To become a king and a magician

Like Artoria, Morgan is a fairy sent from the Starry Sea, and she carries two missions.

One is to make the fairies, who are descendants of the six fairies, realize their sins and prompt them to atone for them.

The other option is to reforge the holy sword that was originally supposed to be forged by the six fairies.

Morgan abandoned his first mission because of his childhood life with the Rain Clan, and he never paid attention to his second mission. After all, forging the Holy Sword meant burning away all his memories and entering the Star Forge to sacrifice himself.

That wasn't the outcome Morgan wanted, so he hasn't even considered forging the Holy Sword until now.

However, if the goal is not to forge the Holy Sword, but to create a replica of it, then that's a different story.

"Crack!"

Cracks appeared on the surface of the Black Holy Sword in Morgan's hand, and then it shattered like glass.

Artoria frowned: "The Holy Sword... is broken?"

Is this something that surprised you?

As Morgan spoke, he grasped the hilt of another sword on the scepter and drew out a second Black Holy Sword: "I do not know swordsmanship, so these holy swords are just consumables to me. They were designed to be used only once when they were forged. Thanks to this, even though they can only be used once, the power of that one use is greater than the normal release of a real holy sword."

In other words, the holy sword in Morgan's hand was not a weapon, but a bomb.

Or rather, it's a one-time use Mystic Code—a Mystic Code used to activate the spell [Excalibur].

“I’ll tell you the remaining amount.” Morgan held up the scepter for Artoria to see. “There are eight more Holy Swords left, and nine in total, including the one I have. Try to survive these nine Holy Swords being released, Artoria.”

"【Excalibur】"

As soon as he finished speaking, Morgan unleashed the holy sword in his hand, and the pitch-black aurora surged out like a monstrous wave! The wave of black light instantly filled Artoria's vision!

Without the slightest hesitation, Artoria also unleashed the holy sword in her hand—

"Excalibur!"

A golden aurora shot into the sky!

Two dazzling aurora beams, one black and one gold, pierced through space in a fleeting instant, colliding with each other in a deafening display! The clash of light and darkness and the ensuing storm swept across the skies of Camelot!

The commotion briefly drew the attention of the people fighting below.

(Did His Majesty use the Holy Sword?)

(Those are beautiful fireworks. Should I try making some myself sometime?)

Bagst and Melusin were not surprised at all. One was a knight who had followed Morgan for over a thousand years, and the other was a friend who had followed Morgan for two thousand four hundred years. They could be considered best friends, and they had long been familiar with Morgan's various methods.

Soon, after a brief stalemate, the golden aurora was gradually swallowed and shattered by the dark aurora, and then Artoria took a direct hit from Morgan's Holy Sword!

"Bang--------!"

Like Mordred before her, Artoria, who was hit head-on, immediately fell from the sky. However, thanks to the rapid healing provided by Avalon within her body, Artoria regained her balance and stopped in mid-air the moment after falling.

"The Sword of Excalibur"

Morgan's voice came from the sky again, and the pitch-black aurora fell from the sky in an instant. Artoria had just steadied herself when she was once again swallowed up and engulfed by the falling darkness!

"Miss Artoria!"

Seeing this from afar, Mashu immediately wanted to chase after her, but she had only been distracted for a moment when Melsin's attack landed heavily on her back, kicking her into the ruins in the distance!

On the other side—

"boom--------!"

Swinging his greatsword, Bagst unleashed a torrent of burning flames, mercilessly shattering the flames of Jeanne d'Arc Alter that was fighting against him. The greatsword struck her dragon banner with all its might!

The monstrous strength, as if it were about to cleave her in two, left Jeanne Alter with no intention of continuing to defend herself. After blocking the attack, she immediately retreated backward! And she waved her banner, causing scorching infernal flames to rise at Bagst's feet!

"boom!"

With a single, clean strike, Bagst dispersed the flames, looking down at his enemy with disdain: "A weak blow. Is this all the power of pan-human history has to offer? It's really nothing to fear."

"Zheng————————!"

A bowstring twanged in the distance, and a thick arrow of light suddenly shot towards her from a place where Bagst could not see directly! At the same time, dozens of ripples of light appeared above her head, and numerous Noble Phantasms of average rank B rained down like a storm!

It was a sniping attack by Atalanta and a simultaneous salvo from Angelica's Noble Phantasm.

"Humph!"

Bagst snorted coldly, turned around and snapped Atalanta's sniper rifle in half with a single sword strike. Then, he unleashed a powerful slash at the countless falling Noble Phantasms, the resulting wave of flames blowing them all away or knocking them down in mid-air.

(Tsk, my carefully fired arrow was so easily broken... It's comparable to Hercules, this monster.)

Atalanta, who was pacing in the distance searching for the best shooting angle, curled her lip, while Angelica, sitting on the Vimana in the air, also looked quite displeased.

(She's become more adept at dealing with treasure, not in terms of technical skill, but simply in terms of her overall strength in that area... What exactly is going on?)

Angelica was unaware that this was the power of the "blessing of the elves" bestowed upon Bagst.

At that time, the blessing that Natsukawa Torama directly bestowed upon Bagst and Bavan Shi would be based on changes in their consciousness, beliefs, spirit, desires, and other things, and would grant them corresponding abilities one by one.

Bagst's current situation is that, in the process of constantly confronting the King's Treasury, he has gradually gained an adaptability specifically for dealing with this situation, which can also be described as another version of "the protection of arrows".

"Alright, that's enough fooling around."

Bagst looked at Jeanne Alter and the others: "Now that Your Majesty has used the Holy Sword, I should also finish this quickly and absolutely not hold Your Majesty back—Flame, pierce the heavens!"

With Bagst's voice, the sky-piercing flames that Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash faced on the Isle of Ending now reappeared in Camelot City, causing the surrounding temperature to rise rapidly and the air to become incredibly distorted due to the ever-increasing heat!

then--

"BOOM————————————!!"

Bagst swung down the flaming sword that had shot into the sky, the flaming sword seemingly intent on cleaving Camelot in two. Instantly, it burned and melted everything in its path, forcefully splitting Camelot in two!

Without any suspense, under this attack that was absolutely overwhelming in both power and range, Jeanne Alter, Atalanta, Aozaki Touko, and Chiel had no chance to resist at all. Even though Bagst had held back and did not hit them directly, the burst of flames and the impact were enough to knock them all down!

Even Angelica, who was flying in the air, was affected by the heat wave and had to control Vimana to fly to a higher altitude.

In terms of direct combat strength and firepower output alone, Bagst is superior to Melusin.

“Alright, that takes care of four.” Bagst looked up at Angelica. “The only one left is you, the puppet who uses the power of heroic spirits—let me see just how much weight the oldest hero king in the history of humankind really carries.”

26. Endings and Betrayals

"It seems things aren't looking good."

Chaldea.

Observing the battle situation in the Lostbelt through the device worn by Fujimaru Ritsuka, Merry bit her fingernails with some worry.

The current situation is far from optimistic. Mash, with her strongest defense, is being unilaterally suppressed. Ever since Morgan and Melsin talked about something, she seems to have fully woken up and has been relentlessly tormenting Mash. Ayaka Sajou was also instantly killed by her.

(So ​​we can only rely on Ritsuka over there... The problem is, we don't know if Ritsuka can control Goetia properly, and what's worse, we don't know when Tora will come back. If Tora and Goetia meet, we're afraid we'll all be wiped out.)

That's the most serious problem.

The same thing happened in Bagst on the other side.

(Grey, Jeanne Alter, Atalanta, Orange, Ciel... she defeated all five of them in one hit. Although two of them were completely countered, the magic power output of such a blow was almost comparable to that of a tiger.)

(Seriously, what kind of power did she receive from the tiger's blessing?)

Given the current situation, even though Angelica still holds the air superiority, she can't compete in a direct confrontation. Using EA, they probably don't have the time to prepare. Just as they learned about Fairy Knight and Morgan from Natsukawa Tiger, they should have also learned about this side from Morgan and Natsukawa Tiger.

If Angelica decides to use EA, Bagst will certainly not stand idly by and take the beating.

(As for Lia and Mordred...tsk, are they almost at their breaking point?)

Unlike Bagst, whose battle situation could be considered evenly matched, Artoria and Mordred were completely trapped in a desperate situation. Mordred lost her fighting ability due to Morgan's Holy Sword counterattack, and Artoria was only holding on with Avalon and did not have the means to defeat Morgan.

(Automatic defense magic, a one-time-use replica of the Holy Sword... It's far stronger than what I learned from Tiger. Although with Tiger around, enhancements are to be expected, this level of enhancement... makes it incredibly troublesome for an enemy, Tiger.)

(By the way...)

Observing the entire battlefield, Meryl frowned: "I can't find it... Tiger Number Two."

Yes, we can't find any trace of Natsukawa Tiger No. 2.

Since the real Natsukawa Tiger appeared, the second Natsukawa Tiger has disappeared without anyone noticing. Even Meryl didn't realize when he disappeared, and probably no one present noticed either.

(Did it hide because it ran out of magic? Or... is something strange?)

Meryl's intuition told her that there must be some inside story behind the disappearance of Tiger Number Two that she was unaware of, and that his true identity might not just be a collection of past memories that Xia Chuanhu had cut out.

But now we don't have the resources to explore this further. If we don't find a solution soon, everyone will be wiped out.

"Ritsuka, prepare to retreat."

Meryl gave the order.

Fujimaru Ritsuka, who was constantly providing magical support to Mash in the Lostbelt, was stunned when she heard this order.

"retreat?"

[Yes, that's right. We are definitely no match for them now. Retreat is the best option. Although we can't take all the defeated people with us, we can take as many as we can.]

"But--"

Should we abandon all those who have already been defeated?

Fujimaru Ritsuka gritted her teeth.

Don't worry, I don't think they'll do anything to them. Even if they become strangers to us, Tiger still retains a shell of memories related to us, so in that sense, he shouldn't go too far. Also, you can leave the device you use to communicate with us; I'll negotiate with Tiger later.

"Does that mean we won't be able to contact Chaldea?"

"Well, it's better than you all being wiped out here. Although your journey in the Lostbelt will be very difficult, at least—"

Mary didn't have time to finish her sentence.

Because before that—

"Sorry, you can't leave now."

Natsukawa Tora's voice rang out behind Fujimaru Ritsuka without warning!

Then a hand pressed down on Fujimaru Ritsuka's shoulder, forcibly keeping her where she was as she tried to escape.

"minister......"

"I am not qualified to be addressed like that by you right now, Fujimaru Ritsuka."

The cold tone made Fujimaru Ritsuka swallow hard.