Chapter 48: Avalon

Artoria would never have thought of the magic message she had sent to her by Merlin, the purpose of which was to remind her to be careful of Charles, but even Merlin did not think that the magic she had sent out had become mutilated by Vinys's obstruction, and the rest of the content was completely disconnected.

And this gave Charles, who was already mentally prepared, a chance to tamper with, or rather refer to the deer as a horse. Artoria's trust in Charles made her first reaction when she saw Charles' name appear in the summons was definitely not to suspect him, but to think that the summons was to remind her and Charles.

I'm afraid that this is also because Merlin ignored this because of the critical situation at the time, in the heart of Artoria, who was about to leave her father at a young age, how could she doubt one of the two elders who had been teaching her to accompany her, that is, the existence of her father.

Under Charles's fool, Artoria fully believed his inference about Merlin's broken message, and after a little discussion with Charles, she hurriedly turned around and sent someone to find her teacher, and Charles naturally followed him in disguise to find Merlin, who was actually locked up in his home.

Needless to say, under the premise of not doubting Charles, what can those ordinary soldiers find, at most, under the leadership of a few knights, some people who are hidden in the shadows of Lundy Newman City are arrested. There is nothing to be gained but to make Lundy Newman City a little better as a result.

And when the news that the highly respected prophet Merlin in his kingdom was attacked in the royal city, so that his whereabouts were unknown spread in the kingdom, everyone was filled with righteous indignation.

Merlin, who assisted the old king and helped the new king bring Great Britain to the top, has a high reputation in the kingdom, even if people dare not easily contact Merlin who is a magician because of their fear of the unknown, but this cannot deny that Merlin is revered by people.

In this situation, Artoria led a united army to war against the Saxons, and after Merlin disappeared, Charles naturally became the best ruler after Artoria's expedition, and this was the opportunity that Charles had been waiting for for a long time.

Because of Merlin's existence, Charles had to behave carefully in the past, even if he was not suspected, to avoid showing his feet, and now who has such power.

Some nobles who were dissatisfied with the status quo were inconspicuously placed in some low-status but important positions by Charles, and rumors of dissatisfaction with Artoria began to appear in the kingdom.

"The king is so supreme, but she doesn't understand people's hearts."

"There are a few people who can do it in the king's high ranks, even the knights under the throne can't do it like the king, how can we be asked to be the same as the king."

These words were produced for many reasons, from the indulgence of Charles, to the provocation of disgruntled aristocrats, to the demands of the commoners. Artoria was too high-minded, she had no desires, she didn't care about anything other than the desire to protect the kingdom. She even ignored the desire of the nobles below for profit, and her attitude of being a widow and willing to live in poverty also made the people below dissatisfied, because with such a king leading by example, how could they dare to let their quality of life surpass that of the king, even if their own living standards already had this ability.

Naturally, none of this will now be known to Artoria, who is far away on the opposite continent, and she is leading a large army to fight against the Saxons. Unfortunately, the British army, which was invincible in Visigoth, met a fierce enemy here. Especially when the Knights of the Round Table met the notorious demon warriors of the Saxons, the impact of the Knights of the Round Table was completely eaten by the other party, and if it weren't for the fact that all the knights in the Knights were strong in martial arts, I am afraid that these knights would be torn off their horses by the other party.

After a fierce battle, Artoria and Lancelot and other knights also put away their inner pride, and the old enemies in front of them showed their strength in front of them, which made them know that all the countries and nations that can make a name for themselves in this world and have not been destroyed are not straw bales, they all have their own abilities.

Knowing that this expedition would be fruitless, Artoria did not bother anymore, and after comparing the strengths of the two sides, she returned to Great Britain with her army very decisively, of course, Artoria was still looking for Merlin's traces in private.

At the same time, Charles returned to his house after taking care of his business, and after avoiding the eyes and ears of others, he disappeared from the study with V. and Vanice and suddenly appeared in a cave.

In the deepest part of the cave, several chains hung from the top of the cave, and the chains firmly imprisoned a figure below, and in addition to the cold light that flickered in the firelight, the chains also flowed with magical ripples, and the profound and mysterious magic circle runes made people dazzled at the sight.

The man who was imprisoned in chains knelt on the ground without any reaction, and the pale complexion that leaked from his ragged clothes made it clear that the imprisoned man was probably not in good health, because a low muffled grunt sounded in the cave from time to time as the magical runes on the chains flowed into the chains and through his body parts.

As if sensing the aura of someone else in front of him, the imprisoned man lifted his head, revealing Merlin from under the messy gray hair.

Just glanced at the two figures in front of him, and after seeing that it was Charles and his maid who had captured him, Venys, Merlin lowered his head mercilessly, as if the land in front of him was far more beautiful than the two faces that looked better than Pan Anmeiruoxi.

Charles couldn't help but feel a headache when he saw Merlin's disregard for himself, and it had been a while since he caught Merlin, but Merlin had always had this paralyzed look on himself after knowing that he was a devil. If it weren't for the lack of strength, Charles would have the intention of directly forcibly forcing the other party's soul, even then the other party would have become an idiot.

However, Charles still pinched his eyebrows, suppressed the dissatisfaction and anger in his heart, and bent down to force Merlin's face to himself.

"Merlin, don't hold on, hurry up and open your soul to me, it's your honor to be an affiliate of the devil."

"Humph!" Merlin didn't bother to struggle, after his strength was imprisoned by the magic on the chains that passed through his body, Merlin could be said to have no power to resist, so after just a cold snort, he lowered his eyelids and didn't look at the face in front of him that filled his heart with anger.

Charles looked at Merlin's dead appearance, and couldn't help but sink his face and a chill appeared, he shook Merlin's head away, turned around and prepared to leave here with his maid.

"Merlin, just stay here, but I'll know Avalon's location from you sooner or later."

At the hearing of the word Avalon, Merlin's head jerked up, and his eyes flashed with disbelief as he stared at Charles' disappearing figure in the cave.