Halva Logres riddare samlas i Cornwalls skogar för att möta upp mot hertig Gorlois - en svår skärmytsling stundas. Kung Uther rider fram och drar Excalibur som lyser över fälten och efter en kort deklaration av Merlin ger sig hertig Gorlois och lovar sig underkuva kungen.
King Uther marches on Cornwall to force Duke Gorlois into submission.
Outside Somerset, King Cadwy meets King Uther, but neither the Somerset king nor his troops join the marching army.
The armies meet. Across the way, the Cornish army waits in the trees, up a hill, across a stony stream. The knights see armored men in some places, and archers in others. Given the numbers and the terrain, the king’s army will be slaughtered even if it wins.
King Uther rides forward to parley, Merlin walking beside him. The king yells, “One land, one king!”
“Justice!” shouts Gorlois back.
“Show him the sword.” Uther draws Excalibur and it gleams brightly even in the morning light. The bright light reveals troops in the woods and they gasp and withdraw. Duke Gorlois looks worriedly at his nobles around him. They are worried.
“Behold the Sword of Victory,” says Merlin, “forged when the world was young.”
The duke holds a hurried parley with his men, then steps back toward Uther and shouts.
“And if I surrender, what do I get?”
“You get…!?” starts the king, but he is interrupted by Merlin, who holds a hurried chat with Uther. Then the king continues, “All the land from here to the sea, to hold for the king.”
“I accept!” shouts the duke. A big cheer goes up from both armies, and everyone can say afterwards they were pleased with the nobility of the lords, and with the good that was done for Logres.
Gorlois and Uther camp together, spend the knight drinking and talking, and late at night the duke goes away.
At dawn, it is discovered that the Cornish army is gone. Uther looks smug, and he marches his army north to Lindsey.