The Exorcism Tale of Hachiman

If we are defeated, our dignity as kings will be completely lost!

"fall!"

A loud shout came from Iskandar's mouth, and the frightened bull instantly regained its composure.

"drop!"

Iskandar then gave the order for the oxcart to run downhill.

Instantly, the entire oxcart plunged rapidly towards the ground at an angle of about 60 degrees.

Artoria was about to swing her sword to attack when she suddenly lost her balance and fell towards the front of the oxcart.

At the same time, Iskandar seized this rare opportunity and thrust his sword at Artoria...

With her body suspended in mid-air and unable to gain any leverage, Artoria could only watch as Iskandar's short sword drew ever closer...

"when!"

Just as the short sword was about to strike Artoria's body, Artoria moved the long sword above Iskandar's target, blocking the short sword's advance.

But then Iskandar swung his fist and delivered a powerful blow to her abdomen!

"Well...."

Even with the protection of her magically conjured armor, being hit in the soft abdomen still made Artoria feel as if all her strength had been instantly drained.

Fortunately, this feeling of helplessness lasted for less than two seconds.

Feeling her strength returning to her limbs, Artoria immediately used the momentum of Iskandar's attack to descend even faster, leaping off the oxcart mid-fall and launching a new attack on Iskandar...

"That's quite a fierce fight..."

Hachiman Hikigaya stood at the bridgehead, quietly watching the spectacular duel between the two in mid-air.

After the two fought for several dozen more rounds in mid-air, perhaps because Artoria realized that she could not gain the upper hand on the oxcart, she took the initiative to jump from the oxcart onto the bridge after forcing Iskandar back once again, and began to charge up her Noble Phantasm.

"Hey, don't just unleash your ultimate move without warning!"

Hachiman Hikigaya's face darkened instantly upon realizing that Artoria was rapidly draining the magic power from his body.

Indeed, after a day of rest, he had almost fully recovered both his spiritual power and Inari divine power.

However, Artoria's Noble Phantasm is also consumed in a similarly intense manner.

Especially if we use our Noble Phantasm now, it won't be able to inflict a fatal wound on Rider; it will only give us a temporary advantage, right?

"Oh? You're using your Noble Phantasm already?"

In mid-air, Iskandar watched as Artoria leaped back onto the bridge, unleashing a massive surge of magical energy.

A hint of seriousness appeared on his face, but even more so, excitement!

He raised his sword high, and a bolt of lightning struck the tip of the sword directly from the sky. Immediately afterward, countless bolts of lightning began to spread around the entire oxcart.

"Here I come, Saber!"

Sensing that Artoria's charge was almost complete, Iskandar spurred the oxcart, carrying lightning, and rammed it fiercely towards her.

"Ex.......calibur!"

Artoria did not respond to Iskandar's words. She devoted herself entirely to the release of the sword. When the power of the Noble Phantasm reached its limit, she suddenly opened her eyes and guided the huge beam of light to fall towards Iskandar.

The powerful thunderbolts collided with the golden pillar of light, and their immense energies began to intertwine.

But this situation lasted only a few seconds before the golden light completely engulfed the lightning, along with the oxcart and Iskandar himself...

"rider!"

Weber watched helplessly as Iskandar was engulfed by the golden light, and he immediately began to call out Iskandar's name anxiously.

"So you really did take it head-on..."

Unlike Waver's anxiety, Hachiman Hikigaya, who witnessed Iskandar stubbornly taking Artoria's ultimate attack head-on, expressed considerable helplessness.

It's important to know that Excalibur is a Noble Phantasm of the anti-city level, made from humanity's best wishes. Even Karna's golden armor nearly dried him up before he could barely withstand it.

Iskandar surprisingly chose to fight head-on...

He could only express his admiration for the other party's courage.

"But if we do that, we'll win the battle, right?"

Having witnessed Iskandar disappear into the pillar of light, not only Hachiman Hikigaya but also Artoria believed that Rider had been defeated and had left the stage.

However, this conjecture was quickly disproven by Iskandar's subsequent actions.

"That's truly a very powerful Noble Phantasm..."

Covered in dust and dirt, with only half of his cloak remaining, Iskandar, now dressed as a vagabond, reappeared in everyone's sight.

First, he solemnly praised Artoria's Noble Phantasm, then sighed at the oxcart that had been reduced to ashes, and Iskandar once again pointed the tip of his sword at Artoria.

"Since you've brought out such a powerful Noble Phantasm, I naturally have to respond in kind!"

As the words fell, Hachiman Hikigaya, Artoria, and Waver were astonished to find themselves transported to a world of endless yellow sand...

Chapter 255 The Fall of the Conqueror

"here it is?"

The moment Iskandar pulled him into the world of yellow sand, Hachiman Hikigaya keenly sensed the strangeness of this world.

"Hahaha......"

On the other side, Iskandar, who had pulled everyone into the bounded field of his Noble Phantasm 'King's Army,' laughed triumphantly as he looked at their astonished expressions.

As his laughter echoed, the figures of soldiers began to appear one after another on the sand dunes behind him!

"Were they all his subordinates who followed him during his lifetime?"

Artoria stood opposite the suddenly appearing army, staring blankly at Iskandar, who was greeting his long-absent subordinates.

Her mind raced through her 'failed' life, which only strengthened her resolve to seize the Holy Grail.

If I hadn't drawn my sword back then...

Meanwhile, Iskandar had already assembled his army.

Thousands of people were lined up on the sand dunes in a grand procession, and as far as the eye could see, they were all heroic spirits!

Moreover, there are even several auras within the army that are stronger than Iskandar's!

"That's practically a foul..."

Sensing the overwhelming aura of the thousands of heroic spirits opposite him, Hachiman Hikigaya's lips twitched.

How does this work?

Even if they were all Heroic Spirits of Assassin caliber, Artoria could kill her with a single sword strike, let alone these were the troops who served Iskandar in their previous lives, who would undoubtedly be skilled in battle formations and such...

"Is a Command Spell absolutely necessary?"

Artoria's Noble Phantasm, Excalibur, has just been unleashed.

In game terms, since Hachiman Hikigaya's magical energy is limited, her Noble Phantasm is currently on cooldown.

But it's clear that even Iskandar on the other side wouldn't just stay quietly in place and wait for Hachiman Hikigaya's magic power to recover so that Artoria could continue using her Noble Phantasm.

"The enemy opposite us is a knight king who can take on a thousand men single-handedly, enough to make us unleash our full power and show our dominance!"

As Hachiman Hikigaya raised his arm to use a Command Spell, Iskandar had already given his army a simple yet passionate battle mobilization.

As he charged toward Artoria on his warhorse Busyvaras, thousands of his troops followed, weapons raised high!

"Saber, I command you with a Command Spell: Unleash your Noble Phantasm and annihilate all enemies before you!"

Unsure of the exact maximum coverage of Excalibur, Hachiman Hikigaya used a Command Spell to force it to target all enemies on the opposite side.

With a burning sensation rising on the back of her hand, the Command Seal partially concealed its mark, and Artoria, facing the Iskandar army, was forced to raise the golden sword in her hand.

A vast amount of magical power poured into his body from the invisible void, and the surging magical power, due to its immense quantity, manifested in reality, wrapping around the surface of the sword...

"For Britain, I will absolutely not lose this battle!"

Artoria slowly raised her head, her eyes clear and resolute.

Although she was influenced by others many times along the way, she eventually remembered it.

On that battlefield at dusk, on the hillside littered with corpses, she had given up the chance to enter Valhalla and waited bitterly for a thousand years, all for this one chance to seize the Holy Grail!

"If we could go back and choose again, all the misfortunes would disappear, and Britain would be revitalized in the hands of the new king, instead of heading towards destruction as before!"

"So get out of the stage, Rider!"

With her magic fully charged, Artoria let out a shout as she faced Iskandar, who had rushed in front of her and was about to strike with his sword. Then, she slashed her golden sword down fiercely.

"Boom!"

A violent explosion rang out on the sand dunes, followed by a massive storm that quickly swept across the entire battlefield.

The moment the beam of light touched the soldiers, they were instantly reduced to specks of light and returned to nothingness.

The few remaining powerful Heroic Spirits somehow arrived in front of Iskandar, spreading their arms to shield their king from the fatal blow.

As the smoke cleared, the original appearance of the battlefield was revealed once again.

The once dense army of heroic spirits had vanished, with only the ravine on the ground leading to the edge seemingly serving as proof of their existence.

Artoria knelt on one knee on the sand, her exhausted body barely supported by the golden sword stuck in the sand.

And just five meters away from her, Iskandar also knelt on one knee.

As one of those charging at the forefront, Iskandar should have suffered the most damage.

However, because his subordinates used an unknown method to teleport in front of him and block the fatal attack, Iskandar was only seriously injured.

Will the final outcome be a lose-lose situation?

The enemy is right in front of you, but you are unable to move.

Iskandar's face was filled with helplessness at this point.

Although he fought Artoria to a draw, he had actually lost the battle, since his Master Waver was no match for Hachiman Hikigaya...

"If I had known it would be like this, I should have asked the question before the battle started... But it doesn't matter now, right? After all, the battle just now was really enjoyable..."