[h2]Saber[/h2]

For a few moments, a brief pause in battle, Saber stared in muted shock. The figure that had intercepted Fenrir... it was a bear, and that bear was commanded by... it couldn't be. How could she be here, wielding such powers? But there wa no mistaking it. There wasn't the tiniest bit of doubt in the blonde swordswoman's mind about the individual she had laid eyes upon. That was, absolutely, unquestionably, the daughter of Irisviel von Einzbern.

Illyasviel.

And yet she possessed the power, the strength, the speed of a Servant. She was even capable of using her bear to knock the great wolf off its attack course, just like that! Saber was only pulled away from her shock when she noticed the surge of mana, as Archer used her Noble Phantasm to toss the massive wold high into the air and pierce it with a great, flaming arrow! But it didn't appear to harm the beast very much, rather it melted the ice around it, and briefly stunned the enormous creature.

But...

The battlefield was cleared.

Fernir was unable to respond quickly.

It was clear that a legendary monster of this size and strength could not be slain so easily.

It needed a great legend to destroy it.

Perhaps using this in an enclosed space was dangerous, but the King of Knights had concluded that not only was the vastness of the cavern sufficient space, but there was little other choice. A monster like this would be able to run rampant if not killed quickly, and given that it swallowed the sun in legend... it was possible this was not even its full size.

"Clear the area around Fenrir!" declared Saber. She could question the presence of Irisviel's daughter(a pang of pain echoing through her heart as she recalled the woman's face). For now, she had to strike this beast down.

She had to deliver a strike from which it could not recover.

Gripping Excalibur's hilt in both hands, she raised the blade skywards. Invisible Air was dispelled immediately with a burst of wind, revealing the brilliant gold of the divine sword.

Fenrir was beginning to rise. The moment that there was space cleared around the massive wolf, however...

Golden light, piercing the reddish hue of the cavern, suddenly began to build. Like particles of dust they drifted and gathered, coalescing around Saber's blade more and more, building into a brilliant glow. A shining, resplendent beacon that blazed across the battlefield, calling to all warriors past, present, and future. A light of hope to the suffering, singing victory to all those who needed it.

The unquestionable Noble Phantasm of King Arthur. One of the greatest weapons in human history, standing as the pinnacle of all Holy Swords second only to the Sword of Rupture.

There was a second blast of air, pushing a wave of wind away from the sword.

The greatest of all Holy Swords, indeed. And its name...

"Ex..."

Saber drew the sword back...

"[i]CALIBUUUUUR![/i]"

A wave of golden light exploded from the sword, erupting through the cavern! What little remained of the shadowy beasts that had emerged from the blackness was annihilated, vaporized in an instant as the cleansing light tore towards the Sun Eater!

[@Raineh Daze][@KoL][@PKMNB0Y]