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"What are its powers? Does it have any notable weaknesses?" Since I'm still carrying Kirei, I will take advantage of this to question him.

Still, I start flying towards the denser part of the city as well. Once I drop him somewhere safe I'll deal with this monster... somehow. To be honest I just don't see myself winning against a Dead Apostle Ancestor.

Not without using Juggernaut Drive or something similar at least. It's just common sense that these beings are unstoppable monsters after all, it takes years of preparation for the Holy Church to even attempt to kill one of them.

Kirei sighs. "It doesn't truly have any notable powers, it really is just a giant disgusting beast." So in essence it's like a Berserker Servant. "The problem however, is that Merem Solomon possesses three more beasts, one for each of his arms." Oh, this might be unwinnable.

"One of them is a robot equipped with all sort of weaponry, and the other one is some sort of flying creature, which he rarely uses. The fourth beast is purely for scouting purposes, so I doubt we will see it." I'll keep my guard up nonetheless.

He continues. "As for weaknesses... his beasts carry the weakness of a standard Dead Apostle." I can't really do anything with that... "They were also created based on gods from his village. Perhaps a Servant with a anti-divine ability would be useful here?" I doubt Gilgamesh will help me...

I grit my teeth. "Got it. I'll land you somewhere safe, but please don't relax, okay?" I start flying towards the center of the city. I have no way of abusing the weakness of that monster, but I'll kill it somehow...

He grimaces. "I don't believe that is wise..." For a moment I wonder what he's talking about, but then I notice that the sound of the monster isn't getting any quieter.

I turn around and stare at it. "It's following me, huh..." I should have expected that. In the end I'm it's target, so if I go towards the center of the city, it will follow me. "Sorry Kotomine, but I'll have to drop you here..." I start flying towards the ground.

He nods. "I can outrun that monster if it isn't aiming for me. Still, should not wear that armor?" So he knows about it? What am I talking about, of course he knows about it, everybody does.

I land. "It has certain... erm... conditions. I can't use it all the time." I drop him. "I still have some trump cards on my sleeve though." I extend my hand and summon my axe.

I'm already fully boosted, and with the Regulus Nemea I'm strong enough to push back Artoria and send her flying. Surely even the beast of a Dead Apostle Ancestor isn't just strong enough to ignore this?

Kirei shrugs. "If you say so... Do you require Black Keys? I could lend a few to you." That's a familiar name... Right, it's the weapon of choice for a few member of the church.

I wave him off. "No need, I wouldn't know how to use them anyways." I take a deep breath. "Now run, that thing is getting closer." It is surprisingly fast for its size...

Or maybe it is a case where its travel speed is fast because of its size in the first place? That thing is massive after all... I definitely can't let it get closer to the heart of the city, or it will kill thousands just by moving around like an idiot.

Kirei begins running away without another world. He is surprisingly fast... though I should have expected this. Not only is he a mage, but he was also a executor once.

I tense my body. "Lend me your strength Regulus..." And I fly forwards, aiming to hit the monster without holding anything back, right on his stupid fucking head. Maybe I can get lucky and kill him immediately.

I hit the Whale Dog with a shockwave. With my strength multiplied sixty-four times, and with the help of Regulus Nemea, I could probably cause an Earthquake just by hitting the ground, just as Heracles once did.

So naturally my eyes widen when it flinces for a second... and then continues moving, sending my flying to the skies. My axe even ends up being stuck on his flash.

"How tough is this thing!?" I would understand if he didn't die immediately, but just shrugging my blow off like that...!? "Well, whatever. I need to come up with something else." I extend my hand, and call Regulus Nemea back to my soul.

Maybe I could transfer my boosts to the axe, boost myself to the maximum again and then hit the beast? I could even try boosting more than six times, though that runs the risk of me face planting on the ground.

I could also go into Balance Breaker and... No, that would be foolish. I should keep my most powerful card for later, specially since Merem hasn't even summoned all his beasts yet.

Besides, I can easily keep boosting and transfering, since this thing is following me, and I can fly, I have all the time I need. Or at least that's what one would think, but...!

"That bastard!" The Whale Dog is not following me, my previous theory was wrong. Because right now its completely ignoring me while making his way to the heart of the city. "Why the hell is he doing that!?" Is he just too stupid to understand where his target is!?

Albion interjects. "I did say the vampire had taken this city as a hostage partner. It is convenient for him, if you keep throwing himself at his beast." I see...

I fly upwards, reaching higher and higher. "Then I have to kill it before it reaches the place where so many people live." And now that I'm this high, I descend.

With an outstretched leg, I kick the beast in the upper part of his head. "Divide!" Before it has a chance to retaliate, I fly away again. I didn't do much damage, but any power I absorb could be useful.

I definitely didn't get a complete Divide however, in fact I'm surprised I managed to use Divide at all. Maybe I could use Transfer to increase the effectiveness of Divine Dividing? They are in theory incompatible powers though...

Well, for now maybe I should try holding this thing back until I come up with an idea of how to take it down? Or at least until the other Servants show up... I mean, Archer still hasn't done a damn thing.

I land on the ground, I have an idea. "Come, Absolute Demise." My ice doll appears behind me. I have an idea on how to momentarily stop this giant monster, even if I don't know how effective I'll be.

Well, here it goes. "Transfer!" The energy accumulated from all my boosts moves over to the Eternal Ice Princess. Like always, a bit of the energy is lost in the process, but she has definitely skyrocketed in power.

Absolute Demise points both hands towards the Whale Dog. "Let's see you break through this, you stupid animal!" And I start freezing the area around him, essentially trapping him with gigantic ice walls.

However... I soon realize that trapping a beast like him through making walls on all corners is way too difficult. He is massive after all, a true juggernaut.

So instead I bet on him being a dumb Juggernaut, and just make a giant ice wall in front of him. "Hopefully that holds him back for a while..." He is crazy strong, so my hopes aren't high.

"Boost!" I begin accumulating power again, right now I'm very fragile, so I should be extra careful too.

As I look at the Whale Dog, I snort. "He really is stupid... Kotomine should have told me that was an weakness." He really is just clumsily throwing himself against the wall. Though it is cracking...

And so I order Absolute Demise to keep rebuilding it. I will run out of magical energy eventually of course, but doing this seems like a worthy price to pay for holding that thing back until backup arrives.

I fly upwards, letting Absolute Demise stay here to deal with the threat. This is one of the advantages of having an Avatar-Type Sacred Gear, we can act separately.

I glare at the Whale Dog. "I should try getting some magical energy back." As soon as I have enough boosts to get close without dying, I'll get close for more kicks and start using more Divides.

As soon as I think that, I hear a loud noise.

Turning towards it, I...!

The Dharma Wheel spins.

Metal. A rain of metal is coming towards, and I can do nothing to react to it. As I am right now, I'm just too slow. Using Transfer when not all enemies were accounted for was a mistake, so I can only accept my death.

And then metal clashes against metal. Something fired from hundreds of metals away collides with the projectile aimed at my face and saves my life.

I release a breath I didn't know I was holding. "Archer..." He has probably finally arrived at a place where he feels comfortable firing from. And he ended up saving my life just now, so I guess I owe him one.

I look at what just tried to kill me. "All manner of weaponry, huh?" I can see a metal robot in the distance. She's pretty far away, but she's way too big for me to not spot her. While she's not as big as the Whale Dog, but she's at least bigger than Absolute Demise.

More importantly though... if she's sniping me, she's definitely smarter than the Whale Dog. Hopefully even smart enough to have a conversation with.

"Boost!" Maybe I could approach her and negotiate a truce or something.

Yet again she fires, this time with way more projectiles. Since she failed her sneak attack, she probably doesn't need to be subtle anymore. Everything from missiles, to straight up lightning is thrown at me.

I summon Regulus to my hand. "Sorry about this, pal..." And then I throw him forwards like a javelin. It's a bit awkward since he is an axe and all, but I manage more or less.

The axe turns into a lion in the air, and before he falls he acts like a shield, blocking projectiles... the few that do pass through get blocked by Archer's own... Or at least that's what I hope, but some shots pass through even all that.

Shit...! "Absolute Demise!" I take a bit of her focus away from fixing the wall to shield me with her ice. It stops most of the shots, but...!

Pain. I tried dodging, but I failed, so a few bullets ended up hitting me. "What the hell was that...!?" Even after all those interruptions, the doll still managed to reach me and wound me...!

Coming closer and talking to her? Yeah, like hell. If I get any closer I'll definitely die. I'm already lucky as hell that she missed any vital spots, and just ended up superficially wounding me.

I fly away from the robot, maybe if I get enough distance I can handle the next volley of attacks with a bit more ease. That said, the only reason why I am able to fly away at all, is because Archer is now directly attacking it with his arrows.

Should I attack it now to combo with Archer? I need to find out how to deal with her at least... Much like how the Whale Dog was, she is an unsolved puzzle. I don't think figuring this one out will be so easy though.

"Boost!" At least I'm getting closer and closer to my maximum strength. For now though, I extend my hand and call back Regulus, he is my greatest shield against her weaponry.

She starts charging some kind of new weapons, it's shining really brightly even from here. "Is that a fucking railgun!?" I have to brace myself, or I'll definitely die.

Wait a minute... she is not pointing that thing at me... She's changing her aim, pointing at Archer. Or at least in his general direction.

This is bad, she is smart enough to prioritize the most important targets. And Archer has stopped firing arrows too for some reason... if she takes him out, I'll definitely get overwhelmed and then killed.

I have to stop her at all costs. And so I summon Canis Lykaon to her shadow, I was scared of doing this without transferring some energy to him, but it can't be helped.

I also start flying towards her direction. "Boost!" As I thought before, this is definitely the wrong decision, but if she takes Archer out I'm dead anyways.

Canis Lykaon gets her attention for one single second, slashing at her feet. The robot barely pays him any mind, but she does acknowledge his existence, and does acknowledge him as a threat.

The moment she aims one of her multitude of guns at him, I dismiss Lycaon. Leaving her probably even more confused.

More importantly...! "Vanishing Dragon Over Booster! Ten!" I activate my Divine Dividing Balance Breaker, and aim a dive kick at her head. "Divide! Divide! Divide!" Immediately power flows through me.

And that's not all. "Ugh...!" With my sudden attack, she ends up firing the railgun to the skies by acccident. Much like how when I was in Juggernaut Drive, Fuyuki becomes day for a second.

I take advantage of her flinching and immediately begin flying away. I also naturally dismiss Telos Karma and the Boosted Gear. It's a shame, but I need to keep Absolute Demise to take care of the stupid Whale Dog.

She immediately points her weapons at me. "Wait!" And begins firing, I cover my head with my arms, but I don't know if this will be enough. "Why are we even fighting in the first place!?" Some shots penetrate me, while some fail to do so.

Nonetheless, Albion immediately begins reconstructing the armor. Without Balance Breaked I would have died just now, of that I'm sure. And she also attacked me with fairly weak weapons too, probably because she has some sort of chargs time for the rest.

"Nine!" And the more time I waste here, the more my chances of winning slip away. And I can't push myself past my limits either, since it's not like Gilgamesh and the Shadow stopped being a threat. I'll have to deal with them soon, so I can't be without Divine Dividing for days.

She raises an eyebrow. "Why does it matter?" That's... "Don't tell me you have been holding back due to uncertainty, or something just as foolish." I definitely haven't. I wouldn't dare to do something like that when people's lives are at risk.

She begins preparing to fire at me again, however... Archer finally reveals why he didn't fire for such a long time.

An arrow collides against her back, and immediately the air distorts. "Noble Phantasm...!" I try my best to fly back, but the arrow ends up exploding.

"Eight!" I actually end up getting lucky, or maybe Archer planned this... In the end her body ends up acting as a sort of shield, so instead of dying I'm just sent flying.

Good, I need the distance.

I immediately dismiss my Balance Breaker, coming back to my normal form. "That should have done some damage..." And then I summon Telos Karma and the Boosted Gear yet again.

"Boost!" This is my fifth Boost, so even if that doll survived this, I should have a easier time fighting her. The Boosted Gear is beginning it's process of snow balling into the absurd...

Nonetheless, I should take a rest. Doing all of this is quickly burning through my reserves... in a way those Divides I pullled off where crucial if I want to remain in this fight. Maybe I should go leech off some energy from the Wh-.

The Dharma Wheel spins. A shot of pure concentrated light misses my head by less than an inch.

From the smoke of Archer's Noble Phantasm emerges the robot. I wouldn't say she is unharmed, but the attack barely had an effect on her, she only got a few scratches on her armor... which are quickly healing.

I grit my teeth. "That's so annoying..." She's tough, just as tough as the Whale Dog. And that's the biggest problem here, even if these monsters don't have particularly scary abilities, they're still on a class of their own.

I prepare myself to defend myself against her yet again, but that's unneeded. As Archer sends another one of those powerful arrows against her... He must be burning through Rin's reserves like crazy right now.

But this isn't too bad. We sort of have her in a lockdown right now. If she focuses on Archer I can sweep in and pull off a Divide. If she focus on me he can hit her with a Noble Phantasm. In a way she has entered the same situation as the Whale Dog, one where she's stuck losing.

I should be careful though. Differently from that thing, she actually has a brain, so she could come up with some strategy and-.

A loud noise from up above distracts me, I look at and... "Right. Three beasts." From the clouds descends a... manta-ray? It's just as big as the Whale Dog...! How does that thing even fly!?

It roars and I fall to the ground for some reason, it is as if this thing disapproved of me flying and punished me for it. "Seriously!?" Just as I was about to corner the robot, a new annoyance showed up.

If this keeps up I'll lose. I can't even fly right now, and my reserves are slowly, but surely depleting. Besides, I haven't been able to hurt the first two monsters, so why would this one be any different...!?

A streak of blue launches itself forward towards the manta-rey.

It's not that its flying towards it, though I wouldn't blame you for it. But the truth is that the blue comet has simply jumped towards it, it's like the ammunition of a catapult.

Once it reaches its target, a hurricane is born right at the manta-rey's center. It begins tearing through it, wounding it. Does this mean the hurricane is that strong, or that the beasts defenses are this low?

It doesn't matter, I know who this is. "Boost!" And so I extend my gauntlet towards her and...! "Transfer!" Use all my accumulated charges yet again.

The hurrican grows, for a second dwarfing even the beast that rivals the Whale Dog in size. Without a doubt that Noble Phantasm has just increased in rank right now. And by the end of it, the beast's entire body is wounded.

But like I previously said, she was never flying, she was simply jumping. And so Saber, the strongest Servant falls... right to my side. "You seem to be low in spirit, my knight." It's funny that she says that.

Because her appearance is enough to lift those spirits up. "Sorry, I became an idiot for a while." Merem may have three monsters by his side, but I have my own allies. "So, where is everyone else?" By that I mean Rider.

Saber's hold over her golden sword tightens. "They will be here in a moment. Rider is holding back due to Sakura's sickness, so she fell behind. While I believe Caster just lacks Magical Energy in energy." So Caster is coming to help too?

I grin. "Got it... By the way, should I start calling you, your majesty or something?" Technically I'm a knight fighting besides my king right now. I should in theory try to be respectful.

She frowns. "Well, you could, but..." And then a blush appears on her face. "To be honest, I would rather if you simply called me by my name. My Master makes it no effort to hide it after all." I see...

My grin turns into a smile. "Okay then, Artoria." And so she smiles back. "That manta-ray is doing something to my flight, so please watch my back while I ground that bastard!" It's about time I stop thinking about how to hold these monsters back. I'm taking them out!

"Welsh Dragon Over Booster!"



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AN: Writing a bunch of kaiju fights is way harder than I expected... Well, this should end next chapter, if everything goes to plan.