"It's been a long time, Assassin." Artoria removed her hood.
Kojiro, meanwhile, noticed Artoria's hand.
"Command Spells... So that fox—Medea, I think—once said something about King Arthur being a king from the future..."
"Do you wish to fight?" Artoria asked.
Kojiro smiled. "Ah, that's right. No matter what, I'm still the gate guard here. Besides, ever since I saw you, my heart has been pounding with excitement."
"You will lose."
"Ah, I know. But even so, I want to see it—"
His longsword left its sheath.
"I understand. Then... one move."
Artoria took out the wooden sword she carried with her.
"One move, is it? Then witness it—Secret Sword: Swallow Reversal—"
Sword light struck from three directions at once.
It was an attack with absolutely no blind spots.
Yet Artoria merely looked ahead.
Such a trajectory could be blocked.
But that was not what the swordsman before her pursued.
Since he had faced her with his strongest secret sword from the start, she should respond in kind.
She stepped forward.
The wooden sword pierced through Kojiro's trajectory.
It lasted only an instant.
"Thud—!"
The longsword fell to the ground, and the wooden sword pointed at Kojiro's chest.
"—Ah, so that's how it is."
The instant their swords met, he understood her.
It was a conviction forged and reinforced through countless years of tempering.
"I've lost." Kojiro picked up his sword.
Artoria put away her wooden sword as well.
"O Knight King," Kojiro spoke.
"Yes."
"This has been a very long journey, hasn't it?"
"...Who knows."
Chapter 1916: The Final Summoning, the Final Heroic Spirit
[Living humans instantly defeat Heroic Spirits!]
[To be fair, living Saber really is stronger than Servant Saber.]
[The Red Dragon of Britain isn't messing around.]
[I remember Saber's body itself seemed to be divine-tier, right?]
[If