Bang—
As if he had exhausted all his strength, Vortigern, without any resistance, was pierced by the Sword of Promised Victory. Then he staggered and flew towards Londinium for a while, and finally, his huge body collapsed under the city wall.
Is it over? Did we really defeat him?
Looking at the white dragon that had fallen under the city wall just as in the original epic, Gawain, Lancelot, Percival, and the others who still had their will couldn't help but have such a thought.
Artoria put down the Star Holy Sword in her hand. At this moment, her face was pale from the exhaustion of her magical energy, and even the hand holding the sword was trembling slightly. She first looked at the white dragon that had fallen on the ground, its whole body scorched black, with a large hole in its chest. Although with the powerful body of a dragon, he was not yet completely dead, but such a wound was already not something that Vortigern, who had transformed into a dragon by devouring a corpse, could heal. What's more, just as Merlin had said, he wouldn't have lived for long anyway.
Thinking of Merlin, Artoria silently turned her gaze to the white figure that had fallen in the withered flower petals not far away.
Is Merlin really dead just like that?
The girl's heart was heavy. In her mind, she began to uncontrollably recall the bits and pieces of her time with this guy who called himself her teacher. In her cognition, no matter how bad Merlin's personality was, how much he liked to cause trouble and play with women, he was still her companion, and even one of her few friends, and even family.
To be honest, she actually didn't believe at all that he would die like this. After all, he was so cunning, so cherished his life. How could he not have prepared a backup plan, a second hand, a third hand? But when Gawain went forward to thoroughly check his body, and shook his head at her and told her that the blessings on several of them had disappeared, she was completely silent.
But the girl finally endured her emotions and did not go to see his body, but instead, holding her sword, she walked towards Vortigern.
"It's all over, Vortigern," she said softly, looking at the white dragon before her.
"...Yes, it's all over."
Vortigern raised his eyes虚, his huge dragon pupils staring at the son of the red dragon who had defeated him. His words were plain, with neither the anger and unwillingness of a loser, nor the provocation of having killed the other's general. "I didn't expect that you could actually get the recognition of the world with a borrowed ideal. I have to say, this world is really a piece of shit."
The white dragon said with no lack of sarcasm. And hearing his words, she showed a look of incomprehension. "Why do you say that?"
"Heh, to actually believe in a created tool instead of a person. Do you think such a world is really a world suitable for human survival?"
"You're wrong, Vortigern. I am not a tool. I am a person, Artoria Pendragon. The title of King Arthur is just a name. Before being a king, I am a person."
The girl seemed to be very resentful of him calling her a tool instead of a person. This made her, who had learned to be a person from that person long ago, very unhappy. So she argued with reason, "The reason why I was recognized by the world and the holy sword is because I understood my mission and my desire to save everything. And it is precisely because of this that I defeated you."
"Ha, haha, hahaha!"
As if he had heard a great joke, even though his body was already showing signs of dissipating, he still, regardless of his wounds, laughed out loud, as if her words had an endless amount of fun.
"Save everything? You're killing me, Arthur. Your so-called saving everything is to abandon this island that gave birth to you and your clan, and then hand everything over to that dog-shit world, and let them become the nourishment for a new era?! Such a you, you actually insist that you are a person? So cold-blooded, ruthless, and ignorant, how dare you call yourself a person!"
What?
Hearing his crazed words, she was suddenly stunned. Abandon the island and the clan? A new era? Nourishment? What does all this mean? Isn't everything I've done to lead Britain to a brand new future! Shouldn't it be Vortigern, who insists on retaining the Age of Gods, regardless of the fact that Britain will be abandoned and pruned by the world, and even affect the entire world, who is not a person?
The completely uninformed girl showed a bewildered look. This was what Merlin had told her since she was a child. But why was what he said so tragic?
"You don't know? You, who have pulled out the Sword of Selection, have you not seen the scene of the future?"
Seeing her bewildered and at a loss, this time it was his turn to be shocked and confused. He had always thought that she had always known the scene after the decline of the Age of Gods, just like that stubborn Uther and the loyal servant of fate, Merlin. It was for this reason that he had been so disgusted with this niece of his.
But, if she didn't know all this, and had even been deceived all this way, then such a her...
He understood something, and a look of pity appeared on his face. "How pitiful, Arthur..."
"Enough, Vortigern. As a loser, you've said too much."
But just as he was about to tell her everything, a voice suddenly sounded out. The next moment, under everyone's astonished gaze, a certain white-haired person who should have been crushed to pieces and could not be more dead, once again appeared beside her.
"Merlin?!"
Everyone showed a look of disbelief, especially Gawain. He, who was sure that Merlin had been dead at that time, was now completely dumbfounded.
"Everyone, long time no see~"
The joyful nightmare greeted the people looking at him with a grin.
"Merlin, you really didn't die!"
Looking at the Merlin who had suddenly appeared beside her, she subconsciously felt a joy in her heart, and a smile appeared on her face.
"Well, I have to thank you for that, Lily."
Merlin chuckled lightly and took out the pink and white flower petal from her hair. But the girl quickly recovered from her joy, and then looked straight at him. "By the way, Merlin, you heard everything he said just now, right? What's going on? Are you... hiding something from me?"
Her tone was a little uneasy. She seemed to have sensed something. But he deliberately did not answer her question, but instead cast his gaze towards Vortigern, the smile on his lips becoming a little colder. "Vortigern, a loser should just honestly eat dust. It's impolite of you to say some meaningless words to bewitch my Lily."
"Heh, meaningless? You nightmare, for that bullshit prophecy and fate, you actually tricked a little girl who had just come of age. How disgusting."
Vortigern seemed to have long expected that he was not completely dead. Seeing this guy appear again, he couldn't help but sneer.
"Merlin! What on earth is he talking about? Did you really deceive me?!"
On the side, she finally realized his abnormality. A complex emotion arose in her heart, and she couldn't help but question him.
"No, Lily. I have hardly told any lies."
Merlin was still smiling, but this smile, because of his words, became a little creepy in her eyes.
Hardly, hardly ever said.
Then that means he has hidden a part, and has not told the whole story.
The girl's eyes turned red. But at this time, he was no longer looking at her. He felt that letting this guy Vortigern live was really a bit annoying. So he reached out his hand and waved, and summoned the sun holy sword Caliburn from Gawain's hand, who was not far away and did not know what was happening because of the soundproof barrier he had set up.
Holding this sister sword of the Sword of Promised Victory, he did not rush to kill him, but as if to savor his emotions one last time, he said with a smile, "Vortigern, how does it feel to have years of hard work all destroyed? It must be very sad and unwilling, but you can't do anything, because you are a loser. As a loser, a loser, you deserve to bear all this, and deserve to watch me kill you. Then, loser, goodbye~"
Repeating the loser's speech, Merlin's eyes shone with a twisted and pathological light. He looked forward to being able to devour the emotions of this British twin dragon, the vile king Vortigern. After all, a nightmare feeds on human emotions.
But he had miscalculated, because Vortigern showed a smile, a smile like a victor. "Failure? Do you think that after fighting with you for so long, the reason why I could have killed you long ago was because of so-called fate? The one who should really eat dust is you, nightmare."
Before Merlin could react, Vortigern suddenly used all his remaining strength and magical energy to roar at the sky. The next moment, the sound of glass shattering came from above. Merlin's barrier was instantly broken, and the meaning in that roar was also at this moment known by a certain person.
"What are you trying to do!!!"
A bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart. He, holding Caliburn, fiercely thrust at Vortigern's throat. But what made his heart sink was that he had missed. Because his body had completely turned into light particles at this moment. At the last moment of his disappearance, Merlin saw the mockery in his eyes and that victor-like smile that made him feel extremely disgusted.
At this, the white dragon's aura completely disappeared from his perception. But then, a powerful and sacred aura that he had never felt before suddenly burst out from behind them. The next moment, the entire sky was rendered with a golden light.
When Artoria and Merlin were attracted by this light and looked over, what entered their eyes was a white-haired youth holding a huge spear of light, his expression indifferent.
"Lamorak!!!"
Not just them, everyone who was attracted by this strange phenomenon all incredulously called out this name in unison.
Ignoring all of them, the light emitted from the holy lance in his hand became even more dazzling.
"This is the storm anchor that tears the sky and connects the earth, blooming with brilliance at the end of the world. My goddess, my faith, please have mercy on me again, and grant your messenger the power to ignore restraints. At this, the thirteen restraints are released, the holy lance's power is fully unleashed, and break through this wall of the world. Holy Lance, weigh anchor. 'The Spear that Shines at the End', Rhongomyniad."
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