Heracles
Oath of Hercules
Mash:
Master! This is bad!
The nearby village is being attacked by wild beasts!
Dr. Roman:
And it happened quite suddenly, it seems.
Are you awake, Fujimaru?
Fujimaru 1:
We must hurry to that village!
Fujimaru 2:
Let's go, Berserker!
Heracles:
—!
Dr. Roman:
I'm not sure that Berserker is well suited for rescue efforts. I hope it will be all right...the village, I mean...
Mash:
Not just the fields are being destroyed, the buildings are as well... Doctor! Get us details on the enemy!
Dr. Roman:
I am, already! What? Whoa! Their numbers are incredible! It's completely surrounded!
Mash:
Master, we'll just have to take them out as we see them!
Fujimaru 1:
You got it! Let's do this!
Fujimaru 2:
I'm counting on you, Berserker!
Heracles:–!!
--BATTLE--:
Mash:
Nice work! We're done on this side.
Oh, no! That girl!
Girl:
Waaaah! ...Mommyyyyy!
Heracles:–!!
Dr. Roman:
This is going to be bad! Berserker doesn't see the child! You've got to stop him somehow!
Heracles:–!!
Girl:
Waaaah!
Fujimaru 1:
Halt, Heracles!
Fujimaru 2:
Stop right there!
Heracles:–!!
Dr. Roman:
I-I'm so scared, I can't look directly into the monitor...
Fujimaru, was the girl...?
Mash:
No, Doctor. She's all right.
He's going after what's behind her!
Werebeast:
Gyarrrh!
Girl:
Waaaah!
That scared meeee...
Mash:
Now, now. It's all right.
Run off somewhere safe, all right?
Dr. Roman:
...Whew!
Thank goodness the girl is fine.
Dr. Roman:
Oh, that's right! Berserker must be directing his hostility toward large foes first. That's why he—
Mash:
Doctor, how many survivors are left?
Dr. Roman:
Oh, man! We're surrounded by enemies!
You're in an even worse situation than before!
Fujimaru 1:
Then let's go nuts!
Fujimaru 2:
Crush them, Berserker!
--BATTLE--:
Heracles:
...
Dr. Roman:
Oh, Fujimaru, I figured out why Berserker did what he did earlier.
Mash:
...Earlier?
Oh, you mean when that girl was spared by Heracles.
Dr. Roman:
Yes, that. I thought there was something odd about it, so I did some digging and found out the Madness Enhancement on Heracles,
Dr. Roman:
is actually rather weak.
It leaves a tiny bit of his reasoning intact.
Dr. Roman:
So, earlier, thanks to that bit of reasoning, he didn't attack the girl.
Heracles:
...
Mash:
Oh, I see. But why is Heracles's Madness Enhancement so weak?
Dr. Roman:
Well, that's because Madness Enhancement was originally a skill meant to forcefully strengthen weak Servants.
Dr. Roman:
But when it comes to a Servant like Heracles, driving him mad consumes massive amounts of magical energy.
Dr. Roman:
In other words, the Madness Enhancement level is reduced, enabling him to manifest by using less energy.
Dr. Roman:
Anyway, the fact that you don't have that much magical energy, Fujimaru, also plays a role in that.
Mash:
You mean to say, Heracles's current status is much weaker than what he could've been?
Dr. Roman:
But even at that, it's far stronger than most Heroic Spirits.
Dr. Roman:
Rather, I am kind of scared to find out what he could've been.
Fujimaru 1:
Well, I see...
Fujimaru 2:
So, he'd be even stronger than now.
Heracles:
...
Mash:
...
Mash:
...But I'm sure that even at Heracles's original state of madness, that girl still would have been safe.
Dr. Roman:
No, no. I really doubt that.
He's a Berserker, you know. A Berserker!
Fujimaru 1:
You're right. I'm sure of it too.
Fujimaru 2:
Heracles wouldn't do that.
Dr. Roman:
I'm not so sure about that...
Mash:
Yes, for sure...!
Heracles:
...
The 13th Labor
Mash:
I'm sorry, Master.
Look what's happened...
Fujimaru 1:
It's not your fault, Mash.
Fujimaru 2:
Now is when things get good!
Dr. Roman:
You only meant to exterminate the beasts. Who knew that it would become a fight for survival...
Heracles:
...
Dr. Roman:
Even Heracles is wiped out, thanks to him going rampage for three days and nights...
Mash:
Is this...a labyrinth?
Dr. Roman:
Yep, Fuyuki's underground labyrinth... Where the Massive Cavern located. I'm picking up an odd response at the far end of the labyrinth.
Dr. Roman:
It's either remnants of the Singularity, or a dimensional disturbance. Either way, we can't just ignore it.
Mash:
We have to eradicate it while its roots are still small.
Let's get going right away, Senpai.
Dr. Roman:
And, we fell right into a trap...
It's a parting present from Professor Lev, dammit!
Dr. Roman:
Not only there's no singularity here, there's nothing here period. And the way to the exit is packed with enemies.
Dr. Roman:
And it looks like you're being trapped inside a magical dimension, keeping the communication up is the best I can do, let along interfering.
Mash:
...!
Here they come again! Let's do this, Heracles!
Heracles:
–!!
--BATTLE--:
Mash:
Haa...haa...
Heracles:
...
Dr. Roman:
A-Are you all right?
Mash:
Yes, we got through it somehow...
But at this rate, we'll eventually be wiped out...
Dr. Roman:
I'm not sure I want to say this, but...
we aren't completely out of options.
Fujimaru 1:
What is it?
Fujimaru 2:
Tell us.
Dr. Roman:
You know Berserker... I told you about it before, right? Heracles's madness is...
Dr. Roman:
It's not a true "Madness Enhancement."
He can be even more powerful...
Heracles:
...
Mash:
You mean, his original "Madness Enhancement"...?
Dr. Roman:
Yes...If we can restore his "Madness Enhancement,"
there might be...
Dr. Roman:
a way out of this predicament...
Fujimaru 1:
All right! Let's do it!
Fujimaru 2:
But it seems like there's some problem with it, right?
Dr. Roman:
Like I told you before, in order to power up a Heroic Spirit like Heracles using Madness Enhancement,
Dr. Roman:
we need an incredible amount of magical energy...
So much is needed, that it would kill an ordinary mage.
Dr. Roman:
Besides, there're many tales of Heracles in his madness. What's more, every time he's enraged, some tragedy occurs as well.
Mash:
...I'm against doing it.
I can't allow you to expose Senpai to such a danger.
Dr. Roman:
But, you've reached your limit, right, Mash...?
There's no other way...
Heracles:
...
Fujimaru 1:
All right! Let's do it!
Fujimaru 2:
We're never making it out anyway!
Mash:
...
Fujimaru 1:
So, how do I do this?
Fujimaru 2:
Tell me how to do it.
Dr. Roman:
It's easy to accomplish. You simply need to pray for it. You just need to change the original summon chant a little.
Dr. Roman:
–Thy body shall be consumed with madness...
or something like that.
Heracles:
...
Dr. Roman:
This is bad. The enemy's about to unleash their strongest yet. A phantasmal, worse yet, a dragon.
Dr. Roman:
I'm not going to force you to do it.
Fujimaru, you have to decide.
Heracles:
...
Fujimaru 1:
...Thy body shall be consumed with madness!
Mash:
Senpai!!!
Heracles:
...!!
Dragon:
Gaaaaaarrrrrr!
Heracles:–!!!!!
--BATTLE--:
Mash:
Incredible...So this is Heracles's true power...
Heracles:–!!
Dr. Roman:
We're in trouble! Just as I thought! It's impossible to control him! At this rate, Fujimaru, you'll...!
Mash:
Senpai!!!
Heracles:
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Fujimaru 2:
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Dr. Roman:
Well, at least you were able to overcome that predicament, and somehow escaped.
Da Vinci:
Well, you do have a look that says "everything's peachy," but they almost died, right?
Mash:
At any rate...I'm exhausted...
Dr. Roman:
It's pretty amazing that you were able to control Berserker under those circumstances. You're really quite something.
Fujimaru 1:
Well, hardly...I mean, later I...
Fujimaru 2:
To be honest, I fainted.
Dr. Roman:
So, when you activated the Madness Enhancement,
Fujimaru, your energy supply ran out.
Dr. Roman:
Then Berserker also ran out of fuel and stopped moving...
Mash:
No. Actually, after that, Heracles alone wiped out all the monsters in that area.
Mash:
I know it's hard to believe, but...
Dr. Roman:
Hmm, so it's possible we still didn't fully activate his "Madness Enhancement?"
Dr. Roman:
No, way! That's crazy... Even a great Heroic Spirit of Olympus couldn't be that incredible, right?
Fujimaru 1:
Who's to say?
Fujimaru 2:
At any rate, it was a big help.
Heracles:
...(grin)
Mash:
What?
Did Heracles just...?
Heracles:–!!
Dr. Roman:
Gah!!
That scared the heck outta me!