Chapter 76

Haven Academy, a place where Huntsmen should be training, now just abandoned and left behind since the death of its Headmaster. Unable to be reclaimed since the attacks by the Grimm and demonic beasts happening across all of Mistral, with gangs and thugs all vying to take the top spot despite the fact Mistral was already falling apart. As such, this left Haven vulnerable and taken over by the very woman who has now divided humanity quite a bit, in spite of others trying to reunite it.

And now, the fights continue on as behind Haven Academy a battle is occurring. One between those who served the Queen of Grimm to keep humanity divided, versus a team that while rather selfish at times, did have humanity's best interest at heart. As such, the Argonauts went to deal Salem a critical blow on this day, find the Queen of Grimm, then finish her off.

With the only ones standing in their way are Salem's own Servants.

"Hahahaha! Die!" One of which is the Servant known as Hyde who moved quickly. More than happy to kill his foes. Despite that lanky frame of his, he moved fast and is much stronger than he appeared. Helped that as Hyde, he becomes the Berserker Class like Heracles and is tougher than Jekyll himself in terms of strength. Evidenced by how he jumped up and then threw a punch at Jason. The Saber dodged to the right where the fist met concrete and actually formed a crater.

"Damn!" Jason shouted as he then lifted his sword and tried to cut off the offending limb. Instead, Hyde twisted himself and actually caught the blade all while smiling, even though his palm was being cut.

"Nu-uh." Hyde said as he squeezed the blade, totally ignoring the blood coming out from doing so. "No trying to cut me down." From Hyde's other hand, a knife is seen. "That's my job!"

Hyde then repeatedly tried to stab Jason wherever he could. The chest, the gut, the arm, anywhere to spill blood and stab him to death afterwards. Jason did his best to avoid those stabs and even blocked a few clumsily with his sword. Still, this couldn't go on as the Berserker is way better at handling his weapon that even Jason was.

'Why couldn't I have been a Rider?' Jason internally moaned as he stepped to the side and then tried to impale Hyde through the chest. The insane Berserker easily got out of the swords path and then got closer to Jason's personal space and then made a slashing motion with his knife.

Jason tilted his head, though felt a stinging pain as the knife cut through his cheek. It wasn't too deep, but it hurt a lot. Still, this gave Jason an opening as he dropped his sword and crouched down. "Eat this you sicko!"

In that moment Jason then punched Hyde's jaw, the Berserker reeling from the shock and dropped his knife. Jason used that opportunity to try and punch Hyde continuously Hoping maybe he could not him out, since Berserkers were sometimes capable of being defeated due to taking more damage than the other Servant classes, as his Masters once mentioned before.

"Eh?" Yeah, that wasn't happening here. Hyde grinning even whilo Jason's fist is still hitting the Berserker's face. "Was that suppose to even hurt me?" Hyde then clenched his own fist while Jason gulped. "This is a real punch!"

Hyde then drew back his own fist and slammed it against Jason's chest. Jason then felt something cracking while all the air in him left his body while gasping for air. The Argonaut leader then felt his feet leave the ground and flew backward from the force of the blow and kept going until he crashed on the ground and still kept going, making a mess below.

"Puh!" Spitting out some saliva and coughing, Jason tried to sit up only to feel dizzy. Despite being in the supposed best class Saber, Jason won't deny he's a cruddy Saber and would only really shine as a Rider like during the Okeanos Singularity. Damn the Servant Summoning System for putting him in his worst class possible.

"Ah. What's the matter?" Hyde then leaned back before getting into a crouched stance. "Tired already?" In both his hands two knives appeared. "Then let me help you rest!" In a burst of speed Hyde then ran at Jason while gleefully laughing. Ready to stab his enemy with Jason gasping in panic.

Hyde was closer now. Knives ready to dig into flesh and maybe even go through the eyes and chest. The Berserker laughed like crazy, very much hoping to kill his enemy.

A roar was then heard, followed by a curse. "Shit!"

Suddenly, to Jason's grace and Hyde's shock, Cu (Alter) came, having been thrown, and slams into Hyde's body. Cu (Alter)'s little outfit, benign rather sharp and pointy, actually pierced Hyde's skin and the former Assassin found himself being crushed by his comrade's weight.

"Augh!" Hyde screamed out in pain.

"Oh yeah!" Cheering, Jason turned to the side where he saw Heracles wiping his hands. "Nice one bud!" Jason complimented with Heracles nodding. Though obviously, throwing Cu (Alter) like a ball didn't put down the son of Lugh who got up while cracking his neck.

"Huh. Not bad." Cu (Alter) complimented. "But not enough to stop me."

"Or…uh, me!" Hyde then got back up. Looking a little battered and still bleeding, but otherwise alright and far from defeated. "Damn it man," Hyde then growled at his so-called partner. "The hell was that? You got in my way!"

"Oh shut it." Cu (Alter) gave no sympathy towards his 'comrade'. "You try facing the greatest hero of the Greeks." Cu (Alter) was powerful, very much so. But his opponent is no push-over, being more than worthy to face the former Lancer who grinned wickedly at his foe. Heracles grunting while still keeping his guard up. Also seeing Cu (Alter) as someone he couldn't hold back against.

"Man, can't these guys just die already." With Jason just wanting this to be over with. Finally feeling better while picking up his sword. "Sheesh. Two Berserkers who don't give a damn about anything other than killing us." Why did life have to be so difficult?

"Ah, don't be like that." Hyde chuckled. "It's not as if you're the only ones having fun." The two Argonauts narrowed their eyes.

"Yeah." Then, Cu (Alter) instantly ran forward with his thorny red spear out. "I mean after all," He then threw the cursed spear at impossible speeds. Heracles, realizing the danger, tried to avoid it but found himself getting grazed on the side, hissing a little as the weapon left its curse on him. The weapon itself stabbing through a wall with ease. "You ain't the only ones having fun!" The mad Berserker then threw himself at Heracles, who, cursed or not, contended with his enemy as both their hands gripped the other and it soon became a battle of overpowering the other with their physical might.

"Hell yeah!" Hyde then vanished and suddenly appeared behind Jason, who managed to barley turn around and step back before his back had a knife in it. "You're buddies are also having fun with our pals!"

"Sure they are." Jason then tried to cut down Hyde with a slash only for Hyde to just jump up and avoid it. "And you can bet that they'll lose!" Jason then turned around and looked up, from behind his hand then grabbed something and threw it. "Just like you clowns will!" A Fire Dust crystal that then exploded directly in front of Hyde's face.

"Gah!" The dark personality shouted as he felt the burns on him. Jason used that chance to then jump up himself and then punch the bastard and send him flying. Meanwhile, Heracles and Cu (Alter) were still at it, trying to overpower the other. Both had near-equal strength though, so it was very tough. If they kept going at it like this, both will just be in a long and boring stalemate.

So maybe some things should be shaken up a bit.

Behind Heracles, the cursed spear Gae Bolg is suddenly dislodged from the wall and then flies towards where its Master is at. Of course, Heracles just happened to be in the way. Meaning it's very much possible that the Greek Hero will find himself stabbed through the back thanks to Cu (Alter)'s dirty trick.

"!" A trick Heracles realized as he then tried to pull back. Only to find himself incapable of getting out of his foes grip who held on tight.

"Nuh-uh!" Cu (Alter) grinned. "It's rude to bail here and now!" With those words said, Heracles found himself trapped as Gae Bolg made its way over toward the two. Then, like so, the spear ripped right through Hercules's lower back with the Berserker howling as Cu (Alter) grabbed the spear with a toothy smile.

"Aw. Hurt?" Cu (Alter) cruelly jabbed. "Then why not take a break!" The altered Berserker then knees Heracles in the gut before slashing at his chest with his armored hands which cut through that tough demi-God skin and then head-butted the hero.

"Crap!" Jason saw this and attempted to go help his friend, not caring that he's weaker than that bastard.

"Oh no you don't!" Too bad Hyde wouldn't allow it. "Let's just keep this between us, wouldn't you agree?" His words are then followed up by many slashes in an attempt to cut Jason up. Not wanting to deal with this crud, Jason decided to use some of his power to deal with this clown. So, while it would drain him a bit, Jasond decided it would be worth it.

"Yo!" Jason then called out as he used his own Noble Phantasm to call upon someone for a quick moment. "Handle this guy for me, Theseus!" Then, to Hyde's shock, a man came in front of Jason from nowhere. One who held the same physical might as the legendary Heracles, and the man who slayed the Minitaur himself.

"Ay captain." One who also agreed to deal with this lowly scum who cracked his knuckles. "I'll help you out for a bit." Hyde then gulped as a fist came at him and the sound of a broken jaw was heard. As for Jason, he ran towards Cu (Alter) and Heracles, sword ready to stab at the jerk who hurt his friend.

"Oh no you don't." Though seeing Jason's poor attempt at trying to attack him from behind, Cu (Alter)'s tail moved quickly and wrapped itself around Jason's ankle.

"...oh damn." Jason said as he then found himself being lifted by the tail and slammed down, then lifted, then down again in a repeated cycle as the Berserker laughed.

"Hahaha! How'd you like that?" Total pay back for when these assholes ripped it off the first time. It took forever for it to regenerate, likely because he hadn't made a pact with Salem up until recently. Unfortunately for Cu (Alter), one person isn't happy with this.

Despite the hole in him and a slightly cracked face from the headbutt, Hercules's howled and decided that if Cu (Alter) wasn't going to let him go, then perhaps a quick spin will do the job. Twisting himself, Heracles then began moving his feet and with his strength lifted Cu (Alter) up with Jason brought with the two.

"What the-woah!" Heracles then began spinning on his heels with the altered Berserker and Jason screaming as the great Greek hero spun around over and over again. The wind actually being caught in this movement and forming a small miniature tornado. Going faster and faster, not letting up even when Heracles himself started to feel a little dizzy.

"I'm…gonna…hurl…" Jason moaned when he then felt himself getting loose. Looking down-or maybe up-Jason saw Cu (Alter)'s tail getting loose. "Aw man." The tail then let go and Jason found himself going at great speeds that matched a bullet. Screaming, he then saw two figures up ahead.

"Not so fun getting beaten up. Huh?" Theseus told Hyde who growled while adjusting his broken jaw.

"Don't count me out yet buster. I'll-" The two were then interrupted when they heard a scream.

BAM!

With Jason crashing into Hyde while Theseus flinched at the impact. Though that was nothing compared to Heracles and Cu (Alter). The former, finally feeling he did enough, gave his own grin while Cu (Alter) desperately tried to attack his foe. Heracles then leaned his head a bit closer and, in a rare moment, said, "See-ya!"

"Fuc-!" Heracles then let go and from there Cu (Alter) found himself going up up and away. Screaming bloody murder as his figure went high above the sky and across the school and then past that as well. It just a bit, Cu (Alter) couldn't even be seen anymore at all as he became nothing more but a twinkly star that vanished just as fast.

Grunting, Heracles found himself glad that was over before hissing a little and looked down. The hole in him, while nothing fatal, is still on him and clearly not going away anytime soon unless he either killed the altered Berserker or perhaps died and revived himself. Though considering he just threw the jerk and had no intentions of killing himself, Berserker decided against either. As Heracles turned to then help Jason, suddenly, a flash appeared over his head and then to the normally stoic Servant, Cu (Alter) appeared.

"Ain't flying away this time asshole!" Spear already out, Cu (Alter) then said one thing. "Gae," The bloody spear glew brightly and full of power. "Bolg!" One that is released as the altered Servant threw the spear which stabbed itself in front of Heracles where it then went off in a bloody red explosion.

"Shit!" Theseus shouted as the explosion then enveloped him and killed the poor man off. Still going, the down duo that is Hyde and Jason, still wrapped up in each other's limbs, also saw the expanding explosion and freaked out.

"Oh damn!" Jason, in a mad rush, untangled himself and began running. Hyde close behind as even he wouldn't be able to withstand that. Sadly, the two weren't capable of outrunning the explosion as it soon caught up to them and in an instant, both were enveloped in it as the red light continued on like some super bomb that totaled the entire area they had fought in.

Though eventually, the energy released receded and from there, the red light emitted vanished revealing a ruined field with cracked stone and a massive crater in the center. Where, the spear is next to a small pile of ashes.

"Hehehe." Landing on the ground, Cu (Alter) chuckled as he looked at the ashes. "Let's see you come out of that." Which is very unlikely, seeing as according to intel, Hercules's little God Hand, while still functioning, isn't as effective as before. As it seems that since the Berserker had no proper Master, it was up to chance if God Hand worked or not at all. Either way, Berserker was down.

"Which leaves only one." Cu (Alter) smiles as he turns his head and sees none other than Jason, who looks rather worn out after having somehow survived the explosion alongside Hyde who's in a similar condition. Unlike Heracles, they weren't at point blank range when the explosion occurred though clearly still ended up injured a bit. It helped that Salem used her power to teleport Cu (Alter) instead of being thrown into the city, meaning everything got a whole lot easier.

Something Jason himself realized as he saw the altered Servant walking up to him with that damn grin on his face and spear in hand. Jason looked at what remained of Heracles, not even sensing anything that indicated his friend was coming back. Granted, it did take a few minutes to revive back when Haagenti turned his buddy to ashes as well, but Jason didn't have minutes at all.

"Now then." Jason gulped as he saw the Servant of Salem standing over him. "I think it's about time I dealt with you." Hyde looked like he wanted to disagree, seeing as he'd rather be the one that killed Jason himself. Thankfully, he's too weak to move and do anything.

Too bad that meant Cu (Alter) would just finish the job for Hyde himself, as the Servant stood over Jason and was ready to skewer him alive. The leader of the Argonauts realized he needed to act now or he'll die. But what could he do? He can't defend himself, Heracles could potentially be dead for real-unless…of course!

"Say nighty-night!" Cu (Alter) then said as he then got ready to thrust his weapon at Jason as the final blow.

Roaring, Nue tried to tear apart Atalanta time and time again. Only to discover the Servant is far to agile and quick for him to even catch. Atalanta not even looking tired as she shot many arrows at the yokai in an effort to put him down.

"Gotta try harder than that!" Not a single on of her arrows seemed to do any harm to Nue at all. Atalanta then heard something and ducked, bullets passing by where her head had been. EMIYA (Alter) having tried to put some holes in her head as a sneak attack.

"Hey!" Medea (Lily), less than pleased at the blatant assault on her friend, frowned. "No hurting my friends!" Magical lakers burst from the magic circles behind her. Sadly, none of them met their mark as the Counter Guardian swiftly avoided them all while counter-attacking with his weapons.

Each one is imbued with anti-magecraft bullets, forcing Medea (Lily) to fly out of their path than try and block them. It wasn't easy of course, as Medea (Lily), while capable of flying pretty fast, found it tough in this confined room. Didn't help that the altered Servant is a pretty decent shot as some bullets ended up grazing her leg.

'Not good.' Medea (Lily) thought as she saw her friend Atalanta doing little damage to Nue while keeping an eye on EMIYA (Alter). 'I wish I could give support to Atalanta, but this meanie is keeping me from helping her.'

Indeed he is. EMIYA (Alter) wasn't stupid. As someone who has been sent to fight magus before in his days as a Counter Guardian, he knew that some loved to use their powers to support themselves or others.

'Have to keep her off guard.' The altered Servant thought as he fired at Caster. Making certain she had little time to think. 'Ensure she can't use her powers to support Atalanta or herself.' Medea (Lily) is good, but she isn't her future-self, who knows many forms of attack magic. This version, while she did have some methods of attack, is ultimately just someone who heals and supports others.

As for Atalanta, while a tougher threat, against Nue? Not much of a contest.

The yokai held an incredible amount of durability. Not to mention he wasn't alone either, as Atalanta and Medea (Lily) soon found out. The yokai then howled while giving a nasty smug look.

"I'll give that stuipid worm one thing." Nue referred to Haagenti while spreading his arms out. "He sure knew how to recruit." From the ceiling then came out multiple little monkeys. All imbued with some magical energy that could make them harm even a Servant. Admittingly, they were still very weak.

"Ohh-oooh-ahh-ahhhh!" But numerous as the little monkeys then pulled out their little buckets with tiny items in them and began throwing them at the enemy Servants that Nue told them to fight.

"Nuisances." Atalanta shot her arrows at those pests. Each one hitting right through their heads and killing them. Their numbers made up for this though, as these annoying monkeys helped their master and threw their items or leaping at Atalanta. While such items did little to harm the Servant, grabbing onto her slowed the Archer down as she struggled to get them off of her.

"Perfect!" Allowing Nue to catch up to the agile Archer and then grab her by the waist. Nue grinned nastily as Atalanta felt his grip tighten on her. "Now let's see if I can pop?" Nue then squeezed, making Atalanta grunt painfully as she could feel her body being crushed.

"Atalanta!" Medea (Lily), realizing her friend is in trouble, tries to help.

"Ooh-ohh-ah!" A monkey leapt at her and grabbed onto her face. Preventing her from seeing and helping Atalanta.

"Gah!" Medea (Lily) yelped as she then tried to remove the fur bag. "Get off me!"

A clicking sound is then heard. Followed by the sound of a bang.

Instantly, Caster then felt pain in her stomach along with a wetness flowing down her stomach. Then more loud sounds are heard followed by pain on her shoulder and then chest.

"Uhgh!" She had been shot. EMIYA (Alter) having used the monkey's distraction to fire away. Using cursed bullets on her that would have rather crippling effects. While the Servant of Salem couldn't shoot her head because of that monkey, the damage he did to her was already enough. Not to mention even if she did have the power to heal herself, using it in her current state is another story.

As such, Medea (Lily) could only fall onto the ground while bleeding.

"Caster!" Atalanta then yelled out in both worry and anger.

"Haahaha!" To her infatuation, Nue just laughed. "Oh yeah! Finally we got one down." Nue then had his other hand grab Atalanta and squeezed with both hands. "But don't worry, you'll join her soon enough."

Join her? As in kill her and Medea (Lily)? Ah, Atalanta supposed that would make sense. Except for one small little thing. Something that then made Nue himself flinch when he saw Atalanta giving a very dark glare towards him.

"Like hell I would allow that." Then, before Nue could continue squeezing her until she popped, Atalanta had something materialize in her hand. While it was some weird fur thing Nue didn't recognize, to the Counter Guardian, he knew exactly what it was.

"Damn!" Instantly EMIYA (Alter) tried to kill her.

"Agrius…" Too bad for him, that he acted too slow. As the Archer shoved the unnatural cursed item into her body which then caused something in her to change. Something…demonic. "Metamorphosis!"

A black aura suddenly surrounded Atalanta. Nue dropped her instantly, surprised by this sudden change. Not that it stopped EMIYA (Alter) from firing. However, those bullets did nothing as despite slamming into Atalanta, they gave her no harm at all as her body transformed. Hair turning into a shade of white, her skin growing paler, not to mention her own Spirit Origin shifting into something else. Something the still conscious Medea (Lily) recognized.

"Oh…" Medea (Lily) weakly said while smiling. "Guess you guys are in trouble now." Very much so. As in but a few seconds, the transformation was already done. No longer stood the regular Atalanta at all. Instead, wearing a darker outfit with wild white hair and an animalistic look in her eyes is none other than Atalanta (Alter) herself, the result of her Noble Phantasm Agrius Metamorphosis. Something, that while restricting her primary Noble Phantasm, gave her immense power.

'Not good.' EMIYA (Alter) himself realized. 'She's now a lot stronger.' The Archer is fully aware he isn't the strongest Servant around. Which is why he always used dirty tricks to even a battle, playing unfair and spitting on honor to get the win. Using his wits and abilities for a pragmatic victory.

As such, the altered Servant decided to use his own Noble Phantasm against the newly formed Berserker in their presence.

"I am the Bone of my Sword." Are the words that escaped EMIYA (Alter)'s mouth. A special bullet in place, one that matched his own warped views of the world after being turned more into a machine than any human he once was. The bullet was ready to fire, with Archer then finishing his line saying, "So as I Pray…Unlimited ! $t Works!"

It was then his bullet fired out. One hit and it would kill, or outright cripple his foe like so. She would then be easy prey for Nue and his lowly band of monkeys. Unfortunately for Archer, he underestimated one thing about Atalanta.

"..." Primarily, her hearing.

"Foolish mistake." The newly altered Servant Berserker growled as she then tilted her head to the side. Having heard the Archer's words and the gunfire, easily avoiding it like so. The bullet whizzing right past her, not even touching her soft skin.

"Uh!" Instead, it hit someone else.

Nue.

The yokai felt the impact of the bullet. The brief sting of pain, surprised even that this bullet even got past his durable hide. Still, Nue didn't think much of it. I mean, what could some stupid bullet do to someone as powerful as he is. As such, the formerly imprisoned yokai believed that no harm would befall him.

Qrk.

Then, the yokai felt one thing as he felt something inside his body. Saying, "Eh?"

A sword burst out of his gut.

"Uuu…Ahhhh!" EMIYA (Alter) and Nue then witnessed as the yokai had another sword treat through his chest. Then his back. Then his side. Countless weapons bursting out of the yokai's body in a brutal and terrifying fashion that would make many ill and throw up. The monkeys themselves doing just that as they saw their leader losing parts of his body and then many fled in terror.

Even worse. Nue is still alive. As such, he could feel the agony he's in and naturally could do nothing but moan as he then fell down in a broken heap. The pain he's in felt as bad as when he was in those damn hells the sparrow sent him down under. His only respite is that the swords would eventually go away, where his own healing powers would undo the damage. That'd just take some time.

"Now I have you." Time Atalanta (Alter) wouldn't give as the last thing Nue saw is the Berserker giving a savage grin as she lifted her foot and then stomped on his face. This time, Nue won't be coming back. "And neither will you!" Atalanta said as she then grabbed the swords still poking out of Nue's corpse, then ripped them out and threw them at EMIYA (Alter).

"Please." The altered Servant looked unfazed. "I made those weapons. As such," Before the blades could even get an inch towards his face, they then vanished. "I can make them go away."

"Then make this go away!" Atalanta then pulled out her bow, where she then spawned an arrow and filled it with a dark aura which gave the weapon a sinister look. Pulling on the bow string, Atalanta (Alter) then let go and from there the arrow flew towards EMIYA (Alter) with enough energy to total a building.

Quickly the Servant avoided it and the Archer fired back with his weapons while increasing his defenses. Undeterred by the threat he faced and just kept firing while the remaining monkeys helped by trying to attack Berserker. Atalanta (Alter) snarled as she then savagely attacked those monkeys while then trying to rush at EMIYA (Alter) to rip his limbs off.

The Archer grinned as he then spun his two guns and suddenly, they merged together. He then swung his combined weapon and since Berserker was too close, she couldn't avoid the nasty cut across her chest. EMIYA (Alter) then quickly disengaged his combined weapon and his regular gun is then adjusted and aimed at the back of Atalanta (Alter)'s head. This time, he'll use a more powerful bullet to make a nice hole.

Though before the Servant could pull the trigger, from the corner of his eye, a beam of light came out and headed right toward him.

"Damn!" It had been Medea (Lily), who while still injured, had enough strength to fire a magical attack forcing the Alter to create a rusty shield that took the blow for him. More than enough time for Atalanta (Alter) to turn around and then did a roundhouse kick to his face which sent him through the ceiling. Once he was gone, Atalanta (Alter) then looked at the remaining monkeys and gave a growl.

"Ohhhhh!" All of them left, not wanting to stay with the alpha predator in the room. Allowing the Servant to quickly go to Medea (Lily) and check on her.

"Medea (Lily)." Atalanta (Alter) then kneeled down to her friend. "Are you-."

"Doing fine Atalanta." Medea (Lily) then coughed. "Buuuut….yeah, those bullets were cursed alright." Her head felt so fuzzy, making it tough to think properly. "I believe the curse he imbued in them affects the mind. Making it tough to…think."

If it had been regular curses then Medea (Lily) could have easily dispelled them with the right spell. But because of how the curse affects her mind, it was difficult to even remember the incantation to heal her up. Just shooting that beam of magic took a lot more effort than it should have, with healing magic being more complex than attack magecraft.

"Well don't worry," Atalanta (Alter) gently holds Medea (Lily)'s hand. Then looking at Caster's wounds and then trying to see if maybe she could cover them properly. "I'll be sure to protect you. Maybe find Asclepius to help out."

"Or maybe the both of you can just die." EMIYA (Alter) then came down, looking rather unhappy after being smacked through the ceiling. His two guns were out and he then fired out countless bullets at the two of them. Ones that would pierce through even the toughened body of Berserker's form and thus, killing them like so.

There wasn't enough time to even react, this was EMIYA (Alter)'s win.

Then…a flash of light came and the bullets hit nothing but the ground. The two bodies are gone, leaving only just a very confused Archer.

Alongside a confused Cu (Alter), who had just been about ready to impale Jason when suddenly, two women appeared before him, making him hesitate while the two female Servants were equally as confused.

"Chance!" With Jason using that opportunity to then get up and then stab his sword right through the enemy Alter's right eye. Granted, it didn't kill the bastard unfortunately, but it certainly made the Berserker howl as his eye has just been impaled. Blinding him to one side.

Jason then saw Atalanta, and while a bit surprised that she's now a Berserker along with Medea (Lily) looking hurt, he ignored all that to deal with the problem at hand. "Now!"

Such a word had no context, no real meaning. But to Atalanta (Alter), who is used to Jason's quick actions and thinking, not to mention seeing someone who is clearly no friend, acted out without hesitation.

"You better explain this later!" Atalanta (Alter) shouted as she punched her fellow Alter in the face and sent him back, buying them all time.

"I'll do it later." Jason said as he then went to Medea (Lily). "For now, deal with him while I help Medea (Lily) and buy time for Heracles to revive himself." Heracles was dead? Damn, that was bad. Still, Atalanta decided to obey for now as she got out her bow while Cu (Alter) also got back up with a grin that said he would enjoy this new combatant.

As for Medea (Lily), she seemed rather eager to see her husband kneeling down towards her. "J-J-Jason!" For some reason she looked a lot healthier now. "Are you here to kiss my injuries away?"

"Hell no." Jason then pulled out something familiar. "Just take this and get better already." Using one of his personal skills, Jason took out none other than the desired argo coin, The Sought-After Golden Fleece which is quite soft and had some healing capabilities with the power to, as his Masters once told him, remove debuffs. Like say, a curse.

"Ahhhhh." Though Medea (Lily) clearly sounded very disappointed, having wanted a kiss than the Fleece her husband chased after. What a disappointment. For Jason, he's just glad he had the damn thing and hoped it would heal his ex-wife quickly so she can use whatever mambo-jumbo to get them out of this situation.

"Uh. Finally. Back in action!" Because it seems Hyde was back up, injured, but ready to continue the brawl while the two Alter Servants battled one another. Where he then settled his sights onto Jason and Medea (Lily), who are undefended seeing as ATalanta (Alter) is fighting back Cu (Alter).

"Finally. Just us boys." Hyde tossed his knife back and forth between his two hands. "And I bet you can't do any more of that whole summoning thing, am I right?" Unfortunately Hyde's right. Even if Jason had a proper Master here, calling upon his old crewmates isn't an easy task. Doing three already did quite a dent to his mana reserves. Not enough to make him weaker or cause him to vanish, but no more to call upon his crewmates.

"Great." Hyde could tell Jason couldn't use his Noble Phantasm anymore. "In that case, let me take a good stab at ya!" Hyde, before he could run, instead decided to kick the loose ground where loose rock and dust of the broken field headed right at Jason, obscuring his vision.

"Stupid cheap shot." Jason then turned around, expecting Hyde to come out from behind. That had been a trick though, as he then heard Medea (Lily) call out to him.

"Behind you!" Hyde came through the dust and with a grin stabbed Jason onto the right shoulder.

"Uhh!" The leader of the Argonauts felt the painful blow. Blood being drawn out as Hyde then took out his knife and tried to go for the back of the head. Instead, Jason decided to lean his head forward, then slam it backward where he hit Hyde's nose making a nasty crack come out of it. Then, in an effort to help her husband, Medea (Lily) threw her magical staff at Jason who caught it, turned around, then began smacking Hyde with it over and over.

"Eat this you weirdo!" Jason shouted as he then began jabbing the staff's bottom end onto Hyde's face. Poking his eyes, nose and mouth as many times as he could to the Berserker's ire. Who grabbed the staff and then yanked it out, unamused by being treated like a pinata.

"Alright, I'm gonna stab you now." Hyde said without any emotion, kinda sick of being delayed over and over again. So he prepared to simply stab Jason in the heart and just end it there. Then maybe he could stab some worthwhile targets.

Using his strength, Hyde grabbed Jason by the collar and lifted him up. Not even responding to the punches Jason gave him, with Atalanta (Alter) unable to help as she's too busy trying not to die.

"No…you…don't!" Medea (Lily) then acted. While incapable of using complex magecraft, she at least knew how to use one spell. A curse that is considered to be a type of 'debuff' as her Masters once told her. Shooting it at Hyde, who for the most part, didn't feel anything different. Then just slammed his knife onto Jason's chest where it would pierce right through the armor and hit the heart.

Snap!

Or crack and break.

"Huh?" Suddenly, Hyde felt weaker and was unable to even lift Jason and dropped him. Instantly, Hyde realized he couldn't feel the immense strength he had at all. Then turned to a smirking Medea (Lily) who had just made him lose all that buster strength he had.

"Alright." Jason, realizing what Medea (Lily) had done, cracked his knuckles. "It seems someone just got a whole lot weaker.." Without that powerful boost Hyde normally got, he was now just a weakling that couldn't do anything at all. As such, Hyde could only gulp as Jason stepped forward and began throwing down his punches. Needless to say, at this very moment it seems one Servant was going down.

"And there goes Hyde." Avenger sighed as he saw the monitor featuring the fight on the backside of Haven Academy, with Jason now winning. "That dude was pretty fragile, but had a good chunk of strength to back him up." The monitor then showed Hyde's jaw breaking and bleeding. "Not anymore."

On her makeshift throne, Salem appears slightly annoyed at seeing one of her Servants getting beaten up. That wasn't even mentioning the death of Nue, with EMIYA (Alter)'s opponents leaving to support that fool Jason with only CU (Alter) now facing the three Servants. Four if Hercules revived properly and aided them. After that, CU (Alter) just may find himself outmatched.

"This just won't do." It seems the Argonauts have taken away two pieces off her board. Granted, they weren't all that important, but the insult remained. Still, it mattered not to Salem right now as she's a bit busy thanks to her own using her magic and the additional boost she got from her lovely 'battery' to empower her remaining Servants. Avenger himself ate popcorn and other small snacks he brought with him as he watched the other battles with glee.

Salem supposed she couldn't blame him, and is interested to see how her Servants fared against these Argonauts, who are far from weak themselves. 'I suppose I should also get ready on the chance they do manage to do the impossible and defeat all my Servants.'

While the Queen of Grimm had confidence that the Argonauts will lose to her Servants, as always, she knew there's a chance the Servants could potentially win against her own. The defeat and deaths of Nue and Hyde were proof of that. Humanity has always proven itself to constantly win time and again when it looked like they would lose. So, as Salem watched with Avenger, the Queen of Grimm decided to send out a little call elsewhere. One that can change the tide of battle if the Argonauts win while believing they attained absolute victory.

She couldn't wait to see their faces when that happened.

And I'm finally back. After some time doing my anthology series and clearing my head, I can return to doing this story and finishing what I started. Anyway, hope you enjoyed the chapter and leave a review. I'll be updating bi-weekly from here on out. Until Next Time.