In the early morning of June 2, 1431, France, outside the port of Marseille.
A carriage was parked in the dense forest. From the coat of arms on the carriage, it seemed that the carriage belonged to the Chamber of Commerce of the great businessman Cole. However, the carriage had not entered the city to catch up with the goods, as if it was waiting for something. And inside the carriage, a man
A blond boy is taking a nap.
"Coming." cried the white parrot on the young man's shoulder.
"Finally." The blond boy jumped out of the car and glanced at the forest.
A big white wolf was carrying a young boy on its back, taking advantage of the early morning fog to silently walk through the forest without attracting anyone's attention along the way.
"Hey~!" Verne waved to Arthur as soon as he approached: "Here we come!"
"Verne, why are you here?" The King of Knights was a little unhappy when he saw the young man: "Didn't I tell you to find a new life of your own? We are planning to go to Rome this time. The future is dangerous, so we are not going there."
Just for fun."
"I know. I have also seen the note tied to the crow's feet before." Verne replied without hesitation, "But I came just because I wanted to. And Lord Aslan, the Sage in the Stone,
The time we took adventures together was the most shining day in my life. Now I am asked to go back and live an ordinary life. I can no longer do it."
"You will die. Absolutely." Arthur said coldly: "It doesn't even take half a second for the Papal Knights to kill you."
"Even so, I still have to experience it." The child said. I don't know where he learned his stubbornness.
"Ouch!" Bedivere howled at Arthur.
"You are also a meddler, Bedi." Arthur rolled his eyes at the big white wolf. No matter how Verne pestered Bediville and asked him to bring him here, it would still be easy for Bediville to abandon Verne.
But this guy brought Verne all the way here.
"Forget it." The Knight King muttered: "Then just take it one step at a time."
"So what should we do next? Take a boat directly from the port to Rome?" Verne asked.
"No. France has sent a lot of people to monitor the port." The knight said, "The ship can be sailed out, but there are many eyes and ears. If we take a ship to Rome in a big way, our identity will be discovered by the French."
Arthur had previously warned Charles VII not to hinder his actions. Charles VII did comply and did not block the port. However, this cunning king sent a large number of people to monitor the port, because it was just [surveillance], not
It's considered [obstruction]. But Arthur doesn't like being monitored. He doesn't want Charles VII to know his identity so soon. Who knows if that old fox still has something up his sleeve?
"So... instead of taking a boat, take the land route? Walk along the coastline?" Verne asked again. He himself felt that this approach was unrealistic, so his tone was full of doubts.
"No. We still need to take a boat, but we have to find another way." The King of Knights replied: "And before we set off, there is one more thing to do."
"What?"
"Go to Marshal Gilles." Arthur said.
Baron Gilles de Rais, who held the position of marshal during the Anglo-French war, was a loyal comrade-in-arms of Joan of Arc. After Joan of Arc was framed and publicly executed, most of the "Saint Faction" members who originally followed the saint became
They were sentenced or deprived of their rights by Charles VII for various crimes. Others had retired or fled France.
Only Grand Marshal Gilles, one of the original heroes of the salvation of the country, was clearly identified as a supporter of Joan of Arc, but no one dared to provoke him. Even King Charles VII of France also
I have to give face to this powerful marshal.
If Arthur wants to get in touch with the [Saint Faction] in order to raise enough power to compete with the church, this Grand Marshal Giles is the first person he wants to contact. I heard that the Marshal died because of the death of Joan of Arc.
He was severely hit and is now retreating to a village in France to recuperate. But no one could have imagined that the marshal had actually quietly moved to the port city of Marseille.
Arthur knew this information that most people could not know because of Merlin's help. The fact that Giles secretly moved to Marseille is also very suspicious. Maybe the marshal has found out the whereabouts of Joan and plans to go to Rome. If
Is that really the case? Arthur must find Marshal Giles before he leaves and talk to him about saving Joan of Arc.
The remnants of the [Saint Faction] are all people gathered by France, who were once helped by Joan of Arc. But most of them are just a group of ordinary people who do not understand the mystery and danger of magic. Let this group of people and the Papal Knights
In a head-to-head confrontation, they will definitely die.
"Giles? I think it's better for you not to come into contact with that kind of evil heretic." A voice said suddenly.
"Who is it?!" Arthur was shocked.
"Be careful, Uncle Arthur!" Xiaoxing, who had been pretending to be a parrot in front of Verne, suddenly spoke, and except for Arthur and Xiaoxing, everyone else suddenly fell to the ground motionless, as if being struck by some powerful force.
Beguiled by illusion.
A small, almost imperceptible thing flew out of the hood of Verne's clothes. The thing that had just spoken turned out to be a bee.
"Who are you?" Arthur asked calmly with one hand on the weapon at his waist.
"Nice to meet you, King Arthur." A profound and mysterious echo came from the bee: "This is my familiar. And my name, you may have heard of it. My name is Patunas."
"
"Patunas..." Arthur spent half a second thinking about it. By the way, is it the old dragon that the evil star mentioned before? He has been staying in England and refused to leave. And this
This old dragon is probably really powerful (after all, it has lived for such a long time), and even the evil star who is now the Dragon Emperor has no choice but to let it go.
"The old man actually cares about the affairs of the human world?" Xiaoxing snorted. One of the tasks left by the evil star to Xiaoxing was to monitor Patunas who stayed in England------If this doesn't irritate you,
Monitor under the premise of Lao Long.
"I have had some issues with the church. After all, they killed my lover." Patunas said, "So if you want to deal with the church, I am happy to contribute."
"Oh? How exactly do you contribute?" Arthur smiled and said: "Is the old man planning to come from England to help attack the Holy See?"
"I'm already old. I'll leave the physical work to you young people. I can provide some help. For example, I can give you useful information."
"For example?"
"Grand Marshal Gilles is actually a dark wizard, proficient in all kinds of evil black magic. His previous research was so evil that he was even spurned and expelled by the Mage Association. He only became a member of the French army after being expelled from the Mage Association.
I won’t go into details about the means he used to get to the position of being a noble." Patunas’s voice echoed among the bees, "But I don’t think he is such an easy person to change. The nature of human beings
It is extremely difficult to change, even if he encounters a saintly lady who is like the dawn of light in his life."
"Interesting." Arthur hummed: "If we contact the generalissimo at will, we may offend another force that can be relied upon. Is that what you mean?"
"That's exactly what it means. Even now, people from the Mage Association are still monitoring the Grand Marshal Giles. Mou Ran's contact with Giles will definitely attract the attention of the Mage Association."
"But conversely, you can also use this to contact the Mages Association." Arthur suddenly understood the other party's intention: "The Mages Association also hates the church."
"That's right." Patunas laughed. That kind of laughter echoed on the bees, which was quite strange.
This is the difficulty. You must contact the Marshal without irritating the Mage Association, and you must form an alliance with the Mage Association without offending the Marshal and the Saint Faction. If you want to borrow troops from both sides at the same time, you don’t want to offend anyone.
On the one hand, it is quite difficult.
"Anyway, let's contact Marshal Gilles first. There will always be a way." Arthur said, while he picked up Bedivere and Verne who had fallen on the ground and threw them into the carriage.
"One last question for you." Patunas said: "In order to save the saint, you are determined to be an enemy of the church. But to what extent do you plan to be an enemy of the church? Is it just to save the saint, or is it
To paralyze the entire church’s command center, or to completely destroy the church?”
"Are you testing me?" the King of Knights asked back.
"I'm just confirming your ability, His Majesty King Arthur." Patunas snorted and said, "Depending on your answer, I will decide how much help I will actually lend you."
"Hmm." The King of Knights scratched his head a little irritably: "In this era, almost all people believe in religion. Isn't it obvious that there is no way to directly confront the church and destroy such a huge organization?"
"really."
"Then, it stands to reason that I just need to rescue Joan of Arc." Arthur then said: "My ultimate goal is to rescue Joan of Arc. We are not people of this era. Once we rescue Joan of Arc, we will immediately
It’s time to return to the era that belongs to us and have nothing to do with this era.------Isn’t this okay?”
"It is indeed a correct statement." Patunas said: "But has your Majesty ever thought that even if your spirit leaves this era, this era will still continue without you? You have left, but those who were brought to the battlefield by you have
What about people? What about people who are involved in disputes with the church because of this? You just set off an endless bloody storm in this era just to save your woman, and you never thought about doing anything for it.
Is there any aftermath to all this?"
Arthur smiled: "A reclusive old dragon actually cares about humans so much? Which side are you on, old man?"
"I have lived for a long time and have been observing human beings during these long years. Human beings are more interesting than imagined, much more interesting. A species that can possess both [Golden Will] and [Heart of Darkness] can use its own
The creatures whose blood and flesh compose hymns of courage are only humans on this earth.
So, King Arthur, Rong Laochan asks again:
Are you planning to take a shortcut and just take away the saint and leave her alone?
Or should we take the hardest road, win this war, and let everyone have a real future?"
"Of course -------" the King of Knights replied: "Find out the mastermind behind this series of events and kill them. Completely annihilate the Papal Knights, annihilate the central system guarded by the Pope, and let the church be destroyed. Guilty.
Not a single one of them was spared, and they were all picked out and killed. In the name of God, they are doing devilish deeds secretly. Such hypocrisy will be punished by God!"
The other party was silent for half a second.
"Good answer." Patunas said: "Then I will observe for a while. If you sincerely want to fulfill your promise, I will lend you strength."
The bee suddenly accelerated and flew forward, and Arthur subconsciously dodged. But the bee turned into something else the moment it brushed past Arthur's face. The bee's needle pricked the lobe of Arthur's left ear, and a dark gold earring was embedded in it.
On the earlobe. Arthur started to clasp it, but found that the earring-like object was almost integrated with his earlobe and could not be removed at all. This was probably a powerful tracking spell cast by Patunas.
"Uncle Arthur, are you okay?" Xiaoxing asked.
"It's okay." There is no pain or itching on the earlobe, so you can leave it alone for the time being. Arthur jumped on the carriage and whipped the horse: "Anyway, let's go and meet Marshal Gilles first." (To be continued)