"I see, no wonder I always feel like I'm being followed along the way."

Esdeath didn't feel nervous at all about being surrounded. Instead, she looked at Shen He and the others and suddenly said,

"Hey, you guys, I don't care who you are, where you come from, or what your purpose is. Do you want to be my subordinates?"

"Uh." Shen He was slightly stunned.

He didn't expect Esdeath to make such a request, but this sadistic queen was very good to her own people.

It seems that approaching as a subordinate first is also a good choice.

However, the Knights of the Round Table Heroic Spirits around him would not give him time to consider.

In the last second, they were just releasing magic to confront each other, and in the next second, all the Knights of the Round Table Heroic Spirits launched powerful slashes at their respective targets at the same time. In

just this moment, Esdeath's face changed slightly.

She originally thought that these people hiding in the shadows were just some kind of miscellaneous soldiers made of imperial tools, but the offensive of these people revealed their well-honed skills and indomitable momentum. It can be said that each of them is an opponent worthy of looking at.

Mokobotamo!

The azure light enveloped the entire world in an instant. The air, the scene, and even the palace that was shaky under the momentum, all fell into absolute stillness.

Esdeath immediately took out her ultimate move.

The secret technique of freezing time and space that can only be activated once a day.

"You are proud enough to force me to this point."

Esdeath drew out her rapier, and her figure flashed quickly in this frozen space, sweeping across the bodies of each Knight of the Round Table, and then rushed straight to Altria beside the throne.

镪——!

The sound of metal colliding.

King Arthur, who should have been frozen in time and space, blocked the attack with the sword in his hand.

How is it possible!

Esdeath's pupils suddenly shrank, and when she looked into the other's eyes that seemed to be without a trace of emotion, she suddenly felt a sense of crisis that she had never felt before.

The reason why a hunter is a hunter is because he is powerful.

So Esdeath has always been a hunter, and this has never changed.

Until now.

The azure light slowly faded, and time resumed its flow again. The fierce slashes of the Knights of the Round Table did not fade even a little, and the entire luxurious palace collapsed in this attack.

Saiki Kusuo had already teleported away with Shen He and others at that moment.

At this moment, in the ash layer stirred up by the ruins, Esdeath jumped and flew out on the icicle.

There was no calm smile on her face, and instead, there was a cold and murderous look.

Only the strong have the right to survive.

This is the concept that Esdeath believes in.

So if you are not strong enough, you should die in the fight.

"It seems that you don't have the ability to make me a subordinate."

Shen He took a few steps forward and actually stepped directly into the encirclement of the Knights of the Round Table. He turned his back to Esdeath and raised his head to look directly at Altria in the ruins.

Judging from her standing posture, she should have protected the little emperor at the moment the palace collapsed.

Esdeath's eyes swept across the back in front of her. She didn't mind fighting side by side with someone, but the premise was that the person had to be strong enough.

If you don't have enough strength, you can only be a dead man.

The battle began again.

There were five Knights of the Round Table hidden in the black fog, four of them with swords and one with a bow. At this moment, they all rushed towards Shen He, and the offensive completely blocked all of Shen He's positions. It seemed that they were going to kill this "weak" enemy first.

"Don't dodge?"

Esdeath frowned slightly, waving the sword in her hand, and a large number of icicles with azure light emerged out of thin air, making a sharp sound of breaking through the air and piercing all the knights.

However, the icicles passed through the body, and the knights' figures did not weaken at all.

"They don't have a physical body."

Shen He's mind moved, and the figures of the two instantly appeared beside him.

Ryougi Shiki, and Jeanne.

Boom!

The air compressed to the extreme exploded in this violent collision, and the dust flew again.

All the deadly attacks of the Knights of the Round Table hit the invisible barrier. Saiki Kusuo stretched out his hand towards the bottom in the sky, and then, Ryougi Shiki and Jeanne, who had identified the enemy, rushed out of the barrier.

One was a swordsman with the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, and the other was a Heroic Spirit who could harm spirits.

Even Altria, who had always been expressionless, was slightly moved.

Her Knights of the Round Table were restrained in a short time.

"What's going on?" Leona, who was protected by Saiki Kusuo in the sky, opened her eyes again, "Shouldn't they be outside the city?"

"It should be some kind of time and space imperial artifact." Akame's eyes were on the soldiers who came not far away.

The fierce battle in the palace has plunged the originally not very peaceful imperial capital into chaos. If you want to find and rescue Brad, now is the best time.

However, their imperial artifacts are in Shen He's hands, and their bodies are bound by Saiki Kusuo's telekinesis, and there is no way to leave.

At this moment, the battle below has changed again.

Because the Knights of the Round Table were restrained, Esdeath rushed directly to Altria.

"Let's see who is the prey."

The knight's longsword with red lines and the lady's rapier collided again.

Artoria seemed to hesitate for a moment.

But then, she attacked with the longsword, and it became fierce in vain.

"No one can take away what is protected by this sword!"

Unlike Esdeath's light and agile swordsmanship, Altria's long sword has a heavy flavor. Every strike is made with great determination, even if it will add new scars to the body. Under the inhuman strength, Esdeath was defeated step by step, and was in danger.

For the first time, someone surpassed her in pure fighting.

Esdeath became more and more addicted to such battles. The stronger the prey, the more worth hunting.

However, Shen He had no intention of letting this battle continue.

He had roughly seen the strength of Altria in front of him.

It seemed that because of the Holy Grail, her strength was much stronger than Jeanne, who had recovered her heroic spirit strength, but it was still not so strong that it was exaggerated. If it was just this level-

"Come here." Shen He said softly.

One after another, figures appeared beside him, including Tony who was still a little confused.

"Is this... directly hitting the enemy base camp?"

Tony could roughly see the original appearance of the palace from the ruins.

"Tony, take the two Akames and find their captured companions." Shen He turned his head and ordered, "Violet, you and Accelerator stop the soldiers who are coming, Mikoto goes to help Jeanne and the others, and Hubie follows me."

Since they have already made a big fight in this imperial capital, let's just make a bigger one.

As the order was conveyed, all the servants dispersed.

Shen He led Hubie and rushed towards Artoria who was fighting with Esdeath.

"Apocalypse·Space Binding."

Hubie's hands unfolded a mysterious magic circle, and the space around Artoria suddenly twisted, and illusory chains continued to spread on her body.

Because of this sudden change, Esdeath was able to slash Artoria's arm with a sword, tearing open her dress, and blood flowed.

She was actually a physical body.

After realizing this, Shen He rushed over and blocked Esdeath's beheading blow with the Moon Marrow Spirit Liquid.

"She is my target, Esdeath."

"You want to snatch my prey?"

Esdeath had no intention of retracting the sword.

Only by harvesting the life of the prey can the whole process of hunting be considered completed.

"I am not asking for your consent..." Shen He frowned.

Just when he wanted to say something, a terrifying aura suddenly broke out from behind him, and the darkness that seemed to swallow even the light appeared on the sword in Artoria's hand, and the space chain that blocked her movement collapsed.

This is... Artoria's treasure.

The sword of the pledge of victory!

Shen He and Esdeath looked at each other. Although neither of them spoke, they both saw what each other meant.

Artoria no longer suppressed her own magic power. She transformed all the magic power into light through the sword body, and the dark aurora seemed to pierce the night.

It was just like the breath of the dragon Vortigern that appeared to protect Britain.

Artoria, holding this great power, had a flash of hesitation and hesitation on her face, but then all turned into determination.

"Excalibur!"

This familiar cry of the king's treasure did not sound so beautiful and passionate to Shen He at this moment.

He injected a large amount of magic power into the Moon Marrow Spiritual Liquid, wrapping Esdeath and Hubie, and at the same time.

"Pseudo-classic·Spiritual Skeleton Defense!"

"Absolute Zero·Ice Wall!"

Hubie and Esdeath each used their strongest defensive means. They

could only defend.

Because the length of this sword has exceeded the range of evacuation.

Shen He is ready to return to the Marvel world at any time.

Boom——!

It was like the most terrifying collision sound in the world, followed by the earth shaking like waves.

The expected impact did not appear.

Shen He and Esdeath, who were in the sealed defense, were silent for a while.

Then they canceled the defense at the same time.

What appeared in front of them was a scene of hell.

A huge crack with no end appeared on the ground of the imperial capital. Large areas of houses on both sides of the crack were reduced to ruins. The power of this blow swept across more than a quarter of the huge imperial capital.

There was no need to even look anymore. No one in this area, whether noble or commoner, could survive.

But, what was the point of this?

Just as Shen He looked at Altria with such confusion, the previous attack seemed to have exhausted all her strength.

At this moment, the Knight King leaned his body against the long sword in his hand that was resting on the ground.

Just when Esdeath couldn't hold back and was about to go up and chop off the prey's head, something strange happened.

It was a sudden feeling of nausea.

Under the silver moonlight, a large amount of sticky substances that could not be distinguished as dark red or blood red poured out from the completely destroyed imperial capital area, twisting as if with life, rushing towards this direction.

"Master!"

Jeanne d'Arc ran to Shen He's side with a very bad look on her face.

"These are life energies and magic mixed with the breath of vengeful spirits. There is a huge magic circle hidden in the imperial capital."

"Vengeful spirits." Esdeath roughly understood this sentence, "Is this the reason why they are killing nobles in the imperial capital?"

"First, take down this shrew-less King."

After ensuring the safety of Tony and the other servants, Shen He bit down and prepared to concentrate on capturing Altria.

The Knight King after the blackening.

Although the most fundamental part has not changed, compared to the usual Altria who keeps herself clean for her ideals, the blackened Altria believes that even tyranny is a feasible means to achieve her goals.

"This is my prey."

Esdeath seemed a little dissatisfied, swung the rapier, and rushed forward first.

Bang!

The rapier made of steel forged by thousands of hammers and hundreds of times broke in an instant. Esdeath, with an incredible expression, spitted blood and retreated, and was hugged by Jeanne.

Just one sword.

Altria, who had just looked weak and powerless, now exuded a powerful aura as vast as the stars.

The dark magic on her body even covered the silver-white moonlight in the sky. Just a slight movement made the earth tremble and the wind and clouds changed color. With her sight, the terrifying pressure instantly swept everyone.

It was as if they were destined by the gods.

"Master." Hubie stood in front of Shen He, "According to calculations, our chance of winning is less than 24 percent."

"Well, I see."

Shen He twisted his neck and looked at Altria's chest.

All the black mud that gushed out of the city was poured into that part.

There is no doubt that the Holy Grail is placed there.

Sacrifice one-sixth of the lives of the imperial capital and make a wish in exchange for powerful power.

"Master, she is seriously injured."

Jeanne on the other side also turned her head anxiously.

Even though she was being treated with magic, Esdeath was still spitting blood. Looking at her, her consciousness was even close to collapse.

"Let's go, retreat first."

Shen He took a last look at Altria standing in front of him and gave a decisive order.

The situation in front of him was a little unexpected.

Just sacrificing one-sixth of the lives of the imperial capital can give you such a powerful power, so what if you sacrifice all of them?

Anyway, I don't plan to solve this event copy on the first day, but I will lose a lot of summoning stones if I do that.

After the order was issued, all the servants ran out.

If it weren't for Esdeath, Tony and Akagi, Shen He even wanted to go back to the Marvel world directly.

Fortunately, Artoria didn't seem to have any intention of chasing.

Her eyes were only focused on Shen He and others, and the area in front of her that she had destroyed.

The Knights of the Round Table stood quietly behind her.

Until they evacuated and could no longer see the figures of Shen He and others.

The majestic aura on Artoria's body faded rapidly like bubbles.

If Shen He and others stayed here, they would find that it was just a false power like a paper tiger.

She touched her chest slightly, and a cup that seemed to be wrapped in black mud appeared in her hand.

So many lives, but only so much magic power...

After a long time, a sigh.

The black mud in the cup surged in vain and entered the body of one of the Knights of the Round Table.

The black fog gradually dissipated.

The knight with red hair, snow-white cloak, and eyes that always seemed to reveal sadness and beauty stepped out of the black fog.

"Tristan, come and serve my king."

The red-haired knight knelt on one knee behind Altria.