Grand Foreigner (Chapters 1- 200)

Chapter 65

Zhuge Liang evaded another attack, then another, and another.

"You play pretty good catch-up ~ woof!" Berserker sounded delighted, an emotion completely unsuitable for the battlefield, "But... Honestly, this game is already starting to bore me..."

Zhuge Liang sent a couple of spells in response, and then retreated.

The situation looked... Pretty bad.

In battle, Zhuge Liang's abilities were... disappointing to say the least - his real strength laid in planning and commanding. Thus, if he had been summoned into the Holy Grail War - he would have a good chance to become a winner - avoiding conflicts, preparing his defenses, and manipulating other Servants and Masters to weaken each other, he could provide himself with very favorable fighting conditions.

Unfortunately - and perhaps fortunately at the same time - Romulus did not use his abilities in this manner, instead forcing Zhuge Liang to fight along with the rest of the Servants on the front line at the behest of his Master. This meant that the most effective aspects of Zhuge Liang's abilities remain unused - and the great commander was forced to show his as not-so-great-warrior side. It was... Sad of course, but on the other hand - who knew what could have happened if Zhuge Liang had instead come under Romulus' sway and contributed to the creation of an attack plan?

"You're open!" Berserker's next blow nearly killed Zhuge Liang, forcing him to fly to the ground, and then roll frantically, bouncing to his feet, to avoid the finishing blow. The ground into which Berserker's little girl's fist impacted rose like water, raising clouds of dust.

"She obviously has some kind of physical enhancement..." - Zhuge Liang automatically deduced - "Monstrous Strength, maybe?"

In any case, his knowledge of the Berserker's capabilities could not help him at the moment. The only reason Berserker was still not able to catch him was because she perceived the battle more as a game than a battle, at the end of which one of the fighters had to die.

Zhuge Liang sent a couple more spells, while doing his best to evade the attacks.

Somewhere nearby, Alexander cried out, after which the clamor of a blade colliding with Lancer's spear almost made Zhuge Liang turn toward Alexander's direction, checking to see if everything was okay with him. Unfortunately, Zhuge Liang doesn't have the chance as he was busy with much more important and dangerous things at the moment...

"Hmm, you won't fight back at all?" - he admits, this glib phrase of Berserker injured Zhuge Liang more than he would like to admit. Yes, he was not a warrior, but he was not so bad, - "You know, I'm seriously running after you here!"

What answer could Zhuge Liang give response? That he was fighting seriously anyway? Or that Berserker was not worth his full strength? Any of the two options led to defeat - the first to the moral, the second to the physical.

"Wow, you are starting to annoy me," Berserker snorted, and then rolled her eyes. "You know, I argued with Eli... Lancer that if I can defeat you, she won't sing for a week!"

Zhuge Liang frowned - Lancer, Eli... He probably knew her...

"And you know, I don't want to lose so easily on this issue!" Berserker smiled, and then leaned forward a little. Under normal conditions, this would mean that she was going to demonstrate a good cutout on her chest, but instead she hung her arms forwars, so that they almost touched the ground, bending her legs a little, which made her pose look like a wild predator, getting ready for the jump.

"A wild tiger goes hunting ~ woof!" Berserker smiled, after which the energy that sharply struck from her body marked the use of a Noble Phantasm, "Opulence of Sun and Shine and Catnap!"