118 "The One Who Is Bravest and Most Noblest of Them All"
"Uncle!"
With the sharp squeal, a door-like distorted apparition appeared behind her, faint divine turbulations fluxed around, and then a figure donning a silver armor appeared in the twists and turns.
A Heretic God-!
The Heretic God looked like a medieval knight in its costume. The silver white armor emitted a spotless shine, the surroundings pressed as it unsheathed the knight sword.
The knight figure fell in front of Guinevere. Raising its body horizontally, the armored God prepared itself as the shield to bear the brunt of the attack.
But the Demon King's Sword of Judgment did not come for them.
"N, No—No!! His goal is not us!"
Guinevere exclaimed, her face paled as she quickly awakened her mana to pull back her evocation, but she was still a step slower after all–
The sword of Roy's trial infused with the 'Judgement' did not slash at Guinevere, but at the Holy Grail!
Roy knew that there was a God supporting Guinevere, and even if he attacked, it would be difficult for him to kill it and seize the Holy Grail in one blow, so from the beginning, Roy's goal was not her.
The Holy Grail is only materialized and manifested by the condensation of mana.
Although as a divine artifact its structure hold is creditworthy, the expanded cruciform sword fell like a hot knife on cold butter—
Siiiiiiiiiiiish–!
Along with the shaking of Roy's hand, the blood-red edge bathed in holy flames crossed the Holy Grail and divided it into two with ultimate precision.
The Holy Grail is not only a holder of the gargantuan quantity of mana, but it is also a polymer of magical energy, so as the Holy Grail split in half, no magic overflowed outside to trigger a calamity on the mortal world, but reconstructed into two smaller but identical golden trophies.
The previous adult-size Holy Grail birthed into two children-size Holy Grails.
"M, my connection with the G-Grail! I-Its no longer there!"
Guinevere's complexion ashened with her hurried chanting complete, one of the smaller version Holy Grail disappeared and merged with her again, but the other Holy Grail was no longer obeying to her command.
The bewitching queen of divine ancestors bit her pink lips.
She knew that she had guessed wrong again. In addition to the structure of the Holy Grail, this man also cut off her connection with the Holy Grail.
This 'King of Unprecedented Moodiness' of whom she had heard so much about, never had the intention to destroy the Grail, instead, he wanted it for himself!
"It's a pity, Guinevere, your reaction was so fast, I thought the whole Grail was under my bag."
Roy shook his head, regret evident on his face, his left hand grabbed the divided Holy Grail as he felt the essence of the Earth Mother Goddesses coursing through this artifact of legend, the mana brewed by the sacrifices of untold Earth Goddesses.
Guinevere showed a distressed look, looking at the half of the former Holy Grail in Roy's hand with dismay and regret.
The Holy Grail in its whole was estimatedly made up of about more than forty Earth Mother Goddesses, and she lost the essence of atleast twenty Earth Mother Goddesses with this single unforgiving strike!
She had been had!
And a very hard one at that!
It's just that Guinevere still withheld some doubts. She didn't understand his motive for taking half of her Grail.
She uses the Holy Grail to allow the Last King to complete his [Great Ritual Of The Old Covenant].
In fact, even half of this smaller Holy Grail's magic power is enough to activate the [Great Ritual Of The Old Covenant].
Even if he took half of the Holy Grail, his efforts were useless if his intentions were to stop the completion of the [Great Ritual Of The Old Covenant].
Moreover, the Holy Grail is the artifact made from her divine corpse as the Earth Mother Goddess Gwenhwyfar. Even if the connection is cut off, Roy cannot activate the Holy Grail.
Secondly, even if he can activate the Holy Grail, the mana pool in the Grail will not be of much use to him.
Godslayers, in essence are still human beings, and the mana possessed by a human Godkiller has its limit. Even if it is the Holy Grail, Roy cannot turn the mana in the Grail into his own.
It's just that although she was currently unaware of the Godslayer's motive, Guinevere felt a faint uneasiness pressing on her heart, no matter what, now it was difficult for her to regain the reminder part of the Holy Grail that she has lost.
"Lord Roy, Guinevere didn't expect that you would turn back on your words and deceive a weak woman like me-! It turns out that your purpose was the Holy Grail, I missed your intentions-!"
Guinevere's delicate body trembled slightly, almost burning with indignation, her chest violently heaved up and down due to anger. She knew that she no longer had the chance to turn things back.
"Really a stupid and depraved Mother Goddess, Roy did exactly what this goddess would admire as an act of wisdom."
Compared to Guinevere's vexation, Athena held a triumphant smile on her face.
Sure enough, this goddess can place our faith on him.
Athena thought so, her pupils staring at Guinevere, like a poisonous snake looking to gobble up its prey.
"Calm down, Guinevere. If we lost half of the Grail, we lost half, no use crying milk over spoiled milk."
"...especially when, we still have two powerful possible adversaries in front of us."
A calm, booming voice came from the armored God, the manly voice worked as a soothing spell as Guinevere, suppressing her irritation.
"Uncle Lancelot, this time, it was my mistake. I underestimated Lord Roy, it is Guinevere's fault that she pulled you in this danger."
Like a child acting like a baby, Guinevere softly apologized to the silver-armored knight.
"It's okay, don't worry about me little Guinevere, although the devil king and goddess in front of me are very strong, but it's not that we cannot escape."
The knight named Lancelot assured firmly.
Roy's expression turned a little weird. In the "Legend of King Arthur", Lancelot was the one who greened King Arthur.
The tragic love story of Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere is probably one of the best-known stories of Arthurian Legend.
Sweeping an interested gaze on the knighted figure, Roy said:
"Lancelot du Lac, the Knight of the Lake Lancelot, the Perfect Knight Lancelot, although you are now named Lancelot, it is impossible for anything to be concealed from these eyes."
"What do you say, Queen Hippolyta, the Immortal Guardian of Most Powerful of Witches?"
The Goddess of Steel or the Lancelot du Lac in front of him, or, one of the three queens of the Amazons, Hippolyta, the daughter of the Greek Gods — Ares and Otrera.
After she manifested in the World of the Living, she traveled the world due to her heretic nature, eventually becoming allied to the King of the End, and the Earth Goddess Gwenhwyfar.
The three traveled together, until the King of the End went into his sleep, and Gwenhwyfar died creating the Holy Grail, eventually reincarnating as a Divine Ancestor.
During her excursions around the mortal world, the Goddess once again encountered Gwenhwyfar's reincarnation, Guinevere, and the two attempted to revive the King of the End from his slumber.
They circulated stories about the King of the End, and the Goddess took on the persona of a male knight named Lancelot du Lac.
However, quite unfortunately, Guinevere was slain before she could finish the process, creating legends which eventually gave rise to King Arthur as a separate god.
After this, she became the hidden immortal guardian to the most powerful Witches; the Greatest Witch in the Heavens, and the Greatest Witch on Earth among them.
This tempered her Heretic God nature somewhat, but also her power, weakening her, but granting her more self-control than the rest of the Heretic Gods who would have already pounced on him like rabid dogs.
The silver-armored knight was silent for a while, and sighed.
"…It's really troublesome, but there is no Hippolyte now. Please call me, Lancelot."
The calm, suave male voice turned into a wild, sensuous female voice.
"Okay, then Sir Lancelot and Miss Guinevere, I'm one who keeps his word, I will never break my promise unless, ummm, I'm in the mood to do so~?"
"Guinevere, listen carefully, for I will speak only once, the last king is now sleeping in the Kanto region of Japan. As for where in Kanto, you can find it yourself~"
"Easy gets boring, you know. After all life should be fun, a legendary adventure and an epic quest to find the Strongest of Steel, anyways, good luck~"
He didn't lie, although he told the approximate location of the last king's sleeping grounds, he was smiling in his heart.
Even if they searched every inch of Kanto, they will not find even a single hair of the last king.
'Even if you did find the Last King in the end, I would be ready by that time.'
Roy whispered in his heart.
Guinevere groaned for a while. She was using the unique magic of the witches to verify the authenticity of his words.
Sure enough, following the reminder that Roy gave them, the result become clearer.
"U-Uncle Lancelot, King is really in Kanto, in an island nation, Japan!"
Guinevere happily fisted her hands in the air. At the same time, the look in her eyes became softer.
Although he is a sinister and cunning demon, he is also a true hero who lives to his words.
Fizzzit—!
A blurred figure abruptly popped up, the world was moving too slow in its eyes, with a firm snatching motion towards the Holy Grail in Roy's hand, the figure simultaneously boomed towards the white-haired Godslayer!
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