I don't want to be a heroic spirit

With the outstanding cooperation between Altria and Siegfried, even the oldest godslayer, Marquis Vauban, met a tragic end with his death.

Under the attacks of the two dragon slayers, Artoria and Siegfried, even the immortality of dragons and snakes could not save Marquis Vauban's life, causing him to die completely without any possibility of resurrection.

Then, from a great distance, the eyes of Artoria and Siegfried met in the air.

In order to prevent the Marquis Vauban from disturbing their fight, the two men worked together to kill him.

And now, the battle can finally continue.

At this time, a sudden change occurred.

After the death of Marquis Vauban, his cursed power did not dissipate into the air or return to the earth, but instead continued to converge on Siegfried like a torrent.

With Altria's senses, she could sense that something was changing in Siegfried.

It was as if his body was treated as steel, thrown into the furnace to be melted, recast, refined, and polished, and these forging processes were repeated continuously, making the aura of [Steel] stronger, sharper, and purer.

The Earth Mother Goddess can be seen as the earth itself, and dragons and snakes can be seen as the earth's followers.

"Steel" was originally a mineral in the earth, and through various means it was transformed into a weapon for slaughtering dragons and snakes. Therefore, the God of Steel can use the essence of the earth and dragons and snakes to strengthen and polish himself.

And now, Siegfried is doing just that.

"You greedy beast, you dragon bred from darkness, you serpent of immortality, you vomit filth from your mouth, you walk on all fours, you are armored, your claws are like swords."

"With this sword I slay the evil dragon, with this body I bathe in dragon blood, with my hands I hold the gold."

"I will recreate the legend of that time, return to my peak, and awaken from my golden dream!"

By the time the words ended, Siegfried's momentum had reached its peak.

Siegfried appeared in Artoria's eyes again, and the armor on his body became even more hideous and terrifying. The dragon-shaped pattern on the armor seemed to come alive and was roaring at Artoria.

He stared at Artoria, and the flood of cursed power turned into a strong wind that blew Artoria's hair, revealing her resolute face.

The stagnant air made movement difficult, and at this moment Siegfried exuded a terrible sense of oppression from his entire body.

"Come on, warriors! Let's continue this exciting mythical battle!"

In an instant, Siegfried came in front of Artoria. At the moment when Artoria widened her eyes, the heavy broadsword cut through the air, bursting out with huge force and knocking Artoria away.

The terrifying force shattered the earth, and Siegfried caught up with Artoria who was flying backwards in an instant. The continuous slashing made Artoria look a little overwhelmed.

"It's useless! You're too weak in front of me who has recreated my legend and returned to the top!"

The muscles in his arms suddenly swelled, and Siegfried knocked Altria to the ground with the force of splitting Mount Hua. In an instant, the entire earth was overwhelmed and an immeasurable huge pit appeared.

A high concentration of cursed energy gathered on Siegfried's body, burning like a flame.

The gushing curse power shook the sky and stirred up a violent wind, as if the end of the world was approaching.

"If you had used your full strength before I killed that God Slayer, you might have had a chance of defeating me. But now! Victory is already in my hands!"

On the blade, the dusk-colored sword energy became increasingly brilliant.

Siegfried roared excitedly.

"The reason for your defeat is your arrogance, which you refuse to even speak your name!"

"But it doesn't matter! This is the final blow!"

Energy more terrifying than an atomic bomb exploded on this land.

It was like a shining sun falling on the earth.

When the light faded, a figure as straight as a sword stood in the center of the deep pit.

With eyes wide open and filled with astonishment, Siegfried lowered his head and stared at the black knight's sword engraved with blood-red patterns that pierced through his abdomen and emerged from his back.

"Do not worry."

Altria's indifferent voice sounded in his ears, as if nothing in the world, including him, could arouse her interest.

"The reason for your failure is not arrogance."

"It's just a simple difference in strength."

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Chapter 376 Fierce fight.

Siegfried quickly distanced himself from Artoria, looked at her with fear, and then began to look at the wound on his abdomen.

No blood flowed out, there was a circle of charred marks around the wound, and recovery became very difficult.

"Burned?"

Just as steel can be recast by fire, but can also be melted by stronger fire, the only way to break the immortality of the Hero God of Steel is to reach extremely high temperatures that are enough to melt the steel.

To be honest, Artoria was indeed stunned by Siegfried's sudden outburst.

It's not just because Siegfried suddenly became stronger, but also because of Altria's sudden weakness.

She then remembered that the more God Slayers there were in this land, the stronger the power of the Last King, whose duty was to defeat them.

So, after completely killing Marquis Vauban, one of the strongest godslayers, Artoria became weak without warning and was then beaten up by Siegfried.

Knowing that she was no match for Siegfried who had returned to his peak after being weakened, Artoria had no choice but to draw essence from the earth to strengthen herself.

Artoria did not like this ability because essence is the life force of the earth, and absorbing too much would cause irreversible damage to the earth.

And now that it has come to this, in Artoria's opinion, there is no need to continue the battle.

With a swing of the sword, the vein-like patterns on Altria's armor lit up, shooting out countless winding blood-red lightning snakes that shattered the earth and rocks around Altria.

The surging torrent of light stretched out for hundreds of meters and hit the earth after Siegfried leaped into the sky.

Collapse, melt, burn, and disappear.

Only wildfires remained on the scorched earth, and even the air turned red.

The heat wave blew Altria's hair, revealing the blood-red lines on her cheeks.

With the approaching sound of sonic booms, Siegfried's huge figure instantly flashed in front of Artoria, with the giant sword Barumong held high by him, and Artoria was also ready for battle.

"Oh!"

Hand in hand.

A force greater than that of a dragon was transmitted along the blade of the Sword of Promised Victory to Barumong's sword. Siegfried, unable to resist this force, was hit by his own sword.

The next moment, the ground shattered, and Siegfried shot off into the distance at a speed even faster than when he came.

Siegfried put his feet down and sank deeply into the ground. Before he could steady himself, he immediately leaned back the moment he caught a glimpse of the black light.

"Pfft!"

The muscles were cut and the flesh was roasted.

The black light slashed across Siegfried's chest, leaving a charred mark.

With a ruthless look on his face, Siegfried grabbed Altria with his big hands, crushed the ground with his feet, and rushed towards the sky.

Just as Siegfried was about to smash Artoria into a mountain, a flash of black light disappeared.

The hand holding Altria was cut off by Altria's sword, but Siegfried's kick had already arrived, and Altria, who was hit hard in the abdomen, flew into the sky like a cannonball.

With a deafening sound of breaking through the air, Siegfried came to the side of Artoria, holding the dragon-slaying sword shining with the light of dusk and rushing towards Artoria at a high speed.

However, what appeared in his eyes was a slash formed by the heat that was enough to destroy the world.

In the boundless sky, a black and red cross-shaped flame suddenly erupted.

The flames of the explosion distorted space, and the overflowing lightning shattered the mountains.

Countless fires fell from the sky like meteors.

With her skirt fluttering, Artoria landed lightly on the ground, but not far away, a "meteorite" wrapped in black flames smashed heavily into the ground, creating a huge crater.

Staring silently at the center of the crater, Artoria seemed to be waiting for something.

After a long while, a charred figure suddenly rushed out of the pit.

There were traces of burns all over his body. The arm below the left shoulder was completely gone, and part of his flank was also missing. The internal organs and bones inside were also charred black, and black flames still remained all over his body.

It was a serious injury. If an ordinary human suffered such an injury, he would have died long ago.

But he is a god, a hero sung by countless people as the Dragon Slayer.

Slaying dragons and fighting, this is the duty of [Steel]. Everything else is meaningless except fighting. The God of [Steel] is a "living sword", a god of war born for fighting!

Although he was seriously injured and broken, Siegfried's momentum was even more ferocious than before.

The earth shattered, and the roaring figure rushed over, smashing the rocks in its path.

Artoria held the sword with both hands, with the tip pointing forward, and the black light that devoured hope appeared again.

The violent figure was like a dead beast, and a huge shadow fell over Artoria.

At the moment when the Dragon Slaying Sword collided with the Black Light Sword, the falling rocks around were all shattered by the aftermath and then melted by the black and red lightning.

The surging magic power on the sword of the Promised Victory began to compress, and the huge blade of light pressed down on Siegfried's sword. Even if he sank his ankles into the ground, he could not stop himself from retreating.

He gritted his teeth, gripped his sword tightly...but the effort was in vain.

Siegfried felt like he was trying to shake the entire continent, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't move it even a little bit.

"Ding,"

Accompanied by the crisp sound of gold, the dragon-slaying sword was bounced away.

The space in front of Altria and Siegfried was like a canvas, with a deep dark red line gradually dyeing everything around it the same color.

The pillar of light roared like an angry dragon and emitted lightning. Even the three rocky mountains in the distance could not escape this disaster. The parts that came into contact with the light disappeared without a trace like water vapor evaporated by high temperature.

A figure landed on the cliff of a high mountain, and her black metal boots created dazzling sparks as they rubbed against the cliff.

There was a sound of breaking air, and a dusk-colored slash came down, cutting off a corner of the mountain.

Among the falling rocks, one mountain-sized piece after another was shattered, and then two figures slowly emerged from it.

Siegfried's knee pressed down on Altria's body, and the two of them rubbed against the air and fell to the ground like meteorites.

The next moment, thunder dragons burst out from the deep pit, and then a dark pillar of light shot straight into the sky, connecting the sky and the earth.

In the beam of light, a petite figure covered in black and a tall figure wrapped in flames flew out. Artoria kicked Siegfried away with a whip kick. Siegfried flew through a mountain and finally fell heavily to the ground.

In the deep pit, Siegfried was crawling on the ground, exhaling hot breath from his mouth.

"ended."

A cold voice came from in front of Siegfried.

She looked calm and composed, as if what happened just now was not even a warm-up for Altria.

Looking down at Siegfried, who had lost his legs and couldn't even stand up, Altria coldly announced that his death was imminent.

Seeing the opponent rushing towards her in such a miserable state with the determination to die, Artoria raised the Sword of Promised Victory high above her head.

"Even if you are weak and on the verge of death, you will fight to the very end? Then let me grant you an ending worthy of your bravery."

Black flames were gushing out, and even the sky seemed to be burned to ashes by this terrifying heat.

Holding high the roaring torrent of light, Artoria's eyes shone with brilliant golden light.

"【Sword of Promised Victory】!"

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Chapter 377: Guinevere.

Siegfried was destroyed without any surprise by Altria's Noble Phantasm.

After successfully killing Siegfried, Artoria found herself a little stronger.

"What happened before wasn't a coincidence. I can indeed become stronger by killing gods... but it's strange. I'm not a godslayer."

Altria was very confused.

"Perhaps... it's because the three gods I killed were all gods of Steel, and as the strongest Steel, I can absorb their power."

If you want to verify it, you just need to kill a disobedient god who is not [Steel].

This time, in order to defeat Siegfried, Artoria absorbed a lot of energy from this land.