BAMN: Chapter 115/116

Chapter 115: Troublesome

"What a realm of vibrant vitality, where all things strive and compete."

Rin glanced at the Snow Empress, who floated gracefully at his side. In that moment, she resembled a goddess born of ice and snow, ethereal and untouchable, radiating a sacred presence that made it impossible for anyone to harbor even the faintest blasphemous thought.

"That line sounds a little ominous, don't you think?"

To better understand Rin, the Snow Empress had taken the time to learn many things about Earth from him.

"Haha," Rin chuckled, unfazed by her concern. "Anyway, the advantage is mine!"

"..."

Snow Empress said speechlessly, "Just keep jinxing it."

Still, to be fair, Rin's side did hold a decisive edge over Iskandar.

The strength of the Eighteen Wolf Guards was stronger than that of ordinary A-rank Heroic Spirits, second only to Shuna and Shion.

The strength of the Starfang leader Hoshiga was not much worse than Ice Empress, making him one of the two main forces in this great battle.

And under his leadership, eighteen A-rank peak Heroic Spirits, leading a group of wolves of various forms, comparable to B ~ B+ rank Heroic Spirits, each occupied their respective positions, completely surrounding Iskandar's army!

"Ready, please give your command."

Rin stood far at the back, his tone calm as he gave the order. "Attack."

"Roar~"

The Wolf Guards of the Eighteen Clans enveloped them from all directions.

"All forces, advance!!!"

The five-thousand-strong army of Hobgoblins, led by Rigurd and his two sons, pushed forward.

The Ogres were divided into two.

One part protected Rin, while the other 100, led by Shion, spearheaded the charge.

"My Lord?!"

A massive ice-blue wolf beast emerged from above Rin's head, but the sound coming from its mouth was a young girl's voice.

"Yukina, don't worry about formations, charge straight through."

The Starfangs Wolves' speed was far greater than that of the Goblins and Ogres.

Moreover, their massive size allowed them to effectively disrupt the enemy's formation.

"It's finally our turn!"

"This side is mine!"

"Hahaha, charge, kill them all!"

"Roar!!!"

The first to strike was Yukina, riding a giant frost wolf.

This ice wolf was a hundred meters tall, formed by the convergence of dozens of ice-elemental wolves. Its strength, aside from its recovery ability, was absolutely no less than that of the Sea Demon in the original work.

"Mystic arts casters, prepare!"

"Form up!"

However, the massive wolf head failed to break into Iskandar's army formation, but was blocked by an invisible barrier of mystic arts a thousand meters away.

"Hmm?"

Yukina frowned. She looked down and saw a group of mystic arts casters in hooded robes, led by an old man, casting defensive mystic arts.

And not just the front, but all four sides were enveloped by a barrier of mystic arts.

This forced the charging Wolves to stop and look for a breakthrough opportunity.

"Damn it!"

The girl swung her ice halberd, and a terrifying freezing ray blasted forward like a storm: "Get out of my way, old man!"

The old man held an ancient book, his expression solemn, staring intently at Yukina and the frost giant wolf that was continuously crashing against the barrier.

Porus, the king of the Punjab region in ancient India, was defeated by Alexander in the "Battle of the Hydaspes River."

Alexander, admiring his courage on the battlefield, appointed him as the local governor, responsible for managing the southeastern territories.

And within Ionioi Hetairoi, Porus was a master of mystic arts; his knowledge was only comparable to another "savior," Ptolemy.

"Crack!"

"Hmm?"

Porus frowned, because the barrier he had set up with hundreds of mystic arts casters was actually starting to break.

"Hmph."

However, Porus did not panic. Instead, he mocked, "On the battlefield, being too focused on one thing can put oneself in danger."

"What?"

Before Yukina could ask what Porus was saying, a deafening thunderous roar came from above her head.

"Moo~"

The Divine Bull, dragging the Gordius Wheel, descended from the sky with the might of wind and thunder, and their target was precisely Yukina, standing at the highest point, and the frost giant wolf beneath her feet.

"Heh, do you think only you have helpers?"

"Boom!"

Golden lightning and blue-purple thunder collided in the sky. They tore and clashed with each other, like two terrifying thunder beasts vying for supremacy of the firmament.

For a moment, the sky and earth flickered, and the world hummed, drawing everyone's gaze towards the battling sides.

"Swish!"

"You're running too fast, Yukina."

A majestic golden wolf-man suddenly appeared beside Yukina. He stood with his arms crossed, and countless golden electric arcs leaped around him: "Leave the battle in the sky to the professionals."

"Now, come with me and break this turtle shell!"

"Good!"

As Yukina's words fell, Raiga stomped downwards.

Instantly, a large amount of lightning, starting from his footfall, poured into the frost giant wolf's body, transforming it from its original ice-blue to golden.

"Roar~"

Thunder and ice frost mixed, transforming into a beam of light even more terrifying than before, spewing from the golden giant wolf's mouth, violently crashing against the defensive spell laid down by Porus.

"We cannot let this attack land!"

Iskandar saw the terror of this strike. He raised his Noble Phantasm, "Via Expugnatio Stop it!"

"Moo!!"

The Divine Bull, imbued with its master's magical energy, instantly gained immense power.

The thunderstorm, which could originally only control a small area, began to spread in all directions, showing signs of covering the entire battlefield.

"Hmm?"

The current situation was somewhat beyond Rin's expectation: "Such a large-scale coverage of magecraft, with Iskandar's magical energy..."

"So that's it."

Suddenly, Rin thought of something...

He looked at Waver beside Iskandar, the back of his hand no longer had the red Command Spells.

"Is it the power of the Command Spells?"

"Before the battle, that kid, just like in the original work, gave all the magical energy from his three Command Spells to Iskandar."

If that was the case, Rin was no longer surprised by Iskandar's current display of strength, which far exceeded what was shown in the anime.

In fact, if he hadn't encountered Gilgamesh, who was his natural enemy,

Iskandar would definitely have been the most troublesome Heroic Spirit in the Fourth Holy Grail War...

(To be continued.)

Chapter 116: I'll Help You!

"Leave it to me, My Lord!"

Ranga, who was originally supposed to become the new leader of the Direwolves under Rimuru.

Because of Rin's appearance, he was unable to replace his father's position.

However, even so, Ranga was still the head of the Eighteen Wolf Guards, possessing the highest potential in the entire clan.

"Yukina!"

"I'll help you!!!"

A pair of sky-blue wings grew from behind Ranga, then carried him and his flying-attribute kin behind him, soaring high into the sky.

"It's not just you who can fly, Ranga!"

Following Ranga closely were the wolf clan led by Tatsuya.

Whether they were beast-eared girls or wolf-men, a layer of crystal-clear Dragon Scales covered their bodies.

Not only that, they inherited the power of the Dragonoid from Rin, allowing them to summon Dragon Wings and Dragon Claws during battle, thereby gaining powerful aerial combat capabilities.

"Moo~"

"Woo~"

Along with the sound of a cow, Ranga's long howl resounded.

At this moment, the gale and heavenly thunder began to collide, rendering the sky within the entire Bounded Field into a doomsday-like thunderstorm scene.

"Gulp!"

Waver, who was with Iskandar, couldn't help but swallow.

Even from such a distance, he could feel the wind and thunder in the air, showing how intense the confrontation between them was.

"Bang!"

However, before the battle in the sky could be decided, the barrier on the ground was already overwhelmed.

Accompanied by a crisp shattering sound, magical energy cannons interwoven with lightning and ice descended from the sky.

"Rumble~"

Unfortunately, after being weakened by the barrier, this attack did not cause much damage.

However, it no longer mattered.

Yukina and Raiga looked at the panting court mages, who clearly had severe magical energy overdrafts.

Their mission was complete.

Next, it was up to the other clansmen.

"Finally, it's broken!!!"

"Hahahaha~"

With the breaking of the barrier, the first to rush in was the Fire-attribute Wolf Clan led by Homura.

"Such strong magical energy."

"You all stand back, let me do it!"

The one who spoke was a burly blond man, who wielded a long spear in his hand and directly confronted Homura, who was dozens of meters tall.

Hephaestion, Alexander's closest friend and first confidant, and one of the joint commanders of the Companion Cavalry.

"As you wish!"

Homura gestured for his other clansmen to continue forward, while he himself blocked Hephaestion's attack.

"Boom!!"

The next moment, the collision of the long spear and the fiery claw, the terrifying magical energy shook the air, emitting a piercing sonic boom.

The monstrous strength brought by the huge size difference was by no means something a mere human could withstand.

Even a warrior like Hephaestion.

Suddenly facing such an assault, he was still pushed backward, sliding out and plowing two deep furrows in the ground, which was a mixture of desert and magma.

"Ah!!!"

He roared, veins bulging on his arms, as he actually managed to stop his retreat by forcibly resisting Homura's wolf claws.

Homura looked admiringly at the man who had truly succeeded in blocking his attack.

"Then how about this?"

Huge fireballs condensed in the air behind Homura, then smashed forward like meteors.

"Still far from enough!"

Hephaestion leaped, his long spear dancing, and actually shattered the giant rocks mixed with lava and flames.

"Rumble rumble~"

While the two were fighting, a combination of dozens of giant fire wolves had already rushed into the army formation led by Hephaestion.

In an instant, the army formation was like butter under a hot knife, constantly penetrated and melted.

But that was as far as it went.

Hundreds of C-rank and above Heroic Spirits facing dozens of B+ rank combatants might fall into a disadvantage in the early stages.

But the wolf clan's magical energy was limited, and they would eventually be exhausted by the continuous waves of Heroic Spirit legions.

"Hold on!"

"Do not fear!"

"Our King is watching us!!!"

The man giving orders had long black hair and wore a black court robe, looking like an enforcer, cold and dignified, never smiling.

Eumenes, Royal Scribe.

After Alexander's death, he was drawn into the Wars of the Diadochi for upholding the legitimacy of the Argead royal house and quickly rose to prominence.

Although he came from a scholarly background, he possessed wisdom and command ability second to none, eventually becoming the appointed strategos of Asia Minor.

"Hah!!!"

Shields were stacked in front of the soldiers, and a flawless phalanx linked their magical energy, forming an invisible barrier to block the falling rain of fire and flames.

What followed were hundreds of thousands of long spears.

"Troublesome!"

One by one, the fire-attribute wolf clan members leaped up, then slammed heavily onto the magical energy barrier, but only left a crack on it, unable to advance further.

"Such a tough army formation."

In response to the wolf clan's breakthrough, Iskandar's side reacted immediately.

They protected their main army within, while the outer perimeter was a battle formation composed of shields and long spears.

Combined with the flow of magical energy, its solidity completely exceeded the wolf clan's imagination.

Unlike their encounter with Assassin in the original work, because it was a confrontation between two armies, this Heroic Spirit legion displayed the qualities they possessed in life.

Troop types cooperated, responding to different environments and enemies.

Rin's side was also by no means weak.

The monsters did not understand army formation changes.

What they had was absolute power, forcefully charging into the formation.

Only to see burly wolf-men engaging the enemy first, their physiques were too massive, and a casual charge could break open a hole in the opposing shield formation.

"Puff puff puff!"

However, Iskandar's army disregarded casualties, charging one after another towards these terrifying magical beasts.

Long spears thrust out, some were shattered by wolf claws, while others couldn't even break through their defenses.

But!

Still, a portion, after depleting the magical energy protection of the giant wolves, tore through flesh and pierced their bodies.

"Roar~"

The intense pain brought not retreat or panic, but rage and even more brutal slaughter.

"Boom!!"

The heart of a wolf-man, wreathed in flames, was pierced.

But the next moment, dazzling flames erupted from within the wolf-man's body, instantly turning into towering infernos that engulfed enemies within a hundred meters.

Such situations were not isolated, but ubiquitous as far as the eye could see.

Whether wolf-men or giant wolves, they were like monsters who knew no death.

(To be continued.)