Reincarnated as a failed hero?! Watch me Defy Fate!

King Aslan’s POV:

Godfrey and I were once the strongest swordmasters in this kingdom—our names spoken with awe during the golden days of our youth. While my younger brother possessed raw, devastating physical strength and a powerful aura, I was more attuned to Divine Magic, a gift that set me apart even among our elite. It was this balance of might and magic that earned him the title of Captain of the Braveheart Knights and made him my most trusted right hand.

I had complete faith in him—and rightfully so. He had just stopped a colossal punch from Xir, a blow that could have flattened our cathedral and everyone within it.

Now, side by side, we face Xir together. A Demon Warlord of terrifying rank and strength.

I unleashed my [Divine Slash], cleaving through Xir’s arm with radiant energy, while Godfrey mirrored the strike, severing the other. But Xir, unshaken, only chuckled. Before our eyes, his limbs regrew—twisting, surging back from his flesh like corrupted vines.

Godfrey dashed in to strike again, but Xir intercepted with an obsidian-blackened arm.

"This," he sneered, "is the arm of an Obsidian Rhino from the Demon Continent. Its flesh is harder than any blade can cut."

Then, with sadistic glee, his right hand began to morph—sharpening into a jagged, twisted black blade.

"You like swords? Fine. I’ll wield one too. This... is the horn of a Dark Unicorn. There is nothing it cannot sever!"

He swung at Godfrey with a blade that expanded into the air like a monstrous tower of death.

Sensing the coming danger, Godfrey and I countered together—our swords igniting in divine brilliance as we unleashed a double Divine Slash.