Chapter 2006: Battle Trials in the Dawn (41)

Who else could that fluffy silver wolf fur belong to? No need to ask, of course, it belonged to Albert's friend, Beddywell.

"Uh-huh......" Albert, who was still extremely weak, tried to ask, but could only let out two low grunts.

"Uh, he's awake!" Beside him seemed to be the cat-man boy Mutt.

Oh yes. The game was supposed to be over, but Albert's fitness took a turn for the worse after that. So Mutter must have taken Albert to beg Bediwell to save him, but what was the situation going on now? Albert was a little confused.

"If you haven't recovered yet, don't say a word. Knowing that Albert was still very weak, Bedwell interrupted the tiger man as soon as he came up: "Just lie down honestly, and now take you to heal." ＂

(Healing?)

"The road ahead of this is a forbidden area, and no one is allowed to enter it. In the middle of the group, another voice suddenly spoke, and it seemed to be said to the cat-man boy Mutt.

"But------," Mutter snorted unwillingly.

"Alright, let's wait here for our good news. It won't take a lot of time, I promise. "The man who called himself [I] was, needless to say, none other than King Arthur.

"Good...... All right...... Mutter relented.

"So------" The Knight King withdrew from the door to a certain room. Even though Albert's eyes were still closed, opening only a small slit that blurred his vision, he was still stung by the golden light on the other side of the door.

"Bring him in. King Arthur, who was walking in front, said to the werewolf young Bediwell.

Bediwell carried Albert into the room. Then, after some kind of blinding light, the tiger man suddenly felt a subtle change in the air around him, and he knew that they had teleported from their original room to another place, and it was an open place with a gentle breeze.

"Leave him there. The Knight King said.

As ordered, Bediwell lowered Albert to the ground beside him. In this way, the tiger man was half-lying and half-lying on the edge of some hard object. Judging by the rough outline and dry shell of the hard object, it should be the trunk of a large tree.

"Is this it?" asked Bediwell, who seemed to see something.

"Yes, that's it. Pick one off and give it to the tiger. But be careful, you must not eat it yourself. ＂

"Understood. The werewolf youth agreed, and soon went to climb the tree. He plucked something from the tree in a few clicks and shoved it in front of Albert: "Al, are you okay? Open your mouth and take a bite of this first...... Even if it's just a mouthful. ＂

"Uh......h Albert, who was in pain, reluctantly opened his mouth and licked his tongue at what had been brought to his mouth. There was an icy smell on the smooth surface of the thing. It feels like it's supposed to be some kind of fruit. The tiger man young man bit down reluctantly,

Nectar, oozing from the flesh of the fruit, swelled under the squeeze of Albert's tiger teeth, all the way into the throat of the tiger youth.

Sweet and cool, with a certain unique spiciness. It has a faint aroma that has never been seen in any fruit in the world.

This is...... Apple?

Albert felt a little more comfortable, and he slowly opened his eyes to look at the golden apple that had been shoved in front of him.

The skin of the fruit is pure golden like metal, and even the flesh is golden yellow. This golden apple has a pure gold-like luster except for the part of the stem.

"Huh?" the young tigerman didn't want to be fed the apple by Bediville, so he moved one of his arms, snatched the golden apple, and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Hey, eat slowly, you haven't recovered yet. Bediwell then reminded. But when he saw that Albert, who was originally dying, suddenly regained his spirits, the solemn look on his face dissipated a little.

"There's a lot more, eat slowly. King Arthur, who was beside him, commanded, "Bedi, if he can eat it, pluck two more apples from the tree." ＂

"Okay. "The werewolf youth went to climb the tree again and pick fruit.

"Here it is...... The young tiger man was eating the golden apple, and his physical strength was also recovering quickly. It was only now that he had time to observe his surroundings, and he saw that he was in the midst of an apple grove, and the trees in this grove were amazing, not only the fruits on them were golden, but even the leaves were golden.

"This is a place for spirits to recuperate. The Knight King avoided answering, for Albert was only an outsider, and there was no need to tell the tiger everything.

"...... the Pure Land of Avalon?" Unexpectedly, Albert inexplicably knew everything and blurted out.

King Arthur snorted, seeming very upset. But since the tiger man youth already knew everything, he felt that it was useless to hide it any longer, so he said, "Yes. This is the Pure Land of Avalon, the gathering place of the Holy Spirit. The existence of this place has long been a strictly guarded secret from Great Britain. But if anything, it's really nothing special. It's just an area where the Holy Spirit rests. ＂

At the same time, it is also a special place where the Holy Spirit is imprisoned and prevented from leaving. Albert finished his apple and muttered in a low voice.

"You know a lot. The Knight King looked at Albert with a tentative look.

"I just happen to know a little bit. The tiger man replied. He used to be in the [Extraneous Truth], and sometimes he involuntarily received a lot of miscellaneous information, including some secrets that few people in the world knew. Of course, the infusion of this "knowledge" is not within his control, and what he can and cannot know is completely random.

"Yes. King Arthur glanced thoughtfully at the werewolf youth who was in the tree. No. Bediwell wasn't the big mouth that likes to ramble secrets everywhere. And Avalon's secret, even Bediwell doesn't know. In other words, it was not Beldiwell who told Albert about it, and the little tiger seemed to have a source of information from somewhere else.

(Anyway.) Since he knows so much, let's take the opportunity to test him. ）

"The golden apple on this tree is also a special food made by the system of the Avalonian Pure Land, which was originally only for the Holy Spirit to eat, and cannot be eaten by normal creatures. The Knight King looked at the tiger man and said, "But it is said that your constitution has changed decisively, and I guess you should be able to eat this golden apple, right?"

Albert didn't answer. It stands to reason that it is, yes. Now Albert's body is already a "prosthetic body", there is no heartbeat, the function of internal organs is almost completely stopped, the blood of photons flowing in his body, his whole tiger is close to the spirit body, to put it bluntly, it is the spirit body that drives this suspended body to continue to move. The food prepared for the Holy Spirit should be the same for Albert, who is also in a spirit state.

After drinking the juice of the golden apple just now, Albert's physical condition changed significantly, which was enough to explain the problem.

"I picked two more. Bediwell climbed down from the tree with two other golden apples. He shoved the apple into Albert's hand. The greedy werewolf youth's eyes were still fixed on the golden apple.

"Speaking of which...... What will become of ordinary people when they eat it?" asked Bediwell.

"Too high a concentration of photons in it will make the stomach and intestines petrified, and ordinary people will not only not be able to prolong their lives if they eat it, but they will also die in a short time. King Arthur replied, "In many ancient myths, there is a legend that the golden apple can give people eternal life, but that legend is nothing more than a misunderstanding of the ancients when they saw the gods and men eat the golden apple and gain eternal life." In fact, many people have sought this golden apple for eternal life, only to be poisoned by the golden apple and killed. For creatures with physical bodies, [eternal life] is inherently a hoax.

The visible will be destroyed, but the invisible will live forever. Common sense in the world has always been like this. And it is so obvious and easy to understand, but many people have not been able to understand it.

------Are people smart or stupid?"

Ignoring King Arthur's philosophical statements, Albert continued to eat the golden apple (or more precisely, bite the apple and drink the juice), and when he had almost recovered his strength, he turned his head and continued to look at the scenery.

The apple grove here is just a tiny tip of the Avalonian Pure Land. The entire Avalon Pure Land is a huge floating island floating in the sky, and from this place, you can also see the edge of the sparse apple forest, which is the edge of the floating island. There are more floating islands in the distant sky, which can be faintly seen through the misty sky. There is an amazingly large iron chain connecting the floating islands------ and the floating islands with such a huge mass can be dragged by iron chains, which are probably made of very special materials, right?

This is the Pure Land of Avalon. A completely man-made secret place that floats in the sky. Above Albert's head, the [Great Storm] of the upper reaches of the Earth could be faintly seen, a looming storm stream composed entirely of intense photon turbulence that prevented the inhabitants of the planet from breaking out of the universe. Photon storms were originally invisible to the naked eye, but they swirled highly in the high altitude and moved the atmosphere, becoming a special physical phenomenon that can be faintly seen with the naked eye. Although from this point of view it appears to be only a slight disturbance of the atmosphere, one can see how violent and unforgiving this [great storm] can be.

"Have you eaten enough?" King Arthur asked, when he saw Albert finish the three golden apples in his hand, "Come with me." There's something you want to see. ＂

"What is it?" said Albert, holding on to the trunk of the tree, and got up from the ground. The juice of the golden apples was simply a special medicine for his weakened body, and after just eating three apples, he immediately felt that his body had regained its strength.

"I can't say much right now. King Arthur put on a mysterious expression: "When you actually see it, you will understand." ＂