last post apocalypse

Index's mouth was tightly covered by the knight coming from behind.

It's over, it's over.

Index searched desperately for knowledge that could be used now, but without exception, supernatural power was required to use it.There is really nothing to do...

"Help, help...!"

She struggled desperately, and her voice came out from the gap in the knight's gauntlet.

Then the call for help was answered.

boom--! ! !

The knight who trapped Index was like a locomotive hitting head-on, and flew out like a cannonball, smashed several big trees, and then dragged on the ground for more than ten meters before stopping.

"Wow, hoo----!!!"

The pure white nun who flew into the air tried her best to adjust her body so as not to let her face touch the ground.But before she fell, her body was hugged.

"Get out of here first!"

The blond knight hugged the nun like a prince on the phone.

Then he mobilized the power in his body, turned into a golden comet, and quickly left the battlefield.

In less than five seconds, more than a dozen silver-armored knights gathered on the battlefield, and then rushed towards the place where the two disappeared just as if they had received some information.

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"It's useless for you to escape like this!"

Index, who was hugged in someone's arms, recovered from her stupor before she realized that she had been saved.Although I don't know who this person is, he/she is my companion now.

"They will use animals and rivers to find us!"

"Animals and rivers?"

Artoria, who noticed that there were more than a dozen pursuers behind him, asked in puzzlement.

She looked down at the person in her arms.

The appearance of the silver-haired nun was completely reflected in her eyes.

Silver long hair, green pupils, white skin, about fourteen or fifteen years old.

Then Kamijou also yelled in the mental space: "Oh, this nun is the missing Index. I didn't recognize this foodie nun just now! Kanzaki Kaori is looking for her!"

Is this what it means to walk through the iron shoes and find nowhere to find it without any effort?

No, it's not that I didn't work hard, I was just lucky.

However, Artoria focused more on the magic of "animals and rivers" that Index called.

"The principle of magic can be discussed later, first tell me how to avoid this pursuit."

"All flowing water cannot be crossed. Also pay attention to animals, whether it is a white falcon in the sky, or a squirrel in a tree, they can be seen by them. But they cannot be frightened, because the people behind the scenes can sense the fear of the animals .”

"Blessing of the Lake and Blessing of the Forest."

Artoria said indifferently, Index looked at her unexpectedly, and then nodded.

"I know what to do."

He stopped for a while and looked around.

After finding a feasible path through energy perception, he rushed towards a certain gap.

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Just like a kitchen knife can break a bone, but it cannot cut a waterfall.Any magic, as long as you find a way to break it, it is not difficult to deal with it.

"The tentacles of nature's blessing, the detection magic just now, let's call it that."

In a safe place to talk, Index sat on a ledge extending from the roots of the big tree.Kamijou, who was still maintaining his transformation, leaned against the big tree opposite.

Kamijou is now in charge of talking to Index, but Artoria can take over the physical fight at any time.

"The composition is a blessing from the Faerie, a little girl no taller than fifteen centimeters, with transparent wings. They cannot be invisible, but only animals can see them. The latter is The scabbard given to King Arthur, and the witch who locked Merlin up. They are all legends that first appeared in Central Europe, and are usually related to forests, lakes or rivers. This magic is constructed by borrowing their legends."

"The specific effect is that the river and animals are used as monitoring points. If someone passes by the river or disturbs the animals, the person using magic will perceive the approximate location like a spider on a spider's web."

Index opened her hands, making a gesture of a spider catching its prey.

Not quite like it though.

"Those people want to catch us back as soon as possible to prevent the two of us from interfering with their upcoming plan."

"plan?"

Upon hearing this, Artoria and Kamijou immediately regained their spirits.

"You already know their plan?!"

"Well, I only found out at the risk of my life."

Index clasped her hands back to her chest, and proudly puffed out her bare chest.

"Also, you shouldn't use 'them' to describe the 'enemy' this time, and even 'enemy' might not be appropriate."

"You mean, they're not human?"

This time it was not Kamijou who spoke, but Artoria.

She rushed to ask questions.

Kamijou, who remained partially fused with Artoria, felt the urgent emotion in her soul.

"To be precise, the mutation of [Avalon] this time should be a large-scale magical accident. If you start from the very beginning...have you heard the story of "The Death of King Arthur"?"

Chapter 76 The Death of King Arthur

"The death of King Arthur?"

Kamijou's eyebrows trembled, and Artoria's heart trembled too.

"Yes, it is a novel written by an English writer in the 15th century. He collected a large number of folklore and poetry, and also added his own imagination to complete the work. The content is probably the story of Arthur becoming king and the Knights of the Round Table , the search for the Holy Grail, and the final death of King Arthur. That's how the title of the book came from~"

Index briefly introduced the content of the book.

"I think the abnormality of [Avalon] this time should be related to this legend. For example, the rebellion of the Cavaliers, I think it was also affected by this magic."

"You're saying they've been brainwashed by this 'Death of King Arthur' magic?"

"Well, brainwashing is not rigorous, I think 'concept reversal' is more accurate."

Index nodded and continued to explain.

"The name of the last chapter of the novel "The Death of King Arthur" is actually "The Death of King Arthur". But in fact, in the last content, the author did not directly describe the content of "The Death of King Arthur". The detailed description is only 'Knight Bedivere, see the fairy in the lake take away the seriously injured and dying King Arthur'. Then, he directly quoted the legend to tell the follow-up story of King Arthur."

"And there are many versions of the legend of King Arthur's final fate. For example, King Arthur was killed by Mordred at that time, and then the belated Lancelotta killed Mordred. Also, King Arthur was picked up by the fairy in the lake Not long after, someone found his body lying in a nearby church. And, the most famous version-King Arthur is not dead, he will lead the Knights of the Round Table back at a critical time to rule Britain again legend."

"Perhaps it's people's expectations. People believe more in the legend that King Arthur will come back. Even many magicians of Puritanism will use 'resurrection' and 'return' when constructing magic based on 'King Arthur'. '. And this time the magic also uses the legend of 'The Return of King Arthur' as a sample."

The nun looked at Kamijou's face and said.

"The members of the Knights already have a strong 'knight' attribute. The more loyal they are to the UK and the royal family, the more power they can gain. This magic replaces the concept of being loyal to the 'royal family' with being loyal to 'King Arthur' If it is said, the knights will naturally be affected. Moreover, the stronger and more loyal the knight, the greater the impact."

"That's why the knights did the exact opposite of what they did before? This is too bastard to take advantage of the loyalty of the knights!"

Kamijou frowned, annoyed.

The other party dared to use 'King Arthur' to do bad things, but there is a real King Arthur in his body!

"Wait a minute... you just said 'King Arthur and her Knights of the Round Table will also be resurrected' Is that true?"

This time it wasn't Kamijou who spoke, but Arturia asked through Kamijou's mouth.

"In addition to the knights who were reversed just now, I also encountered two, no, enemies other than the three knights. Are those also the effects of magic?"

Kamijou closed his mouth. In fact, he wanted to ask 'how to break the magic' just now.

But he felt that Artoria also seemed to be eager to know the truth about the so-called 'King Arthur's death' magic.

"It turns out that you have also met those people. But I can't give a clear answer about this part."

Index frowned.

"At first I thought that [Avalon] would change because of the expansion of the inner world, which made some special phenomena unique to the inner world appear here. But not long ago, when I was fleeing, I met a few people wearing A knight in strange armor, only to realize that things are not that simple."

"Strange knights...it should be the ones who attacked me."

Arturia narrowed her eyes, and her green pupils flashed a dangerous light.

"However, will it be those people I know?"

Familiar people... Kamijou couldn't help but think of that black guy in the anime.Of course, he also knew that Artoria must be talking about those people.

"They communicated with the knights of the Knights, and I didn't hear them very clearly. But what is certain is that they must have the next move... Moreover, the leader among them is still holding King Arthur's cut Steel Sword'."

"Steel cutting sword? What is that?"

What Kamijou heard was the literal translation translated by the translation formula, so he didn't react for a while.

But Index thoughtfully changed it to Japanese.

"It's the 'excalibur in the lake'."

"Sword in the lake, Excalibur... No, wait! Wait, wait! Could it be said that the torrent of light that destroyed the outer teleportation array before is Excalibur!?"

He didn't expect it at all.

But it's not Kamijou's fault, because just now he didn't even think about linking Excalibur with the torrent of light just now.

After all, the real Artoria is already in his body. Even if he heard the legend of King Arthur, who would have thought that the holy sword that only Kamijou and Artoria knew would appear in reality?

That's something only the two of them know!

And it should never appear in reality!

"Could it be the second you? No, could it be the version of you who uses the Holy Sword? No, why would two souls come over at the same time, and one still..."

"Calm down! Find out the situation first!"

Arturia reprimanded Kamijou who had been talking in a toss-up manner.

She continued to ask Index.

"Are you sure what you saw was Excalibur? You said just now that you couldn't hear those people's conversation clearly. Besides, you have never seen the legendary holy sword. Why are you sure that it is Excalibur?"

Needless to say...

Kamijou murmured inwardly, and then Index gave an answer that did not exceed Kamijou's expectations.

"Because that person shouted the name 'excalibur' while swinging the sword. Then, a golden magic blaster appeared in front of the sword."

When Index recalled this scene, there was also concern on her face.

"Actually, I was able to deduce information about 'King Arthur'. It was also for this reason. At the beginning, I only deduced that knights rebelled because they were 'brainwashed', and the technique of 'brainwashing' was to replace their allegiance. And , I can be sure that those people are definitely not human.”

"It's definitely not a human, it's a heroic spirit."

Kamijou answered casually.

Hearing Kamijou's affirmative tone, Index asked suspiciously, "Heroic spirit? Is it Norse mythology, but I didn't find any trace of Norse mythology."

"No, it's another more complicated system... Be careful!"

Sighing, Kamijou suddenly yelled, and Arturia instantly took over Kamijou's body and rushed towards Index.

He hugged her and jumped aside.

In the next second, the ground seemed to have been bombarded by long-range shells, and an invisible force opened a large hole in the ground.

"...When I heard what they said just now, I thought it was fake."

"..."

Arturia put down Index, who was in shock, and turned her head with a frosty face.

Saw the enemy...men.

"So it really exists."

The leader held an English broadsword made of gold in both hands.

"Another me, why did you come here?"