Chapter 96: Descendants of King Arthur
Tony, this guy is a madman.
William suddenly felt that he was bullying children without martial arts and bullying children by sneaking up on himself with a tree branch to sneak up on him, and still being able to perform such a strange magic, and even unleashing a fatal blow without waiting for his consent or refusal.
I'm only 12 years old.
"Stop, I don't want to fight you."
William said loudly, he already felt the momentum of the other party, but looked at the sword he was holding, the sword in the stone recreated by his mother, Vivien, the fairy of the lake, the legendary sword used by King Arthur, the sword of knights, and even more the sword of kings.
The one who can pull out the sword in the stone is the king it recognizes, which also means that the sword in the stone has its own evaluation standards for the so-called knight and the so-called king, and if it does not conform to the behavior of the knight and the king, the final consequence is that the sword in the stone will be broken.
Theoretically, the indestructible sword in the stone can be broken by no weapon, but it will be broken due to the immorality of the master.
If King Arthur's sword had always been a sword in a stone instead of a sword in a lake, it would have meant that King Arthur would have been the perfect king and his kingdom would not have collapsed.
Vivien, the fairy of the lake, had repeatedly told William to use his sword carefully, so even if Tony issued a duel, William was absolutely unwilling to accept it.
"Even if I die, I won't do anything with you."
William said, and Tony began to hesitate when he heard this, "Are you cowardly?" ”
"In the beast chess, the elephant is the most powerful animal, it can eat lions, tigers, all animals except mice, lions, leopards, and so on, but in nature, the elephant's concession to rats is not fear, but benevolence."
"Your words are really strange, I obviously feel the breath of an extremely powerful 'sword' in your body, but you said that you would rather die than use your own sword, do you mean that I am not worthy of letting you use a sword."
Tony's eyes were even more excited at this time, his gaze looked at the gorgeous scabbard wrapped in a black cloth, the scabbard gave people the feeling of being so peaceful as if carrying a whole world, the dark blue scabbard flashed with brilliant beauty, it was the breath of magic, and the sword that could be placed by such a precious scabbard must be an even more precious sword.
"The breath of the sword?" William frowned, obviously he was already wrapped in black cloth, but there were still people who felt the extraordinaryness of the sword, no, the other party did not refer to his own sword, but to his own swordsmanship.
"I refuse."
"Why?"
"I'm not interested in fighting."
"Obviously you have such a powerful magic sword, obviously have such a powerful sword technique, your physique looks quite strong, and you should have been trained quite harshly, but you actually said that you don't like to fight, you are lying, so since you don't want to fight, I will force you to fight."
The mana gushed out on Tony's sword, and the originally huge mana was so calm, but because of Tony's sword swing, it was like the mana of an active volcano erupting on his branches.
Twig? Sword?
This may not matter anymore, for a truly powerful swordsman, whether it is a sword, a knife or fork, or just a branch picked up anywhere, it has extraordinary lethality.
Tony made a gesture of swinging his sword into the sky and attacked William's side, accompanied by this powerful sword aura, which was concretely implemented, that is, the medieval city in front of him, and the buildings built on the hill were completely separated.
There was a loud rumble, the ground shook, and everyone stared ahead with disbelief that there was a first-story section where the guards stood and a second-story part where the sentinels stood guard, and the historic buildings handed down from the Middle Ages had been cut in half.
This is no longer something that can be done by human power, like the power of a god wielding a sword.
The falling stones of the walled city fell to the ground with a loud sound, accompanied by smoke, and when the smoke caused by the dust dissipated, William stood there intact, he did nothing but stand there silently, and an invisible blue crystal appeared around him.
"I don't want to fight you, maybe I'm your opponent, maybe I'm not your opponent, but it doesn't matter, because you can't hurt me, so if I want to leave, you can't stop me."
William said calmly, complaining in his heart that this guy really didn't know what he was thinking, such a powerful attack, what if he accidentally injured someone.
Although both the Sword in the Stone and the Sword in the Lake have the names of the Broken Steel Sword, the Sword in the Stone is forged by Merlin, and the Sword in the Lake is forged by the fairy in the lake, and the power of the two is roughly the same, but the difference between the Sword in the Lake and the Sword in the Stone is that the most precious thing it has is the scabbard that can protect the owner from injury.
"Who the hell are you?" Tony asked.
"William, a cadet knight." William finished speaking calmly, then turned around and walked away without looking back.
"What a strange person."
Tony said dumbly, obviously a warrior with such great power, but he was not eager to fight at all, and refused to fight with himself, and he did not have the breath of natural enemies and his own race, but he had such a powerful power, it was really a strange guy.
"Here it is, there's just a fierce battle here."
Liliana and Erica were in a black sedan and jumped out of the car, looking stunned when they saw the castle split in two by the sword's attack.
The battle between the Bronze and Bronze Dragons not only alarmed the Magic Society Lily Capital of Florence, but also all the Magic Societies in Italy.
At this time, there are a total of six demon kings in the world, and there are two demon kings in Europe, the Marquis of Warban from Eastern Europe and the black prince Alec of the United Kingdom, because the Marquis of Warban is more ancient, and the British mainland is not on the European continent, so according to inertia, unless Italy has its own demon king born, the Magic Society is still under the command of the Marquis of Warban.
Marquis Woban is the oldest god killer in this world, active for hundreds of years, his most enthusiastic thing in his long life is to hunt the god of disobedience, so if there is information about the god of disobedience, he will act decisively, as a sign of allegiance, the magic society will actively collect information about the god of disobedience and give it to the Marquis of Warban.
As a result, the magicians of the Magic Society throughout Italy were mobilized, and Erica and Liliana also began to extensively mobilize the resources of the Society to complete their own tasks by the way.
It should be said that the two are essentially the same task.
"Can you tell me what's going on? Salvatore Toni, you unscrupulous disciple have caused me so much trouble after this meeting, and if you can't give me a satisfactory answer, I don't mind screwing your head off as an apology. ”
St. Raphael sat on his steed and looked at the young man in front of him, and immediately understood something, this young man was his missing disciple, and the young man next to him who was about to leave caught his eye.
Dressed as a medieval aristocratic child, it seems that he should be a tourist from somewhere, with a resolute expression in his eyes, and his overly handsome appearance even makes it impossible to distinguish between genders, which is really too beautiful, just like the beautiful boys Adonis and Endymion in Greek mythology.
Liliana looked at the young man in front of her, staring at him intently, aware of the prying eyes, William's eyes met him, and the innocent girl couldn't help but withdraw her gaze and reveal a red face.
"Young man, I am the head of the city, and everyone else calls me Saint-Raphael, are you the one who caused this commotion?"
Saint Raphael asked directly, although he felt a huge spell power in the deep mountains of this child, but this was not a god of disobedience, nor was it a god killer.
There is an intuition in the dark that even if you are not necessarily the opponent of the other party.
"William, my name is William." William replied.
"And what about the last name?" St. Raphael asked, the world of magic is surprisingly big and unexpectedly small, such an outstanding young talent, it is obvious that only the [Bronze Black Cross] and [Bronze Black Cross] such a famous association can cultivate their magical powers, and report their names, so they will also report themselves out of the house in disguise, relying on the power of the Italian Magic Association "Seven Sisters", even if the three generations of the child's ancestors are found out clearly, there is no problem.
Surname?
William was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I'm not a nobleman, I don't have a surname. ”
In the distant Oriental world, only the nobles have surnames, and commoners do not have surnames, for example, Japan only had surnames during the Meiji Restoration, and China has surnames because the nobles have multiplied to the commoners.
Therefore, the origin of the surname is from the fief or place of origin.
For example, the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, whose surname Habsburg comes from his hometown castle Habsburg, the British royal family's surname "Windsor" comes from Windsor Castle, and the Bourbon surname of the French Bourbon royal family originated from the Bourbon region in central France.
William's family is a French duke, but the Normans are Nordic by heart, so they don't have surnames like other nobles, and even modern Norsemen don't have any serious family surnames, just following their husband's or mother's surname.
William didn't admit that he was a nobleman, so he bluntly said that he didn't have a surname, but he didn't expect his words to cause Erica's suspicious gaze, "Even if you are not a nobleman, you still have a surname!" ”
The surname is the surname of the family, which can be from a fiefdom or from a profession, and many civilians did not have a surname before the arrival of the Industrial Revolution, if they must call themselves, then they can follow the tradition since ancient times, and put the name of their parents on their own surname.
In the American movie "Hercules in New York", as the first work of the governor, the protagonist Hercules came to the United States because he had no surname, so the Americans directly registered his full name as Hercules Zeus.
For example, Joan of Arc was captured by the British and interrogated, and when asked for her name, she replied: "My name is Joan of Arc; My name is Jean Romeme. ”
"If you insist on it, then please call me, William Pendragon."
Vivien, the fairy of the lake, once told her that if someone asked for his name one day, he could use King Arthur's family name.
Inheriting her scabbard is King Arthur's successor, which is King Arthur's last wish.
"Pendragon. Why does this name sound so familiar? Tony touched his coop-like head and said in confusion.
"This is the legendary family name of King Arthur." Erica replied, then looked at the teenager in front of her who was her own age, "Are you British?" Although it is not stipulated that the name and surname of the legendary Chinese king cannot be used casually. ”
There is a joke in England that if you walk down the streets of England and shout "William", nine out of ten men will turn back, because they are all called "William", and the remaining one is called "Arthur".
William is the name of an English prince, while Arthur is the name of the English legend of the Knight King, King Arthur.
The cultural traditions of the East and the West are different, and for the Orientals, the names of the ancestors are worthy of respect, and they must be kept secret for the Venerable, so the names of the ancestors cannot be used by later generations, and they cannot even be written during the exam.
For example, Li He, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, was unable to take the Jinshi examination for the rest of his life because his father Li Jin and Jinshike had the same sound.
The name of a great man, when the newborn is named, almost everyone will subconsciously avoid it, and no one wants to be unfilial.
You can't call Emperor Taizu ***, you also let your son follow ***, this is a cultural taboo, even if there is no mandatory legal provision in modern times, you will avoid having the same name as a great man.
In the West, because of admiration for ancestors, they changed their names to be the same as their ancestors, such as the French Bourbon dynasty, the family name is Bourbon, but almost every king's name is Louis, so from Louis I for hundreds of years until Louis XVI, who was beheaded by the French Revolution, was called Louis.
Great people in history will use it to name their children, if it is a highly respected ancestor, then not only for themselves, but also for their sons, grandchildren, and pets at home, just to honor the ancestors to the greatest extent.
"No, I'm French." William replied that although the ancestors of William's family were Nordic, they were all out-and-out French in terms of nationality and culture, and even if they later conquered England, they also had dual citizenship of English and French.
"Why, then, is your surname Pendragon, and is your ancestry British?"
Erica asked, confused, how bizarre it was for a Frenchman to use the surname of the legendary King of England.
This kind of rubbing the family name of a real historical celebrity makes Erica, who was born in the nobility, a little disdainful, but if this is the behavior of the ancestors to admire King Arthur, then it is no wonder that the other party is a descendant.
"My ancestors were Vikings." William replied, seeing the other party's strange appearance, he couldn't help but say generously, "The reason why I call this surname is because my family has a blood connection with the legendary King Arthur, and this is definitely not a so-called celebrity." ”
William uncovered the black strip of cloth, revealing a scabbard that sealed the holy sword, a luxurious piece of gold and decorated with dazzling blue enamel, not so much a weapon as a majestic treasure such as a crown, with fairy writing engraved in the middle, proving that this was not a flawless artifact made by humans, and the divine aura flowed on the scabbard.
"This is King Arthur's scabbard." St. Raphael looked at the castle that had been split in half by a sword and William, who was unscathed, and instantly understood something.
In the legend of King Arthur, this is a treasure even more precious than the sword in the lake itself, which can protect King Arthur from injury.
Could this child be a descendant of King Arthur?
Some people died, but not completely......