Jeanne took several hops backward, knowing her sister did not wish interference in such a battle as one for honor, especially not of the King's friend. As for Enkidu he seemed to be assessing himself. There was nothing to worry about, even if she could not fell him? He could not last here forever? No... that seemed about right. He was but a summon, when those ran out of mana they should normally fade from existence. Beyond a few special cases and those connected directly to the souls of others. Even so, Artoria could look at this man and see him as she saw herself. A weapon, well-honed and ready to strike. "Men who fall in battle are strong willed and respectable. It is a choice I would make for myself as well..." Artoria said with a small smirk coming to her lips. "Even so, it would go against my honor and everything I am if I did not try and succeed in killing you... a battle is no fun if victory slips from your clutches," Artoria said those words and there it was. Just a gentle hint. A subtle reminder that in some ways, she could be considered just as arrogant as the King of Heroes. He would not go quietly? "Good, I have no wish to hand out an execution. I wish to face a challenge in glorious combat and overcome it!" she said with a smile. "You are my King of Heroes only friend, I could not face him again if I did not first try and hand you the same kind of crippling defeat I offered him," there was a smile on Artoria's face and then she exhaled a held breath. If she was going to fight this man, she would do it the way she enjoyed doing so here and now. Looking for the route to his ending with a smile on her face and full power behind every swing. She would attack with the intention of killing him in every strike and she'd enjoy the battle all the more when success finally occurred.
Artoria with both hands on the hilt of this more massive Excalibur allowed it to be pulled along with her, resting behind her as it was covered in Invisible Air. Did she truly wish to conceal the weapon? Not really, it was done more precisely for the reason of giving her extra reach, given the different ways she'd already seen the Chains of Heaven used. "Here I come," Artoria said this because it was her nature to do so. She would not attack a man unawares. She would confront this battle head on with the dignity and honor bound to her very soul by the title Queen of Knights. She'd launch herself forward at speeds most often called too fast for the eye to follow and begin to actively using Invisible Air's release to quickly lift the weapon into an upward slash, from the left hip up to the right shoulder of Enkidu. It had extra power this way and in stopping it a bit shy of its normal range, she would release the blast of wind based mana whether the sword swing was stopped or not. Normally she would have called such a thing a test swing, but, that wasn't it this time. She was leaving herself the ability to shift, to murder if she saw an opening. She had opened with all the aggression of kicking in a door.