But they had remained on the battlefield and survived.
They had been consumed by the black mist, and he did not know what had happened to them after that, but they had been unnaturally resilient . . . Or rather, some outside force had unquestionably been enhancing their meagre strength.
“Queen.”
Alkeides’ doubts instantly came to a head as he urged on his horse with all his might, and he matter-of-factly stated his conclusion.
“You . . . gave them your protection, didn’t you?”
“. . .”
Hippolyte accelerated her horse and fired her next arrow in silence.

Fate/Strange Fake: Volume 6, Chapter 16 ("The Canon of the Demigods II")