The apparent leader of the wolf pack snarled as the entire frontal flank ended up killed, its eyes still betraying a hint of rationale as it watched the group die and the rest of its companions attempt to regroup. Tamamo's subsequent magic did no batter to aid in that effort, though; the rapid drop smashed three of the wolves into the ground, and if it didn't crush their skulls on impact, the resulting damage to the bones of their legs coupled with the other seven in the air inadvertently using their bodies as cushions certainly did the job instead. Bruised and battered (but now somewhat free from the wind magic that had locked them up), the wolves only had a moment to react as plants sprang up from beneath the snow and blood-covered land to bind their leader. In a singular moment of sacrifice, one of the wolves shoved their leader to the side, taking the bindings in its place. The remaining beasts (leader included) stood motionless for a few moments before backing up. The leader of the pack was the first to break from that apparent stupor, though, and howled towards the moon. The others seemed to follow suit, giving birth to an unearthly sound that seemed to cause the guards to recoil in pain, their eardrums bleeding as the sound seemed to amplify in intensity. The mana in the air seemed to ripple as the noise resonated through the air, quite possibly affecting more than just the humans at hand.
After a few moments, four wolves from within the group near the back stopped their howling, as did the four surrounding Siegfried, before attempting to dash towards the nearest enemy (who just so happened to be the wounded Edeltaud). Rather than all of them striking out at her at once, the group simply left one wolf behind to deal with her while the others adopted a V-shaped formation in an attempt to pierce through the rearguard and cause chaos there. The one leading the charge would not be deterred, it seemed, so long as the two it was "escorting" made it to their destination.
The wolves that were previously at Siegfried's back, though, were now surrounded on their own. While two remained trained on Siegfried, the two at his back immediately turned to react and fight. The wolf facing Nevsky, after seeing how its comrades had fared, instead began to throw feints into its attack pattern, hoping to spook the horse enough to cause it to react before leaping in to tear its throat out in short order. The one facing Sinfjotli instead attempted to dodge or evade all of the Servant's attacks rather than attempt any on its own.
"These wolves... Are far too intelligent for mere magical beasts!" Siegfried exclaimed as he cut down one of the wolves who leaped in to attack him, its throat spurting acidic blood as he turned to face the last wolf targeting him. Of course, whether or not his statement would reach the group was variable, given the din that seemed to be blocking out any other sounds from making it through to the group.
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"Er... Enkidu is coming along with us, though? But, er... One strike? You're joking, right?" Kintoki asked, slowing down his pace as he realized that his Master had decided to tag along regardless. While Enkidu continued to move on ahead, the Berserker acted as his Master had, his gaze flicking between his axe and the golem a few timed before shrugging his shoulders.
"Ah, well... I guess I could
try to whack it down like a lumberjack or something," he said, gripping his axe in both hands before charging ahead after Enkidu once more. "No promises, though, but I think that I'm pretty
golden shot if you manage to let me get a good hit in!"
"Rather than consuming even more mana to use your Noble Phantasm again, let me attempt the immobilization. I need you two to stall for a moment while I set up, though, so I'll leave it to you."Kintoki processed the comment for a few moments before nodding and moving on ahead and the green-haired Servant stuck his hands into the ground and slowly began to change it from the inside.
Keisuke simply nodded his head at Atalanta's assertion, glancing around the battlefield at the few remaining beasts that had somehow managed to slip past Richard's cloud of death during the initial combat. It didn't seem as if there was any particular reason to take on what was the equivalent of a giant magical war machine while there were Servants to do the job instead, and so the Enforcer decided to move around and help clean up shop instead.
Richard, unluckily enough, would have no luck in his search for underground pockets of gas or other such natural resources underneath Uruk.
Gilgamesh looked at the two Masters waiting nearby and laughed a bit to himself, though it sounded more derisive than anything.
"Well, I guess I shouldn't have expected either of you to vote against your Servants, now should I? Very well, then; the victor of this bet shall obtain the freedom to explore this city and see what it has to offer. As for money... Well, I think you two should be fine figuring out something on your own!" the King of Heroes said, watching as the two mongrels fought in their makeshift arena.
The large Berserker roared in anger as it acted exactly as Lancelot had predicted, slashing down on the cape only hit cleave nothing but air. The subsequent entry of the knight's borrowed blade into his stomach caused the Servant to pause for a few moments, seeming as if the blow had ended his life.
Sadly, though, that was far from the case. With his neck slowly cracking as he turned up to face Lancelot from his current hunchbacked position, the Servant roared as it drew its axes into the air in another attempt to try and chop his opponent to bits.
The skeletal commander that Arturia had dashed forward towards had nary a moment to react, especially given the speed at which the King of Knights had closed the distance between them. With less than a fraction of a second to spare, though, the king's opponent managed to deflect the blow aimed at itself, only sacrificing the weapon it had been holding up until then. Throwing it off to the side, the skeleton grabbed another weapon off of a nearby elephant before mounting the skeletal creature and pointing at the King of Knights. In an instant, every skeleton in the nearby vicinity seemed to leap at their new target rather than continuing their charge at the city, a fact that the soldiers near the walls were very much grateful for.
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