate the Command Seal.
Tia originally wanted to attack Kayneth to drive him away, but when she heard what he said, she hesitated. That brief moment of hesitation allowed Kayneth to hold her hand. Immediately, Tia felt the Command Seal she activated change. The magic power flowing out from it was far greater than before.
Looking at Lancelot again, not only had he regained the Saber class, but he had also gotten a huge boost in strength.
To put it in terms of the FGO game: Lancelot's level was 80, the same as Saber-class Diarmuid. Now, after being strengthened by a super Command Seal, Lancelot's level was 90. Diarmuid, with two super Command Seals, was level 100. As for King Arthur, his normal level was 90, but after being cursed, his level had dropped to 70.
With that, the Hundred-Faced Hassans were no longer a match.
"Master of the Knight of the Lake, Tia… right? I'm helping you now as repayment for when you had the Knight of the Lake save me earlier. But I have one condition. I saw what you did just now. You seem able to make Noble Phantasms," Kayneth said to Tia. "I want you to turn my Moon Spirit Marrow fluid into a Noble Phantasm. That way, it won't just be a supreme magic item, but something on the same level as a Servant's Noble Phantasm. Then I might even be able to fight a Servant to some degree with just a human body."
"No… I can't make original Noble Phantasms! I can only fully copy ones I've seen before. Other than being a bit weaker, they can still perform a True Name release."
"That's exactly what I want. I can show you the Moon Spirit Marrow fluid. Once you learn it, use your skills as a divine era blacksmith to make me a new copy of it using your Noble Phantasm duplication method!" Kayneth said.
Tia froze at Kayneth's words.
You can do that? Tia never expected Kayneth to make such a request out of the blue. And this was a great opportunity—she could learn Kayneth's supreme magic item, the Moon Spirit Marrow fluid, and use it as an excuse to come to him often to play with super Command Seals. With Kayneth's genius, maybe one day he could make Command Seals that didn't need the Greater Holy Grail and could be summoned and used anytime.
Tia thought this and calmly nodded. "Alright, I agree."
"Very good. In the name of Lord El-Melloi, our agreement will definitely take effect!" Kayneth said firmly.
In just a short time, Lancelot had already killed all those dozen Hassan of the Hundred Faces.
But then, without any warning, dozens more Hassan of the Hundred Faces suddenly appeared around Tia and Kayneth, surrounding them so tightly that they had no chance to escape. The next moment, before they could even raise their hands to use Command Seals to summon their Servants, the Hassan attacked them all at once.
At that instant, Kayneth activated his Moonlight Mercury, forming a fairly solid defense. But facing the attacks of so many Hassan, it wouldn't hold for long. Still, it was enough time to call for help.
Lancelot rushed over immediately, swinging the blade of the Lake Light at incredible speed, forming one beautiful arc after another.
At the same time, Diarmuid and King Arthur, who were locked in fierce combat, also gave up their fight and charged toward the swarm of Hassan.
Inside the Moonlight Mercury, Tia watched how it worked and reached out to touch it. Then her magic crest activated again, and under the flow of origin-forged mana, Tia began to understand how the Moonlight Mercury was made.
Compared to a real Noble Phantasm, something like Moonlight Mercury was far too easy for Tia to recreate.
Tia's origin was called Forging, which actually turned forging into a concept, a property—just like elements such as wind, fire, earth, and water. Other magi using water-element magic would produce water, but Tia's forging-element magic produced things by forging them. Weapons could be forged, armor could be forged, even gases and liquids could be forged. Moonlight Mercury was no exception.
The forging process played out virtually in Tia's mind, and then the finished product appeared in reality.
However, Tia knew that if one day in the future the sheath of the holy sword Avalon were implanted in her body, her origin would change from Forging to Sword. She had never realized this problem before, until she learned the truth and remembered it.
Tia would never allow that to happen, so she had to avoid letting the holy sword enter her body at all costs.
By now, Tia had already started making her own Noble Phantasm, Moonlight Mercury.
Right in front of her, inside Kayneth's Moonlight Mercury, a small silver mass of mercury appeared out of thin air. It kept growing larger and larger, until Kayneth's protective space could barely contain it.
At that moment, Tia said, "Get ready. When I say 'withdraw,' remove your Moonlight Mercury defense. In that instant, I'll unleash the True Name Release of my Moonlight Mercury and wipe out all these Hassan."
"No problem!" Kayneth nodded.
"Withdraw!" Tia shouted as soon as she saw that Kayneth understood.
Right after Kayneth removed his Moonlight Mercury barrier, Tia instantly replaced it with her own, but this time for offense.
"True Name Release! Noble Phantasm: Moonlight Mercury!" Tia shouted loudly.
In an instant, countless sharp spikes shot out from Tia's Moonlight Mercury mass, piercing through all the Hassan present.
(End of The Chapter)
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