Lords of Camelot

Artoris led the horse towards where all the knights gathered. She already knew what would happen today, and whoever pulled out the sword pierced in the rock would be the King of Britain. She heard such words no less than two or three times, and she was already helpless.

A young man she met on the road also talked to her and advised him to try his luck. After all, it is a great thing that the one who draws the sword becomes the king. Even if Artoris is just a trainee knight, he should try it.

The knights who are eager to revive Britain and obtain the throne all rushed to this town after Merlin released the news yesterday. She saw her adopted brother Kai. After all, he was also the son of the famous Ector in the past. He had the ability and background to challenge the chosen sword.

It's a pity that the knights who came over failed no matter how hard they tried to draw their swords. One after another, another after another. People can only watch with enthusiasm as those knights put their hands on the hilts of their swords with serious expressions, and then watch those knights leave dejectedly, and the cycle repeats.

There are also some knights who have challenged the knights several times without giving up, or knights who cannot accept the result and shout that there must be something wrong with it. No matter how much wealth they have, how many troops they have, or what kind of strength they have. But no, they couldn't pull out the sword. Artoris knew this clearly in his heart.

People's enthusiasm is exhausted bit by bit, until it finally hits rock bottom.

Is there no knight with the King's Certificate in this country?

Is there no future for Britain?

Speaking of which, is Merlin's prophecy true?

Such questions arise one after another, and everyone is feeling anxious and uneasy about it. In order to calm everyone's emotions, those knights who had finished challenging the chosen sword began to discuss what to do. The final conclusion is also very simple, as long as the competition of strength, wealth and personnel is enough. If someone really stands out, let him succeed the late king Uther and be the king of all knights.

Those people ignored the chosen sword and began to compete on the most basic combat ability of a knight, which was horse fighting. Artoris also slowly approached Kai and planned to hand the gun to him as unobtrusively as possible.

"Brother Kai, are you just going to ignore the Chosen Sword?" Artoris couldn't help but ask.

"It's nothing to worry about. Since no one can pull it out, it's just a nuisance. The next step is the knockout match of the knights. It has already been decided. There is no room for a trainee like you to interrupt. It's over here. Not bad, anyway, there must be a lot of idiots shouting long live in their hearts." Brother Kai's words were very vicious and correct, but here, there was a sentence that went against his will. That is, he actually knows who will pull out the sword, but he doesn't want to say it.

"You obviously weren't chosen as the king?"

"We don't have time to dream with King Uther and Merlin. Compared with the invisible evidence of the king, it is much more humane to judge by how many men, money, and power we have now. There is no need for a transcendent person at all. If mutual interests are consistent, it will be easier to cooperate, and it will be easier to calculate. The most important thing is that if something goes wrong and someone is responsible, they can get away with it. Because no matter who it is, the agent of God who saves everything is both I don’t want to see it, let alone be it.”

This is a very obscure admonition. Brother Kai himself doesn't know why he said it. It is obviously just a pungent comment and analysis, but it has a different flavor in the ears of those who are interested.

"Brother Kai, do you think so too?"

"Of course, you go back to your dad's place. If you are seen by others, you will be teased again. You should also think about my hard work in always helping you out. Listen up, this is the first and last chance. , you go home obediently." After saying that, Brother Kai took the gun in Artoris' hand and went to the venue decided for the horse fight. He has already said everything. If he says more, some people will be unhappy.

The area around the Chosen Sword suddenly became cold. It was obviously crowded just now, but now she was the only one left.

"No one wants to see it, let alone be..." Artoris murmured these two words and smiled bitterly. She knew what Brother Kai said was right, and she also knew that people were so fickle, because it was natural. Everything that is beautiful in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. The one that stands out the most is often the worst, and it has always been like this.

But she clearly understands her origins and her mission. For the past eleven years, he has been pretending to be a man, practicing swordsmanship, studying state affairs, and abandoning his human self-emotions since he was young. Of course, all of this is for today, for pulling out the King's Sword.

She doesn't even know what her biological parents look like. She is just a prop designed for the goal of becoming an ideal king. This is the most naked fact after cutting through all the cover-ups. Although she herself couldn't actually feel any wishes or regrets about her late father, after all, Artoris had never met him, so how could she get these emotions from him? As for Merlin's teachings, it was difficult for her to feel any special sense of mission or move.

In the past eleven years, what has constantly inspired her is the relaxed and happy daily life and conversations with her adoptive father Ector, her adopted brother Kai and her friend Davian, as well as the laughter of the people living in the town.

She thinks such things are a good thing, nothing more. She had never thought about becoming a member of the town and spending her life participating in it. Even if such a wish occasionally appeared in her heart, she would calmly seal it away.

That's because she knows from the bottom of her heart that if she chooses that kind of life, she will lose everything. After all, she is the red dragon of Britain, and dragons have responsibilities that dragons should bear.

"Really, it's just the bad mouth that makes people helpless... But thank you, Brother Kai." She understood very well, she really understood the true meaning of Brother Kai's words. But she couldn't, she had something she had to do.

Because she did not stand up and draw her sword to fight because of her desire to become a king, or her responsibility as a king. She just chose to draw her sword at this moment for the sake of people's lives. Although she understood the king's dignity or other things, she had never considered those things.

Neither her human desire to dominate nor her sense of obligation as a leader could be her reason for fighting. She looked at these eleven years of human life, which were all her wishes. And she also believes that the conclusion she has reached in the past eleven years is correct, and this is her answer.

Therefore, what she pursues is different from what Merlin and King Uther pursue. This is something that only a few people understand, but among these people, one ran to participate in the horse battle, and the other seemed to have not arrived yet.