The fight started.
Altria and Mordred.
It was like a replay of the decisive battle at Jianlan.
Mordred brandished the "Brilliant Shining King Sword (te)" dyed red by hatred and magic, and launched a violent attack on Altria.
Although Artoria did not carry the "Sword of Promised Victory" that had accompanied her for many years due to the limitations of her job, and could only deal with the sword borrowed from Astolfo, her swordsmanship was not at all messy.
The slender sword was wrapped in the "Wind King's Barrier" and collided with Mordred's magic sword, erupting with a heart-pounding torrent of magic power.
In an instant, strong winds blew and red lightning flashed, illuminating the two men's lion masks and ox-horn helmets, and also kicked off the prelude to this battle between father and son after 1,500 years.
King Arthur Altria, the King of Britain who is still praised today, has countless legends associated with her.
Mordred, one of the Knights of the Round Table led by King Arthur, and King Arthur's only child. He was also the rebellious knight who severely injured King Arthur at Camlann Hill, bringing the legend to an end.
Mordred is the child of Altria and Morgan, but in essence, Mordred is an artificial life created by Morgan through trickery - a replica of King Arthur.
Morgan le Fay, King Arthur's sister, is a great magician as famous as Merlin. She perfectly reproduces Arthur's abilities. Her physical functions, dragon factor, abnormal "intuition" that almost reaches the realm of predicting the future, and her innate "magic release", everything is exactly the same as that of the Knight King.
And Mordred did not live up to this talent. Thanks to the amazing growth rate of artificial life forms, Mordred began to serve King Arthur as a knight only a few years after he made his voice. He also silently watched his father and learned from him behind the scenes.
In terms of swordsmanship, horsemanship, military tactics, political strategy and so on, she frantically absorbed everything she could from her father, and truly grew from just copying his physical abilities to a level of all-round similarity.
Because of this, she was able to split Britain and end the Arthurian dynasty. Because of this, she and Altria were both defeated and almost perished together.
So this time, will the father and son repeat the same scene? Will it become once again that Artoria pierces her son with the holy spear, and Mordred kills his father with the magic sword
The answer is no.
—Because Artoria did not use the Holy Lance, the conditions for the ending are not met and cannot be achieved.
Well, this is just a joke. In fact, Artoria didn't need to use the Holy Spear to suppress Mordred.
At first, Mordred was able to rely on attributes comparable to Artoria's, full of hatred, and a mad dog style that didn't follow rules or routines... uh... monkey-like fighting style that caused Artoria a little trouble - in the Battle of Camlan, she also used this style to catch her father off guard and successfully knocked away the latter's holy sword, forcing Artoria to fight back with the holy spear.
But this time was different. Although Artoria was still a little uncomfortable with this unsystematic but effective attack method, it was not because Artoria was not strong enough, but because Mordred knew her too well. This style of attack was a trump card specially prepared for the battle with his father, specifically to restrain Artoria's knight swordsmanship.
But Mordred had never thought of Altria using a rapier as a weapon. After Altria used the method of switching between the rapier and the broadsword to withstand Mordred's initial fierce attack, the rhythm of the battle was gradually controlled by Altria.
After a while, Artoria completely adapted to Mordred's monkey swordsmanship, and Mordred fell into a complete disadvantage. No matter how hard he tried, he could not reverse the decline.
Because their basic attributes and skills are highly similar, once one of them is suppressed, it is difficult for them to regroup. Mordred even used the "+" of his only advantageous attribute, Strength B+, and finally forced back Altria, who was terribly powerful. But before he could catch his breath, Altria, who had A-level agility, returned with the blessing of the "Wind King Barrier", leaving Mordred no chance to take advantage.
"Impossible, impossible!"
Mordred, who was completely suppressed, roared and raged like crazy. Altria's suppression of her was not a suppression of fighting style or targeted tactics, but a real suppression from the fundamentals and from the technical strength. This was completely beyond Mordred's expectations and made her feel incomprehensible and unacceptable.
"Why are you so strong, why? Why? Why? I've already caught up with you!!! Arthur!!!"
Mordred was already at a disadvantage, and now affected by his emotions, the already severe situation became even worse.
Perhaps because she didn't want to see Mordred continue to go crazy, or perhaps because she had a different understanding after untying the knot in her heart. Altria, who had been silent since the beginning of the battle, finally spoke.
"Because I am no longer the me of Camlan, but you are still the you of Camlan."
As Altria said, perhaps Mordred's ability had reached the same level as hers before he died, and even surpassed her as the prototype in some aspects. However, the moment Mordred was pierced by the Holy Lance, lost her life, and sublimated into a heroic spirit, everything about her was frozen in Valhalla (the quantum fixed belt).
No matter how many years have passed, no matter what era she exists in, her peak is when she finally inflicted heavy damage on King Arthur, and there will be no change - unless she can reverse human cognition or have the opportunity to surpass the legend.
But, Artoria is different. She is not dead, she is still alive, she is still growing, and she still has infinite possibilities.
You and I were running side by side in the past, but you stopped in recent years, and I am still moving forward, even if it is just crawling, the distance between you and me is gradually widening, this is why Altria suppressed Mordred.
The well-intentioned explanation not only failed to ease Mordred's emotions, but made her even crazier. She even gave up on defense, just to slash Artoria with the sword to vent her anger.
"I don't believe it!!! Impossible, impossible, impossible, impossible..."
However, this self-sacrificing sword did not hurt Artoria. Instead, Beida seized the opportunity, and the rapier turned into a silver light, piercing through Mordred's scattered defense circle and piercing the latter's neck.
At the critical moment, Mordred used the fighting instinct brought by his "intuition" to turn his head sharply and avoided Altria's stab.
Silver light splashed and sank into the centuries-old medieval city wall behind Mordred.
Taking advantage of the opportunity when the rapier was blocked by the city wall and the two were face to face, Mordred swung his backhand diagonally, preparing to cripple one of Altria's hands with one sword.
But Artoria was prepared. She pressed Mordred's wrist with her free hand and then pressed her whole body down.
The metal armor materialized by magic power hit the city wall, making a crisp sound.
PS: Mordred: I betrayed my gorgeous father. (The Sword of the Trapped Father)
PS2: Altria: I shot (harmony) my son. Shot (harmony) my son's gun
PS3: Battle of Sword Lancer - Mordred used his Noble Phantasm against his father, but Aho-sama's Holy Sword had no special attack and was suppressed. Later, he changed to Holy Lance, which had a special attack against his son, and Mordred was defeated.
PS4: Summary of this chapter: Dad bangs his son against a wall. (Mom bangs her daughter against a wall?)