"The situation is simple. In terms of soldier quality, we have the advantage. But in terms of soldier quantity, we are at a disadvantage."
"We can easily recapture occupied cities, but the opponent doesn't need to think about armaments or anything like that. They just need to attack fiercely. Sending any Servant casually can take the city back with mass-produced Celtic soldiers."
"And before this, as you know, our side only had me, Karna, and Edison (President Lion)—three Servants. Accurately speaking, usually the only deployable Servant is Karna. Maintaining the defense line is already pretty good."
Helena first explained the battle situation so far.
Edison: "But it's different after you came! Master, not only do you have Rama's power, but you also brought back a pile of Servants who were unwilling to join my command before. Just prepare a bit tomorrow, and we can launch a counterattack directly!"
"Actually, the opponent thinks so too."
Saying this, Helena projected a map with two bold red arrows on it.
"See these two arrows? This is the opponent's march route detected by my familiar. They probably divided all Celtic soldiers into two parts, attacking our location from both north and south, covering the mountains and plains. With their march speed, they will probably arrive tomorrow afternoon."
"As for tonight's attack, I estimate it's the vanguard army, probing our actions while harassing us. Probably don't intend to let us sleep well?"
"Sigh, always feel that since Student Kobayashi (Takumi) came, everything has become more than a little faster."
Helena, the most versatile and hardworking one, couldn't help sighing. Heaven knows how much hair she lost during this time?
—By the way, do Servants lose hair?
Hearing Helena's complaint, Takumi felt somewhat awkward.
He actually discovered it too. It seemed that in every Singularity plot he joined, almost every one was much more urgent than the original plot.
So far, only the early and middle stages of the Rome Singularity were relatively relaxed. The rest, even the Third Singularity, appeared relatively urgent overall, and the Fourth Singularity ended in half a day.
Takumi hadn't stopped much in this Fifth Singularity either. The landing position was in the east, near the White House occupied by Cú Chulainn Alter. To find Rama, Takumi forcefully crossed almost the entire America.
Then obtained Rama's power, found Geronimo and others, solved Edison's problem, learned martial arts from two masters, barely stopping at all.
In just over half a day, he completed the work that took the original protagonist team about three or four days.
But it was hard to say this situation wasn't due to Takumi's intelligence. Takumi never acted like a headless fly; his goal was always clear.
"Oh, right. Although only the vanguard army came to harass us, the personnel they used are not simple."
Helena adjusted the magical projection, projecting two appearances.
One handsome blond man holding a large spear taller than himself.
One equally handsome black-haired man holding two spears like Scáthach, but one red long spear and one yellow short spear. The iconic feature was the mole under his eye corner.
"Fionn mac Cumhaill, Diarmuid Ua Duibhne. Student Kobayashi, you should know these two guys too. Both outstanding warriors in Celtic legends, existences that cannot be called weak even among Servants."
"I understand. Take advantage of now to finish them off, right?"
Takumi understood why Helena said so much—these two were separated from the main force.
"Correct!"
Helena clapped her hands with a smile.
"Now our Servant number and combat power are advantageous. Since they dared to send only two people here, 'eating' them is what we should do most now!"
"Ok, I'll go deal with them. My speed is the fastest."
Takumi expressed understanding, about to go out to fight.
Helena's operational policy was exactly the same as Takumi's thought. His original idea was also to rely on his speed to finish off straggling Servants fastest.
"Need my help?"
Karna, leaning against the wall with arms crossed, asked calmly.
"No need, thanks. I'll go try the new moves I learned. You guys don't need to worry either. Even if I can't beat them, running away is no problem."
Takumi waved his hand with a smile.
Finished speaking, Takumi didn't wait for a response, disappearing instantly from the spot.
Honestly, after learning something, his hands were really itching!
"Worry? Rather than worrying about you, better to worry about those two Lancers..."
Hearing Takumi's words, Helena chuckled.
To be honest, indeed.
Edison and Karna also nodded in agreement.
***
Diarmuid Ua Duibhne, chief warrior of the Fianna Knights, Radiant Face. Presumably no need for us to say more about this Lancer bro; everyone who understands understands.
"My King, do we just constantly look for opportunities to harass Western America here next?"
Diarmuid looked at the Celtic soldiers fighting fiercely with mechanical infantry ahead, unable to help feeling somewhat bored.
Not having opponents worth fighting was one thing, but having to watch this bloody scene was truly boring.
As for why bloody, actually very simple.
Although Celtic soldiers were much stronger physically than ordinary people, they were flesh and blood after all. Facing mechanical soldiers capable of shooting bullets "bang bang bang" and possessing heavy armor was like meat entering a grinder. At least ten people were needed to pile up to kill one mechanical soldier.
But just right, their number didn't cost money, and they didn't fear. Nothing worth saying more, just somewhat too bloody for humans watching aside.
"Harassment is just incidental. We have a more important task."
Fionn smiled, observing corners where attacks might be launched.
Fionn mac Cumhaill, descendant of the Celtic war god Nuada, leader of the Fianna Knights, achieved numerous great feats, but was destined to suffer from peach blossom tribulation, finally cucked by Diarmuid, causing the Fianna Knights to collapse.
Exactly the same plot as the King Arthur legend, so modern people unifiedly believe Celtic legend is the prototype of King Arthur legend.
Anyway, seeing these two appear in the same camp as Servants and getting along quite well was quite weird.
"You mean that 'very hot' and 'very fast' person Medb told us to watch out for?"
"Uh-huh. Heard her say this existence, who hasn't even shown his face, performed quite actively today. So our main purpose is to probe the true identity of this existence."
Fionn said without turning his head.
"Very hot, very fast... isn't this too vague?"
Diarmuid repeated "chewing" on these two tags, somewhat difficult to accept.
"Is that so—coming!"
Fionn couldn't help but want to express agreement, but he suddenly sensed the sudden heat in the air. His face changed instantly, assuming a stance on the spot.
Voice just fell.
Boom!
Sound of air deflagration rang out. Flames rose. The surroundings of the two turned orange-red in almost just a second.