Chapter 13: Excalibur (I)
In the early morning, there is an occasional birdsong or two in the forest, and the early birds are shaking their feathers eroded by the morning dew.
A drop of dew dripped along the texture of the leaves on the face of the sleeping coyote classmate.
"Woo... Aha... It's morning. Coyote-san looked a little confused. Turning his neck that was a little uncomfortable, he saw Rin who had also just woken up.
"Good morning, Tosaka." The coyote said hello.
Rin turned her head and looked at Coyote-san with confused eyes
"Early... Above...... Whew. โ
I didn't finish saying hello and fell asleep again, and the coyote classmates smiled bitterly except for a bitter smile.
I struggled to stand up, carefully moving my feet, which were numb from sitting and sleeping.
His eyes scanned the surroundings and found nothing unusual, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to withdraw his gaze when he was attracted by a blue figure.
Standing there with a straight body, holding an invisible sword in both hands, looking into the distance, she stood there exuding a momentum, a powerful momentum that people couldn't help but surrender, this is the king, the king who once conquered Britain, King Arthur!!
The coyote classmates who were affected by this momentum had a desire to kneel down and surrender, and tried hard to restrain the trembling legs affected by this momentum, coupled with the previous sour numbness, which really made the coyote classmates feel like they were in hell.
Artoria stood there thinking about a question, with the ability of his teacher, he should have found himself a long time ago, but Artoria sensed that the moon had been wandering around the forest, as if he was looking for him, which made Artoria have a very ominous premonition.
With my own understanding of the teacher, the teacher will never do that useless work, 'What the hell do you want to do, my teacher?' โ
Altoria, who couldn't figure it out, simply didn't want to, and went outside to find that Rin and Coyote were still sleeping, so she didn't wake them up, and stood there to guard them, and she had returned to her heyday and adjusted her mood by the way to deal with the next battle.
The thought of fighting his teacher next, Artoria's heart seemed extremely confused, and he finally adjusted his mood, only to find that the coyote was standing there with a painful face as if he was enduring something.
"Shirou, what's wrong?"
Artoria raised her own doubts.
"No... It's okay..."
Artoria's voice pulled the coyote back to reality, and the coyote who breathed a sigh of relief felt the beauty of being alive for the first time, and his inner gratitude to Artoria was incomparable.
The coyote classmate, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, was immediately hit by the soreness and numbness on his legs, but fortunately, his hand quickly held on to the wall, so he did not make a fool of himself.
"I'm fine, but my legs are a little numb." Stopping himself from trying to support himself Artoria, he carefully moved his legs to speed up the flow of blood.
Seeing that there was nothing wrong with the coyote classmates, Artoria didn't pay attention anymore, turned his head to Rin who woke up and was still a little dazed, and said, "Rin, get ready, the next battle will be very difficult." โ
In a word, Rin immediately came to his senses, nodded solemnly, found a puddle and washed his face casually, at this time the coyote's legs felt much better, so several people set off to find the location of the ambush.
On Moon's side, Moon has been wandering around the forest, just to wait for them to get ready.
Sensing the momentum emanating from Artoria, this is a challenge to the moon, and the moon knows that they are ready, so she speeds up and rushes to Artoria, and it will be difficult to wait for Ilya to wake up.
Rin and the others prepared everything, and Artoria stood in the prepared open area, exuding her own momentum to lure the moon to come.
Sure enough, not long after the momentum emanated, a figure appeared in the distance, seemingly taking a leisurely walk, but in fact, every step of the way advanced a considerable distance, and it didn't take a few steps to reach Artoria. (Shrinking the ground into a ruler: a kind of Taoist Five Elements Secret Technique)
Yue was surprised, after all, he sensed that the Artoria in front of him had returned to its heyday, and when he looked closely, he found that Artoria's magic contained something very similar to his true element.
After thinking about it carefully, a smile appeared on his face, I am afraid that Artoria absorbed the 'relics' left behind after his death, but these are not important, the important thing is that Yue has done this series of actions obviously.
This is a very simple ploy of the month, the method of agitation.
After all, he used to be a master and apprentice, but now he is indeed an enemy, and it is not as pleasant to say anything as it is to fight directly.
Artoria, who was originally in a heavy mood, felt a sense of humiliation when she saw Tsuki's series of movements, especially the smile at the end, "It's really humiliating to absorb what others left behind after their death to deal with others."
Although she didn't know why she had this thought, as a king, she didn't allow herself to be humiliated, so she attacked decisively.
Rin covered her face directly, and Saber didn't see such a simple agitation method, which really made her speechless.
Holding the invisible sword in his hand, he accelerated, and instantly appeared in front of the moon and slashed towards the moon. 'So fast'ร2 This is Rin and Shirou's idea.
For the fast approaching Yijian Yue, he did not dodge, but chose to greet him, because he suddenly wanted to test how much Artoria had grown over the years.
An ice sword instantly condensed in his hand to meet the invisible sword of Artoria, and the two swords quickly collided together, and then quickly separated, and the two of them fought back and forth.
Rin and Coyote are anxious spectators on the side, trying to help, but because the two of them are too fast, they may accidentally injure their own people by making random shots.
Artoria, who had been unable to attack for a long time, appeared to be a little impatient, and suddenly used a force in his hand to smash the ice sword in Tsuki's hand, and then immediately retreated to prepare for 'Excalibur' (the sword of victory of the oath).
The sword in his hand was shattered, and Yue was not in a hurry, and when Artoria was preparing for the ultimate, Yue also prepared some simple defenses, after all, he was not in his heyday, and it was still unrealistic to take this thing empty-handed.
โExcaliburโ
With a cry of rage from Artoria, a huge shockwave rushed towards the moon, who took a defensive stance, and a circular shield appeared around it, and in this way it met the onrushing 'Excalibur'
The loud explosion and rising mushroom cloud underscored the devastating power of the blow
'Did you win?' โ
This is the voice of everyone except Tsuki.
The dust cleared, and the surrounding area of the moon had turned into a deep pit, and the moon was still standing there in that defensive posture, the surface of the clothes was emitting heat to the outside, and the ice sword in his hand directly evaporated.
A smile suddenly appeared at the corner of the moon's mouth, and Artoria immediately began to defend, she was in the stage where the old force was gone and the new force was not born.
Sure enough, the moon in the pit gradually disappeared, and Artoria's side Moon suddenly appeared, and a simple punch to Artoria's abdomen, which was blocked by Artoria with the sword of victory of the oath.
Although he didn't suffer any substantial damage, the tiger's mouth was tormented by the pain of the shock, and the blow hit Yue immediately, looking at Artoria, who still had the strength to defend, Yue rushed to Artoria and said a word softly.
"Your scabbard is in that kid's body."
Artoria was stunned when he heard this, because if it was really as the moon said, then there was a reasonable explanation for what happened before that shouldn't have happened, and it was precisely because of his own scabbard that Shirou's half-hung magic could summon him, and it was because of his own scabbard that he had such a strong recovery ability.