Chapter 280: Reincarnating the Sword of Victory
Lu Xiao has always agreed with a point of view.
If you want to live up to your beliefs, you need both will and strength.
A will that lacks strength is just empty talk, an idealistic carnival, and in the end it will only end up bleeding.
And the power that lacks the guidance of the will will will one day turn into a murder weapon in the hands of others, and will be wantonly abused against their own ideals.
As the last lord of mankind, Rika Fujimaru is strong-willed, has a good outlook, and has the unique Asassi (gentle) characteristics of the Japanese protagonist.
But his strength is too weak, and he only plays the role of a camera and a power bank in the anomalies and persona bands, unable to take the fate he wants to change into his own hands, and can only turn to others for help every time he encounters difficulties.
If it weren't for the fact that he often met powerful partners who could change the situation by "coincidences" in peculiarities and persona belts, all his efforts would have been in vain.
However, the Heroic Spirits sent to the Anomalies and Persona were appointed by Alayya, and Rika Fujimaru, who lacked autonomy, was only a marionette in Alayya's hands.
Following the hand given by Alayya, Alaya acts specifically against the script assigned by his character.
This is not the belief that Lu Xiao is pursuing.
Assassin's Creed was a spirit, not a profession.
Even though Lu Xiao had learned a lot of abilities that did not belong to the Assassins, he had never forgotten the core spirit of the Assassins—free will.
Alaya must have a special calculation for throwing him to this peculiar point, but Lu Xiao is not an echo worm who only nods his head, he will not act completely according to Alayah's plan.
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Under Gawain's example, the archers on the city walls mercilessly shot their bows and arrows at the unarmed populace below.
The Solemn Knights from the outside also raised their weapons and slaughtered into the crowd, the red blood and desperate screams that spilled all over the ground painted a hellish picture in this camping area.
Gao Wen continued to swing the holy sword with a cold face, but at this time, he suddenly felt a chill attacking, and subconsciously stopped his movements and lowered his head.
"Buzz!"
A long, sharp, light knife grazed the back of his neck, nearly slicing into Gawain's neck.
"Thank you...... Thank you, benefactor."
The young woman, who had narrowly escaped her life, immediately picked up her child and ran away.
Gawain didn't pay attention to continuing to chase the refugees, he looked solemnly at the hooded man who seemed to appear out of thin air.
"The shameless people who secretly attacked, report your name!"
"Shameless?"
Lu Xiao let out a low chuckle with obvious irony: "What position does the knight who slaughtered civilians have to say that others are shameless?" ”
"Gawain, you really will only obey King Arthur's orders unconditionally."
"No matter how cruel and anti-chivalrous the content of the order is, you will force yourself to endure and carry it out, what an obedient loyal dog."
"Shut up!"
Gao Wen angrily raised his holy sword to attack Lu Xiao, but with three times his strength, he only hit an afterimage.
"Boom!"
The impact from behind him caused Gawain to stagger forward a few steps, and as soon as he stood firm, he turned around and swung the holy sword, again hitting nothing.
Gawain, who is triple strong, sounds very bluffing, but in fact, he can't defeat Lancelot during the day, and is dragged by the head of the round table until the sun goes down and kills easily.
Lu Xiao fought back and forth with Lancelot during the Fourth Holy Grail War, and he was a mad-level Lancelot with greatly enhanced attributes.
After Skaha's rigorous training, Lu Xiao's martial arts have been further improved.
Even if the immortal slash in his hand was not as good as the A+ level Rotating Victory Sword in terms of the level of the Treasure Phantasm, Lu Xiao could avoid direct contact with the Gawain Holy Sword through guerrilla warfare.
After the end of the Fourth Holy Grail War, in addition to the martial arts trained by Skaha, Lu Xiao's four-dimensional attributes have also been further improved, and now he may not be without a chance of winning even if he fights with Lancelot again.
"Whew!"
Gawain's breastplate was once again cut by the sharp undead slash with a hideous scar, although the B-level undead slash was poor in strength and toughness, but in terms of lethality alone, it was not much worse than the higher-level A-grade Noble Phantasm.
The big sword more than one meter long was like an extension of an arm in Lu Xiao's hands, and his superb martial arts and A-level clairvoyance allowed him to see through Gao Wen's straightforward knightly swordsmanship in advance, suppressing the Sun Knight at the city gate and unable to act.
"Damn!"
Gao Wen, who had been ridiculed by the other party for a round of foul mouth, had always been obedient to King Arthur's words, and was poked in the sore spot, eager to defeat the other party to save face.
But this despicable sneak attacker who can't see his face clearly has an astonishing level of martial arts, and in Gawain's eyes, the opponent's martial arts skills are probably not weaker than that of Lancelot, the leader of the round table.
Moreover, Gawain always feels an inexplicable sense of grievance in battle, and the hooded man seems to be able to predict his movements in advance, and can completely suppress himself at both offensive and defensive ends.
With three times the strength of the day, Gawain was unable to display all his strength in front of this opponent, and this feeling of restraint made him extremely uncomfortable.
As the battle continued, Gawain's armor was scarred, and some parts were even hit multiple times and cut into the inside of the armor.
Lu Xiao actually didn't pay all his attention to the battle with Gao Wen, and the Eagle Vision that he turned on with all his strength allowed him to grasp the whole picture of the battlefield during the battle.
Lucius was not far from his battle with Gawain, and he was fighting the Knights of Justice, guiding the refugees out of the capital.
Matthew was also near the battlefield, and from time to time she would watch the battle between the two men with a suspicious gaze, while helping the refugees evacuate with Leonardo Fujimaru under the guidance of Leonardo da Vinci.
Gao Wen, who was furious in his heart, finally decided to liberate the treasure and kill the fleeing refugees, and the magic that suddenly burst out from him temporarily forced Lu Xiao to retreat.
"My king, please forgive Gawain for his recklessness."
"This sword is a copy of the sun, burning all unclean purifying yang flames, and turning the sword of victory! (Excalibur Galatine)”
Unlike the Sword of Pact Victory, which emits a golden light as dazzling as the sun, the Sword of Pact Victory, which concentrates on a breakthrough, unleashes the power of the sun in the holy sword in a sweeping manner, incinerating enemies within a certain distance.
"Tsk! actually let him out. ”
Lu Xiao, who was distracted by his care, did not check for a while, and was successfully liberated by Gao Wen.
He himself could use the power of the Time Gem to hide in the gap between time and space, but the other refugees who were being evacuated would not be able to escape, and the true name of the Gawain Treasure was more efficient than the Sword of Contract Victory in clearing the miscellaneous soldiers.
At the last moment, another brilliant golden light cleaved down from above, colliding head-on with Gawain's liberated wheel of the sun.
"Ugh!"
The moment the two light waves came into contact, the person who was hit let out a muffled grunt of pain.
Lucius was blown off his hood by the aftermath of the swordlight collision, and Gawain recognized his identity at a glance.
"You! You're Bedwell?! ”
Facing his fellow Knights of the Round Table, Gawain's Phantasm subconsciously withdrew some of its power, and Bedwell took the opportunity to neutralize his Phantasm attack with his glittering right arm.
"Hah...... Ha ......"
Judging from Bedwell's poor state of half-kneeling on the ground, even if he barely blocked Gawain's attack, using this metal prosthetic leg that was not suitable for him was a big burden for him.
Gawain questioned in disbelief, "Bedwell! Why are you here, and why you stand against the king who is most loyal to her! ”
Bedwell reluctantly stood up with Lu Xiao's support, and Bedwell, who was about to fall into a coma, replied with half-open eyes: "Because what the king did was wrong, I, as a member of the Knights of the Round Table, have the obligation to correct the king's mistakes......"
As soon as the words fell, Bedwell, who was under a huge burden on his body and soul at the same time, immediately fainted.
Carrying the unconscious Bedwell on his back, Lu Xiao took one last look at Gao Wen, whose expression changed.
"It's a pity, Knight Gawain, it seems that today is not the best time to decide the winner, save this battle for next time."
Protecting Bedwell behind him with one hand, Lu Xiao held the immortal slash in his right hand to open the way, and the miscellaneous soldier-type solemn knight couldn't stop his repeated impact like a teleportation.
"Leonardo, take those two stunned young men and retreat quickly!"
Seeing the enemy gradually move away, Gawain grasped the hilt of the Sword of Rotating Victory and stood in front of the gate of the Holy Capital for a long time.
'Bedwell, why, why didn't you show up until now?' ’
A solemn knight came to Gao Wen's side and asked, "Gao Wenqing, the refugees have escaped, do you need to chase them on horseback?" ”
"No need."
Gawain took a deep breath and calmed down the complicated emotions in his heart.
"I will personally explain to the king and ask for the guilt, and the escaped refugees will be left to the guerrilla knights of Lancelot to settle the matter."