Isn't it ridiculous how the 'Last Warrior' always ends up fighting her hopeless battle, naked with nothing but a sword, against some properly equipped opponent?
How do these girls even get in these kinds of situations, hmmm?
Running around naked with swords and all that?
Are they stupid?
No idea!
Anyway ...
... this is me, replenishing my mystic powers in the Fountain of Renewal.
Now
that is of course an occasion when it's natural (and enjoyable) to be all nude.
And it makes way more sense than going naked after warriors.
Once I have my full powers again I can just dazzle and confuse the lot of them and make them trip over their swords till they're dizzy!
That's much more effective than getting myself cut to ribbons in a stupid swordfight isn't it?
The reason I'm here is I exhausted my spellcraft to escape the irons of the Truthfinders, who had already started up their torture ritual after ambushing and shackling me.
And so if you ask how any self respecting sorceress could have this ridiculous kind of hair, yes that was the first thing they did ... they truncated my golden tresses. Probably to use in perverted rituals of their own. Well, the Fountain will make them grow back more lushly, in a matter of only a few weeks.
The location of this magic pool is of course a closely guarded secret, nevertheless it has again and again been found by all sort of adventurers.
Heroes, Titans, warriors have waded into it, hoping to receive some manner of blessing, power, healing ... your soul must be bound to the ancient powers of this place, for you to be accepted as worthy.
Lacking that, all those shiny knights with their blinking blades ... they boiled and bubbled away to nothing in these still, sacred waters.
Only their armaments remain, the ground of the pool covered in a deep, ever growing layer of armor, swords, treasure and trinkets left over from uncounted centuries of failed quests....
These things mean nothing to me ...
... except that I have to wear sandals when entering the pool!
Otherwise I'll cut my feet on some forgotten hero's axe or sword!
And of course the water has healing powers but ... one of the rules that govern this enchanted pool is that -- any wounds taken while standing within its waters cannot be healed by those same waters.
So you could run a sword through me while standing on the bank of the pool and if you made the mistake of allowing my body to splash into the water -- I would heal!
But stepping on some spiky bit in here, I will bleed like everyone else.
And well, there is of course another rule about the Fountain that is even more important.
The very same powers it replenishes, cannot be used while they rebuild.
Renewing oneself in the Fountain is a bit like a molting process ... right after it, there is a very vulnerable time.
No protection.
The sun must set and rise once again after leaving the pool for the powers to slowly become available.
So you understand I take a lot of care to make sure nobody follows me here.
But ...
It seems there is someone!
Damnation!
It is one of these warrior types!
And he seems to know enough to not just wade into the pool to get to me and slay me! That would cause him to dissolve like all the others!
He aims at me with a small crossbow and just waits with an emotionless face.
The fountain will not heal any wound taken while immersed in its water ... so I must leave!
Naked as I am ... with nothing but sandals!
Oh well what with all these weapons at the bottom of the pool, I grope around and grab some!
Armed with blades of some long dead warriors, I try to slink away through the woods.
I have absolutely no spellcraft at my command right now, so I cannot fade into invisibility.
I just have to hope that I know this place a bit better than the intruder does so I either have a chance to escape, or if I can't get past him at least have some element of surprise on my side ...
Isn't it ridiculous ... fighting her hopeless battle, naked with nothing but a sword?
How do these girls even get in these kinds of situations, hmmm?
Running around naked with swords and all that?
Are they stupid?
The gods have humbled me!
I am now one of these naked stupid sword girls.
Believe me I'm not that good with a sword.
But that's all I have now.
Well plus a dagger and sandals.
I guess I must have been stupid somewhere ...
(I stumbled across a set of images featuring the naked girl with sword trope and I'm just making up my own nonsense story to go with them They are originally by an artist called Jeff Fairbourne.)