Merlin was vividly reading the script Wang Xiaoming gave him.
"That is, the second sheath that hides the true blade of the Holy Sword, the Thirteen Restraints!"
Accompanied by Merlin's explanation, the blade in Wang Xiaoming's hand began to change, and a phantom appeared on his blade.
"Only in a temporal state capable of achieving multiple glories and missions can the Holy Sword be liberated, and to fully liberate it, at least seven resolutions must be reached, and to maximize the Holy Sword's output, all restraints must be released simultaneously."
"Even if the King and the Twelve Knights are no longer on earth, the restraints will continue to operate forever, and when the King needs to release the Holy Sword, the Round Table Conference will automatically begin!"
Merlin finished speaking, and the Macedonian army present was stunned. The leader, Rider, stared at the golden blade in Wang Xiaoming's hand, which was radiating energy, unable to speak.
Was this the reason he hadn't swung his sword all along? He had been using fire attacks because the sword hadn't been released at all! And now, the sword was about to be truly released.
Merlin stepped forward.
"Arthur!"
After Merlin's call, Wang Xiaoming immediately took over the topic.
"Round Table Conference, begin!"
Following Merlin, the Knights of the Round Table, led by Lancelot, began to step forward.
"Enmity with the Elves is forbidden, acknowledged!"
"Must fight for survival, denied!"
"Must fight those stronger than oneself, denied!"
"Multi-on-one battles are forbidden, acknowledged!"
"Must not go against humanity, acknowledged!"
"Must fight to pursue truth, acknowledged!"
"Must fight against evil, denied!"
"Must not fight for personal gain, acknowledged!"
"Must fight for honor, acknowledged!"
"Must fight alongside heroes, acknowledged!"
"Enmity with good people is forbidden, denied!"
"Enmity with women and children is forbidden, denied!"
The twelve knights each recited their restraints and gave their answers.
The liberation conditions reached exactly seven!
Reaching the standard for complete liberation.
Saber and Rider listened to the knights' votes the entire time, counting in their hearts. After clearly hearing that the Knights of the Round Table had passed seven, their eyes widened as they stared at the sword in Wang Xiaoming's hand.
At this time, the sword had completely transformed from its original silver-white blade. Although Esther's original blade was also a two-handed sword, it was relatively ornate, and the blade was relatively slender, but now it had become a golden and thick blade.
That was because Wang Xiaoming had Esther link to the Divine Armaments, extracting the appearance of the Sword of Promised Victory from the Arthur of the Godslayer world. At this time, the appearance of this sword was exactly the same as the Sword of Promised Victory in the hands of the Old Saber. Coupled with his current appearance, no one could refute him if he said he was King Arthur.
Wang Xiaoming continuously input magic power into Esther's body, until the limit that Esther could withstand. Light gathered on the blade, so dense that it materialized and even liquefied. The air trembled with the gathering of light.
Rider also woke up at this time. He understood that he had already lost, but he resolutely waved the sword in his hand, pointing at Wang Xiaoming.
"Charge!"
Facing the charging army, Wang Xiaoming raised the sword in his hand diagonally over his shoulder, making the same slashing motion as before.
"This is a battle to repel a powerful enemy!"
"EX—calibur!"
The golden blade was slashed out by Wang Xiaoming. Everyone in front was controlled by Wang Xiaoming's 100% Empty-Handed Blade Catch, dropping the weapons in their hands and rushing towards Wang Xiaoming, even Rider was no exception. However, what awaited them was the golden slash that covered the entire desert battlefield.
A thick pillar of light directly swept across everyone. The tens of thousands of troops, along with Rider, were all annihilated in an instant. The entire huge Reality Marble was also completely shattered. The Sword of Light even came to the port after shattering the Reality Marble, turning into a huge pillar of light, rushing into the sky. The entire Fuyuki City area could see this towering pillar of light.
The first night of the Holy Grail War, Conqueror King Iskandar, prematurely exits the stage!
3r, I have a heartfelt thing I want to say to you.
Probably, no one expected that someone would drop out on the first night of the Holy Grail War, and that the one dropping out would be Rider, the Conqueror King Iskandar, who possessed an EX-ranked Noble Phantasm.
According to common sense, the Holy Grail War is a preliminary battle in the early stages. Everyone will not expose everything at once, and will not make the relationship dead. After all, there are seven camps of participants, and you won't know who will be the ultimate winner until the end, so everyone will try to hide their identity and Noble Phantasm in the first few days.
But now, on the first day, everyone was forced to use their Noble Phantasms directly, and even Rider, who possessed a Reality Marble, was directly killed, and it was an overwhelming one-sided crush that could not be resisted.
This scene, it has to be said, caused a strong shock to everyone watching.
Returning to the port, the crowd watched the gradually dissipating light in the sky and couldn't help but sigh.
"Rider has withdrawn."
Irisviel stood behind Saber. As the vessel of the Lesser Grail, she could feel the burden on her body increasing, because after Rider withdrew, his soul would enter Irisviel's body, and she could clearly feel it.
"This Arthur is so powerful!"
At the center where the light dissipated, Wang Xiaoming slowly retracted the sword in his hand. The heat on the blade was slowly dissipating, but the residual temperature still caused the air around the blade to distort continuously. The energy on this golden sword was still powerful, and the golden light was still flowing constantly.
And beside Wang Xiaoming, Merlin looked at him with a smile. In fact, he was also very surprised that Wang Xiaoming's sword could do such a thing. The Twelve Round Table Conference just now was just an illusion that Merlin created according to Wang Xiaoming's request. The words spoken by those twelve knights, and the words spoken by Merlin, were all Wang Xiaoming's script for Merlin. Merlin himself was reading the script, and those knights were illusions created by Merlin reading the script.
But the sword in Wang Xiaoming's hand, this EXcalibur from a parallel world, could actually be so powerful.
"Rider..."
Waver Velvet, as Rider's Master, was not within the attack range. When Rider charged, he also had people send Waver out of the battlefield range, closer to Saber. This Arthur fan, although not very capable, should still be able to protect his Master, right?
The result was that Rider didn't even have time to use the three Command Spells he possessed before he prematurely dropped out.
Although the time they spent together was not long, Waver had some feelings for Rider. Even if he didn't directly regard himself as the other party's subordinate after a few days of getting along as in the original story, they were still good friends, after all, they had stolen things together, and this kind of friendship was very deep.
Losing his Servant, Waver can be said to be excluded from this Holy Grail War.
Wang Xiaoming didn't intend to attack the Masters. Except for Ryuunosuke Uryuu, the murderer, he had no hatred with the remaining Masters, so there was no need to bother with them.
After solving Rider, Wang Xiaoming turned his attention to Lancer, who was still lying on the ground.
"Lancer, come back and protect me!"
Lancer's Master noticed Wang Xiaoming's gaze and immediately used a Command Spell to summon Lancer to his side. Because of the effect of the Command Spell, Lancer suddenly disappeared from Wang Xiaoming's sight and directly woke up from the state of being knocked unconscious by Wang Xiaoming.
"Lord!"
Lancer, who had woken up, saw his Master in front of him and immediately bowed his head to admit his mistake. He had said before that he could defeat any enemy, but in the end, he was beaten from beginning to end, and all his weapons were taken away. Now, he even needed his Master to save him with a Command Spell.
"Waste!"
Lancer's Master is Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald, a lecturer at the Clock Tower and one of the twelve Lords. His status in the magic world is very high. He came to participate in the Holy Grail War just to prove his ability, but the Servant he summoned was so embarrassing, which made him feel very ashamed.
Lancer didn't refute after being scolded. Compared to the "Arthur" below, he was indeed a waste, unable to bring victory to his lord.
"Hide quickly, don't be discovered by Caster."
Although Lancer was said to be useless, Kennis understood that Lancer was key to participating in the Holy Grail War. Without a Servant, he would be directly excluded. Therefore, he had to keep Lancer alive.
Wang Xiaoming witnessed Lancer's disappearance and understood that his Master had summoned him away. He then turned his gaze to Saber beside him.
Saber and Irisviel both felt a sudden jolt in their hearts, and their breathing immediately became heavier.
This King Arthur, after cutting down Rider, wanted to kill Lancer. When Lancer escaped, he set his sights on Saber and her group. Were they going to be killed here too?
Lancer's Master was hiding in the shadows and could summon him away with a Command Spell, but their situation was different. Irisviel acted as the Master, but she was always outside and had nowhere to hide.
Saber could indeed be summoned away by her true Master, Kiritsugu Emiya, with a Command Spell, but what about Irisviel? She was not only Saber's partner but also the Lesser Grail of the Holy Grail War. Wang Xiaoming would not let her go.
Just as Saber was worried that Irisviel would be captured by Wang Xiaoming, an incredibly arrogant voice came from the sky.
"Hmph! What an excellent performance!"
Everyone searched for the source of the voice, and then they saw it. On a street lamp, golden light was gathering, eventually forming a man clad in golden armor, with golden hair reaching for the sky and blood-red eyes.
The man looked down condescendingly at everyone present.
"Be honored! For you, as mongrels, your performance has pleased the King!"
"That's Archer!"
Because everyone had seen the video of the gymnastics prince committing suicide, they recognized the man before them as Archer, the powerful Servant who had instantly killed Assassin in this Holy Grail War.
He hadn't appeared before, but now he had finally arrived.
Gilgamesh's appearance seemed to be a signal, and Berserker also appeared. Accompanied by a roar, a black whirlwind burst out from the middle of the nearby containers, converging into a dark figure. Because of the black whirlwind obscuring him, outsiders couldn't see the figure's appearance clearly.
But Wang Xiaoming was sure that this Berserker was Lancelot, the Knight of the Lake.
"Waaaaaa ~ ~ ~ ~"
Wearing a helmet, Berserker roared, the sound turning into a series of tremolos due to the helmet's effect, with a hint of electronic sound.
After appearing, he immediately pounced empty-handed towards Archer's location, which infuriated Gilgamesh, who had finally made a grand entrance and had a lot of grandstanding to do.
"How dare you roar at the King, die, mongrel!"
The Gate of Babylon opened, and eight Noble Phantasms were projected towards Berserker. The focus of the battlefield shifted to Archer, and everyone began to watch Archer and Berserker's battle.
However, Lancelot, possessing infinite martial prowess and the ability to turn anything into a Noble Phantasm, directly stole Archer's Noble Phantasms, turning them into his own and attacking Archer, successfully knocking Archer off the street lamp.
The enraged Gilgamesh immediately unleashed his Gate of Babylon at full power, preparing to kill Berserker on the spot.
But Tokiomi Tohsaka, in the rear, didn't want Gilgamesh to exert himself. He wanted Wang Xiaoming to continue eliminating the other Servants, and only then would Archer deal with Wang Xiaoming. So, he used a Command Spell to order Gilgamesh to stop.
Forced by the Command Spell, the furious Gilgamesh could only stop, but as he was about to leave, Wang Xiaoming secretly approached.
During the time Gilgamesh and Lancelot were fighting, Wang Xiaoming had been silent for more than ten seconds, so his presence had been reduced.
Having reduced his presence, Wang Xiaoming openly came behind Gilgamesh.
The arrogant Gilgamesh had no idea that someone was standing behind him, and continued to arrogantly threaten the remaining Servants.
"Be grateful, mongrels, you have spared your lives tonight. Struggle as much as you can, only a true hero can... Puha—"
His harsh words were only halfway through when he spat out a mouthful of blood. A blood-red claw pierced out of his chest, holding a beating heart in its grasp.
"Sorry, Archer, I can't help but want to assassinate a king when I see one."
Holding Gilgamesh's heart, Wang Xiaoming appeared behind him.
397. Being a Knight Can't Save Camelot!
Are you freaking kidding me!
Gilgamesh's mind was filled with such thoughts. God damn it, seeing a king makes you habitually want to assassinate him, are you sick? Is there something seriously wrong with this King Arthur!
Moreover, how did you manage to approach me without me noticing at all? This assassination ability, are you really a Caster? You're an Assassin, aren't you? And even if you were an Assassin, it wouldn't be possible to be this close without being noticed!
"You... how... did you do it..."
Gilgamesh looked painfully at the heart protruding from his chest, asking Wang Xiaoming haltingly.
"Because I know a thing or two about assassination."
Wang Xiaoming replied with a smile, then pulled out his arm, taking Gilgamesh's heart with him.
Gilgamesh's heart was taken away by Wang Xiaoming and directly thrown into his dimensional pocket. It had to be said that Wang Xiaoming was becoming more and more fond of digging out hearts. Without using Est to cut people, using his claws to dig out hearts had become Wang Xiaoming's most efficient way of killing enemies. Moreover, Wang Xiaoming wouldn't use Est to cut people, as he didn't like Est being stained with blood. Since obtaining Est, Wang Xiaoming had never allowed her to be stained with blood.
Also, there was the matter of collecting hearts. Wang Xiaoming collected Sieg's heart in the Holy Grail War world, and then collected Rama's heart in the Campione! world. It had to be said that all these hearts he collected had come in handy. Now, Gilgamesh's heart could also be collected, after all, Gilgamesh was a demigod, possessing divinity, and his heart was definitely not something weak.
Of course, Wang Xiaoming wouldn't allow himself to possess divinity. Divinity was too much of a debuff for Wang Xiaoming. This was the consensus of Moon Cell players. Among the divine armaments in Wang Xiaoming's hands, there were also many weapons that could target gods. He didn't want to be a god.
But a heart possessing divinity definitely had research value or usage value.
While putting away the heart, Wang Xiaoming also distanced himself from Gilgamesh, because Gilgamesh's Gate of Babylon had already launched an attack on Wang Xiaoming. Wang Xiaoming twisted left and right, dodging the attacks of the Noble Phantasms.
"Mongrel, how dare you sneak attack the King!"
Gilgamesh roared at Wang Xiaoming, spitting blood from his mouth while clutching the huge hole in his chest.
"Hurry up and die!"
Gilgamesh's previous retreat had been interrupted by Wang Xiaoming's assassination, so he was now free from the constraints of the Command Spell. The furious Gilgamesh once again activated his Noble Phantasms to attack, and this time it was at full power. The sky within dozens of meters around Gilgamesh was filled with golden ripples, and hundreds or thousands of Noble Phantasms protruded from them, then fired at Wang Xiaoming.
This exaggerated lineup surprised Wang Xiaoming. This scene was only used against Berserker in Fate/stay night. He was really being taken seriously.
However, if it's just this much, it won't work on me!
Wang Xiaoming didn't speak and began to dodge the attacks of the Noble Phantasms. The speed of these Noble Phantasms was indeed fast, but for Wang Xiaoming, it seemed very slow. Wang Xiaoming could easily dodge them without any counterattack. He was waiting for the time to arrive, the time when his presence would be reduced, and Gilgamesh's death.
