Bridania, the most famous knightly country of Diglis. Nestled on the southern plains of Digolith, the www.biquge.info of Pen & Fun & Pavilion made this kingdom once strong due to its geographical advantages and the spirit of unity and progress, and even became a powerful country after the four principalities.

The people are happy, rich and peaceful; The monarch is virtuous and wise, allowing the country to move forward step by step.

Originally, according to this momentum, it really had the potential to become the fifth largest principality in the world, leaving a strong mark in history.

…… But...... The country experienced its greatest catastrophe a few years ago.

This city of knights was the subject of a coup d'état, known as the virtuous, and the king's reign was betrayed by his brother and crucified to the throne. Immediately blood stained the palace, so that King Xian's family was slaughtered, and those courtiers who were loyal to King Xian could not escape and died in this usurpation.

Many soldiers died in the civil strife, and the wealth of the entire country was greatly depleted by this civil strife, and the Bridanians did not lose to the foreign enemy, but to themselves. For a time, Bridania's national strength has dropped sharply, and the country's ranking has plummeted, if it weren't for the fact that there are no strong enough countries around, then it is estimated that Bridania has been invaded by foreign enemies.

In this purge, the new king stepped on the throne with blood on his feet, took the crown of thorns, and became the new king.

The people were terrified and called him the King of Calamity.

After all, it will invite the king of calamity.

However, few people know that in fact, King Xian's descendants are not dead, and King Xian's only "son" Arthur is still alive in this world.

It's just that now "he" is called "Artoria", and he is really a girl.

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Artoria sat in the seat of the crystal car, one hand on her chin, looking at the scenery outside, not knowing what she was thinking. Maybe it was the scenery of the ancient country that reminded her of her memories, and the girl didn't say much along the way, just silently looked outside.

And her feeling of silence was also contagious to the people around her, and Sang Zhefeng didn't say anything along the way.

Because they can probably guess what Artoria is feeling in her heart, no one can be happy with this kind of thing.

There are not many passengers in this magic crystal car, because of the coup d'état in Bridania, there are a lot fewer people who even travel there, and there has not changed much for so many years, so there are not many people in this carriage except for the people who come out of Sanzhefeng.

The people around still didn't say anything, and the whole carriage seemed very quiet.

"This is the Morris Plains."

Artoria spoke suddenly, drawing Sanzhe's gaze to them.

"I used to come here when I was a kid and ride horses with my father...... The wind was really gentle......" Artoria said with a look of remembrance on her face, looking out the window at the sunset-shrouded fields, "The grassland is big...... There are a lot of people on it...... My father told me that I would be their king and lead them back...... Yes...... It will put a smile on their face......"

Artoria lowered her head, her voice becoming inaudible.

Her expression was very gloomy and very low.

"But why is it like this...... But why was the father, who was so beloved by everyone, killed...... But why...... Why...... Uncle wants to kill father...... Why ......"

She spoke in a low voice, talking about the doubts in her heart.

She really couldn't understand why, why brothers would kill each other, why what should have been a matter of course turned into such a brutal knockout game......

She didn't know and didn't understand.

Sanzhefeng looked at Artoria, but he didn't say anything this time.

Sometimes, it's not that something works, but something you have to feel yourself.

Or maybe it's illustrated by action.

"Don't worry." Curl looked at Artoria and said softly, "We'll definitely help you, and won't the teachers help you too?" There are two fifth-order here. ”

Joan of Arc on the side also nodded and said, "We will definitely help you." Yes, sir. ”

She looked at Sang Zhefeng, who also nodded with a smile and said, "Of course." ”

【…… Why do I always feel that you are not well-intentioned......] The system looked at Sang Zhefeng from the side, and a dialog box like this popped up.

Sang Zhefeng glanced at it, then shook his head silently.

This time, he really planned to help Artoria well.

Maybe he's still the same crazy man now, but he still has the most basic concept of keeping his promises.

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By the time they reached Bridanian territory, it was already late, and the stars and moon were already hanging in the sky, emitting a faint milky white glow.

In front of them was a small city on the edge of Bridania, which was still brightly lit and had the style of a city that never sleeps.

Since the development of transportation, the removal of the city walls, and the establishment of cities, it has become easy to enter a city, and under normal circumstances, it is difficult for anyone to identify the identity of everyone who enters the city. Because those things are already in a magical web of identity integration - after all, the current political system is still biased towards political centralism.

However, this does not mean that the other side can directly pounce on the core of a country and wreak havoc - there are generally extremely strong defense capabilities. And the super machine created by the current magic mechanics is no worse than a fifth-order mage, and the endurance of that thing is stronger than that of a fifth-order mage, except for the endless survival battle, who will attack there?

However, this also makes the state powerless to internal strife, and it is difficult for such a centralized system to build a strong enough internal defense, which is why the country is politically overthrown.

This is why the four principalities have long since reformed into constitutional monarchies or federalism to prevent the collapse of their own countries.

Now Sang Zhefeng and his party are standing inside the station, looking at the scene outside.

Artoria saw the sight of her home, her eyes darkened, and she continued to be silent.

Curl looked curious, looking at Artoria's hometown, and looked a little excited.

Sang Zhefeng looked around and said, "It's not getting small, let's find a place to stay for the night first." ”

His proposal was approved by everyone, and several people went out into the street, and it didn't take long for them to find a hotel, then register and move in.

There are usually inns next to the station, which cater to travelers like Sanzhefeng.

However, the inn here is really much better than the inn in the small village that Sang Zhefeng went to for the first time. Both in terms of scale and decoration, it looks very gorgeous, and the service staff is very enthusiastic - of course, this is also related to the fact that there are probably not too many customers for a long time.

The check-in process was completed quickly, and some identity authentication was still required here, but Sang Zhefeng's identity had been officially obtained with the help of Li Situ, so there was no need to worry about these things.

It's just that when logging in to his identity information, Sang Zhefeng was silent for a while.

"What's wrong?" Joan of Arc looked at Sang Zhefeng and asked curiously.

"......" Sang Zhefeng was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's nothing. Let's go, let's go and rest first. ”

Joan of Arc looked at Sang Zhefeng curiously, but she didn't say anything, she was used to Sang Zhefeng's inexplicable silence.

A few people didn't say anything, and they all went upstairs to rest.

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[I said, Zhefeng, what were you thinking at the time? 】

The system sat on Sangzhefeng's shoulder and asked Sanzhefeng.

Sang Zhefeng stopped and looked at a dialog box.

"Isn't it ...... if the identity system is too comprehensive," he frowned slightly, and said, "Some are not good for us?" ”

【…… Ha? 】

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Artoria threw herself onto the bed, and the feeling of exhaustion swept over her body in an instant. She just felt as if she had been drained of all her strength in an instant.

She didn't use magic today, didn't go through physical training, didn't wield a sword, didn't finish the brain-burning homework assigned by Sang Zhefeng.

But she was just tired, very tired, from the moment she stepped on this land, she was very tired—tired from the heart.

She had never felt like this, she felt that she had no strength in her heart. Obviously, the body is still very strong, but there is no way to use it at all. It's like being confined by someone.

…… This homeland seems to absorb her power, leaving her without the ability to move on.

Or maybe she doesn't have the courage to move forward at all.

She buried her face in the pillow and sighed.

But the soft bed seemed to have made her forget to think, she just wanted to sleep well now, and then face tomorrow well.

She yawned, then closed her eyes.

Get a good night's sleep.

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Artoria's mind was a little foggy, but she still felt as if something wasn't quite right. From the moment she was, she always felt as if someone was watching her.

But she didn't pay too much attention, maybe she was too tired, after all, she was the only one in the whole room.

She wanted to sleep again, but the next moment, the feeling of being locked in directly woke her up. She felt as if she had been targeted by a poisonous snake, and she suddenly lost her sleepiness.

She quickly dodged and withdrew from the bed, looking around warily.

There was no one, the whole room was empty, and she was the only one.

Feeling wrong?

Artoria frowned, thinking.

She glanced out the window again, and suddenly saw something flickering there.

The roof of the building opposite instantly burst into flame-colored light, and suddenly advanced in the direction of Artoria. Artoria realized that someone had been eyeing her outside for a long time.

Judging by the strength of the magic that flew over, it must have been a great shot of extraordinary damage, and both the destructive power and the explosion range were extremely impressive - that is, the people who attacked her didn't care if it would affect the other occupants, and the purpose was to kill her in an instant.

The spell ball was so fast that Artoria didn't have time to escape, and even if she broke out of the window and jumped upstairs now, it would be hard to escape the aftermath of the explosion.

At this moment, Artoria felt that her consciousness was a little less sober, and she even felt that she was not going to escape this time.

She didn't quite understand what was going on, but the threat of death appeared in front of her, threatening her and the lives of everyone around her.

She felt that the space around her was somewhat distorted, as if it was caused by the change of ability caused by the powerful magic, which meant that the magic ball would soon fall on her.

That moment was the moment of her death.

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"(My God is here)."

A peaceful voice sounded from Artoria's side, and the next moment, the girl appeared in front of Artoria with a large flag, and a faint golden shield also blocked the surging karmic fire in front of her.

Artoria stared blankly at Joan of Arc's back in front of her, not knowing what it was like.

"Ahh

Sang Zhefeng's voice suddenly appeared behind Artoria, and the girl looked back in surprise, only to see Sang Zhefeng standing behind her, holding her arms.

"First...... Mr? ”

Sang Zhefeng scratched his head and said, "That uncle of yours really wants you to die...... That's how it struck. Tsk, so the monarchy is still quite useful when it blinds information. ”

Artoria looked at Sang Zhefeng blankly, and Sang Zhefeng shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'll talk about this later, let's solve the problem at hand first." ”

When Artoria heard this, she immediately turned her gaze back to Joan of Arc's direction.

I saw that the magic release over there had been completed, and a huge hole was blasted into the walls of the entire inn, and there was a bustling sound next to it, which seemed to have shocked a lot of people.

But no one seems to be hurt.

Sang Zhefeng looked at the building in the distance, where a large number of black-clothed people were preparing quickly, it seemed that they still didn't want to leave, and wanted to do it again.

"Tsk, forget it." Sang Zhefeng didn't know where to take out a ring and put it on his hand, then he took out his sword and looked at the group of men in black.

"Since you're here, leave your life behind."