After resting for several days in the castle left behind by Count Fuller, the seriously injured Iloth had basically recovered from his injuries.
This amazed the Holy Grail Knight Marcus. Such a powerful recovery ability could only be matched by the Holy Grail Knights who drank the water of the Holy Grail from the Fairy of the Lake.
"Dear Sir Marcus, what is the effect of the water of the Holy Grail?" Ekaterina asked curiously.
Marcus hesitated, but quickly organized his words:
"The water of the Holy Grail is not actually clear water as the outside world thinks. It is red, very sweet, and has an endless aftertaste. After drinking it, one's whole soul seems to tremble with joy. I guess that the water of the Holy Grail is actually a lake.
The Holy Grail Knight is the divine blood of the Fairy of the Lake, the knight chosen by the Fairy of the Lake.”
Marcus Kruppel still recalls how he drank the water of the Holy Grail as an expeditionary knight nearly a hundred years ago and completed the process of sublimating into a Knight of the Holy Grail.
I really miss that time.
Ekaterina glanced at Elos and asked, "Can only the knights of Batoria be given the water of the Holy Grail by the fairy in the lake?"
"Of course not. The Fairy of the Lake recognizes knights who have strong strength and almost perfect moral standards. In the history of Batoria, many foreign knights were recognized by the Fairy of the Lake and were given the gift of drinking the water of the Holy Grail.
Opportunity to become his divinely chosen knight,"
Grail Knight Marcus explained:
"There is still one month left for Midsummer Festival, and this year's Midsummer Festival will be held together with the tourney held every five years in Batoria. The reward for the champion of the tourney is a chance to face the fairy in the lake. If you pass
After the goddess investigates, you will be given the water of the Holy Grail and become a Knight of the Holy Grail."
"Midsummer Festival, the tourney. It sounds very exciting." Ekaterina narrowed her narrow phoenix eyes. She was wondering if there would be a chance for Elos to participate in the tourney and win the chance to drink the Holy Grail.
Water opportunity.
"Yes, I think Eloise can participate. If you are interested, I can recommend it to His Majesty Ryan." Holy Grail Knight Marcus said to Eloise.
Before Ilosu could reply, Ekaterina hurriedly replied to Marcus on his behalf: "Sir, Sir Marcus, thank you for your recommendation. I think Ilosu is qualified to participate in the tourney. His behavior and
His strength is worthy of being one of the best knights."
Initially, Ilosu was a little embarrassed to agree directly, but Ekaterina, who knew him well, spoke up and agreed for him.
While a few people were chatting, a puff of smoke and dust rose up from the horizon in the distance. It looked like a group of knights with a size of about three hundred people.
"The guardian knights have arrived." Marcus narrowed his eyes and said.
Sure enough, nearly three hundred guardian knights in silver armor and red cloaks rushed to Carcassonne. The knight headed by him was an acquaintance of Iloth, the expedition knight Simons, whom he met during the alliance not long ago.
A kite turned over, Simmons jumped onto the Batolian war horse gracefully, and gave a knight's salute to Marcus, Ekaterina and Elos:
"Princess Yekaterina, Sir Marcus, and Simons of the Third Battalion of the Guardian Knights are here to escort Her Royal Highness the Princess to Coulun on the orders of His Majesty Ryan. The Guardian Knights will be responsible for the safety along the way."
"Thank you so much, Sir Simons," Ekaterina said.
Simmons immediately said that it should be, and then hugged Eloise.
At the time of the alliance that day, Sir Markense was killed by Sirel's Paladin Prince Rupprecht. It was Iloth who rose to the rank in the battle and solved the domineering Rupprecht, which was regarded as a victory for Markense.
Jazz got his revenge.
As a result, he won the unanimous respect and friendship of the Guardian Knights.
And Simmons was one of the people who got along well with Eloise at that time.
Now that the Holy Grail Knights and Guardian Knights responsible for escorting Ekaterina have all arrived, everyone just repaired for a while and then set off for Korun, the imperial capital of Batoria.
Along the way, Marcus, the Holy Grail Knight, proudly told Iloth and Ekaterina the history of Batoria and the origin of the Holy Grail Knight.
Although Elos and Ekaterina had a rough understanding of the history of Batoria before, because history is one of the required courses for nobles, they still listened with interest.
More than a thousand years ago, a human tribe leader named Charlemagne rose rapidly and eventually established an empire named Toril. After uniting with other races to defeat the High Elf Empire, it became the largest and most powerful empire on the continent.
Human country.
He was crowned the only emperor of mankind under the witness of the gods. His empire at that time was vast, and his ruling territory included the entire continent today. It was so powerful that all races bowed at its feet, and he was the master of the entire world.
But the good times did not last long. After the death of Charlemagne, the empire immediately fell into a state of disintegration and civil war continued. The Holy Church took the opportunity to rise and established a powerful Holy Empire in the south.
The northern part of the Toril Empire was divided into three empires: Albrex, Cyril, and Batoria.
Today's Batoria is just a part of the Toril Empire at that time.
As the kingdom with the smallest territory and smallest population at that time, Batoria resisted Xiriel's attack for nearly a hundred years.
At that time, Batoria had to face not only the powerful Siriel Empire, but also the expansion of the Holy Empire from the south. It can be said that it was in an extremely difficult situation.
If Batoria wasn't entirely composed of a large number of knights, I'm afraid it would have fallen apart at that time.
In times of crisis, there must be a miracle.
A young baron named Arthur led his knights to fight alone, trying hard to fight against external threats, but to no avail.
Seeing that the people of Batoria were facing the crisis of destruction, Arthur fought several battles and was separated from his army and was seriously injured. In desperation, he came to the fairy lake where the gods lived in legend.
He knelt down by the Fairy Lake and prayed with tears in his eyes. No matter what he was asked to give, Arthur only hoped to save the people of this place and save this land.
The plea received no response at first, and Arthur fell into complete despair. However, the young lord did not give up. He gritted his teeth and decided that he would fight to the death in tomorrow's battle.
In the early morning, the Fairy Lake suddenly emitted a white light that penetrated the sky. A deity called the Lake Fairy responded to his request. The Lake Fairy used the holy water in the Holy Grail to help him heal his injury and gave him firm faith and hope.
Eternal blessings.
With the help of the Lake Fairy, Arthur regrouped his troops and erected the battle flag blessed by the Lake Fairy. In a battle with a force ratio of one to thirty, Arthur led his blessed knights
The army fought a bloody battle with the Xirel Empire and won a great victory.
The victory of the Knight Lord was like a beacon in the darkness, and the army of Batoria was united again.
In the following epic battle career, he won twelve consecutive battles, completely annihilating all enemies that invaded Batoria, and drove the army of fanatical believers of the Holy Empire back to the south of the Central Mountains.
The knightly kingdom of Batoria was thus established.
At first, the ruler of the Kingdom of Batoria was elected from among the Holy Grail Knights who were powerful and respected. This system lasted for hundreds of years.
Until three hundred years ago, Richard, the Lion-Hearted Knight, mastered a secret technique called blood inheritance. He could pass on his fighting spirit and the physique of the Holy Grail Knight to the next generation, and then his next generation could also pass on his own fighting spirit and the constitution of the Holy Grail Knight to the next generation.
The power is passed down to the next heir.
Therefore, the descendants of Richard the Lion-Hearted Knight are known as the most powerful among the Holy Grail Knights, and the Fairy of the Lake and his priests all recognize the bloodline inheritance secrets of Richard the Lion-Hearted.
From then on, the Kingdom of Batoria began to transition into an imperial state, and eventually became the Batoria Empire today.
Judging from the development of the empire and the unremitting efforts of the Priest of the Lake Fairy, it can be seen that the secret technique passed down by the bloodline of King Richard, the Lion-Hearted Knight, came from the Fairy of the Lake.
Because before the change to the imperial system, the Holy Grail Knights of the past generations competed for the title and dominance of the Knight King, and the battle was bloody, causing a large amount of high-end combat power to be lost in the fight for the position.
After changing to an imperial system and conferring noble status on the Holy Grail Knights and Expeditionary Knights, Batoria's national power increased significantly and it became one of the three great empires of the Hokuriku.