Artoria's past IV (Bonus chapter)

"My kingdom!" Artoria voiced out, she got down from her horse and began walking toward the destruction.

Her soldiers were behind her, each terrified as to why such a thing came to pass.

Mordred was seen riding her horse toward Artoria at full speed, "My lord!" She called out.

Mordred got down from her horse and walked toward Artoria, "My lord, the barbarians overtook the kingdom during our watch, we tried to fight back but their numbers were overwhelming."

"How could you let this happen? I placed you in charge for a reason" Artoria asked with a hint of frustration in her voice.

"I apologize my lord" Mordred bowed her head.

Artoria sighed, "There's no use fretting over it" She muttered.

Turning toward her soldiers she grabbed both Rhongomyniad and Excalibur as she stood in front of her army.

She gave a speech to them, giving them courage before they stormed the kingdom to drive away the Invaders.

Unexpectedly the people of Camelot began to fight back against the barbarians, giving them a run for their life.

That was enough to put a smile on Artoria's face, "I'm glad the people of Camelot haven't lost their will to fight".

"Father!"

Artoria suddenly heard someone shout her name, turning to check she received a stab to the stomach from a knight.

Artoria wasn't able to see the face of the knights since they had their helmet on, Artoria used her leg to boot the knight before falling to one knee.

Artoria coughed out blood, staring at the cut on her stomach before grinning, 'I was careless, who would dare attack a king in the open‽' Artoria thought to herself.

"Well, there's no need to keep this on anymore" The knight uttered before removing the helmet.

Mordred grinned before tossing the helmet on the ground, "How does it feel to know your death is nigh and by no one other than your own child!".

Artoria used her sword to support herself as she stood up from the ground, "Do you realize what you've done?" She asked.

"Of course I do, I killed the freaking King of Camelot, if you won't accept me then I might as well take the throne for myself".

"That's a really bold move" Artoria muttered, she held her sword in front of her while ignoring the blood that was dripping from the injury on her stomach.

Mordred sighed before picking up her helmet and putting it back on, "All you had to do was lay there and die… just die already!".

Mordred yelled, she charged toward Artoria sending a powerful strike with her sword, Artoria was able to block it while sending an attack of her own.

They kept on attacking each other with their swords but Artoria couldn't last long because of her injury.

After deflecting one of Mordred's attacks she fell to the ground with her back thumping the ground.

Mordred cracked up while moving toward Artoria, "The King Arthur" She muttered before kicking Artoria in the stomach.

"We could have been happy, but you chose to reject me!" She kicked Artoria in the stomach again.

"And now, your Kingdom will be mine and nothing will stop-"

Before Mordred could finish her sentence she received a spear to the stomach from Artoria.

"Not once did I despise you. There was only one reason I would not give you the throne. You didn't have the capacity of a King". Artoria muttered.

She was still on the ground, but the piercing power of Rhongomyniad was too powerful for a mere armor to withstand.

Mordred grinned before spinning her sword around, "Not fit to be king uhn? That's too bad!".

She immediately sent the sword straight into Artoria's stomach, but not before Artoria drove her lance deeper into Mordred's guts.

Mordred was dead, leaving Artoria to crawl on the ground before she rested her back on the wall beside her.

...…

Artoria opened her eyes and found herself laying on the ground, she was still fatally injured and her body was turning pale.

She could hear the tears of a knight beside her who went by the name Sir Bedivere.

Artoria smiled, "You shouldn't be crying in front of your king like that, are you not a knight?" She asked.

"I'm sorry my lord… I'm sorry" Bedivere said while trying to hold his tears in.

"Bedivere!"

"Yes sire"

"Take my sword and return it to the lady of the lake"

"... But sire…"

"That was an order Bedivere, now go!"

Bedivere stood up from the ground and lifted Excalibur from the ground before riding on his horse.

Before Artoria's last breath, she appealed to the world; in exchange for services as a Heroic Spirit.

She asked to be given an opportunity to seek the Holy Grail to save her country and avoid ever lifting Caliburn from the stone so another person could have been appointed king.

. . . . . . .

"That's my wish, it's easy to laugh at but all the more reason I still want it, do you also find it funny?"

Saber asked, looking at Shiro who had already fallen asleep, it was night time and they were still out in the woods.

Saber smiled, "Don't ask if you know you are just going to sleep" She uttered before standing to her feet.

"You are the heroic spirit of the legendary king Arthur? I would have never guessed" Scathach uttered as she walked out of the woods.

Saber glared at her before uttering, "You were eavesdropping on us?" She asked.

"Was I not supposed to? Your voice was so loud, you were practically begging for me to hear".

Saber groaned before lifting Shiro on the ground and walking deeper into the forest.

Scathach smiled with her spear resting in front of her, "I wonder how this holy grail will turn out, pretty interesting…"

It was the next morning and Shiro was just waking up, "Damn it I slept off" He uttered before stretching his body.

"Shiro!"

Saber whispered, Shiro didn't pay attention, instead, he slowly stood up from the ground while stretching his body.

"Shiro, look around you!" Rider yelled.

Shiro opened his eyes to see that they were surrounded by both servants and tree monsters.

Shiro didn't panic, he sighed while using his eyes to scan his opponents until he spotted Kirie.

'He must be the leader here, look at him, this bastard is flexing his authority like my principal!' Shiro yelled in his thoughts.

Kirie was sitting on a boulder with his legs crossed and a sinister smile on his face as he stared at Shiro.

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A/N

Thank you all for the powerstones, I really appreciate it, not sure I've ever gotten powerstones these high before in a week, I hope the same will happen again this week.

50 powerstones= 2 bonus chapter

100 powerstones = weekend mass release.

3k collection = In between fan service