Shen He was indeed just watching from the side, as if
he really couldn't do anything. In fact, with him there, nothing would go wrong.
"Okay, this kind of training won't have much effect." Shen He looked at it for a while, and decided to stop. "Gudako, the instructions you gave her are too complicated. You only need to give reminders from the perspective of a bystander at the key points, and decide when to use the treasure."
As he said, he waved his hand, and several mechanical monsters in front of him were crushed.
"I'm really sorry." Gudako was a little disappointed.
"No, no need to apologize, I still say that you have great potential for command." Shen He shook his head.
And at this time.
A voice suddenly appeared in the thick fog.
"I heard the sound of fighting, so I rushed over, and it seems that I found an unexpected person, who can destroy dozens of such mechanical monsters with just one blow."
Along with the voice, a person walked out of the thick fog.
White armor, holding a big sword, with a simple golden hair tied behind his head.
Finally appeared.
Mordred!
"High magic reaction detected, Gudako, there is a Servant on your side. Ah, damn, this damn thick fog shortens our detection range too much." Olga Marie's voice came a little exasperated. Delivering messages to Gudako and the others and monitoring them was the only thing she could do now.
"Is there an unknown fourth person?" Mordred said with a little vigilance, and then looked at Shen He, "So, are you enemies or friends?"
She said this mainly to Shen He.
It can be seen at a glance.
The strength of the other two is not that strong at all. Only Shen He gave her a mysterious and unfathomable feeling.
Is he a Servant? A magician? Or someone else?
It has been a long time since anyone could give her such a feeling.
"Are you Mordred?" Shen He called out her name.
"What--!?" Mordred was obviously shocked. "Although I have no intention of hiding my identity, how did you see it? I shouldn't be so well-known."
"No, it's just because I happen to have a servant who is related to you." Shen He kept smiling, "I heard about you from her."
"I see, my old friend?" Mordred raised a meaningless smile at the corner of her mouth, "In this case, it is more likely that he is an enemy."
As a well-known traitorous knight, she probably knows what kind of image she has in the hearts of some old friends.
And those who can become heroic spirits are likely to be Knights of the Round Table.
In this way, there is no problem in saying that he is more likely to be an enemy.
"Found it!" At this time, Olga Marie's voice suddenly sounded, "Mordred is the traitorous knight in King Arthur's legend."
"It turned out to be that Mordred." Gudako also reacted.
As a backup for the master, it is necessary to master certain historical and legendary knowledge.
The knight who betrayed King Arthur and even ended the legend of King Arthur can be said to be.
"So I'm so famous." Mordred still had a slightly cold smile, then raised the big sword in his hand and pointed at Shen He, "No need to say more nonsense, who is my old friend you mentioned? If he is an enemy or a friend, you will know when you come out to meet him."
"..." Shen He did not speak.
Gudako and Mashu's expressions were a little strange.
Mashu even pulled Gudako and said.
"It's that one..."
"Yeah, it must be that one."
They all saw how Shen He conquered King Arthur and signed a contract with King Arthur.
If they were called out at this time.
The Knight King and the Knight who betrayed her, they would definitely fight.
But if both of them are women... There are many things in the legend that cannot be understood.
"Since you sincerely want to meet, then meet." Shen He said slowly, then turned his head and shouted, "Altria."
"——!"
After hearing this name, Mordred's expression froze for a moment.
No, this is impossible!
How could that person appear here!
Her father, Arthur!
But no matter what, from the thick fog on the other side, a figure did gradually walk out.
Silver-white armor, blue undercoat, and firm eyes.
It was Altria.
"It's you, Mordred." Altria's expression was a little complicated.
Her daughter, her knight.
Even the person who gave her despair in the end.
"Father... King."
Mordred also slowly uttered these two words from her mouth, her eyes wide open, as if she couldn't believe it until now.
However, this reality appeared so clearly in front of her.
Her father, appeared.
"I am no longer the Knight King now." Altria said softly, her hand on the hilt of her sword, "I am a heroic spirit like you, everything in the past is gone, and the country I swore to protect has finally disappeared in the occasion of history, and now, I am just a servant who protects the master, so-"
She pulled out her invisible sword.
"——Friend or foe, it all depends on you."
"..." Mordred moved his lips slightly, and finally murmured, "In other words, you... have given up everything? Even the will to protect Britain..."
"I have never given up protecting Britain." Altria said coldly, "But, Mordred, don't you understand that no matter how I struggle, it has become an irreversible fact."
Her country is gone, perished in her hands.
No matter how unwilling she is.
This is an irreversible fact.
Altria has learned to suppress that struggle in her heart and turn it into a memory. This is the only thing she can do now.
"So, don't you hate me?" Mordred's expression suddenly became a little ferocious. She tightly grasped her sword and shouted loudly, "I destroyed everything you loved most. No matter what, you should hate me. At this moment of meeting, shouldn't we fight each other?"
"...Mordred, since you asked that." Altria took a deep breath, "Then I'll say it this way. I have always hated only myself!"
She hated herself for not protecting the country, hated herself for taking the wrong path, and even hated herself for pulling out the sword in the stone and becoming the king.
Altria never put the blame for the destruction of the country on Mordred, or any other knight.
Both she and Heidai only blamed themselves.
"..." Silence, a long silence.
Mordred held his sword tightly.
She knew the answer long ago.
But she was unwilling to accept it.
She should be hated, attacked, killed, and then die under that sword!
"But I hate you!"
Mordred rushed up waving the sword in his hand, saying such words like a child's anger.
Altria's face was serious.
Whether Mordred was planning to vent meaninglessly or to make more meaningless supplements.
As long as he attacked.
Then she would protect her master.
This pair of famous kings and princes were about to fight again.
However-
a bang.
Shen He directly blocked in front of Mordred, raised his hand and easily grabbed her sword.
"What!?"
Mordred was obviously shocked, but no matter how hard she tried, she seemed unable to chop it down.
And Artoria was also obviously dissatisfied.
"I should be the one to protect you, Master! Even if you don't need my protection."
"Stop it, Artoria." Shen He shook his head gently, "It's okay that your daughter is ignorant, but you have been with me for so long, don't you understand me? I can't stand people who love each other killing each other for some inexplicable reasons. This is simply a tragedy in the world." "
..." Artoria suddenly fell silent.
Of course, she was not entangled in whether what Shen He said about loving each other was correct.
It was because of that tragedy in the world.
Until the end, her country was not a tragedy in the world.
It was obviously a very powerful country, but it fell into such civil strife, soldiers were killed, people were displaced, and even the knights who had been following her, few of them had a good end.
"Forget it." She suddenly put away her sword and glanced at Mordred. "There is really no need for me to take action against a Servant who can't even beat the Master."
"What did you say--!?"
Mordred was immediately stimulated.
What she couldn't stand the most was her father's disappointed expression.
Now it's more than just disappointment.
This is contempt, okay!
"Hey, hey, hey." Shen He looked at Mordred, who seemed to be about to explode, and looked at Altria helplessly, "When did you become so excessive?"
In one sentence, she directly retaliated against two people.
Mordred, who inexplicably wanted to challenge her and then die under her sword to atone for his sins, and herself, who didn't give her the opportunity to protect the Master.
"Didn't you say that? I have followed you for so long, Master." Altria smiled slightly.
"You have changed, Altria." Shen He said sadly.
Then he used a little force and knocked heavily on Mordred's forehead after the magic burst.
"Be quiet too."
This time, all her magic power was sealed.
Because she was already very familiar with the power of the rules of the Heroic Spirit.
If the Heroic Spirit was sealed, there was no need to call Jeanne out.
The disappearance of power and the momentary weakness almost made Mordred lose her balance. She
even fell to the ground without holding the sword.
But even so.
She rushed towards Shen Yun with her teeth and claws, determined to show the spirit of the knight to the end.
Then, she was pressed on the forehead by Shen Yun.
She kept punching and kicking, but it was useless.
"Enough!" Altria suddenly shouted angrily.
Although she had intended to provoke Mordred just now, it was still unbearable to see her attacking her master so relentlessly at this time.
She strode over.
Suddenly, she slapped Mordred's face with force.
Pah -
let alone Mordred, Shen He, Gudako and others were all stunned.
Mordred even covered his face and looked at Altria in disbelief.
"Why, can't I hit you?" Altria raised her hand and slapped him again, "You unfilial son, I've said it long ago, you are not fit to be king at all. Look at how you were just now, reckless, impulsive, unable to see even the most basic difference in strength, and you're still not reconciled, what are you not reconciled to! If you have the ability, show me how you can protect the country, prove that you can protect the country well..."
Shen He and others stared at this domestic violence scene in amazement.
No greatswords, not even magic.
Altria kept teaching him a lesson while punching and kicking him. Mordred resisted a few times at first, but later he just squatted down with his head in his arms.
Shen He never thought it would turn out like this.
Finally -
Altria stopped, breathing slightly.
"Did you listen?" She looked at Mordred, who was squatting at her feet, "I have made countless mistakes in my life, but one of the mistakes that I blame the most is that I failed to discipline you well. Since you want to be a king, I should have educated you well to become a qualified king, but..."
"No! This is not your fault at all, father!" Mordred stood up suddenly and pointed at himself, "It's all my fault! I failed your expectations and did that unforgivable thing, I..."
"So am I not teaching you a lesson now?" Artoria slapped her on the forehead again.
But after a long silence.
The palm on Mordred's forehead gradually turned into a gentle caress.
"Since we are all at fault, let's not pursue who is right or wrong. The destruction of our country cannot be reversed no matter how we pursue the faults."
"Father..."
Mordred couldn't help but throw himself into Artoria's arms.
Shen He watched this scene from the side.
Suddenly realized.
All the methods, rhetoric, and verbal attacks that he had prepared were basically not used.
Artoria followed him and indeed learned a lot.
If it was the old Artoria, such things and such words would never be said.
Although simple and straightforward.
But sometimes it is very effective.
"It seems that you have reconciled." Shen Hezi walked over at this time and looked at Mordred, "Then, do you want to sign a contract with me and become my Servant? Mordred? In this case, Artoria has been my Servant for a long time."