(Fafnir: You fucking remember this is my back now?!)
—So there was no need to widen the distance in the first place.
The rapier pressed against the halberd's edge. As Jeanne d'Arc (Alter) withdrew her hand and lunged forward with rapid thrusts, the Guan Dao had already fallen apart with a clang. Its twin crescent blades separated, the edges on both sides expanding outward until they became two crossed short halberds.
'Sky-Piercing Halberd: Five Soldiers of the War God (Reaping)'!
With a different form came a different way of wielding this Five Weapons of the War God.
(PS: In short, it seemed like switching from Lü Bu to Dian Wei, 23333...)
"—!"
The Dragon Witch's eyes widened. Damn it, this bizarre weapon could be used like that too?
Lianye caught the two hand halberds. One blocked the one-handed sword aimed at his chest, while the other swept vertically upward from below.
"Whoosh—!"
It was an exceptionally clean, beautiful strike.
The short halberd's blade swept straight between Jeanne d'Arc (Alter)'s full, rounded breasts—far more alluring than Artoria's—severing the black iron chain across the witch's chest before continuing upward with undiminished sharpness and force.
Had Jeanne d'Arc (Alter) not reacted in time and hurriedly raised her chin high, that beautiful head forged from magical energy would likely have been split in two by the hand halberd.
Though the Holy Grail supplied an endless stream of magical energy, a Servant would not necessarily be defeated even after losing an arm or leg. Still, having one's head chopped off and becoming a headless knight Dullahan would always look rather ugly.
However, just as Jeanne d'Arc (Alter) lifted her smooth, jade-like chin to evade, the hand halberd withdrew.
· ...Please give flowers... ...The Dragon Witch stepped back, gripping her one-handed sword warily while releasing her