Grand Foreigner (Chapters 1- 200)

Chapter 116

Medusa exhaled slowly through her nose, concentrating on her opponent's every move.

Alice, or at least a Servant who chose to use that name, looked at Medusa almost emotionlessly. Like a porcelain doll simply artfully imitating human movements without any of the emotions. And although Alice could clearly use her powers to end Medusa - or at least Alice herself might think so - instead of taking any action, she only continued to silently watch Medusa deal with the Trump Soldiers who attacked Medusa incessantly...

Medusa dodged another sweeping movement of a spear. An attack that although an ordinary person would say was performed quite professionally, for a Servant like Rider it was nothing more than a hesitant attack by a novice holding a spear for the second time in his life. With a flick of her wrist, one of her blades pierced through the soldier's card-shaped body, punching a hole in the paper-like figure of the golem. Only Medusa's deft handling of her blade prevented it from travelling further, it seems almost like the golem was indeed made of paper.

The Trump Soldier, who had lost what counts for its head, which in this case is the 'face' of the card, did not fall to the ground. As Medusa dodged the attacks of the other Trump Soldiers, she could see the hole that she had punctured through slowly healing, after a while it was as if there was never a hole in the first place.

After Fran retreated, Alice tried to use five Trump Soldiers to defeat Medusa. However, Medusa had easily dealt with them or rather, incapacitate them quickly enough to leave Alice vulnerable. A situation which forced Alice to create more and more soldiers - resulting in the entire small street to almost be completely jam-packed with Trump Soldiers.

While Medusa could easily deal with even such a large number of weak enemies, at the rate the fight is going, she would lose. Despite the fact that the Trump Soldiers could not hurt Medusa and were themselves weak opponents for Servants, they had an ability that would put Medusa in a losing position.

Regeneration.

Alice's card soldiers regenerated any wounds inflicted on them with ease, regaining their original appearance in just five or ten seconds. Although it might be possible that they were damaged in some way after each regeneration, it is impossible to ascertain because they continued to move and fight just as they were before. And worst of all, unlike Medusa, the Trump Soldiers seemed completely unaware of fatigue.

Well, even within all that, it would still take days for Medusa to show any loss of ability from fatigue alone, if such a thing is even possible to happen to Medusa in the first place. With the unceasing font of Mana that is Ainz, it is unlikely that such a thing could happen.

Still, the way the Trump Soldiers unceasingly charged even when they were being torn to pieces was quite... Intimidating.

In the end, the Trump Soldiers were summoned magical creatures - their summoning and upkeep needed the user's mana - as their regeneration also would probably exacerbate the Mana usage. In the end, a few dozen Trump Soldiers, even if they were weak, with their regeneration, would use as much Mana comparable to using a Noble Phantasm. A low-ranking one, of course.

But the very fact that their cost could be so easily supported in reality, without even a regard should one of them be torn to pieces... Was pretty scary.

At least it would appear so, if Medusa could not see the figure of Alice, hmm... Quite ironic - right through. Though the fact Alice herself did not pay attention to the waste of mana... could only mean that she is a Caster Class Servant.

In the end, if the battle comes down to a simple exchange of blows, and she couldn't get to Alice, then Medusa will lose. Even with Ainz's support and even if she asks Ainz to remove her Mana limits - all she can achieve is a stalemate...