In front of Sardinia's port, looking at two King Arthurs positioned left and right in the distance, Gawain momentarily didn't know which to believe.
"You say you're King Arthur?"
"You're this world's King Arthur?"
The two King Arthurs faced each other across the distance, both looking somewhat curious.
Initially, Heretic Arthur thought someone was impersonating him, but as he got closer, he discovered he was wrong.
Under spiritual perception, he could sense that the other party possessed genuine Red Dragon bloodline, fairy blessings, and what seemed to be an authentic Sword of Promised Victory.
Even he couldn't detect any problems with the other party's spiritual core fluctuations, let alone anyone else.
Gawain beside them keenly noticed Artoria's phrasing.
"My King, you just said 'this world'?"
"That's right."
Artoria nodded, finally having the chance to introduce herself.
"Although I am King Arthur, I'm not this world's King Arthur."
"Parallel worlds, I understand."
Heretic Arthur and Gawain nodded, showing expressions of "so that's how it is."
The Campione world also possessed numerous parallel worlds. The divine realm existed outside worlds, so for the gods, parallel world matters weren't secrets.
After resolving the misunderstanding, Gawain suddenly looked at Heretic Arthur.
"My King! Although I think it's unlikely, I'll ask anyway - are you also cross-dressing as male?"
"Of course not!"
Heretic Arthur replied somewhat speechlessly.
"What a pity."
Gawain shook his head.
"?"
Heretic Arthur's head sprouted a large question mark.
"I'm sorry, my King from another world. The god before us is my true lord."
After determining both parties' identities, Gawain made his choice without hesitation.
"No problem. Each serves their own master!"
Artoria shook her head, looking at Ryuga.
She originally hadn't planned to recruit the otherworldly Gawain anyway. For her, the Round Table had been completely destroyed along with Britain's collapse.
Hearing her words, Heretic Arthur finally turned his attention to Ryuga.
After Gawain's brief explanation, he understood that the Campione before him was the lord that his otherworldly self served.
Thus, Heretic Arthur raised his sword, pointing its tip at Ryuga, his smile sharp.
"To gain recognition from an otherworldly King Arthur and become the Knight King's master - you must be a brave one who wouldn't avoid battle, right?"
In the blink of an eye, the atmosphere shifted from reminiscing to drawn swords.
"My lord's fighting spirit is this strong? But I don't really want to attack the King, even an otherworldly King."
Gawain sighed but still followed Heretic Arthur, drawing his holy sword.
"What nonsense!"
Faced with his subordinate's naive thinking, Heretic Arthur immediately scolded.
"When gods encounter Campione, do they expect to escape unscathed?"
"Besides, the one who truly wants to fight might not be me... Rakshasa Lord, am I right?"
When saying the last sentence, he stared intently at Ryuga.
For some reason, seeing the other party's calm demeanor made him instinctively uneasy.
Regarding Heretic Arthur's question, Ryuga immediately nodded.
"Although your appearance was unexpected, I indeed don't plan to let you go."
His reason for staying in the Type-Moon world and wanting to obtain Heroic Spirit summoning technology, then upgrade it to divine summoning technology, was precisely to obtain sufficient divine nature to support his analytical research.
Now, thanks to Artoria, two wild Heretic Gods had directly appeared. This bargain couldn't be missed.
Besides research value, as beings of the same origin, Heretic Arthur's divine nature might well be applicable to Saber.
"Hahahaha! Worthy of being the lord recognized by my otherworldly self - indeed straightforward!"
Heretic Arthur was very satisfied with Ryuga's displayed attitude.
The relationship between Campione and Heretic Gods should indeed be that of mortal enemies.
So—
"Come and fight! Let me see your strength as a warrior! See if you're qualified to be King Arthur's lord!"
Accompanied by war cries filled with fighting spirit, Heretic Arthur and Heretic Gawain assumed attacking stances.
"Master!"
Seeing these two god-level enemies before them, Artoria immediately blocked Ryuga's path, gripping the hilt of the Sword of Promised Victory, her entire body tensing up.
"Sir Gawain's combat ability triples under sunlight. His Galatine possesses power equivalent to the Sword of Promised Victory under the sun."
"As for my own power, besides the Sword of Promised Victory, Red Dragon bloodline, and fairy blessings, you must also beware of the Sword of Selection I've lost and the scabbard Avalon."
"Although I don't know how much stronger they've become as gods, if their mythology is the same, their power's nature shouldn't differ much!"
Facing god-versions of herself and Gawain, Artoria didn't dare be careless at all.
She immediately listed all her own and Gawain's combat characteristics and power traits like reciting a catalog.
"To defeat Sir Gawain, don't rush. Just drag the battle until nightfall - without enhancement, he won't be difficult to handle. I can take this task."
"To defeat my otherworldly self, you need to find a way to destroy the scabbard's properties. If Master possesses dragon-slaying related skills, you should be able to cause considerable damage!"
"Besides this, fighting me cannot be dragged to nighttime. Although I don't have this power now, I was born with night's blessing."
After explaining characteristics, she also provided methods for dealing with "herself" and the Round Table Knights.
"If that's still not enough, consider temporarily releasing that Campione!"
Finally, she even included Doni in her calculations.
Compared to internal conflicts between Campione, the contradiction between Campione and Heretic Gods was much sharper.
Even to preserve his own life, after escaping, the Sword King should primarily target the Heretic Gods.
It had to be said, Artoria's combat talent was quite strong.
Despite usually seeming somewhat absent-minded, when it came to actual fighting, her grasp of battle timing and resource utilization were first-rate.
In her view, if they followed this strategy for battle, even if their side was slightly weaker than the opposition, their chances of victory were still high.
Thinking this, she obviously hadn't noticed one point.
That was, behind her, facing two Heretic Gods' attack - facing an assault that could easily sink Sardinia into the Mediterranean - Erica held little Sakura's hand without the slightest wavering, instead appearing calm and composed.
Therefore, she had clearly misjudged a crucial fact.
"No need for such trouble. Step back first."
After listening to Artoria's strategy, Ryuga pressed his hand on her shoulder, moving her behind him.
At the same time, an orange-red longsword appeared beside him, floating in the air.
"Master, be careful!"
Seeing the two holy swords operating at maximum power in the distance, Artoria immediately became anxious.
The divine artifact versions of the Sword of Promised Victory and Galatine - even she couldn't fathom their power.
Now it was noon too. If hit directly by these two holy swords, even gods couldn't possibly survive.
Artoria originally thought her reminder would make Ryuga cautious, but unexpectedly, the Master before her not only didn't take the opposing attack seriously, but actually turned back to look at her as if completely unaware of danger.
It was in this very instant that the orange-red light sword flashed briefly, then disappeared directly.
The next second.
"Thud!"
The sound of heavy objects hitting the ground came from the distance - it was the two Heretic Gods.
Without even having the chance to use any of their trump cards, the two Heretic Gods completely lost their fighting ability.
Even the holy swords that had been charging to half-power fell to the ground.
What should have been a mythological-level battle was completely over in less than a second.
Only then did Ryuga's question arrive belatedly.
"Be careful of what?"
"..."
Artoria fell completely silent.
Looking at the two Heretic Gods who had completely lost strength before her, she finally realized what she had misjudged.
So even facing two Heretic Gods, their side still held absolute advantage!
Just what kind of divine being was her Master?
To be continued…
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