>>530288
That
curse part of the translation has been subject of discussion but it isn't like I know japanese to know if it's accurate or not.
At very least Apo exposes she got the Battle Continuation for scoring a hit after being impaled.
I know I'm biased but I value a lot this sort of stuff like that moment she clashed and Artoria lost Excalibur.
But yeah, I know all I said are essentially a bunch of conditionals. If anything there went different like firing either NP in distance, it would have been sure death with no retribution.
>>530320
The Siegfried VS Karna is weird cause the narration implies on their skills both of them can actually eventually succeed in dealing serious damage to the other in spite of the armor (though since they were so evenly matched it isn't like the opportunity to that would arrive). I see Siegfried having a better short at victory if he captalized on that for stalling. I take that fight they had early night to dawn as show either of them need the element of chance to get the advantage. Karna does have more offensive options but we don't know when Sieg fought and Balmung got blocked by Prana Burst+Armor more on that, specially since when Sieg fought Mordred the narration notes Balmung spreads on range. At very least, Traum showed Siegfried can do similar defensive feats (against Tametomo it's was the situation Karna faced with sequential NPs, to the point Siegfried deals with the first 2 nearly the same using Balmung first then Swordsmanship+Armor on the second, he muses that he wanted to jump away before the third before having to tank out of need whereas Karna opted to the former and cast Vasavi Shakti), Traum also shows with an opponent (Kriemhild) hitting twice as strong, twice as fast and twice the blows he could still hold his own for some time.
I think Clarent Blood Arthur being specifically a straight line is important here, blocking 1/10th of a spread semi-circle with Prana Burst spear is feasible, but a straight line means if Mordred fought Karna it would be the entire beam. Well, she'd have to still deal with the other NPs like Brahmastra and her swordsmanship shouldn't come any close to Karna's spearmanship though unfortunately so it'd be basically betting on Mana Burst jet mobility to get any opening here
I got no answer on Siegfried VS Achilles, he is basically gated by the Divinity check. I do feel he could handle most of Achilles could throw at him except the Shield NP but it isn't like we saw how the offensive version of the usage works.
I feel Mordred wouldn't be able to do much here either aside spam Instinct. I don't record if Clarent is anything important as a Divine Construct to bypass the invulnerability and she sure as hell isn't scoring the heel shot. London does show she would flee and regroup in face of an enemy she can't deal with so I assume this is what she'd do than try her chances with actual invincibility
Karna VS Vlad is one I see depending on how much either of them would have have worked after that bout they had. Karna did heal from the internal impalation but it's also noted it was the first time in the war he took significant damage. Whereas Vlad's sole wound in that fight was the blow he received right after when Karna healed. The narration notes Karna wanted to take advantage of that situation ASAP and fire an NP then for that (Spartacus suicide bombing interrupts the battle around here but the manga actually continues with Karna firing Bramastra but either missing or Vlad dodging the full blow).
What I mean is the Internal Impalation wasn't a sure kill, but whatever NP Karna intended to fire wouldn't necessarily connect as intended. If Karna gets another opening and fires a well-aimed NP, he wins, but conversely, if Vlad scores enough internal impalations the healing shouldn't keep up since we know there is a limit, the limit IS pretty deep though. And both of them would know what the other can do from this point onwards.
All that I said and most I can imagine Mordred doing is that move she did in London that she used Clarent to burn off the fog, but Karna still got thousands of stakes grazed through his armor, I imagine her armor and herself would be pierced far before a chance to reach Vlad arrived. She'd have to bet all in a single Mana Burst jet propulsion like the one she did against Semiramis
As for Vlad and Achilles, I see it as a similar situation of Siegfried. Even if Vlad can't score a heel shot with Kazikli Bey, Vlad said in the novel by gauging the Rider he would have the advantage in combat. That never came to pass but I assume he meant Kazikli reshaping the terrain to his favor. If the stakes aren't burned the broken ones make new ones anyway. Achilles may not be killed, but scoring a kill in these conditions with a Chariot with wheels and horses we know can be stuck gets more difficult.
Well, all ifs though. None of their fights against each other in the LN had conclusions and that was likely purposeful in Higashide's part to show they were around the same level.