Shape Moon, The Road to the Magician

【You're just practicing how to say goodbye to the past——】

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The sharp sword dragged on the asphalt road, making a"sonorous sound"——"The sound of the sword was heard, and when a large amount of sparks were wiped out, a deep mark was drawn where the sword blade passed.

With a glimmer in his eyes, the young man took steady steps and swung his heavy sword towards the invincible King of Knights ahead.

——Keng!!

A cacophony of sounds, a knight's battle.

Artoria held the golden sword in her hand and steadily blocked the attack of the Lake Sword. She frowned slightly, stared at the young man close in front of her with her emerald eyes, and asked

"How is this going? Why is Sir Lancelot's sword in your hand?"

"Why don't you take a guess? His Royal Highness the Knight King."Xia Yuan raised his eyebrows.

"If you guess it right, I'll tell you"

"……"

There was a little helplessness in the green eyes, and then he stopped entangled. The force of the sword in his hand suddenly increased, and Xia Yuan was instantly knocked back dozens of meters.

"Please answer me seriously, magician," Saber said in a serious tone, pointing the tip of her golden sword at the young man in front of her,"Where is Lancelot? Why does his sword appear in your hand?"

"Well... I obviously said you might as well take a guess, but……"

"Didn't you think you didn't even know where Lancelot was? We've obviously seen each other before, but still don't recognize him? This is true……"

After patting the dust on his body, Xia Yuan raised his sword with his right hand and then took a stance:"……This makes Lancelot so sad!"

The cold moonlight casts on the sword, reflecting bursts of cold light.

The beautiful holy sword ripples like the rising autumn water, flashing with a faint lake light.

"Think about it carefully, Knight King who is still addicted to the dream of the past, where on earth have you seen the Knight of the Lake?"

"——"

After being silent for a long time, Artoria was no longer in the mood to fight with him, and her mind kept thinking about what Xia Yuan said.

"You've obviously met each other before, but you still can't recognize me?"

I've met, but where exactly did I meet Lancelot?

Einzbern's house? Impossible, or where?

My brain started to tremble, and in the end, only the most unlikely answer remained in my mind..Berserker is Lancelot!

"No, it's impossible……"

How could such an excellent knight like Lancelot become so crazy? How could he become a revengeful ghost carrying resentment? But...he always sacrificed his life to protect himself in the battle. Wasn't it because of the cooperation between his companions? Could it be that- she suddenly understood everything

"It seems that you have thought of it,"

Xia Yuan looked at her with a smile,"The guilty knight will continue to protect his king even if he turns into an undead. This is very romantic, isn't it? But there is a flaw, after all, his king did not recognize him"

"It doesn't matter, he was very satisfied when he left. After all, he could swing his sword to protect you again. However, he still couldn't worry about you until you left the show."

"In the end, you were willing to split the spirit base and give it to me, hoping that I can help you in the future. He really is a guy who loves to cause trouble for others, am I right? king arthur"

"Sir Lancelot, I……"

Xia Yuan's words made Saber a little distracted. The next moment, the autumn water rippled slightly in front of her eyes, and the light of the indestructible lake came to her eyes again.

Swish, swish, swish -

Raising his hand, three sword lights pierced the night sky, continuously attacking Artoria.

The golden sword in his hand also moved according to the situation. With a turn of the sword, a golden arc was drawn in the air. The light of the indestructible lake and the sword of victory oath suddenly collided in the night sky.

"it's useless! Arturia raised her sword again to block Xia Yuan's attack,"Whether it's sword skills or strength, you are far behind me. Give up. You can never be my opponent.""

"Indeed, I am at an absolute disadvantage in terms of imitating sword skills and physical strength, so there is no hope of winning. but……"

She smelled a light floral fragrance at the tip of her nose, and immediately felt a terrifying force coming from the sword, which instantly knocked her back several steps.

"Didn't Merlin tell you never to underestimate any opponent on the battlefield? Even a mortal like me can rival heroes like you if you meet certain conditions.……"

【dreamy charm A】

【hero creation EX】

Merlin waved his staff and attached the strengthening magic to Xia Yuan's body along with the magic mark:"You have been strengthened, go and deliver it!!"

This smell, this magic power... it is unmistakable, it is him.

"Merlin!"Artoria immediately recognized whose handiwork this was.

Xia Yuan did not intend to explain Merlin's affairs to her. The holy sword in his hand turned slightly, and his aura began to rise.

"Finally here, Merlin……"

Merlin's enhanced magic was strengthened on him through his magic mark as a medium, giving him a level that could initially compete with Artoria on the panel.

"I didn't expect that even Merlin was involved. Who else was involved? How far do you want to fool me?!"

Seeing her former companion standing opposite her again, Artoria felt compassion in her heart.

"Why? Why do they all have to stop me and fight against me even after death? Obviously only……"

"Just what?"Xia Yuan interrupted her

"As long as you get the Holy Grail, you can change the tragedy of the past. He chuckled:"It's really sad. In this Holy Grail War... you are the only one immersed in this beautiful lie.""

"what do you want to say!"

"Might as well think about it? King of Knights, is everything you pursue really right? Are you unable to move forward to the future because you are addicted to too much?"

While saying this, the Sword of Lake and the Sword of Gold connected again, and the two sides were in a stalemate.

"Although I am not a knight, I can sense that you are still hesitant. Is it because you were betrayed for the second time or for some other reason?……"

"Shut up!"

——Clang!!

The two sword lights that suddenly connected flashed with cold light. In an instant, sparks flew everywhere, and the two figures had already traveled far away.

Under the night, a cold light suddenly flashed, and the collision of swords was a collision of wills. Although Arturia was obviously better in terms of sword skills, Xia Yuan, who had been strengthened by Merlin, could barely keep up..

Fighting all the way, the two swords collided continuously, bursting out with metallic roars.

The golden and blue streams of light penetrated the night, and the sparks and magic oscillated from the timeless collision were dazzling.

Although this was a unfamiliar but familiar sword move, Arturia vaguely felt the will left by Lancelot in the connection between swords. In a daze, she seemed to be watching Lancelot touch Xia Yuan. shadow.

Sir Lancelot...do you think so too?……

"Hello! Don't get distracted during the battle!"

"What?!"

During the fight, Xia Yuan raised the other hand holding the sword, and the magic mark on his arm shone slightly. This move was silent.

Several dark blue butterflies flew out from the cuffs, and flew at extremely fast speeds. The speed hit Artoria's eyes.

She subconsciously wanted to dodge sideways, and then the golden sword gathered its magic power to destroy these familiars, but she saw the long sword in Xia Yuan's hand stabbing straight at her.

"not good!"

The emerald pupils shrank suddenly, realizing that something was wrong.���He hurriedly retracted his sword to resist, and a golden sword energy was suddenly thrown out, intending to directly crush Xia Yuan and those familiars.

But Xia Yuan won't give this chance

"burst."

At the moment when the sword energy was about to connect, several butterflies in the night sky suddenly exploded, and light blue scale powder spread between the two people.

This move was inevitable.

"What is this?! mean!"

Altoria, who was instantly blinded by the spread scale powder, had her hands deformed.

"It worked."

Xia Yuan's mouth rose when he saw this. He would not miss such a good opportunity. The momentum of the sword did not weaken and he stabbed straight into her chest.

However, a surprising scene happened. Arturia relied on her [intuition] to raise the sword. The attack that hit him turned the decisive sword that was supposed to pierce her chest into a test that only caused some scratches on her lower abdomen. She even took the opportunity to stab herself with a backhand, drawing blood. gushing

"Tsk tsk...that's too much cheating, right? Even this can't defeat you?"Looking at the extra cut on his face, Xia Yuan couldn't help but admire

"Shameless! Even using such despicable methods, do you still have any self-respect as Lancelot's successor?!"

Artoria adjusted her breathing slightly, her expression extremely angry.

She never thought that the other party would actually use this kind of attack in the duel.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not Lancelot's successor, I just made a deal with him."

"Besides, if you, a servant, fight one-on-one with me, a magician, you wouldn't feel very honored, would you? If I had that kind of thing, I would have died long ago."

While speaking, Xia Yuan suddenly burst into flames. The moment he waved his cuffs, several more butterfly familiars flew out and continued their suicide attack.

Arturia waved the sword in her hand, and the golden starlight quietly rose. , along with her movements, it seemed to turn into a whirlpool, receiving Xia Yuan's surprise attack

"If you only use these dirty tricks, you will never be able to defeat me!"

Opening her eyes, those emerald eyes had turned gray. Her vision was covered with a thick layer of scale powder, and everything she saw turned gray. The scale powder just now made her blind.

"That being the case……"

He closed his eyes, stabilized his body, kept his terrifying intuition running, took a big step forward, and launched a fierce attack in Xia Yuan's direction.

Clang, clang, clang, clang – swords

, swords and shadows erupted in an instant.

This time she will not hold back anymore. She will personally defeat the enemy in front of her and then take back Lancelot's sword. Such a shameless person is not worthy of wielding Lancelot's sword.

She is angry!

"This is too exaggerated.……"

Xia Yuan awkwardly accepted Artoria's attack. Although he was assisted by Lancelot's battle memory, in order to prevent himself from being devoured by the memory of the heroic spirit, he inherited only a small part of the spiritual base.

Being able to use the light of the Indestructible Lake to display just one and a half claws of Lancelot's sword skills is already the limit. The difference in combat skills and experience is too far. Even with the reinforcement of Merlin, he can only compete with Alto who has no killing intention. Liya circled around.

Once this red dragon is completely angered, the dynasty will be at a disadvantage in an instant.

However... these are to be expected...

He is not arrogant enough to think that he has done enough to deal with the King of Knights by taking some shortcuts.

So, I still have to use that trick.

"Are you ready...King of Knights, I'm going to do it!"Xia Yuan smiled slightly, and suddenly gave up his resistance with the long sword in his hand.

Puff.——

"Hit you!"

In an instant, the golden sword pierced his left arm steadily, and large amounts of blood spurted out from the wound. The magic power covered on the sword caused the smell of burnt flesh to emanate from the wound.

But what was even more terrifying was Yes, this should have been an extremely painful injury, but right now he couldn't even make Xia Yuan change his expression.

【illusion A】

Just use illusions to numb the pain of falling in advance. Although it must be very painful, as long as you can't feel the pain, then it doesn't hurt!

"what happened?"

Obviously he was close at hand, and the sword in his hand clearly stabbed him, but why didn't he hear the sound? Even the strongest warrior would instinctively scream when the sword penetrated his body. What on earth is going on? What happened?

Artoria was puzzled the next moment.——

"I'm sorry, Artoria, it's not that you found me, but I deliberately let you find me at this time."

At this moment, Xia Yuan also responded. He whispered to Artoria, who could not see her.

Then, he let the straight sword pass through his shoulder and stepped in front of her.

He waved. He slashed with his sword, sending out a sword pressure, and at the same time, he pressed his other hand out of the air and secretly performed magic.

Several light blue lines continued to spread on his arm.

This time, he used a simple strengthening magic.

Coupled with Merlin’s awesome boost [Hero Creation Ex] and [Fantasy Charm] A】Now his physical strength has reached the terrifying A level.

The three buffs were superimposed on each other, and the punch with a terrifying increase hit Artoria's cheek like a cannonball.

However, even at such a close distance, she could not see where the enemy was, but she had already intuitively anticipated the terrifying punch that was about to fall. She wanted to draw her sword to escape, but found that she could not pull it away because Xia Yuan's other hand had already Holding her wrist firmly

"caught you……"

"——What?!"She widened her eyes in disbelief.

"When exactly?!"

"Wow——"

Before she even had time to be surprised, she heard a sound breaking through the air, and Artoria let out a shrill scream. Her delicate cheek was instantly hit hard, and the punch knocked her to the ground.

The body slammed into the asphalt road - gravel, asphalt, and dust all shook up!

She only felt a sweetness in her throat, and a large mouthful of blood spurted out from her mouth and nose. Even the sword of victory oath that she was holding tightly fell out of her hand due to inertia at this moment.

On the battlefield, the sword was released, which was enough to prove that the victory was decided.

For knights, they must never throw away their weapons even if they risk their lives.

Because once you lose your weapon, all you have to wait is to be slaughtered by others.

Even if Artoria stood up again soon, there was nothing she could do about it at this time.

Because Xia Yuan had already pulled away, and then raised his hand to pull out the golden sword inserted on his shoulder, revealing the deep and terrifying hole that was still leaking blood.

"Although I can't feel the pain, it looks scary. If it were deeper, I wouldn't be able to use this arm anymore."

Looking at the bleeding left shoulder, Xia Yuan shook his head and raised his hand to release healing magic to simply stop the bleeding.

Not only had he lost his eyesight, but now he also lost his weapon. Arturia knew that there was no need to fight anymore. Now, she just stood there, reflecting on everything

"Are you feeling better now? Can you calm down and talk to me?……"

Xia Yuan turned the golden sword in his hand and threw it back in front of Artoria.

"What does it mean? Are you sympathizing with me?……"Artoria frowned and suddenly raised her voice

"No, it's just that the property is returned to its original owner."Xia Yuan shook his head and sat on the ground.

After such a high-intensity battle, he was already exhausted.

"The fight is over. According to the rules, as the winner, I should have the right to make some demands from you, right?"

"……"Arturia blinked and did not answer.

"If you don't speak, you will take it as your default. Then let’s have a good chat." he said with a smile.