Truthfully, Ren Kurose had no idea how he was supposed to fight.
When he had devoured stars before, that had been Yomagn’tho’s instinct.
It wasn’t like he could simply eat Cú Chulainn now, right?
That said, Cú Chulainn had already launched his attack.
Despite being summoned in the Caster Class, the guy still preferred close combat.
Staff in hand, he charged straight at Ren Kurose, apparently intending to knock him unconscious with it.
He was ridiculously aggressive.
Of course, it wasn’t as though he had completely ignored magecraft.
Cú Chulainn was using Rune Magecraft to support himself.
If his opponent had been another Servant, he certainly wouldn’t have fought like this.
But in Cú Chulainn’s mind, Ren Kurose was merely a Heroic Spirit from the modern era.
He saw absolutely nothing wrong with approaching the fight this way.
Until he fought someone like Li Shuwen or encountered a Heroic Spirit on Tesla’s level, Cú Chulainn probably wouldn’t learn to be more cautious around modern Heroic Spirits.
Faced with his charge, Ren Kurose could only respond according to instinct.
After all, he was an avatar of Yomagn’tho.
Naturally, his abilities were related to Yomagn’tho’s flames that could burn everything away.
Cú Chulainn’s eyes sharpened.
Flames suddenly erupted across Ren Kurose’s entire body.
At the same time, a mark gradually appeared on his forehead— a pattern resembling three blazing flower petals.
The instant that mark appeared, even Cú Chulainn, a Heroic Spirit, felt his consciousness blur.
There was something incredibly strange about that pattern.
Gudako and Mash, who were watching the battle from the side, were also slightly affected.
“Mash…
why do I suddenly feel a little dizzy?”
Gudako asked.
Mash hurriedly supported her.
“I feel it too.
Senpai, are you all right?”
Gudako steadied herself.
“I’m fine.
I can handle it.”
On the other side, Cú Chulainn, who was directly confronting Yomagn’tho Ren Kurose, was affected far more severely.
Having manifested as a Caster, his Magic Resistance was relatively low.
As a result, he simply couldn’t shrug off the mental influence produced by directly facing Yomagn’tho’s power.
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Cú Chulainn, who had originally been charging toward Ren Kurose, abruptly stopped in place.
However, his combat instincts still reacted immediately.
He hurriedly activated one of his abilities—
Disengage.
It was an ability that allowed him to instantly break away from battle.
Cú Chulainn quickly recovered from his daze and immediately opened up the distance between them.
“You bastard…
so you’re a mental-type mage?”
Cú Chulainn was genuinely surprised.
A mage capable of affecting even him mentally was nothing to scoff at.
He admitted that he had underestimated Ren Kurose.
But now— he was going to get serious.
Holding his staff, Cú Chulainn began chanting.
Runes manifested in front of him.
The next instant, an enormous wave of flames surged toward Ren Kurose.
But Ren Kurose didn’t react at all.
The moment the three-petaled flame mark appeared on his forehead— the existence standing here was Yomagn’tho.
Cú Chulainn’s flames struck Yomagn’tho Ren Kurose dead-on.
And then— they were completely absorbed.
Compared to the flames generated by a star, the fire produced by Rune Magecraft was simply far too weak.
“My turn.”
At this moment, Yomagn’tho Ren Kurose wore a somewhat sinister smile.
The instant those words left his mouth, Cú Chulainn suddenly felt intense heat coming from his own body.
He lowered his head.
At some point— his body had caught fire.
Cú Chulainn’s expression changed drastically.
He immediately tried to defend himself with Rune Magecraft.
Unfortunately— it was completely useless.
With Cú Chulainn at the center, flames erupted outward in an instant.
Fortunately, Ren Kurose confined them to a specific area.
Cú Chulainn felt as though he were being roasted alive.
Even worse— his Saint Graph seemed to be burning as well.
At that point, Mash finally realized that something was seriously wrong.
“Huh?
Cú Chulainn’s Saint Graph is rapidly disappearing!”
“Could it be—Ren Kurose-senpai, please stop!”
Gudako was even more decisive.
“Ren Kurose, stop!”
Hearing Gudako’s voice, Yomagn’tho Ren Kurose slowly turned his head and looked at her.
It was only a single glance.
Yet Gudako almost lost consciousness.
Still, through sheer determination, she somehow managed to remain standing.
The Determination of Steel EX that Gudako would later display in Uruk was already beginning to show itself even now.
This was Yomagn’tho Ren Kurose’s first real battle against a Servant.
He hadn’t been able to control his strength properly, and things had indeed gone somewhat too far.
So Yomagn’tho Ren Kurose hurriedly withdrew his power.
The three-petaled flame mark on his forehead faded away.
Only then did Cú Chulainn’s Saint Graph stop disintegrating.
Mash immediately contacted Da Vinci and asked her to come over to treat Cú Chulainn and repair his Saint Graph.
As for the magecraft lesson Cú Chulainn had originally planned to give Gudako?
Naturally— it was canceled.
This brief exchange also gave Ren Kurose a much deeper understanding of Yomagn’tho’s power.
A Servant on Cú Chulainn’s level simply had no way to resist the abilities of this avatar.
Those flames could burn away everything.
Ren Kurose couldn’t help wondering how they compared with the flames Goetia used to incinerate Human Order.
You burn Human Order.
I burn dimensions.
Seems like I’m still a little stronger.
That was what Yomagn’tho Ren Kurose thought.
This spar also left quite an impression on Cú Chulainn.
In fact, the next time he saw Ren Kurose, the first thing out of his mouth was—
“You bastard!
There’s no way you’re a Heroic Spirit from the modern era!”