The apparition made no attempt to dodge. After all, what was a mere chunk of iron to it? Its unseen face, made up of countless slender shadows, twisted into a sneer, mocking the foolish human's powerlessness.
"Odin!"
With his mouth agape, the man bellowed the name of an ancient god in a thunderous battle cry. And down came the steel axe.

──── It's been sliced in half!
With a single swing of his mighty axe, the apparition was completely obliterated. As if a mere shadow monster could withstand iron wielded by a mighty warrior who wagered his life with every strike!

"Haa!" The man's roar shattered its auditory system, sending cracks through its already pulverised head. Whatever mission it had been sent here for, the shadowy figure, now neatly split in two, had clearly been met with an unfortunate fate.

Fate/Lost Einherjar, Prologue