Chapter 692, the Dispute Between the Old and the New

Amidst the roars of Marshal Rick Helberg and Ludwig, the flag bearer, the assassin's dagger approached their respected emperor at an extremely fast speed, and Karl Franz's decisiveness saved him again, and he let go He opened the hilt of the rune sword and tried to block the dagger with his arm. The strange assassin's movements were slightly messed up by the emperor's block, but this didn't affect his attack at all. In less than half a second of dullness, The assassin's dagger was fully charged again, and it stabbed heavily towards the emperor.

There is no escape.

The silver seal on the emperor's artifact emitted a dazzling light, and the huge energy contained in it protected the emperor from being harmed by the evil energy of chaos witchcraft, but the silver seal could not stop the sharp dagger and the fierce poison on it!

At the very moment, there was a strong wind in the forest.

The emerald green gale was wrapped in endless rage, and the leaves all over the sky formed a twisted hurricane. Between the woods, green light burst into flames. The hurricane wrapped the emperor's body. When the dagger was close to the emperor's neck, it stretched out from the void. The extraordinary sharp blade that came out blocked the assassin's attack.

"Ding~"

A green ghost wearing a beautiful ancient armor, found in the strong wind, from the helmet to the whole body exuding a bright green light, ivy wrapped around his body, and irises decorated his armor: "No one can pass through here !"

"Qi bless me!" Assassin was losing his mind, he swung his dagger and wanted to attack again, but the green ghost didn't give him any more chances, the blade of pain swept across the assassin's arm, cutting his arm in two, The wrist curled up, and the sharp blade stabbed forward, piercing through the assassin's throat. The strange believer twitched a few times and lost his life.

The ghost withdrew his weapon, and his green eyes hidden behind the visor cast a blank glance at the terrified emperor, and stretched out his hand, as if trying to pull him up.

"No, you, stay where you are immediately, raise your hands, and put down your weapons!" Rick Marshal Helberg finally took Rick Wei and Griffin swordsmen to protect the emperor heavily, and actually never Less than five seconds had passed since the assassination occurred and the assassin was killed. Marshal Rick felt his heart almost jumped out of his chest. Although the Rickguards didn't know whether firearms were useful against this ghost-like thing, they almost Ten long spears and short guns were still aimed at the ghost, and Helberg drew out the rune sword: "Immediately!"

"Don't, don't!" Karl Franz stretched out his hand, and the ghost pulled him up directly. The emperor was a little surprised to find that the other party had a real body. He suppressed his surprise, and immediately waved his hands at Helberg and the others: "If he tried to hurt me, I would be dead, soldiers, put away your weapons, I know him, he is the Green Knight, the embodiment of knightly virtue, the defender of secrets, the defender of goodness, thank you very much for your help, May I know your first and last name?"

"In the long history, I have had many names." The Green Knight's voice was ethereal, as if he didn't exist in this world: "It doesn't matter."

"Okay." The emperor asked himself to make fun of himself,

He smiled awkwardly, and signaled Marshal Rick and the flag officer to put down their weapons. The emperor walked a few steps, came in front of the assassin, and lifted his mask.

Under the visor was a completely distorted face, the emperor shook his head: "This is not mine, something must have happened to Schmidt."

"Damn it, have the cultists infiltrated Rickway?!" Helberg wanted to see if his rune fang "The Grudger" could hurt the legendary green knight, but he was a soldier, a soldier Taking obedience to orders as his bounden duty, Helberg felt that he was responsible for the counterfeit goods appearing in the Rick Guard he led, and Marshal Rick said in a rather exasperated tone: "It's my responsibility, Your Majesty."

"No, it's not your fault." The emperor shook his head, and he looked at the face carefully: "He looks exactly like Schmidt, and he also has all his equipment."

"A stupid attempt." The Green Knight said, with a strong Bretanian accent in his words, some of which are ancient words that have been dead for a long time, if not for the emperor's proficiency in ancient languages , Maybe I can’t even understand what he is saying: “I left my hometown and came to you, Emperor of the Empire, my lady sent me here, you can’t have any accidents, neither you nor your empire can have any accidents, otherwise ten years In the end, we will all succumb to the Three-Eyed King."

"Three-eyed king?" The emperor was taken aback when he heard the term, and then thought about it.

Is it Archaon's prophecy again? For more than a hundred years, the royal court of the empire has collected more than ten prophecies against Archaon, the Eternal Chosen. Demon hunters and battle priests have tried to nip the threat in its infancy, but Archaon just stayed in the chaos wasteland. If the soil does not come out, neither the empire nor other forces can do anything about it.

"I was sent here by the Lady of the Lake. I must keep my vows to her. I must go back to Britannia, but before that, I want to inform you that the Lady of the Lake this autumn, Ryan- Malcador, Duke Musillon, the orthodox successor of Landuin will ascend the throne in Courona, I have a sincere suggestion, you, His Majesty Emperor Karl Franz, should go to Courona, and the new The King meets." The Green Knight went on, and the Emperor noticed a flicker of green light around him.

"You are not a proposal, you are a threat, ghost!" Helberg strode up, Marshal Rick's exquisite mustache fluttered in the air, and he glared at the green knight: "Has the emperor decided to attend the Knight King's meeting?" The enthronement ceremony is not up to you to decide, we will naturally have a meeting to discuss!"

"No, please tell Ryan, I will definitely go, I will go in person." The emperor waved his hand to signal Helberg not to be impulsive. Assassination is just like everyday life for Karl Franz. It couldn't be more normal. He showed A hearty smile: "I am friends with him."

"But we're not always friends." Helberg murmured, and Marshal Rick insisted: "Just like the battle of Hemgart, if you knights come to make friends, we'll make friends with wine and flowers." If you covet the territory of the empire, we have no choice but to fight with swords and guns."

"That was the king's mistake..." After seeing the emperor's agreement, the green knight whispered a few more ancient words, and the green spirit horse appeared from the void, and he got on the horse: "In the dark time In the coming days, we must unite, not just the Three-Eyed King, but soon, there will be an Avenger whose wrath will burn throughout the empire."

"Who?!" The emperor still wanted to ask, the green knight had disappeared into the light and shadow, the spirit horse raised its front hooves, and the green bright light disappeared behind a bush along with the master's actions.

The breeze died down, leaving only the leaves all over the ground and the killed strange assassin.

After this commotion, the emperor and his army no longer had the heart to hunt. They packed up the trophies and the battlefield, burned the body of the strange assassin with flames, and then assembled the army, preparing to return to Brunswick.

After the good intentions of hunting were disturbed, both the great swordsmen Rickwei and Griffin were a little silent. The emperor rode his own half-breed elf horse and walked in the front. Wigg followed behind on an imperial warhorse from Aviland. Although Ludwig didn't say a word, everyone knew that this sanctuary-strength grandfather fell into self-blame for the emperor's danger. Among them, the emperor was obviously thinking about something.

"So, you will personally attend the enthronement ceremony of Duke Ryan?" Helberg hesitated and asked tentatively.

"Can I?" Karl Franz asked Helberg back.

"I don't intend to accuse you, my duty is to obey your orders, my lord." Helberg said in a deep voice.

"But you still have suggestions?" The emperor heard Helberg's implication.

"You shouldn't make such a hasty decision. Your Majesty, you are the empire. Your words and deeds represent tens of millions of Charlemagne's heirs. I have never questioned your excellence and ability. If it weren't for you, those of the empire or The old, or cowardly, or arrogant, or the electors who have other ideas may have already split up, but you bravely took on this important task. From this point alone, you have done better than your father." Helberg nodded , he whispered: "But in terms of country-to-country diplomacy, you seem a little passive. We are an empire."

"Passive?" The emperor couldn't help but laugh when he heard Helberg's contradictory words. It seemed that the decision to appoint Helberg as Rick's Marshal was correct: "The knights are not enemies, Curt."

"But not always friends," Helberg insisted.

"If you don't understand betrayal, you don't understand politics, you don't understand compromise, and you don't understand politics, Curt, my friend." Karl Franz sighed softly: "You can't use the military to manage diplomacy and domestic affairs." ideas instead."

"..." Helberg remained silent.

"Sometimes, I think, if it was Boris Todbringer who won the vote, what would happen to the empire?" Karl Franz looked at the environment of Reckwald Forest and expressed Xin Ran: "He has rich experience, is brave and good at fighting, and has a lot of experience in communicating with other heads of state."

"The result of Todbringer becoming the wolf emperor is that we Rikwei will be dispatched to Araby or Kislev." Helberg said loudly: "He only trusts Urick's white wolf Knight, when your grandfather, your father comes to you, the accumulation of three generations will be ruined. You may still be able to rely on your family wealth, and you can enjoy your choice with the share of the Grand Prince and the Grand Duke of Brunswick. Live as an emperor, but your talents will be wasted, you will see the Church of the White Wolf flourish, and the light of Charlemagne will become dimmed."

"But Ryan can get the full support of the Lady of the Lake Church, but I am still making deals with His Majesty Vicma." The emperor was noncommittal after hearing Helberg's words, but said the second thing: " Sometimes, I feel like a beggar, and like a newspaper boy who comes to the door to sell his newspaper."

"If there is no faith, what is left of the empire?" Marshal Rick answered this question very seriously: "You know very well, my lord, that the army of the empire is not enough to completely wipe out all kinds of threats. There's been a war going on for months, it's not about winning, it's about surviving."

"Very good." The emperor seemed to have finally figured out some problems. Helberg only felt that something was added to Karl Franz's face, and something was missing.

"I will let my court buy a generous gift. At that time, I will personally lead Rickwei and Brunswick Royal Half-Griffin Knights to Courona to participate in Ryan's enthronement ceremony. This is an order!"

"yes!"

……… I have lost the dividing line between belief and freedom………

During the intensive preparations for the enthronement ceremony, time passed very quickly. In just a few months, the season in Brittania has come to autumn. Shaking back and forth, the influence of the Matthew Bard Rebellion on the entire capital has become a thing of the past. Under Lawn's hard work, Korona has restored its former prosperity.

Now, the entire kingdom is focusing on the upcoming enthronement ceremony. In a few weeks, Ryan, Duke of Musillon will be here. Under the witness of all the dukes and the former kings, from the old king Richard He took the scepter in his hand and became king.

This year, Ryan is thirty-nine years old, and it has been fifteen years since he set off from Nord's Winter City.

Ryan and others also led the Old Guards and their knight troops to Courona today. This former elf's greatest city in the old world has now become the capital and place of faith of the Britannia Knight Kingdom. , the great spectacle of the old world, the Korona Lion Ring Racecourse and the Holy Grail Champion Knights Cathedral are all built here, telling the ancient history of the Knight Kingdom.

Ryan and others stayed at the Korona Royal Hotel. Originally, he could have stayed in the Korona Palace, but Ryan rejected the proposal. In any case, he is not yet the king, and he can't wait to show the victor's gesture before he ascends the throne And to enjoy the power of the king, this is not the god-chosen champion of the fairy of the lake, what Ryan, who has the eight virtues of a knight, should do. It doesn't take a few weeks. ugly.

There were many rehearsals and preparations for the entire enthronement ceremony. Krona had been preparing for this for several months. Regent Lawn was busy and spent a lot of savings in the treasury. As soon as the enthronement ceremony was over, there was a rehearsal for the military parade, followed by It is the Royal Knights Tournament, which lasts for more than a week. This tournament will be open to the entire human kingdom, and even the wood elves say they will send people to participate. Ryan has prepared a lot of food and drinks. He promises that whether it is a noble knight or Ordinary serfs are eligible to come to watch the game.

It was night, and the Ryan family had just had dinner. In the big room of the Royal Hotel, Suria was hugging little Devonhill, telling him the legend of the twelve first-generation Holy Grail Knights, the glory of chivalry , Little Devonhill listened with gusto, and waved his pistol doll from time to time, imagining that he was the great Holy Grail Knight, charging forward on horseback, destroying evil, and spreading the will of the fairy in the lake to the whole kingdom, in order to defend the family. country to fight.

Ryan smiled and watched his wife holding his son and talking while he was drinking coffee. Olika approached from behind: "Master, a guest is here. He has something to do with you. Let you go out and have a chat with him."

"Guest? Who?" Ryan put down the coffee cup.

"It's Your Majesty Richard. He said he wanted to talk to you."