Chapter 46: The Return
Fairy Tale World • Dublin Royal Palace, Ireland
King William sat on the throne of the royal palace in Ireland, and all the memories of the Greek world came back to his mind at once, making his brain instantly shut down and maintain a sluggish appearance for a long time.
In the world of Hercules, the son of Zeus, he unified the whole of Greece, tried the Athenian king Eurystheus, established the Greek federation led by Sparta and Athens, and spread the legend of the son of Hercules and Heber throughout Greece, and finally accumulated the energy to return to the original world.
Duke William captured King Arthur, and if he captured London, he would soon be crowned King of England, and even marry King Arthur for the sake of the divine legitimacy of his royal power.
Behind William stood the saint Patrick, behind Duke William was the saint Edward, and the British King Harold did not stand at all, so he was destined not to be the opponent of Duke William.
Because King Harold was a loser in the original history, he could not expect to win against Duke William with William's support, and it was precious enough to delay William's time.
William touched his chin and pondered, now his situation is also very difficult, if he wants to lead the army and Duke William to compete for the title of King of England, he needs an army, and now he has the confidence to resist the other party in terms of personal strength, but there is no way to fight alone.
After all, it is no longer the time of Homer, there is no demigod hero like Achilles, who is a whole army alone, and medieval warfare is no longer popular between generals and generals, highlighting individual bravery battles, but has begun to popular military battles.
The leprechauns were overjoyed to have recovered their homeland, and after completing their mission, William found himself on the verge of commanding them beyond the curse, and the nobles of Ireland refused to serve in the military for him, the king, especially when they went all the way abroad to fight.
It can't be like the Spartan king Leonidas I, because of the domestic containment of Sparta, so Sparta did not send a large army to participate in the war, and the king had no choice but to take his 300 personal guards to defend the hot springs.
The 300 warriors of Sparta actually did not fight according to domestic orders, their main duty was to protect the Spartan king, because the Spartan king had to fight against the 500,000 Persian army alone, so the personal guards could only defend the king on the battlefield of Thermopylae, and the king was forced to go to war with the Persian army.
Neither the Terracotta Army of the Dragon Emperor nor the Army of the Demon Scorpion Emperor could be brought to this world, although God never appeared in person, but God definitely existed, as long as William had any violations, he would suffer a thunderous blow from the rules of this world.
Just like Duke William can obviously incarnate as a red dragon like him, but he has never transformed himself on the battlefield, you must know that a dragon that can breathe fire, magic, and invulnerability at the same time appears on the battlefield of the human Middle Ages is like a helicopter gunship facing an unarmed farmer, this is a one-sided slaughter, and it can greatly boost the morale of his side.
However, Duke William did not, his performance was ordinary, not that he was not strong, but he could have behaved stronger, at least if he wanted to, he was not inferior to Achilles in Greek mythology on the battlefield.
At least in the battlefields of Greek mythology, the enemies that Achilles faced were heroes of hundreds of city-states, descendants of Zeus and the gods, many of whom were demigods favored by the gods, and many heroes were not necessarily inferior to Achilles in martial arts, but countless heroes did not have an immortal body like Achilles.
It seems that he used the power of the dragon charm to sweep the battlefield a little recklessly, perhaps because Patrick took this power as a gift from the Celtic gods, and the Celtic gods took the dragon charm as a gift from King Arthur, which led to this wonderful misunderstanding and made William safe.
King Arthur is a student of Merlin, and Merlin is the most powerful magician in Celtic history, so even if King Arthur has any magical magic props left for William, it is acceptable to everyone, and the power and props of the old gods are not too much in this world, but there are actually a lot of them.
"Long time no see, William!"
Morgan Le Fay appeared in front of William with a beautiful face similar to that of King Arthur, she was wearing a red evening dress, wearing the string of white pearls on her chest to show the whiteness of her skin, and a small crown on her head, if she still carried a bag in her hand, then she was like a lady attending a grand party.
"Long time no see, fairy Morgan, long time no see."
William greeted Morgan Le Fay with a smile, looking at Morgan Le Fay's beautiful face, he vaguely saw the shadow of King Arthur on her body, and William, who was attracted by this shadow, was stunned for a while.
"Mom!"
William couldn't help but mutter, now he has become a loner, back in the past, his mother Heber has fallen, the former blacksmith William is not his biological father, the only fairy Lily who once loved him has been driven back to the fairy palace of the goddess Eliu by him.
He has no real relatives in this world, no friends, no lovers, and even the adored and longing King Arthur was taken away by Duke William, especially when he already knew that King Arthur's heart belonged, which made him even more melancholy.
"What did you say?" Morgan Le Fay asked.
"No, nothing?" William came back to his senses and smiled politely and gently, with a hint of gloom on his face, and the whole person stood up again in the decadence.
Regardless of whether King Arthur has him in his heart or not, or who King Arthur has in his heart, it has nothing to do with William, King Arthur does not love him as William, and loves another William, and it does not affect his desire to marry King Arthur, because only in this way can he rightfully compete with Duke William for the British throne.
Although King Arthur was nominally his mother, in order to prevent Britain from falling into the wrong hands, he could only deny his six relatives.
"Are you ready to rescue my sister?" Morgan Le Fay asked.
"I'm not ready yet, I've sent an emissary to the Low Countries to recruit mercenaries, but I don't have the magic props that Duke William has soldiers in a snap, and the creation of magic cannons also needs events, my heart is more anxious than yours, it's not only your sister, but also my relatives."
William honestly said that William, who now has the treasures of the ancient kingdom of Irene and the treasures of Hamnata is the last thing he lacks is money, but the problem is that he can't win the battle by relying on mercenaries alone.
For example, if you want the knight of Ryan in his hometown to help fight the war, he not only needs a reward of money, but also needs a territory, a title and an official position, he can come up with money, but he can't get the land, and he is not a miser with the title, but the problem is that the title is bound to the land.
King Arthur canonized William as the Earl of Avalon and gave William an Apple Island, and William canonized a knight and baron as a king, so that a few villages could not give it.
William, as a king, is not unable to canonize a duke, an earl, but ruling a village or two, a duke and earl of a few hundred people, this is a death.
As a vassal who fools himself like this, the people below really won't rebel.
Duke William took the Normandy knights to fight England, for the British, it was like the Manchu Qing Dynasty fighting the Ming Dynasty, Duke William took his army of eight banners to England to run horses, to gnaw a bite of meat, in history people did the same, so the Normandy knights did not need money to fight for their lords, they wanted hereditary land.
For the Irish people of the small country of Puer, they are collectively crazy to think about going to England to divide the land, who has ever heard that North Korea dared to use force against the Ming Dynasty.
The Kingdom of Ireland was elevated at a later stage, and during the original Middle Ages, during British rule, the British King had always assumed the title of Duke of Ireland.
William deliberately claimed the title of king in order to emphasize his claim to the English throne, in order to compete with his rivals, and in a sense of confrontation, in fact, his title of king is not necessarily recognized in many European countries.
It doesn't matter if Emperor Shangao entertains himself from afar, just like the King of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period, no one cares, but once it appears in the international community, it won't work, and the Central Plains countries led by the Jin Dynasty will call you Chuzi, what else can you do.
Before the destruction of the Korean Kingdom, the king of Joseon also proclaimed himself emperor, you see who took it seriously.
William is also difficult now, if it were not for the restrictions of the world, he would have long to run to the battlefield alone and wipe out Duke William's Norman army, just like in the last Greek world.