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Why the hell...... Is this punishing me?

The people below the castle tower also changed from excitement to fear, and if it weren't for the knights maintaining order there, then there was a high probability that the crowd would have collapsed.

They looked at Artoria standing on the balcony in horror, hoping that the new king would help them through this difficult time.

But there was nothing Artoria could do now—and she was at a loss rather than a solution.

She had seen the Earth Binding God twice, once when she and Sang Zhefeng had met, and that time when Joan of Arc had used an extremely terrifying fifth-order magic to defeat the Earth Binding God, but after that, Joan of Arc was almost dying.

Another time, when she was a child — when she was visiting another country with her parents — she saw the soldiers rush at the monster and be whipped into lifeless corpses. That had been her biggest nightmare as a child.

And today, the nightmare is still coming to her country.

She had no doubt that if she allowed this thing to enter the city, it would cause the most terrible disaster.

Maybe Bridania will just disappear like that.

But what can she do? Do you want Joan of Arc to use that magic once? But even if Joan of Arc had agreed, the city would have been included in the scope of magic!

That's a no-no!

But if you leave it alone......

"Your Majesty!" Suddenly, behind her, the voice of the old knight came, and Artoria turned her head blankly, only to see the old knight and a group of knights standing behind her, looking at her.

Harrison...... Grandpa......"

Artoria said blankly, the old knight cracked his mouth, smiled, and then raised his knight's sword, and said, "Please instruct Your Majesty, we will definitely defend the country!" ”

He said this, and the knights standing behind him also raised their weapons and followed: "Please instruct Your Majesty, we will defend the country!" ”

"Wait! What are you going to do? ”

Artoria said to them angrily. She had already guessed what the knights were trying to do - but it would be death! Who else but the mage can fight this life-devouring monster?

But the knights did not flinch and still looked at her there.

Artoria bit her lip, but the next moment, she suddenly seemed to think of something, and hurriedly said, "Teacher! The teacher is also a fifth-order mage, and he ...... He was able to ...... Able to ......"

"I'm sorry, I can't help you this time."

Sanzhefeng's voice came directly from behind the knights, interrupting Artoria's words.

The knights stepped out of the way in surprise, and Sanzhefeng and Joan of Arc stepped out of the path and stood in front of Artoria.

"When I was fighting those three girls before, the fifth-order magic was affected, and there is no way to use it for the time being." Sang Zhefeng explained, his face slightly apologetic.

"How could it be ......?"

Artoria collapsed as if she had lost her body's support, and then she looked out onto the balcony, where the great Earth Bound God was getting closer.

It's true...... Is there no hope...... Is that the expectation of my father and uncle gone?

Don't...... Is my country just going to die?

Don't...... Don't......

Is there really no future?

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Sang Zhefeng looked at Artoria and sighed. He took a step forward, about to say something, but immediately he stopped.

For Artoria there had raised her head and looked at her subjects outside.

The girl said in a loud voice: "Subjects, do not panic! ”

She used all her strength, used sound magic, and said loudly, allowing her voice to spread throughout the city. The civilians paused and looked at Artoria, who was on the balcony of the palace.

The girl took a deep breath and continued:

"I know it's going to be a catastrophe, it's going to have a huge impact on our country, people are going to die, people are going to lose their homes, it's going to be people going to be sorry for the rest of their lives. But - we have not been defeated! So, this time too! ”

Artoria raised her fist and declared in a loud voice, "I, Artoria. Pendragon, hereby declared, to become the sixteenth king of Bridania! I will lead you to victory! ”

She declared.

The people looked at him, not knowing who started first, and shouted "Long live the Knight King!" Then, like a lit flame, it began to spread rapidly, and it didn't take long for the whole city to sing the word one after another, praising the birth of a new king.

Artoria looked at the cheering people and smiled.

She didn't back down, she chose to take it.

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[Congratulations to the host for completing the task, Artoria. Pendragon has succeeded in becoming the Knight King, and the quest reward has been sent. 】

The system's prompt reached Sang Zhefeng's eyes, and Sang Zhefeng's face also showed a smile.

"Qualified."

Sanzhe Feng said.

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Artoria felt a glimmer of light flickering above her head, and she subconsciously looked up in the direction where the light came from, only to see a sword slowly appearing in midair.

This one was the same as the one she had been using, but this one was even more dazzling, as if there was light floating on it.

As if attracted by something, Artoria slowly grasped the sword in her hand. A sense of affection came from the top of the sword.

For a moment, Artoria felt as if she had entered a golden light, and the feeling of warmth had penetrated her body.

Almost instinctively, she raised her sword and raised it high above her head.

The light slowly gathered next to her, and the light slowly flew up, spinning and flying towards the sword.

It's not just light, there's a lot of other things.

People were amazed to see that around them, some small rays of light were gathering towards the sword, like a hundred rivers gathering towards the sea, like a torrent.

The light had become like a pillar of light that reached into the sky, shining on the whole of Erica Linjo.

Artoria opened her eyes in the light.

“ex――”

She shouted:

“calibur！”

With her words, the light flickered and fell.