"hiss......"
Iskandar dismounted, leaned against the giant tree behind him with a twisted expression, and then slowly sat down on the ground.
He covered the wound on his abdomen with his hand, and blood flowed from it.
Even if Iskandar, who was originally supported by the magic power of the Holy Grail, was injured, he should be fully recovered in a short time.
As long as the spiritual core is not destroyed, the heroic spirits are immortal to a certain extent.
A magical creature that can regenerate according to its spiritual base as long as it has magic power.
However, the wound that Iskandar stabbed by Jing Ke with the non-returning dagger did not heal at all, and there was even necrosis around the wound.
It is not the death of biological tissue.
Instead, the magic power that made up the spirit body began to be infected and transformed, turning into another unknown magic power.
That was the "poison" to ensure that Ying Zheng would be killed in one blow. However, after being upgraded to a heroic spirit, the poison on Jing Ke's Mrs. Xu's dagger was no longer a simple poison.
It is the "poison" that condenses the public opinion and desire to resist the tyrant.
To ordinary people, the Dagger of No Return may be just an ordinary dagger, and the poison on it is just ordinary poison.
Even against monarchs such as Arturia and Vortigern, it would be difficult to exert any effect.
But only for conquerors like Ying Zheng and Iskandar, the "poison" on Jing Ke's dagger can penetrate directly into their spiritual cores.
"Poison" reproduces and transforms the magic power in Iskandar's body like a virus.
Qin II, the First Emperor, died, and Iskandar's Alexander Empire was short-lived.
In this way, the "poison" is constantly simulating and reproducing his end in Iskandar's spirit body, thereby destroying the conqueror's spiritual base.
Iskandar's strong physique quickly lost weight, and Bucephalas walked to his side and licked his master with some concern.
"Don't worry about me, Bucephalas, I'm not weak enough to die from just one stab."
Iskandar gasped and stroked his beloved horse's mane.
With a forced smile, Iskandar comforted his mount.
"...I haven't seen that guy Weber's growth yet. It would be a big loss to quit now."
Iskandar continues to use magic power from the contract to resist the damage of the Dagger of No Return.
Just like transfusing blood into a person who was constantly losing blood, he barely managed to maintain his own condition without being killed by Jing Ke.
It was also thanks to the fact that he had the Holy Grail as a backup this time.
If Iskandar's current master was an ordinary magician, I'm afraid he would have been drained away by Iskandar's terrifying amount of magic power.
Bucefalas, who had a white spot like a cow's head on his forehead, touched Iskandar's body back and forth with his head.
"You have done a great job, Bucephalas. Without you, I would have really returned. Don't blame yourself."
If Jing Ke's Dagger of No Return were allowed to penetrate directly into his spiritual core, the "poison" contained in it would probably cause Iskandar's spirit body to dissipate directly.
He didn't even have a chance to react.
If Buciferas hadn't knocked Jing Ke away, Iskandar would really have left the game now.
After stabilizing his spirit base, Iskandar breathed heavily and turned over again, jumping onto Busifaras's back.
"I didn't expect to suffer such losses just after setting out on the campaign... This is really a victory for Pyrrhus."
Iskandar taunted himself with the distance behind his death while covering his wound.
Although the elders of the Pyrrhus family were once against him, Alexander actually had a considerable fondness for this younger generation who admired him.
Pyrrhus's victory was worthy of his idol Alexander.
Even the later famous general Hannibal regarded Pyrrhus as his spiritual mentor.
But in the conquest against the expanding Rome, although Pyrrhus achieved many victories, he also paid a very heavy price.
So much so that he himself said: "If we win again, no one can come back with me." The current situation of Iskandar is even worse than that of Pyrrhus, and it cannot be counted as a victory.
It can only be considered as not yet defeated.
"But to be honest... My wish has actually been fulfilled this time. It's such a good thing, the map of Dukang."
There was some nostalgia in Iskandar's eyes for the illusion he had seen.
The illusion seen in the Map of Dukang is the dream that Iskandar had been pursuing during his lifetime.
Fight with your subjects until the end of the world.
Even the final defeat on the battlefield was actually the ending that Iskandar longed for.
He didn't want to die in glory and peace.
The end and end of being Alexander should be on the battlefield.
The final scene of Iskandar being surrounded in the illusion was not the ending given to him by Jing Ke, but one of the scenes that Iskandar himself longed for.
Explore, conquer, and die fighting.
This was Iskandar's goal during his lifetime.
However, what was finally achieved was only the conquest.
Although he doesn't mind the title of King of Conquerors, Iskandar's true wish, his most primitive wish, is to rush to Oceanus, the sea at the end of the world.
Finally, he died like Achilles on the battlefield.
However, Alexander's death came faster than he expected, and in the end Iskandar could only leave his last words "to the strongest" to completely divide his empire.
In fact, after being summoned, Iskandar also learned from the knowledge of later generations that the End Sea did not exist at all.
His wish to be fulfilled with the Holy Grail therefore changed from exploring Oceanus to regaining his body and continuing the war.
So Iskandar was actually quite surprised to be able to fulfill his dream in Jing Ke's Noble Phantasm this time.
After another battle with the world-famous knight, Iskandar would not have any regrets if he returned directly to his throne now.
Unfortunately, it's different this time.
Iskandar looked south to the battlefield where El-Melloi II was.
"It's hard to reunite with that boy Weber. It would be a pity not to fully witness his growth."
After steeling himself to maintain his existence, Iskandar flew in the direction of El-Melloi II.
"Besides, even Weber hasn't admitted defeat yet, so how could I be so embarrassed to run away like that?"
*********
So, time went back to Animusphia and Nero who had just arrived in Alpine Gaul.
Listening to Lu Bu's angry howling in the distance, Animusfia and Nero looked at each other.
"Your Majesty, hold on to me."
After commanding his officers to lead the troops to move forward, Animusfia hugged Nero.
"Hmm."
Nero just let Animusfia hug him.
Although the intriguing looks from the surrounding soldiers stung, Animusfia couldn't care less.
At the same time, Nero's body, which was not much heavier than a child, made him almost unburdened. All of Animusfia's energy was now focused on situations that might cause Lu Bu to go crazy.
In the worst case, Jing Ke, who was stationed here with Lu Bu, has been wiped out by the enemy.
So the top priority now is to ensure Lu Bu Fengxian's combat effectiveness.
So Animusfia hugged Nero and broke through the air at an astonishing speed, heading towards the direction where the sound of fighting came from ahead.
The clouds and mist formed at high speed and high pressure thinly covered Animusfiya's face and body, and every swipe of air on her face was as painful as a sharp blade.
Animusfia could only try to ensure that Nero would not be injured under such load and speed.
However, the sudden change in the scenery made Animusfia stop subconsciously and look around in confusion.
"What's wrong? Governor?"
The sound of Lu Bu's battle not far away could still be heard, but this time it was completely impossible to identify the direction.
Animusfia's complexion suddenly became extremely ugly.
"Sorry...Your Majesty."
His arms holding Nero unconsciously exerted a lot of force.
"Governor, what happened? Where did Yu and Ru go?"
Nero also realized the strangeness of the surrounding environment.
Animusfia actually didn't know, but his spiritual power had already given the answer violently.
"The Eight Formation Diagram... It's the Eight Formation Diagram, Your Majesty."
Nero and Animusphia have fallen into the eight formations of stone soldiers set up by El-Melloi II.
Falling into the Eight Formations of Stone Soldiers by Zhuge Kongming [whose achievements cover three parts of the country and is called the Eight Formations Diagram].
