"Victim"
"Bang!"
The sound was like a mortar being fired.
Riding her magnificent white horse, Artoria plunged downward like a cannonball. With Don Starlion carrying her beneath her, horse and rider seemed to become one, transforming into a flash of light as they charged toward Luo Zhen and the others.
Wherever they passed, the atmosphere was thrown into complete disarray, surging open like a shock wave.
"So fast!"
Mashu, Bedivere, and Artoria [Alter]—the three Servants—watched their expressions change again and again, shock even appearing on their faces.
After mounting Don Starlion, Artoria's speed had reached an extreme. Even they, as Knights of the Round Table, could barely react in time.
Artoria showed not the slightest mercy. Holding the holy lance like a cavalry lance, she thrust it out with the force of thunder as Don Starlion dove.
Her target was the weakest among them: Bedivere.
Clearly, Artoria intended to eliminate Bedivere first.
Bedivere could not react at all.
At the crucial moment...
"Yaaahhhh...!"
With a sharp cry, the shield-bearing girl stepped forward, raised her shield, and stood in front of Bedivere.
The holy lance, shooting forward like thunder, slammed heavily into the shield that had been raised just in time.
"Boom—!"
There was no clang of steel colliding, only an explosive sound that echoed through the air.
The holy lance erupted with astonishing power against the sturdy shield, unleashing a terrifying impact that tried to blast everyone away, Mashu included.
Caught off guard, Bedivere was blown away by the surging shock wave. Even Artoria [Alter] could not stop herself and was forced backward as if she had been struck.
Mashu, on the other hand, actually held her ground.
"Urgh..."
Mashu gritted her teeth and did her utmost to support the shield. The holy lance's impact continued to explode, but every