Princess and Her Knight( Overlord Au.)

Brace yourself now dear reader, and I fully expect you to be mad at me for what's coming, or maybe you'll be happy about it]

'I guess I'm still inexperienced'

He thought, this time grabbing Excalibur, their stare down would come to a close eventually, and she'll attack. He needs to be ready because she'll attack faster than before.

He worries were confirmed as Zesshi visibly prepared to attack.

'Martial art: Greater wind stride'

Her body glowed and she burst forth in a blur of speed, and made it before her opponent in less than a second, swinging her scythe she aimed for his torso, planning to cut right through his armour and bisect him, while also prepared for when be uses that skill of his again.

Arthur was quick to dodge by jumping back and avoiding the war scythe, however Zesshi wielded the weapon like it had no weight, and it was fortunate for her that the scythe had two pointed sides, she stepped forward getting closer before she swung it back, once again going for his torso.

*CLANK!!*

This time however the scythe clashed against Excalibur and the force of the clash caused Zesshi's guard to be broken and had her stomach wide open, something Arthur was quick to capitalise on as he swung Excalibur aiming to split her in two.

'Martial art: evasion!'

Her body once again glowed, as she used a martial art and evade the Attack from Arthur, her body jumped back, three meters, dodging the attack however Arthur didn't let up, he charged forward not letting her get time to think.

With steel in his eyes, he thrusted his blade forward and Zesshi paried with her scythe, however Arthur balled his fist, taking a page from Gazeff and struck the young lady in the face, bruising her and sending her sliding back.

Zesshi found herself shocked, as she was the one who took damage first, not only that but she hadn't expected the man to be so ferocious in his fighting style.

she quickly ignored her shocked state as she was forced to immediately block another attack, this time aimed at her neck, she used the length of her scythe to block however the strength behind the attack forced her to body to skid on the ground sideways

Quickly turning to face him, she was immediately forced to to parry another thrust however this time she used more strength to parry, breaking Arthur's guard and she capitalised on that by swinging her Scythe down, planning to split his skull.

however, her attack missed as the man effortlessly evaded the attack, but she expected him to dodge.

With quick thinking she flipped the scythe so that the pointed side turned to the side, pointing at him rather than down, before letting her left hand slide up its grip, she then pulled the scythe in with her left hand while also using her right hand to push it away.

*WHOOSH!*

This action caused the scythe to swing to the side, once again going after Arthur's torso, this time closer to his chest, however the man once again dodged by ducking down, evading the attack, Zesshi once again showing her skill, stopped the scythe mid swing before flipping it again and swinging down but alas she once again missed as Arthur evaded the attack 

Her scythe collided with the ground and split it open, like a knife cutting a fruit. Arthur then jumped back, giving her some space, as they once again shared a starring contest.

'He's not using the skills he used before. There must be a cool down, or he's purposefully not using them to trick me'

She thought before she opened her mouth and spoke.

"Quite the evading master aren't you"

"Comes naturally, when you're always expecting the unexpected"

"so what, you're paranoid"

She stated, while thinking about how to land a decisive hit on him, while the task was to eliminate him, she'd rather not use any of her own skills or the scythe's skills on the count that they have a long cool down periods especially the ones that would be most useful, plus she can't be certain that there's no one watching this battle.

"Nah, I'm just built different"

He stated with no small amount of confidence, Zesshi was going to ask what he meant, but she realised something.

That something being the possibility that, if Arthur Pendragon is a Godkin, then that means either her father trained him or there's another organisation out there that is not affiliated with either the Elf king or the Slane Theocracy but has the capability to train and awaken Godkin.

If that organization does exist that means they're most likely observing Arthur's battles meaning if she used too many of her skills they'll like find a way to counter them or figure out ways to nullify them.

There was also the possibility that her father was using Arthur to draw her out in order to test her strength and give him an advantage when they finally met, but she doubts he'd do something so roundabout.

'Ugh! how troublesome'

She isn't that good at deduction to figure out if that possibility is true or not and its clear to her that if she doesn't use any of her skills then she won't be able to win this fight.

'This would have been easier if the old lady was here'

She thought, Kaire wasn't allowed to participate in this mission for some reason which Zesshi now suspects that reason has something to do with the possibility of another organisation with Godkin, meaning there's other people who possibly know about items like the downfall of Castle and Country.

'hmm, this mission wasn't thought through, odd'

Indeed, it seems like in their haste, the cardinals didn't account for all possible variables. The idea of a Godkin not on their side was quite scary to them.

Arthur, on the other hand, was feeling an odd sense of unease, and he knew why. Zesshi was holding back, and he didn't know if he could handle it she decided to go all out. He just recently figured out how he received his skills. However, he was still unable to descern if he received them based on desire or based on needs.

'Sure, it's most likely untrue that she's stronger than smaller, but am I stronger than her?'

He inwardly asked himself, Sure, he could use Excalibur again and eviscerate her, but he doesn't know if she has a skill that reflects things back at their opponent.

'I think I saw something like that in overlord, or am I confusing the anime with something else'

He thought before realising that this fight would go nowhere, he needs to end it quickly either by killing her by making her retreat, one way or another.

'hmm, didn't she want to give birth to a child with someone stronger than her?'

He questioned. He remembers seeing that scene of her not caring whether it's a monster or an undead as long as it's stronger than her.

He believed the reasoning behind that was because she thought if two strong people were together then that means their child would be even stronger, reality didn't work like that but this was a fantasy world so it's probably true.

"hmm"

He inadvertently hummed, which Zesshi heard, so she asked.

"got something to say?"

"Yeah, I find it a shame that I have to fight a pretty lady such as yourself. It's not every day that one meets such a beautiful elf."

In an instant Zesshi was suddenly before him, she swung her scythe with such speed and strength that he barely managed to block and when he did, his arms tingle from the power and the attack forced him to skid on the ground.

He hadn't recovered from the shock, and she attacked again, forcing him to duck under and jump to the side before once again being forced to parry another attack that came from overhead.

He saw her face and the expression of pure rage caused chills to run all over his body forcing him to jump back but Zesshi gave chase, forcing him to have to parry and dodge as he continuously jumped back, trying to create distance.

'The fuck!! What happened? Does she hate compliments or something?!'

While he was sure this was a fight to the death, he was also under the impression there were no hard feelings between the two of them, Zesshi was just doing her job and he was simply defending himself, this means they were fighting purely because they had to not because they wanted to, however that changed in a split second.

Arthur used Ruler's authority to halt the Scythe in place again, keeping it from piercing through his shoulder, and by doing so disrupted Zesshi's attack flow allowing him to jump back and finally create distance between them before once again swinging his arm and unleashing multiple horizontal cleaves.

Zesshi quickly snapped out of her rage and tried to dodge however the attack covered a wide range as such she was unable to fully dodge the attack, resulting in both her left arm and leg as well shoulder and part of her stomach receiving deep cuts, however both her equipment and natural durability prevented her from losing two limbs.

'Fuck!!'

She internally screamed as she grit her teeth, groaning in pain, this was the first time in her adult life that she's been hurt. She quickly jumps farther back, further away than normal, to allow herself time to heal. As someone with the cleric job class she could cast healing spells 

'dammit!! I got careless'

She thought as she berated herself, anyone mentioning the fact that she was an Elf was a sore spot for her, she denied having any relations to that bastard Elf king and anyone mentioning or looking at her ears was reason enough to kill them, She let that personal issue get in the way.

'he's strong'

She acknowledged as the thought of her goal to kill the Elf monarch crossed her mind, if Arthur is a Godkin and is stronger than her then maybe… she quickly shook her head this wasn't the time for that, 

'I'll need to end this quickly'

She thought, as her wounds finished healing and she walked closer to Arthur, her scythe glowed a pale imperceptible purple colour as she got closer and once she waa close enough.

"I'll have to give you credit, you're strong, stronger than most people I've encountered, even the captain would be hard pressed to land a punch on me"

She praised, as she used a martial art:, greater ability sense, she needed to be able to anticipate his next attack, should "it" prove ineffective.

"Thank you, I'd praise and give you another compliment, considering how ferocious you become a few moments ago, I'll keep the compliments to myself"

He said as he prepared to use Excalibur by gripping the sword tightly, however there was a weird feeling in his chest, he couldn't identify it but it wasn't painful, it just felt weird.

"that was a compliment?"

She asked quizzically, she never attributed to being called an elf with a compliment, to her, being elf meant she was related to the elf king, someone who she hated with every fibre of her being, plus she also lived in a country that believed in human supremacy, any compliment an elf is given is usually a backhanded compliment meant as insult.

It's not that she hasn't been complimented before, but rather mentioning the word elf while referring to her kind of triggered her and she attacked with actually thinking about what he was saying.

"Of course, I always make it a point to compliment a beautiful woman"

He said with a cocky smile on his face, Zesshi smiled just slightly before her face quickly returned to a neutral expression.

"Such a shame, perhaps…"

She didn't finish her sentence and as Arthur was about to ask why she didn't finish her sentence something happened.

"Guah!!"

He coughed up blood and his eyes widened in shock and surprise before he staggered forward trying to maintain his balance, he quickly stabbed Excalibur on the ground and stabilised himself

"When did you…"

He dropped to one knee as his chest flared up and felt as if it was on fire, more blood left his mouth, sweat trickled down his forehead as he struggled to breathe.

"This scythe of mine was once wielded by the God of death Shurshana, and it has a plethora of magic spells, weaved into it that I can use, including a spell that can cause illness"

She explained with slight dejection in her tone, Killing him could mean that she wouldn't be able to achieve her goal but if there truly is an organisation of Godkin out there then surely she'll find more like him.

"Thank you for the compliment, I don't particularly like being called an elf but thank you regardless"

She said as she pointed her scythe at his direction before she sprung into action

'can't… defend'

Arthur thought, he barely had enough strength to form a fist.

'FUCK! NO!!'

He screamed internally as the threat of death said hello, Zesshi's Scythe pierced through his chest and protruded out his back. When she pulled it out his body dropped to the floor and he died, unable to have any last words.

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A/N: and Fin, this has been fun, you guys, I know this is not the ending you wanted, but honestly— SIKE!!