Lost Sword story · Main story, Part 1
Chapter 11: Holy Grail
2 scenes, 69 lines
1. Tintagel Plains
48 linesHistorically speaking, numbers do not necessarily win wars.
Strategy does.
However, no matter how good the strategy, it won't work without courage.
Where does courage come from?
I suddenly saw my mom's face.
Family.
Look here, you cowards!!!
Quiet, you! I'm no coward! Staying here is certain death!
Move! I'm leaving!
Fine! But where will you run to?!
The battle has already begun. Will you run to Cornwall Castle? You have nowhere but your homes!
And who's waiting there? Your parents? Wife? Children?!
When the Imperial Army gets to the castle, they're going to kill and violate whoever they find! You fine with that?!
Uh...
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I know you're scared. So am I!
But the ones we have to protect are behind us! Will you give up on them?!
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B-But... we will die fighting this endless wave of men!
Look what I'm holding!
Is that...?
Everyone! Feast your eyes upon what is in Ethan's hand!
It is... the Holy Grail! The Grail of legends!
Nice assist, Elizabeth.
The Holy Grail...? Is it truly?
I don't believe it... The Holy Grail?!
I heard that the Swordbringer holding the Holy Grail and the Princess of Britannia snuffed out the spies from the castle.
I-I heard that as well! Turned those devil's attendants to dust, they did!
An unusual energy swept the battlefield.
Those who were but moments ago running pale-faced were now coming to my side one by one.
That's right! The Holy Grail! The holy relic which contained the blood of god! In my hand!
The Holy Grail is with you. God is with you. What is there to be afraid of, I ask you?!
Show your fighting spirit and your courage! For the Lord will remember!
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Ohhh!
Ohhhhhh!
Raaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Their morale has returned... Ethan, how...?
I was wrong to call you knavish.
I expect no less from Ethan, hehe.
I have lived for centuries, yet only now do I see why humans are drawn in by religion.
This piggy is the best trickster I've ever seen.
If we fall, Cornwall falls!
If they cut through us, they cut through the walls!
Now let's kill them!!!
Raaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Historically speaking, numbers do not necessarily win wars. Strategy does. However, no matter how good the strategy, it won't work without courage. Where does courage come from?
2. Tintagel Plains
21 linesThanks to that last-ditch-effort speech and the knights who were sucked in by it, the battle drew on until nightfall.
The Imperial Army was as strong as ever, but even the Cornwall Soldiers who fell did not go down without bringing some of them with them.
They stabbed and threw spears from the ground, and if that didn't work they shocked them with a soul-shattering wail.
Still, it was not enough for a victory.
I think this really is it, Ethan...
It's fine. We held on longer than I expected... Lua should be ready by now too.
Let's fall back to the next base, Elizabeth.
Right! I shall tell Princess Isolde to move everyone back.
Uaaagh!
Keuk!
The Imperial Army was being pushed by the once-hysteric Cornwall Army, but they were practiced in this.
As more and more Cornwall Soldiers fell, they gathered the strength to push in.
I swung my sword like mad to fill up the empty space between the men.
I shouted at them with all my might to make it through the day as I cut, slashed, and sliced.
The bodies on both sides were piling up like mountains. The weapons of war made horrible din.
Meanwhile, Isolde got the message and called to her men.
Everyone, fall back!
The Holy Grail is still with us! We're moving to the next stage of the battle plan!
You go on, Your Highness! I will cover you.
Thank you, Tristan... You better make it back to me.
As you command!