The wyverns come in first as they comes towards them as Nexus lifts up two boulders from the motion of his arms and shoots at the wyverns that easily dodging it. The wyverns throw their wings sharply projecting a gust of air to the black-haired man as Mash and Artoria Alter gets in front of him blocking their attacks and advances to the two wyverns killing them with no problems at all as the Magus waves his hand constructing a stalagmite spear and hurls at the third one impaling through its chest like it was no problem at all.

Once they dealt the wyverns the Berserker Servants comes in next while the others handle them and Nexus engages Berserker Lancer. He took the stalagmite out from the dead wyvern as the Magus somersaults attempting to swing down at Dracula.

He scoffed from his attack to be expected, "For an opponent to display such an obvious attack. I suppose you don't have such tactics that are less predictable."

"I wouldn't be so sure of that, old man." Nexus smirked. "Because the next thing you know where your opponent's next move is…" as he was about to swing down his spear to the vampire as he counters him but vanishes instantaneously. Vlad III widened his eyes as he didn't notice that Nexus was behind him. "Is something that they want you to think." the vampire caught himself off guard as Nexus thrust his spear to Vlad III barely deflecting his attack.

Both spearmen clash their weapons into each other, not letting each of their guard down maneuvering and deflecting each strikes of their spear. Nexus keeps the vampire occupied not to gain some distance away from him as he hastens his pace forcing the Romanian hero on a defensive position from the warrior's strikes making it difficult for him to block as the strikes are coming fast making it overwhelming for the vampire to counter. Every strikes the vampire blocks, another strike hits the other, and another, and another as cuts begins to open from the king's robe, arms, legs, and torso forcing himself to back off.

'Hmm, guess attack speeds wouldn't corner him now that he has covered some distance.' thought Nexus as he didn't foresee this before as the vampire waves his hand and summons the stakes coming after him. 'He summons stakes from the ground!?' he thought acting quickly as Nexus is still in his Earth Mode, he stomps the ground softening in front of him as the stakes starts to lose their stiffness collapsing into each other.

"Hoh, to think that you were able to slow my stakes by softening the ground. For an elementalist, you are quite proficient manipulating the ground." Berserker Lancer remarked impressed by his skills. He is knowledgeable on mages that specializes in elements and his usage of the earth is commendable for the king to acknowledge his skills. "However…" he raises his hand to the man as Nexus senses an unnerved feeling from the ground he's standing at. "No matter how much you shift the earth, it's pointless for you to avoid them since I can summon them anywhere within my range where you are now, commoner."

The stakes starts to sprout from the ground where Nexus is as the Servants handling the Berserkers witnessing where their Master is at.

"Senpai!"

"Master!"

"Nexus!"

"True. I can't seem to avoid those stakes since they spout from the ground at any point to where I'm standing now." Nexus muttered admitted to that conclusion. "However…" as the stakes was about pierce close into his body, they suddenly seized as it starts to turn into stone. "It'd be a thousandfold years for a bunch of sticks to get to me." he stated giving Vlad III a glare to the point where it isn't excessive but gives a calm look of obscurity that makes it disappointing to see such things. He swings his spear breaking the petrified stakes in front of him as he motions his hand stopping the broken chunks sharpening themselves into spiked shards shooting at the vampire.

'He created shards from my stakes?' he thought in surprise as the vampire spins his lance trying to deflect all of the shards but one of them got into his cheeks that got him distracted just like Nexus attempted to jumping airborne. 'Hmph, that again." as he stops for a moment when the black-haired warrior caught something unfamiliar around his spear. Despite being concealed, but there are gusts of wind gathering around the stalagmite compressing itself increasing its pressure. It twists around the spear like a cyclone as Nexus speeds to the vampire as turquoise meets cyan eyes shifted from Nexus propelling his spear. 'He can also use wind!?'

"GALE THRUST!"

Nexus thrusts his spear to the vampire as he defends himself causing the stalagmite to explode in bursts of air propelling the king to the damaged wall shattering through. He groggily gets up from the debris of such an unexpected attack. "Damn, so irritating! To think that you wield not only one but two elements. You're becoming more pestering than I thought."

"Is that so. Well, I was never the type to annoy on people initiatively." Nexus responded twirling his spear resting on his shoulder and wrist. "Also I'm going to put this into consideration. Did you honestly think that I could only wield two elements?"

The Romanian king widened his eyes hearing that remark of what he meant. "It can't be. Are you saying…"

"Well you can take it as a bluff. I honestly wouldn't care about your opinion." Nexus said apathetically as the queen decides to call out for a moment.

"Yes, that's enough talk. As the enemy of this world, we must appease the souls of all those you murdered. Amadeus if you may."

"Of course! Noble Phantasm, Requiem for Death: A Funeral March for the Death God." the male voice said. He had dirty blonde with aquamarine eyes that more likely resembles of a compose wearing elegantly of black gown, purple ribbon hanging down and a fancy hat waving his baton bringing out a gold light with iridescent lines of sheet music around the enemy Servants along with several white, headless, angel-winged orchestras playing a demonic tune that mesmerizing them.

"Oh, what a glorious, evil sound!" Assassin muttered feeling as her mana has been drained from hearing such remorseful songs worse than this.

"Ugh, such pressure!"

"Damn." Jeanne Alter cursed in annoyance seeing that they are all incapitated by the music.

"Alright everyone now's our chance. Everyone fall back!" Nexus called out giving his Servants a nod of acknowledgement.

"Of course. Now then, good day everyone. Au revoir!" Marie said giving her farewells as everyone turned and makes a run for it.

"Hmph. Rider!" Ruler called out.

"What is it?"

"Go after them. Surely you can catch them on your "horse," right?" she interpreted aware of what her "horse" is. "There's no need to fight them. I need you to tell me where they're headed so I could crush them."

The purple haired Servant hesitates briefly but acknowledges her Master's orders unconditionally. "Understood. I assure you I'll catch them." as Rider fled to them summoning her mount.

"Yes."

"Ahh, that awful noise is gone… What a shame." Carmilla said disappointedly barely recovering from that horrible sound. "I wonder if I can make that Servant my pet. I'd stick his head on the phonograph and leave him scream all night." she suggested from that composer.

Vlad III walks up to the white-haired. "…Ruler. Do you think Rider alone is enough to handle them?" he asked to her. "With two other Servants aiming at them, not to mention the Master. It would be difficult if she could fight them on her own." with the numbers have slightly increased it was difficult to kill them much less the Master.

Even though that would be every Servants' weaknesses for their Masters to be exposed encountering an enemy Servant but this one could handle on his own despite having no backup with him. It isn't uncommon for Masters to go to the frontline with their Servants but he was on a completely different level for some typical mage. For a magus like him, he excels at manipulating the elements and is skilled with the spear. But what concerns the Romanian king the most is that what else that Master could do. He doubts that controlling the earth and his spearmanship are the only thing he could do. It's possible that he has more to that witnessing for the enemy Master using wind element against him and no third-rate magic like that would push the king away with such power. Also for the fact hearing those words from the Master, "Did you honestly think that I could only wield two elements?" Could he be bluffing? Probably, but not to him. The way he says it makes it convincing that he isn't bluffing from using earth and then wind. The only that is troubling for him are his other skills so who knows what else he could do.

"It will be fine. Rider's Noble Phantasm is more than enough to destroy them." Jeanne Alter assured. "But you're not wrong, I should be careful. I'll return and prepare to summon additional Servants." as she needs to take reconsideration for the increased number of Servants. Especially for the Master, for him to have exceptional fighting power against Servants she needs for some countermeasure against such a formidable enemy. "Go and do whatever you want. If you happen to find them, slay them. Capturing the Master won't do any good so we're going to need someone strong enough to bring him down. But surely you wouldn't be beaten by some shut-in queen would you?"

"How harsh. I too happened to stay in the castle. No matter Saber, Lancer. If we happen to fight them again, will you let me handle the enemy Rider along with their Master?" Carmilla suggests the two Servants.

"May I ask why?" the Lancer asked for her interpretation to the noble.

"She's the one I wish to slaughter the most. It will be that Marie who will kneel before me." she answered. "I can't let that commoner magus for insulting me. I'll be sure to make him grovel and take his tongue so that he would never provoke me again." this made the two Servants go silent from her reasoning.

"Hm, is there something you would like to object?"

"No, there's no point in me worrying about your inferiority towards her." Saber answered taking it as a remark that is self-centered.

"What did you just say?" the countess furrowed her eyebrows glowing through her mask.

"I too would like to object. Surely, you wouldn't think of taking that magus all on your own, would you? From the looks of it, you were barely holding out on your own being thrown by that stone of his. I intend to combat him once more since I last longer than yours." remarked Vlad III.

"Hoh, I'm surprised coming from the one who got blown away crashing into pieces of rubble full of gashes. It would be an embarrassment for the people who respected you to witness such an insightful manner from a king."

"What?" he sneered narrowing his eyebrows deeply as the two vampires were about to get into each other's throats.

"Stop. I don't care who beats who, the results doesn't change. I leave this in your hands so don't get overboard. Even Anti-Heroes have their dignity so don't end up as mindless murderers." Jeanne Alter advised them summoning her dragon and flew off.

'It's quite unexpected to see that I would see that other "me" so soon. Well, that doesn't matter. She's weak as of now so there's no need to worry about that.' she mused to herself. 'But that Master…" she thought thinking about the black haired magus who witnessed his formidable skills. 'He's strong enough to take down a Servant but I didn't expect that he could much more than that. I'm going to need more Servants enough to handle him. Well it seems like our meeting wasn't disappointing than I thought it would be. I'll be looking forward the next time I see him.' Jeanne Alter amused from the Master as it starts to get even more interested of him for their next encounter. If he could survive, that is.


Once they covered some distance away from them as they're now on the grassy plains they begin to stop.

"Phew. All right, are we safe now?" Marie asked everyone as Mash asks the Doctor for confirmation.

"Doctor?"

"Yes. I'm not detecting them anymore. Although I am picking up leyline readings from the forest over there."

"For now." Nexus interjected cautiously. "I don't see anybody coming over sooner or later. But it doesn't hurt to double-check it." he said using his Telescopic Vision checking to see any hostiles coming towards them as he dissolves his spear returning to his group. "Hmm, guess there's no one at this moment. Well, like Roman mentioned, we should mark the leyline."

"Understood, Senpai. Jeanne? And…Marie?" Mash said trying to get their attention.

"Marie, you say?" the young cheerful queen suddenly turned serious when she heard her name.

Mash startled. "F-Forgive me. That was…"

"That made me so happy! Yes, the way you addressed me was so adorable!" Marie quickly went back to joyfulness for someone to address her without any honorifics. "Please, splendid foreigner! Call me that from now on."

"Uh, yes… Miss Marie or Mademoiselle Marie, perhaps?"

"No, no, that won't do. Just Marie! Like the sheep!"

"Uh, technically that would be "Mary" that ends with a –y, not the –ie, Marie." Nexus interjected.

"Yes, yes, yes! I'm Marie. I love understanding gentlemen. Let me guess, you're very popular with the opposite sex, right?" she inquired.

He chuckles from her question. "Well, you're not wrong about that, majesty." he muttered knowingly not giving any more beyond that as he turns towards his Servant. "Are you holding up alright?" he asked to the Black Saber.

"No problem. My Mana is still intact so I can still keep going, Master." Saber Alter responded calmly.

"Really? Then I suppose that wound of yours are no problem at all?" Nexus mentions the cut on the side of her chest armor even though it was hidden through the dark colors of her armor he could still see the blood even without his eyes.

"It is merely a flesh wound. There's no need for your concerns." she responded coldly not hiding the wound not to let her pride tamper over some wound.

"I see…then.." Nexus didn't want to back down as he grabs her waist bringing closer to him startling the king.

"Fou!?"

"Senpai!?"

"Wha-!?"

"Oh my…"

"Ohoh?" everyone was surprised witnessing a man embracing a woman close to him taking as a romantic moment where there is a mixture of interest and jealousy from the audience.

"Wh-What do you think you're doing, you!?" Saber Alter said angrily blushing catching her off guard from his sudden movement.

"Calm down. You're a king right? I'm sure you're used to being in front of your people."

"This kind of method has never happened to my time. Also, I'm an Alter from the cursed Grail. Such an experience like this has never happened to me."

"Then I guess I should be gentle then." this made everyone's eyes goes wide open in shock of what he said and the composer Servant was getting overly excited interpreting of what the black haired male said.

"What are you saying, you bastard!?"

"Just hold still." he told to Artoria Alter as he put his hand on her wound as it starts to glow in golden light. The hand embracing on her wound felt a warm, gentle aura from the light as the pain ceases her irritation and let go of his hands from her side is completely healed.

"I didn't know that you had healing skills." Black Saber said as she didn't expect her Master for him not only with exceptional fighting skills but also healing skills expecting that it wouldn't do much but leaving a minor cut looking at her wound where it used to be.

"Well that's just one of the adeptness from my skills." Nexus responds to her as she turns to him with two pairs of golden eyes stare into each other for moment until his eyes fades back to black. He releases her once the healing was done.

"That's forward of you to take such a bold move. I presume that you have experience in this considering that you show no discomfort of your actions." she remarked.

He shrugged from this. "Who knows? I probably had relationships that lasted, others longer, and one for the longest. I usually don't put any shame into my actions. Even if I did, then I wouldn't have done that back then by now, wouldn't I?" she scoffs in amusement hearing that response.

"You do realize what comes next, don't you? You won't be getting out of this unscathed. Remember that." she said vowing her words as the King would not be tolerated from such an act and would need to repay the favor.

He sighed dejectively as he admits upon his actions and it'd be pointless to make any excuses now that he had committed a scene that would be unconvincing. "Well, I got no hold on you. Just try not to get too overboard from that, would ya?"

"Hmm, I wouldn't be so sure…" she mused with a smile on her face as Nexus shook his head leaving her the wildest dreams she might think of. He turns back to the group as they expressed a knowing look from his actions. Jeanne witnessed such a sinful action trying to comprehend what happened, Marie had the face of delight seeing the bond between a man and a woman, Mash was pouting out of jealousy as Nexus didn't put any arguments there, and the composer was amused from the scene looking forward to more events that would come.

"H-H-How could you commit such sinful acts, Nexus!? It's shameless! You should confess your sins and be amended!" Jeanne spouted.

"Well I hate to break to you. I'm not much of a religious person and I don't intend on changing it. So I'm going have to decline that." Nexus wave his hands dismissively.

"My, my, for you two had such relationship with each other. My guess was right, you are popular with women." Marie said happily.

"I think that's more of an overstatement there." Nexus protested.

"Senpai! Just what do you think you were doing!? That was too direct!"

"So when should the next act commence?" the black robed composer ushered receiving a smack from the queen to not go into any further subject to that.

"Aaaannnnywayyyy, I heard Roman mentioned a leyline over the forest so let's go check that out." Nexus changes the subject quickly dashing into the forest as the others called out to him following along.

Once Mash established the leyline from her shield and cleared out any monsters brewing around. They marked the safe zone as the newcomers turns to the others. "Now that things have settled down, I'd like to introduce myself again." the young queen insisted as she introduces to herself properly. "My True Name is Marie Antoinette, Class Rider. Unfortunately, I have no idea the reason for me to be summoned since I don't have a Master."

"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Class Caster. I also happened to be the same situation as her. Although I don't I should be summoned since I was never a hero at all." the composer who's dubbed as Amadeus saying his honest thoughts. "I mean I am great, but just one of the many artists. I did apply magecraft in my music, but that's because I was drawn by the demons' sounds."

"I'm Mash Kyrielight, a Demi-Servant." the lilac haired girl introduced herself. "This is my Master, Nexus and my fellow Servant, Artoria Alter." Alter gave a silent nod of greeting and Nexus gave a casual two finger salute.

"And this is-" Mash directed towards Jeanne.

"Jeanne d' Arc, yes?" Marie finished. "The saint who saved. Those who I wished to meet her in my life."

"…I'm, not a saint." Jeanne muttered.

"Yes, everyone knows that's how you see yourself as. But your leading of life was true, and we all know the results. That's why everyone will never forget the name Jeanne d' Arc, and the miracle of Orleans." Marie differed from her statement as Jeanne couldn't think of anything contradictable.

"Well give this girl a Medal of Honor for her preaching." Nexus mumbled sarcastically. "That may be true and all but that doesn't change the fact that Jeanne's life end up branded as a witch and burned at the stake. I guess the queen is optimistic to only view the good parts of yourself."

"Indeed, hers is out of tune." Amadeus chimed in. "She herself is the one who gets hurt when people call her the perfect saint."

"Well it's tough to be someone relied on being bragged about it."

The composer nodded in agreement continuing on. "Of course. Therefore, Maria. You always say something what you want others to hear. Sometimes you need to scold or deny others." he lectured to Marie.

"I-I don't to hear that from you, Amadeus! You already tell me that every day! T-This is what you want, right? You piano-brain! Piece of human garbage!" she shouted like a little child hearing the same thing over and over but never learns. But to learn such languages like that would be really bad for the queen to say that as Nexus takes this in not surprised from her uncanny vocabulary of hers. "You're just a pervert who gets up for musical scales! If you like it so much, then you should be a piano yourself!"

"Hm, I don't know if I should say this, but for you to insult me like that gives me an indescribable feeling." he mused hearing that with a smile.

'You know I'm just not going to comment on that.' Nexus said into his mind hearing that weird statement for a pervert having music fetish to which he may be possibly have a masochistic side. Was he trying to give the girl a lecture to bring out her true colors or is it that he simply enjoys teasing her? Either way, he wouldn't care to think of it anymore throwing his mind out as he shook his head.

"See? You can do it if you try! Give the same treatment to Jeanne."

"What, like give her verbal abuse?" Nexus suggested flatly giving the others a look of shock from what he just said but he didn't retract it.

"Yes! Faster. Stronger. More violent! She should tell all of her flaws as she sees them!"

"Non, that's impossible Amadeus." the queen refused. "Human garbage like you has nothing but flaws. But Jeanne herself has none."

"Guess she puts Jeanne more than you do, Wolfgang. A person who she barely met rather than someone who was with you. A tragic story, indeed." Nexus remarked acting solemnly giving Amadeus looking glum bothered by it. "But for you to say that Jeanne had no flaws then she wouldn't have died from that stake in the first place." they all looked at the black haired man hearing from his rebuttal.

"If you can't give her the same treatment from that human garbage then I'll take your place." Nexus declared.

'I'm also called a human garbage from someone else now!?' Amadeus thought in shock as Nexus walks up to Jeanne facing her. "Jeanne d' Arc, You're a fool." he stated flatly. "You cling to that banner for the words of God believing you could protect everyone without knowing the concept. You may have led your people into with hope but that doesn't change the fact how it ends to battle. War doesn't end in tranquility. Only death. It always has. A saint gives faith to others, they don't go into war and shed blood from those "pure" hands. What kind of saint would bring people to war knowing that they would eventually die? You can bless those that have fallen but those that are attached can't be redeemed whom they lost. You may have saved France but you hadn't saved everyone else. That's what led to your death. You only cling to a dream of a child." after Nexus stated his declaration made the blonde Servant and everyone else stayed silent not giving any arguments to contradict to what was justified.

"…Yes…you're right….I have no excuses for myself." Jeanne responds. "I only held the flag for what I believed in, but I end up staining my hands with blood. I don't regret that. The Inquisition, my own death, I don't regret it at all. It's like you said, I believed in the dreams of a little country girl so I never imagined how high the price of that dream was. I can't simply give them any consolation for their loved ones gone. I never regretted, never did I feel fear. That is my greatest sin. So I don't think being called as a saint would fit a country girl like me."

"Good, cause calling you "Jeanne" makes it easier now."

"Eh?" this made Jeanne confused from hearing Nexus's response.

"If you don't like being called a "saint" then just say so. I'll just call you by your name. Besides, I don't call on people's titles on my conversations. Makes it look like that I was meeting a complete stranger anyway." Nexus said throwing his wrist dismissively. "Or is it just a bother to you?"

"…N-No, it's fine. It feels like it would bring back old memories." Jeanne answered.

"Then it's settled." he looked to the others. "Any objections?"

"No, I think that's wonderful. If I call her Jeanne then she should call me Marie then. If she's Jeanne, and not a saint, then I shall be Marie, and not a queen. Would you call me by my name, Jeanne?"

"Y-Yes. It'll be my pleasure, Marie." Jeanne said happily.

"Yes! I'm happy for that. And I'm also sorry that I push my own views on you. It's like Nexus said, you've lost your own answers about yourself. Just like I have died not knowing what was going on. I honestly want to treat you as a saint, but I'll stop myself!" Marie said willing to give her support to Jeanne as both an ally and a friend. "Isn't that what female friends do, Amadeus?"

"Yeah sure, I suppose. You girls can go eat sweets or something." he answered nonchalantly never knowing what female friends would do considering he's a male.

"We believe in you too. Right, Master, Alter?" Mash asked to the two.

"I don't mind. As long as you walk your path without faltering." Nexus responded leading a knowing nod from Artoria Alter.

"Heh, heh, thank you. That makes me feel better." Jeanne said gratefully.

"That's fine. Now if you'll excuse me. I'm going have to do some cleanup." Nexus declared as he walks towards the moving bush and stomps on the ground shooting the slab of stone off from the ground and shoots at the monster was standing catching it off guard crushing it in the process as the others start to come out now that their plan of ambushed was ruined revealing some skeletons and another creature that seems to be a beast-like humanoid.

"Werewolves, huh? How are they here if there isn't any full moon?" Nexus muttered questionably. 'Well, whatever. It's not like all werewolves would come out in full moon anyway." he commented getting into his combat stance. "Are you prepared?" he asked mentioning everyone else.

"Hmph, what an eyesore. To think that such pathetic creatures would dare to ambush on my Master." Artoria Alter remarked setting her sword into a battle stance. "Let's swat these flies quickly."

"Yes, I am prepared to prevent anyone who dares to harm Senpai."

"Hmm, it seems like we have invited some unwanted guests."

"If they're were unwanted guests then we shouldn't have invited them." Nexus retorts. "Well once we're finished, we'll continue our talk on why we're here." everyone prepares themselves against the enemies.

The first three werewolves engages on Nexus each carrying their own weapons of a club, spear, and a battle axe. The one with the club swings at Nexus as he avoids it coming forward striking the beast's wrist following three punches aiming at its torso causing it to fall down and fade away into a purple mist. 'I wonder if every mob characters did like this.' he thought in wonder as the other two comes behind him which he expects that avoiding the downward slash from the axe sideways and leans back away from the spear thrusting. They deliver another swing at the man trying to overwhelm but he blocks their attacks alternatively having no problems on handling two beasts. He backflips over to the axe werewolf landing behind him pushing him to the other one. Nexus takes that chance dashing with the proper strength and speed from his sidekick launching the two werewolves crashing into the trees dispersing themselves.

While he was fighting them. The others happened to suppress the enemies as Alter and Jeanne were handling the offense, Mash handling the defense, Marie the support, and Amadeus just in the back covering fire from his baton that concludes the mob clearing.

After the clean-up, Mash explained their situations to the two Servants making the young queen a downward cast hearing the bad news. "Now I understand. The whole world, not much France, is in danger. Although it's different, this is the Holy Grail War?"

"I knew something was strange when there aren't any Masters out there. I didn't expect it to be this." Amadeus mused. "Now that there are five Servants against us. There are nine of us including Mash, isn't that a bit too much?"

"Well it's a Singularity. It's discerns all the other rules. What do you expect? Have a dozen maids having a welcoming party with pies?" Nexus said.

"Hmm, that would be an interesting theory…" Amadeus mused in interest.

"Well putting that over, it's not surprising if there are more than seven Servants. Record says at one time there were 15 Servants fought in the war." Mash mentioned.

"Oh you mean the Great Holy Grail War? The one where there are two factions of seven Servants summoned from the Greater Grail along with another one as an overseer, right?" the magus guessed from what she mentioned. "Well that's how it was supposed to be…"

"Y-You know that!?" Jeanne asked shockingly.

"Well there was a record like that. The war was held in Romania but that's just another story to talk about."

"Oh, I get it. We were summoned so that we could defeat them like heroes!' Marie proclaimed excitedly being one of the heroes to fight for the greater good like it's dull fabled delusion that comes from a little child.

"Or maybe you were summoned to destroy the world, vice versa."

"Non, non, non! That's not right, Nexus. I love everybody just like I always have. They wouldn't have summoned me if I never have these feelings to destroy." Marie object.

"Consider yourself lucky then…" Nexus muttered to himself not to go into any arguments from her. She says that she loves everyone but that doesn't mean she could understand everyone. He doesn't want to involve on pure, innocent, naïve people any further as he goes back to his normal voice. "Confidence is good and all. But we're dealing with people that are part-beast, part-gorilla, and part shark enhanced with cybernetics with doses of steroids."

"Ummm….just where did you get that idea, Senpai?" Mash sweat dropped from hearing that erratic remark from Nexus.

"Was that too much?"

"Like he said. We aren't much the fighting type like you are and the numbers matter less than the fact that they're far stronger." Amadeus said bluntly pointing out the reality for them to be someone that can't be fought with singlehandedly. Well, besides Nexus, that is.

"So it's quality over quantity, huh…" Nexus mused in his thoughts. "Vlad III branded as a hero and Carmilla as the murderess…"

"It seems the Servant that resembles Saber knows Marie…" Mash added.

"Yeah it seems that way…Do you happen to know someone who happens to be a knight, Marie?" Nexus asked.

"Hmm, if she knows me then it's probably Chevalier d'Eon. Although, I don't have any proof though." Marie guessed but she couldn't sure if that's the same person or someone that resembles her.

'So you decide to call "her," huh?' he thought from her statement calling "her" from that gender to be anonymous. Well, for Da Vinci, she's an exceptional. She claims herself to be universal and has feminine qualities that are distinguishable so he decides call the artist as a "her." He shook his head. From what Dr. Roman explained hearing that name, Chevalier d'Eon happens to be a spy with Louis XV's intelligence along being as a Dragoon and a diplomat.

"It could be a she, no, a he, maybe?" as Roman was confused about the gender from the French Dragoon.

"Her gender means little, mage from a distant world. She was summoned from a different time, but that splendid face of hers is undeniable."

"I see…it would be wonderful if she would join us…" the doctor muttered glumly.

"Well beggars can't be choosers, dear doctor. You can't always wish for a miracle to happen. We just have to adapt to what we are now." Nexus interjected. "Besides, it's useless to talk to them anyway since they have Madness Enhancements."

"It's probably the Grail's power. Even without an episode of madness, it can give them Berserker traits…"

"We do know that the seven Servants were summoned from the Grail were granted Berserker traits." Nexus reviewed from what they gathered so far. But that leaves to another question. How are these two summoned here but not contracted to any Masters?"

"I could only come up with this. Someone already has the Grail before the Holy Grail War even begun. It's the reversal of causality and perhaps the Grail is resisting. The stronger the opponent, the more powerful the Grail's reaction." Jeanne said that could be a possible theory for that.

"So it has a function to summon enhanced Servants causing it to backfire of an equal force." Nexus said as he could tell the meaning behind that.

"Does that mean…"

"Yeah, it seems that Marie and Amadeus here aren't the only ones summoned by Jeanne Alter." he finished since now that the Grail was used to summon Berserk Servants, that would mean that there are others out there without Masters. Although, they would disappear without their Mana but it could probably be the Grail supplying them for every Servants.

"Then that means I can meet even more people, right?" Marie said excited to see more people like her.

"Well it's not like that they're all friendly there, milady." Nexus interjects. Even that they're summoned, they're independent. They would decide to join us or not from their own accord or they don't want to be involved in this. So we're going have to deal with them eventually."

"More enemies to deal with, huh…" Amadeus muttered stressfully. "But whichever it is, we should start searching for them as soon as we can. Before the other Jeanne finds them."

"That's a start. It's a race against time."

"Yes, I have lost my ability to detect Servants but we must adapt to our current conditions as Nexus said."

"It's not like that you're only one that can be relied on scanning Servants. Although Roman does have a widespread scanner, I also have peripheral vision that can see from the distance."

"Really? How far?"

Nexus put his hand under his chin thinking from the Ruler's question. "So far, I happen to view the outside world more than a thousand kilometers or so. I'm not sure if it's way beyond that."

"Th-thousand kilometers!?" Jeanne stuttered shockingly causing everyone to be surprised from his range of vision. "That's even a hundred times than my radius of detection!" she exclaimed. She couldn't believe from the man's abilities. However, she did witness that he fought against a Servant singlehandedly so that much she knows. It was shocking for her to see a Master to possess such clout against a Servant. At first, she decided to offer him a hand but seeing what she witnessed was unbelievable from his combat prowess. She heard that there were few non-Servants who could fight against a Servant but this was the first time she'd ever witness a magus to handle a Servant.

"I didn't know you had the ability to see through the distance. You're amazing, Senpai."

"It's not something worth praising for." he spoke in a candid manner scratching his head. 'Although I did say that I could see over a thousand meters. But I don't want to freak them out any further than that. For them to be surprised about that…..guess I overdid it now, huh…' he thought to himself as he should keep his powers to conventional means for his clandestine identity.

"Okay you could settle your shocks later but we should settle camp. It's getting late so it's better if we could take some rest for the day." Nexus suggested. "We could all stand guard and watch or we could share trade places if that's better for you."

"Are you sure? You don't feel tired at all?" Mash asked.

"I'm fine. I stayed up on overnights before so there's no need for me to rest." he assured to Mash. Although, he could tell that he has regenerative healing factor that keeps his prime physique and inexhaustible stamina going but he wouldn't cause any disturbance upon hearing that term. Nexus admits that it isn't necessary to tell them but it wouldn't be long before he ends up in a situation where any living beings could die and never come back. He'll just go with it until the situation calls for it.


As night comes in, Mash decides to patrol any possible hostiles around while the others stand guard. Artoria Alter asked Nexus if she could patrol with her. He responded it's alright and he told her that she didn't need permission from her Master. Hearing that response, Artoria Alter suggests if she could sleep with him. But Nexus promptly denies it…..at least not for now…

As both of his Servants leave to patrol, Nexus stands guard next to Jeanne as he notices that she's still putting up a dejected look on her face. "You still feeling bad about what happened?" he asked as if he was inferring to the burning town they had encountered.

"Yes…it is hard to see such a town that brings such memories to suddenly be in flames." Jeanne responded.

"Yes, this era is exactly like it was when you were alive." Marie speaks coming over to them. "It's different than what I feel inside…memories that are still going on."

"Well it's not like all of our memories can relate to our views of it…" he remarked.

"Oh, well in that case why don't we take this time to talk then? That way we can get to know more about each other." Marie broached the topic to the two.

Nexus shook his head. "I'm not into the topic talking about myself. But you can have Jeanne to talk to. If that's okay with you."

"I would love to. We can have a girls' night out, Jeanne!"

"…Excuse me?" uttered Jeanne as she couldn't understand the slang term from what she said.

"It's just a group of females having a conversation with each other. There's no need for you to overthink that." Nexus explained to make her understand from what Marie had just said.

"Oh, is that strange? Both you and I were summoned of our youth so you never get the chance to experience this. I'm in the middle of puberty so I love talking about love and romance!"

"Ahaha…I appreciate the offer, but that's hard for me. All I know is compassion, but not romance." Jeanne said apologetically as she was not into the feeling of romance.

"But you're missing out on life! It's not too late to start so fall in love with someone, Jeanne!" Marie said making it sound like that she's obtruding on her way of life but Jeanne didn't seem to be bothered by it.

"Of course, if I get the chance. Have you fallen in love, Marie?"

"Heheh, of course. I was proposed to a boy from the age of 7, he was my first love. At 14, I fell in love and married a king."

"14!? That's kind of amazing….I was only working and playing around the fields with children in that age." Jeanne said surprisingly.

"Is that even legal? She sure looks the type to be 14…" Nexus commented.

"Now it's your turn!" Marie said mentioning towards Nexus.

He raised his eyebrows dubiously. "I thought you said that it'd be a girls' night out for the both of you."

"Well it wouldn't be much fun if you're just listening to our conversation. So I think it's better for you to join us. Besides, the more, the merrier."

"Oh really? If you're including me then what about Amadeus there?"

"Oh he can stay there, there's nothing for him to talk about other than music. So he can just stay in the woods along drowning in his music sheets." Marie said in a brusque manner abhorrently behind that smile.

"That's quite cruel of you, milady." the composer muttered hearing that comment of his feeling ignominious but doesn't show it bringing out a smile.

"I see."

"So, what was your life like?" Marie asked to the young magus.

"What was my life like, huh…" he muttered solemnly thinking what his life was like. "Well, I could say that I have traveled frequently. No "frequently" wouldn't be the word. Maybe, always."

"Always?" Jeanne asked.

"Yeah, I've traveled place to place, time to time, year by year. It's like my whole life is conventional to travelling."

"Really? It must be so much fun to go wherever you want!" Marie said excitedly from hearing his life of travelling.

"I suppose you could say that…depends on how you live with it…" he said not going to argue from her opinions on that.

"Wait. If you say that you traveled through your whole life. Do you ever think about a home to return to?" the Ruler asked to Nexus.

He down casted his gaze with bangs shadowing his gaze recondite not to show anything that would be simple. "That's…" and suddenly Nexus's jerks his head up detecting presences in his vision and Mash sprouts out from the woods.

"I'm sorry to interrupt you. It appears to be an enemy attack!" Mash warned to the others as they prepped themselves up.

"And Saber Alter?" he asked to Mash.

"She said that she could take care of them on her own and said that I should go on ahead." Mash explained. "I'm worried if she could handle them on her own…"

"I don't think you should brood about her at all. Besides, she wouldn't like it when anybody puts concerns for her." he assured Mash giving an aplomb from that.

"What do you-"

"I have returned, Nexus." Artoria Alter said arriving suddenly cutting off from Mash's questioning.

"Huh?" she said surprised from Saber Alter's abrupt appearance.

"I see that you already took care of them." Nexus said to the Alter Servant.

"Hmph, no problem. Such weaklings were no challenge to me. It's a shame really, I thought I could face someone as substitution for my Master."

"You really are intent on fighting me, aren't you?" he sweatdropped as he sensed more enemies from the distance and one that is more drastic than the others. "There's more coming! And there's one that is way different than them. Possibly a Servant."

"Ehhh!? You just stole what I was about to say!" Roman exclaimed coming through the hologram. (A/N: Yeah, I'm just gonna stick with hologram since it's a lot shorter than communicator in some situations.)

"What a drag. I've also detected it. It's not always a good thing to have good hearing." Amadeus complained. "I hate this sound so much it makes me want to scream."

"So you believe that screaming is better than hearing footsteps that are coming after us?" Nexus asked the obvious question to him.

"Yes."

"Just to give their attention?"

"Yes."

"Even though they're coming towards us?"

"Yes."

"Wow, Amadeus. That is an excellent suggestion." he said sarcastically.

"Yes. And besides, they're far worse than a high-pitched trumpet."

"If it's far worse than a high-trumpet. It's hard to believe that you didn't go deaf from your sensitive ears." Nexus remarked knowingly from Amadeus's sonar detection.

"Well I simply detect any sound waves in the air but I wouldn't go deaf from that, it's more of a pain to me. I became a Servant just for that purpose." Amadeus explained to him. "For example, like the sound when Mash and Marie were sleeping. I enjoyed listening to them both. But not just the sound of you sleeping. I've recorded all the tiny sounds your body in my Wolfgang Recorder!"

Nexus instantly backs off away from hearing that. "Gee Wolfgang, turn your sound fetish down a knot, would you?"

"It is the way that I perceive with the expression of effulgence of every delight! So yes! It is my fetish!" Amadeus said proudly making it look or sound like to be magnanimous but that just creeped out even more to the female Servants.

"A-A sexually harassing Servant!" Mash shrieked.

"I'm sorry, Mash. As his keeper, I apologize." Marie said contrite to her follower's fetish. "But bear with him a little. Without his ears, he's nothing more than a pervert!"

"Disgusting." Artoria Alter spat vehemently.

"What are you people saying? Human beings create filth just by living! Life is filth, and music cleanses it. It's the only thing you could realize by creating true music."

"That's some philosophy you've got there." The magus commented moving back to the situation. "They're coming. You ready?" their weapons (or their stances, whatever you call it) has given their response once the Servant has arrived revealing to be Berserker Rider along with other enemies.

"Hello, everybody. It's a lonely night, isn't it?" she greeted.

"What, like being alone in this night or in general?" Nexus inquired.

"Hah, it's not my fault that I was lonely in the night. The children just ran away from me all because of that racket they were causing and complaining not eating their carrots. If they didn't want to eat carrots then they could just eat from the dirt! If they're going to complain then they should just pick up the spoons and stick it up to their-" before she said anything else she stopped herself preventing anything else that might scar her reputation. "Ahem, oh my, that was a close one. I never thought that this Madness Enhancement would get the best of me. Ohohoho." this made everyone sweatdropped.

"Well, that explains everything…" Nexus confirmed hearing that mood swing of hers.

"…Who are you?" Jeanne asked as she ignores what just happened going back to the subject.

"Who, I wonder…" the Rider said trying to find the right words that could be concedable for this. "I devote myself as a saint, but I ended up being a slave to a broken one. And now, I'm just doing everything I can to get a hold of myself. What a mess this is." she said to herself. "Although, my task was to observe you, but my waning reason whispers that I should test you. You face the Dragon Witch riding the "ultimate dragon." If you cannot surpass me, then there's no way you would reach her."

""Ultimate dragon," huh…" he wondered if there are any dragons that could be superior to anyone else.

"Now then, let us begin." Rider states directing the enemies attacking as Nexus and the others engages them with wyverns and skeletons. Rider then jumps into battle swinging her cross scepter (or staff, or whatever you call it) at the young magus as he x-blocks it above him.

"Out of all the people, you had put down your cross at me. Did I committed a sin for you to retaliate?" Nexus asked holding up the scepter pressing down above him.

"Perhaps, someone who was strong to take on a Servant with a Berserker trait on it. It would be no doubt that you're an imminent threat." Berserker Rider answered.

"Threat enough to take me to your leader?" he smirked.

"Well if you asked to surrender, it would be disappointing but beneficial to bring you to the Dragon Witch as her prisoner."

"Sorry, I don't I got the time being as a slave dog to her. And I don't think she would agree, anyway." to who Nexus is referring to a woman raising her black sword behind the purple-haired Servant swinging down. She jumps off from Saber Alter's strike and Nexus backs off from the impact. She now shoots several shots of magical projectiles at them. Both scattered dodging the projectiles fighting enemies on their way. Nexus is in front of the wyvern as he jumps and kicks the wyvern's torso using it as a springboard to go over the trunks of trees. He jumps over in erratic directions from ledges to ledges as he speeds to the Rider that is still airborne and delivers a side kick. She blocks it with her scepter causing it to push her out on impact skidding towards the ground.

"Not bad, mister magus," Berserk Rider remarked getting up. "But if you still have what it takes to take on her then you have to deal with my dragon! As my True Name is Martha. Now come to me, Iron Dragon Tarasque!"

"Martha… as in Saint Martha!? Be careful, everyone! She once defeated a dragon with nothing but prayers! If what she said is true, then she's-" before Dr. Roman could finish, Berserk Rider or known as Martha summons a giant turtle, spike-shelled beast with a giant head with four horns, six legs, and a long spiked tail resembling a scorpion.

"A dragon rider!"

"Thanks for the heads up, Roman!" Nexus remarked as he could see that. "Although it is hard to call it a dragon. It looks more of a giant beast-like turtle than a dragon. Well, who am I to judge? Not every dragon needs wings and they have their own unique aspects of a dragon. Also, defeated a dragon with prayers. Come on, I doubt most creatures would be "defeated" through preaching. I think I'll be more convinced if she beat that dragon from her fist. I'm sure that'd be her way of "praying" sanctuary." he said talking to himself.

"Now let's see if you're capable of slaying me!" Martha jumps behind the giant beast. "Go!" she swing her scepter like a bat hitting the dragon shooting out to the group.

"THAT'S HOW SHE USES HER DRAGON!? SO SHE DID BEAT IT LIKE THAT!" Nexus exclaimed shockingly from seeing such a beast who could handle that abuse. "If that guy could handle that abuse that must mean it could be tou-" before he could finish he could see the spinning coming close to him as the everyone else gets away from it like any sane person would do. As he got a closer look, he catches the dragon's face in slow motion showing enervation from its domestic abuse. "…or not…" he said feeling sympathy for Tarasque as he holds the spinning dragon as of now that is pushing him. He steadies his ground grabbing hold of the dragon's shell grinding on his hands. Nexus finally caught the spikes stopping it momentarily.

"Sorry to do this to you big guy." he whispered sending his regards as he begins to swing the giant shell around increasing velocity.

"Here comes the rebound!" he yelled getting the amount of force from the spin throwing back at the saint bulldozing every enemies in their path and crashing to the trees piling up. Once the dust dies down, Nexus and the Servants gathered around the fallen Rider as the beast disappeared into magical mist (A/N: What, why don't you come up with a better dispersing effect? Leave some suggestion, if that's what you want.) laying on the ditch motionlessly and coughs knowing that she's alive, for now.

"I see that strength of yours are not to be underestimated….I failed…" Martha said tiredly unable to move with Jeanne concerned of a fellow saint.

"Martha, did you-"

"Hold back? Of course not."

"…Sorry…I…should've used the fastball instead of the curve…" Nexus said flatly disdaining the entire situation of what happened just now.

"Senpai!"

"It's fine, it's fine. I wasn't the ideal type of hit and run method. Also, that I would refrain a massacre." Martha said going along with the young magus's sense of humor.

"I think you could be a good pitcher. The ones that does the throwing, that is."

She chuckles at this. "You're such a rowdy one aren't you? Anyway, I'll tell you one last thing. The dragon is unbeatable controlled by the Dragon Witch. There's a "Dragon Slayer" at the town of Lyon that was once known."

""Once?"" Nexus wondered hearing that in past terms. That would mean that it's been deserted but there's still someone else residing in that town? What reason is for this "Dragon Slayer" to be there? Could he be summoned there? Possibly, but even so, how did Martha know about it? Nexus shook his thoughts on this as it'll come eventually.

"Tarasque, I'm sorry…next time, I hope I'll be summoned properly." Martha says her final regards before dispersing to golden mist.

"…Even Saint Martha can't resist her." Jeanne said solemnly from Martha.

"She'd undergone Madness Enhancement being summoned. It can't be helped." Mash said. "Normally it wouldn't be impossible to talk to her."

"Guess she had that strong faith of hers to keep her sane." Nexus said and scoffs. "I could imagine being a tough woman she is."

"Senpai! You shouldn't say such things like that! Even if she disappeared, she might take offense on that!"

"It was only a compliment, Mash." he protested not showing any guilt at all making the young queen giggle.

"Yes. She's peaceful yet fierce at the same time. I could tell. She is the Iron Saint. A woman like adamantite. A Nexus says, she would solve her fists in the end."

"Yes, a formidable Servant with an iron heart. I would like to witness how she had dealt the dragon in full detail." Artoria Alter mused.

"Well, at least she told us where our next place would be." Nexus said walking away. "Let's get to Lyon." as Saber Alter follows behind.

"Alright, let's get going then." Amadeus agreed walking making the pink-haired Shielder stared at him in shock.

"I'm surprised. I never thought that Amadeus would be the traveling type."

"Oh no, he just loves traveling. He went to many places since he was a child." Marie said.

"Well, it's just I'm used to traveling." Amadeus answered behind.

"You and me both." Nexus said looking forward to the next town, Lyon with the other Servants following behind as to what awaits them.