Arturia, the daughter of King Uther, the successor of the red dragon bloodline...
Although Artoria, who hides her various identities, lives a life like a commoner, it does not mean that her ideal is just that of an ordinary person.
Due to the death of King Uther, the entire kingdom has actually begun to decline. Arturia has seen many refugees who have left their homes in the past two years. It is not easy for someone to become a maid or servant of a knight noble, and find a job to earn a living. Those who are unlucky may even die from the mouths of wild beasts in the forest.
Arturia, who often enters Merlin's hut in the forest, has seen more than one corpse that was bitten to pieces in the past two years. These are all ordinary people who have to enter the forest for their livelihood.
She wanted change, and maybe she didn't realize that she might become a king, but Arturia, who had extraordinary power, longed for change.
"I want to take the first path! Teacher Merlin..." Even though there was a delicious cake in front of her, Arturia was not in a hurry to enjoy it at this time. Instead, she lowered her head and thought deeply, "If there really is no discrimination in the world as you describe. , an earthly heaven without famine, then I will make it appear in England..."
Arturia actually wanted to recreate the "perfect harmony" society that Le Yuan once mentioned in a chat in this medieval world. Although Le Yuan felt that the difficulty was close to impossible, she affirmed her dream.
It is much better to have a dream that is too difficult to realize than to be a dead fish without a dream.
A month passed quickly, and it was time for the annual knight's tournament again. As many young people are eager to obtain the status of knights, such a conference is a unique opportunity that they have prepared for many years. Whether they can reach the sky in one step and inherit the glory of their fathers depends on their efforts this time.
To become a knight, you need to pass two tests. In this era, there is no distinction between liberal arts and martial arts. All tests are prepared for bravery.
And this first test focuses on the riding and lance skills of the participants.
Just this first selection content is enough to win over the vast majority of civilian participants.
Riding, if you want to learn it, you must own a group of horses. And if you want to have good tactics, a war horse is a training prop that cannot be omitted. But for ordinary people, these are things that can only be met but cannot be sought. Some of them can't even support themselves. How can they take care of a war horse
Rely on imagination, or is it a Trojan horse simulation? These methods cannot completely replace the usual real horse training, so for many knight families and descendants of nobles, they are not insurmountable obstacles, but countless candidates have been screened out.
"Hahaha... Look at that guy, he can't even mount a horse. Does he want to be a dead fish like that? Amazingly lying on the horse, hahaha..."
"Who says it's not the case? Every year, there are some desperate young people who want to try their best to become a noble knight. Oh... look at that guy, his leg won't be broken by a horse, right?"
As Kai's retinue, Arturia naturally came to the competition venue, and beside him was Sir Ector who came with him. He wanted to witness with his own eyes how his son won the title of knight.
I saw a majestic war horse. Kai had already put on all the armor. Looking at the other armored challenger in the distance, a disdainful smile appeared on his face.
"Are you from the Pocket family? You're half-baked in horsemanship and still want to use good spear skills. Let's see how I can knock you off your horse!"
Kai closed his mask and took the metal lance from Artoria's hand.
"drive!"
With a scolding, Kai galloped towards the competitor on the opposite side. However, Kai's opponent was still not used to the horse underneath him. Facing Kai who was charging towards him, he could only raise his hands in a panic. Long lance.
Boom—
As the two war horses crossed, Kai still sat firmly on his horse, while his opponent was lifted high by the spear in Kai's hand, and then he looked at the opponent who had lost the consciousness of fighting and flicked it away. , throwing him to the ground.
"Hahahaha... He is indeed my son, Arturia, have you seen it? Kai, how beautifully he killed his opponent, hahaha..."
Seeing Kai's outstanding performance, Sir Ector couldn't help but said happily. Artoria beside him looked at Kai's movements and couldn't help showing an envious expression.
Arturia is considered a boy by almost everyone. But only a few people understand that she is a real girl. As for a woman going to the battlefield, I'm afraid not many people would be able to accept it.
On the first day of the knight's tournament, more than 60% of the contestants were eliminated based on their riding and spear skills alone.
Although it is a competition between two contestants, it does not mean that one of the two contestants will definitely advance to the next round.
The famous knights who come as witnesses will evaluate the performance of each contestant. If you are lucky enough to win but do not know how to show off your riding and lance skills, you will also be ruled out.
The knight's tourney will last two days according to usual practice. The riding and lance skills on the first day are just to screen out the first batch of unqualified candidates, while the sword duel on the second day is the real test of one's strength and courage.
If the match the day before was protected by armor, and ordinary people would never lose their lives, then the sword duel the next day was a life-or-death battle, a life-or-death test amidst the light and shadow of swords.
Based on the experience of previous years, in the second test, the mortality rate may reach 30%, and the probability of disability may reach up to 70%.
In order to celebrate that his son Kay had passed the first round of the test, Sir Ector specially held a sumptuous dinner at the hotel where he stayed. Even the retinue of Arturia got good food during this meal.
The next day, Sir Ector took Kai Zhi to the competition venue with great satisfaction. On this day, there are still 34 contestants left, and probably less than 10 of them can win the title of knight.
The game started at 10 o'clock in the morning, and based on the time, Kai estimated that he would not be able to take the turn until close to noon.
When Kai wanted to take out his sword and feel it, he suddenly realized that he had made a fatal mistake, that is, he had left his sword in the hotel.
Not only Kai was panicked, but Sir Ector on the side was also at a loss for words. There is no one else coming to this competition venue except the contestants and the knight as the supervisor.
Borrow a sword from a contestant? Not to mention other contestants who are eager to reduce their opponents, even if the judge's knight sees a contestant who forgets to bring his sword, the impression points will probably kick Kai out directly, and Kai will probably become a joke by then.
As for Kai without his sword, the possibility of losing and dying in such a competition is as high as 70%. This is almost the same as sending him to the arena to die.
Time, they still have time left.
In a panic, Sir Ector immediately ordered his counterpart Arturia to rush back to the hotel and bring back Kai's sword.
As a person raised by Sir Ector, although Arturia's life was not very good, in the final analysis, she still regarded Sir Ector as her adoptive father, and she also did not want to see her sworn brother Kai die. If he dies, his adoptive father will be bereaved.
After nodding, he immediately rushed towards the hotel. Along the way, the streets were empty. Everyone felt that they were in the arena to watch the knights tournament. Even Sir Eckert did not expect that the people in the hotel also closed the door and everyone left.
Looking at the closed door, Arturia would be lying if she said she was not in a hurry.
She raised her head and looked at the hotel in front of her, and found that a window on the second floor of the hotel was not closed. Then he jumped up, using his hands and feet, and easily climbed into the hotel.
Now she didn't care about whether such behavior was illegal, and hurried to the room where Sir Eckert and the others lived.
No, no or no!
There was nothing wrong with Arturia's eyes, and she was also much more careful than the average person. But even so, the entire room was short of lifting the floor and demolishing the house, but Kai's sword was not found.
If the sword cannot be found, Kai will die. Arturia didn't care about anything else and hurriedly went to other rooms, hoping to borrow other people's swords, but it was not just Kai's sword that disappeared, there was not a single sword left in the entire hotel.
Looking for help from others? Not to mention that everyone has gone to the arena now and there is no one left. Even if there are people left, so what
Arturia was so anxious that she didn't know what to do. She wished she could fly to her teacher Le Yuan immediately. Le Yuan was a figure known as Merlin. He could just use magic and a sword would come out.
Just when Arturia was about to despair, a roar suddenly came from the window.
"Simba!"
How could Artoria forget this roar, his playmate and friend for ten years? After hearing this sound, Artoria jumped out of the hotel and jumped on the lion Simba.
"Hahaha... It's so itchy, stop licking it... Simba, now that you're here, teacher, is he..."
Arturia quickly raised her head and looked around, looking for Le Yuan's figure. But no matter how many times I looked at it, nothing changed at all. There was no figure of Le Yuan around.
"How could it be? Teacher Merlin is not here, or does he not want to come out to see me? Simba, do you know where Teacher Merlin is?"
"Hooh-"
Simba on the side shook his head, as if he didn't know anything.
"Damn it... After all, where can I find a sword? If there is no sword, Kai will... die!"
Just when Arturia was in despair, Simba on the side opened his mouth and bit lightly on Arturia's sleeve, then pulled her in a certain direction.
"Simba, what do you mean? Are you talking about Mr. Merlin's direction?"
Simba shook his head, still pulling.
"So you can help me over there, do you have a sword?"
After hearing this, Simba nodded yes, then let go, spread his legs and ran in that direction.
Arturia no longer concealed anything at this time, and used all her strength. She followed the flying Simba like a gust of wind, and ran towards the church where the Sword in the Stone was hidden.