Flower of Poison, Blade of Iron

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With an idea of the fort being a day to reach, the group had to deal with all sorts of problems. The first to come at them were bandits, the usual kind, but ones that were dealt with all too easily. The more natural issue that came next were the powerful sandstorms brewed, but for the Hassans? This was a benefit rather than a curse. "Child's play. This is a good omen, indeed," Hundred Personas commented.

"Ah, this is your wind amulets. So anything wind-related can be repelled by them. That's useful," Martha commented, not having dealt with much of them in the past, but she was already seeing how useful they were.

"Servants detected up ahead! One is heading the same way you are. The magical energy response is enormous!" Romani quickly pointed out, putting the Hassans mostly on guard, even with the protection from storms they had.

"A Servant!? Is it strong!? An A-ranked Servant?" Hundred Personas questioned.

Romani paused to more accurately gauge it. "What's wrong, Romani? Say it, they are waiting," Olga pushed him.

"Oh, no, sorry! Scratch that! Rather, it's an "interesting" one. How should I describe it... Shiny and fluffy, yet also stocky! It's a colourful Servant, impossible for the Knights of the Round Table!" Romani making sure to add that last bit with emphasis.

'I feel like I have a good idea of who that is?' Keiji thought.

Mash looking to her Master. "Does this ring a bell?" she inquired.

Before they could talk more about it, she was properly screaming for help at this point. "Waaaaaaaaaaah! Heeeeeeeelp! Someone do something! HEEEEEEEELP! I'm not TAAAAAAAAASTYYYYYY!! Oh. Stop. Don't breathe fire or anything. It's hot. All right, the whole thing about my meat being tasty is only a RUUUUUUUMOR! So don't treat me so roughly! Hungry, I am so hungry! Touta is a dummy!"

"This is more annoying than scary at this point," Yu had to mention, finding some decent solace in the fact she can walk close to her husband. Even in the serious situation, it gave a sort of honeymoon vibe. Yu still had full intentions to clear this Singularity as much as possible.

Hundred Personas clutched her fists. "Tch, what a nuisance... But I can't ignore a woman's scream. Curse me for not being cold-blooded Zayd right now!"

"Let me do it. I think I've got a good idea of the idiot who got herself mixed into this mess," Keiji summarised, having a list of questions he'd like to ask her once this mess was resolved.

Cursed Arm tried to reach out to Keiji. "The sandstorms are still strong, how will you navigate?" he asked.

Mana solidified around him, a spinning wave of air surrounding him before Keiji made his own mini sandstorm explode with how much range he travelled to save the damsel in distress. The dimwit in distress sounded more accurate than anything, however.

Raikou gave a little bow with her head. "Thank you for protecting us from that," she told the two Hassans, as they had used their wind amulets to make sure Keiji's explosive burst of speed didn't result in the sand kicked up drowning them.

Mash moved to support him but their own issues came in several Holy City soldiers and the monsters scrambling about in the area. "Now they are getting in the way of us helping Keiji-senpai! Let's break them through!" Mash commanded.

"Now you're talking, kohai!" Yu rushing in and allowing her body to explode against them, clearing large waves and more or less being an Anti-Army Noble Phantasm without care of the damage caused, quickly it became a case of how long could Mash hold out from the destruction that Yu was creating.

Elsewhere, the rabid animals and monsters causing a problem were easy dealt with Keiji. A powerful swipe of his demonic energy wiping them out as Keiji turned and nodded, getting a good idea of the situation when seeing the Servant in question. "So it really was you," he muttered.

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