Hearing what Artoria said, Astolfo no longer hesitated. He pulled Sieg up with one hand and pointed to the sky with the other.
"Come out, my fellow Hippogriff."
Along with the high-pitched cry of an eagle, a wind more violent than Artoria's sword swept across the land.
The source of the strong wind is a fantasy beast with the upper body of an eagle and the lower body of a horse, which looks very strange.
As the most troublemaker among the twelve warriors, Astolfo left behind many strange stories in his life. Among them, of course, there are various non-human friends who accompanied him, such as the Griffon, the horse Rabio, and the most famous Hippogriff.
This fantasy beast was impossible to appear, because griffins are the natural enemies of horses and feed on horses, so it is impossible for the two to produce offspring. Only an extremely abnormal existence like Astolfo could make the impossible possible.
Therefore, it is the phantom horse that does not exist in this world, and it is Astolfo's trump card.
"Then, let's go."
How could Gold let go of the duck he had caught: "Saber, stop them!"
Hearing the Master's order, Siegfried launched the attack without hesitation.
However, just as he took a step forward, Artoria drew her sword.
A silver light flashed, and highly compressed magic power spread outward through the action of drawing the sword.
In an instant, the earth and rocks flew everywhere. Even a strong man like Siegfried was stopped by this powerful sword.
"This road is blocked."
In the misty dust, Artoria stood with a sword in hand, looking majestic, and Alstofor's eyes lit up: "So handsome."
"Go, leave this to me." Artoria turned her back to the two of them and waved her left hand.
"Then let's go, Lancer, see you next time."
"Little, be careful."
The boys left their parting words, and Astolfo took Sieg and leaped. The Hippogriff hovering at low altitude swooped down in unison, holding the pair of boys steadily and flying into the sky. (This time it was truly a "crows on a plane")
At the beginning, Astolfo planned to use the speed of the Hippogriff to escape with Sieg, but he was worried that the consumption of the Hippogriff's magic power would be discovered by its Master Serenika, so he gave up the plan and changed to walking instead, which was not easy to be noticed.
Now that the act of escape has been exposed, there is no need to hide it anymore. I should just go all out and escape first.
After watching the Hippogriff disappear into the sky, Artoria no longer had any worries. She looked at Siegfried and Gold calmly.
"Do you want to continue fighting?"
"Of course we have to continue." Gold stared at Altria with a bad look in his eyes, "Since you let the android go, replace it with yourself - we have a lot to ask about your identity and your Master."
"If you can, give it a try."
Altria changed from holding the sword with one hand to holding the sword with both hands, which was the way she was most accustomed to holding the sword.
Gold looked at Altria, then at Siegfried who was silently holding his sword, and sneered contemptuously: "You are a Lancer, but you want to imitate Saber."
"My gun is not suitable for use in such an environment, and I am better with a sword than a gun."
Anyone who knows something about the Servant system knows that the job will affect the Noble Phantasm. Different jobs will have different types and effects of Noble Phantasms. Although the detailed rules for granting Noble Phantasms have not been determined, after so many Holy Grail Wars, some people have summed up some rules.
For example, weapon-type Noble Phantasms have more restrictions, while other Noble Phantasms have fewer restrictions.
Specifically, the weapon-related classes of Saber and Lancer directly limit the weapons you can carry. Regardless of whether you were proficient in all kinds of weapons in your lifetime, after you appear in the world with the Saber or Lancer class, the only weapons you have are swords or guns.
Diarmuid is famous for his dual swords, dual guns and a single blade, but as a lancer he can only use dual guns.
Karna once used the "Brahma Shot" to force Arjuna to not dare to go into battle. He was the best archer in the world. After becoming a lancer, the Holy Grail directly turned his bow into a gun.
The same goes for Altria. Obviously, there are many more legends about her sword than her spear, but after becoming a spearman, she is only accompanied by the Holy Spear.
However, the job can limit weapons, but it cannot limit the experience accumulated during life.
Even without the Sword of Promised Victory, Altria is still an excellent swordsman. With a sword in hand, he is not afraid of any powerful enemy.
"Come on, let me see how powerful Saber is in this Holy Grail War."
As she spoke, the female knight who had once won the Holy Grail War as a Saber stepped forward and walked towards Siegfried who was ready for battle.
When the distance between Artoria and Siegfried was reduced to five meters, Siegfried moved.
He took a quick step forward and slashed down with his sword with both hands. There was no change, no technique used, just a combination of pure strength and speed.
The length of two steps plus the arm and the greatsword is exactly five meters. This sword brings the advantage of Siegfried's weapon to the extreme.
The sword that Astolfo gave to Artoria was a typical Western sword. The blade was thin and long, and was mostly used with one hand. Although it was not as exaggerated as a rapier, it was not a weapon suitable for head-on confrontation. It was completely different in style from Siegfried's greatsword.
Unexpectedly, Artoria ignored the characteristics of the sword itself and simply held the sword horizontally, ready to fight Siegfried head-on.
This move was beyond Siegfried's expectations. He was not Gold, a layman who did not know martial arts. He had trained his sword skills to an inhuman level and had experienced countless battles. He knew from just one look at Altria's posture that she had profound attainments in swordsmanship and was more than qualified to be a Saber.
Such a swordsman could not possibly not know the difference between weapons and skills. When skills and weapons are in harmony, you can achieve twice the result with half the effort, but when they are opposite, you can achieve half the result with twice the effort. If he was forced into a corner, it would be fine, but this was only the first sword, he didn't mean to admit defeat on purpose.
The doubts in his heart did not affect Siegfried's actions. No matter what his opponent was doing, he was not afraid, as he had full confidence in his own strength.
The moment the greatsword fell, Siegfried knew the reason.
The power coming from the seemingly slender sword was unusually huge. Siegfried's B+ (without the +) level strength plus the weight of the sword and the advantage of being high above him only resulted in a tie? Could it be that the opponent's strength was much higher than his own
Before Siegfried could come up with an answer, Artoria flicked her wrist, stepped sideways, and pulled the rapier out along the blade of the greatsword, pulling it towards Siegfried's chest. This time, Artoria made full use of the rapier's dexterity.
Siegfried did not dare to be careless. He moved his feet in the opposite direction of Artoria, intending to escape the attack range of the rapier and not give Artoria a chance to close the distance.
However, this time, he miscalculated again.
The sword blade, which was the same color as the armor, slashed across Siegfried's chest, leaving a drop of blood.
PS: Altria, who has played FGO, said: "Only a fool would fight you with a gun. Do you think I don't know that swords beat guns (the Fire Emblem series is the other way around, to be honest, the Fire Emblem counter is more reasonable). Do you think I don't know that you can kill me as a boss alone at the end of Chapter 6?"
PS2: The sixth chapter of fgo is also the most difficult chapter. The final boss is the Lion King, a Holy Spear Goddess-type Gun Dai. You can use Fei Ge and the three-stroke command spell to kill him alone.
PS3: The Lion King is also the worst boss, not as difficult as the previous Gawain. In the anniversary event commemorative edition, there is a BOSS battle in every chapter, only the sixth chapter is Gawain - Gunda, you are so miserable.