I must draw my sword immediately!

Chapter 17 Noble Phantasm: Edo Ado's Charge!

A beam of light formed from a massive amount of magical energy followed Suya as she moved rapidly.

Suya didn't know what it was, and couldn't understand why it kept following her.

All he knew was that under such a spectacle, he was like a monkey in a zoo, being watched by everyone.

The risks he was exposed to skyrocketed!

Or--

Suya felt a chill run down her spine, and inexplicably felt as if a malevolent gaze was fixed on her!

He suppressed his discomfort and desperately spurred his horse to accelerate.
But the ominous premonition grew stronger.

"Merry, when will this damn special effects finally end?!"

"You're asking me? Oh right—I actually know the answer to that!"

Meryl turned to stare at the gleaming Suya, blinked, pondered for a moment, and answered somewhat uncertainly:

"This is a phenomenon of the Noble Phantasm forming; it will naturally end once the Noble Phantasm is formed."

"A treasure? What treasure?"

Suya's scalp tightened.
Noble Phantasms? Aren't those things only Servants in the Fate series have? In other words, they're manifestations of historical legends, things of the dead.

Why would this thing hit me, a living person?
"Judging from the commotion, it should be a C-rank Noble Phantasm? Oh, here it comes—"

Meryl gazed at the pillar of light above Sua's head; her rose-red eyes seemed to be able to see something invisible to the naked eye.
She immediately shouted, "Raise your hand and catch it!"

"what?"

Suya was taken aback, but instinctively raised her hand, just as she had done not long ago when she was under Meryl's command.
next moment--

He felt as if there was a thin, long object in his palm.

That was a rein?

Suya blinked, and upon closer inspection, it really was a rein, entirely silver-white with rose patterns on it.

It seemed weightless in her hand and even looked somewhat ethereal, but the moment Suya saw it, she immediately understood its legend and purpose—

[Noble Phantasm: Edoardo's Charge]

[Grade: C]

[Note: Edoardo is a 'true knight,' but Edoardo is not Edoardo; due to the duality of the legend, his Noble Phantasm has two uses.]

[I. The Charge of Edoardo: Like Pheidippides in Greek mythology who ran from Marathon back to Athens, Edoardo possessed similar noble character and superhuman endurance. During the conquest of Britain, Edoardo discovered the whereabouts of King Arthur Pendragon. After a desperate battle, he dragged his dying body back to report the news. After delivering the intelligence, he returned to reinforce his rearguard. After a fierce fight, he finally killed Arthur Pendragon.]

[Part Two: The Charge of the King of Imposters: As the true killer of Arthur Pendragon, he framed someone else, single-handedly traversing a Macedonian army of ten thousand, outmaneuvering them, plundering everything, and then concealing his true name behind legend. Hidden behind the truth of the Knight Edoardo's Charge was actually a meticulously planned escape.]

"Got the Noble Phantasm, what's next? How do I turn off the special effects?"

With a thought, the silver reins in his hand vanished.
Suya looked up at Meryl quickly, only to find that Meryl's gaze had passed over his shoulder and was looking behind him.

And then,
He then realized that after he received the Noble Phantasm, the light on his body had disappeared, and the holy pillar of light that reached the heavens and the earth had also vanished.

at this time,

The two had already crossed the western pass.
Warhorses trod across the barren, brown ground that had been trampled by the army and was now devoid of vegetation, and arrived at a plain.

In the distance, a shattered city, shrouded in the smoke of war, hangs forlornly in the center of the plain.

According to what Mary had said before, that was Burne Territory, and all that was needed to cross this plain was to reach Sir Hector's manor.

Although it was behind enemy lines, it could still be considered a safe zone as long as the Conqueror King's army didn't pursue them.

Something is rapidly approaching!

At the front of the warhorse, Meryl suddenly frowned slightly and spoke.

"Right behind you!"

Upon hearing the sound, Suya tensed up and immediately turned his horse around to look.
Then they saw—at the end of their line of sight, from the hill pass they had just crossed,
A black warhorse leaped high from the hilltop at a speed that Suya could not comprehend at all.

On the 30-degree downward slope, it transformed into a black beam of light and hurtled towards him!

Closer and closer!
After getting within a hundred meters, Suya realized that there was no one riding on the warhorse. The horse seemed to be frightened and had completely lost its mind. Even though it had seen Suya in the path, it had no intention of stopping!
Or rather, this was aimed at me!

Suya recalled the malevolent gaze she had just sensed.

But what about the people?

"Vault!"

Looking behind Suya, Meryl suddenly shouted urgently.
With a speed faster than Suya's reaction, she grabbed Suya's collar, kicked Suya's left foot off the stirrup, and fell headfirst to the right side of the warhorse.

The next moment——

A cold touch brushed against the back of my head.

The two lunged at the ground, and just before their faces hit the earth, Suya recalled the scout red knight's tumbling landing in the stirrups. Clutching Meryl, he forcefully adjusted his position, rolling to his feet.
At the same time, his right hand tapped the hilt of the sword at his waist.

Draw your sword!

"when!"

Sparks are flying!

A short spear swept across, its tip striking the blade near the hilt of the sword.

The person who suddenly attacked Suya seemed surprised that Suya was able to react in time, draw her sword, and actually manage to block his attack by sheer luck.

but,

The short spears that were locked in a standoff immediately flipped flat, thrusting forward and hooking back, using the cross-shaped spear rest to catch the cross-shaped sword guard in Suya's hand.

sieve!
Suya felt an immense force coming from the sword, and the sword immediately flew out of his hand and flew horizontally!

"broken!"

Suya's heart skipped a beat. She subconsciously looked up and saw the short spear swing back and turn horizontally, spinning once in the attacker's hand. As he took a step forward and adjusted his stance, the spear continued to thrust towards her throat!

And at that moment, he saw the attacker's face—

With long red hair and a sinister face, this person didn't even wear leather armor for the sake of agility, only a black bodysuit. At this moment, his eyes were filled with cold killing intent as he stared intently at himself!
Moreover, this person had no habit of listening to Suya's pre-death ramblings. This straight thrust was aimed at piercing Suya's throat and killing him instantly!
However, at this moment——

"boom!"

A sharp, short explosion rang out very close to Suya's ear.

The cherry-pink beam of light passed through the corner of Suya's line of sight and shone directly into the face of the long-haired red man!

"Stand up quickly!"

"Draw your sword!"

"This guy is the captain of Tanma Chi, a professional assassin!"

Thank you to all the brothers who brought in both old and new books!

We've already won the trial push; we'll launch the trial push this weekend, stacking new books into the library, stacking 5 words of the intelligent push, and stacking the trial push.
Damn it, I have to start right now!
Although it might seem a bit odd to start an original story immediately after my first fanfiction, my previous Naruto fanfiction, which I wrote, was based on the principle of not following the main storyline of the original work at all, but rather writing my own plot within the framework of Naruto.

I believe this is my forte, and I believe the muse will ultimately favor everyone who loves writing.

I will do my best to bring you better content.

Therefore,
I'd like to ask everyone for help here.

Please hand over your reading materials to me!

—Lost and thankful.

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