The last Class Card, Berserker.
The Mirror World where it was located was the rooftop of a building. By the time they arrived there by car, it was already close to 3 AM.
Seeing Naoki, who looked relaxed despite it being repeated many times, Rin still couldn't help but ask: "This is the last one. Are you sure you can still fight? We have two weeks, there's no need to rush like this."
"This is the fifth time you've asked me this question tonight. Why are you so worried about me?"
"After all, this is a continuous battle with Servants. No matter how strong you are, you'll definitely get tired... and besides, don't you have a split personality? If it affects the fight, it'll be dangerous."
Split personality?
Naoki blinked his eyes in confusion: "Split personality? What split personality?"
"Huh? Don't you have a split personality?"
"Where did you hear that?"
Rin pointed at Gray.
Somewhat awkwardly scratching his face, facing Naoki's questioning gaze, Gray leaned closer to his ear and repeated the conversation the others had while he and Manaka were arguing in his mind.
After listening, Naoki also felt somewhat amused. He could understand Gray's thinking, but using split personality as an excuse... Manaka would definitely be angry—no, she was already starting to get angry again. Speaking of which, this girl was really fickle. She was crying sadly before, then suddenly her emotions surged and went silent, and now she was angry again.
Was this what they called a woman's heart being as deep as the ocean? Naoki admitted he didn't understand at all.
"Sorry, Big Brother, I said that... it seems to have troubled you."
"It's okay." Naoki ruffled Gray's hair, then looked at Rin and the others, "Well, this is also Gray's misunderstanding. I don't have a split personality. It's just that after returning from the Root, I sometimes heard strange voices, but it's fine now."
The two Magus immediately frowned upon hearing that.
"After returning from the Root, there are still such side effects?"
"Since there has never been an example of returning from the Root, it's understandable that you wouldn't know... but my gut feeling says you're making up a story?" Rin stared at Naoki with suspicion, "Do you have too many secrets?"
"Without meaning to brag, but my gut feeling is indeed like that." Naoki laughed, "Instead of that, shouldn't we collect the Class Card?"
"Gray, Miyu, please lend your assistance."
Although there were still many doubts about what Naoki said, Rin also knew that everyone had secrets they didn't want others to know. Continuing to ask was also somewhat impolite, and it was true that collecting the Class Card was the most important thing now.
A round magic circle opened, and the light gradually swallowed everyone until a few seconds later, the light disappeared from view, and the group returned to a world with a mirror-like sky.
"It feels... like this place has gotten smaller?"
"After all, this is just the last Class Card. The Mirror World also has limits. If there were many Class Cards inside, it wouldn't be a problem, but now there's only one left, so the space will definitely shrink a lot." Rin explained, "In that case, Natsukawa, we'll leave this to you. We'll retreat to the edge and wait for you to finish the fight."
Watching the four people retreat to the edge of the rooftop, Naoki unconsciously sighed.
'They're self-aware too, huh...'
But this was better. If they were too close, the subsequent fight would easily hit them. After all—
*RUMBLE!*
A violent tremor suddenly came from above.
Looking up at the rooftop not far away, what caught Naoki's eyes was a huge, towering giant whose body looked like it was carved from stone.
Messy black hair, sturdy muscles, armored war skirt, barefoot... the only difference from the figure Naoki knew was that he wasn't holding that weapon that resembled both a greatsword and a giant axe.
Of course, it should be like this here.
"ROAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!"
An angry roar like a beast's suddenly sounded, fierce light appeared in Pseudo-Heracles' chaotic eyes, and as the rooftop beneath his feet shattered, his stone-like body shot towards Naoki like a fired bullet!
It was a speed even faster than Saber and Rider. Ordinary human eyes wouldn't be able to follow it—but at least, Naoki could.
*BAM!*
The sound of a heavy impact echoed on the rooftop. Retreating three or four steps, Naoki shook his hand, which felt somewhat numb: "Using Reinforcement Magecraft isn't enough? Directly competing in strength isn't a good choice, then..."
A storm wind blew, and four powerful tornado pillars suddenly appeared around Pseudo-Heracles, instantly enclosing him within. As Naoki's hands joined together, the wind pillars directly began to tear his body apart from the inside.
Although Heracles' Noble Phantasm, Twelve Labors, could allow him to ignore all attacks below rank B, he was now just a shadow manifested by a Class Card, so it was clearly impossible to have the original effect. Therefore, even the physical attacks caused by the storm wind were enough to tear his body.
*THUD!* *THUD!* *THUD!*
The continuous sound of tearing and slashing mixed with the storm wind echoed. Pseudo-Heracles looked like he was inside a meat grinder. As the wind pillars continued to press and shrink, his sturdy body was visibly decreasing.
However, just after most of his body was torn apart by the storm wind, Pseudo-Heracles' body actually emitted a red light like glowing iron, and red mist billowed out from his body like steam.
Then—
*BANG!*
His two sturdy arms suddenly stretched out, and the four wind pillars that were pressing his body directly shattered into pieces in an instant. The storm wind suddenly surged!
Naoki raised his hand to block the storm wind: "Once the first life is lost, eleven resurrections remain. In addition, it seems he has gained resistance to slashing attacks and Wind Magecraft."
After receiving a certain type of damage, he could make that type of damage ineffective, and the resurrection ability that allowed him to come back to life after death, plus immunity to attacks below a certain level earlier—this was the entirety of Twelve Labors.
A Noble Phantasm that was almost invincible in a one-on-one fight.
But, it wasn't like Naoki had no way to deal with it.
*THUD!* *THUD!* *THUD!*
Hundreds of stone spears pierced out without warning from the floor beneath Pseudo-Heracles.
*THUMP!*
As both his feet were pierced by stone spears, Pseudo-Heracles instantly jumped on the spot trying to avoid, but even though his jumping height and reaction speed had reached a level unattainable by humans, there was still something that could reach his height.
And again, he himself carried it in the past.
Countless small stones were lifted due to the hard stomp. Although they couldn't really keep up with Pseudo-Heracles, if calculated by attack range—it was more than enough.
*THUD!*
The countless small stones suddenly turned into countless stone spears. Pseudo-Heracles, who was in the air, had absolutely no way to avoid in this situation, and in an instant, he was pierced like a hedgehog.
'Twice, ten times remaining.'