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Episode 27/Chapter 1: The sword of selection (1)
TL: Tsubak
ED: Julsushed fro his staff to unleash his ic power collided above the ruined ship, causing its two halves to shake violently
Merlin couldn’t believe the scene before his eyes He wanted to deny it
"You wicked traitor!&8221;
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On the day of Erin’s annihilation, the walls of Careat dismay of the defenders, there had been a spy, a traitor, hidden a their ranks Their inner turiants had even begun
Too hts, prepared to valiantly face their eneht unaware of the unjust sword piercing the Arthur
Even after so long, Merlin still felt his blood flowing backhen he recalled the scene fro Arthur with his Treasure Sword, Clarent He’d dealt the king a ht
If that hadn’t happened…
If the terrible flaulfed Camelot…
Erin’s destruction may have been preventable No Even if that were untrue, its path to ruin would still have been far altered
As it had happened, King Arthur had perished
Gawain, the noblest of all knights, had been fated no differently
It was the same for Lancelot, K, Galahad, Tristan, Bedevere…
To nahts of the Round Table had all died wretched deaths
For Mordred, the cause of all these terrible deeds, to be alive
For the man that shattered Camelot and Erin into pieces to be alive!
Merlin couldn’t contain his resentful feelings His current state was far unbefitting that of a wise, old e He cursed out against the one who hated him to the core
"God daht to protect Camelot until the very end!&8221;
He yelled like a beast and poured y surrounding the sword spread out to envelope the entire area Pitch-black knights grew froside Mordred They were dozens of theainst Caht ago, and he staggered in surprise The strength of his legs greeak, and he found hiaze coldly fixated upon the great one, the only one now left to hear his story was Merlin
"I only wanted to protect Ca&8221;
Joy and sorrow dominated Mordred’s words He continued in a tone raith eiants’ forces were too strong, and even if we’d faced theotiate with them I had to! To protect Ca tears of blood Yes, I stabbed King Arthur! I stopped hih pointless resistance and opened the gates I only wanted to protect Camelot!&8221;
His actions were inco since realized that The fomoires had burnt down Camelot and broken their promise No, even the fooals in the end
The Giant of Fire, Surtr, had burned Erin into oblivion The Camelot Mordred had vyed to protect, even at the cost of betraying his own father, was transfor but ashes
Mordred still couldn’t admit his fault, however That the truth that his betrayal was for naught That the actions he’d taken to protect Ca it
That realization could crush one’s soul The rade to become the traitor of Erin that Merlin believed him to be
"I wanted to protect Camelot… I’m the one that should be called its protector! Are you aware ofstabbed Father’s chest? Do you kno strong o so far to protect it?!&8221;
He howled It was a burst of emotions that not even Mordred himself could control after almost a century of resentment
Mordred pleaded for Merlin to understand hi, and that his actions had been justified He hoped that Merlin would coiants instead
Deep down, Mordred knew that this was a foolish dream It was impossible, but he couldn’t help it
His desire was the screa for relief
Perhaps that explained why he’d chased after Ca to return Caain, he may have only wished from a kindred survivor of Ca
Merlin panted It felt like all his strength was being sucked fro lunatic, broken under a uilt
Mordred cried under his helard and lived for close to a hundred years like a corpse He yelled towards Merlin once again
"I’rief!&8221;
"I don’t know, you bastard I don’t even want to!&8221;
The one that responded was Bracky He swung his ha prolared at Mordred
He’d heard the general outline of the story while charging over
Bracky could roughly iuy had done and what hisIf he’d really wanted to protect Caht until the end like his brothers He had vowed to defend all that was good froht, and the warriors of Valhalla held sis needlessly He instead focused on Mordred and contemplated how he could beat him
They were in the midst of a battle, after all He didn’t want to share a heartfelt conversation with so so arced A miniature thunderclap was heard as a specter of Camelot perished under the deadly attack
Mordred stared at Bracky with a cold indifference, andin his direction
Bracky did not waver as he readied his hammer Siri and Harabal, who’d arrived a beat later, stood at Bracky’s flank Together, they faced down the incoht be crazy, but his level of power is astonishing Rehts of the Round Table were at least of the superior rank’
Cuchulainn spoke hastily Tae Ho activated both ‘Idun’s Warrior’ and ‘Warrior’s Equip was tremendous, and due to its aard shape, it was difficult to handle in close range
Thethe degenerate hero, Ra Chrysa, appeared atop the Unknoord piece Together, they forh the path Bracky and Harabal had opened He closed on Mordred in an instant and heaved his sword forward
As the tords collided, there was no sound akin to the clashing of sharp metal The malice eminated by Clarent didn’t only s the noise, however It also began rapidly consuaze pierced into Tae Ho with burning eyes He applied his th in an attele h the sentence of the Milesians, he applied to the Vein Blade the power of a God It contested against Clarent’s antipathy and defended against Mordred’s attack
The tordsht, countless afteri air into a frenzy
Bracky and Harabal couldn’t help Tae Ho The specters of Ca displayed by both Tae Ho and Mordred were too far beyond their abilities toto aid Tae Ho, also had to grind her teeth and battle the specters instead
Like Cuchulainn, Adenht of the Round Table could wield Because of that, she’d concentrated her attention on dealing with the specters from the start She spewed out ice breath to prevent therid rescued the wandering warriors and people of Kataron that had fallen into the river Her actions were desperate as the current was strong and the water was freezing
"Tae Ho!&8221;
Siri charged a bolt into her crossbow and cried out in horror It was because Tae Ho’s sword had shattered under Mordred’s onslaught
Tae Ho quickly reformed the Vein Blade, but the probleth of Clarent was si
He could barely endure it even with the a power of Idun
There was another, more serious problem The real, clear difference between thehts of the Round Table