In the south of Britannia, in a secluded second-floor conference room in the palace of the Prince of Steam.

Prince Victor sat gloomily at his desk, the curtains of the windows closed on all sides.

The décor is lavish, baroque, with marble floors and walls, and even a portrait of Zeus sitting on a throne on the ceiling.

Around the office sat many people, all dressed in gorgeous clothes, who looked like the upper class of Britannia, and here sat some southern nobles, generals, etc., all of whom were supporters of Victor.

"This Arthur, as soon as he comes up, let me hand over all the military power in my hands, and let him take full charge of the southern front."

Victor gritted his teeth and said, "What a megalomaniacal fellow! Defeat a group of rabble, do you really think you are some kind of legendary king? ”

One of the people in the crowd spoke, "My shadow says that the new emperor has sent his henchmen to investigate the witch hunt.

Some of the priests of the Church have been secretly arrested and imprisoned, but we do not know exactly where. ”

"The plague hasn't been solved yet, and the army of the West Ya Empire hasn't been repelled yet, so it's thinking of coming to us for trouble?" Another said.

"We sent a lot of assassins, and even tried to assassinate him by poisoning, but this emperor is really strong and terrifying." The man who spoke at first had a slight palpitation in his eyes, "The people who were sent out basically didn't come back." ”

"Is there no way? Wood. Victor asked.

Wood thought for a moment, then tentatively said, "Why don't we flip the table?"

We now have an army of 300,000 in our hands, and it is not impossible for us to succeed. ”

"News from the imperial capital, this new emperor can form an army by himself." One of them frowned, "He once routed the West Farran army that entered the Great Mountains of Maria with a single sword.

That Emperor is already famous, and if he wields that sword again, our military spirit will surely collapse. ”

Victor also shook his head and said, "Even if we can barely defeat Arthur and lose both, it will be the West Empire that will benefit in the end."

They could have taken advantage of this opportunity to annex the entire South, which would be the worst possible outcome for us. ”

The surrounding nobles and Victor's staff also began to talk to each other.

"So what should I do, do I just sit back and wait for death?"

"Damn it, is the King of Destiny really that powerful?

How could the battlefield on the Eastern Front be solved in half a year.

It's not just West France, it's a whole coalition!

Disrupted our plans. ”

"My people have told me about the battlefield over there, and I have never seen this kind of battle in my life.

Everywhere Britannia's troops went, they were warmly welcomed by the local population.

It was as if it was not the army of some enemy country that came in, but a savior. ”

"What exactly has West Farland done to make their people hate their country so much?"

"You should ask this Eternal King what he did there, Britannia will only be worse off than West Farland."

"And the army he brought, I went to the barracks three days ago to have a look, it is really amazing, the order is forbidden, it is a real army of a hundred victories."

"I have seen it, and I can only say that it is worthy of an army that can defeat the enemy with 200,000 against 600,000.

I heard that these armies came from the west, and as far as I know, the armies of the west have not fought for a long time, and absolutely do not have such qualities. ”

"That's what happened under King Arthur."

"His ability to train the military is absolutely top-notch, and his tactical and strategic vision is also exceptional.

I heard that he was only fourteen years old, and he had never heard of such a person before.

Where did he get this knowledge from? ”

"Can it only be said that it is worthy of the destiny of heaven?"

Seeing the people at the bottom, they gradually changed from discussing how to deal with Arthur to lamenting Arthur's ability and means.

Victor's already frowning brow furrowed even deeper.

"That's it! Don't forget why I'm bringing you here.

Didn't you see what King Arthur was doing in West France?

If he can do it to the nobles there, he can do it to you!

We're all on the same page! ”

People came back to their senses and fell into deep contemplation.

For a moment, the whole office fell silent.

"I have a solution."

Hearing this, people looked up at him.

"Most of his strength should come from that sword in the stone." Wood said.

"What if. If we steal the sword in the stone, or destroy it, maybe things will be much better. ”

"It can't be." Victor shook his head, "We've tried this in the past.

His sword in stone is not separated from his body, and no one can take it from his hand. ”

"Hear me out first." Wood said patiently.

He looked around at the people, "In that old British legend."

King Arthur's sword in stone was not indestructible, it was broken.

It was broken in a duel with King Bellinor.

At that time, King Bellinnor repeatedly refused to fight with his sword, and only fought with his spear.

The first two spear contests were evenly matched, and the third time King Arthur was defeated.

Despite King Birlinon's repeated assertion that he was unwilling to test his swordsmanship, King Arthur finally drew his sword, and after a fight to the death, the sword in the stone was cut off by King Birlinor.

When King Bellinor learned that his opponent was King Arthur, King Arthur, fearing that the defeated would take revenge, tried to kill King Arthur on the spot to prevent future troubles, but fortunately Arthur escaped with the help of the magician Merlin.

It was a turning point in King Arthur's fate. ”

"But we don't have a king of Berlin here?" Victor frowned.

"Although the sword in the stone was cut off by King Berlinno, the main reason is not him." Wood looked around and said, "It's because King Arthur violated the knightly code, he had agreed with King Berlinno before that he couldn't use a sword, but he broke his promise because he didn't admit defeat. ”

Victor's eyes burst into surprise, "In other words, if you lure him into violating the knight's code, there is also a possibility that the sword in the stone will be broken?" ”

"The sword in the stone is the sword chosen by the king." Wood said, "The sword bearer must be a noble man, but a story is only a story after all, and I can't guarantee whether it will succeed or not." ”

"But that's probably the only breakthrough we have." Victor's eyes flickered.

"But. And how to break through? One of them muttered softly.

"The code of knighthood is divided into eight spirits: humility, honor, sacrifice, valor, mercy, honesty, justice, and reason.

There are also nine rules: be kind to the weak, fight against violence, fight against all wrong, fight for the unarmed, help anyone who asks me for help, do no harm to any woman, help my brother knight, be sincere to my friends, and be unswerving to what I love. ”

"It sounds like a lot of rules, but it's actually very general, and King Arthur is not stupid, if he is too deliberate, he will also be noticed."

"That's it. Let him lose his mind. Victor's eyes flickered, "It is difficult for people to think rationally in certain situations.

For example, anger. ”

He looked at the middle-aged man in priest's clothes on the other side.

"Father Thomas, I don't care about the internal struggles of your Nightmare Order.

But I guess you don't want to lose control of southern Britannia, right?

Arthur is our common enemy. ”

It was a middle-aged man with half-white hair and thin hair, with a yellowish face, deep sunken eye sockets, and gold-rimmed nose-pinched glasses that seemed to be part of his face.

Except for the ribbon, the whole body was all black, except for the thin red silk trim on the buttonholes, like blood marks drawn by a red pen.

Thomas was silent for a moment and said, "What do you want to say?" ”

"I remember you had some very special abilities, didn't you?"

Yesterday I was a little Carvin, but today I figured it out, Arthur's plot limited the extent of my length, so that a lot of plots could not be developed, so I was ready to finish writing the Arthur line as soon as possible.

Then move on to the next stage of coolness.

(End of chapter)