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What? A Group Chat? Chapter 40: Excalibur
🕑 Added 2022-04-02 11:14:54 +0000 UTC-Archer-
He was dreaming again, the same dream that he had for the last 2 days, at this point he has begun to accept it,
That every time he dreams of this, each of the weapons inside his reality marble will become a sentient lifeform, anything that comes after this wouldn't surprise him anymore,
"Let's get over this…" Archer said with a sigh, it was still a lucid dream-like he expected and he started walking Inside his reality marble.
Because of the absence of the swords around, it isn't called a barren land anymore, it's more like a wasteland empty, nothing was inside it except for the huge clock above the sky and the new sentient lifeform that he is going to meet very soon,
He hoped that it won't be a second Gae Bolg, because he'd go crazy if that happens,
One is enough, he doesn't need two bitches like her, then at some distance, he saw someone and thought, 'Here it is..'
If he was outside his dreamscape, he would see this 'someone' from that distance, however, because this is just a dream his eyesight is severely limited, unlike when he's conscious he could see at 4 km away clearly.
As he got close enough to the person inside his dream, he froze at his spot, he can't believe it,
Why? Why is she here?! No, how is it even possible for her to be here in the first place?!
In front of him was a familiar female blonde knight, the woman that changed his life forever, the person that he wanted to meet all this time, his promised person, the love of his life.
Artoria Pendragon,
In his youth, he summoned her as his servant, they became friends, but they didn't just stop there, they also fell in love with each other and become lovers,
The fifth holy grail war, it might have happened in just a single week, but it was unforgettable to him, for it was the worst and the best thing that happened to him, and the reason why become the man that he is.
After the war ended, he and Artoria made a promise to each other, it was to meet at Avalon, he swore that he would find a way to get there, but until now he couldn't, that's why he felt guilty about making her wait for how many years,
And right now she was in front of him, he thought that this wouldn't surprise him, but he was wrong it still did.
He hesitantly approached her, and spoke softly, "Artoria..?"
Then the Artoria in front of her shifted her attention toward him, and began, "Master, I do not know who this Artoria you speak of but it's not me, I am the sword of promised victory Excalibur!"
He stayed there for a moment, before opening his mouth, "Oh.."
He was wrong, of course…it was way too good to be true, he was very disappointed by this revelation.
Excalibur noticed her master's disappointed look, she knew that she had to do something, first she had to get his attention, "Ahem-!"
Archer looked back at Excalibur, now that she had gotten his attention she couldn't help but feel pleased with her success, and her ahoge was moving in happiness, "Master, you don't have to worry about me! I shall be your sword and I promise you victory! So please don't be disappointed in me…"
Excalibur misunderstood him, she thought that he was disappointed at her, looking at her, she was pointing at her fingers back and forth along with her deflated ahoge,
She looked pitiful, and it didn't help that she's like a mirrored version of Artoria, he always has a soft spot for her.
He couldn't help but laughed a little, before shaking his head and began, "Don't worry, I'm not disappointed in you, it's not your fault,"
"Really?! Thank god, I thought master was disappointed in me!" Excalibur sighs in relief, and her ahoge was now standing proudly.
He was waking up, the dreamscape started to look blurry,
"Mast- mas- ar- yo- -kay?"
—
Archer woke up from his dreamscape, he blinked a couple of times before smiling a bit, "At least, she's not like Gae Bolg.."
After that, he went to his unlimited blade works and met Artoria's look-alike, Excalibur.
Seeing him on sight, she smiled and it reminded him of 'her' whenever she smiled, it was beautiful.
"Master! I thought you disappeared! Welcome back!" Excalibur said with more gusto.
She might not be Artoria, but he sure would get along with her, "Yeah, I'm back."
—
-Blake-
My body started to tense by looking at him, Kokushibo was nothing like the other demons that he encountered, he reeked of a massive bloodlust, the hairs on my body were standing tall, I couldn't help it.
It was hard to breathe, my instinct was screaming for me to get away from this place, it only shows how dare their situation was, running? It wasn't an option, not because he's too prideful or anything, because it would be pointless, Kokushibo was probably faster than both of us,
"So, your answer?" Kokushibo asked patiently,
"Jaune, don't hold back use every if you don't we'll both fall in here," I said with the most serious tone that I could utter,
Jaune nodded nervously, he realized that this is going to be a very hard battle, he took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down, his expression hardened, he knew that it was now or never, he had to take this seriously because both of their lives were on the line, he can't fuck this up.
Seeing that we are ready to attack, Kokushibo began, "I see, that's your answer. Die,"
Without a warning, he appeared in front of Jaune and was about to cut Jaune's right arm with his creepy blade that was made from his flesh, however before it could hit Jaune, I somehow managed to parry his attack but by a close margin!
So fast!
I thought, despite being able to parry his blow, I didn't have the time to relax because it was just the beginning!
Realizing how dare our situation is, I didn't hesitate to my trump card, it was the form that was taught by Akane, she keep reminding me that if possible I should avoid using it because a simple mistake can make my entire blood vessels explode, I officially never mastered the skill due to Akane restrictions, but I have to use it here!
I don't care about the risk, because we'll die if I don't use it anyway!
"Breath Of The Mad Sixth Form: Reverse Insanity!"
From my toe over the head, every possible vein in my body was becoming visible and my pupil started turning red,
Pain...PAiN..pAIN.. pAIN!..Pain!..PAiN!..pAIN!.. pAIN! pAIN!..Pain!..PAiN!..pAIN!.. pAIN!
pAIN!..Pain!..PAiN!..pAIN!.. pAIN! pAIN!..Pain!..PAiN!..pAIN!.. pAIN!
PAIN! PAIN! PAIN! PAIN! PAIN! PAIN! PAIN! PAIN!
PAIN! PAIN! PAIN! PAIN!PAIN! PAIN! PAIN! PAIN!
PAIN! PAIN! PAIN! PAIN! PAIN! PAIN! PAIN! PAIN!
My entire was burning in intensity, it was so fucking painful that I wanted to faint at any moment now!
No wonder she didn't want to me use this technique to full capability, it's because the pain is fucking burning through my entire body! I feel like going crazy!
This is bad I shouldn't lose my focus, I gritted my teeth so hard that they almost broke from the force, but it made me regain my focus and control,
Breath…
Breath…!
Breath….!
Breath…!
Breath….!!!
I suddenly saw the entire world differently, my vision changed, it was like I suddenly gained an X-ray vision, not to mention it's like the world in front of me stopped.
"RAAAAAAHGGGGHHH!!!" I shouted as dashed toward Kokushibo and slashed his right arm as an act of revenge from before, but unlike him, I successfully cut off his arm.
All six of his eyes widened, but he couldn't stop me from making another attempt, after all in this state he was slow as a snail in my eyes,
Now I have to aim for his neck, he attempted to dodge, however, I was faster than him,
Almost there!
My blade slowly cut his neck like tofu, trust me it looks different in slow-mo, I could see every muscle tissue of his neck gets ripped,
After that his head flew out of the temple, I successfully cut the neck of the strongest demon under Muzan,
I stopped holding my breath, and the sixth form stopped activating, I started coughing unhealthy blood violently out of my system,
My body started twitching in pain, and my inside felt burning! Not to mention numb, it's a very terrible feeling, if I could I don't want to feel it ever again!
Jaune was stunned at his place, his brain just finished processing everything that happened, and as realized that I was in pain he quickly approached me and asked, "Are you alright?! No, what the hell was that?! I know you were fast, but not that fast!"
"Cough- First of all I'm not fine! It's so damn obvious that I'm not! And second cough- cough- I used the technique that Akane taught me, cough- and this is the side effects!" I was having a hard time answering his question because of the pain I felt.
But It doesn't matter! I've slain the strongest demon under Muzan! He should start denigrating by no-
Oh fuck,
I looked up and saw that Kokushibo was still standing, he wasn't denigrating at all! His body was still standing, at that time I realized that he had achieved the state of not dying after his head got cut off from his body.
I knew it was good to be true that I managed to slay him, that's it we're so screwed!
(End-)
