A Not So Evil God In Fate/Grand Order

Chapter 66 - The Fall Of Another King

Darius noticed the change in the two women, so he also got a bit serious. With the typical roar of a Berserker, he pointed one of his axes forward. Immediately, his War Elephant began to move faster and faster.

"You have the power now, don't disappoint me." Those words may seem like he said them on the spur of the moment. But for some reason, both Saints felt that in this context, they had a deeper meaning.

With a simple nod, Avenger and Ruler dashed at the incoming animal. Their speed now was faster than before, like they had received a boost in parameters.

They ran next to each other, but when the War Elephant was about to ram them, they separated, taking a different side of the giant animal.

Even if it was a powerful creature on the level of a strong beast, it was difficult for the Elephant to stop its momentum. Left with no other choice, it used its trunk to try and hit Jalter.

Avenger simply sidestepped and avoided the hit. Taking advantage of the situation, she jumped on top of the trunk of the moving animal and began to climb it to get to Darius. However, his mount was having none of that. Continuing his run, the War Elephant started swinging it erratically in hopes of throwing her off balance.

Jalter simply stabbed her sword to prevent herself from being sent flying. Berserker watched calmy how his mount was trying to get rid of Jeanne, only for the girl in question to climb up slowly.

Out of nowhere, Darius raised one of his axes. In the next moment, a clanging sound was heard by everyone present as his weapon blocked Jeanne's own. The Saint had jumped on the animal's back when it had first attacked Jalter.

Berserker raised from his Throne, doing the same with Jeanne's flag as he did so. He spun his free arm, ready to cut her in two, but she jumped back and avoided that outcome.

Darius hit the side of his Throne, destroying it into pieces. Now, they neither had any obstacles to fight.

The War Elephant finally stopped his charge, and with that, Avenger finally could get on his back too. Wasting no time, Jalter attacked Darius from behind while Jeanne did the same from the front.

The Persian King simply used one ax to fight each; this could have worked before, but now that they got more powerful, it was proving to be complicated.

Darius had to take it seriously from now on. With extreme agility, he clashed his axes coated in emerald-flames with the two Saints' flags.

Seth watched from the sidelines how Servants were getting more proficient at handling their foe. 'With this, the others won't have much trouble fighting that man. I should get going to deal with that clown soon.'

Returning to the fight, Darius was having more troubles each time dealing with the combined attack of the two, cut, and stab wounds on some parts of his body being proof. However, he always kept his cool. Among Berserkers, he could be considered something like a black sheep.

Out of nowhere, the Persian King got more aggressive, opting for using his body and not just his weapons. He brought his ax down on Jeanne, and when she blocked it, he directed a kick at her stomach, throwing her off his mount.

Jalter took advantage of this and went for a stroke to his back with her black sword. She succeeded in piercing his skin. However, Darius didn't flinch. He just turned his head to look at her with a grin on his face.

Before Avenger could react, Berserker slammed his ax, which was as big as her body, on her side, sending her flying.

Jalter crashed on the ground and kept rolling for hundreds of meters, eventually coming to a stop when she managed to stabilize herself.

Jeanne, who had recovered from Darius' kick, quickly got to Jalter's side. "Tch. That f.u.c.k.i.n.g big man didn't hold back with that hit." Avenger complained while she held her waist. Tiny cracks were present all around the area of impact on her armor.

Ignoring her fool language, Jeanne offered a hand that Jalter begrudgingly took. "He is not a Berserker for nothing, and Master said he was a King of Persia. Being stronger than us is not at all strange." Jeanne said to her counterpart with a wry smile on her face.

"Fuhnnn muoooohhhn!!" With the loudest shout he had done up until now, Darius began to hit his axes against one another. His War Elephant trumpeted while also stomping his legs on the ground.

"Has he finally lost it?" Jalter asked to no one in particular. She wasn't used to seeing these kinds of behaviors in someone.

"That's a war cry. Berserker is going to use his Noble Phantasm, to its full extent, at least." Out of nowhere, Seth appeared behind the duo.

"So, it's similar to Tarasque?" It was Jeanne's time to ask, this time to their Master.

"Yes. Just when you call its name, will their true power be revealed." Not long after he said this, some kind of miasma pools colored green and black began to form around Darius.

From it, skeletons wearing all kinds of weapons and armors crawled to the surface. It didn't end there, though. Giant pillars of flesh shot from the bigger pools, painting a grotesque sight.

"Ugh...how disgusting can it get?" Avenger had a face of absolute disgust. Weren't it for her Master being near, she would have thrown up long ago.

In just a few seconds, Darius' immortal Athanatoi soldiers made their presence known. An army of ten thousand warriors ready to exterminate the enemies of their King.

'An undead army, eh? I like this guy.' Seth thought in amus.e.m.e.nt, watching Berserker's Noble Phantasm. They weren't that different, after all.

Regardless of his preferences, an enemy was an enemy. "It's time, you two. Good luck overcoming that." He said, much to the surprise of his Servants.

"Eh? You are joking, right? There is no way we can face against that on our own!" Even if her Master was not one to make jokes, she hoped this was his first try at it.

"Why are you so worried? You two are the perfect combination, an extraordinary defense, and an equally extraordinary attack. Jeanne can defend you with her Noble Phantasm, and you can focus on killing Darius, his army will naturally disappear after that." He honestly thought that the confidence they had in themselves was abysmally low.

"Y-you are right. It can't be helped that I have to kill that madman." Jalter played it off like it was no big deal, but inside she was delighted by his 'compliment,' and the same could be said of Jeanne.

This time, Darius didn't wait for them to finish their little chat. He pointed one of his axes forward, and the army began to run with an inhuman speed at them.

Seth faded away like a disappearing mirage, leaving only the two girls to deal with Darius' Noble Phantasm.

"I will defend ourselves. I'm leaving the attack on you." The Maid of Orléans spoke to her counterpart before positioning herself in front of her.

« "Here's the work of the Lord!"

"My flag, defend our brethren!"

『Luminosité Eternelle!』 »

A light barrier protected the two Saints just in time for the first soldier to strike. Immediately after he hit it, his bones fell apart.

What was one became ten, and what were ten became a hundred and so on. Jeanne was doing an excellent job of protecting the two. However, complications started to appear when the giant pillars of flesh attacked.

With each of their hits, Jeanne had to hold her flagpole tighter. Her banner was tearing more and more after their consecutive blow.

"Resist a bit more, wimp; he is closing in." Jalter for once didn't try to mock Jeanne but instead encouraged her, with her own words, of course.

Ruler simply nodded and poured more Magical Energy to maintain her Noble Phantasm.

True to her companion's words, Darius and his War Elephant were getting closer to them. Avenger prepared to unleash her Noble Phantasm; she just needed to find the perfect opportunity.

Like that, some minutes passed; those minutes were agonizing for Jeanne, who at this point was at the end of her rope. The barrier protecting them was turning on and off like some kind of flashlight.

Then, it came. The War Elephant's trunk slammed on the barrier, breaking it once and for all. Jeanne fell to her knees with a pained expression on her face. However, this was the moment Jalter was waiting for.

Raising her sword upward, a tornado of red flames engulfed her, even burning the trunk of the animal that was above them.

« "All evil is here."

"The time for revenge has come!"

"This is the roar of my soul that was polished by hatred..."

『La Grondement Du Haine! 』»

Avenger released her Noble Phantasm. An attack similar to a Dragon's breath blasted from her sword, incinerating the Elephant into ashes.

Having sensed something wrong beforehand, Darius jumped off his mount. Sadly for him, the moment he was descending, stakes rose from the ground and impaled him throughout his whole body.

It wasn't over yet as the stakes then lit on fire and burned all his insides. His suffering only stopped when the stakes finally disappeared after ten more seconds.

Darius fell to the ground with a thud, holes littering his body. Slowly, the remaining soldiers from his army and the flesh pillars faded away.

"We finally did it," Jalter said with visible exhaustion in her voice. She looked at the side to see her counterpart breathing heavily due to the effort she had to make to ensure they stayed safe.

"Yeah..." Although she shared Avenger's exhaustion, a smile for having accomplished something that her Master asked them to was present on her face.

Just then, both Servants heard someone clapping behind them. They turned around to see their Master with impaled on the ground beside him.

"I've got to say; I'm impressed you managed to come up with a strategy to beat his army with the little time you had in your hands." Seth praised them while also unsticking his weapon and walking forward to them.

"Thanks..." "It was easy, no need to praise me." They responded in their own way, although their embarrassment was evident for all to see.

'Young people sure have it easy.' Seth couldn't help but roll his eyes, seeing them like that. "Follow me." He ordered them, and they complied. Due to the exhaustion, they walked at a slower pace, though.

The Egyptian God led them to where the body of Darius was. Once there, he jumped on his c.h.e.s.t, motioning his two Servants to do the same.

"Put your hands on my shoulders." Although confused by his words, they still did as they were told. Seth then pointed his spear tip toward Berserker's head.

"...Iskandaaarrr." Just as his death was nearing, he shouted the name of his life rival one more time.

"Don't worry. That man is next on my schedule after you." Saying no more, Seth pierced Darius' head. It was a painful sight to take in for Jeanne, as this looked like some sort of unnecessary execution. Jalter, however, enjoyed it with her whole being.

Berserker soon was fading into particles of light, but similar to what happened with the Berserker from Fuyuki, those particles of light went to Jeanne and Jalter, healing their wounds.

'One King less, let's see if my theory is correct, after all.' Seth thought while dematerializing his spear. "It's time to see how the rest are doing." His Servants couldn't transform in lightning, like him, so he had to transport them in an old-fashioned way.

Tapping his feet on the ground, a Magic Circle rapidly began forming. When it was completed, it teleported them to Seth's tent.

Once they were there, both Servants took their hands from his shoulders.

Caster, feeling the magic disturbance, entered the tent a few seconds after their arrival. "So it's you. I see you finished whatever you went to do. I will go straight to the point, Lu Bu and Spartacus were defeated in combat before we even got there, and Boudica was kidnapped who knows how."

'Time to go for another one, I guess." He wouldn't say no to slaying another King. Old habits died hard, after all.

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