The 13th Labor

I'm sorry, Master. Look what's happened...

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You only meant to exterminate the beasts. Who knew that it would become a fight for survival...

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Even Heracles is wiped out, thanks to him going rampage for three days and nights...

Is this...a labyrinth?

Yep, Fuyuki's underground labyrinth... Where the Massive Cavern located. I'm picking up an odd response at the far end of the labyrinth.

It's either remnants of the Singularity, or a dimensional disturbance. Either way, we can't just ignore it.

We have to eradicate it while its roots are still small. Let's get going right away, Senpai.

And, we fell right into a trap... It's a parting present from Professor Lev, dammit!

Not only there's no singularity here, there's nothing here period. And the way to the exit is packed with enemies.

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.

...! Here they come again! Let's do this, Heracles!

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Haa...haa...

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A-Are you all right?

Yes, we got through it somehow... But at this rate, we'll eventually be wiped out...

I'm not sure I want to say this, but... we aren't completely out of options.

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You know Berserker... I told you about it before, right? Heracles's madness is...

It's not a true "Madness Enhancement." He can be even more powerful...

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You mean, his original "Madness Enhancement"...?

Yes...If we can restore his "Madness Enhancement," there might be...

a way out of this predicament...

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Like I told you before, in order to power up a Heroic Spirit like Heracles using Madness Enhancement,

we need an incredible amount of magical energy... So much is needed, that it would kill an ordinary mage.

Besides, there're many tales of Heracles in his madness. What's more, every time he's enraged, some tragedy occurs as well.

...I'm against doing it. I can't allow you to expose Senpai to such a danger.

But, you've reached your limit, right, Mash...? There's no other way...

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It's easy to accomplish. You simply need to pray for it. You just need to change the original summon chant a little.

Thy body shall be consumed with madness... or something like that.

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This is bad. The enemy's about to unleash their strongest yet. A phantasmal, worse yet, a dragon.

I'm not going to force you to do it. Fujimaru, you have to decide.

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Senpai!!!

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Gaaaaaarrrrrr!

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Incredible...So this is Heracles's true power...

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We're in trouble! Just as I thought! It's impossible to control him! At this rate, Fujimaru, you'll...!

Senpai!!!

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Well, at least you were able to overcome that predicament, and somehow escaped.

Well, you do have a look that says "everything's peachy," but they almost died, right?

At any rate...I'm exhausted...

It's pretty amazing that you were able to control Berserker under those circumstances. You're really quite something.

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So, when you activated the Madness Enhancement, Fujimaru, your energy supply ran out.

Then Berserker also ran out of fuel and stopped moving...

No. Actually, after that, Heracles alone wiped out all the monsters in that area.

I know it's hard to believe, but...

Hmm, so it's possible we still didn't fully activate his "Madness Enhancement?"

No, way! That's crazy... Even a great Heroic Spirit of Olympus couldn't be that incredible, right?

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...(grin)

What? Did Heracles just...?

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Gah!! That scared the heck outta me!