In the middle of the night in June, the noisy cicadas disturbed the silence, but in the bedroom of the Duke's Palace, William slept soundly and sweetly.

Airplanes... Airplanes...

Suddenly, the gold disc that William was carrying flew out of his arms and swirled in mid-air, projecting beams of light and making a buzzing sound.

The gold disk hovered right above William's forehead, and the beam of light projected gradually converged and focused on William's forehead.

At this time, William began to twist his body uneasily, dripping cold sweat began to break out on his forehead, and his mouth said, "No, no! Father. ”

William only felt that he had been dragged into another place from his previous dreamland, and he seemed to have turned into an owl, flying over the plains, continents, mountains and swamps, and finally came to a quaint and vicissitudes of life.

Looking at the city from above, William found that there were not only crosses and countless churches, but also several mosques with different styles of golden domes.

The two incompatible sectarian buildings seem to blend organically and harmoniously in the city.

Through the sights of the city, William knew that the city was Jerusalem, the holy city of Christianity.

Suddenly, William heard a buzzing sound, and a golden light shimmered on a mountain peak with several huge crosses not far away.

William's transformed owl flapped its wings and flew toward the mountain.

Flying all the way over the crosses, William found a cave shining with golden beams, and William swooped down and flew into the cave under the guidance of the signal.

Through the winding cavern passages, a vast underground chamber was revealed, and the signal of the golden light was right at the gate.

William's transformed owl flapped its wings and flew into the chamber, and suddenly a blurry screen of light and shadow flashed, and when William passed through the light and shadow, a twilight event that had happened here flashed here.

William spotted Duke Robert in these lights, and saw him press his hand on a huge quaint black cabinet.

The moment Duke Robert's hand touched the cabinet, the huge quaint black cabinet began to glow with gold, and its black shell began to peel off and reveal its original appearance.

The sharp-eyed William recognized its name, the Ark of the Covenant, at a glance, and Duke Robert, who also knew its name, trembled with excitement.

The Ark of the Covenant is 113 cm (3.7 ft) long, 68 cm (2.2 ft) wide, and 68 cm (2.2 ft) high, and is made of acacia locust wood and laid with pure gold.

The throne placed on the ark of the covenant was made of pure gold only. At either end, two cherubim are placed on top of them with their wings spread out to cover the lid of the ark of the covenant—that is, the mercy seat—the cherubim facing the grace seat. The grace seat is where God bestows grace on those who come to Him by faith.

Four rings of gold were fastened to each corner of the ark of the covenant. Two gold rings were hung on each side, and poles were threaded through them to make it easier to carry the ark of the covenant.

These dried seeds are made of honey locust wood and covered with gold. By using a pole into the two rings on one side and the other pole into the two rings on the other side, God ensures that two people can lift and move.

When Duke Robert was about to ask his knights to lift the ark of the covenant, there was a shout of killing outside the secret room, and Duke Robert involuntarily drew his Norman sword and walked out of the secret room.

The scene in the light curtain stunned William, only to see dozens of Middle Eastern Saints rushing in with scimitars in hand to start a big battle with Robert and others, at the critical moment, Robert took the lead in repelling the attack of the Musilin Cultists, but was accidentally attacked by a Saint, and the back of his body was pierced by a scimitar.

Seeing this scene, William couldn't help but scream, but no matter how William shouted, it couldn't do anything for Robert in the light curtain.

Badly wounded, Robert gritted his teeth and pulled out the scimitar stuck in his back, and walked into the chamber with the help of the knights.

After letting the knights stop outside the door of the secret room, Robert dragged his body to the Ark of the Covenant, held the Ark with both hands, and with the last of his strength pushed away the pure gold seat on the Ark, and stretched out his right hand to take out from the Ark a small round object like hoarfrost—manna, which was shaped like a coriander seed, like a pearl, and was white.

Robert looked up and swallowed the manna, only to see that his injuries healed at a visible rate, and he was able to walk normally.

But the attentive William could see from Robert's pale face that he was already suffering from a great loss of vitality and that his time was running out, and he was only able to survive with his strong will and the Manna Sacred Food.

After closing the pure gold throne on the Ark with both hands, Robert summoned two knights to carry the golden Ark of the Covenant outward.

Exiting the chamber, Robert ordered the two knights to place the Ark of the Covenant in a secret compartment in the coffin on the carriage, and the Ark of the Covenant was known only to the two knights involved.

Although Robert rode back in the carriage with the remaining nine knights, a series of bad luck befell Robert and them.

First they were attacked by the Woodists outside Jerusalem, and although Robert and the others fought hard to repel the attack of the Woodmen, four people, including a knight who knew about the existence of the Ark of the Covenant, were killed.

After escaping their pursuers, the six, including Robert, stayed in the city of Iznik, a city in the Turkish province of Bursa, located on the eastern shore of Lake Iznik, about 90 kilometers southeast of Istanbul. On the way to rest in a small town, he was attacked by sand bandits.

Robert took the lead and fought hard with the remaining knights, and finally more than a dozen sand bandits were captured by Duke Robert's bravery and ferocity, and retreated stupidly.

At this time, Robert's situation was not optimistic, he seemed to have exhausted the last trace of strength in the fight, blood suddenly flowed from the corner of his mouth, and his sturdy body fell down with a bang.

"Nope! Father, father, please don't leave me! William, hovering above him in the form of an owl, screamed and shouted, but to no avail.

In this battle, two more of the five knights were killed, one of whom was the last to learn of the existence of the Ark of the Covenant.

After some deliberation, the three surviving knights decided to put the body of Duke Robert in a coffin in the carriage, and then the three of them drove and rode to escort Duke Robert's body towards Normandy.

They boarded a ship in Istanbul and carried Robert's coffin halfway across the Mediterranean, eventually landing in the Naples region of southern Italy.

At this time, due to illness and many other reasons, one knight passed away forever, and the remaining two knights were also in poor condition and uncertain.

Eventually, one night turned out on another man, knocking him to the ground, leaving Duke Robert's coffin behind, turning and riding away.

The knight, who had only one breath, hastily buried Robert's coffin on a hill near the sea, on which a simple wordless tombstone was erected, and died a painful death under the attack of disease and pain.

"Nope! ......" William suddenly shouted, his consciousness returning to his body, and he suddenly woke up from his sleep.

The gold plate that had been floating on William's head remained in William's arms as if it had never appeared.