There is a valley on the west bank of the Nielles River opposite the current city of Xollus, the capital of the Ovit Kingdom, and many kings and members of the royal family of the Ovit Kingdom are buried in the valley, so it is called the Valley of the Kings. The Valley of the Kings is different from other places in terms of regional climate, and the seasons are like spring. It's also Arthur's favorite place to visit. For as long as Arthur can remember, he has come here almost every week to pay homage to his ancestors and their heroic deeds.

The Kingdom of Ovit prohibits civilians from entering the country, and only on the anniversary of the founding of the country, the public is allowed to enter. In order to protect this tranquil valley, the Kingdom of Ovit has always stationed troops here, known as the King's Army, who have guarded the Valley of the Kingdom for generations, and their fathers have succeeded their sons.

Joseph Haller was born in the Valley of the Kings and has been indoctrinated to guard everything in the Valley of the Kings since he was born. Joseph Haller knew every inch of the Valley of the Kings, every tree, every line of the statue of the former kings of the Kingdom of Ovit. Joseph patrolled the Valley of the Kings with his elders at a very young age, so when five-year-old Arthur snuck into the Valley of the Kings for the first time, he was caught by Joseph. Poor Arthur tried to resist at that time, but Joseph was beaten by him. When Joseph proudly returned to camp with a dejected Arthur on his head, the situation changed. Arthur, with a blue nose and a swollen face, forgave Joseph who was kneeling on the ground, and the two eventually became good friends and playmates.

When Arthur was born, he was expected to have high hopes, and the people of the whole country thought that Arthur would become a great hero like King Arthur, but this high hope made Arthur very painful, no one could communicate with Arthur, all he cared about was Arthur's growth and change. So, when Joseph Halle appeared, Arthur was delighted, although the first meeting between the two was a little awkward.

Arthur kept turning left and right in the streets of Xsolus City, finally shaking off the annoying guards behind him. If they keep following behind, there are so many things that can't be done.

There is a gate in the city of Xsolus that leads directly to the Valley of the Kings, and because of the special destination, there is no one to visit on weekdays. Arthur leaned against the wall and slowly felt his way to the gate. After looking around and no guards noticed him, Arthur turned around and walked out of the sewers by the city wall. The sewer has long been deserted, and there is no sewage circulation, so it is very dry. This is also Arthur's accidental discovery when he was playing in the city, and going out through this sewer is the bank of the Niellace River. As long as he is out of the city, Arthur is a fish into the sea, a bird flying in the sky, and free.

Arthur removed the fence from the sewer mouth and felt that nothing was going on. Arthur stumbled in. It's just that Arthur didn't notice that in a tree not far away, a royal guard of Ovit was snickering.

Walking on King's Road outside the city, Arthur breathed in the air called freedom, and his mood was a little excited. Joseph had promised himself that he would take him on an expedition to a hidden place in the Valley of the Kings. For this reason, Arthur also brought his treasured sword with him, and Arthur felt that he should protect his companions on expeditions like a knight.

The King's Army has been stationed in the Valley of the Kings for generations, ignoring every arrival of Arthur, neither blocking nor reporting. So Arthur went straight to the king's camp to find Joseph as if he had entered the back garden of the palace.

"Joseph. Arthur pushed open the room and saw Joseph packing his belongings, Arthur walked up to Joseph and asked, "What are you going to do?" Be prepared, of course. Joseph stuffed the last item on the table into his bag and said to Arthur, "All right, let's go." Arthur watched as Joseph was carrying a package like a hill on his back, and he looked like he was fully armed, and his head was a little big. "You don't believe in the great knight Duke Arthur. Arthur took Joseph's package and put it on the table, then drew his sword, pointed it forward, and said, "The great knight king, Duke Arthur, will lead you to victory!" Joseph glanced at Arthur, said nothing, just silently put the package back on his back, and walked towards the door, leaving Arthur in the pose where he was. "Huh. Huh. Arthur, who had not received a response for a long time, saw that Joseph had gone away, and hurriedly put away his sword and chased him out.

"Joseph, you haven't told me yet, where are we going today? We've seen most of the Valley of the Kings, what else is worthy of your appearance?" Arthur asked curiously, catching up with Joseph. Joseph was standing next to Arthur, slightly taller than Arthur, his flaxen-colored hair stuck to his forehead from the sweat he had just cleaned up, and the freckles on his face were evenly distributed on both sides of his cheeks, making him look younger than Arthur, even though Joseph was three years older than Arthur. "That place, which I discovered only a week ago, is near the graveyard of your ancestor Edward, the Martyr. Originally, I wanted to tell the leader about them. However, I don't think we have much to do lately, and with you, the Osapangun family, even if King Edward returns to the world, I don't think he will harm you. So I'll tell you a person, let's go there secretly today, don't let the uncle find out, otherwise, I will be punished" Joseph's pace was very fast, and he walked all the way, trying to avoid encountering the King's army patrol. This struck Arthur as a little unusual, and it seemed that the place Joseph was going to take him to was quite significant.

Because the climate of the Valley of the Kings is different from other places, and the proximity to the river, the valley is filled with moisture and the mountain roads are overgrown with weeds, making the road very difficult to walk. Joseph swung his machete and cut the branches and vines in front of him, while Arthur carefully followed behind Joseph.

The mountain road was rugged and difficult to walk, Joseph walked well in front of him, and Arthur was born in the court, rarely walked this kind of mountain road, and soon couldn't hold on, although there was a training foundation to make Arthur persist for a long time, but the feeling of increasing pain in the soles of his feet still made Arthur sit on the weeds. Arthur panted and asked, "Joseph, how long will it take for us to get to the place you mentioned?" My feet are going to hurt to death" Joseph, who was still on the road, stopped waving his right hand, and looked back to see Arthur sitting on the grass, and suddenly a feeling of soreness hit, which was okay, and after a little stop, Joseph also felt unbearable soreness, and he also followed Arthur's example, sitting on the ground and gasping for breath.

"It's almost there after this hill. I used to walk on the main road, and I didn't think it was too far, but I didn't expect this mountain road to be so difficult. Joseph took the package and put it beside him, then turned to Arthur and said, "We still have to speed up, my father told me that we should go and see the statue of King Arthur." If I don't go back before dark, my father will be suspicious. "No, I can't walk. Arthur waved his hand at Joseph, wanting to abandon the expedition.

"Is Arthur, the great knight king, about to give up?" said Joseph disdainfully. "What do you say, how could I give up! Go, we'll be able to search the ruins today. Provoked by Joseph's words, Arthur was not tired anymore and stood up directly. Joseph thought about it, took out a few more important things from the package, carefully hid the package, and hurried after Arthur, who had already walked away.

As the sky grew darker, the exhausted Arthur and Joseph finally arrived at the anomalous place that Joseph had spoken of, a place close to the tomb of the martyr King Edward.

It was an ordinary cave from the outside, and the dark cave mouth was entangled with tangled vines, hiding the cave. Arthur glanced at the cave, then at Joseph suspiciously. Joseph explained: "The last time I came with my uncle and them on his rounds, I accidentally saw a faint black smoke coming out of this cave. At that time, I thought there was a mountain fire burning here, but when I looked closer, I didn't find any traces of the fire, and when I went back to tell my uncle, I found that the black smoke was gone. Uncle, they thought I was playing a prank, and no one would believe me, so they thought about finding you, and we would check this cave to see what it was. ”

"There's nothing scary, is it?" said Arthur, who felt like a monster that the dark cave was about to devour them bought. Joseph glanced at Arthur disdainfully, then walked straight to the cave, "Look at the next time you're kind enough to say you're the Knight King." So cowardly, and still in the cemetery of his ancestors. ”

Arthur didn't know how to contradict Joseph, he was really scared. "No, I'm going to be the Knight King. So able to be scared by a small cave. Arthur cheered himself up, and then followed the path opened by Joseph into the cave.

There was a glimmer of light from the cave, and Joseph walked in front with a torch that could be extinguished at any moment, while Arthur carefully observed the cave with a sword in hand. "Click" "Who, who's where." Hurry out and get out, I've seen you. Arthur was startled by the click, and with his sword in both hands, he prepared for battle, and then shouted. Joseph looked back at Arthur helplessly, and said angrily, "I accidentally stepped on a dead branch, don't make such a fuss." You're going to be a knight king. "I call it caution, you know. Arthur argued. Joseph ignored him and continued on his way. Arthur glanced at Joseph and followed him directly.

After walking for a while, they didn't find anything unusual in the cave, but Arthur and Joseph were not in a hurry. Because this cave seems to have no end, there must be something abnormal, and as long as you keep walking, you will definitely find it.

I don't know how long I walked, but the narrow cave gradually became more and more open. Arthur and Joseph looked at each other, and in the excitement in each other's eyes, they finally found it.

Eventually, the two walked to a stone door, and Arthur looked at the golden lion relief on the door, not only emotional, this must have been built by the ancestors of Osapangon. The two stood in front of the door and began to push the door open, but Arthur and the others used all their strength, and the stone door did not move. "So open this stone door?" asked Joseph to Arthur, who was beside him.

Arthur pondered for a moment, then said, "Since this stone door can't be pushed open directly, there must be some spell mechanism." I look at the carving style of this stone gate, and it must be related to my family. It's just that I've never heard anything about this stone gate. "What then? Why don't we go back and tell Uncle about them?" Joseph suggested.

"No, then our adventure would not be perfect. This stone gate is related to my family, there must be some clues. Let's look for it!" Arthur flatly refused. Joseph had no choice but to slowly grope for the stone gate with Arthur.

Joseph raised a torch to illuminate every part of the stone gate, "Stop, shine on the highest part of the stone gate!" Arthur said to Joseph suddenly. Joseph shone the torch to the highest part of the stone gate according to Arthur's command, and under the faint flame illumination, Arthur and the two looked hard for a long time, only to find that the words were engraved on the stone wall, "Son of a lion, see with blood." Joseph read softly. "Looks like it takes my blood to open the stone door. Arthur said.

After knowing how to open the door, Arthur did not hesitate, and directly slashed his fingertips with the sword in his hand, dripping a drop of blood into the eye of the lion relief on the stone door. And after the lion relief sucked the blood into the eyes, the red light was flourishing. "Click. The dull sound of the mechanism opening rattled through the cave, and the stone fell from the rock door as it shook and nearly hit Joseph. Slowly, the stone door finally opened, and a glimmer of light peeked through the crack.

Arthur and Joseph saw that the stone door had opened a gap in their positions, and in order to avoid the falling stones, they quickly hid behind the stone door. When the two of them entered through the stone door, they found that there was a hole inside.

The space inside the stone gate is as large as the triumphal square of the Ovite Palace, and the orb the size of a human head is suspended in mid-air, illuminating the square brightly. On the right side of the square are statues of four knights, while on the left is a statue of a golden lion fighting several monsters. Arthur and Joseph looked at the square with shocked faces, bewildered.

"Come here, come here!" a strange voice suddenly sounded in Arthur's head, who was still standing at the stone gate, calling for Arthur to come forward. Arthur walked forward unconsciously. Joseph, who was still in shock, saw Arthur's actions and hurriedly called Arthur, and Arthur was awakened.

At this time, the two of them discovered that there was a stone platform in the center of the square, and on the stone platform was a wine glass, and above the wine glass floated an unknown and purest darkness of changing shape, and Arthur just glanced at the darkness, and felt that his soul was about to be sucked into it.

Arthur and Joseph cautiously walked into the square and slowly walked towards the stone platform. Just as Arthur was about to walk to the edge of the stone platform, a huge roar of the angry lion resounded through the square, and the two people who were walking suddenly stopped in place and did not dare to move.

"Come on, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, here is everything you want. Arthur's ears rang with a bewitching voice, and Arthur seemed to see a future when he would become a knight king and be revered by the people. As long as he picks up the glass and drips blood into it, his wish will come true. When Arthur tried to follow his inner thoughts and continue to walk, the roar of the earth-shattering lion shattered Arthur's vision, and when Arthur came back to his senses, he realized that he had picked up the wine glass, and a drop of blood on his finger that had just been cut by himself was about to leave his fingertips and drip into the wine glass.

Arthur quickly shoved his right index finger into his mouth, and then put the glass back in its place to prevent blood from dripping into the glass. I didn't know what the glass was, and I didn't know why the lion's roar reminded me, but it was better to be careful.

At this time, Arthur realized that Joseph was not by his side, and when he looked back, Joseph had passed out on the ground, Arthur hurriedly ran over and kept shaking Joseph's shoulder, "Joseph, wake up, what's wrong with you." But no matter how Arthur called, Joseph did not respond.

And above the stone platform, in the pure darkness, a figure slowly emerged, he left the stone platform, and floated in front of Arthur, "Child, the descendants of King Arthur, welcome to you." Arthur looked up and was startled by the figure, and took several steps back. "Don't be afraid, my child. I am your ancestor, Edward I. Arthur could tell from his blurred face the face of his ancestor Edward I, who he didn't know how many times he had seen.

"Arthur, son of Dregri II, greets you, my ancestor. At this time, Arthur regained his composure, he stood up, and respectfully saluted the vague figure of Edward I. "My child, you have a great name, and I am sure you will not insult it. Come, son of Drage II, come with me. Edward floated in front of Arthur and led him to the stone platform. Arthur looked up and asked, "My friend Joseph, is he alright?" "He's fine, just stunned by the roar of a kitten, just rest for a while." After Edward finished speaking, he also looked at the statue of the lion fighting the monster on the left side of the square, and after the lion statue was glanced at by Edward, it seemed to be still shaking, but Arthur didn't notice it.

Arthur followed Edward I to the stone platform, and at Edward I's signal, Arthur picked up the glass again and observed the strange glass.

The glass, which appears to be made of crystal, is carved with the bones of many unknown creatures, and has an inscription on the inner rim of the glass, but Arthur does not understand what it represents. "That's the ancient word of the gods, and all eternity is dead. Edward I seemed to know what Arthur was thinking, explained.

Arthur didn't seem to understand, and Edward I didn't explain much, just reminded Arthur that he could drip blood into the wine glass. Just as Arthur was about to drip blood into the glass, as Edward I had requested. The lion statue, which had been silent, suddenly roared, causing Arthur's legs to weaken in fright. His legs couldn't support Arthur and he fell to the ground. And the drop of blood on the fingertip crossed a beautiful parabola and was thrown into the pure darkness above the stone platform. And the darkness that had been quiet was like water in a pot of oil, churning violently.

Arthur fainted after falling to the ground, and before he could close his eyes, he wanted to see the face of his ancestor Edward I contort and roar at him. He didn't hear a cheerful lion roar, or a roaring dragon roar.

When Arthur woke up again, he found himself sleeping in his room. Arthur tried to sit up, only to feel a pain in his head. "Ah, Your Highness the Prince, you are awake. As soon as the maid who was waiting on the side saw Arthur awake, she was surprised to call. Her voice woke up the healer who was waiting outside, and the healer hurried to Arthur's bedside, constantly examined Arthur's body, and asked how Arthur felt. Arthur could only feel the unbearable pain in his head. At this time, Arthur's mother, Queen Caterina, and her sister, Princess Elena, had also arrived.

Looking at his mother's anxious and caring face, Arthur didn't know what to say. He had no choice but to conceal Joseph's adventure with him, and to ask how he had come here. Fortunately, Queen Caterina did not seem to know about Arthur and Joseph, so she told Arthur that he had been sent to the palace by the king's army after he had climbed a tree and fallen to the ground. Saying this, the princess couldn't help complaining that her husband Dergrie II had some kind of guard in the platoon, and he could make Arthur fall from the tree.

Arthur had to comfort his mother that he was naughty and got rid of the guards by himself. And the healer also said like the queen that Arthur had a headache because he fell from a tree, and it would be good to recuperate for a while. The princess let it go, but in order to prevent this from happening again, the princess strictly forbade Arthur to get rid of the guards again, and was not allowed to go to the kingdom valley again for two months. Hearing this, Arthur felt a headache in his head again, and was afraid that the queen mother would pursue the matter again, so Arthur had to agree.

The next few months were peaceful, and everyone in the palace only believed that Arthur had been injured by falling from a tree, and there was no news from the King's army. After nearly a month of recuperation, Arthur began to train in class. And Queen Caterina gradually gave a sigh of relief because Arthur was behaving well, so that Arthur could go to the Valley of the Kingdom to see Joseph.

Arthur, who had long been impatient, rushed over as soon as he knew that he could go to the Valley of the Kings.

The heavily guarded walls were hidden behind the dense woods, and Arthur came to the gates of the city with all his familiarity, and when he saw the people he was familiar with, he felt that nothing had changed. After seeing Arthur salute, the guards didn't ask Arthur why he was here, and directly let Arthur into the valley.

Arthur walked to Joseph's door and saw Joseph swinging his sword, Arthur greeted Joseph happily, "Hey, Joseph, how are you?" I woke up to find myself back in the palace. My mother grounded me for months because of my injury, and I can only come out now. How are you, your body is fine. Joseph was also very happy to see Arthur, but after listening to Arthur's words, Joseph was confused, "Arthur, what are you talking about? I can't understand a word!" "Joseph, don't you remember? A few months ago, we went on an expedition in the cave together, and then you were stunned by a lion's roar, and I saw the soul of my ancestor Edward I. Arthur said excitedly. "What cave explorer? Arthur, you can't fall off a tree and break your head, do you? Let's go, I've recently learned a few new sword skills, let's go and compete. Joseph came over and put his arm around Arthur's shoulders and led him to the training ground. And Arthur saw that Joseph was not lying, and he knew that Joseph had amnesia. It seems that the strangeness of that cave must not be just the soul of the ancestor Edward I, it must be that wine glass and that pure darkness are at work, and I still have to take a look at it again when I have the chance. After thinking about it, Arthur stopped dwelling on this matter, and directly left it behind, and then followed Joseph to test his sword skills.