"His combat prowess really is unexpectedly formidable."
Leila agreed from beside him, then turned to ask:
"Are you planning to capture him too?"
"Capture him? He's the last man who would ever be captured or persuaded to surrender."
Ask chuckled and shook his head.
The Bloodstained Rebellion had swept through the entire Imperial Family and most of the nobility.
The Knights of the Round had been no exception.
Of the twelve serving Knights of the Round at the time, only two had not rebelled, standing firmly with the emperor's faction and supporting Charles's rule.
One was the First Knights of the Round, Marianne.
The other was the Fifth Knights of the Round, Bismarck.
Back then, Bismarck had held the city gates alone, giving Marianne the opening she needed to win.
Thus, after the Bloodstained Rebellion was quelled and Marianne married into the Imperial Family, the emperor appointed him First Knights of the Round.
Although...
By then, they were the only two Knights of the Round left.
A man like that would rather die fighting than surrender.
Ask swept his hand forward and declared as though proclaiming victory:
"Have Monica shoot down the enemy flagship, then send Origami in with Methratton to capture the emperor of Britannia alive!"
Monica's Artoria Alter spread its energy wings and hovered directly above Charles's flagship.
After receiving Ask's order, the electromagnetic rail launcher on its back, as long as a Knightmare was tall, sprang out and mounted itself over its right shoulder.
Holding the trigger assembly with both hands, it aimed at the flagship's flotation system-
"Liquid Protective Film Super Electromagnetic Cannon."
It fired.
-!
A streak of pale blue light tore across the sky.
As though it had stolen all the world's radiance, everything around it dimmed.
In the next instant, accompanied