Chapter 130: The Duel That Settles in the Dust
The plain in front of him was very vast, and countless black scorched earth craters on the ground were scattered, varying in size, as if the damage caused by the landing of several meteorites. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
These were the scars left on the earth by the duel between the king and Lancelot three days ago.
Gawain sat on the ground, facing the city wall in front of him, which was the royal city of the French Empire, and the soldiers stood tall on the city wall, the city gate slowly opened, and a man walked out of it.
The knight in silver armor walked over slowly, but there were already many scratches on the armor, and in order to maintain the fairness of the duel, Gawain also put on a pair of worn armor, so that he could be equal to the other party.
Three days earlier, the king had defeated Lancelot here and returned to Camelot with his army, but he chose to stay and wait until Lancelot recovered before dueling with him.
The time was decided by Gawain, at three o'clock in the afternoon.
It's not that he's tricky, if it weren't for the Sage's numbers to strengthen his strength, he wouldn't be Lancelot's opponent at all, and Gawain himself knew this.
Lancelot walked fifteen meters from Gawain and stopped.
"How's your body recovering? Gawain's voice was very cold, this was an attitude he had never had, at all times, he always had a gentle smile in the eyes of the people, and he never got angry, but today, he was obviously not normal.
"It's okay, just beating you is definitely enough. Lancelot's tone was also full of disdain, and he didn't seem to take the other party into account at all.
"Where is the queen? The king believes your nonsense, I don't believe it, where did you hide the queen?" Gao Wen questioned the other party, if he hadn't done something out of the ordinary, he wouldn't be like this now.
"Who knows, I said it all, after coming to France, the queen is gone, and Gawain, when are you qualified to question me, you sneak attacker is not worthy of being a knight at all!" Lancelot said loudly, fully expressing his contempt for Gawain in his heart, the reason was nothing more than that Gawain led a group of knights of the round table and surrounded him who was talking to the queen.
"Oh, how dare you say that I am not worthy to be a knight, and when you were cheating with the queen, did you not think that what you were doing was disloyal to the king? What kind of knight are you?" his eyes were blood-red and bloodshot all over his eyeballs, and every time he spoke of it, he thought of his brother and son who had been killed by Lancelot.
"It's just a spiritual love, I have never had a physical relationship with the queen, so how can I talk about the word infidelity, but you, I heard that the king didn't want to burn the queen at the stake, but you ..... As the knights of the Round Table, you keep asking the king to burn the queen at the stake, isn't that a rebellion?"
"Sophistry, lustful for the queen, this is disloyalty, from this point of view, the queen is the same, she actually chose to cheat with you, that is also disloyalty to the king. Gawain looked up, not thinking in the slightest that he had made the wrong choice. "The king is too kind to make up his mind to burn the queen at the stake, and our task as the Knights of the Round Table is to assist the king when he is confused, and we have done it, and you, just add trouble to the king. ”
"Hmph, if it weren't for the king's desire to be the king you have in mind, he wouldn't have made this decision. Lancelot was disdainful, he had long been disgusted with the duties of the Knights of the Round Table.
"That means he's a good king, a good king, and that's why the Knights of the Round Table gather under his throne, don't you understand it yet?"
"It's you who don't understand, who think that I caused Camelot's current situation? No, it's you people, not just the Knights of the Round Table, but also the stupid people, you are all responsible for it, and the king is only forced to compromise in order to be what you want to be, don't you understand?"
Silence occupied the next time, and what both sides said could not convince each other, it is better to say that the current relationship between the two can no longer be alleviated by words.
Only use the sword in your hand and force to tell the other party who is right and who is wrong.
"Then, raise your sword, and I will use this sword of the sun wheel to cleanse the chaos in your mind. ”
"Joke, Gawain, you and I have not dueled, but if you think that my title as the First Knight of the Round Table was fraudulent, you are very wrong, and I will tell you what is the power of a knight. ”
The sword was raised, and the two rushed towards each other at the same time, and the duel agreement after many years was fulfilled at this moment, but the purpose of the duel had changed a lot.
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The earth was scorched by the sun's light, and a round scorched earth appeared on the slope of the hill of the Sword Fence, and under the destruction of the Rider Treasure, even the grass roots were completely burned, and it is estimated that it will be a long time before the dense grass grows here again.
Black smoke rose from the surface, but fortunately there was an enchantment set up by Lynys as a cover, otherwise Kamran's police force would have rushed over as soon as possible.
Rider gasped, in the center of the scorched earth, kneeling down to rest, the treasure released just now consumed all the magic power in his body now, and the remaining magic power was only enough to maintain his existence, but even so, he didn't try to draw magic from the master, after all, it seems that the other party should have turned into ashes under the attack of his treasure phantasm.
There was no sign of the berserker around, and after confirming this, the knight let go of the sword of the sun that had been used as a crutch and fell to the ground.
He was very happy, he didn't expect that after his death, he would have the opportunity to continue fighting Lancelot and defeat the other party.
The battle in front of the royal city of France was inconclusive, and halfway through the battle, Gawain received a notice from the messenger that Mordred had rebelled and was leading a rebel army to intercept the king on the Camran Plain.
Upon hearing this, Gawain immediately stopped the duel with Lancelot, and the other party did not raise any objections, and he did not see Lancelot again after that.
When Gawain arrived at the Kamran Plains, the battle had begun, Gawain rode into the enemy line alone, found Mordred, and wanted to take the opponent's head in one fell swoop, but unfortunately it was already night, and there was no power of the sun to help Gawain, and the hatred of Mordred exerted his strength far beyond his expectations, and finally he died in the enemy formation, pierced by Mordred's sword.
He did not regret this, after all, as a Knight of the Round Table, before the king went out of battle, he was obliged to deal with the hostile people, not to mention that the other party was still a member of the Knight of the Round Table led by him, which was his responsibility.
The result was heart-wrenching, Gawain never thought that his life would end there, he felt powerless, not only did he fail to prevent the consequences of Lancelot's infidelity, but he was also unable to protect his brother and son, and even died at the hands of Mordred.
It's always been like this, full of surprises, like the black knight who is now in front of Rider again.
“ah~”
He roared, the mist on his body had turned black, and after defending against the damage of the Gawain Treasure, the magic granted by the Spell was gone.
Behind Berserker, there is a deep pit, at the moment when Gawain's Treasure Piercing hit, he instantly dug a hole in the ground and drilled into it, the explosion caused by the Treasure Piercing was rushed upwards, and the Berserker who was hiding underground avoided the attack of the opponent's Treasure Phantasm well.
Gawain smiled bitterly, not only in his lifetime, but even after becoming a heroic spirit, is the ending he faces just like this?
The chivalrous spirit of not giving up prompted him to bra his body, grab the sword of the sun wheel that was plunged into the ground, and pull it out.
"I didn't expect that even if you became a berserker, you would still be so powerful, you really deserve to be Lancelot, and you are the title of the first knight of the round table. ”
Berserker was not honored to be pleased, and he rushed towards Gawain, swinging his sword that shone with the light of the lake, leaving a trail in the air like a meteor, very bright.
The weakened knight raised the sword of the sun wheel and made a defensive stance.
The sword collided, followed by the sword of the sun that was knocked away, and it spun around in the air a few times, but it did not emit the same sun-like brilliance as before, and fell.
The unstoppable sword flew the opponent's weapon, and by the way, Gawain's right armor was broken, and Rider's right hand was cut off from the root, and the broken arm flew out, like a weightless object, flying far before falling.
"Sure enough, is that the result?"
Gawain watched as the frenzied knight plunged his sword into his chest.
It hurt, it hurts, it reminds him of the time when he was pierced by Mordred's sword, and such a similar situation makes him wonder if God is destined to make him have to face such a result.
Berserker swung his blade and tossed Gawain's chest into a puddle of mud, and bright red blood splattered everywhere, perhaps this was Berserker's way of venting.
"You're right, Lancelot, Camelot's downfall is not your fault or Mordred's, it's that we, too much of our ideals have been imposed on the king, the good king has just been compromising with us, she is just a king for the sake of being a king. ”
Gawain's last words were these, Berserker suddenly stopped the movement of his hand, and the red light from the black helmet stared at Gawain.
"If we had realized this earlier, Camelot probably wouldn't have ended like that, right? Well, it's in the past, and it's useless to think about it, isn't it. ”
Gawain's vision began to blur, and golden particles floated out, which was from him.
Berserker didn't continue to go berserk, but slowly pulled out the blade, because on his armor wrapped in black mist, golden particles also appeared.
"This duel, you win. ”
“ah~”
Only this last howl has a hint of humanity, but it is impossible to tell whether it is showing off or agreeing with the other party's point of view.
Moments later, there was no one left on the scorched earth circle, and the two knights returned to Valhalla together.