BAMN: Chapter 117/119

Chapter 117: Alexander's Successors

"Self-destructed!"

Artoria and Gilgamesh, who were observing from afar, were surprised.

Even in the Age of Gods, such a battlefield spectacle was spectacular enough to be called magnificent.

"Iskandar..."

Waver's heart, which had originally settled, tightened once again.

In his opinion, Iskandar was already very strong.

But what he didn't expect was that Rin's side was not only not weak, but actually suppressed Iskandar's Ionioi Hetairoi.

The tens of thousands of troop disparity was not shown at all.

"Lancer?"

Sola anxiously hugged Diarmuid's arm.

The latter was quite helpless and could only comfort her: "I will protect you."

Although he said so, Diarmuid knew very well.

If it were him, facing a meat grinder-like battlefield, he would only be instantly torn to shreds.

"Mmm."

However, a woman in love clearly lacked sufficient judgment.

Lancer said he would protect her, so what else was there to be dissatisfied with?

As long as Lancer was by her side, even if she died, Sola would face it with a smile.

"Sigh..."

Diarmuid was clearly not as foolish as Sola; he knew very well that he had no chance in this Holy Grail War.

'Forget it.'

Diarmuid sighed, turning his gaze to Artoria, who was equally stunned.

Being able to come here and be loyal to his lord, Diarmuid had nothing more to be dissatisfied with.

Once this war ended, Diarmuid would challenge Saber.

"Crack crack~"

"Ah ah ah, what, what happened again?"

Waver stumbled, finding that the originally impregnable army formation had suddenly become chaotic.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!!!"

However, the shield formation could defend the front and overhead, but it couldn't defend the ground beneath.

The earth rolled, and a group of wolf-girl maidens, wearing wreaths and wrapped in green leaves, dressed like druids, rode giant wolves to reinforce them.

Their magical energy roamed beneath the earth, seeking out gaps in the magical energy, and then detonating like blooming flowers behind the soldier legions.

"Ah!!"

A portion of the Heroic Spirit warriors were sent flying into the air.

But before they could fall, numerous vines and roots had already bound their limbs.

"Puff~"

In an instant, many warriors were dismembered, then helplessly dissipated into golden particles in the air.

Different wolf tribes preferred to manifest in different forms.

The Fire-attribute wolf tribe, alongside Homura, charged forward in the form of flaming giant wolves or wolfmen.

As for the Grass-attribute wolf tribe...

The female members of this wolf tribe did not transform into beastly forms; instead, they appeared as priestesses, following their leader, Midoriha.

"Swish, swish, swish!"

The bare-chested youth swung his Roman sword, severing all the giant vines.

His gaze met the wolf-eared girl standing atop the giant wolf, who was different from the other wolfmen.

"Is my opponent a woman?"

Seleucus, the 'Conqueror', founder of the Seleucid Empire, had, during his lifetime, led a thousand soldiers gifted by Ptolemy the 'Savior', reclaiming control of Babylon by incorporating garrisons along the way.

Afterward, Seleucus emulated the former King Alexander, embarking on an eastern expedition, continuously expanding his territory, becoming the only surviving successor of Alexander's era.

Historically, the empire Seleucus founded, with its 3 million square kilometers of territory, was the largest country in the world at that time.

"Have I been targeted?"

Midoriha's gaze narrowed slightly; she stepped on the continuously growing vines, looking down at Seleucus from above.

"Come on, let me witness your power!"

The girl raised both hands, and a green glowing energy sphere began to gather, quickly reaching several meters in size.

However, she did not throw it as Seleucus had imagined.

Instead, a large number of green light spots swept towards the enemy troops below like a torrential downpour, but they were expertly blocked by their shields.

Those that weren't blocked only landed on the warriors' armor, failing to breach their defenses.

"What is this?"

Seleucus was first stunned; he didn't understand what Midoriha was doing, but a faint uneasiness arose in his heart.

"Don't worry, you'll understand soon."

Midoriha smiled playfully, as if anticipating what was about to happen.

"What, what is this?"

"Damn it, I can't pull it out?"

Indeed, those blocked green light spots were not energy bullets, but parasitic seeds created by Midoriha's condensed magical energy.

"Damn it!"

Seeing a large number of soldiers bound by these strange vines, Seleucus saw invisible magical energy gathering towards Midoriha, and being transferred by her to the other Grass-element wolf tribe members.

"Is this a different ability from the Fire-attribute wolf beasts?"

If Homura's fire wolf unit broke through the military formation with brute force.

Then Midoriha's Grass-attribute wolf tribe possessed the most terrifying endurance among the eighteen wolf tribes.

They absorbed the enemy's magical energy to restore themselves.

Whether it was injuries or stamina, they could continuously replenish it.

"We must end this quickly!"

Seleucus suddenly accelerated, instantly rushing in front of Midoriha, forcing her into close combat.

"Good timing!"

Midoriha showed no panic.

As Starfang wolves, none were unskilled in close combat.

The girl summoned vine whips from the air while simultaneously stomping the ground, controlling wild roots, turning them into tentacles to lash out at the legion and the earth.

Wherever she passed, green grass bloomed, and green fluorescence continuously drifted towards her allies, healing their injuries.

"Is this the power of a Demon King?"

On the battlefield, Iskandar was not at all intimidated by the scene before him.

On the contrary, the unfolding events and the power of the wolves under Rin's command made Iskandar's blood boil.

"We can't just wait to be hit, javelin throwers, prepare!"

Following Iskandar's command, tens of thousands of spears soared into the sky.

The power of these spears, thrown by the hands of Heroic Spirits, was no less than that of a typical C-rank Noble Phantasm, and even surpassed it.

At this moment, Rin's Goblin army was still some distance from Iskandar's main legion.

"How can I let you succeed?!"

The Rock-attribute wolf tribe, led by Iwao, was not skilled in offense.

They were massive and not agile enough, so they remained at the rear, covering the main force composed of the Ogres and Goblins.

(To be continued.)

Chapter 118: I’ve Got Him!

"Boom!!"

The earth swelled, and layers of giant rocks merged, forming a wall tens of meters high in the blink of an eye.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The next moment, the spears fell, and the sound of exploding grenades echoed across the sky.

The earthen-rock wall shattered, and smoke billowed.

And bursting out from within were the Steel-attribute wolves led by Kurogane.

Kurogane transformed into a five-meter-tall wolfman.

His muscles appeared to be cast from steel, each hair gleaming like a sharp blade, and his wolf claws were the sharpest weapons in the world, capable of piercing anything.

"Zzzzz~"

The warriors' weapons struck them, emitting a harsh buzzing sound.

Although sparks flew, they could not leave even a scratch on their bodies.

"What?"

"How can they be so tough?"

The warriors' expressions froze; they never expected that their weapons couldn't even breach the enemy's defense.

"Hahaha!"

Kurogane smashed a soldier who dared to attack him with a single slap, a savage grin on his face: "Little ones, charge with me!!"

The Steel-attribute wolves was most adept at close combat.

Their defense was astonishing, and every move they made was enveloped in white light, a symbol of steel magic.

In an instant, the Steel-attribute wolves moved as if through an uninhabited land, tearing everything in their path to shreds.

"Buzz~"

On the other side, wolfmen and beast-eared girls in pure white martial arts uniforms were moving through the enemy ranks.

"Flame Fist!"

"Lightning Fist!"

"Ice Fist!"

"Ora Ora Ora Ora~"

They needed no armor or weapons.

Bare-handed, they displayed their martial arts to the fullest.

"Don't engage them in close combat!!"

"Use ranged weapons!"

Bows and arrows, javelins; the number of Fighting-attribute wolves was too small, only a few dozen.

So, as long as they were surrounded by a shield formation, and then the spears advanced step by step, these guys could be easily taken down.

However, Gekko, with his square-shaped face, scoffed at such tactics.

He was preparing to gather his energy and unleash a combat magic powerful enough to destroy a city wall.

Unfortunately, before he could make his move...

The surrounding warriors seemed to be lifted by an invisible force, all floating into the air, struggling and wailing.

"Ah!"

"What is this?"

"Damn it, put me down!"

In the chaos, a girl sat cross-legged in the air, slowly descending.

Beside her stood Starfang wolves in their wolfman forms.

These Starfang wolves' eyes glowed with bluish-white light, and their fingers fluttered as if controlling something.

"Hey, Satori!"

Gekko: "You can't just openly steal credit like that!"

The wolf-eared girl called Satori was the leader of the Psychic-attribute Starfang wolves, Satori.

"Explain yourself, when did I ever steal your credit?"

The girl, who had been closing her eyes, suddenly opened them.

In that instant, terrifying psychic power spread in all directions, actually sending all the surrounding soldiers flying.

"This one move of mine did more than all of you combined."

Satori sneered "Do I need to steal your credit? What a joke!"

"You..."

Gekko was furious, but he truly had no rebuttal to Satori's words.

The Fighting-attribute was not like other attributes, they were better at one-on-one combat than battlefield operations.

"A bunch of fools."

"What merit can there be in just attacking foot soldiers, no matter how many you defeat?"

Seeing Satori feeling smug, a girl hidden in the shadows showed a look of disdain.

"Swish, swish, swish!"

Ayakashi, like a true ghost, used the shadows of the people on the battlefield as springboards, traversing through dimensions to swiftly sneak towards Iskandar's location.

'I got him!'

Soon, Ayakashi found an opportunity.

Her figure leaped out from the shadow of a personal guard beside Iskandar.

Rin had given orders not to kill Iskandar.

However, Ayakashi wasn't trying to kill Iskandar either.

As long as she could touch him, she could drag him into the shadows.

At that point, wouldn't he be at her mercy?

The moment Ayakashi appeared, Iskandar's guards immediately noticed her.

"Assassin!"

The imperial guards displayed extraordinary combat power, immediately blocking Ayakashi.

As for the soldiers further out, they also reacted instantly and came to protect their lord.

"Stop them!"

"Yes, sir!"

As Ayakashi's command was given, more Ghost-attribute wolves appeared from the void.

They wove together everyone's shadows, like a black curtain, enveloping hundreds of people, including Iskandar.

"What's going on?"

The dark cover before them exuded an eerie and sinister aura, sending shivers down their spines.

However, they were legendary heroes, not afraid of mere ghosts or evil spirits.

But when their footsteps entered the darkness, they found that what was in front of them was not inside the cover, but on the other side.

....

"Space, has been sealed?!"

Soon, they understood one thing.

This strange black cover was some kind of spatial barrier, completely isolating the internal and external spaces.

And this also meant that their King had to face the attacking assassin!

Iskandar, protected by hundreds of his most elite warriors, stood ready.

"Over here!"

The moment Ayakashi appeared, she was already detected.

The girl couldn't help but sigh, Iskandar's subordinate generals were indeed filled with strong individuals.

If it were a direct frontal battle, Ayakashi had no confidence in leaving alive.

"But I'm not here for a frontal attack."

Ayakashi revealed a strange smile, then rushed towards Iskandar like a phantom.

"We will never allow you to harm our King!"

A warrior, clad in armor and possessing an extraordinary aura, slashed his long blade at the elegant figure that appeared before him.

However.

"What?!"

The opponent looked at the blade passing through Ayakashi's body, an expression of disbelief on his face.

"Damn it!"

"What's wrong with this guy?"

Weapons and attacks rained down on Ayakashi like a storm.

But no matter what kind of move it was, Ayakashi seemed to be in another world, completely ignoring them all.

(To be continued.)

Chapter 119: Time to End This

"This ability?"

Iskandar hadn't expected Rin to have such a person under his command.

"Your Majesty, retreat quickly, this guy is strange!"

"Our attacks can't touch her!"

Iskandar did not overconfidently, he tugged the reins and led Waver, retreating away from Ayakashi's position.

"It's useless!"

Ayakashi stared intently at Iskandar's position; she was a Ghost-attribute Wolf, and physical attacks were ineffective against her.

Even magic, as long as she prepared in advance, Ayakashi could still defend against it.

This ability was similar to Obito's Kamui in Naruto.

And Ayakashi's ability was even more excessive than Kamui.

Because her power had no time limit.

"Can't touch her?"

Ayakashi was getting closer and closer to Iskandar and Waver.

For a moment, the imperial guards near the King's carriage panicked, they truly hadn't expected someone to be able to break through so close without anyone noticing.

"Even magic attacks aren't effective?"

Outside the Bounded Field, an old man with silver hair wearing a starry robe curiously observed the shadowy barrier blocking his way.

"Interesting magic."

The old man's name was Ptolemy, he founded the Ptolemaic Dynasty in ancient Egypt, and was also the ancestor of the famous Cleopatra.

Furthermore, he also built one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Pharos of Alexandria, and the most renowned library, the Library of Alexandria, making him a powerful Heroic Spirit capable of appearing in both youthful and aged forms.

"Well then, how about this?"

The old man raised his hands, and boundless light emanated from them: "In the name of Ra, spirits lingering in the present world, return to dust!"

"Hmm?"

It was at the moment the old man made his move that Ayakashi, who had been confident of victory, suddenly felt a huge crisis.

The girl didn't hesitate at all and immediately retreated.

And before she disappeared, the blade of one of the guards brushed past her, leaving a shallow scar on the girl's shoulder.

"The attack worked!"

"Why?"

"Wait, this light, did Ptolemy make a move?"

Seeing the girl retreat, and the shadowy barrier also shattering under the illumination of the light, Iskandar's guards immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Our King, are you alright?"

"Ah, thank you, Ptolemy."

Iskandar felt fortunate about this, the situation just now was truly dangerous.

He didn't know that Rin had not ordered his subordinate monsters to kill him.

Ayakashi's goal was to capture Iskandar alive and bring him before Rin to claim credit.

Unfortunately, things did not go as planned.

Ayakashi was quite angry that Ptolemy had managed to break through her ghostly state.

"Oh my, isn't this Ayakashi?"

"Haven't seen you in a few minutes, why are you so weak now?"

Satori, sitting in the air, couldn't help but tease when she saw Ayakashi retreating in defeat.

"That old man is not simple at all."

Gekko, Satori, and Ayakashi looked at Ptolemy, who was standing beside Iskandar.

He was the founder of the ancient Egyptian dynasty.

And Egypt was probably the civilization in the entire world that had the most thorough research on death and soul magic.

Ayakashi's ghost-attribute abilities, rather than being dark, were more about death and spirits.

So, it was a perfect match.

No one understood how to deal with the undead better than Ptolemy!

"Let's go together."

"Satori and I will hold off that old man; you take him away, and then we'll split the credit evenly!"

"Alright!"

After a round of fighting, the three of them had consumed a lot of magical energy, but they still had the strength to fight.

"Now is not the time to shrink back."

Iskandar instructed Ptolemy, then raised his sword: "The enemy has arrived, how can we be afraid to fight?!"

"Soldiers! Charge with me!"

"Oooooh!"

Out of an army of 30,000, nearly 10,000 were held back by 400 Wolf-kin.

The remaining 20,000 infantry separated to the sides, blocking all unfavorable factors outside the main battlefield.

As for the cavalry in the army.

They will follow Iskandar, break through the Goblin army led by the Ogres, and head straight for Rin!

In less than a quarter of an hour, the battle that erupted before Irisviel's eyes exceeded her imagination.

"Iskandar is at a disadvantage."

Artoria made her judgment.

"A disadvantage?"

However, Gilgamesh scoffed at the girl's judgment: "Foolish! That guy hasn't even gotten serious!"

"What?"

Artoria no longer cared about Gilgamesh's sharp tongue, she wanted to know what he meant.

"What do you think those are?"

Gilgamesh pointed at the Ogres within the Goblin army: "These, and that damned woman leading them!"

Gilgamesh had personally experienced Shion's strength.

She was very strong, even stronger than the wolf tribe leaders who had already appeared.

Yet, with such strength, she hadn't made a move.

Why?

Because where Shion was, that was Rin's true elite!

"That woman, and her kin..."

Gilgamesh also looked solemn, considering how he would face Rin's challenge next.

Undoubtedly, in this battle, Iskandar had no chance of winning.

And this also meant that the one who would have the final decisive battle with him, Gilgamesh, would be Rin!

[Bounded Field 'Ionioi Hetairoi' analyzing]

[Analysis progress: 90.4%]

[Analysis progress: 91%]

[...]

At the same time, watching the constantly updating analysis progress in front of him, Rin calmly observed everything before him.

With the speed of Shion and the Ogres, they should have been the first to engage the enemy.

But for Rin's plan, the Ogres did not immediately make a move.

They gave the opportunity to the Starfang Wolves.

[Analysis progress: 100%]

[Bounded Field analysis successful]

[A new Bounded Field is being generated...]

"Success."

Through the analysis of these two Bounded Fields, Innate Time Control and Ionioi Hetairoi, Rin successfully obtained his own unique Bounded Field.

And this also meant...

"It's time to end this."

Rin said to the Snow Empress beside him: "Notify Shion and the others to send off the Conqueror!"

(To be continued.)