Can Arknights dream about the Knights of the Round Table?

Sitting in the cab of this steam armor is no longer a simple pilot controlling the mecha.

The broken and dying flesh and metal fused and grew together, and the broken nerves were connected to the body's electronic circuits and connected... You can't even tell the oil that flows throughout the mecha's body and is filled with cells. Can the liquid now be regarded as a different kind of blood?

It is true that the flesh and blood are weak and the machine is ascending.Ozwald thought to himself.

This truth also made Wei Na feel incredible.

"Do you mean that this knight has become one with his steam armor during the years he was locked up in the royal tomb?!"

"Indeed. But it also explains why he can survive until now."

Ozwald nodded.

Otherwise, if you don’t talk about it too much, you will starve to death.

Even if you talk about the possibility of catching some small animals crawling over to maintain it, have you considered that this is the mausoleum of Victoria's past kings, and it is located in the center of the capital of the continent's hegemon, which is more important than the palace. A perfect ancestral grave?And the reason why things like mobile cities appear is to deal with natural disasters that may strike at any time, so why do they have hard targets?

Born from a mother, what kind of mouse can dig holes in the metal structure in the center of a completely mechanical structure, which has maximum material strength to withstand deformation and natural disasters?

And if it can really be done...then this rat will most likely glow green (big boo), can you say yesyes to the brothers (music)

"Hmph, even though the machine design is completely stupid, but it's just that man and machine are integrated into one, that's fine! I recognize your steel soul as the pilot! Tell me your name quickly, knight."

After a small chat with Vina, Ozwald hit the ground in front of him several times with the breath of kings in his hand. According to his calculations, the machine in front of him should have calmed down, but it still didn't. The steam armor shouted loudly.

[I have no idea]

For the first time, new words came out of the steam armor's mouth.Although it still carries the rumbling vibrato of metal and machinery, this time at least it has a bit more human sensibility.

When the red dragon asked him questions, some noisy and warm memories of being with his companions when he was still a human could not help but emerge in the knight's broken and chaotic mind.

But just like everyone's face was covered with shadows and difficult to distinguish; although you can hear the few vague syllables uttered by those who are smiling at the corners of their mouths when they reach out to pull themselves up, it is inferred that they should be calling their names.

But he couldn't remember what his name was.

"Evans", "Jones", "Wilson", or "Lynch"?

He is no one, yet he seems to be everyone.

"We (we) are steam riders."

In the end, he could only give this answer and regard the group he belonged to as his current label.

"We will defend Victoria to the death."

He recounted the responsibilities he had declared but also fulfilled - with deep confusion and doubts.

[Why are the compatriots hidden behind the swords of the Sakaz aliens that slashed at them? 】

His comrades fell one by one amid conspiracy and betrayal, until he was the only one left.

He thus became Victoria's last steam rider.

But even if everything is completely silent, and the gate of the royal tomb is locked again in the cruel smile of the person who succeeds in the conspiracy; even so, standing among the corpses in a pool of blood, he cannot fall...if even he, the last one, falls. , then [Steam Knight] fell...

As long as he is not dead, Steam Knight is not dead.They are still protecting Victoria.

But, what is Victoria?

King?But the king who had awarded him the honor and whom he swore an oath to had already been hanged in the market, and his head was beheaded in full view of the public.

Parliament and nobles?

With no maintenance, no supplies, and no new members, they sent the Steam Knights into dangerous situations where they would die again and again to harvest the fruits of their greed.He would not admit that a moth that drained the blood of the empire and insulted its glory could deserve such a name.

So, what is the Victoria that I want to protect?

Is Victoria just a figment of imagination?

If the king, parliament, and people cannot be the Victoria they are sworn to protect, then what exactly do they want?

I have endured countless long nights, but I don’t know where to look for the light that belongs to Victoria and is loyal to me.

Fortunately, there is still this sword, Breath of Kings.

It is irrefutable that it is a symbol of Victoria.

Therefore, the Steam Knight believes that it is his own Victoria.

"Victoria."

The last Steam Knight of the Empire looked at the Breath of Kings in the red dragon's hand and repeated that syllable again.

A powerful drake and the national sword, this pair has been widely recognized by the world and even the law since the establishment of the empire... If the previous monarch is blamed on the lack of this essential belief, So now that the whole has been completed, the Steam Knight can barely accept their orders.

His memory stayed four years ago, in the siege of the conspiracy; and the long silence in the darkness had made his spirit crazy, but at least he recognized that Sakaz must be killed and eliminated. He can still do it.

Protecting Victoria, these empty and persistent words, are everything he has now.

He will never allow the dirty claws of those filthy Sakaz to touch the Breath of Kings and taint his [Victoria]

"—It's not Victoria."

Ozwald cruelly denied the remaining obsession of the knight in front of him.

"It can be a victorious weapon for the glory of the oath, the core of the conspiracy of those who yearn for war to stir up the storm, and the bragging object in the novels and anecdotes of those who do not know the truth... But it cannot become Victoria. A sword is You cannot represent a country, knight."

Such words caused the Steam Knight's thinking to freeze for a moment.

Not Victoria?

So, where is Victoria?

Confusion and anger filled the Steam Knight's chest.

So, what is the Victoria he is loyal to? !

"—it's yourself, knight."

replied Ozwald.

"It is not a king, it is not a parliament, it is not a sword that can only be wielded by others.

It is you who remember the glorious history and pay for your ideals and responsibilities. You who are the pillars supporting the empire are the real [Victoria].As long as you are here, Victoria will remain standing; neither the Sakaz royal courts nor the eight Dukes with ulterior motives can destroy Victoria. "

"....Victoria lives forever."

With the roar like steam jets, the knight echoed the red dragon's words and seemed to agree with it.

But then, he heard some words that made him uneasy, even frightened.

"I'm really sorry, knight, because I am a drak, knight. As early as 28 years ago, the glory of Victoria had nothing to do with us defeated ones; now I am just the last red dragon. Lord, Emperor of Britain, descendant of the dead, and nothing more."

With a long sigh, Oswald calmed down the expression on his face, and stared coldly and resolutely at the knight who seemed to have realized something and sprayed steam again, and raised the Breath of Kings in his hand to him:

"My friends have been waiting for you for a long time. It's time to welcome this belated fate, knight."

"The curtain is about to fall, and it starts with you."

"I'm sorry, knight."

he said again.

Turning the Pool: 51 Lord of the Clans

When the long sword was pulled out from the chest of the steam armor where the driver's cab should have been, a few dark red flesh and blood residues were faintly visible on the bright sword, which exuded a strange smell of engine oil and rust.

Wei Na didn't even have time to react. The red dragon who was saying these heart-opening words in front of her a second ago penetrated the whimpering king's breath into the chest of the last steam knight, making his open chest The gesture of preparing a counterattack with both hands seems to be actively welcoming death, and it is frozen like a picture scroll at the moment that most demonstrates the beauty of power and the sense of oppression.

As the last puff of air necessary to rotate the gears gradually dissipated, the mausoleum where the successive kings of the Victoria Empire rested returned to silence, with only the breaths of the crown princes of the two clans remaining.

It wasn't until a while later that the pale-faced Alexandrina Victoria came back to her senses. She looked at the British Dragon Emperor who had his back turned to her with complicated and slightly angry eyes, and asked: "You... .kill him?"

"As a corollary, yes."

He casually shook off the residue on the sword as if it were a worn-out shoe but ignored the possibility of scratching the floor and damaging it. Ozwald replied without looking back.

"But for now, he is not dead; this knight will be immersed in the music I weaved for him; in the praise of his former colleagues and monarchs, he foiled the conspiracy of the regent of Sakaz, Trexis. The hero who saved Victoria will be engraved in the history of the empire forever and enjoy a dream of glory."

After all, unlike Dagda, who can still deceive himself into existing by guarding the palace, and become a tower knight for small and medium-sized nobles for gilding or temporary peace,

Each steam armor must be manufactured in a special workshop after being personally approved by the current king, so its drivers are all officially lords.

As we all know, the Drac family has not been able to defeat Aslan in the battle for the throne for more than 100 years.Especially after a monster like Frederick III appeared among the lions, who single-handedly pushed the crippled Victoria to the hegemony of the continent, the change was like this - even when the Red Dragon Royal Court was still healthy 30 years ago, the old red dragon had nothing to do with it. Ozwald, who was extremely talented, could only hope to be on par with the monsters of the Lion family and did not dare to surpass them.

Therefore, if this last steam knight can participate in the training of the whole team, then he must also be among the ranks that have been officially awarded the title.

"He was a vassal during your father's reign. There is no reason for me to allow such a former Aslan supporter, whose true identity can be found out just by looking through the files, to appear in today's Victoria."

"......"

Vina frowned.Even if she had never even seen the steam knight, and had no idea who he was before today; but when she saw the steam armor that she had heard and admired about as a child, like countless other Victorians, ending in front of her, she was still more or less Feeling a little... restless.

"You can scold me if you want, because I never mind others using their words on me."

Ozwald turned around and said cheerfully, and even threw the Breath of Kings in front of Vina.The sword made a nice clanking sound when it hit the ground.

"Similarly, just like the original intention of why I brought you here; if you are really so angry that you can't control yourself now, I will also give you the opportunity to draw a sword against me and have a fair fight. I don't need to use magic."

"......"

Glancing at the Breath of Kings at her feet, Vina could clearly feel some... thoughts from it.This sword, this symbol of Victoria, represents the caller of thousands of years of history as her destined master. Unlike Oswald Artolis, she is the chosen king, as early as dozens of years ago. was elected years ago.

If one goes by some theological sayings, then her father, who is the king of Victoria, is the cornerstone needed to give birth to her and bring Victoria's true master into this world... that's all.This was all written before she was born.

Pick up Breath of Kings, become the master of Victoria, lead this empire in crisis through the turbulent moments, and become the empress of the empire whose achievements are even greater than those of her grandfather.

——This Victoria no longer has a seat for the Drake family.Although they were the founders of the Gudrak dynasty, the predecessor of the empire, just as this kingdom became history, Drak also became a chapter destined to disappear in history.

He understands this truth.

Especially after this personal touch, the self-deprecating words that had just stayed in my mind as a loser in the competition became unmistakable and can be said to be substantive results.

"But it doesn't matter - if this is the fate of this world, I will fight it and win. It was like this before, it is like this now, and it will always be like this!"

"Because I did it, the possibility called victory was firmly in my hand."

The red dragon declared this. His voice was not loud, but it was deafening enough. It seemed to be carrying some kind of strange magic power...the magic power that turns will into reality and the impossible into possibility, echoed in front of the kings. , lasting.

This made Aslan's crown prince look at each other in silence for a long...long time.

Finally, she let out a sigh.Kicked away the king's breath, kicked away the planned destiny, and pushed it back to Draco, who also raised his foot to step on Victoria's national sword, stopping its spinning. momentum.

"...my father, my grandfather, did far more than this, it's nothing. Ozwald."

The blond girl's eyes were blazing and her words were firm and powerful: "I have said that I want to end the thousand-year struggle between Draco and the Aslan family and bring it to a complete end. So, in addition to trouble and trouble, this The sword brings me nothing, and I have no need of the sword."

"Now I am Wei Na, the leader of the Glass Gang."

"Besides, even if I don't have the Origin Stone skills, I can't compare with you in strength or technology. If I meet you, my head will be cut off. I guess you won't hold back in this regard."

"Of course, I respect everyone who can stand in front of me with a sword - I will use my [Reverse Scale] to strike with your head, the breath of kings, and Aslan's history and coefficients Shred.”

Ozwald grinned with strong appreciation and approval.

"Go to the rabbits. They will temporarily act as your escorts and messengers and take you to several British messengers in Londinium. The connection password is [Excalibur]. You ask them to arrange for you and your little sisters. About leaving the city."

"Do you have an spy here?" Wei Na looked at the red dragon in surprise and asked.

"Which leader of a force in the world would not extend his tentacles to other areas? Especially when it is closely related to his future plan and development..." Ozwald curled his lips and added: "Britain It is true that force can be guaranteed without any sponsorship, but some materials related to people's livelihood must still be obtained through import and export trade, and closing the country to the outside world will not work."

"But that's not what I would think about if I'm tired of all this and want to live quietly with my new family."

Wei Na put down the final words for the conversation between the two, and then walked towards the entrance of the resting place of the kings with a slightly sad mood and a much lighter pace.

The noise made by the last steam knight when he resurrected was not small. It was impossible for the Sarkazis, led by Tresis, not to notice the movement coming from directly below; as the initiators of the incident that year, they must also have guessed By the time King's Breath arrived, it had already moved away from its original location, so if nothing unexpected happened, they would arrange more manpower around the palace, and even search the royal tomb.

It won't work if I don't leave quickly.

And she also has to think about how to explain it to Dagda later... Unlike Indra and Morgan, as a former Tower Knight, she has a passion for Victoria that is completely inconsistent with her age. Maybe she is not able to accept what happened. Everything here is about leaving Londinium and abandoning their homeland - even if Londinium may be saved by the red dragon Ozward Artoris in some other way.

So Vina was somewhat worried about how to organize the wording.

But at this moment, she suddenly heard——

"Vina!"

The red dragon's voice came from behind.

This made Vina, who was about to reach the door, subconsciously turn her head and glance, but was surprised to find that Ozwald was still standing where he was, not even moving a step.

"What's wrong? Why don't you leave? That's right."

In the middle of her words, she smiled hoarsely and shook her head: "With your ability, of course you don't have to worry about this."

"Haha, that's not the case. I just have to clean up some things, so I plan to stay a little longer. I have to leave after that."