Yes, the instant the slash shot forth, it did not merely cleave through the thick shields. Even the shield-bearing Heroic Spirit soldiers, along with the spear-wielding Heroic Spirit soldiers in the row behind them, were cut in half like tofu!
Although the King of Conquest had long known of Yoru Machi's martial prowess, he was still stunned on the spot when he witnessed this scene from afar.
He had seen it clearly just now. The slash Yoru Machi had unleashed had not relied on magical energy or the power of a Noble Phantasm, but solely on his own martial skill and physical strength.
And what stood in his way were no ordinary soldiers either. Those were genuine Heroic Spirits!
The army that had once accompanied him, the King of Conquest, in his campaigns across the world had numbered far more than these mere tens of thousands.
Limited by the ability of his Noble Phantasm, he could not manifest his entire army within the Reality Marble. The current Army of the King consisted almost entirely of the elite among his elite.
Yet such elite Heroic Spirit soldiers were now being slaughtered by Yoru Machi as though they were nothing but cats and dogs, cut down like vegetables. How could the King of Conquest possibly believe it?
On ancient battlefields, one who could fight a thousand alone was already an unrivaled warrior. But the so-called "enemy of ten thousand" was simply beyond human capability. The King of Conquest had never believed such a person could exist.
Only today did the King of Conquest realize that although he had conquered half the world in life, his own horizons had still been far too narrow.
Having answered the Holy Grail's summons and come to this battlefield, even if he could not ultimately obtain the