BXBX NOVEL Chapter 83 - Mountain Range Battle.
Everything in this world isn't stable, be it legends or myths. All of them can change just by taking a different route or pushing a little stone in this history.
This also reflects in the power system of this world as history and tales affect it a lot, which includes understanding and revelation on the said history.
Servants are one of the most affected parties in the world because history can create servants even if that history was a lie and just a fantasy written by humans.
The 'creature' in front of Enkidu was the result of this phenomenon in the world. Pale Rider, a living curse came from humans fear of diseases and death.
Differing from those called Heroic Spirits, Pale Rider is only one in name. Far from a 'hero', 'he' cannot even be called a Villainous Spirit or Demonic Spirit. 'He' is 'disease', that which has existed since time immemorial and that which will continue to exist far into the future. 'He' can even be called the horseman of calamity as it brought the disaster to the world, 'he' was even the one that let loose of the black death that killed 50 million. Something like this can even be called a false god of death without a divinity, which can affect Enkidu greatly.
Pale Rider was just standing there as the fog gathered in the shape of a person. He had no face or anything that can describe his thoughts, but Enkidu, who was gathering his mana to attack, felt that Pale Rider eyes were only on him.
"Master…" Enkidu said calmly as he was waiting for orders. Battle or retreat, they all are in the hands of his Master.
However, without a single warning, Pale Rider exploded with a thick fog that started to cover the surroundings.
*BOOOOOOOMMMM!!!!!*
Dark fog that was darker than the night sky filled the mountain range as everything was getting killed by various diseases and curses. All the area turned into a swamp of miasma, which made Enkidu frown.
Suddenly, hundreds of shadows and claws appeared from the fog. Each claw and shadow was carrying a strong curse while rushing toward Enkidu.
Enkidu jumped from the way while shooting weapons made by mana with each step he took on the ground, but those weapons weren't able to stop Pale Rider for long as the claws were advancing in Enkidu and Alex's direction.
Alex stared at the raging fog before he took a bottle from his space pocket and threw it. Pale Rider didn't even react as the bottle hit the fog and exploded with a bright light.
The fog produced a corrosion sound as it started to become clearer, which meant Pale Rider took some damage, even if he recovered immediately.
"The Holy Water that clears curses can only tickle it, huh… I didn't think someone could steal a servant in front of our eyes" Alex took his gun that turned into a shotgun and shot a laser beam that only managed to clear some fog because of the heat.
"Lancer, keep this chase going. His Master's goal is you apparently" Alex said as he started to mess with his watch.
{It's time to find this mother**cker} Checking his scanning and observing items, Alex was determined to at least know the identity of Pale Rider's Master.
Enkidu didn't say anything as more mana was drawn from the surrounding before he used it to attack Pale Rider.
A huge cloud of plagues and curses rushed to all the surroundings as it made the escape impossible for now. Pale Rider is a disease, something that can ride anything from animals, humans, water, even wind, so his speed is beyond Enkidu.
The cloud didn't stop as it became a tornado and started to circle Enkidu, which gave him no chance to escape.
Without changing his expression, Enkidu landed on the ground as weapons started to rise and surrounding him at the same time as Pale Rider rushed.
Looking at the cloud of curses, Enkidu kicked the ground as the mana and weapons covered his body before the clash.
A sound like boiling filled the fog as Enkidu's mana and weapons were dissolving in the fog, however, at that moment, Enkidu detonated all his weapons as a giant explosion hit Pale Rider.
*BOOOOM!!!!*
The explosion pushed the fog away as Enkidu jumped with his fastest speed away while Alex took a bottle from the holy water and threw it before he shot the fog.
Another explosion happened, but this time the fog took more time to recover before it chased after Enkidu again.
Suddenly, a large red river appeared, which blocked Pale Rider and forced Enkidu to leave the ground.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the battlefield.
*BAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMM!!!!*
Gilgamesh opened his gate of Babylon and shot Lizard and Alcides without mercy, all weapons were flying as they brightened the area like stars in the sky.
The weapons were all Noble Phantasms with different ranks. Each one of them was filled with mana and flying with a speed beyond the speed of sound while aiming at Alcides and Lizard.
However, all of that was useless as both of them looked at the weapons without a hint of worry.
Alcides didn't even glance at the weapons as he just lifted his bow and smacked them away easily without even receiving an injury. The cloth on his face grants him the ability to not be hurt by the weapons of humans, which means most of Gilgamesh's Noble Phantasms are useless.
Lizard didn't even move or do anything as all the weapons pierced him before exploding because of the mana. His body lost all its form as his blood and body parts were blown everywhere. However, it didn't take a moment before his blood and flesh started floating, gathering, and increasing.
Gilgamesh summoned his flying ship, Vimana, and stood on it while glancing at what Lizard had become.
All that flesh and blood turned into a lake of blood as it was drowning everything in blood. All the surroundings were washed away by the blood and the only thing that stopped it was Pale Rider's fog on the other side.
For Gilgamesh, this was more like a river than a lake before he saw something in that deep red river.
"River of blood, huh…" Gilgamesh was able to see thousands and thousands of souls in that river. Humans, animals, monsters, even creatures he never saw in this world were in that river. All of them were food for this river, the source of its power, and the 'extra lives' of Lizard. He even saw those souls struggling and screaming, but they were helpless as they were in an eternal hell made by their blood.
Gilgamesh's expression didn't change before he raised his other arm and said "Die.."
A lot of other treasures appeared behind Gilgamesh and shot at Lizard's river of blood. This time the attack was fiercer as the Noble Phantasm ranks increased to B and A, filled with mana.
*BOOOM!!* *BOOOM!!!*
Explosions were happening everywhere in the river of blood. The Noble Phantasms were able to stop the river and destroy a part of it, but it'll keep coming and won't stop regenerating.
"You rat!!" Gilgamesh saw Lizard absorbing some of his treasures in his river of blood as his anger reached the sky. No one can touch Gilgamesh's treasures without his consent, especially these rats(Players).
When the 5th Holy Grail became closer, Gilgamesh saw them appearing as they had one goal, which was stealing his treasures. But how could it be easy to steal the Gate of Babylon that contains a part of human history? All their efforts were useless from the start, but they angered Gilgamesh greatly.
He didn't even give a damn why these guys keep sending themselves to death each time they meet him, but he only cared about one thing and it's killing them all.
However, before he did anything, an arrow rushed from the sky, aiming at Gilgamesh's head, but it was destroyed by a lightning bolt.
"....." Looking at the arrow getting destroyed by his automatic defense Noble Phantasm, Gilgamesh glanced at Alcides that was holding his bow.
"Is this the power of the king of heroes? Pathetic. Use that sword or you'll never stand a chance against me" Alcides said as the mana and divine power were gathering on the bow as he aimed at Gilgamesh.
"Oh?" With a calm tone, Gilgamesh glanced at Alcides and Lizard(River of blood) as he grinned and didn't rise EA.
Without a single warning, a golden portal appeared behind Alcides before a spear shot at him. The spear was carrying thunder and lightning as it reached him instantly.
Alcides sensed something he hated in the spear as he reacted immediately and jumped away.
*BOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!*
Lightning struck the place and a huge explosion reached Alcides in the sky and knocked him away.
Twisting his body in the air, Alcides landed on the ground as he looked at his slightly burned before he said " Gods…"
The previous weapon was Vajra, the symbol of Indra, a weapon created by Buddhism gods. Just by throwing it, Gilgamesh can use it to strike his enemies with the thunder of Indra. Honestly, he wanted to use it on Gods to see their reaction, but Lizard already angered him a lot.
Alcides raised his head to look at Gilgamesh, only to see something that made him widen his eyes before grabbing his bow.
"What wrong? Won't you dance more, Mongrel!!" Gilgamesh said as a giant bow appeared from the golden gate behind him. It's something that Alcides knows very well because it's his Noble Phantasm, Nine Lives.
Nine arrows were shot by the bow as they turned into dark blue lasers flying in the air. Alcides didn't waste any time as he also shot his Nine Lives.
*BOOOOM!!* *BOOOOM!!* *BOOOOOM!!!
Explosions filled the sky as Gilgamesh lost vision on Alcides, but his mirror Noble Phantasm allowed him to see all the battlefield clearly.
"Hm?" Tapping the ship with his leg, Vimana did a sharp turn in the air and dodged all the red beams and blood waves coming Gilgamesh.
The river of blood in the ground was raging as it turned into a lot of streams, rushing to Gilgamesh in the air, and trying to drag him down.
Gilgamesh controlled Vimana in the air before he glanced at the river of blood and activated the Gate of Babylon with extra power.
A giant golden portal appeared in the sky before it opened as a behemoth emerged from the capital of gold.
A giant sword started to fall from the portal and drag the wind with it as the air was shaking because of the storm. This is Ig-Alima, a gigantic sword that can be used just to crush enemies because of its huge size and weight.
"FUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!" Gilgamesh was laughing as the Ig-Alima falling speed increased before it reached the ground.
*BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!*
The huge impact made the whole area tremble as the river of blood exploded because of the winds and lose all its previous formation.
Having a Noble Phantasm for every situation. To be honest, this way of playing real shows the difference between fun to play and pay to play fighter here. Gilgamesh uses the power of money to crush everything.
Meanwhile, while the battle was at its apex in the mountain range, Cu was on top of a building in Fuyuki staring at the explosions from afar with a blank look on his face.
"Again… Nobody invited me" Those empty words were carried by the wind as it told Cu's story of never finding any servant after looking for almost 3 hours.
He even released his mana to attract them, but nothing worked as he stood there with his spear… Alone.
"There's no helping it, huh… Plan B" Cu said as he jumped from the building and rushed towards any amount of mana he can find in this city.
After what happened in this city, any magi staying in this city has a high chance to be a master, so he even used some of Runes magecraft to track some obvious sources of mana.
However, he didn't know that in the shadows around him. A mask appeared in the shadows, glowing with a green light before it vanished.