10 years, a full 10 years. From the day Arturia pulled out the sword from the stone, her life changed.
Arturia, from an ordinary country girl, inherited the throne of King Uther and took the name of King Arthur. With the assistance of the Archmage Merlin, he began to learn how to become a king who could lead many great knights.
The Middle Ages were chaotic and murderous. A kingdom without armed defense might face a situation of war at any time. King Arthur started with Lancelot and Kay, and eventually more and more knights gathered in the king's army. under the name.
War, King Arthur is the king of war. In order to save the Kingdom of Camelot from the war, she led her knights to stop the Saxons from burning, killing and looting at the mouth of the Gleny River.
As the battle continued to unfold, they went to more and more places, and the number of lords who surrendered to King Arthur also continued to increase. In this ever-expanding kingdom, the growth of Arturia included blood and tears.
Countless knights fought with her and died on the battlefield. Although they gained a lot, the lives of the people under her rule became better and better. The war was far away from their lives, but the peace Arturia had always longed for was always like a mirage. hand off.
"Teacher Merlin, am I really a good king? Would it be a mistake for Sword in the Stone to choose me..."
Artoria was still a human being. She hesitated in the constant battle, and the hope of not seeing the end made her feel desperate.
"The king is the one who fulfills the expectations of all people. Whatever your people are looking forward to, the king will lead them to collect that expectation. When you are confused, listen to the voices of your people, and this will help you find the way forward again! "
Le Yuan has not forgotten his mission in this era. He does not want to guide Artoria to become a flawless king, but to make Artoria's life without "regrets".
Human beings are not gods. Being able to plan one's life without regrets. The emotion of regret is indeed hard to accept, but it is also a good medicine for people to correct their own mistakes.
The reason why the former Arturia felt so regretful and tried to change her destiny through the Holy Grail was because she abandoned her identity as a human being and tried to become a "saint" in the eyes of everyone, leading with the mentality of an extraordinary person. All peoples advance.
But this idea is wrong. All the people long for a great king, but they do not want an inhuman king. A king needs majesty and the power to make all people surrender.
But the king cannot always be aloof. A king without the understanding of the people will always be just a lonely clown sitting on the throne. It is only a matter of time before he is abandoned.
Ten years, twelve battles. The unprecedented development of the victorious kingdom brought Arturia's rule to its peak. But during these ten years of fighting, things also happened that she regretted deeply, and the most critical thing among them was the breakage of the King's Sword - The Sword in the Stone.
King Perinore was one of the kings of many small kingdoms in England, and Arturia challenged this king with extremely high sword and spear skills in the pursuit of unity.
When King Perinore faced Arturia, the Chosen King with great reputation, he maintained a great deal of awe. After repeated shirks, he finally agreed to a duel without swords.
The two sides started fighting with guns in the arena. Their spear skills were evenly matched. Arturia, who had the power of the red dragon, even drew twice with King Perinore.
In order to win, Arturia went against the previous agreement and started a third duel with King Perinore with a sword.
Arturia's behavior violated the spirit of chivalry. The sword in the stone, which was originally an indestructible sword, was actually broken by King Perinore's sword in a duel.
The sword in the stone was broken. This incident was undoubtedly a huge blow to Artoria and an unimaginable disaster to King Perinore.
The importance of the Sword of the King's Choice is probably not clear to anyone in Europe. The frightened King Perinore took the lead in attacking. In order to prepare for Arturia's revenge on him in the future, he took advantage of the fact that there were not many knights around Arturia. Send troops to encircle and suppress.
This battle was Arturia's most critical moment. If the Archmage Merlin hadn't come to his aid and used magic to transfer King Arthur's position, allowing her to escape from the siege, the legend of King Arthur might have ended halfway.
After the Sword in the Stone was broken, Arturia sank into despair for a while. In her constant thinking, she did not lose herself in anger, but instead examined herself in this matter like an ordinary person. fault.
And as Le Yuan brought Arturia to the Fairy of the Lake, Arturia got her second sword-the Sword of Vowed Victory, which is also the rumored Lake Sword and Broken Steel Sword.
"Which is more important, the sword or the scabbard!"
Le Yuan, as Merlin, asked this question that was crucial to Arturia. In other words, such a seemingly ordinary question will determine the future fate of Artoria.
Will she become the regretful King Arthur she once was? Or will she be reborn as another Arturia with a different history
"The sword is very important. With it, I can protect my people, win victory for myself, and let my country get the long-awaited peace..."
The words spoken by Arturia were exactly the same as her in history, which meant that Arturia would still die in the Battle of the Sword Fence. But Arturia hadn't finished her words yet. She changed her fate with the second half of her sentence.
"... But the scabbard is equally important. The scabbard is a restraint. It makes me always remember that my sword is not for killing, but for protection!"
Hearing this sentence, Le Yuan was finally thankful that his years of education had improved Artoria, but he still added a sentence to make Artoria understand that the scabbard in her hand was a very important item.
"Although the Broken Steel Sword is powerful, its scabbard is more valuable than the sword. Those who wear the scabbard of the Broken Steel Sword will never bleed. You must not lose it."
The sword and the scabbard laid the foundation for victory in the twelve battles of Artoria. Another key to King Arthur becoming the King of England was the huge round table given by her father-in-law, King Liao Dekuan, which could accommodate 150 people, and the knights who were loyal to King Arthur.
The Knights of the Round Table, all these powerful existences were given by King Lio Dekuan. Many knights who became King Arthur's subordinates discussed state affairs at a huge round table without any level expenses. This was Artoria's attempt to create a harmonious society.
But no matter how great the king is, he will meet his end, and it all begins with the disappearance of Master Merlin.
Merlin is Le Yuan. After assisting Arturia in completing her twelve glorious battles, he disappeared without a trace. There are rumors that Merlin has gone to Avalon, the capital of the elves.
Although Le Yuan disappeared, Lancelot, as an artificial human, faithfully carried out Le Yuan's orders.
The adultery between the guardian knight Lancelot and Guinevere was discovered? Arturia is not unaware of such rumors, but what if she knew about it? Although she became the king of England as a man, she did not have the function of a man at all. In other words, Guinevere, the queen, had been a widow for so many years.
As for Arturia's identity as a woman, apart from Guinevere and the artificial human Lancelot, who are pillow figures, there are probably only a few in the entire Knights of the Round Table who have noticed anything wrong.
Therefore, when there were rumors of an affair between Lancelot and Guinevere, although Arturia felt a little angry, she was more of a blessing. After all, Arturia was sorry to her queen first, and Lancelot, a single knight, could make up for her, which was considered a good ending.
But the matter of Lancelot and Guinevere was ultimately unbearable by the Knights of the Round Table. They could not accept this situation of the king being cuckolded.
Under Mordred's instigation and Lancelot's unabashed cuckolding behavior, the Knights of the Round Table eventually became torn apart. Many Knights of the Round Table could not stand such a degenerated court, and began to want to leave King Arthur and leave the court on the pretext of helping King Arthur find the legendary "Holy Grail".
Although Artoria tried every means to try to stay, she still couldn't change the changing people's hearts. However, unlike the changes in the knights, the people's lives in England have been getting better. Arturia, who was in a depressed mood, focused more on governing England.
Change, huge change. The source of England's brokenness began. Due to Mordred's report, Gawain and Mordred secretly led 13 knights to sneak into the Queen's Palace, and Che captured Guinevere on the spot while they were having a tryst. With Lancelot.
Lancelot fought his way out of the palace by force alone, while Arturia was forced to burn the queen at the stake. However, Lancelot's robbery failed in the execution ground, and Artoria's prestige was gradually eroded.
"Teacher Merlin, did you see? I am better than little Arthur. I destroyed everything about little Arthur with my own hands. Guinevere, who lured your clone Lancelot away, will inherit the throne of little Arthur." Dredd, they are all excellent artificial beings created by me, and I will inherit your magic..."
Witch Morgan turned her head and looked at the small wooden house trapped by her magic. There was a trace of hope in her eyes, as if she was still hoping to hear even the slightest praise from Le Yuan's mouth.
But in his cabin, Le Yuan was immersed in writing. The legend of King Arthur and the stories of the Knights of the Round Table have come to an end. Morgan's methods indeed surprised him, but they just made up for the shortcomings of the legend.
Guinevere, Lancelot, and Mordred, these three beings who stirred up history are all artificial beings. However, Guinevere used Morgan as the original model for the artificial human, Lancelot used Leyuan as the prototype, and Mordred simply used Artoria as the template.
It was thanks to these three artificial beings that Arturia's England truly entered a period of destruction.
Whether Arturia can be freed from King Arthur's curse depends on this final battle.