166 The Beginning of Chaos (1)
Artoria became king, all of which was in Merlin's control, but then there were many problems, such as the fact that soon after the girl's coronation, many lords announced that they would not accept Artoria's identity, and she was not qualified to be called the king of Britain, and then these lords set up their own doors, and the civil strife in Britain officially began.
Merlin chose to remain silent about this kind of thing, Artoria was busy every day, except for a small number of King Yuser's die-hard factions who supported Artoria, basically two-thirds of the nobles chose to rebel, fortunately they did not immediately unite to attack the girl's territory, although Artoria has a strong sword in the stone, and a powerful knight to follow, but the army loyal to her is only a few hundred, so what is the threat?
In this day and age, there are many people who can become battlefield aces, but which nobleman doesn't have his own hole cards? There are a lot of aces, but there are also quite a lot of non-human species, and all of them are powerful and abnormal, and these creatures also have the allegiance to those nobles in order to integrate into human society, so with this kind of hole card in hand, the rebellious nobles will not be afraid of Artoria and Gawain.
I have to say that Artoria is very capable, although the territory is not large, but everything is taken care of by her tightly and orderly, and she will do everything herself, even if it is a dispute between civilians, she will give a fair ruling, this style of behavior has made her fame grow rapidly, although the coronation time is not very long, but she has indeed won the respect of the people.
Standing in the corner of the study, Lei Zhe's figure completely blended with the shadow, if it weren't for the flickering red light in the thin slit of his helmet and the smoke constantly emerging from his body, he would be completely an ornament, without life and breath, of course, he could only see it by Artoria and Merlin, and if others entered, they would only feel that the room was a little cold.
"Not everything needs to be done by yourself, and a lot can be left to others." Looking at Artoria with a frowning brow, Lei Zhe said calmly, at this time he seemed to see his past self, and the girl who looked exactly like Artoria, but was like a flame.
“… If everything is done by someone else, what is the use of me as a king? Artoria was accustomed to Reizer's sudden opening, and she replied, still staring at the scroll in her hand.
"I said that you have distorted the concept of a king, and even if you do everything well, in my opinion you are not a worthy monarch, because your path has been wrong from the beginning." After Artoria became queen, Reezer has been trying to change her mind, but unfortunately no matter how hard he tries, he can't change the girl's opinion, if she is a knight, then she will definitely be the greatest knight, but unfortunately she is a ruler, a king, if she is a king and still applies the idea of chivalry, Artoria will be completely destroyed by herself sooner or later.
It turns out that Artoria did fail in the end, whether it is history or the plot of the Moon World, of course, now Lei Zhe will not get closer to the world and the plot at all, but even so, he also predicted that if Artoria continues to go like this, the ending will not change much!
"It's you who are really wrong, forget it, I don't want to talk about this topic anymore." Artoria raised her head and glanced at Lei Zhe and said, she has been disgusted with this topic recently, because every time the other party talks about this kind of thing, she will have a feeling of being denied, and she is also denied by her own sword spirit!
It's a terrible feeling.
"......" Lei Zhe was silent, he kept wanting to change, but found that no matter what he said, Artoria would not listen, she thought that only by abandoning all feelings would she not be bound, in order to achieve complete justice and judgment, only by doing everything by himself, could he become an example and model for the people, only in this way can he be a qualified king!
"By the way, I tried to implement your advice last time in the territory, and according to the report, the effect is very good, and I thank you for your opinion on behalf of all the people." Artoria said to Lei Zhe, she was very irritated because of taxes before, but Lei Zhe gave her an idea, originally with the attitude of trying it but did not find that the effect was very good, today after seeing the relevant report, Artoria is really grateful for this sword spirit.
As the time spent together increased, Artoria found that this sword spirit knew a lot, it was not too much to say that he was a wise man, no matter what question he could answer for himself, history, philosophy, agriculture, production, even commerce, and the way of governing the country, without him could not answer, of course, he had to take the initiative to ask, otherwise he would stand in place for a day without saying a word.
Reezer did not respond to Artoria's thanks, he was silent, and the room fell silent again, with the occasional sound of flipping papers, and time passing little by little.
Airplanes... The sound of the horn sounded, and Artoria stood up violently and walked out of her seat to the window, her handsome face becoming ugly, because the horn just now was an alarm, a clarion call for war!
Looking at the crowd in the city that had become chaotic because of the sound of the horn, Artoria finally regained her composure: "It's time to come, I hate war." ”
“……”
…… An army of more than two thousand men was approaching, Artoria and Gawain stood on the city wall, both of them calmly watching into the distance, hundreds of soldiers running on the city wall, their performance was not as easy as that of Artoria, hundreds of people PK two thousand, the result did not need to be thought of to know, it seemed that the young king would eventually embark on the path of tragedy.
"Gawain, what do you think?" Artoria was truly calm now, because she knew that she and Gawain, who had the Holy Sword, could easily defeat an army of more than 2,000 people, but the problem was that they didn't dare to guarantee that these were all ordinary people!
"Who knows, if it's just a group of ordinary people, I can solve it all by myself, but where are there ordinary people in this world now? Let's hope there won't be any special 'people' on the other side. "Gawain held the hilt of the 'Sword of Victory', he seemed to be relaxed but was also very nervous inside, and he now silently prayed that the other party would not be involved in the inner world.
You must know that this world is not as simple as it seems, after becoming a king, Gawain once explained to Artoria what this world is really like, the two worlds on the outside, like light and darkness, the surface world is the world that Artoria has always lived in, although it looks chaotic, but it is very peaceful.
Of course, this concept of peace is compared to the inner world, the inner world of the moon world is quite complex, magicians, dead apostles, true ancestors, werewolves, and even magical beasts, alien beasts, and gods left over from the mythological era, these creatures all live somewhere in the world, but they will not easily appear in front of ordinary people!
But as the times continue to advance, these creatures that were originally hidden in the darkness have slowly stepped out of their original living environment and are exposed to the sun and the sight of humans, but these creatures are also divided into good and evil, for example, the 'Goddess of the Lake' who gave humans the holy sword is the main representative of goodness, and now the werewolves and Dead Apostles who have suddenly risen represent evil, they are the enemies of all mankind!
Knight is not a simple title and title, when a person becomes a knight, he will come into contact with the inner world, and once he enters the inner world, he will not be able to get out unless he dies, which is why Gawain said to Artoria in the beginning, "This world is not as simple as you think".
Although he hadn't been a knight for long, he had already seen the madness and chaos of the world, and if it weren't for the Holy Sword, he would have died long ago!
An army of more than 2,000 people stopped not far from the city, and a middle-aged man in a gorgeous costume rode out of the crowd and looked at Artoria standing on the city wall, with a slightly contemptuous smile on his pale face: "Young king, Gui'an! ”
"......" Artoria ignored the man, because her and Gawain's eyes were completely attracted to the other two, Artoria and Gawain couldn't help but glance at each other, they could see the shock in each other's eyes!
The two men were bowed their heads and their faces were completely obscured by the strange hat, which made them look badly in a black straight, well-trimmed outfit, and the golden lion head on the brim of the hat made her very concerned.
For the nobles on the horse, Gawain and Artoria didn't care, their attention was all focused on these two humans in strange black costumes!
The other party is very strong, strong enough to be able to kill themselves easily, this is the only thought of Artoria and Gawain, but the strange thing is that they can't even feel the power of the other party, and they can't even detect the breath of life, they seem to use some special power to isolate themselves from prying eyes.
The middle-aged nobleman became a little angry because of Artoria's ignorance, but years of aristocratic cultivation still made him smile: "Young king, you know my intention, you can't become the master of Britain at all, if you want to blame it, blame that old guy Merlin, two adults, please do it, I will give you my loyalty afterwards!" ”
“… Remember your words, mortal! A flat, even low voice sounded, but this voice reached everyone's ears, and then one of the two men in black suddenly disappeared, and at the moment when Artoria and Gawain were stunned, that person appeared in front of them, as if falling from the sky on the city wall, he raised his head to look at the two, his face under the military hat was expressionless, no, it should be said that it was very stiff, he looked like a zombie, not a human!
A black thin sword silently appeared, stabbing Artoria in the throat, and a strange smile appeared on the other party's stiff face.
Bite... At this moment, a thin sword that was also black appeared, and the two long swords collided together with a crisp sound, and the person who attacked Artoria disappeared in an instant, and returned to the middle-aged nobleman's side again in the next second, only this time he raised his head to look at Artoria, and a wound appeared on his cheek, bleeding blood.
Attack, defend, retreat.
It took less than a second for Artoria to come back to her senses, and the breath of death instantly enveloped her body and mind, and her body trembled.
Protecting her was a black knight, he stood in front of the girl with a thin sword, how he appeared no one knows, this black knight suddenly came like the other party to block the attack, and protected the king's safety.
"You—" Artoria was interrupted before she could speak, and the Black Knight raised his hand and said, "Those people are not for you to handle, let me come..."
(To be continued)