"Send you creaking and crackling~"
"Tonight, let me imprison you~!"
After two songs ended, Takumi instantly became spirited.
This wasn't just off-key; listening to these baffling lyrics was also a kind of torture!
Clap clap clap!
Takumi clapped quickly while praising:
"As expected of Miss Elisabeth! The singing is thunderous! Like sounds of nature!"
"Oh hahahahaha! Master, you still have good taste—wait! What kind of praising adjectives are these!!"
Elisabeth just started to feel proud upon hearing this, then suddenly reacted, glaring at Takumi fiercely.
Singing was as noisy as thunder, and thunder was indeed "sounds of nature," no problem!
Of course, Takumi definitely couldn't say that. Playing dumb was the better choice.
"Uh, forgive my slightly low cultural level; can only think of these praising words, ha."
Takumi said carefully.
"You clearly think I sang badly! You always thought so, never stopped!"
[Heart of Fire] had faithfully transmitted Takumi's attitude to Elisabeth.
"Ah haha, is, is that so?"
Takumi scratched his head and looked at the sky.
"You! ...Forget it. Anyway, you have listened to me sing two songs and haven't run away. I'll barely forgive you this time!"
Elisabeth was angry for a while, but thinking about it, she still forgave Takumi's offense.
After all, she hadn't met many people who spoke implicitly like Takumi so far—others were tough guys who spoke their minds directly.
"Follow me, I'll take you to see those patients."
Elisabeth didn't want to continue chatting either. With Takumi like this, even if she made him speak nicely, the feeling of disapproval in his heart would still be transmitted to her. He was simply not a qualified listener!
So she flicked her tail, walking in a direction.
Seeing this, Takumi breathed a sigh of relief, following behind Elisabeth.
...
Before long, led by Elisabeth, Takumi came to another small town with quite a few people walking. Passing through checkpoints with her face, they arrived at a room where a large group of patients were lying.
"Can't stay in this place. Discovered and attacked by that Cú Chulainn, not to mention later discovered by Karna and others attracted by the commotion of the attack..."
A man with dark skin wrapped in bandages, his long hair tied into numerous braids, sighed and said.
"Yeah, with that President King's style, he will probably send mechanical soldiers over soon."
A yellow-haired kid, also wrapped in bandages, lay on the bed with hands folded behind his head, agreeing aloud.
"Sigh, after this battle, Rama has probably exited. Nightingale, whom we tricked over with great difficulty, was also taken away by Karna."
"So much so that we are covered in injuries now, without even a person who can treat us... Sigh, truly drawing water with a bamboo basket—all in vain~"
The dark yellow-haired young man, whose injuries were relatively light among the three, also couldn't help sighing.
Mainly because this operation was too much of a loss. At the beginning, they rescued Rama from Cú Chulainn Alter with great difficulty. They thought this existence, who could at least go fifty-fifty with Karna without using a Noble Phantasm, could become a powerful aid in subsequent battles.
But didn't expect the injuries and curse on Rama were too severe, basically losing combat capability.
So they hurriedly tricked Nightingale over from Edison (President Lion)'s side, thinking with her ability, she should be able to treat Rama. Result: Nightingale couldn't lift the curse either.
Just when they were at their wits' end, Cú Chulainn Alter suddenly attacked again—
Finally became like this.
Thankless effort, resulted in not completing a single phase mission.
The three looked at each other, all sighing coincidentally.
Bang!
The sound of the door being slammed against the wall suddenly rang out.
"Yo! Everyone, I'm back!"
Elisabeth grinned, kicking the door open in high spirits, instantly breaking the gloomy atmosphere of the three big men inside.
"Let me state in advance, if you haven't sung enough, please find a far place to sing. The soldiers and residents here are anxious to retreat. Can't let them be knocked down by your singing before even moving."
Robin Hood said with a headache.
"Who wants to sing for you guys? Even if you beg me, I won't sing for you!"
Elisabeth bared her teeth and glared at this green rat.
You'd better be like that. ×3.
All three looked at Elisabeth with calm eyes.
Seeing this, how could Elisabeth not know what these three were thinking? But essentially having a bit of self-awareness about her singing, she was already used to the three's teasing.
So Elisabeth acted as if she didn't see the three's eyes, moving her body away with a face full of pride, revealing Takumi behind her.
"Hmph! Too lazy to bicker with you guys. Look who I brought back first... This is a serious Master! And maybe unexpectedly strong—although I haven't seen his battle."
Seeing this, Takumi greeted the three.
The three focused their gaze on this Master who appeared suddenly.
Geronimo suddenly frowned, closing his eyes and sniffing, seeming to sense something.
"...Is that Rama's power on you?"
Geronimo was full of surprise.
"Yes, Mr. Rama lent me his power to use before exiting."
Takumi nodded, having no thought of concealing.
"Then how much of his power can you exert?"
This was the question Geronimo cared about most.
Their team composition was actually quite reasonable and good, only lacking a bit in strength, lacking powerful units capable of challenging existences like the Black Dog (Cú Alter) and Karna.
But actually, if the few of them appeared in previous Singularities, they would be core combat forces no matter what.
But here? A Black Dog basically capable of steadily eating any opponent one-on-one, a Karna who was one of the three "Golden Sanders," an Arjuna basically on the same level as Karna. Besides these classic three, there were Scáthach and Li Shuwen, these two also capable of fighting any of the above.
And below these, there were even existences like Beowulf and Fionn mac Cumhaill, who were at least first-rate Servants.
So much so that they became bottom-tier!
Facing Geronimo's inquiry, Takumi said without much hesitation:
"About eighty to ninety percent."
Referring to the power of Rama that could be used alone.
After all, Takumi wasn't Rama himself, and his combat style was also different from Rama. Although the Spirit Origin was in his body, there were always parts that couldn't be utilized.
But now probably only Takumi himself knew that obtaining Rama's power, he had already surpassed young Rama himself.
Even if Takumi and Rama faced the enemy together, it wouldn't be as strong as Takumi + Rama. Saying 1+1>2 was absolutely no problem.
"Phew, that's good. Even with only eighty percent of Rama's power, it's enough to counter many enemies. Presumably, going forty-sixty with Karna is no problem."
Geronimo finally breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, habitually using Karna as the standard for judging strength.
"In this way, we have a lot of operational space... Allow me to ask again, how long can you use Rama's power?"
Geronimo seemed completely not to treat Takumi as an outsider, discussing with Takumi very familiarly.
And other Servants didn't question this either, as if this should be the situation itself.
Obviously, the power of [Heart of Fire] had let both sides skip the acquaintance stage.
Takumi: "Use sparingly. If engaging in quick battles, using it until the end of the war should be no problem."
After all, now the bulk of the Spirit Origin burden was on Takumi himself.
"In that case..."
"Talk later. Let me treat your injuries first, how about it?"
Takumi interrupted Geronimo's planning in time and suggested.
"Ah, this is really lifesaving. Because Geronimo is also injured, it's hard for us even to recover from injuries now. Please treat Geronimo first; this way it can be faster."
The yellow-haired Billy the Kid also relaxed a lot upon hearing this.
Although healing magecraft was basically standard for Masters, there were always low-level ones without this ability. Knowing from Takumi that he knew healing magecraft, Billy the Kid was quite glad.
Billy the Kid's requirement wasn't high either; as long as Takumi had average standards, it would be fine!
"No need for that."
Takumi shook his head.
The Runes he learned chose to specialize in three aspects: Fire, Healing, and Reinforcement. Healing happened to be among them.
As for other types of Runes, Takumi only learned them shallowly, ensuring he knew how to use them and wouldn't drop the ball.
Billy the Kid just wanted to ask what Takumi meant, when he saw with a dumbfounded face dozens of Rune characters suddenly emerge around Takumi, all emitting faint green light together.
Runes circled in the room like a green tornado, then suddenly bloomed like blooming flowers. Instantly, green light poured onto the three wounded. In almost a few seconds, the three were shocked to find their wounds had recovered as before.
Silence.
"...You, this Master, seem a bit abnormal."
Looking at Takumi who didn't seem to feel any problem, Robin Hood held back for a long time before finally spitting out a nutritious sentence.
"Hehe, I said I brought back a very strong reinforcement this time. Hurry up and take back your rude words!"
Seeing the three look like country bumpkins, Elisabeth became even more proud instead.