"Please be careful with it----!"
As Hercules raised his hand, Matthew subconsciously output magic power to the cross-shaped shield in his hand. However, before the illusory city wall appeared, the huge wind pressure after something was penetrated had already swept away the chaos. The bangs on her forehead.
Along with the wind pressure came a huge sound of tearing air.
"What?"
The stunned Matthew even forgot to tidy up his messy hair, and just stared blankly at Hercules who still maintained the bow-drawing posture in front of him, without even lowering his arm.
The only thing that changed from the first one was the three fingers that Hercules gently released on his right hand.
Already made an attack? !
But Mingming didn't even hold the bow in his hand, not even the arrows.
Is this the legendary hero Hercules who accomplished many great deeds and traveled all over the Mediterranean?
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Mashu, who recovered from the shock, suddenly turned his head and looked behind him.
How stupid.
Why now is there time to marvel at the strength of the other party?
Matthew felt ashamed of her stupidity and immaturity, but the emotion that filled her heart was more of anxiety.
Whether or not Hercules' attack was received or not was actually not important to Mashu.
After experiencing three singularity battles, Matthew, who was initially forced to take up arms, has been able to understand the meaning of this round shield more deeply.
The important thing is not how many people or things she has defeated, nor how many tricky or terrifying attacks she has resisted.
What really matters is whether the people and things that should be protected are at peace and whether they are disturbed.
If there is nothing to protect, no matter how many people you defeat, no matter how many attacks you block, what's the use?
If you just stick to the shield (Sheild) in your hand, you will be disqualified as a shielder.
On the contrary, if you can successfully protect the thing you should protect, what if you fail to block the attack and fail to defeat the enemy?
She has learned this deeply.
so.
Mashu prayed.
I pray that her one-time mistake did not cause any irreparable consequences.
Therefore, there are still second, third, and fourth opportunities to continue to protect that person.
Praying like this, Mashu turned his head and looked behind him.
Mr. Apollo, Mr. "No. 2", Mr. Jason, Director Animusfia, Miss Artoria Alter... and————————
After the beautiful orange-red short hair came into her eyes again, Ma Xiu breathed a sigh of relief.
She has not made that irreversible mistake.
However, since he did not attack himself and others, what exactly did Hercules attack just now?
Although Matthew couldn't even see clearly how Hercules attacked, she could be sure of one thing, that is, Hercules definitely launched the attack.
Furthermore, why are everyone including the seniors and Director Animusfia looking back?
Following their gazes, Mashu also gradually stretched his gaze toward the distance.
"…………………………"
The scene he saw next was enough to make Matthew unforgettable for the rest of his life.
If I can sleep tonight, I'm afraid this will be the scene in my dreams.
Hydra, which before could only be barely controlled by Animusfia and Artoria Alt, and would be killed again every once in a while, was now as sparse as an ordinary poisonous snake. Died normally.
Although there were no traces of arrows, a large hole was clearly penetrated about two-fifths below Hydra's head, almost cutting off the entire huge snake body.
That should be the heart of Hydra.
The dark poisonous blood gurgled outwards, and the seawater that was supposed to flow in was condensed into a piece under Animusfia's magic, so it could only flow slowly above the seawater.
From time to time, you can see wisps of white smoke rising from the sea surface. At the same time, the poisonous blood flowing on the sea surface is also rapidly eroding the seawater solidified by magic below, and constantly seeping downwards.
However, what surprised Matthew the most was not that Hydra was transformed into this state without the ability to fight back under Hercules.
"died?"
Animusfia said the words she wanted to marvel on Mashu's behalf.
Although the previous Hydera also fell into a brief "death" after being attacked, the death of Hydera now is completely different from before.
It is a true "death" in which the heart disappears, the blood pressure clears, and all the organs and cells in the body are no longer functioning and can no longer function.
Although the previous Hydra's life response was weak, it was at least still there.
"...Impossible, how could Hydra, who couldn't even be killed by Heracles, be killed so easily!"
But the most surprised person present was Jason.
He looked at Hydera's body in disbelief and shouted loudly.
But Jason seems to have overlooked that it was Hercules who accomplished all this.
"If it were me before, I really wouldn't be able to kill it."
As he spoke, accompanied by a strong wind, Hercules had already arrived at Hydra's side, and then he didn't care at all about the poisonous blood flowing on the solidified sea surface, stepping on it without any pressure.
"You can't even sit idly by with this poison."
Hercules said as he lowered his head, stretched out his right hand and placed it on Hydra's body.
Animusfia frowned and looked at Hercules who didn't care about the poisonous blood at all.
With his eyesight, he even observed that Hercules' body was slowly and actively absorbing Hydra's poisonous blood.
This is not good news.
Originally, one of Animusfia's countermeasures against Hercules was Hydra's poisonous blood.
As not explained to Jason and Ritsuka, one of the reasons why they need to find Hydra first is to collect Hydra's venom to target Hercules.
After all, it was Hydra's poisonous blood that finally killed Hercules in the myth.
After the centaur Nessus kidnapped Hercules' wife, Hercules shot Nessus with one shot using an arrow stained with the poisonous blood of Hydra.
But before Nessus died, he designed to deceive Hercules' wife Ianela, so that Ianela finally dressed Hercules in clothes stained with Nessus' blood.
Even though it was just the poison in Nessus' blood, the danger of Hydra was still visible. Under the pain, Heracles could not bear the poison of Hydra, and finally chose the same path as Chiron, ending his torture with death. And finally threw himself into the fire.
Based on this myth, Hydra's snake venom should be the natural enemy of Hercules.
Animusfia originally thought so, but reality slapped him hard.
"However, I have now acquired the ability to kill immortality, and I have also acquired the Noble Phantasm that ignores this poison————"
Having fought against countless heroic spirits and captured the noble phantoms of countless heroic spirits, Hercules here now is no longer comparable to the mythical Hercules.
Hydra's body slowly curled up under the palm of Hercules, and finally became a golden arrow with complicated patterns in his hand.
The arrow body does not extend straight down, but spirally extends forward like the bodies of nine poisonous snakes entwined together.
Hercules walked towards Radon and the Caucasus Giant Eagle that he had killed before. In just a few breaths, the Caucasus Giant Eagle and the hundred-headed poisonous dragon Radon turned into a huge golden bow with the same complicated patterns. , on which many feathers and dragon head patterns can be vaguely glimpsed.
Was it Hercules who took away the abilities belonging to monsters such as Hydra and Ladon?
Animusfia is probably not the case. Unlike the previous robbing of Apollo and Jason's Noble Phantasms, Hercules may not be robbing others of their "merit" this time.
Monsters like Hydra and Radon were originally the work of Hercules.
Now it's just the concrete that has become his weapon.
"Even so, do you still want to be my enemy?"
Holding a bow in his left hand and an arrow in his right hand, Hercules raised his head and once again questioned everyone in Chaldea, including Jason.
Animusfia had a feeling that this would be his last question.
