A nameless knight? Gawain frowned, not expecting the young man to use such a title. But he was more concerned with Aozaki Rin's earlier word
A nameless knight?
Gawain frowned, not expecting the young man to use such a title. But he was more concerned with Aozaki Rin's earlier words and his ability to seemingly see through his own swordsmanship.
However, at this moment, he suppressed all the bewildering thoughts that stirred unsettling emotions within him. Since the person before him had become an enemy of the Holy City, as a follower of the King, he could only dedicate his entire being to battle and raise his sword.
"You don't intend to reveal your identity... Very well. Sir Gawain, this enemy is not one you can face alone. He is an enemy of the Holy City, so do not insist on a fair one-on-one duel at a time like this."
Agravain was not surprised by the young man's refusal to reveal his True Name. He simply raised his own sword and reminded the blonde knight beside him, who might still harbor some lingering attachment to the chivalric code.
"...I know. But can you still hold on, Agravain?"
Gawain understood that the spear-wielding young man before them was no simple foe, but after glancing at the completely warped and caved-in chestplate of Agravain's armor, he was still worried about his brother's condition.
"It's nothing. Just a minor injury. What's important is that we must not let this person enter the Holy City or take a single step closer to the King!"
Giving a subtle, almost imperceptible hand signal, Agravain charged forward before his words had even fully faded.
At the same time, Gawain tacitly swung his sword and advanced.
The two Knights of the Round Table attacked from the left and right, from different directions and angles, but their blades fell almost simultaneously, instantly sealing off all of the young man's possible escape routes.
And yet, Aozaki Rin seemed incredibly familiar with this kind of joint attack. He didn't even bother to immediately raise his spear to block one of the blades. With a minute shift of his body, almost too small to register, he dodged Gawain's slash aimed at his chest. The golden spear in his hand flicked upwards in the same motion, slicing open his opponent's chestplate and drawing a spray of blood!
In the same instant, the butt of his spear met Agravain's blade, causing a rare look of disbelief to appear on the face of Agravain, whose expression rarely betrayed joy or anger.
But the young man's movements did not stop. His spear had sliced one man's armor and blocked another's sword. Aozaki Rin pushed off with his feet, using the momentum to swing his spear. He kicked out directly at Gawain's chest as the knight gritted his teeth and tried to readjust his sword path, while the spear's blade unhesitatingly slashed towards the undefended neck of Agravain!
But at that moment, a sense of danger suddenly flared in Aozaki Rin's heart.
Without hesitation, he used the recoil from his kick on Gawain to leap into the air. The golden spear in his hand instantly changed its trajectory, whipping past Agravain's neck and arcing towards the space above his own head.
Ting, ting, ting!
It sounded as if some kind of invisible sharp weapon was clashing with the spear blade. Only after the impacts did the vibrating twang of a bowstring echo faintly in the air.
Aozaki Rin landed on the ground a short distance away. The hood he wore, as if grazed by invisible arrows, was split into two neat halves.
"Tristan..."
His already heavy heart sank even further. Aozaki Rin had held onto a sliver of hope that only the two knights before him had fallen from grace, but now another had been added to the count.
The moment the young man's feet touched the ground, the previously empty space before the city gate was now occupied by a handsome knight with long, fiery red hair, holding a weapon that was part longbow, part harp. Though his eyes were closed, faint traces of blood were still visible on them.
Behind this knight stood nearly a hundred Purge Knights. Without any command, they spontaneously formed an encirclement, trapping the young man in the center.
"Ah, how sad, how truly sad... To be a knight, yet forced to engage in a group attack against a young man with such a pure aura. It is simply too painful, so painful that I can barely hold my Failnaught..."
"But, I am sorry. This is my duty. Since you have chosen to be an enemy of the Round Table, it means you are an enemy of the King, and I must... eliminate you here."
Though Tristan's mouth spoke words filled with self-reproach and pain, his voice was devoid of any inflection, as if all emotion had ceased to exist within him. Only the intellect of his past self clashing with the cold rationality of his present self could make him say such things while performing such contradictory actions.
On the other side, thanks to Tristan's timely arrival, Gawain ignored the wound on his chest and looked anxiously at Agravain. "Agravain, are you alright?"
"...I'm fine. It's just a scratch."
Blood flowed from the side of his neck where he held his hand, and Agravain's brows were tightly furrowed. He knew that if he hadn't signaled for support from the other Round Table knights inside the city before jumping down to attack, and if Tristan hadn't arrived at that precise moment, that spear would have gone a fraction deeper, and his head would have been lopped off.
Two Knights of the Round Table are no match for him, and it seems he has seen through all of our moves... Where in the world did this Servant come from?
The sense of unease in his heart grew stronger. At this moment, Agravain couldn't help but elevate the young man's threat level above even Bedivere's, deeming him the greatest obstacle to the Holy City's plan.
Three of them, plus these beings around me that are like Servants, but not quite...
Sensing the auras around him, Aozaki Rin had no intention of retreating. Not only had Bedivere and the wanderers not gotten far, but he himself could not stand by and watch these misguided people continue down the wrong path.
"The King... the Lion King's methods are completely wrong. I don't understand why you would follow her, even to the point of betraying the very meaning of the Round Table, but... you will not pass through me."
Aozaki Rin discreetly steadied his breathing, planning to break the stalemate by taking down one of the Round Table knights first. The spear in his hands lifted slightly.
Just as he was about to charge forward, and the three knights were resetting their combat stances, a clear, cold voice suddenly rang out.
"I only came to check on the situation because I sensed a slightly strange spiritual core. I never expected it would be you."
"So that's why Merlin showed me that thing back then. It seems this was all planned from the start."
Atop the city wall, Rhongomyniad, wearing her lion-shaped helmet, had returned at some unknown point. She stood at the pinnacle of the white chalk wall, looking down upon everything outside the city. However, her gaze was primarily fixed on the young man in the center of the encirclement, who now stood revealed, holding his golden spear.
"Lion King..."
Aozaki Rin frowned. Although her voice was identical to that of his sworn sister, "Artoria," the transcendent aura she exuded felt utterly alien to him.
Rhongomyniad seemed to be reminiscing for a moment. After a second's pause, she spoke again.
"Should I say 'long time no see'... no, is this our first time meeting, En?"
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