Can Arknights dream about the Knights of the Round Table?

Stirring the Pool Water: 53 First Meeting

Therese walks the streets of Londinium.

As early as four or five years ago, he and his elite members of the Sakaz Court came to the capital of the continent's hegemony as a weapon in the power struggle and a longer-term self-plan because they accepted the invitation of the local nobles.

So far, Tracy's energy has been mainly focused on how to gain a foothold here as an outsider and then gather more power-related matters; otherwise, he would not have been able to become a leader in just a few years. The Speaker of the Supreme Council of the Empire——During this period, the unique witchcraft and spells of the Sakaz family with a long history can certainly help to some extent, but more of it still requires his own efforts.

As a result, Tracy didn't actually have much free time to do other, more mundane things.

At least like now, walking on the joints with your own feet, enjoying the street scenery of Londinium, the romantic capital of Victoria, one of the birthplaces of new culture in the Terra world, can even be said to be the first time in these years. once.

And Tracys walking on the street could easily feel that compared to when he first came to the capital of the empire, the people were very different - that was because of the crisis hanging over his head with a huge cloud. Feelings and fears, endless anxiety... These negative emotions have destroyed the spirit of the people of Londinium to a large extent.

Traces knew that the source of this change was himself, and it was everything he and the Sarkarz headed by the Kazdaele Military Council did in this city.

And much more than that.

In the foreseeable and not-too-distant future, this thousand-year-old city will be torn apart by hundreds of lightning bolts, and raging fire will burn countless lives and debris to ashes.At that time, the expressions on the faces of the people of Londinium will be even more desperate and painful.

As if trying to imprint the hundreds of street scenes of Londinium that had not been devoured by the war as the last picture scroll into his mind, Tracy observed carefully; walking past the pedestrians coming and going in Victoria, he felt Unnoticed by anyone, like a ghost.

Even those who are gifted with sharper senses can only detect small abnormalities like the ripples caused by throwing a stone on the water. They stop in confusion and look around to find the source, but they still can't. Captured a fragmentary shadow of the long gone Regent of Kazdaele.

He walked aimlessly like this for a long time, until he stopped in front of a small house that was deserted probably because he was avoiding Sakaz.

Out of identity, the Speaker of the Parliament of Victoria first politely knocked on the door of this Victorian citizen to show his arrival and respect for his human rights, and then reached out and held the door handle.... As expected, there was no Lock it and push it open with just a slight twist.

Tracy walked into the house grandly.He casually looked at the messy footprints and fallen ash on the ground, made a nasal sound of unknown meaning, and then went straight up to the second floor without wasting time, where the sound of rustling water was coming from.

There, he saw a man who was wiping the water droplets on his shoulder-length white hair with a towel. He must have just taken a shower, and his body exuded the smell of shower gel and shampoo. He had a sharp head.

"You were scratched badly by the big cat."

While sitting down casually without the other party's permission, Tracys looked at the many places on the other party's naked upper body that seemed to have been attacked by some cat with sharp claws, and could not hide the overflowing emotions in his heart. He made a few malicious jokes.

This is something that even Manfred or other members of the Kazdaele Military Council will never see. After relinquishing responsibilities and missions, only in private can the regent show a happy smile--- -Even the last time, it must be traced back to at least 20 years ago.

"After all, it's just a wild cat that lacks discipline and training. Taking advantage of the few claws and sharp teeth it has, it just takes care of itself and makes the circle of territory it likes into its territory, and then grins at the residents who are here, hum. !”

After wiping his hair, he threw the towel aside. The white-haired man used his tail to take out a bottle of red wine and two glasses from the cabinet. At the same time, while he was unscrewing the cork of the bottle, Trey Sis also stood up with a tacit understanding and moved to another room to bring a small table and placed it in the space between the two people.

In the process, Traces also saw a beast's head placed in another room, with a golden mane as bright as the sun, an open mouth, glaring forward, exuding a terrifying power that shocked the soul.

If nothing else, this should be the wild cat that the man said scratched him all over and lacked discipline. Well... although it was a bit too big in terms of size.

But Tracy still felt a happy feeling from the bottom of her heart regarding this result.

"You must have spent a lot of effort to capture this wild cat." After picking up the blood-red liquid in the cup and taking a small sip, Traces praised: "Produced in the old Gaul region. The wine made from the grapes there has a unique aroma.”

"Indeed, it is always extremely difficult to knock down existences like this. They have unimaginable vitality and strength. Even if their heads are smashed and their bodies are stabbed, they will not die like us." The man also took a sip of wine. , moisturizing his thirsty throat after taking a bath: "But as long as you work hard enough, it's not impossible to kill it."

The bones in the spine and other places were extracted again and again, and the fibers of each muscle were crushed into a pulp and repeated repeatedly, and the blood was boiled and dried a thousand times.In the end, he was able to remove the seemingly impossible head.

"It named itself Gawain, and coincidentally, there was a beautiful girl next to me who was also named Gawain. I personally gave her this code name with historical significance."

The long tail whipped on the wooden floor, making a crisp sound; the man curled his lips dissatisfied: "You don't know what kind of thing you are, do you deserve to be called the same name as my knight?"

"Ha ha."

Tracy chuckled twice, either in approval or disapproval, but she still didn't care when she thought about it.

"I'm more curious about what you will do with this trophy in the future."

"I haven't thought about it yet. How about giving it to you? But before hanging it on the wall for display, you have to have it specimened and embalmed."

"Okay, I'll take it with me when I leave."

Tracy nodded.I feel that if the Pardoner performs some small rituals on the head, he will get a more perfect exhibit... Just imagine if you have a lifelike head that can respond to questions and other feedback. How interesting and beautiful a lion head would be as a decoration hanging on the wall?

Especially when this head is not an ordinary beast, but comes from a beast owner who has lived for thousands of years.

Even a regent like him would be thrilled by such a room decoration.

So Tracy accepted the gift.

"So, now that the big cat stuffed issue is over, here's another question - what should I call you?"

After a pause, the smile faded from his face, and Tracy narrowed her eyes slightly: "The evil spirit of the Tower of Babel? The Dragon Emperor of Britain? Or... a sister who deceived me into giving her unrealistic Are you expecting a fraud?"

As he spoke, a certain pressure began to gradually permeate the air.

But the red dragon just replied lightly.

"Then what do you want me to call you? Regent of Cazdale? Are you a bitch who abuses his private rights to block people's accounts? Or is he a good-for-nothing brother who was coerced by the military committee into fighting a civil war with his sister and destroying a century-old foundation?"

This time, Tracy's expression became a little stiff.The right hand that was holding the wine glass and shaking slightly stopped in mid-air.

After a while, he shook his head helplessly.

"...a sharp-tongued brat. No wonder Theresa trusts you so much."

"To each other, we are three hundred or four hundred years old, still pretending to be young."

Stirring the water in the pool: 54 Let’s not talk about my sister today, let’s talk about business!

In a sense, Thearesia, the former Queen of Kazdaele and Demon King, was a somewhat too sensitive and embarrassing topic for the two people sitting in this room.

Therefore, in order to prevent the discussion on this matter from going too deep and leading to mutual accusations and ruining this first meeting between old friends who have known each other for ten years, Ozwald and Tracy finally chose not to go through with it. It’s better to discuss more.

Today we are not going to talk about how you met my sister and became her close accomplice, and how my quarrel with her progressed from verbal exchanges to fist fights and I couldn't beat her... We will not talk about such private matters!Let’s only talk about Victoria and government affairs!

"Leave aside Duke Godotin, who has not made many big moves so far. The most powerful candidate in the current situation is undoubtedly Wellington, who has the reputation of steel... But I think it is related to him. Another piece of news that should interest you more, Draco."

Tracy looked at Ozward in front of him, and said slowly with a playful look: "There is a man from Xiaoqiu County who claims to be the envoy representing the Deep Pond and is still in Londinium."

"Oh? This is really interesting."

What Traces said did make the red dragon raise his eyebrows;

Until now, although she still kept silent about many private issues about her sister, Lafxini still told some things about Shenchi. For example, behind Abrana stood one of the eight Dukes. They were also supported by the strongest Iron Duke Wellington, and in their early years they had taken refuge with the last lord of Hill County, the Earl of Warwick, known as the "Song of the Ancients" and the "Warwick of the Northern Front" Experience with teaching.

And this also made Ozwald understand the reason why although Abrana had some contact with him, the patriarch, she never really contacted her.

After all, judging from the information Ravshini told her, Abrana, who had the Lord of Tara as her teacher and the Duke of Wellington as her supporter, had no strength until the red dragon raised the British flag. The strongest among the Drak clan... With such resources, she will naturally develop the ambition to break the earth and become king in proportion to the legal principles brought by her own bloodline.

This is also easy to understand.

Just because Ozwald doesn't fight for the kingship doesn't mean that others won't fight for it either.

"I guess Shenchi is here to form an alliance with you. After all, even the Iron Duke can't face all the other Grand Dukes and Border Earls at the same time. He needs some help after all. It's just hard to know how much sincerity there is."

"Indeed, they don't really want to form an alliance. It can even be said that they don't even have the slightest sincerity." Tracy agreed with Ozwald's guess: "Because a sincere ally will not hide himself behind the scenes. , not even showing half of his face, just throwing a half-mad and half-stupid servant in front of us... Even if you, the emperor of Britain, suddenly said that you were going to destroy this place with Sarkaz at this moment. Victoria, it’s even more believable, after all, you can even sit in front of me like this and chat with me over wine, right?”

So until now, Tracys didn't even have the slightest thought to meet Mandela, who came with "good intentions", and directly dumped her to Manfred, calling her around like a slave and a tool. of using.

Of course, even so, even now that the result is certain and it is impossible to get the [Covenant] they want, the Deep Pool Envoy Group still has not received the order to evacuate; and this forgotten status quo also makes her and The troops she brought could only stay awkwardly in the city of Londinium, doing nothing. For this reason, there were even many conflicts between the remnants of the nobles and the local residents.

But Tracys could tell that this situation was also within the scope of Shenchi (Abrana)'s plan.It was for this kind of development that she specifically ordered Mandela to lead the team to Londinium in the name of the alliance.

This is temptation.

Abrana wanted to use this to spy on the current situation in Londinium and assess the strength of the Sakaz; If others have the intention to help, then Abrana will enter the game in advance and seize this opportunity to grab the benefits she needs... Whether it is Sakaz or Victoria, this greedy and infinite The ambitious dragoness refuses all comers.

But on the other hand, in this current situation where Sakaz's attitude is tough and even typical; Mandela is an abandoned child that has lost its value, and it is not a pity to be cut off - it is ridiculous that she still doesn't know it. is proud of this.

"From this point of view, that woman is an excellent conspirator."

Traces made this evaluation; even to put it jokingly, maybe just like Ozwald Artoris is the strongest dragon that has condensed the fate of the Drak family for thousands of years, Drak has been the dregs for thousands of years. It also condenses the existence of Abrana who is so good at scheming and playing tricks.

But as we all know, compared to the royal line that is upright and frontal, even if it fails, it will be recognized by the enemy, those who engage in conspiracy every day must be the kind that everyone hates.

"Conspirators who want Sakaz to be a knife will eventually die by the knife."

The regent of Kazdare swore that when he reestablished the Tikaz Empire as a victor, the first thing he would do was to behead the despicable female dragon who dared to use Sarkaz in front of the throne where she was watching. Let her have no peace until death.

And if he was asked to compare this female dragon horizontally with other Drakes, Traces would think that it was far inferior to any of its kind.

Not even as good as the failed Tallulah Atrias - at least the black dragon at that time could make the regent have some thoughts of cooperation.

Although they have similar bloodlines, the leader of Deep Pool is completely different from Tallulah.

Compared with the integration movement that destroyed the super-large mobile city of Chernobog in Ursus and then launched an attack on Longmen, the waves caused by the Deep Pool in the south certainly proved that they had enough force to do or are tearing apart. Victoria's preparation... was too petty.

After all, unlike Ozwald Artoris and Tallulah Atrias, who are both Drak but are almost all self-made;

The resources that Abrana possesses are so abundant that even he, Tracys, can lament the injustice of his fate after seeing them.

ps: In fact, theoretically speaking, among the three dragons in the book, Tallulah has the best potential resources; after all, compared to Oz and Tallulah, who have a treasure trove of red dragons but still have to spend time to realize them, and have to go out to boxing. Seriously, she is the current Princess Yan, the legal heir to the super large mobile city and world economic center Longmen, the political rookie of the Millennium Duke of Ursus... As long as one of these can be used, he will fly directly.

But again, one is useless ()

Starting with a sword and a communication book; relying on the strength of his wrists to hibernate the Frost Star, relying on his eloquence to convince Big Daddy, and magically raising an entire army of infected people out of thin air. He is truly the light of the new generation of women in Terra - and then he is carried in the black The serpent or the descending head of the Creator

Digging the Pool: 55 History

Because he had been the president of the Victoria Parliament for a long time, Tracys, who was sitting in the Empire, the most powerful state machine in the world of Terra, was able to investigate far more than Ozwald.

The owner of the Deep Pond, Abranana, is not only the Iron Duke's strong support; even the death of the former Lord of Tara, Earl Warwick, was planned by this female dragon to arouse the people of Xiaoqiu County. A foreshadowing of the conflict with Victoria.It can be said that the Xiaoqiu County incident at the beginning of last winter was the result of Abrana's planning for nearly ten years.

But Tracy just wants to laugh about it, is that all?It took so many years to come up with this?

In five years, Tallulah Atrias has convinced the oldest warrior bloodline in Sakaz, and the last northern guerrillas led by Wendie Gobodrakas have emerged from scratch alone. An army was raised in the northern border of Ursus. Although most of the infected people were not strong enough, it did not prevent them from fighting wits and courage with the Ursus army. In the end, they successfully captured Chernobog, an important city in Ursus. And it dealt a big blow to the trading city Longmen, causing economic turmoil across Terra.

In four years, Tracys, the remnant defeated general who was exploited by the Londinium nobles after the Kazdaele Civil War, has become the president of the Victoria Parliament, which is more than ten thousand people, allowing the calamity of the Dark Cloud Dragon to arrive in the Unfallen City. In the sky, as the co-lord of Sarkaz, he called on the royal courts to prepare to rebuild the glory of Sarkaz and declare war on the kingdoms of Terra.

Ozwald Artolis's side took a little longer, almost seven years, but the main reason was that he was waiting for his own mobile city to be built, and he didn't waste any time, quickly gaining reputation in various countries. Be prepared for the future rise; and after the city is completed, immediately recruit the infected, free people and Casimir's ancient knights to rise at the speed of light.Now he is the internationally recognized Lord of the new nation of Britain, the Tower Dragon Emperor.

And Abrana... With the support of the Iron Duke, Lord Tara as a teacher, and the same Abrana who is Drak...

[In almost ten years, he has successfully intensified the conflict between the people of Tara and Victoria, and the birthplace of his family and the ancestral graves of his unknown ancestors have been subjected to a round of dirty bombs]

Perhaps due to Ozward's intervention in the Hill County Incident, the conflict that should have erupted was suppressed by Drake's prestige - but the problem is, even without Ozward's intervention, it could have continued to develop. The final result is nothing more than that the deep pool can further arouse the hatred of the Tara people towards Victoria, thus having a stable channel for recruiting troops.

But so what?Does the Iron Duke still lack such a recruiting channel?Moreover, hatred can certainly bring troops, but can't serious rule do this?Could it be that after officially turning Xiaoqiu County into one's own territory, the resources obtained would be less than the human output of hatred alone and no other material supplies?

Not to mention the fact that Abrana is a direct blood descendant of the Gaelic King, Draco, the strong support of Wellington, the eighth Duke of Victoria, the student of the Earl of Warwick, the Lord of Tara... these three factors alone add up. Enough to allow her to establish herself as king at any time, under any conditions, and at any place, split off several large mobile cities and more small and medium-sized mobile cities that either support Drak or support the Iron Duke, thus becoming a well-deserved new The leader of the country.

Even because of Iron Duke Wellington, the strength of this newly established country surpassed second-rate countries such as Letania and Casimir and became a new regional power.

Damn, do you know how to play?You won’t give it to me! ! !

When he thought about Kazdaele, which was destroyed by civil war due to fierce political opinions, it was he and his sister Theresia who picked up rubbish from various countries and spent decades to finally build such a small place. , Tracys looked at Abrana and had an indescribable crazy thought.

It can only be said that if it were not for the deep love for his own race and the pride from the bottom of his heart, the Regent of Kazdaele, one of the Six Heroes of the War, and the Chairman of the Military Commission would have given up his shameful skin and found a woman. In the Demon King's Court, let's all work together to build an altar and cast evil spells, and learn the will of a certain Ursus to occupy the magpie's nest against the Gaelic female Drak who wastes everything. Wouldn't this save hundreds of years? Hard work?

But unfortunately, he has already traveled a considerable distance on this road and invested a lot of manpower and effort. Unless someone can prove to Tracy that he can overtake in corners 100%, it will be in vain.

BYD, ah, I can only say, BYD.

These thoughts and complaints were destined to be impossible to talk about in detail with Draco in front of him here, so Tracy kept his facial expressions as normal and only expressed a little bit of his sneer at the conspirators. After that, the discussion on the Eight Dukes continued.

However, compared to the Iron Duke Wellington, the leader of Victoria, or the Duke of Windermere, the archenemy of the Elector of Leitania...Oswald is more concerned about the name of the eight dukes. He is little known, and even has a somewhat embarrassing status due to certain targeted laws.

Duke of Normandy.

"The illegitimate son with the nickname [Bastard William]."

Tracy took a sip of wine.

His intelligence network on the Eight Dukes showed that Duke Victoria, who was of old Gallic descent, held extravagant salon dinners every night, and under the disguise of seemingly seeking pleasure were large quantities of finished steel products that were unaccounted for. ....Although there are still no spies who can be deployed to find out the truth, we know that the Duke must also be actively making profit-related preparations for the storm entrenched in Londinium.

Theoretically speaking, as the Duke of Normandy, who is clearly and strictly restricted from being close to Londinium and has specifically legislated to prohibit being close to Londinium, he must be the weakest even if he wants to participate in the struggle for power at that time. On one side, it may even be inferior to some of the powerful earls who are responsible for guarding the border.

If that's the case, why would Ozwald pay special attention to such a guy?

"Because Normandy is a lineage with a criminal record."

The king of the red dragons said so.

"And this is the reason why the Duke of Normandy was prohibited by law from approaching Londinium."

"It seems that I haven't collected enough details about Victoria's secrets that have not been recorded in the history books..."

Hearing what Ozwald said, Traces chuckled and shook his head.

Victoria and Gaul, the long history of grudges between the two countries that started unknown how long ago but ended only with the demise of Gaul decades ago, has always been a topic that is well known and talked about by the people of Terra.

But in the same way, the existence of grudges between the two parties does not mean that they must kill each other at every moment; in this long history of grudges, there are not a few days and actions that sometimes choose to relax the attitude due to the situation.Just like Drake occasionally married Aslan, many of Victoria's long-standing aristocratic bloodlines have some elements of Gallic aristocracy mixed in, and vice versa.

So from this point of view, Tracys did not think that having the blood of the Gallic nobles would be the reason for treating the Duke of Normandy like that - explicitly legislating to prohibit entry into the capital... This attitude is more than just a precaution. He was still wary, which could even be said to be a bit nervous and hostile.

There must be something more secret, or even a story that only the royal family and the person involved know about the history of Victoria's birth.

So, with a curious smile on his face that was searching for the truth, Tracy filled the red dragon's empty glass with wine; and before pushing it back to Ozwald, he made a gesture of listening.