Ritsuka and his Servants, joined by the atlantean forces fight off the attack from Chaldea.
Excalibur clashed against Chrysaor, the force of the two Servants making the ship in which they were shake.
"You're very skilled Saber, I must say I'm impressed" - Artoria complemented her opponent while taking distance, as she was taking a lot of hits from her enemy.
"I respect your chivalry Pendragon, but that won't stop me from killing you, Master's orders after all" - Medusa said as she prepared to attack again.
Artoria readied her sword, but she stagered when doing so. Medusa's power was out of her league, both the Klironominia and the boost for being summoned in her homeland gave her a massive advantage over Chaldea's Servants.
Not only that, but Artoria was feeling the pressure of Medusa's Mystic Eyes. Even if she wasn't being petrified by them, she still felt like her movement was being slowed down, and wasn't able to react at her finest.
"I'll finish this here, no more holding back!" - activating Monstrous Strength A in order to increaser her alredy overwhelming advantage, launching herself at the Pendragon, but just before she could land the killing blow, someone pushed her to the side.
The Knights of the Round Table, Gawain, Lancelot, Tristán, Mordred and Gareth had arrived to support their king in the fight.
Medusa, seeing the vast ammount of opponents, decided to activate her second Noble Phantasm: Egida Gorgonidae, a metallic blue armor covering her body and a silver visor in her eyes. Even if it limited her usage of her Mystic Eyes, the higher defense would be needed to fight the Knights.
"I'm ready, none of you shall even set a foot in Atlantis!" - Medusa said before activating two blades in the gauntlets of the armor and launching herself against her enemies.
/Ritsuka vs Cu/
Meanwhile, Medusa's Master wasn't exactly having the best luck against his enemy.
The Klironominia that he took allowed him to fight toe to toe with a Servant, but winning? That was a different story.
It was clear to the Crypter that his enemy wasn't someone he'd be able to take on easily, but at least Demeter's Klironominia made his wounds regenerate faster and stopped him from getting tired, allowing him to keep fighting despire being stabbed by Cu's spear.
"I must say, you're a good fighter, you surely learned a lot from this city, but that alone won't be enough to beat us" - the Hound exclaimed while preparing to launch another strike.
Luckily for Ritsuka, he was able to dodge it and sweep Cu off balance, knocking him to the ground before punching his face.
Cu's Luck E didn't exactly favoured him in battles.
The Lancer pushed him back with a kick before getting up and attempting to stab him but missing the hit once more.
"*This is good, if I can just keep dodging, surely he'll mess up in a moment and I can land a fatal blow. All I need is to wait for my chance*" - the Crypter thought while dodging another last minute hit.
He expected for Cu to continue attacking, but to his surprise the Servant took a step back and his spear got ignited in a crimson glow, signaling he was about to deploy his Noble Phantasm.
"Oh, are you absolutly kidding me!?" -
"Gae... BOLG!" -
The spearman was about to end the life of the Crypter, but his arm was stopped by a rain of arrows that pierced his body, distracting him and stopping him from launching his attack, courtesy of Hyppolita.
Seeing this, Ritsuka seized the oportunity to attack Cu as much as he could, punching and kicking the Servant like there was no tomorrow until one of the Knights arrived to stop him.
"You seem to be having fun over here, too bad I'll have to stop you" - the Knight said.
"That sword... Knight of Rebelion, Mordred" - with one good look at Clarent, Fujimaru knew exactly who he was fighting.
"Good to know you recognize your enemy. You may beat that Lancer, but I'm built different, you're not winning this one" -
"Never a good idea to get cocky on a fight" -
Before either were able to attack the other, a loud noise stopped them, as something emerged from the water near the island were the entrance to Atlantis was located.
A giant mechanical horse emerged from the waters, slowly transforming into a mecha that started to accmulate energy, Oddysseus' Noble Phantasm.
"Troia Hippos!" -
Seeing that, Chaldea's Servants started to retreat inside the Border, getting inside and diving into the waters mere seconds before the beam from the Noble Phantasm landed on them.
"Would've been nice if you did that earlier Odysseus, but your help is appreciated" - Ritsuka said as he joined with his Servants to see what had happened to them.
Hyppolita had recieved wounds from her battle, but they were easily treatable and nothing to worry about, meanwhile, Medusa and Heracles sustained little to no damage, even when both fighting against more than 1 enemy, something that amazed Fujimaru.
"*Seems like Poseidon's Klironominia does wonders*" - he thought.
"I hope that will keep them away for a while, I need time to repair the fleet and prepare the soldiers for a second attack" - Odysseuss said as he got off from his Noble Phantasm.
"I hope they'll take longer to come, but knowing my sister, we can never be too sure. I'll go to inform Poseidon about this, come on" -
Ritsuka and his Servants returned to the island and descended towards Atlantis, being met with the residents of the upper parts of the coty, who greeted them like heroes.
As they descended more and more into the depths of the sunken city, the magical energy around them started to become more and more intense, and particulary, Medusa started to feel unconfortable.
"Master, is it okay if I wait here? This pressure..." -
"Don't worry Medusa, I know, stay here, we won't take long" - the Crypter said as he put his hand on her shoulder and smiled.
With only Heracles and Hyppolita, the 3 entered a throne room in the deepest part of Atlantis, meeting face to face with the Lostbelt King, none other than Poseidon himself.
A man with white skin, almost the color of bone, long hair, blue as the ocean waves that went all the way to his waist, his eyes like sapphires and dressed in simple black robes. In his right hand, he held a golden and blue trident.
"Ah, Ritsuka Fujimaru, I assume the enemies have been dealt with" - he asked.
"They have, Odysseus managed to scare them off with his Noble Phantasm" -
"Good, good, we need to eliminate any threat to Atlantis as fast as possible, but recently there have been nearly none, thanks to your help" -
"It was an honor to help you protect the city lord Poseidon" - Fujimaru bowed down to him, something which pleased the god.
"Very well then, you may take 3 rest days for your efforts" - he announced - "You may take your leave for the day" -
However, as Ritsuka and his Servants were about to leave, the Crypter was called one last time by Poseidon.
"Tell me, do you think Chaldea has a chance to enter our city?" -
Ritsuka confidently looked back at him - "No, with our current defenses, fending them off will be quite easy" - and with that, they left and made their way towards Ritsuka's chambers.
"Master, do you really think that we'll be able to repel Chaldea?" - Hyppolita asked.
"No, we won't, they'll enter the city sooner or later, but we'll weaken them enough before they managed to break in, and when they do, we'll strike them and finish them off" -
Quick note: The Saber Medusa of this fic was made by a friend of mine, he gave me permission to borrow it.