Chapter 1

Chapter 1 - Arthur Pendragon

Outside of a city, with a tall tower at the center of it, a pillar of kaleidoscopic light suddenly appears carrying with it a young man with blond hair and gold armor.

The light crashed into the ground together with the young man as it generate wind pressures and a crater.

After a brief moment the young man opened his eyes and looked dazed before sitting up while rubbing his head.

"What happened?" he asked no one in particular.

He looked around before quickly noticing that he was in a lush forest, "Wait! Where am I?!" he jumped up and slid on the ground alert of his surroundings.

He noticed what he just did and was surprised, "I'm supposed to be shocked by that but why do I feel that it is normal." he rhetorically said.

He scratched his head in confusion, "Where am I anyway? I know I was just at the building... shit... don't tell me."

He was hoping that it was not what he thinks he is, he tried searching for something reflective and since he is in a forest his only bet is to find a lake or swamp. So he walked to where his instinct led him hoping to find one soon.

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(1st POV)

'No way, this is impossible.'

I tried to deny it but the proof is right in front of me.

"ARGHHH! Why?!"

'Why did I end up being that arrogant bastard!'

Yes, right now I'm staring at my reflection, but the person in the reflection isn't me but someone else.

"Why did I become that bastard, Gilgamesh!"

Regrettably or not, I am now Gilgamesh.

"Why couldn't I be someone else, like Proto Saber Arthur!"

I mean, yes I did say that earlier but I didn't mean to be Gilgamesh himself!

I yelled at no one until my breath runs out, I breathed hard to recover my lost oxygen and looked at the reflection again.

"I wish I could be Arthur..." I said sadly but something surprising happened, the reflection in the water began to morph and Lo and behold I am now seeing Arthur Pentagon himself.

I touched my face and checked if the reflection was doing the same and it was!

Holy crap! Does this mean what I think it means?!

I tried to confirm my suspicion, "I wish I could be Achilles."

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I waited for a few moments but nothing happened.

"Huu~ I guess I can't, how unfortunate."

Well I guess this can be pretty handy being able to switch personas that is.

But wait, since I am now Arthur can I also use his abilities like mana burst?

I tried to remember how Arthur or Artoria use Mana Burst but I can't get a clear understanding of how it works, maybe I'm suppose to use mana from my body?

I attempt to use the mana inside my body but then I remember, I don't even know magic how am I supposed to use mana.

Not to worry I still have another way, thankfully I've read some cultivation novels so I know how cultivation sh*t works.

Okay, first sit cross-legged and steady your breathing.

Huu~

Hoo~

Next, close your eyes and focus on the energy inside of your body.

I put in an effort to find even a speck of my mana but it didn't take me long to find it.

Is this my mana? I followed the strand that I saw and it lead me to something similar to a star like the sun. It was a cluster of turquoise colored energy.

I willed it to move and it did so as I asked.

Okay now that I've found my mana, I need to use it to somehow enhance my body.

I imagined my mana covering my body and limbs, after which I tried to sprint which is not a great idea as I immediately crashed face first on the ground.

I can feel my nose is broken and some of tooth fell out, I pushed myself up and dusted my clothes as I feel my injuries quickly heal.

Is this Avalon doing it's thing? Cool.

Moments later and my face is fully healed and after that I began to contemplate what happened wrong.

All I did was cover my whole body with the intention of strengthening it but I couldn't control it once I've lose focus on my mana.

Wait, do I need to use it inside for it to work? No, I may just explode, how about trying it both inside and outside but this time with small amount of mana.

I tried again and this time I even out the mana to cover my whole body and sprint.

All I see is a blur before I arrived 40m away from my initial position. This technique is amazing, I may just get the upper hand when fighting if I use this right, granted I couldn't see what happened but we'll work on that later.

Right now I need to test some more things before planning.

Arthur should have Excalibur as well but I didn't see it when I arrived here. Oh right! I think I need to will it to summon it, just like Saber did.

So then I imagined I am pulling a sword out of a stone like how Caliburn was pulled out of the stone after that I felt a cylindrical handle on my hand where I saw Excalibur in it's Invisible Air form.

I'm surprised because even though others can't see it, I can while it's in Invisible Air. I don't know how that works but my mind perceives Excalibur in it's true form.

I gave it a few test swings until I got somehow used to it and after a few more I feel like I'm more familiar with it.

After a few more test with Excalibur I decided to move to the next subject which is Avalon.

I used my imagination again but this time I imagine a sheath to cover Excalibur but it didn't work, I tried a couple more times with different visuals but Avalon still didn't come out.

I guess she's staying inside my body for now.

Moving on, I decided to try out magic, since Merlin also accompanied Arthur he also taught him the basics of magic, I mean what's the point of having potent magical energy if you're not gonna use it.

I held out my hand and decided to use a simple fire magic fireball by imagining a burning wood, a few moments after a magic circle formed in my hand and there comes a small ball of fire.

It is amazing but I can feel that a lot of mana is being wasted while maintaining the fireball, I need to work on that later. Might as well find someone who can teach me about magic later, if there are any magic in this world that is, but considering that I can use magic maybe there is.

Anyway, I noticed that the surroundings had gone dark. I need to find shelter, or build one, to stay for the night. If I can't find or build one might as well...

I laid down besides a tall and thick tree, using it's roots as a pillow, Excalibur is already back in my body the I decided to sleep.