"Did the plan succeed?"

"It worked, but. The sword didn't break. ”

"In this case, it seems that it is obviously unrealistic to just make it based on legends."

In that same office, Victor and the rest of the nobles were still negotiating.

But then, the soldier who came to report whispered.

"However, King Arthur still lost the sword in the stone."

Hearing this, everyone looked at him.

Victor frowned, "What the hell is going on?" ”

The soldier muttered for a moment, then began to tell what he had seen and heard, even Arthur's words and the reactions of the Knights.

As he spoke, everyone in the office fell into a long silence, and the office fell silent.

"It can only be said that it is really worthy of the destiny chosen by the sword in the stone," Wood muttered softly.

After a few moments, Victor spoke, "He's very good at winning people's hearts. ”

"In your eyes, is his act of discarding the sword in the stone for breaking his oath an act of enveloping people's hearts?"

At this time, a general who was over half a hundred years old who was sitting opposite Victor spoke, with a Chinese face, beard and even red hair.

"Isn't it?" Victor asked rhetorically.

"I was against this despicable plan early on.

And again, against a noble man. ”

General Redbeard slowly got up and picked up a coat draped over the couch.

"What are you going to do?" Victor frowned.

"I thought we had the same purpose, Victor.

But now it seems that we have a big difference.

I quit. ”

General Redbeard pushed the door open, and he stood in the doorway looking at Victor.

"Victor, I think you have to really think about it.

Perhaps, that kid is really more suitable to be the emperor of Britannia than you. ”

The corners of Victor's eyes twitched slightly, and a look of anger appeared on his face.

"What do you understand!?"

"I've always understood that." General Redbeard looked at him quietly, "Your ambition is beyond your ability, whether it is ability or strength, you are not as good as that child."

Fear God, Victor. ”

After saying that, he turned around and left here directly.

The entire office fell silent again, and the people around looked at the enraged Victor, and then at the open door, but no one dared to speak.

As the door closed again, Wood couldn't help but speak.

"Your Highness, we"

"Leave him alone!" Victor quickly calmed down, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes, "I don't need him anymore."

Since Arthur himself sought death and abandoned the sword in the stone, then we will also fulfill him.

Wood, according to the original plan, used the shadow planted in the army.

Before he regretted getting the sword back in the stone.

They would not have thought that we would carry out a second attack in a short time. ”

"Yes."

"What about the sword in the stone?" Wood said.

"That sword was once stuck on the high platform of the Baal Cathedral in the imperial capital, and millions of people have tried it, but no one has been able to pull it out." Victor looked at Wood, "If you have that confidence, you can give it a try." ”

"I see."

Wood immediately stood up and pushed the door open with the reporting soldier and walked out.

"Will it work?" A nobleman asked.

"All of his power obviously comes from the Sword in the Stone." Victor said confidently, "And without the sword in the stone, he is a child less than sixteen years old, and our shadow in the army is enough." ”

Several people around also nodded solemnly, they did not leave, but continued to wait here for the result.

Three or four hours passed, and the sky was a little cloudy, and gradually turned white.

But no news came.

As time passed, Victor's complexion became more and more ugly.

After some time, a spy finally pushed the door and walked in, and he looked around at the upper echelons of the Victor family.

Under their expectant eyes, the man said with a solemn face.

"News came from the army that King Arthur had been assassinated again, but the assassins had been eliminated."

At this moment, Victor's face was completely gloomy, and the faces of the people around him became much more ugly.

"Did the Celtic Knights react?" Victor asked.

"Nope." There was an unspeakable fear in the man's eyes, "It was solved by King Arthur alone, with his bare hands." ”

The office fell silent again, and Victor took a deep breath.

"He deliberately threw away the sword in the stone."

"He guessed our plan." A nobleman beside him lost his mind and whispered, "The purpose is to tell us that no matter whether the sword in the stone is in his hand or not, the result is the same." ”

"It's a warning."

"It's a taunt too."

"It even won people's hearts."

As they discussed, the purpose of Arthur's actions after the plan was gradually made up by their brains.

As Arthur's purpose was gradually dissected by them, a sense of powerlessness gradually enveloped them.

"Prince." A person in the office couldn't help but look at Victor, "Should we make peace for the time being?" ”

Victor didn't speak, just silently clenched his fist.

"My Emperor, the corpses have all been disposed of, and we are now investigating their origins, which should be traced back to how they entered the army.

Maybe you can trace back to the source and trace the black hand behind the scenes.

Also, I think you'd better move to another place in the near future, and don't live in a tent like us anymore, it's too dangerous here. ”

In the army's tent, Wolf was reporting to Arthur, and the rest of the people were standing around.

It's not that the army can't live in the cities and villages, after all, this is Britannia's own territory, which is naturally different from West France.

Their main purpose in the tents was to keep out the plague.

"Don't be that troublesome." Arthur closed his eyes and recuperated, "How's the situation with naval training?" ”

The Western Empire was not the same as the West Francois Empire.

The Western Empire is a sea power with powerful warships, and if you want to reclaim the territory of the coastal areas from him, then you must train a navy.

Even if Arthur's combat strength is terrifying, he cannot form an army alone, and he has some powerlessness in the face of war at sea.

There are many islands in Britannia outside the mainland that have also been occupied by the Spanish Empire, and these islands must be recaptured.

The officer on one side stepped forward and spoke.

"The military factory is working hard to build warships, and the technical department has obtained some technology from Beichen, and we have installed a steam engine on the warship, and with this as a power, we can sail farther.

In addition, a year ago, a large iron ore mine was discovered in Colora, and under the operation of Her Highness Isabel, we have built a number of huge mineral processing plants and steel mills there.

In two years, Britannia's steel production has more than doubled compared to before the war, and the technical department intends to use steam technology to build a warship covered with a lot of steel. ”

"Won't it sink?" Wolf asked.

The officer smiled, "Sir, although the steel ship is made of steel, it is not solid, there is a lot of air inside, you can try to see if you can sink an empty iron bottle thrown into the sea."

It will soon float, and this is the buoyancy that Mr. Archimedes discovered.

An object can float on water as long as it displaces more weight than its own weight in the water. ”

Wolf nodded.

"If there really is a warship of steel, then our maritime army will be invincible."

War is always the most effective way to promote the development of science and technology, and can even determine the direction of science and technology development.

The time period of the explosion of human technology was also about after the First and Second World Wars.

War requires enormous productive forces, and in order to increase them, technology will naturally advance.

"How long will it take?" Arthur asked.

"The construction of the prototype of the warship was planned before the start of the war on the Eastern Front, and it was almost completed.

After the official construction of the ship, it will take about one to two years. ”

Arthur nodded, this was in his plan, "For now, our main plan is to defend, to retreat to the interior and plains where we are better.

There are vast plains in the south, and they can't get in, but we can't sit idly by and watch them take over all our coastal cities.

The cavalry also continued to harass them.

Wait for the completion of the warship before launching a counteroffensive.

Before that, we can deal with the plague, as well as some internal troubles. ”

(End of chapter)