The sounds of slaughter!
The shouts!
The distinctive clang of weapons colliding!
An army made up of a thousand heroic spirits, every one of them a renowned ruler in their own right.
Among them were kings, generals, soldiers, and nobles.
But they all had one thing in common: they had willingly joined the great Conqueror King, Alexander the Great, to share in the joy and thrill of conquest!
"—Who is our king?!"
"—The great Conqueror King! Alexander the Great!"
As a thousand heroic spirits cried out in unison, their deafening calls seemed to make even the heavens tremble.
Then the soldiers charged forward with fearless, death-defying resolve, rushing toward the blue storm before them!
A weapon made to kill.
The most splendid color on the battlefield.
Like the wind, the golden-haired girl darted through the army of heroic spirits. Wielding the Holy Sword without pause, she fought her way toward the place where the Conqueror King stood!
Her golden hair was already soaked with blood.
Mud had smeared her once-clean face.
Her brilliant silver armor had been scored with one mark after another by soldiers who still clutched their weapons tightly even in death.
At some point, the sun had hidden behind layer upon layer of clouds.
The gloomy sky sent a chill through everyone.
A flash of silver!
She cut off a soldier's head.
Another flash of silver!
She sliced a soldier in two at the waist!
Beneath the gloomy sky,
a young queen was fighting, killing, and fighting again.
Her small frame seemed so frail beside the burly soldiers, so much so that anyone looking at her might feel pity.
But that frail body unleashed strength beyond that of dozens of heroic spirit warriors. It was the strength of a dragon!
The Holy Sword in her hands was like a meat grinder, ruthlessly and efficiently harvesting the lives of heroic spirits one after another.
"Haah!" With a delicate cry,
Saber ducked to avoid the sword thrust from behind, then kicked upward with her right foot, smashing the attacker's jaw.
She had barely dealt with the attack from behind when the instincts honed through twelve battles suddenly warned Artoria of a threat in front of her.
A massive axe blade came chopping down! Wielded by a monster with long tusks, it swung straight at Artoria's slender waist!
Crack!!
A deafening peal of thunder suddenly rang across the sky.
Beneath the pale lightning,
the invisible Holy Sword rose to block the massive axe blade. But the tremendous force coming from the axe caught Saber off guard and put her at a disadvantage.
"Guh!!..." Driven to her knees by the blow, Saber clenched her teeth, her emerald-green eyes narrowing sharply!
Wind King Barrier!
"Get away!!!" The Wind King Barrier erupted, sending the tusked monster tumbling into the air and tearing it to pieces!
But that brief show of strength did not make the army of heroic spirits retreat in the slightest. Instead, they charged at Saber with even greater frenzy, raising their weapons and roaring.
In almost an instant, the mass of soldiers flooded over the ring of corpses Saber had struggled to clear. Their furious shouts, the slicing sounds of blades piercing flesh, and the resentful howls of the dead all became curses, clinging to her like ghosts and relentlessly assaulting her mind.
Charge! Charge! Charge!
Fight! Fight! Fight!
The soldiers' furious roars echoed beneath the gloomy sky.
Blood stained the ground as it grew steadily wetter.
The pungent stench spread through the air.
Crack!
Thunder sounded again, accompanied by a sudden downpour.
The rain falling from the sky washed the bloodstains from the earth again and again.
Amid the falling rain, on the mound of corpses that had already piled up into a small hill, stood a golden-haired girl, drenched from head to toe. She continued to swing the Holy Sword in her hands, fighting off her enemies.
Drip. Drip, drip, drip...
The rain falling on her armor seemed to play out a concert.
In the downpour, blades swung through the air, sending sprays of water as they struck at the girl again and again.
The enemies were like locusts, impossible to kill off or cut down completely.
But
the sword in her hands would not be lowered!
Her exhausted body, soaked through, would not fall!
Her vision, completely obscured by the rain, would not fade!
The enemies were still charging through the downpour!
The girl was still fighting beneath the thunder!
As the mound of corpses rose another layer, as blood flowed like a river once more, as the stench filled the air all around her,
the Holy Sword was planted in the mound of corpses. The girl's body was bent over as she breathed heavily.
The rain had soaked her brilliant golden hair.
Even with the rain washing over her, the blood of her enemies had still stained her silver armor red.
Swords lay scattered in every direction, spears were snapped at the waist, shields were twisted beyond recognition, and flags had fallen.
Amid the pouring rain and the slick, blood-red mud, they all looked so pale and powerless.
Everything around the girl had been transformed into a vision of hell after a battle.
The God of War on the battlefield.
The knights' king.
"Ah... hah... ha... Aah!!!"
She raised her unyielding head and cried out to the heavens, like a declaration of victory.
Drip... drip...
The sound of the rain gradually grew softer.
The downpour had finally stopped. The clouds slowly dispersed, and the sunlight, now transformed into the glow of sunset, shone down once more.
Against the setting sun, the golden-haired figure standing atop countless corpses looked so valiant and proud.
In the breeze, which carried a faint metallic stench,
her golden hair fluttered in the wind.
Against the backdrop of the setting sun, her green eyes still shone brightly.
My Goddess...
But...
The battle was not over.
The figures of countless soldiers appeared around Saber once more.
These soldiers were even more powerfully built. Their weapons gleamed with a menacing, icy light, and their eyes seemed to glimmer with a faint red.
If the soldiers lying on the mound of corpses could each fight five men at once, then these soldiers could each hold off ten.
They were the finest of the elite.
Clack. Clack-clack-clack...
The soldiers closest to Saber had already raised their weapons across their chests.
"Still refusing to admit defeat, Knight King?! Do you still think you can take down my bravest soldiers?!" The Conqueror King's voice came from behind the soldiers.
The imposing figure standing on his chariot had been watching the battle all along.
He had watched the Knight King face enemies hundreds of times her number, yet still dare to raise her blade and charge.
Surrounded by wave after wave of enemies, she had still dared to counterattack again and again, all the while looking for a way to charge straight to him and cut him down with her own hands!
Brave.
Fearless.
And decisive in her slaughter.
Faced with hundreds of times her number in enemies, her resolute figure—though so small—seemed more dependable and reassuring than any he had ever seen.
And there was her performance as she fought in the midst of the enemy ranks, her expression still utterly unshaken even now. Her emerald eyes continued to reflect her strength and fearlessness.
The girl stood quietly atop the mound of corpses.
In response to the Conqueror King's question, she neither answered nor changed her expression. She simply straightened her small frame once more, tightened her grip on the Holy Sword, and yanked it from the mound of corpses.
Blood droplets scattered as she swung the golden blade.
Blades faced one another...
—Come!
The corners of her mouth lifted ever so slightly, brimming with boundless confidence and resolve. She said nothing, but her stance clearly conveyed her answer to the Conqueror King.
Even with death looming over her, she still dared to wear a steadfast smile.
It made the figure standing beneath the setting sun seem even more mysterious and captivating.
A Valkyrie...
"Ah... I think I understand a little now why that guy is so infatuated with you." Looking at Saber, who was like a Valkyrie, the Conqueror King sighed with admiration, feeling both regretful and strangely content.
His burly hand slowly rose, then suddenly swept down!
"Kill!!!!"
With the soldiers' unified roar, wave after wave of them charged once again toward the petite girl atop the mound of corpses, like a swarm of locusts!
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The first few soldiers to reach Saber raised their weapons at once and swung them down at her together!
Faced with the danger descending upon her once more, Saber seemed unperturbed. To her, this was only one more experience of standing at death's door.
She assumed her stance, gripping the Holy Sword in both hands and holding it behind her head.
She suddenly lifted her head, her large green eyes narrowing sharply.
"EX...!" Her lips parted softly, calling forth the forbidden power she was about to unleash.
A violent gale instantly erupted around the girl, tearing the soldiers nearest her to pieces like a raging storm.
The wind roared with fury! Brilliant golden light burst from the girl's invisible sword!
The armor and skirt she wore dissolved into wisps of smoke, winding around the golden blade.
The golden sword rose to touch the sky.
Its dazzling light made it impossible for anyone to look up.
"This strike... will be my last, and my strongest! If you're confident you can take it, then come, Conqueror King!!"
Her clear voice, accompanied by golden radiance as bright as the sun, reached the Conqueror King's ears.
"Hahahahaha!!! Then come!" Having finished speaking, the Conqueror King charged ahead, driving his divine ox chariot toward Artoria.
"My brave and fearless soldiers! Follow me! Alexander the Great!! Charge!!!" At the Conqueror King's shout, the cavalry who had remained behind him without joining the battle rushed forward at once!
The sound of hundreds—no, thousands—of horses galloping across the earth made it feel as though an earthquake had begun!
Facing the true elite army charging toward her, Saber took a sudden step forward with her small frame!
The Holy Sword swung up, then came down in a direct, vertical strike!
"Ex!!calibur!!!"
The remaining light of the setting sun was completely replaced by the golden radiance that suddenly erupted.
The darkened sky was instantly swallowed by the burst of light.
At that moment!
Only one dazzling streak of golden light remained between heaven and earth!
My goodness. I finally got it written...
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