"Those who would eventually pass away."
"Those who had long since passed away."
"Crimes that, throughout humanity's long history, had never been mentioned, never been condemned."
King Hassan stood outside the Royal Court, his back to the towering spire behind him, his back to the gleaming Holy Spear. He seemed to be sighing, perhaps reflecting.
"Life should have limits, yet there are always lives that step beyond those rules."
"Longevity and immortality are not the same. What remains here is neither a Heroic Spirit nor human."
He shook his head and vanished into the shadows.
Only his voice remained where he had stood.
"A knight neither dead nor alive, a king neither dead nor alive."
"Now is the time to face destiny."
Fujimaru Ritsuka pulled Mash to the rear, where Leonardo da Vinci and Liao Ye were waiting.
"Ritsuka, is this really all right?" Roman fell silent for a moment, watching the two enormous magical energy readings on the radar before asking Ritsuka.
Fujimaru Ritsuka gazed at the king and knight facing each other at the end of the world, silent and unable to answer.
She could only shake her head and admit to Roman, "I don't know."
"But the one meant to bring this destiny to an end should be Mr. Anno."
Clang—
A blood-red slash roared as it cleaved toward the Lion King.
Anno still held the two Holy Swords in his hands, but what drew the eye was that only Chalk, the one that belonged to him alone, had been dyed crimson. Excalibur still emitted a golden glow in Anno's left hand.
BOOM!!!
The response to the crimson sword-light was a roaring blaze of holy radiance.
Using the opening created by the explosion, Anno moved with incredible speed, almost flickering to the Lion King's side as