Totally Epic Battle in Simulator

"Roland, use [Trash]!"

"Bradamante, [Withdraw]!"

Two figures from French legend exchanged blows fiercely in front of you. Bradamante parried Roland's herculean strike to the side and jumped back to you.

Chaldea Base, simulation room, open plain field setting. You and Ritsuka had been summoned here after breakfast to test the battle power and compatibility of your Servants.

"Fuhahaha! How long has it been since we spar like this, Bradamante?" Roland grinned and lifted his sword back from the crater his attack left. "The speed of your spear, the robustness of your shield, the nimbleness of your footwork, none of them have degraded even through the years."

"I should say the same, Roland. Your power is unmatched as always." Bradamante replied with a smile. "As expected of our leader, I suppose."

You calmly observed the situation as the two Servants conversed.

Bradamante had managed to land numerous blows on Roland while he hadn't connected a single strike. However, judging by how the nudist knight was still grinning carefreely while your servant's breathing was slightly getting shorter, it was obvious who held the upper hand in this fight.

You didn't know whether they were equal in life or not, but here, as Servants, Roland was better in pure stats compared to Bradamante. She might be more agile, but Roland was physically stronger, and believe it or not, he also had better luck. Not only that, this guy was skilled. From how he acted, you had expected him to be a muscle head, but no. This guy was cool headed and his technique was sound as well. If Bradamante fought him ten times, she would lose nine of them.

If you wanted to win this friendly spar against Ritsuka and Roland, then you needed to step in. To bridge the gap of strength between Servants was the job of a Master, after all.

Time to use your stratagem.

"Bradamante, kick up a storm. Get the enemy's attention and keep him busy for a minute. I will give you the opening you need to land one good strike. Build up your strength until then"

"Understood Master! Leave it to me!" She accepted your order without complain or question. This was the perk of having a good relationship with your Servant. You saw Bradamante took of, leaving guts of wind in her wake.

"Hoho, Master, it seems that Mr. John is planning something." Roland obviously heard your order to Bradamante. As expected, a Servant wouldn't let something like this get pass them. "Should we implement our combo as well?"

"Might as well!" Ritsuka grinned and pointed at Roland. "[Instant Enhancement]!"

Reinforcement type support magecraft? That was one of the three spell contained in Chaldea's Standard Mystic Code. Roland's already absurd stat was boosted even more with Ritsuka's spell.

You needed to even up the scale.

"Bradamante, [Reaction Reinforcement]." You activated your own mystic code, reinforcing Bradamante's agility and reaction speed. Bradamante's figure disappeared from your sight as she sped up. What was her current speed? Mach 1?

"You want to decide this in one strike, Bradamante!? Then I shall give you the courtesy of doing the same!" Roland roared and entered a proper stance. This one was probably optimized for counter. "Come, my comrade!"

Roland wanted to wrap this up with a honorable duel. As expected of a proper knight, even if he was a nudist.

Too bad, for you chivalry was already long dead. You raised your hand and snapped your fingers.

"Hmm!?" Roland must have noticed it. You have just changed his surrounding a little.

"Roland, I will give you a friendly tip." You called out to him. "I have signaled someone to modify the simulator a little." Yes, you had ordered Da Vinci to help you with this spar in exchange for giving her permission to climax after this. "Right now under your feet,"

You could see Roland and Ritsuka looked down to see your modification. Their eyes widen in an instant at registering the thing under Roland's right foot.

"Is the only copy of limited porno mag featuring Altria Alter from Singularity F."

Roland's reaction was instantaneous. He lifted his foot in panic, not wanting to damage the priceless treasure, and at that instant his only weakness was exposed to the open air.

His sole.

It hadn't take a lot of time to study up the story of Roland. "Orlando Furioso," the Madness of Roland was a famous Italian poem which told the story of Roland's episode of madness after he fell in love with Angelica, the Princess of Cathay. There were a lot of absurd episode like him and Astolfo riding a chariot to the moon to regain his sanity and such, but the part that matters to you was about his weakness.

Once, when he had lost his wits completely, he had struck the sole of his feet against a rock in frenzy. That episode of his was immortalized and carried to his heroic spirit form as a fatal weakness. Thus, even though he had near invulnerable body thanks to his A+ endurance along with his Personal Skill: [Adamantine Body], as a heroic spirit, his sole remained weak to most attack.

There was no way Bradamante would let this chance go by. Your Servant appeared at Roland's unguarded side in an instant, her fist aimed at Roland's exposed sole.

All according to keikaku. (TL note: Keikaku means plan.)

"What!?"

"HYAHH!!!"

Roland tried to block her attack with his sword, but thanks to his previous stance of raising one foot, he lost his balance instead. Fully unimpeded now, Bradamante's fist struck true.

"Guaggh!!!" Roland was blown back. His armored body spun and gauged the ground before coming to a stop a couple of meters away. A moment later, a shrill alarm rang throughout the surrounding and an announcement played out.

"BATTLE OVER! Winner: Master John & Bradamante Pair!"

"Yay! I finally win against Roland!" Bradamante hopped on her feet and cheered.

You walked up to Bradamante as she celebrated her victory. "That's right. Good job, Bradamante. It is thanks to you not giving Roland a chance to recover. Thank you for trusting my plan."

"No, no, it's thanks to you, Master." She grasped your hands and shook it excitedly. "Without your plan, I won't achieve victory like this."

"Yeah, sorry about that." You chuckled at Bradamante's confused expression. "You are a knight, so a victory through straight battle is the thing that you want, right? I am sorry I still can't give you that."

"Aww, Master!" She beamed. "It's okay! After this, let's do lots of enhancement! I will become stronger and we will have a proper battle with Roland again!"

"Right." You gave her a supportive smile. There were a lot of things you had planned for Bradamante. You really looked forward to it.

"Roland!!!"

The two of you turned your attention to Ritsuka who was kneeling beside Roland downed body, shouting out his name. You and Bradamante walked up to the pair and glanced down at Roland's body.

"Roland! Please, don't go into the light!" Ritsuka cried.

"Master, I am sorry I cannot secure you a victory, as your Servant it was a shameful display, but..." Roland said softly before closing his eyes. There, secured in his hands, was the porno magazine of Altria Alter.

He smiled. "As a man, I am glad... That I didn't lost sight of the most... important thing."

You felt your eyes heating up. Damn. Roland might be a pervert, but he was the manliest pervert among countless degenerate. You raised your hand in salute. Bradamante sobbed and did the same beside you.

"Roland? Roland!? ROLAND!?" Ritsuka shook his body, but Roland remained unresponsive. She turned to the simulated sky and wailed. "NOOOO!!!"

"Okay, enough drama. If you don't have anything else to do, please log out and reconvene at the command room, all of you." Dr. Roman's voice boomed out in the surrounding.

""Yesss~""

All of you, including the downed Roland, saluted in acknowledgement at Dr. Roman's order.